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Bienvenidos a nuestro Reveal podcast,Bienvenidos al tema de hoy, Personas Quebrantadas, Un Dios Fiel. Uno de los temas más alentadores de las Escrituras es que Dios rara vez obra a través de personas perfectas. En cambio, la Biblia está llena de personas imperfectas: hombres y mujeres que dudaron, fallaron, pecaron y lucharon con sus debilidades. Sin embargo, la fidelidad de Dios permaneció constante. Sus historias nos recuerdan que los planes de Dios no dependen de la perfección humana, sino de Su carácter y Su gracia.Traducido por-Ruth Cruz

Estamos viviendo en tiempos en los que muchas personas están pasando por dificultades financieras y hay algo muy importante que Dios quiere que recordemos: Quién es Él; cómo es Su corazón y cuáles son los principios por los cuales Él desata Su bendición en medio de cualquier situación. Uno de los temas fundamentales para nosotros como creyentes es, cómo nos relacionamos con nuestro Padre que esta en los cielos.Muchos hemos orado el ‘Padre Nuestro' pero en realidad no vivimos como hijos amados más bien experimentamos un sentido de orfandad, indignidad y desamparo que nos dificulta aun más pasar los desafíos, la luchas y pruebas que se presentan.

A big part of the court are the actual court nobles, so this episode we are taking a look at some of the ones mentioned in the Chronicles for this reign. For more, check out https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-150 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 150: Nobles of Jitou Tennou's Court   Maro donned his light blue robes and made his way to the court.  As he arrived, the sun was just peaking over the horizon, and as it bathed the court in the golden morning light the dark shadows were dispelled, leaving in their wake a colorful scene, as various court officials headed this way and that, gathering in their offices to pick up on the work that they had left unfinished the day before. As an ohotoneri, Maro was often sent to and fro between the offices of the different departments. As such, he was able to see how they worked, and he wondered to himself which department would have the best opportunity for advancement.  His family had connections over at the Department of Prisons, and it was definitely a place he could make a name for himself, especially if he attached himself to one of the newly minted magistrates.  On the other hand, the Jingikan, the Ministry for Kami Matters, had some of the most important and sought after positions.  After all, no matter what the secular administration did, when there was no rain for the fields, it was the kami to whom the court turned.  And the members of the Jingikan who helped make those ceremonies happen were known to be well rewarded for their troubles. Perhaps he would be better off taking a more modest position, such as with the Jibu-sho, the Department of Civil Administration.  It was mostly focused on the maintenance and execution of the bureaucracy, and wasn't necessarily a place to seek the limelight, but perhaps that also offered some opportunity.  Do well in one position, and who knows what that could open up to you in the long run?  Maybe one day Maro could make it up to become a Nagon, a Counsellor, or even one of the Daijin, the great ministers at the very head of the council of state.Maro almost laughed at the thought, but he didn't put it aside entirely.  After all, as impossible as it might seem now, the world was still changing, and who knew what opportunities might be waiting just around the corner?   This episode continues our look at the reign of Uno no Sarara, aka Jitou Tennou.  I would note that we have now reached the last chapter of the Nihon Shoki, which ends with the end of Uno no Sarara's reign in 697.  In this chapter, we have not quite 11 years to cover, and we've already talked about the first three of those years, which featured succession issues and a long mourning time for Uno's husband Ohoama, aka Temmu Tennou, culminating in the sudden death of her only son, the Crown Prince and heir apparent, Prince Kusakabe, in 689.  We also went over what was happening on the continent, with powerful women like Uno no Sarara either on or behind the throne in Silla and the Tang dynasty.  To quickly recap the succession issues: When Kusakabe died, tthat left the throne in a somewhat tenuous position.  There were two other male heirs that would seem to have a claim on the throne as well.  The first was Prince Takechi, who was technically Ohoama's eldest son, but the Chroniclers claim that his late mother was not sufficiently royal for him to have a serious claim.  Then there was Prince Karu, the only known son of the late Crown Prince Kusakabe, and had been born 6 years earlier, in 683, to the Crown Prince and his wife, Princess Abe.  Princess Abe was a daughter of Naka no Oe, and a half-sister to Uno no Sarara.  She was actually a year older than Kusakabe, and would continue to look after the young Prince Karu.  So, Prince Karu was only about 7 years old when his father passed away: much too young to be taking the throne, let alone a firm hand in the politics of the time.  And given the mortality statistics of the time, there is so much that could happen to him before he reached the age of majority.  And remember, there were already some questions about legitimacy, and we already discussed the fact that about 30 nobles had gathered in support of Prince Ohotsu right after Ohoama's death.  Uno no Sarara had that whole issue quashed and Prince Ohotsu had died, but it was nonetheless a stark reminder that things could change quickly. So at this point in Uno no Sarara's reign, there is a great deal of uncertainty afoot, and there are quite a few individuals named in the Chronicles who stand to benefit from sticking their fingers into politics in one way or another.  This episode, we're going to look at some of those individuals, their roles in the court, and the effect they had on Yamato.  Some of those people named are particularly interesting in that they were involved in the conspiracy with Prince Ohotsu, and would continue to be highly influential in the government.  For example, Iki no Hakatoko, Nakatomi no Omimaro, and Kose no Tayasu, and Yakuchi no Wotokashi are all name-dropped, which we'll get into more later.  It feels significant, however, that there were some 30 nobles all told, and beyond these four and the apparent ringleaders, we don't learn anyone else's names.   The importance of prominent individuals in the court has been a constant theme in the Chronicles and in this podcast, so getting to know the court is definitely important. Moreover, during this time period as we get more and more written sources from which to work from we will see more and more information on individuals.  Some of that will come from the Nihon Shoki and the records that come after—the Shoku Nihongi.  Others, however, are from sources like the Man'yoshu, where bits of biographical data are found about the authors that they mention.  There are also family diaries and later genealogies.  Some of these sources are a bit more trusted than others, especially when they were compiled centuries later and we don't exactly know what sources they, themselves, were working on.  Still, even if it isn't 100% accurate, it does give us a picture of what was going on beyond just the royal family. I think it is also helpful to understand some of the overall court dynamics.  If you are familiar with the Heian period, especially around the time of things like the Tale of Genji, you are probably well acquainted with the Fujiwara family—I'll probably need to do an entire episode just on them at some point.  Essentially, there would come a time where almost the entire court was made up either of royals or of members of the Fujiwara clan, or uji.  In fact, even that distinction wasn't really accurate as the Fujiwara family had so intermarried with the Royal family that every sovereign—every Tennou and even most of their consorts—were directly related to members of the Fujiwara.  Not only that, but members of the Fujiwara family held the position of regent—whether the sovereign was of age or not—and effectively ruled the country, with the Tennou being largely relegated to a mouthpiece with ceremonial duties.  It would get so bad that we would see the splitting of the Fujiwara uji into smaller households, and the political fights were often between members of the different households of the same family.  There is a reason that a good portion of the Heian period is sometimes called the Fujiwara period. However, now during the late Asuka period, we see something a little different.  The marriage politics of the Soga had been violently suppressed about a half century earlier, and a lot of different names flourished in the Yamato court, as youmay have noticed any time I've rattled off a bunch of names and your eyes started crossing because of it.  But that's the reality we see: there were a lot of different families, and individuals, all jockeying for influence.  And they were in a period of disruption, where lots of change was happening.  That change meant there was also a lot of potential. And I hope you don't mind if I take a quick time-out here, but so often we read history and we forget to learn lessons from it, and one overarching lesson is:  if you are a part of an organization—a company, a club, government, school, or anything like that—one thing you are going to have to deal with is change.  It comes in many forms and happens whether or not you personally agree with it. It can be destructive and it can be frightening, because we often don't know what is on the other side of it, but it also presents opportunities.  After all, if you don't know what comes next it probably means other people don't, either.  And if you can be the one to provide direction you can have a huge influence on what comes next.  And change has been a constant theme in this period of Yamato history, in so many ways.  Take the reorganization of the government as one example: they had introduced these 8 departments, which had names and were set up in various ways, but it wasn't like you had experienced people to run them as they had been on the continent.  So you had names and the forms of things, but there were a lot of people figuring out just how to actually put this new structure into practice, and leverage them to do what they were supposed to do.  In the process, there were a lot of opportunities to innovate and figure out how to do it within the cultural milieu of the archipelago.  So all of these individuals, from these various families, all had opportunities staring them in the face.  They just had to figure out how to make the best of it. Now, don't get me wrong:  Those with the money, the connections, and the influence still had a leg up, and this was still a hierarchical society, where your family dictated, to some extent, your position in society.  The introduction of individual court rank, as opposed to just the kabane that ranked uji, was pushing against that, and had already caused a reformation that flattened a lot of the previous kabane into just eight distinctions, but those distinctions still existed.  Even had they not, simple matters of inherited wealth and the value of goods produced in a family's home territory would still have provided tremendous advantages.  But there isn't an indication of the kind of large-scale consolidation of resources that we will see in later periods, such as the Fujiwara example that we were just discussing.  Oh, sure, we aren't going to see a farmer suddenly make it big at court in some kind of rags-to-riches story, but at the upper end of society we still have a lot of apparent diversity. And so, let's get to know some of these individuals that the Chronicles tell us about.  Before we do that, though, let's recap a little bit about how the court worked. Every member of the court was effectively employed by the State.  They had an official job with duties they were supposed to oversee.  In the case of lower level functionaries, they were likely expected to actually do most of the work, while at the top of the hierarchy you had nobles who were more likely decision-makers, who would approve or disapprove of the work and direct strategic resources. Those working in the court had official uniforms—the round-necked garments of the continent.  What would be called a "caftan" farther west.  These were based on the foreign garments popular in the Tang court and elsewhere. The color and pattern of official clothing appears to be something that goes back to early in this new continental style government, and we see suggestions of color schemes from a relatively early age.  However, in 690 we see the clearest such outline of just what everyone was wearing. As a reminder, the court rank system of the day was made up of a Princely and a Commoner system.  Princely ranks originally included two ranks of the Myo class, and four of the Jou class, each rank divided into either "Great" or "Broad", for twelve Princely ranks, though honestly we only ever really see the four Jou class of ranks in use. Below that were the ranks for the common nobles—those with family names who did not have any kind of royal claim.    For them there were six classes of rank—Shou, Jiki, Gon, Mu, Tsui, and Shin, in that order.  Each class was made up of four ranks, which were further divided into upper and broad categories, creating 48 total ranks. Your rank determined your precedence at court—where you were sat, what jobs you were allowed to take on and, most importantly, the amount of money that you could expect to receive as part of a stipend.  Naka no Oe had previously consolidated the land-holdings and asserted claim over all of it.  The taxes from the households on the land went to the government to pay the stipends of the nobles in the court, who were, ostensibly, employees of that same government.  Your rank determined what you were owed, though this could also be augmented by various edicts. So there you go: rank in the court was tied to many of the things that the elites wanted, from wealth to status and access to various opportunities. The color of official clothing followed the rank system.  So Princes of the first two ranks of the Jou class were given robes of dark purple, and the third and four ranks were given robes of bright purple, which they shared with highest class of rank of the common nobles, the Shou rank class. Below that, nobles of the Jiki class would wear robes of dark red, and those of Gon would wear dark green.  The Mu rank class, the next down, was Light Green, and then Tsui was Deep Blue and Shin was Light blue. So in order you would see robes of Dark Purple, Bright Purple, Dark Red, Dark Green, Light Green, Deep Blue, and Light Blue.  The color gave you a certain indication of where the person sat in the overall hierarchy of the court, and provided you clues as to how you should address them, who would give deference, etc.  In later centuries, we are even told that deference was given in meetings, which is to say that once a person of higher rank provided input on a topic, nobody of lower rank was able to contradict them for fear of the consequences.  So it also told you who got the last word. This then was the world that the nobles of the court inhabited.  As we've seen in previous episodes it wasn't just bureaucratic work, but also banquets, archery contests, and Buddhist congregations and sutra readings.  There were rituals, dances, and diplomatic embassies—not to mention all of the ceremonies around the death or ascension of the sovereign.  In this world, one's reputation was everything.  You wanted to be seen as good at your job, but also, just like today, people were more likely to promote and support those they knew, and so it helped to have friends.  However, there were also a limited number of top spots, and so every promotion would have likewise meant plenty of disappointed nobles who didn't get the job.  But that is enough background.  Let's take a look at some of the nobles themselves, starting with the four from the Prince Ohotsu conspiracy.   The first name in the list is perhaps the least interesting.  His name is Yakuchi no Wotokashi.  Although he was the highest ranking of the four, he is also the least mentioned in the Chronicles and elsewhere, and we know very little about him.  So we'll talk about him later on, for completeness, but for now it may be best to skip him until we have a better handle on others in the court. In contrast, we know a bit more about his co-conspirators.  In fact, we've already talked about one of them at length:  Iki no Hakatoko.  We first heard about Iki no Hakatoko when talking about the Tang dynasty, and discussed him at length in Episode 123.  He was one of the members of the embassy to the Tang dynasty back in the early 660s that got delayed on account of Tang Gaozong initiating the war against Yamato's ally Baekje.  The fact that the Nihon Shoki directly pulls from Hakatoko's work, known to us, today, as the Iki no Hakatoko Sho, makes it one of the few early named written works that we know about.  Unfortunately, it is no longer extant except for what is preserved in the Chronicles, but it is still incredible that we have essentially an eyewitness account of what happened.  He would later be one of the escort envoys for one of the Tang embassies during the reign of Naka no Oe.  That he was then embroiled in the conspiracy with Prince Ohotsu would seem to be at odds with his standing, and yet after his pardon he eventually got back into the court's good graces.  In 695, about 9 years after the incident, he was assigned as an assistant envoy to Silla.  By that point he was of Mudaini rank, which was only about 35th in the overall scheme of things.  Later on we know he would work on the famous Taiho code, which was published in 701, and enacted a couple of years later.  It was here that he worked with the famous Fujiwara no Fubito—about whom we will discuss more, later—and although he would pass away in 703, this may be how his own writings came to find their way into the Chronicles, since Fubito is said to have had a large influence on them—as he had on many of the court's projects. Overall, Iki no Hakatoko may not have been the one in charge, but we see in his life an incredible career, much of it spent on multiple voyages across the ocean, whether on an embassy or as an escort.  He likely was highly proficient in the language of the Tang court—what we typically refer to, broadly, as Middle Chinese.  He also had direct experience with the Tang court and system, and so it makes sense that he was one of those helping to build an administrative state based on that system. If we were to imagine Hakatoko in the court of the day, at least in 695, he would have likely had light green colored robes, indicating that he was of the "Mu" class of ranks.  He would have worn the black gauze cap of the court and worn white hakama, or trousers, underneath.  His long, continental style, round-necked robes—likely relatively slim, with overly long, but narrow, sleeves—would have been tied closed in the front with a braided silk cord.  He likely worn black leather boots, covered in a light lacquer to protect them from the elements, with cloth insoles and perhaps a hint of brocade along the top.  He likely kept with him a ruler, and perhaps a few slips of paper or even just wood on which to take occasional notes.  A mid-level functionary of the court. We can compare and contrast Hakatoko to two other co-conspirators:  Nakatomi no Omimaro and Kose no Tayasu. We are given neither Omimaro's rank nor Tayasu's at this time.  It is interesting that they listed after Hakatoko, who is actually listed as having "Lower Shousen" rank—an older rank that was no longer in use at this point in time.  Also, both Nakatomi and Kose were Ason level families while Iki no Hakatoko is listed as being merely "Muraji".  So it seems that the Chroniclers were probably pulling from what they could find elsewhere, although where they found that Wotokashi had Jikikwoshi rank I have no idea, as we don't have any other record for him.  And it is possible that deference to Wotokashi and Hakatoko are as much a nod to their age as anything else, though probably not by much. Of four co-conspirators mentioned here—and I'm leaving out the two who were exiled or banished, as they were clearly not hanging around the court later—Nakatomi no Omimaro and Kose no Tayasu were probably from the most established families.  Indeed, we see both of their names show up multiple times in the record, giving us a better idea of who they might have been. Of the two, the name Nakatomi probably is more likely to ring a bell, as that as the surname of the famous Nakatomi no Kamatari—as well as the later Nakatomi no Kane.   Nakatomi no Kamatari was the head of court ritual when he and Naka no Oe kicked things off with the Isshi Incident and the Taika reforms, at which point he became the "Inner Prime Minister", or Naidaijin. Much of what we know of Omimaro comes from outside of the Chronicles themselves.  For instance, we are told that he was the son of Nakatomi no Kunitari, a cousin to the famous Kamatari, at least according to the 10th century Engi Shiki.  However, we have no other records of Kunitari, and so there is more than a little doubt cast as to whether or not that was actually the case.  Similarly, we are told that Omimaro married one of Kamatari's daughters, and was eventually adopted by Kamatari. Once again, the evidence for this is pretty thin, and it is unclear to me just how adoption worked at this point.  Certainly in later periods, adoption was often a way to ensure that a family had a male heir to ensure the family's continuity, and marrying someone's daughter and being adopted into the family is an age old tradition in the archipelago and Japan more generally.  At the same time, give some thought to what we know about this period: male primogeniture was not exactly the norm, although Confucian values had definitely made inroads into court.   The family headship often went to the eldest—or most prominent—family member.  This wasn't necessarily a son and often was a brother, a nephew, or even a cousin.  We have a few famous Nakatomi at this point in time, and all I can say for certain is that they were part of the same family.  Later traditions would make things a bit more clear. Whatever his parentage, our first encounter with Omimaro appears to be in the Ohotsu conspiracy, when he was arrested and then pardoned.  He shows up again in the record just three years later, along with Kose no Tayasu, as both were made judges, along with Fujiwara no Fubito—Nakatomi no Kamatari's biological son and eventual heir. In fact, there were nine judges, or magistrates, made that year, and they are listed in rank order.  The first is Prince Takeda, said to be a great-grandson of Nunakura, aka Bidatsu Tennou.  He was Joukwoshi rank, meaning he wore bright purple court robes, sitting in the lower half of the princely ranks.  He had been quite prolific ever since 681, when he was one of the Princes called to help bring together the Chronicles.  After being made a judge, he would continue in that position, it seems, and by 708 he would become the head of the Ministry of Prisons. After him we have Haji no Nemaro, in the dark red robes of the Jiki rank class.  Though someone of rank, less is known about Nemaro.  His father is said to be Haji no Mi, who was part of the forces that set out to Yamada-dera to capture—and likely kill—Soga no Kurayamadera.  Haji no Nemaro's son is Haji no Oi, who was sent to the Tang court but returned in 684, along with several repatriated soldiers.  Oi would assist with the Taihou code, but little more is said about him or his father. Other judges were Ohoyake no Maro, Fujiwara no Fubito—also of the Jiki class rank. Maro would go on to take a job as a jusenshi, responsible for minting coins, and Fubito would go on to reach the highest levels of government. Then there was Tahema no Sakurawi, Hodzumi no Yamamori, Nakatomi no Omimaro, Kose no Tayasu, and Ohomiwa no Yasumaro.  They were all Mudaishi rank at this point, wearing dark green.  Sakurai would go on to become the governor of Ise in 705, and then the governor of Musashi in 708.  Hodzumi no Yamamori we don't have as much information on, other than that he kept climbing the ranks, by 704 he had made Junior 5th rank, lower grade in the system that replaced the cap-ranks, and by 712 he made it to the senior fifth rank, lower grade. Ohomiwa no Yasumaro, on the other hand, would make it to the Senior 5th rank, lower grade by 707, and the upper grade by 708, when he was made the Dayu—the high minister in charge—of Settsu.  He would eventually make it into the Junior Fourth rank, upper grade, as the Minister of the Military Department, or Hyobu-sho. So this gives you an idea of the people with whom Nakatomi no Omimaro and Kose no Tayasu were rubbing elbows.  That they were made judges, responsible for justice, seems to say something as that would seem to be a powerful position.  At the same time, they are both lower ranked than the much younger Fujiwara no Fubito—but once again, he was the direct son of Nakatomi no Kamatari.  He also seems to have avoided any unpleasantness from the Jinshin no Ran as he was only 14 at the time, and though it does seem that the Nakatomi were generally knocked down a peg or two in court—thanks in large part  to the fact that Nakatomi no Kane had been one of the leaders of the Afumi court.  That and the whole thing with Prince Ohotsu may be why Omimaro was not exactly in the top ranks, but his appointments weren't nothing, either.  By 693, Omimaro would be granted the rank of Jikikwoshi, the lower fourth rank of the Jiki class.  In that entry he is recorded as Fujiwara no Omimaro.  I believe we discussed this a few episodes back, but the Fujiwara name was still new.  It had been granted to Nakatomi no Kamatari on his deathbed—or possibly even posthumously—by Naka no Oe, and to his family.  So technically that would seem to extend to the entire Nakatomi family.  And with Nakatomi no Kane having been one of the main figures on the losing side of the Jinshin no Ran, it was no doubt a savvy political move for Nakatomi courtiers to lean into the Fujiwara name, and they seem to have done just that.  It wouldn't be until later, in the reign just following this, that a new decree would straighten everything out, such that only the actual descendants of Fujiwara no Kamatari, such as Fujiwara no Fubito, would be allowed to use the Fujiwara name. Throughout this, I have focused mostly on Omimaro, but Kose no Tayasu was in the mix as well.  He, too, was made a judge and in 693 he would also be awarded the same Jikikwoshi rank.  In addition, in 689, he was made a "commissioner of good words", along with the Royal Prince Shiki and others.  This seems to be a singular position, and Aston suggests that it was their job to figure out the kind of auspicious language that should be used in the court.  What kind of language should be used by the sovereign and the courtiers in drawing up official edicts.  I imagine that they were figuring out the form to give to formal court documents as well as the kinds of titles and honorifics to use for the sovereign and the state more generally.  Of course, that is just an assumption based on Aston's understanding of what is, ultimately, a single line.  Still, it is clear that Tayasu was helping to make things happen. Tayasu would eventually go on to become the Minister of the Department of Ceremonies, the Shikibu-sho, and would later serve as a secretary to the Viceroy in Tsukushi—the Dazai Daini.  He would pass away in 710, one year before Omimaro. Before leaving Tayasu behind completely, I would like to point out his family name:  Kose.  The Kose family were one of the families granted the kabane of Ason, or Asaomi.  They had previously been known as the Kose no Omi, and had a long history in the court, claiming descent from the famous Takeuchi no Sukune, legendarily known as the first Oho-omi of Yamato.  Kose no Tokuda had been a supporter of Soga no Iruka, but after the Isshi Incident he supported Naka no Oe and eventually replace Abe no Uchimaro as Sadaijin—Minister of the Left.  Another Kose, Kose no Hito, would also rise in the government, becoming one of two Goshi-daibu made when Prince Ohotomo was appointed Dajodaijin.  The other was Ki no Ushi.  They were both in attendance and counted among the six who swore to protect and support Ohotomo, along with Nakatomi no Kane and others.  So they, too, found themselves on the wrong side of the Jinshin no Ran. In this case, however, it is unclear how much Tayasu was impacted by that.  He may have been the son of Kose no Shitano, brother to Kose no Hito, but the Kose were prolific in the court, with many people of the name.  The family would continue going through the Heian period.  Their fortunes ebbed and flowed, as did so many families, but they would eventually find themselves as Hatamoto to the Tokugawa shogun, so they never actually disappeared. Finally, let's talk about Yakuchi no Wotokashi.  As I mentioned earlier, he is actually one of the first names mentioned in the list of co-conspirators with Prince Ohotsu, suggesting that he outranked others in the group.  Indeed, he is noted as being of Jikikwoshi rank—fourth lower Jiki rank.  The bottom of the Jiki class, but that was still the third class from the top.  However, despite this, very little is actually said about him.  In fact, this is the only instance I could find of the name Yakuchi in the Nihon Shoki, at least in that spelling—there is also a Yakuchi no Uneme, but it is spelled differently and is probably not related.  It is also the only evidence of the name Wotokashi.  That means we don't even see him in the list of names being granted Ason in the first place. It is quite possible that Yakuchi was a name he took later and that he was from another family.  Indeed, there are a couple of traditions around Wotokashi that suggest he was the founder of the Yakuchi family in Shinano.  Indeed, there is a Yakuchi family that comes out of Shinano, near Adzumino.  And Shinano was one of the places that Ohoama had sent people to examine as another site for an alternative capital, and Prince Mino and others had gone to check it out.  So maybe Wotokashi headed out there—or his descendants, anyway—and decided to try and make a go of it.  Proponents of this theory also connect Wotokashi to a line descended from the Soga family, which would certainly explain his prominence.  There are others, however, who claim that the Yakuchi family out of Shinano is actually descended from the Otomo, suggesting that the similarities in the name are just coincidental, which is also possible.  Ultimately, our sources fail us here, and so we just have speculation.  It is possible that even with the pardon, Wotokashi was just never able to regain the trust of the sovereign or his position in court, and so whether he took a hike for the hinterlands or just faded from the picture it is hard to say. With that, let's take a look at just two more courtiers, and what kinds of lives and careers they had at court, at least from what we can see.  These two we've also mentioned in passing:  Fuse no Miushi—whom Aston transliterates as Miaruji—and Ohotomo no Miyuki. Fuse no Miushi and Ohotomo no Miyuki were both mentioned as performing eulogies for Ohoama, though there is more to them than just that.  We'll start with Fuse no Miushi, who is said to have been the son of none other than the Taika era Sadaijin, or Minister of the Left, Abe no Uchimaro.  You may recall that Abe no Uchimaro was the Sadaijin under Karu no Ohokimi, aka Koutoku Tennou, along with the Udaijin, Soga no Kurayamadera.  They were both supporters of Naka no Oe, though much of the Chronicles focus appeared to be more on Kurayamadera than on Uchimaro. We don't know when Miushi was born, nor when he received the name "Fuse", the name by which he is known when we first meet him in the Chronicles.  That family name only shows up two other times in the Chronicles.  Based on other sources, it seems that the Abe family was divided at some point into the Fuse and the Hikida, likely because it became too large and they needed to distinguish the different parts of the family.  It is said that Fuse no Miushi served as a retainer to Ohoama during the Jinshin no Ran.  That, along with his family connections, helped secure him a good place in the government.  By 686, we see him pronouncing the eulogy for Ohoama's funeral on behalf of the Dajokan, the Counil of State.  He was already Jikidaishi, one rank above the standard Jikikwoshi, but still clothed in the same dark red robes.  In 687, he is again pronouncing the eulogy, but this time we are told that his a Nagon, or councilor, a rather prestigious posting that would later get broken up into three different levels:  Dainagon, Chunagon, and Shonagon.  For my Heian fans out there, that last is the same Shonagon as in the name of the famous poet, author, diary-keeper, and all around queen of snark, Sei Shonagon.  By 688, pronouncing the Eulogy seems to have become an annual event for Miushi, only this time he teamed up with Ohotomo no Miyuki.  The two of them seem to have had similar careers, and would, for a time, come up together through the ranks. Ohotomo no Miyuki is said to have been born in 646, though that isn't recorded in the Nihon Shoki and comes from other sources.  The Ohotomo family goes back quite a ways, and we are told that his father was Ohotomo no Nagatoko, who served as Minister of the Right under Naka no Oe.  However, in 672, the Ohotomo, including Miyuki, sided with Ohoama in the Jinshin no ran.  In 675 he was made Tayu while Prince Kurikuma was made Director of Military Affairs.  He then drops out of the narrative until 688, when he is pronouncing the eulogy with Fuse no Miushi. Miushi would go on, two years later, to present the formal congratulations from the court to the Queen upon her ascencion to the throne, and then the following year, 691, both Miushi and Miyuki were granted the rank of Jikidaiichi, the highest rank in the Jiki class, along with 80 households to support them and their families.  This brought both of their stipends up to roughly 300 households each.  Then, in 694, they were both raised in rank again, this time to Shoukwoushi.  Only one rank up, yet they went from the top of the Jiki class to the bottom of the Shou class.  They would have gotten new robes of Bright Purple to indicate their new status, and they each had their stipends increased by the taxes of 200 households each.  At the same time, they were also acknowledged as senior members of their houses.  That means that Miushi was considered the head of the Fuse branch of the Abe family and Miyuki was now acknowledged as the head of the entire Ohotomo family. Two years after that, in 696, they were each given 80 retainers to support them.  Fuse no Miushi is actually mentioned at that time as Abe no Miushi.  That same year, we again see Fujiwara no Fubito show up, but with only 50 retainers.  Fubito would eventually rise to the top of the court food chain, but at this point, it was still in the hands of courtiers like Fuse no Abe no Miushi and Ohotomo no Miyuki. Fuse no Miushi would go on to have an incredible career.  He would become Dainagon and eventually he would become the Udaijin, the Minister of the Right, one of the highest positions anyone could hope to achieve at court. Ohotomo no Miyuki would not make it quite so far.  Like Miushi, he made it to Dainagon, but he died in the first month of 701, just 55 years old.  He had made it to the third rank, and he was posthumously granted the title of Udaijin—the position was vacant at the time—and granted second rank.  His colleague, Abe no Miushi, would go on to take the position only four months later and serve for a couple of years before passing away himself. These two would have worked closely together throughout their careers, and the fact that they were raised in rank and position on similar timelines suggests to me that they ran together in very close circles.  They would have been working in similar positions, at the same levels of the government.  They would have been going to the same parties and partaking in the same banquets and entertainments.   They were no doubt rivals, in a sense, but also equals.  Both families would go on, even as the Fujiwara clan came to dominate the politics of the era, the Ohotomo and Abe would continue to hold power in the court during the Nara period, though eventually it would decline.  The Ohotomo would eventually become just the Tomo, to avoid conflicting with the name of a slater sovereign, and the main house would eventually decline, though branch families would continue to claim descent from the Ohotomo into to the Edo period. The Abe would continue, similarly pushing against the Fujiwara.  The most famous Abe was probably Abe no Seimei, who became known for his skills as an Onmyouji, or master of Yin-yang divination and magic.  The Tsuchimikado branch of the Abe family would continue that tradition, and it would come to largely define the main branch of the family. I hope that gives a bit of an idea of what was going on in the court and the kinds of careers that people were looking at and what was happening.  We cannot get into every single person, but I'm going to try and note some of the more prominent courtiers and what they were doing.  It isn't always clear from the Chronicles what was going on between the various houses, but one can largely assume that the court was highly political.  Different factions were vying for power and position.  Sitting atop all of it, Uno no Sarara would have to perform her own kind of balancing act, doling out rewards and punishments as necessary, and ensuring to place the right people in positions of power and authority.  On the one hand, that ambition was a motivating factor, keeping the people of the court focused on the tasks at hand and ensuring that the court was running smoothly.  On the other hand, too much power in the hands of any one individual could cause them to get ideas that they should have even more.  The main bulwark against this was everyone else in the system—the checks and balances were literally the other court nobles, who weren't going to just let someone  take power unless there was something in it for them as well.  More on that as we watch this reign unfold. But for now, thank you so much for listening and downloading the podcast.  If you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.

En las viñas 1) Plantó: Esta bien que uno sienta cosas en un retiro espiritual, en una misa carismática o en un rezo del rosario, es parte de nuestra vida porque somos cuerpo, alma y Espíritu. Aunque debo reconocer que también tenemos emociones, pero vale rescatar que Jesús vive en los corazones de las personas. A lo que nos ayudan estos instrumentos espirituales es a fortalecer y despertar lo que tenemos. Hay gente que cree que va a Tierra Santa para encontrarse con Jesús o con su espíritu, no. Si vamos a Tierra Santa es un sitio histórico, pero no es que uno se encuentra allí con Jesús. Si se encuentra en una reunión es porque nosotros lo traemos. Él mismo nos dijo que donde dos o más estén reunidos en su nombre Él estaría. Cristo viene igual cuando estás triste o cansado. Dios está en tu corazón, no confundamos emoción con presencia de Dios. Porque cuando el fuego de Pentecostés cayó no cayó en el edificio, sino en las personas. Es ese fuego que hizo que salgan a predicar. Por eso, pedí siempre al Espíritu Santo que te llene para llenar. 2) Tomaron: Cuando creemos que el Espíritu obra en el edificio y no en las personas volvemos a vivir en un sistema religioso agobiante. Uno de los problemas que tenemos en la Iglesia es que nos gusta mucho la letra muerta, cuando comprendemos que “Cristo va conmigo” puedo entender lo que es anunciar a Jesús. El mandamiento que Jesús nos deja es: “Id por todo el mundo”, pero nosotros decimos: “Mejor que los pecadores vengan aquí”. Se trata de ir, de salir y de vivir, de llevar. El Señor nunca dijo vayan y armen estructuras o generen una franquicia. Es pasar de ser un templo de piedras a ser un templo vivo. 3) Echaron: Jesús vive dentro tuyo y aviva en vos la fuerza del Espíritu Santo. Nosotros remplazamos a los edificios y a las estructuras que sofocan, pero seguimos pensando que nuestra vida espiritual pasa por las reuniones que asistimos y hasta lo llamamos vida de Iglesia, pero no, es vida de edifico, no de Iglesia, porque la Iglesia somos nosotros cuando nos reunimos junto a Jesús Eucaristía. Algo bueno está por venir

Today on Karma Stories, we have a double feature of pure entitlement meeting swift and satisfying justice. First, a new neighbor decides to use an expensive cedar fence as his personal canvas and target practice, claiming his side belongs to him to destroy, until a tiny, secret detail from the installation company changes absolutely everything. Then, we dive into the ultimate UNO reverse when a lazy husband fakes a work trip to avoid watching his kids, completely unaware that his blatant disrespect just triggered the most spectacular and calculated exit strategy right under his nose. Grab a drink, settle in, and let's get into today's drama!

With @B1GKurt on the sideline, @JeffreyTheGreek is excited to be joined by @ScottDochterman of The Athletic!  Scott provides a wealth of knowledge on the current state of affairs for the CFP (12? 16? 24?) as well as bonus time to discuss potential changes to the governance of College Football. Take a Listen! Uno! Dos! TresAgaves!

Albert es enfermero y se ha pasado más de 2 años viajando de Buenos Aires a Ushuaia en autostop de ahí se fue por la Patagonia chilena y argentina conociendo la cordillera andina. En 'Uno de los Nuestros' hablamos con Carlos Quílez, periodista de investigación, criminólogo y escritor español

Uno de los éxitos silenciosos en lo que va de año, es esta película de animación protagonizada por animales y producida por Stephen Curry. Una pequeña cabra quiere jugar al baloncesto junto con tigres, caballos, rinocerontes y demás fauna, ¿lo conseguirá?

Uno de los principales problemas que tienen las empresas españolas en estos momentos es el del absentismo laboral, que está en máximos. Este termino a menudo se entiende mal, suele reducirse a las bajas por enfermedad, pero esa es solo una parte del problema y ni siquiera la más representativa de un fenómeno que afecta de lleno a la productividad y a la competitividad empresarial. Las cifras oficiales asustan. Cada jornada faltan al trabajo alrededor de 1,6 millones de personas con un coste que supera los 45.000 millones de euros anuales según el último informe de Randstad Research. En dos décadas la tasa prácticamente se ha duplicado y la tendencia no deja de crecer desde 2014. De cada 40 horas semanales, casi tres quedan sin cumplir. A ello se añade que el absentismo por incapacidad temporal en España supera en un 68% la media europea, con un coste cercano a 7 décimas del PIB desde 2021. El coste para las empresas es muy alto. El coste laboral promedio de un trabajador en España es de 40.500 euros al año, con una tasa de absentismo del 7% el impacto por cada trabajador es de casi 3.000 euros. Pero ese es solo el coste directo, el indirecto es mucho mayor. Cuando un trabajador falta a su puesto afecta a sus compañeros, a los clientes de la empresa y obliga a tomar decisiones precipitadas o a no dar salida al trabajo. Una empresa grande puede amortiguarlo, para una pequeña o mediana el efecto es devastador. El error reside en cómo se analiza todo esto. Muchas empresas miden el clima laboral, la satisfacción o el compromiso, pero suelen ignorar los factores personales que son los que, en última instancia, condicionan el rendimiento. Desde la perspectiva del trabajador la cosa cambia, lo que aparece es un problema de conciliación. Una parte de las bajas se justifican sobre obligaciones familiares y personales, otras sobre cuadros de salud mental como estrés, ansiedad o agotamiento. El fenómeno está, además, muy concentrado. Según estudios que se han realizado al respecto, el 16% de los trabajadores acumula casi el 70% de las bajas. Los más jóvenes registran ausencias breves más asociadas a la salud mental, mientras los mayores se toman bajas más prolongadas en el tiempo. El cuidado de hijos y mayores arrebata millones de horas y de euros, y solo una cuarta parte de los empleados cree disponer de tiempo suficiente para su vida personal. En las empresas cunde la desconfianza y se llega incluso a la contratación de detectives para perseguir posibles fraudes. Esto supone, obviamente, un coste extra. La AIReF ha reclamado una mejor gestión de unas bajas mal controladas, ya que las que superan el año de duración se han duplicado desde 2018 y la mitad de los afectados son repetidores. El reto ya no consiste en medir el absentismo, sino en entender su raíz y actuar antes de que estalle. Para hablar de este tema, un tema de fondo pero al mismo tiempo de la máxima actualidad, me he desplazado hasta Murcia para encontrarme con Carlos Recio, director general de la agencia Portavoz, todo un experto en comunicación corporativa con quien hablaré de absentismo en La ContraCrónica de hoy. · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra el pesimismo”… https://amzn.to/4m1RX2R · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Contra la Revolución Francesa”… https://amzn.to/4aF0LpZ · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva Sígueme en: · Web... https://diazvillanueva.com · Twitter... https://twitter.com/diazvillanueva · Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/fernandodiazvillanueva1/ · Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/diazvillanueva · Linkedin… https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-d%C3%ADaz-villanueva-7303865/ · Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/147276463@N05/?/ · Pinterest... https://www.pinterest.com/fernandodiazvillanueva Encuentra mis libros en: · Amazon... https://www.amazon.es/Fernando-Diaz-Villanueva/e/B00J2ASBXM #FernandoDiazVillanueva #absentismo #trabajo Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Cuando alguien me plantea que hay que fichar un jugador, siempre respondo lo mismo: a quién, de qué equipo y por cuánto dinero. Con los planes de Enrique Riquelme para el Real Madrid me hago casi las mismas pregunta: cuál es el presupuesto, de dónde va a salir el dinero y qué rentabilidad va a tener. Aparentemente, todo es muy bonito, pero no sea que algunos terminen cantando el dinero en el campo, y no precisamente en el campo de Valdebebas. Min. 01 Seg. 50 – Intro Min. 08 Seg. 16 - Uno ataca, el otro se defiende Min. 15 Seg. 12 - Un negocio redondo (no para el club) Min. 24 Seg. 43 - Otra vez la mentira de la dirección deportiva Min. 30 Seg. 51 - La estrategia es que hable el otro Min. 41 Seg. 31 - Unos planes imposibles Min. 49 Seg. 45 - Todos los medios están con el supuesto vencedor Min. 59 Seg. 09 - Despedida Dan Fogelberg (Santa Monica, CA 07/03/1976) Long Way Home To The Morning Rain, Oh, Rain Next Time There's A Place In The World For A Gambler As The Raven Flies Aspen > These Days Anyway I Love You Another Old Song Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69 (Londres 14/05/2024)

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¿Tienes un libro en mente pero crees que necesitas miles de seguidores antes de publicarlo?Spoiler: no es así. Uno de los mitos más extendidos entre los autores primerizos es que para vender un libro necesitas una audiencia previa, una lista de suscriptores enorme o un presupuesto de publicidad considerable. Y no. Nada de eso es imprescindible si sabes lo que estás haciendo. En este vídeo, Ana Nieto Churruca, fundadora de Triunfa con tu libro y con más de 15.000 autores formados, comparte en primera persona cómo publicó un libro en Amazon partiendo de cero, sin lista, sin seguidores, sin publicidad, y consiguió que en pocos días empezara a venderse hasta convertirse en bestseller. Lo que vas a descubrir en este vídeo No te vamos a desvelar demasiado, porque precisamente eso es lo que hace que merezca la pena verlo. Pero sí te damos algunas pistas. Ana habla de cuatro pasos concretos que aplicó para conseguirlo. Cuatro pasos que tienen mucho más que ver con la estrategia que con el libro en sí. Y uno de ellos —el que casi todo el mundo se salta— puede ser exactamente lo que está frenando tu libro ahora mismo. También descubrirás por qué hay libros brillantes que no venden nada y libros sin pretensiones que se convierten en herramientas de negocio reales.La respuesta te va a sorprender, y probablemente te va a hacer replantearte alguna de las decisiones que ya tienes tomadas sobre tu publicación. Hay un elemento concreto de tu libro que la mayoría de los autores descuida por completo. Y resulta que es el que más influuye en la decisión de compra.¿Cuál es? Eso lo encontrarás en el vídeo. ¿Para quién es este vídeo? Para ti si:Tienes un libro escrito o en proceso y no sabes cómo conseguir que se vendaLlevas tiempo pensando en publicar pero esperas a “tener más audiencia”Ya publicaste en Amazon y los resultados no son los que esperabasQuieres entender cómo funciona realmente Amazon antes de dar el pasoUna idea que lo cambia todo Hay una frase en este vídeo que resume perfectamente la filosofía detrás de todo lo que Ana comparte en Triunfa con tu libro: “Tu libro no es el destino, es la puerta de entrada.” Si esa frase te ha removido algo, el vídeo completo te va a dar mucho en qué pensar.Y si después de verlo quieres dar el siguiente paso con una estrategia clara y acompañamiento, descubre cómo trabajar con Ana en WriterPro:http://triunfacontulibro.com/ia

En 1997, Andrew Cunanan puso a Estados Unidos de rodillas. Pero su crimen más perfecto, no fue matar, fue inventar su vida.Esta es la nueva serie de Lugares misteriosos en su seccion Dossier del Crimen y hoy no seguimos un lugar, sino a un criminal.Uno que convirtió cada una de sus mentiras en una sentencia de muerte.Este es el episodio 2: "La Espiral".Conviértete en un supporter de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lugares-misteriosos-casos-paranormales-y-crimenes-reales--4744170/support.

El Gran Premio de Canadá dejó una carrera mucho más interesante de lo que podía parecer sobre el papel. Montreal volvió a poner sobre la mesa varios de los temas que están marcando esta temporada: estrategias arriesgadas, errores de equipos grandes, luchas en pista al límite y una Mercedes cada vez más fuerte, pero también cada vez más tensionada internamente. Y es un buen tema de conversación en este segundo episodio del Podcast Técnica Fórmula 1. McLaren se equivoca La carrera empezó torcida incluso antes de apagarse los semáforos. Dos vueltas de formación, dudas con la meteorología y hasta siete coches apostando por neumáticos intermedios en una pista que nunca llegó a mojarse lo suficiente. La decisión fue especialmente llamativa en McLaren, que partía desde una posición demasiado competitiva como para jugarse tanto en una apuesta tan extrema. El equipo británico parecía necesitar una lluvia inmediata para justificar la elección. Pero la lluvia no llegó. Los intermedios ofrecieron cierta confianza en los primeros metros, al calentarse antes que los neumáticos de seco, pero rápidamente comenzaron a sobrecalentarse. La sensación de “flotar” con la goma y la pérdida de rendimiento obligaron a los pilotos a deshacer la apuesta inicial, comprometiendo la carrera desde muy pronto. El error estratégico fue solo una parte del mal fin de semana de McLaren. Oscar Piastri protagonizó una acción muy discutible en la horquilla al tocar a Alexander Albon, mientras Lando Norris acabó abandonando por problemas de fiabilidad. Para un equipo que llega como vigente campeón, la suma de fallos estratégicos, errores de pilotaje y problemas mecánicos empieza a ser demasiado costosa en una temporada donde cada punto puede pesar al final. Mercedes empieza a vivir su propio duelo interno Mientras McLaren se complicaba solo, Mercedes volvía a ocupar el centro deportivo del Gran Premio. La batalla entre Kimi Antonelli y George Russell fue uno de los grandes focos del fin de semana, tanto en la Sprint como en la carrera del domingo. Hubo defensas duras, ataques por el exterior, bloqueos, radios encendidas y maniobras al límite. Pero también hubo algo que la Fórmula 1 necesita conservar: carreras de verdad. La acción más comentada llegó en la secuencia de curvas 1 y 2 del Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, donde Antonelli intentó atacar a Russell por el exterior. El británico defendió la posición con firmeza, aprovechando la trazada interior y la naturaleza estrecha de esa zona del circuito. Antonelli protestó por radio, pero la maniobra se movió dentro de los márgenes de una defensa dura y legítima. Uno de los debates más importantes. Ahí aparece uno de los debates centrales de esta F1: si se reglamenta cada centímetro de una maniobra, se corre el riesgo de vaciar de sentido el propio acto de adelantar. En Canadá hubo agresividad, sí, pero también control. No hubo un volantazo deliberado ni una acción claramente antideportiva. Hubo un piloto defendiendo y otro intentando pasar por una zona difícil. Exactamente lo que debería ser una carrera. Antonelli volvió a confirmar que Mercedes tiene entre manos un talento enorme. Con solo 19 años, muestra ritmo, agresividad y una capacidad de aprendizaje impropia de su edad. El sábado se excedió en algunos momentos; el domingo entendió mejor dónde atacar y cómo medir el riesgo. Russell, por su parte, demostró experiencia y dureza competitiva, aunque su abandono en la vuelta 30 dejó su carrera en nada y le provocó un enfado monumental, después sancionado por dejar elementos del coche en una zona comprometida. El duelo interno de Mercedes empieza a tomar forma. Antonelli empuja con fuerza, Russell no está dispuesto a ceder y el equipo tendrá que gestionar una tensión que puede ser tan peligrosa como valiosa. Porque, si se controla, puede elevar el nivel del equipo. Si se desborda, puede empezar a costar puntos. Canadá dejó también una crítica clara a la realización televisiva. Hubo banderas amarillas, incidentes y momentos estratégicos importantes que apenas se mostraron con claridad. En una F1 que quiere vender mejor su producto, la cobertura no estuvo a la altura de lo que sucedía en pista. La sensación final es que la categoría sigue teniendo problemas, pero también que hay motivos para el optimismo. Cuando los coches pueden seguirse, cuando los pilotos se ven obligados a gestionar energía y recuperar posiciones con inteligencia, la acción aparece. El super clipping sigue siendo una sombra, pero Canadá enseñó que, debajo de todas las capas técnicas, todavía hay carreras. Y eso, para la Fórmula 1 actual, ya es bastante. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Encontrar marcas rentables para vender en Amazon ya no depende únicamente de grandes distribuidores o de tener contactos privilegiados. Muchos vendedores hoy descubren oportunidades directamente analizando el mercado y entendiendo cómo trabajan ciertas marcas dentro de la plataforma. Robert Payares, experto en Amazon, Walmart y eBay, explica cómo acceder a marcas exclusivas con precios accesibles y convertirlas en oportunidades reales de negocio dentro del e-commerce. Uno de los mayores errores de quienes comienzan es pensar que las mejores marcas son inalcanzables o que solo trabajan con vendedores grandes. Sin embargo, Robert asegura que muchas oportunidades aparecen observando cuidadosamente el propio marketplace. "Cuando vas vendiendo te encuentras marcas, a veces revisando los listing de los vendedores de tu competencia", comenta. Analizar qué productos venden otros vendedores y detectar marcas con poca presencia optimizada en Amazon puede abrir puertas que la mayoría pasa por alto. Muchas marcas, especialmente latinoamericanas, ya exportan productos a Estados Unidos, pero no tienen una estrategia fuerte dentro de Amazon: "He conocido marcas del nicho de belleza que están en Latinoamérica, exportan aquí a Estados Unidos y entendí que no le prestan tanta atención a Amazon, sino que hacen una venta orgánica". Esto representa una oportunidad enorme para vendedores que entienden cómo funciona el marketplace y pueden ofrecer valor a esas empresas mejorando su presencia, posicionamiento y ventas dentro de la plataforma. El acercamiento con las marcas también requiere estrategia. No se trata simplemente de enviar mensajes masivos preguntando precios. Robert destaca que "tienes que contactarlos con un motivo válido para iniciar la conversación con las marcas". Mostrar conocimiento del producto, entender cómo funciona Amazon y explicar de qué manera puedes ayudarlos a crecer dentro del marketplace genera mucha más confianza y aumenta las posibilidades de conseguir acuerdos comerciales. Otro punto importante es saber identificar marcas con potencial real de crecimiento. Muchas veces los vendedores se enfocan en empresas demasiado pequeñas o sin suficiente movimiento comercial. Para Robert, una buena referencia es clara: "Yo recomiendo que la marca venda entre 15 y 20 mil dólares al mes". Ese nivel de ventas permite encontrar negocios que ya validaron su producto en el mercado, pero que todavía tienen espacio para escalar dentro de Amazon sin enfrentar niveles extremos de competencia. La rentabilidad también debe analizarse antes de invertir dinero en inventario. No basta con encontrar una marca interesante; es fundamental calcular correctamente los márgenes y costos reales del producto. "Si quieres detectar buena utilidad en un producto tienes que usar una calculadora, como SellerAmp". Herramientas como SellerAmp o SmartScout permiten analizar fees de Amazon, márgenes estimados, costos operativos y potencial de ganancias antes de tomar una decisión de compra. Detrás de muchas oportunidades en Amazon no necesariamente hay productos desconocidos, sino marcas que todavía no saben aprovechar completamente el marketplace. Saber detectarlas, contactarlas correctamente y analizar sus números puede convertirse en una ventaja enorme para quienes buscan construir un negocio rentable dentro del ecosistema de Amazon. Instagram: @tumarcaenusa

Más de mil millones de personas con trastornos de salud mental. Ochocientas mil muertes al año por soledad. Uno de cada cinco jóvenes sintiéndose solo en el mundo más conectado de la historia. Esto no es solo una crisis de salud pública. Es lo que le pasa a la humanidad cuando intenta vivir sin la fuente para la que fue creada. Hoy es Pentecostés. Y hoy Dios dice con toda claridad lo que el mundo no quiere admitir: Sin mí te mueres y no puedes. Porque separados de Él, nada podemos hacer. El fuego desciende hoy. Para ti. Para tu camino. Para el mundo que te necesita.

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Aclaración: Este episodio se elaboró a partir de una charla-conferencia dictada por Gustavo Fernández un par de décadas atrás. No tiene el mejor sonido --ya que se realizó sin micrófono y se grabó en casetes de audio-- pero creemos que por el valor de su contenido y que está "de moda" por estos días de desclasificaciones en el ambiente ovnilógico, merecía que la audiencia que más nos apoya pudiera conocerlo. Uno de los episodios más extensos que hayamos publicado. No contiene publicidad. * Alberto Ferreira y Gustavo Fernández en una conferencia de sábado (en el Hotel Alvear de Paraná) en los inicios de la divulgación de los temas paranormales en Paraná, mediante Al Filo de la Realidad (radio, revista, cursos virtuales). * Distintos temas que parecen muy ajenos entre sí pero, en verdad, conectados. La Tercera Ley de Fernández. Algunas personas no saben pensar. El protagonista del fenómeno insólito. ¿Se puede ser juez y parte? ¿Con qué contactan los contactados? ¿Qué son y qué origen tienen los OVNIs? ¿Existen otras dimensiones? Los cuatro argumentos que avalan esta hipótesis. ¿Qué consecuencias trajo el Fenómeno OVNI? ¿Qué dijo Jung? El SENASA y las Mutilaciones de Ganado. Un experimento de guerra bacteriológica en la provincia de Buenos Aires. El combo del 11 de setiembre. * La foto de Tezanos Pinto (https://alfilodelarealidad.com/la-historia-de-la-casona-embrujada-de-tezanos-pinto-y-su-protagonista/). Psicofonías. El Lobizón. ¿Un portal dimensional? La vaca que sobrevivió a una mutilación. Animales extraños en la región. Los Agrogramas. Relacionados: Más texto, audio y video sobre los temas del Misterio en nuestro portal: https://alfilodelarealidad.com/ Utiliza el buscador o busca por categorías y etiquetas. Plataforma de cursos: https://miscursosvirtuales.net * * * Programa de Afiliados * * * iVoox comparte con AFR un pequeño porcentaje si usas uno de estos enlaces: * Disfruta de la experiencia iVoox sin publicidad, con toda la potencia de volumen, sincronización de dispositivos y listas inteligentes ilimitadas: Premium anual https://www.ivoox.vip/premium?affiliate-code=68e3ae6b7ef213805d8afeeea434a491 Premium mensual https://www.ivoox.vip/premium?affiliate-code=7b7cf4c4707a5032e0c9cd0040e23919 * La mejor selección de podcasts en exclusiva con iVoox Plus Más de 50.000 episodios exclusivos y nuevos contenidos cada día. ¡Suscríbete y apoya a tus podcasters favoritos! Plus https://www.ivoox.vip/plus?affiliate-code=258b8436556f5fabae31df4e91558f48 Más sobre el mundo del Misterio en alfilodelarealidad.com Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Al Filo de la Realidad. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/3844

The UNO has a firm stance on upholding peace and security across the globe. But does that really show up in today's world? Today, Pastor JD dives into the government's deceptions and uncovers the unsettling truth that peace and security are just illusions! Rely solely on Jesus because He’s the Prince of peace!

Uno de nuestros oyentes no sabe qué hacer por qué va a volver a ser padre y está confundido. Estole recomendó el Dr. César Lozano. Disfruta el podcast de Por el Placer de Vivir con Cesar Lozano en Uforia App, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Uforia Podcasts en YouTube y en ViX. ¿Cómo te sentiste al escuchar este Episodio? Déjanos tus comentarios, suscríbete y cuéntanos cuáles otros temas te gustaría oír en #porelplacerdevivir 

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Javier Ocaña lleva varias semanas custodiando su crítica sobre "Las ovejas detectives", una película en la que un pastor, que leía a sus ovejas novelas de asesinatos y misterios, es asesinado y serán ellas la que resuelvan el caso. Un esperpento en palabras de Javier Ocaña, que ha argumentado cómo carece de encanto, técnica, buenas líneas y el esfuerzo por plantear un cine familiar o infantil de calidad. Uno de los estrenos de la semana, "Un mundo frágil y maravilloso", destaca de manera sobresaliente con la historia de amor de una pareja a lo largo de tres décadas en Beirut. 

Javier Riaño, desde IronIA Fintech, ha explicado cómo han construido una plataforma de inversión centrada en facilitar el acceso y la comparación de fondos de inversión para cualquier usuario. La gestora cuenta actualmente con más de 23.000 fondos y 200 gestoras, tanto nacionales como internacionales, cubriendo gestión activa, pasiva y una amplísima variedad de estrategias y geografías. Riaño pone el foco en la enorme capacidad de búsqueda y clasificación de la plataforma. Destaca que disponer de miles de fondos hace que el inversor pueda elegir el que más que se acerque a sus preferencias. Para resolverlo, IronIA Fintech ha desarrollado herramientas avanzadas de filtrado y análisis que permiten encontrar fondos por categorías, sectores, regiones o estilos de inversión. Uno de los elementos más relevantes es el “buscador de categorías”, una herramienta basada en big data que permite comparar fondos dentro de una misma temática —por ejemplo tecnología, monetarios o renta fija. Javier Riaño destaca la accesibilidad: cualquier usuario registrado gratuitamente con un correo electrónico puede acceder a estas herramientas de análisis sin necesidad de contratar fondos o pagar suscripción. IronIA busca diferenciarse no solo por amplitud de oferta, sino por transparencia, comparabilidad y facilidad de uso para el inversor minorista.

1378. El estudio sobre podcast publicado por Prodigioso Volcán me ha servido hoy para detenerme un rato y analizar con calma hacia dónde está evolucionando realmente el consumo de audio digital en España. Y hay datos que me parecen muy interesantes, otros que me generan dudas y algunos que directamente me confirman sensaciones que llevo años comentando. En este episodio repaso la V edición del informe “Estado del audio y la voz”, un estudio que no solamente habla de podcast, sino también de audiolibros y asistentes de voz. Aun así, yo he querido centrarme sobre todo en el apartado relacionado con el podcasting porque creo que ahí hay muchísima información útil para entender cómo escucha la gente, desde dónde lo hace y qué tipo de contenidos está buscando actualmente.V Estado del audio y la voz - Evolución del sector en España: cifras y perspectivashttps://www.prodigiosovolcan.com/pv/sismogramas/informe-voz-2025/ Uno de los datos más llamativos es que YouTube supera por primera vez a Spotify como plataforma más utilizada para consumir podcast. Y claro, aquí tengo sentimientos encontrados porque una cosa es descubrir contenido en YouTube y otra muy distinta consumir realmente un podcast completo allí. De hecho, os cuento que en mi propio caso veo cómo muchísima gente llega al podcast a través de YouTube, pero luego la retención y las horas reales de escucha están muchísimo más presentes en aplicaciones puramente de audio. También creo que es interesante comprobar cómo el consumo de podcast se ha disparado en los últimos años. Según el estudio, el 74% de los internautas españoles (esa palabra que sólo conocemos los que sabemos lo que es vivir sin internet) escucha podcast y prácticamente la mitad consume al menos un episodio semanalmente. Además, las temáticas relacionadas con noticias, cultura, historia, salud o economía siguen creciendo mientras otros géneros más centrados únicamente en entretenimiento parecen perder algo de peso. Otro aspecto del informe que me ha gustado es el análisis de perfiles de oyentes. Han dividido a los usuarios entre desconfiados, cautelosos y tech optimistas, y reconozco que me ha hecho bastante gracia realizar el pequeño test que incluyen para descubrir en qué grupo encajo yo. Aunque ya os podéis imaginar el resultado, porque viviendo rodeado de podcast, plataformas, herramientas y tecnología, al final he acabado dentro del grupo de los llamados tech optimistas. También aprovecho este episodio para exponer algunos datos que me chirrían un poco, como esa enorme diferencia entre descubrimiento y consumo real, el peso que todavía tiene el vídeo dentro de las estadísticas de podcast o incluso ciertas respuestas relacionadas con el lugar desde donde la gente escucha contenido sonoro. Y precisamente por eso creo que este tipo de estudios son interesantes. No tanto porque las cifras sean exactas o definitivas, sino porque ayudan a entender tendencias, comportamientos y cambios dentro del ecosistema del audio digital. Además, sirven para recordar algo importante: el podcast ya no es un formato extraño o minoritario, sino una parte bastante consolidada del consumo digital en España.¿POR QUÉ ESCUCHAMOS PÓDCAST? | Estado del Audio y la Voz en España con Mar Abad y Carlos Galánhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOtVaNrXjtw_____________El sábado 30 de mayo, la Sala Cooltural del Hotel DormirDCine Madrid acogerá la 3ª edición de Podnights Madrid 2026 en la que el podcast ‘¿Cómo ye la tu movida?' repetirá por cuarto año consecutivo.Tienes toda la info y entradas en este enlace https://www.eventbrite.es/e/entradas-como-ye-la-tu-movida-en-podnights-madrid-1987453018479_____________ ¡Gracias por pasarte 'Al otro lado del micrófono' un día más para seguir aprendiendo sobre podcasting! Si quieres descubrir cómo puedes unirte a la comunidad o a los diferentes canales donde está presente este podcast, te invito a visitar https://alotroladodelmicrofono.com/unete Además, puedes apoyar el proyecto mediante un pequeño impulso mensual, desde un granito de café mensual hasta un brunch digital. Descubre las diferentes opciones entrando en: https://alotroladodelmicrofono.com/cafe. También puedes apoyar el proyecto a través de tus compras en Amazon mediante mi enlace de afiliados https://alotroladodelmicrofono.com/amazon La voz que puedes escuchar en la intro del podcast es de Juan Navarro Torelló (PoniendoVoces) y el diseño visual es de Antonio Poveda. La dirección, grabación y locución corre a cargo de Jorge Marín. La sintonía que puedes escuchar en cada capítulo ha sido creada por Jason Show y se titula: 2 Above Zero.  'Al otro lado del micrófono' es una creación de EOVE Productora.

Envíanos un mensaje!En este episdodio te hablo de un interesante caso de terrorismo político en Puerto Rico. La década de 1970 fue una de mucha violencia política en Puerto Rico. Uno de los casos más notorios fue el asesinato por encargo de Carlos Muñiz Varela, un exilado cubano y activista independentista en Puerto Rico. Un crimen que lleva más de 40 casos sin que nadie sea acusado o convicto por ordenar esta muerte.Fuentes de información y documentos adicionales disponibles en Patreon.Auspiciadores:Puedes llamar a Fernando Fernández Investigador Privado y Forense con más de 17 años de experiencia a nivel local e internacional al 787-276-5619 o visítalo en: Fernando Fernandez PIEste episodio también es traído a ustedes por Jabonera Don Gato. Los jabones Don Gato son hechos a mano, sin químicos dañinos ni detergentes. Elaborados con aceites naturales, esenciales y aromáticos, seguros para la piel. Pruébalos y siente la diferencia. Visítalos en jaboneradongato.com y utiliza el código "Crimepod" para obtener un 10% de descuento en tu compra.Este episodio es traído a ustedes por Libros787.com. Ordena tus libros favoritos escritos por autores puertorriqueños desde la comodidad de tu casa. Utiliza el código promocional: CRIMEPODPR para que recibas envío gratuito en tu primera compra. Envíos a todas partes de Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos.Fernando Fernández, Jabonera Don Gato, Libros787.comSupport the show

Uno empieza blanqueando a dictaduras y termina blanqueando el dinero de las dictaduras. Entiendo que es un tránsito natural, si acaso lo que cabría preguntarse es qué fue primero: si la complicidad o el negocio.Llevo toda la noche con un soniquete repitiéndose en mi cabeza como un gusano musical. Qué tortura. Es el elogio del todo extemporáneo, del todo innecesario y por tanto sospechoso, que Zapatero hizo aquí contigo en aquello entrevista de filibustero, de Delcy Rodríguez. Pero cómo no iba a quererla, el hombre.Para quienes cultivan fantasías del lawfare. Miren el origen de esta investigación se remonta a 2024, cuando la Fiscalía Anticorrupción recibió dos solicitudes de cooperación internacional para acabar con una "organización criminal" que se dedicaba a blanquear fondos opacos procedentes de Venezuela. Francia y Suiza pedían que se practicaran una serie de registros en pisos y casas de Madrid, Tenerife y Mallorca.Fueron esas comisiones rogatorias las que pusieron a la Justicia española sobre la pista y la Fiscalía Anticorrupción y la UDEF empezaron a actuar. El resultado es este auto minucioso, pulcro y brutal en el que el juez Calama imputa graves delitos al expresidente del Gobierno y gran inspirador del socialismo español. Conviene precisar esto… porque es que viendo Russia Today… perdón, Televisión Española, uno podría pensar que está ante el caso Dreyfuss… Ya conoceremos la causa completa. Y mientras tanto, convendría que Pedro Sánchez explicara algo sobre su política exterior… a ser posible antes de que su oficioso canciller ingrese en la cárcel

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Escucha el programa completo de Más de Uno con Carlos Alsina. No te pierdas toda la información, el monólogo de Alsina, las entrevistas, el humor o las ficciones sonoras del programa matinal de Onda Cero.

Uno de los temas que más vale la pena reflexionar hoy en día, ante la cantidad de desánimo y falta de sentido. Espero te sea de utilidad. Para identificar exactamente que es lo que está generando ruido en tu vida ahora mismo y que hacer al respecto haz clic aquí: https://recursos.conocimientoexperto.com/directriz Salvador Mingo Creador de Conocimiento Experto | Estratega en desarrollo personal y enfoque interno CONECTA CONMIGO: Contacto: salvador@conocimientoexperto.com Enlaces oficiales: Web: https://conocimientoexperto.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@conocimientoexperto Podcast (Spotify): https://spoti.fi/2yS9p38 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salvadormingo/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvadormingoce/

Uno de los temas que más vale la pena reflexionar hoy en día, ante la cantidad de desánimo y falta de sentido. Espero te sea de utilidad. Para identificar exactamente que es lo que está generando ruido en tu vida ahora mismo y que hacer al respecto haz clic aquí: https://recursos.conocimientoexperto.com/directriz Salvador Mingo Creador de Conocimiento Experto | Estratega en desarrollo personal y enfoque interno CONECTA CONMIGO: Contacto: salvador@conocimientoexperto.com Enlaces oficiales: Web: https://conocimientoexperto.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@conocimientoexperto Podcast (Spotify): https://spoti.fi/2yS9p38 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/salvadormingo/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvadormingoce/Conviértete en un supporter de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conocimiento-experto--2975003/support.

En 1997, Andrew Cunanan puso a Estados Unidos de rodillas. Pero su crimen más perfecto, no fue matar, fue inventar su vida.Esta es la nueva serie de Lugares misteriosos en su seccion Dossier del Crimen y hoy no seguimos un lugar, sino a un criminal.Uno que convirtió cada una de sus mentiras en una sentencia de muerte.Este es el episodio 1: "El Chico Dorado de Manila".Conviértete en un supporter de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lugares-misteriosos-casos-paranormales-y-crimenes-reales--4744170/support.

This week on Wrestling Mayhem Show 1005, Sorg, Rizz, and Mad Mike are joined in studio by pro wrestler Some Guy Named John for a chaotic, hilarious episode covering the Wrestling Mayhem Show presents April Fools spirit, May 19 wrestling lore, indie wrestling madness, WWE Films deep cuts, AEW and WWE weekend previews, and the ongoing saga of Leaders By Example. The crew celebrates May 19, the 20th anniversary of WWE's See No Evil, with Some Guy Named John delivering an increasingly detailed breakdown of Kane's horror movie legacy. Rizz celebrates becoming an elected official, Mad Mike shows off wrestling collectibles, and the conversation spirals through WWE Films, NXT on YouTube, Saturday Night's Main Event, AEW Double or Nothing, 880 Wrestling, RWA, VCW, and more. Breakdown: Rizz wins election day Rizz talks about seeing his real name on the ballot. The crew jokes about wrestling, politics, campaign speeches, and Kane also being a politician. May 19 and WWE's See No Evil Some Guy Named John celebrates the 20th anniversary of See No Evil. The crew discusses Kane as Jacob Goodnight, the film's strange WWE marketing tie-ins, the May 19 angle, and the movie's budget and box office. Later, they dive into See No Evil 2, the Soska Sisters, horror movie logic, and WWE Films history. WWE movie universe chaos Discussion includes The Marine, Countdown, Legendary, That's What I Am, WWE's direct-to-video era, and the wild concept of WWE wrestlers as secret agents. The crew jokes about turning WWE's old novel Big Apple Takedown into a TV series. UpUpDownDown Uno nostalgia Mad Mike shows off a sealed UpUpDownDown Uno deck. The group remembers Xavier Woods / Austin Creed, pandemic-era Uno content, and WWE YouTube culture. WWE and NXT discussion Eosky and EVIL's wedding comes up. The crew discusses EVIL's NXT name change and how WWE handles renamed international stars. Sorg shares that full NXT episodes are available through CW Sports on YouTube. Saturday Night's Main Event preview The crew runs through the card, including Penta, Ethan Page, Becky Lynch, Sol Ruca, women's tag title action, and more. They joke about Penta being the poster boy and world champions skipping Fort Wayne, Indiana. AEW Double or Nothing / Owen Hart Tournament The hosts preview AEW's tournament brackets. They discuss Will Ospreay, Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, Bandido, Claudio, Brody King, Willow, Athena, Mina Shirakawa, and more. Athena's long championship reign is highlighted. Some Guy Named John and Leaders By Example John explains how Gianni Michael Emricko was “absorbed” into Leaders By Example. He breaks down the group's contract logic, ownership of Gianni's music and robes, and Gianni's suspension. The new unpaid intern Mitch is praised as a better fit for the group. 880 Wrestling storylines The episode previews the ongoing Leaders By Example drama at 880 Wrestling. John discusses CPA, taxes, unsafe spaces, and why his friends do not pay taxes. The crew plugs a big indie wrestling weekend across 880, RWA, and VCW. RWA Regional Championship controversy John claims that he and Clayton King are collectively the RWA Regional Champion. He insists he did not interfere physically and says Leaders By Example are the true heroes of RWA. Gorgeous Gregory's upcoming title opportunity is discussed. VCW tag title opportunity John talks about Clayton King being robbed of the VCW Championship. Leaders By Example now aim for the VCW Tag Team Titles against White Trash Wilderness. Point Park wrestling chaos John discusses invading Austin Karnes' live podcast event at Point Park. Casey and a mascot get involved, and John threatens to investigate future wrestling events on campus. What We Learned Some Guy Named John wants to have a sing-off match. The chat learns that Mason Rook's NXT theme is the same music Mason Ryan had in WWE '12. Mad Mike learned that See No Evil has a surprisingly deep production history. The group reflects on the value of weekly independent wrestling and how 880 Wrestling continues to happen through sheer love of the game.

This week on Wrestling Mayhem Show 1005, Sorg, Rizz, and Mad Mike are joined in studio by pro wrestler Some Guy Named John for a chaotic, hilarious episode covering the Wrestling Mayhem Show presents April Fools spirit, May 19 wrestling lore, indie wrestling madness, WWE Films deep cuts, AEW and WWE weekend previews, and the ongoing saga of Leaders By Example. The crew celebrates May 19, the 20th anniversary of WWE's See No Evil, with Some Guy Named John delivering an increasingly detailed breakdown of Kane's horror movie legacy. Rizz celebrates becoming an elected official, Mad Mike shows off wrestling collectibles, and the conversation spirals through WWE Films, NXT on YouTube, Saturday Night's Main Event, AEW Double or Nothing, 880 Wrestling, RWA, VCW, and more. Breakdown: Rizz wins election day Rizz talks about seeing his real name on the ballot. The crew jokes about wrestling, politics, campaign speeches, and Kane also being a politician. May 19 and WWE's See No Evil Some Guy Named John celebrates the 20th anniversary of See No Evil. The crew discusses Kane as Jacob Goodnight, the film's strange WWE marketing tie-ins, the May 19 angle, and the movie's budget and box office. Later, they dive into See No Evil 2, the Soska Sisters, horror movie logic, and WWE Films history. WWE movie universe chaos Discussion includes The Marine, Countdown, Legendary, That's What I Am, WWE's direct-to-video era, and the wild concept of WWE wrestlers as secret agents. The crew jokes about turning WWE's old novel Big Apple Takedown into a TV series. UpUpDownDown Uno nostalgia Mad Mike shows off a sealed UpUpDownDown Uno deck. The group remembers Xavier Woods / Austin Creed, pandemic-era Uno content, and WWE YouTube culture. WWE and NXT discussion Eosky and EVIL's wedding comes up. The crew discusses EVIL's NXT name change and how WWE handles renamed international stars. Sorg shares that full NXT episodes are available through CW Sports on YouTube. Saturday Night's Main Event preview The crew runs through the card, including Penta, Ethan Page, Becky Lynch, Sol Ruca, women's tag title action, and more. They joke about Penta being the poster boy and world champions skipping Fort Wayne, Indiana. AEW Double or Nothing / Owen Hart Tournament The hosts preview AEW's tournament brackets. They discuss Will Ospreay, Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, Bandido, Claudio, Brody King, Willow, Athena, Mina Shirakawa, and more. Athena's long championship reign is highlighted. Some Guy Named John and Leaders By Example John explains how Gianni Michael Emricko was “absorbed” into Leaders By Example. He breaks down the group's contract logic, ownership of Gianni's music and robes, and Gianni's suspension. The new unpaid intern Mitch is praised as a better fit for the group. 880 Wrestling storylines The episode previews the ongoing Leaders By Example drama at 880 Wrestling. John discusses CPA, taxes, unsafe spaces, and why his friends do not pay taxes. The crew plugs a big indie wrestling weekend across 880, RWA, and VCW. RWA Regional Championship controversy John claims that he and Clayton King are collectively the RWA Regional Champion. He insists he did not interfere physically and says Leaders By Example are the true heroes of RWA. Gorgeous Gregory's upcoming title opportunity is discussed. VCW tag title opportunity John talks about Clayton King being robbed of the VCW Championship. Leaders By Example now aim for the VCW Tag Team Titles against White Trash Wilderness. Point Park wrestling chaos John discusses invading Austin Karnes' live podcast event at Point Park. Casey and a mascot get involved, and John threatens to investigate future wrestling events on campus. What We Learned Some Guy Named John wants to have a sing-off match. The chat learns that Mason Rook's NXT theme is the same music Mason Ryan had in WWE '12. Mad Mike learned that See No Evil has a surprisingly deep production history. The group reflects on the value of weekly independent wrestling and how 880 Wrestling continues to happen through sheer love of the game.

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La publicidad en Amazon dejó de ser simplemente "poner campañas" para convertirse en una pieza estratégica que define el crecimiento o el estancamiento de una marca. En un marketplace cada vez más competitivo, donde los costos cambian constantemente y las decisiones deben tomarse en tiempo real, la Inteligencia Artificial comienza a ocupar un lugar central. Christian Delgado, especialista en marketing, representante de BQool y experto en negocios internacionales, explica cómo la IA está transformando la manera en que las marcas optimizan su PPC dentro de Amazon. Uno de los problemas más comunes dentro de las campañas publicitarias aparece desde el inicio: la estructura. Muchas marcas lanzan campañas sin organización clara, mezclando palabras clave, objetivos y segmentaciones: "Entre los problemas principales que puede resolver Bqool para PPC en Amazon es armar bien la estructura al lanzar campañas". Christian afirma que esto suele suceder cuando falta experiencia o cuando varias personas gestionan una misma cuenta. En ese contexto, herramientas impulsadas por IA como BQool permiten ordenar, optimizar y maximizar el trabajo de los especialistas, evitando errores que terminan afectando el rendimiento de la inversión publicitaria. El mercado de Amazon cambia constantemente y reaccionar tarde puede costar ventas. Allí aparece otra gran ventaja de la automatización inteligente. "El humano no puede estar las 24 horas todos los días de la semana, y la herramienta genera pequeños movimientos para mantener las campañas actualizadas", destaca nuestro invitado. La IA de BQool analiza cambios de precios, variaciones del mercado y comportamiento de las campañas para ajustar automáticamente estrategias que manualmente tomarían demasiado tiempo. Esto permite mantener competitividad sin depender exclusivamente de intervenciones humanas constantes. La optimización de palabras clave también se vuelve mucho más precisa cuando interviene la Inteligencia Artificial. Christian señala que "la IA ayuda a optimizarlas, tras el estudio del mercado, generando mayor conversión y tráfico". En Amazon, aparecer frente al cliente correcto marca la diferencia entre una campaña rentable y una que simplemente consume presupuesto. Gracias al análisis de datos y tendencias del nicho, la IA puede detectar oportunidades, ajustar keywords y encontrar patrones difíciles de identificar manualmente. Sin embargo, Christian deja claro que la automatización no reemplaza la estrategia humana: "En Bqool tenemos bien claro que el factor humano y la experiencia son irremplazables". La IA simplifica procesos, automatiza tareas repetitivas y mejora tiempos de reacción, pero la dirección estratégica sigue dependiendo de quien entiende el negocio, el producto y el mercado. La combinación entre experiencia humana y tecnología es lo que realmente permite construir campañas sólidas y sostenibles. Otro de los grandes desafíos en PPC tiene que ver con las emociones. Cuando una campaña no da resultados rápidos, muchos vendedores toman decisiones impulsivas que terminan perjudicando el rendimiento general. Christian asegura que una herramienta automatizada puede ayudar a reducir esas decisiones emocionales y reemplazarlas por ajustes basados en datos reales y comportamiento del mercado. La IA no actúa por ansiedad ni frustración, sino por análisis y patrones de rendimiento. Además, cuanto más tiempo trabaja una herramienta como BQool sobre una cuenta, más inteligente se vuelve el sistema: "La IA va aprendiendo de la data de la cuenta más la data del mercado, específicamente del nicho de la tienda". Esto significa que las campañas no solo se optimizan en función del rendimiento interno de la marca, sino también considerando cómo se comporta el mercado y la competencia dentro de esa categoría específica de Amazon. La combinación entre PPC e Inteligencia Artificial ya no parece una ventaja opcional, sino una herramienta clave para competir dentro de Amazon. Automatizar procesos, optimizar palabras clave y tomar decisiones más rápidas y analíticas puede marcar una diferencia enorme en la rentabilidad de una marca. BENEFICIO EXCLUSIVO para los seguidores de Wizards Of Ecom: 30 días gratis para probar BQool enviando un correo a christian.delgado@bqool.com

1) Levantó: Escuché alguna vez que uno en definitiva tiene el tamaño de los rivales que elige. El ser dueños de nuestras reacciones y nuestras actitudes nos hace comprender que el primer esfuerzo que uno tiene que trabajar es el propio. Uno debe desarrollar el “tolerar” y, al mismo tiempo, y por sobre todo, tiene que trabajar su propio carácter.2) Enviado: Ser maduro es discernir qué es bueno para mi alimento espiritual. Hay cosas que pueden ser entretenidas, pero que no me alimentan. Es importante madurar en la vida espiritual y poder comprender qué me hace bien y qué me hace mal. Tampoco es bueno caer en una dependencia espiritual donde espero que el cura o el pastor me esté diciendo todo el tiempo qué está bien y qué está mal. Es importante trabajar los sentidos espirituales. 3) Contigo: Einstein decía: “Dios no juega a los dados con el Universo”. Porque todo tiene un orden y un proceso en la vida. Woody Allen, cuando le contaron esta frase de Einstein, dijo: “Yo no diría que juega a los dados, más bien diría que juega a las escondidas”. Por eso, en este tiempo de preparación para Pentecostés pedile a Dios el don de ciencia para poder verlo en tu vida y comprender por dónde va tu vida. Algo bueno está por venir.

The skills you bring from the court to the classroom. Morgann Gardner played basketball for thirteen years. Thirteen years of 5 a.m. workouts, 6 a.m. lifts, two-a-day practices, and the kind of discipline that follows you out of the gym. Now she's a graduate teaching assistant at UNO, teaching Public Speaking Fundamentals to a room full of nervous first-year speakers. Morgann came to UNO from Racine, Wisconsin, on a recruiting visit her mom drove her out for from a tournament in Iowa. She committed after one mini campus tour, and stayed for an undergrad degree in JMC Emerging Media, an Outstanding Student of the Year award for 2024-2025, and a last-minute leap into the master's program she wasn't sure she'd get into. Her advice for current and future student athletes: stick with it, talk to your professors, and remember that the hard part is mental, not physical. Watch on YouTube, listen on your favorite podcast app, and subscribe to Comm in Ten.  #StudentAthlete #StudentSuccess#CommInTen #OnceAMaverick #UNOmaha #StudentAthlete #PublicSpeaking

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El caso de Josef Fritzl, conocido como el monstruo de Amstetten, conmocionó al mundo entero cuando se descubrió que había mantenido a su propia hija encerrada en un sótano oculto durante más de dos décadas, mientras hacía vida normal ante vecinos y familiares. Lo más inquietante no fue solo el tiempo que logró ocultarlo, sino cómo consiguió construir una doble vida tan extrema sin levantar sospechas. Por un lado era el padre y abuelo perfecto, por el otro secuestró a su propia hija, la encerró en el sótano durante 24 años y tuvo 7 hijos con ella. Un caso real tan perturbador que todavía hoy sigue siendo uno de los más estudiados dentro del true crime y la criminología.

We talk about the famous Wu Zetian, as well as Kings Munmu, Sinmun, and Hyoso in Silla.  These were the rulers at the same time that Uno no Sarara was overseeing things in Yamato.  Here we see a bit of tit for tat politics between Yamato and Silla.  We also get a tale of personal sacrifice from veterans of the Silla-Tang war against Baekje. For more notes and references, check out our blogpost page:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-149 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 149: Kings, Queen, and an Empress   Uno no Sarara and her son, Crown Prince Kusakabe, sat in court.  The trappings of the recent mourning period had been put aside with the recent burial of Uno's husband, Ohoama, and they were now preparing for Crown Prince Kusakabe's coronation.  However, the matter in front of them had nothing to do with that.  Instead, they listened to an official recounting of what had transpired on the peninsula.  The court had explicitly sent an envoy to Silla to inform them of Ohoama's death, but it took much longer than it should have for Norimaro and his party to return.  There had even been an envoy mission from Silla while they were away. As Uno no Sarara listened intently, she found it harder and harder to keep her emotions in check.  She listened as the story of the Yamato mission was told, and as she heard of how her messengers were treated—how they weren't even allowed to tell the Silla court their news all because someone in Silla had decided that they weren't appropriate ambassadors. Silla had finally come to learn of Ohoama's death, and the mission returned home, but this treatment was inexcusable.  These were not just Yamato's messengers, they were carrying the royal word of Queen Uno no Sarara, head of the state and de facto ruler as they mourned the loss of her husband and predecessor.  To have them kept waiting because of some invented protocol was an affront to the nation, but it was also an affront to her. This. Would. Not. Do...     Greetings, everyone!  Thank you once again for tuning in.  As you may recall, last episode we covered the ceremonies around the death and burial of Ohoama, aka Temmu Tennou, as well as the unceremonious death of Crown Prince Kusakabe, leading to the throne being taken by his mother, Queen Uno no Sarara, aka Jitou Tennou.  One aspect of everything that was going on was the relations with the continent.  This included missions from Yamato to the continent—especially those involved with communicating information about the changes in the Yamato court.  So this episode I thought we could look at some of the things we see in the record and go over where things sat with regards to the continent. First things first, let's brush up on where we left off.  Back in episode 140 we talked about how the Silla-Tang alliance had broken down.  With Baekje and Goguryeo both defeated, the Tang had set up commanderies to oversea captured territory in both kingdoms, and even though Emperor Tang Taizong had promised Silla suzerainty over Baekje, his successor, Gaozong, had not adhered to that agreement.  In response, and with the help of Goguryeo rebels, Kind Munmu of Silla had fought back against the Tang forces, eventually consolidating everything south of the Taedong river, approximating the extent of the modern country of South Korea. Meanwhile, Goguryeo rebels continued to trouble the Tang, and King Bojang set up by the Tang dynasty would eventually betray them, allying with the northern Malgal people.  They would continue to fight to restore their sovereignty.  With pressure from Silla and Goguryeo, the Tang commandery pulled back from Pyongyang to Liaoyang—effectively putting the mountainous regions at the head of the Korean peninsula between them and their enemies.  Silla control was de facto, but would not be recognized formally by the Tang dynasty until the early 8th century.  That didn't meant they were completely at odds, however.  Silla would resume diplomatic mission to the Tang, despite their territorial disagreements. Silla's King Munmu, who had pushed back against the Tang, was succeed by his son, known as King Sinmun.  Sinmun had been Crown Prince during the wars against Baekje and Goguryeo.  Much as Ohoama and Uno no Sarara had been doing on the archipelago, he was working to centralize royal authority in Silla. In 681, as Silla was still mourning the death of King Munmu, a rebellion broke out.  It was led by a high ranking Silla official, and father-in-law to Sinmun, Kim Humdol.  It was quickly put down, and Kim Humdol and other officials who were implicated were executed.  This was actually a golden opportunity for the new King Sinmun to help purge the court of any rivals or ministers with less than absolute dedication to his plan to centralize authority. I kind of get the feeling that, for all of the past conflicts between their nations, Sinmun, Ohoama, and Uno might have gotten along quite well.  However, that didn't stop the fact that they were rulers of rival nations, and while they may have had similar concepts of leadership, they also were focused on their own rule and authority. To that end, Sinmun also reached out to the Tang court with tribute missions, and in so doing was at least recognized by the Tang court, who enfeoffed him as King of Silla.  This appears to have been a bit of polite fiction, but that was how a lot of this operated, ultimately.  King Sinmun would have held power in Silla regardless of the Tang court's approval, but the fiction that the court had bestowed his authority no doubt provided some diplomatic benefits, and a context within which to operate on the international stage.  It also no doubt allowed for increased trade, bringing in exotic and high status items, which would have been useful for boosting approval ratings back home. King Sinmun ruled until his death in 691.  He was succeeded by his son, known as King Hyoso.  However, Hyoso was young—about 5 years old when he took the throne.  And so his mother, Queen Sinmok, acted as regent for much of his reign—right up until her death in 700.  Hyoso ended up reigning for a decade, until 702, meaning that he and his mother reigned throughout Uno no Sarara's period as sovereign in Yamato. Hyoso's reign saw continued progress towards centralization of authority, as well as improved relationships with the Tang court.  Silla maintained diplomatic ties and tribute missions, and the Tang court conferred recognition on Hyoso as the King of Silla, in return. Speaking of the Tang Court, Emperor Tang Gaozong passed away before Ohoama had, departing this world in 683.  However, for all that he was the emperor, he had not really been the one running things for some time.  Gaozong came to the throne at roughly 21 years of age, and throughout most of his reign he had to share power with others in the court.  Originally this meant high ranking minister, but there was also his wife, Wu Zhao, aka Wu Zetian.  Wu had been a consort under Tang Taizong, and then continued as a consort for Gaozong as well.  Then, in 655, she was officially made empress. In 660, Gaozong began to suffer from an unknown illness, characterized by headaches, dizziness, , and occasional seizures and loss of vision.  Some have suggested it was a stroke or some form of hypertension.  Either way, these symptoms would plague him for the rest of his reign, and so he began to delegate more and more authority to Wu Zhao, who would handle things on his behalf. Thus, Wu was effectively already running things by the time of Gaozong's death in 683.  At that point, she became the Empress Dowager, and her third son became emperor Zhongzong—at least in name.  Because Wu Zhao maintained all of the power and authority at court.  She was, in fact, the regent, and a mere six weeks after Zhongzong took the throne he was removed by his own mother.  It seems that Zhongzong, who came to the throne at the age of 28, was showing signs of being a little too much under the influence of his wife, Empress Wei.  In fact, he is said to have considered giving her the Empire.  And so Wu had him deposed and exiled.  She then had his younger brother made Emperor Ruizong, though still under Wu Zhao's term as regent. Ruizong was about 22 when he took the throne under his mother in 684.  He would continue to reign until 690, when he abdicated the throne in favor of his mother.  From that point on, Wu Zhao ruled as the sovereign for another 15 years, until the year 705, declaring it a return of the ancient Zhou dynasty.  In other words, for all of Uno no Sarara's reign in Yamato, another woman, Wu Zhao, sat atop the traditionally patriarchal seat of power in the Tang—and later Zhou—court. Wu Zhao is more commonly known to us, today, as Wu Zetian.  This comes from her final title as reigning monarch:  Zetian Dasheng Huangdi, or Heaven-following Great Holy Emperor.  She is often depicted as a ruthless and politically savvy ruler who usurped the throne through her feminine wiles and violence.  We see how she dethroned her own son to avoid him giving up the throne to his wife.  She is also said to have had another son killed because of her ambitions, and is even accused of killing her own daughter just to blame a rival at court.  She is also depicted performing plenty of other unflattering acts. Of course, it is worth noting that she was not the one to write her own history.  After her reign, her epitaph was inscribed by her own political rivals.   It is notable that she is the only Empress to be recognized as ruling in her own right in the entire history of China.  Certainly there were others who reigned as regents, and women with tremendous power and influence, but none of them really held the throne uncontested. Given the animosity of the authors who wrote about her reign, we have to take anything we hear about Wu Zhao with a bit of salt.  On the other hand, Tang dynasty imperial politics were ruthless, and you didn't get to the top because you had a charming demeanor.   While there is no doubt more than a little slander written into the history books, one only has to look at the men who ruled before and after her to wonder whether she really did anything that was so much better or worse than what they did.  Just keep that in mind as we go through some of what she was accused of. Now what we are told is that with her younger son, Emperor Ruizong, she was only nominally pretending to be regent.  She didn't bother to hide behind a screen with him out front and we are told she openly whispered answers and commands that Ruizong would immediately parrot.  Ruizong never moved into the imperial suites of the palace, which his mother maintained.  Ruizong didn't even attend imperial functions, and officials were not allowed to meet with him privately.  An uprising in Yang state was said to be in part because of her rule, and it was suggested that she should step aside and let her son truly rule to restore confidence, but she was having none of it and had those who suggested it arrested.  Later, she would institute post boxes around government buildings for people to snitch on those around them who might be disloyal, and she instituted secret police, who investigated various rumors and false accusations with torture, leading to numerous executions. In 685 she is said to have had an affair with a Buddhst monk, Huaiyi, who was then conferred with various honors.  Then, in 686, she offered to return the throne to Ruizong, but Ruizong, realizing that there was no way she would let go of power, saw it as a test of his obedience, and declined.  In 688 she summoned senior members of the Li Family, the family of the Tang emperors, under the pretense of making sacrifices to the spirit of the Luo river, which flowed through the Eastern Capital of Luoyang.  Several of the Princes of the Li house were worried that she was going to slaughter them all, Red Wedding style, if they showed up, in order to secure the throne to herself, and so they plotted to rebel, but coordination was not the greatest back then, and two princes rose up before the others were ready.  They were crushed, and many other members of the Li family were implicated, arrested, and forced to commit suicide.  In 690, she completely did away with any dissembling and declared a new dynasty—the Zhou dynasty—declaring herself Shengshen Huangdi, or Holy Divine Emperor of the Zhou dynasty.  And yes, this is the same Zhou as the ancient Zhou dynasty—she was apparently claiming descent from the ancient rulers of Zhou. Her son was thus deposed and she ruled uncontested from 690 until her death in705.  She would go by various names.  Three years in and she would add "Jinlun", or "Golden Wheel" to her title, referring to the Buddhist concept of a Chakravartin, or Golden Wheel Turning Monarch. This latter title came in part as she is said to have elevated the foreign religion of Buddhism over the native Taoist religion.  She is also said to have built numerous temples around the capital cities and elsewhere.  In 692, the rising power of the secret police appeared to have been halted.  One of the officials in charge, Lai Junchen, attempted to have a handful of officials executed for false accusastions.  He told them that if they confessed to the accusations, their lives would be spared, and so many of them confessed to the false accusations, but Junchen conspired to have them executed anyway.  One of the officials was none other than the famous Di Renjie.  Renjie wrote a petition on his blanket and then hid that with the laundry that he sent to his family when it was time to change from winter to summer robes.  His family found it and submitted the petition to Wu Zhao, who became suspicious of Junchen.  For his part, Junchen has submitted forged petitions from the prisoners, thanking Empress Wu for preparing to execute them. Other accusations against Junchen's methods came to light, and so Empress Wu interrogated the prisoners personally.  They all disavowed their confessions, and so Wu commuted their sentences from death to exile.  Junchen continued to operate until 697, but there seems to have been a notable decrease in the number of executions after that point.  He would eventually go too far, and planning to accuse the Li and Wu princes and princesses of treason, but they acted first and he ended up being executed.  Without Lai Junchen, the secret police seem to have largely fallen apart. As for Di Renjie, he eventually worked his way back into the good graces of Wu and the court, eventually being recalled to Luoyang to serve.  Di Renjie's own legend grew, and in the 18th or 19th century he was recast as a kind of Tang dynasty detective in the historical crime drama genre popular at the time.  The book, "Di Gong An", or "Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee", was found by a Dutch Ambassador to China, Robert van Gulik, in a used bookstore in Tokyo, of all places.  Van Gulik would go on to translate the stories and penned a number of others using the style and characters of the original.  Judge Dee was cast as the "Sherlock Holmes of China" and has since become popular in both China and the West.  The first novel in the series was actually set in the time of Empress Wu. Robert van Gulik also had several scholarly works, including a translation of the Tang Yin Pi Shih, a 13th century manual for magistrates with examples of cases spanning approximately 1400 years, from the Qin to Song dynasty.  This work really helps to illuminate how the ancient justice system worked back then.  Fictional detectives aside, Empress Wu would continue to reign over an impressive period in history.  There were plenty of deadly politics, various attacks by outside forces, and more. Overall, it was a fairly prosperous time for the empires. When Wu passed away in 705, her son, Emperor Zhongzong, resumed the throne, ending the Zhou dynasty and resuming the Tang dynasty of the Li family.  Still, Wu Zhao, aka Wu Zetian, would be well remembered.  She was buried in the Qianling Mausoleum, near Chang'an, alongside her late husband, Emperor Gaozong.  Various other members of the Royal Li family were also buried there, and many of their tombs have been opened.  The paintings, statues, and artwork and funerary goods provide a tremendously detailed look at Tang court culture and society at this time.  Statues outside indicate officials and ambassadors from across the Tang courts sphere of influence.  There are depictions of court dress and the elaborate hairstyles, fabrics, and more, as the tombs generally include court men and women.  The famous mural of the Ambassadors is shown with Korean, western, and possibly even a Japanese envoy.  The murals also show architectural elements of ancient Chang'an and more. The tombs of Gaozong and Zetian clearly known, but currently have not undergone excavation.  Much like with the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi, the government has put a moratorium on opening the tombs until they can be sure that everything can be properly protected as they do so.  There is a huge concern that the tombs could be robbed or that priceless works could be damaged if they are opened improperly or without sufficient techniques to adequately preserve them. As noted above, although Empress Wu is often demonized by historians, we have to ask if her reign was truly so much different from others.  She was certainly a woman taking power in a male-dominated system.  Where a man projecting power was seen as normal, Empress Wu was seen as perverting the natural order.  An emperor taking to bed numerous consorts and concubines was considered only natural.  However, Empress Wu taking to bed various men for her own enjoyment was seen as licentious and indecent.  The double-standard seems pretty clear. I even have to wonder about things like the secret police.  While it certainly is alarming to see a government sending people out to arrest and charge people on the barest of evidence, often with little or no accountability or transparency, one should consider what justice looked like at the time, more generally.  Tang dynasty justice was often harsh, and torture was considered a standard practice to elicit a confession.  Once someone was accused of a crime, their guilt was assumed, and it was on them to prove their innocence.  This was a tall order, as the thinking of the day was often that if you hadn't done anything wrong, why would anyone risk falsely accusing you?  So clearly you had done *something* to disrupt the social order, even if it wasn't what you were actually accused of. Furthermore, there is a fine line between rooting out disloyalty to the regime and rooting out corruption.  Anonymous tips can be used to call SWAT to someone's house, but it can also be a way for a whistleblower to alert those in authority that something untoward is going on.  And something begun with the best of intentions, can easily be corrupted, especially in the wrong hands. And so I think we can give Empress Wu at least the benefit of the doubt that she seems to have tried to do right by the people and her country.  The Tang court, by all accounts, was a nest of vipers, and I don't think she was a saint, but neither was she the devil incarnate. In fact, a lot of the accusations against Empress Wu would appear to be paralleled, years later, in the archipelago—possibly being parroted by men who were aware of the anti-Wu propaganda.  Kouken Tennou—who would also reign a second time as Shoutoku Tennou, was embroiled in conflict. Like Wu, she came to power in a court embroiled in familial politics.  She was known to be a supporter of Buddhism, and she was also said to have had an affair with a monk, Doukyou, upon whom she is said to have lavished power and authority.  She is also said to have modeled her nengo, the auspicious names for the year, off of Empress Wu.  After her death, her reign was used as a reason why there was not another regnant female sovereign on the throne until the Edo period, and she is often seen as the Last Female Sovereign, much as there was never another Empress regnant amongst the various Sinic dynasties. However, returning ourselves back to the 7th century, those histories had yet to be written.  Instead, one has to wonder how much communication there was between the continent and the archipelago.  Did Uno no Sarara realize that she was not the only woman taking charge at that time?  Was Empress Wu considered a model for her?  Or was she seen as more of a rival?  Or was it neither?  Did either one regard the other at all, embroiled as they were in their own, local and domestic pursuits? If they did, there isn't much, if anything, in the record. There is plenty to be said about relations with both Silla and the Tang dynasty in general, however.  Most of the focus was actually on Silla, to be honest—not surprising given Silla's place in the international arena in relation to Yamato. Last episode we mentioned that an embassy was sent to Silla to announce the death of Ohoama.  It was only several months after he had passed away, on the 19th day of 687.  The chief and assistant envoys were Tanaka no Ason no Norimaro and Mori no Kimi no Karita.  Norimaro is listed as Jikikwoshi rank—the lowest of the Jiki category, which was the 3rd of 6.  This put him about 24 ranks down in the 48 rank system.  Karita, on the other hand, was Tsuidaini, putting him at about 43 of 48 court ranks.  Normally, I don't pay too much attention to the ranks that are given in the Chronicles, mainly for two reasons.  First off is that you aren't always sure that the rank given in the Chronicle corresponds with the rank at the time of the event—sometimes we see ranks that are clearly anachronistic—typically later in their life.  Since people don't typically drop in rank, unless they are demoted, this usually gives you some information, but not always. The second reason I often don't pay attention is because it usually isn't germane to the story.  It is why I'll also drop the uji and the kabane, once we establish a particular person.  Otherwise it feels like word salad. Every once in a while I do like to look at the ranks, however, because they do give us information about things like the individual's general position in the court hierarchy.  In this case we see that, of the officials selected for this assignment, one was near the bottom of the upper half of the court, while the other was really in a much more junior position.  I believe this may also be important later on, because there was a certain expectation that the person representing a sovereign in diplomatic situations would have sufficient rank to indicate some amount of pull, back home. The mission of Norimaro and Karita to Silla may have been ordered in the first month of the year, but it seems it likely took time before it actually left—or something happened.  I say this because in the 9th month we see an embassy from Silla arrive, and they are apparently unaware of any changes in the archipelago.  The embassy was headed by the Prince Gim Sangnim.  We are also told that there were two other officials, Gim Salmo and Gim Insyul, both of Geupson rank.  Then there was So Yangsin of Daesa rank.  That was two of vice ministerial rank and one of lower official rank.  These ranks were connected both to their office and to their family, as Silla still used a fairly rigid system based on the rank of one's family, similar to the way that the old Kabane system worked before it was reformed under Ohoama in the previous reign. The embassy from Silla also included a student-priest, Chiryu.  Presumably Chiryu was from Yamato and had gone abroad to study, and was now making his way back home. It appears as though the embassy had no idea that Ohoama had passed away as we are told that they had to be informed by the Dazai—the Viceroy of Tsukushi.  Once they were informed, they all put on mourning clothing, turned towards the east—towards the capital of Yamato—and they bowed three times and then cried out lamentations three times. I would note that there is another record in the first month of the following year, which states that Gim Sangnim and his colleagues were informed of Ohoama's death and lamented three times.   That could just be a misplaced duplicate of the previous entry, about the embassy—possibly it got recorded multiple times and different ways and on different dates.  It isn't exactly clear.  Either way, it seems that this was not meant to be an official condolence envoy, but just a regular embassy bringing trade goods disguised as tribute.  In fact, in the 2nd month of 688 we are told that the Viceroy of Tsukushi presented the tribute from Silla to the capital.  It is said to have included gold and silver, thin silks, cloth, skins, copper, and iron.  There were also images of the Buddha, all kinds of coloured fine silks, birds, and horses.  Sangnim himself had presents of gold and silver, colored stuffs, and various rarieties—80 items all told.  Sangnim and his crew probably didn't travel to Asuka, because we are told that as of the 10th day of the 2nd month of 688 they were being entertained in the Tsukushi government house, where they were given various gifts by the court, and then they headed out on the 29th day of that month. A year after that, in the first month of 689, Norimaro and Karita returned from Silla, suggesting that the two embassies really had just passed each other—such were the issues with international travel back in the day. Now, normally, we don't hear much about what happened during these embassies.  The Nihon Shoki doesn't typically record anything, possibly because they just didn't have any records.  And the records in the Samguk Sagi often don't mention anything, either.  It is possible that it was just considered too routine to mention the ins and outs.  However, in this instance, we may have some insight, because it is mentioned later in the narrative. You see, four months behind Norimaro and Karita came the formal Silla condolence envoy.  It was headed by Gim Dona, of Geupson rank—so a vice minister instead of a prince heading up the embassy.  Silla also sent student-priests Meiso, Kwanchi, and others, along with a gold-copper image of Amida Buddha and a gold-copper image of Kannon and an image of Daiseishi Boddhisatva, along with colored silks and brocades. A month after they arrived, the condolence envoy received a message from none other than Queen Uno no Sarara herself, but this was not necessarily a good thing.  In fact, she appears to be dressing down the Silla envoys and the Silla court more generally, because of how things had gone with Norimaro and Karita—and this possibly also explains why it took so long for them to get to Silla and back. According to the Yamato court, Norimaro and Karita were sent to Silla to announce the death of Ohoama.  However, Silla protocol stated that persons charged to deliver a royal message had always had the rank of Sopan. This appears to be equivalent to the rank of Japchan, and indicates the third rank in Silla's system.  Because of this, Queen Uno's message goes on to state, Norimaro and Karita were not allowed to deliver their message about Ohoama's passing to the court.  However, back when Karu—Koutoku Tennou—had passed away in 654, Kose no Inamochi went to announce the funerals dates, and he was received by Gim Shunshun listened to the report.  So saying that it is someone of the third rank that is needed goes against precedent. Furthermore, when Naka no Oe passed away in 671, Silla sent Gim Salyu, who was of 7th rank, but now they send someone of 9th rank.  So if precedent was to be followed, wouldn't that also be a problem? This whole thing is really fascinating in that it demonstrates the kind of delicate balance and back and forth that was going on—and I suspect that it was growing even more specific as each country was adopting more rules and laws, and compiling them into codes.  It is notable that the Chronicles make sure to state the rank of each ambassador from Silla, at least in the last several reigns.  That suggests that the government was tracking such things, and that it was important. The rest of the screed by the Yamato court seems a little more about setting out Yamato's position on Silla-Yamato relations.  Here Yamato puts words into the mouths of former Silla officials, claiming that they always addressed Yamato's sovereign with deference.  Yamato claimed Silla had promised service to Yamato since the remote royal ancestors, promising that the oars of the ships bringing tribute to the archipelago would "never become dry", and yet this time, there was only one ship that came to offer condolences.  Furthermore, the Silla kings were to serve the sovereigns of Yamato faithfully, but they had now broken the faith. Therefore their tribute goods were sealed up and returned back. That said, they weren't completely breaking off communications.  This was a rebuke, certainly, but they were willing to keep channels open with hopes that relations might improve in the future. My read on all of this is that the Yamato envoys to Silla had been snubbed by that court for not being of appropriate station by Silla's rules.  Therefore, in a tit-for-tat move, Yamato was treating the condolence envoy similarly. That doesn't mean they didn't show them any hospitality, though.  Queen Uno no Sarara had the Viceroy, Awada no Mabito no Ason, give the student-priests Meiso and Kanchi, who had just come back with the condolence envoy, 140 kin of floss silk for their teachers back in Silla, in apparent gratitude.  And then a few days later they were entertaining the condolence envoys in Wogohori in Tsukushi, and giving them various presents for their trouble. This is likely the kind of "don't shoot the messenger".  Sure, they were returning the tribute and sending a message to Silla, but that wasn't the fault of Gim Dona and his colleagues.  And they were now taking a rather disappointing message back with them—I doubt anyone wanted to be in Gim Dona's shoes as he told the court what had transpired. Gim Dona and crew left shortly after that.  From there, we don't have a lot of information on what happened.  The Silla annals of the Samguk Sagi don't record Gim Dona's embassy, let alone what happened when they came back.  However, Silla  would send future envoys, and diplomatic relations between the two countries continued throughout the reign.  The Silla embassies from that point on are largely, for our purposes, unremarkable.  I may mention them if they relate to other items of note, but for the most part there is really only two other embassies of note, and they were in the year 693.  The first was from Silla, led by Gim Gangnam of Sasan rank, along with Gim Yangweon of Hannama rank—so 8th and 11th rank in the Silla hierarchy, apparently.  They had come to announce the death of King Sinmun, who had passed away the previous year.    And so, on the 16th day of the 3rd month, an embassy was prepared to depart for Silla.  It was headed up by Okinaga no Mabito no Oyu, of Jikikwoshi rank—much as Norimaro had been.  He and his proposed vice envoy, Ohotomo no Sukune no Kogimi, who was Gondaini rank—27th of 48—were both given gifts prior to their election as ambassadors, and were sent as condolence envoys, themselves. Meanwhile, let's take a look at Yamato's interactions with the Tang dynasty. First of all, we see a note in the 6th month of 689 that presents of rice were given to Xu Shouyen, Sa Hungko, and others from the land of the Great Tang.  So was this an embassy?  Not quite. Remember that little scuffle back in the 660s on the Korean Peninsula?  That special military operation by Silla and Tang forces against Baekje, where Yamato had tried to assist, only to have their navy bested by Tang forces? Well during the fighting , there had been numerous prisoners taken, on both sides.  Xu Shouyen and Sa Hungko were two such prisoners.  Except that "prison" in this case was largely being sent to live off the land.  They were probably forced to do labor, though if they had special skills, such as reading and writing, they may have been put to work in another way.  Indeed, we later see these two mentioned not as prisoners or even slaves, but as teachers of "pronunciation".  They were even given rice-land and stipends of their own.  Granted, this is decades after they first came to  Yamato, so this wasn't exactly a smooth ride. But it wasn't just Tang prisoners in Yamato.  Yamato soldiers had also been captured and taken prisoner by Tang forces.  And so, in the 9th month of 690, we see three priests who had gone to the land of Tang to study returned in the company of a Silla escort envoy, and they brought back with them a soldier, Ohotomobe no Hakama, from the Upper Yame district in Tsukushi. The three priests, Chishiu, Gitoku, and Jougwan all made their way to the capital, arriving several weeks after they first made landfall in Tsukushi.  At this point, Prince Kawachi was the Dazai in charge of affairs out there, and soon after the priests arrived at Naniwa and made their way to the capital, in Asuka, messengers going the other way made it out to Tsukushi with orders to give presents and gifts to the Gim Gohun, the escort envoy who had shuttled them all back from the continent. But even more impressive was the royal edict that was dated a week later for Ohotomobe no Hakama.  It lays out the circumstances of his capture and what happened to him that he stayed in the land of the Tang for so long.  You see, Hakama was one of many soldiers who was captured during the war to defend Baekje.  But three years after that conflict, the Tang dynasty was no longer trying to keep them prisoner.  This was a time when you didn't necessarily need to have buildings with walls to keep people prisoner—you just moved them to a new area where they could farm or otherwise set up a livelihood, or starve.  Travel was dangerous and expensive, especially if you didn't speak the language.  Nonetheless, if you did wish to return, there wasn't a lot stopping you, beyond just having the means to do so. And so this group of Wa soldiers got together and debated what to do.  We are told that it was four men—Hashi no Hoto, Kohori no Oyu, Tsukuhi no Satsuyama, and Yuge no Gen Jitsuni—the last one apparently having taken a local name on the continent.  Amongst themselves, they wanted to return to the archipelago not just to see their families and friends, but also to let people back home know about the changing conditions on the mainland.  As you may recall, around this time, Yamato was fiercely building up forces and defenses because they were convinced that there was going to be an attack by the Tang and Silla forces at any moment. The only problem that these four had in getting back was that they had, well, nothing.  They had neither the clothing nor provisions to make such a journey.  What would they eat and how would they pay for passage?  As such, they were unable to get back.  Hearing this, Ohotomobe no Hakama spoke up.  He declared that, as much as he also wished to return, he could at least help them out.  He offered to be sold into slavery so that his companions could obtain money with which to buy food and clothing. And so they did.  Hakama was sold, and he probably had no idea what happened to the four after that. It turns out, however, that they did make it back and were able to give the Yamato court some idea of what had happened.  Meanwhile, Hakama remained in a foreign land as a slave for some 30 years, until he was finally able to make it back to Yamato, apparently with the help of the three monks. This whole story was relayed to the court, and when the Queen heard it, she decided to act.  And thus the edict.  Not only did she recount his story and praise him for his loyalty, but he was granted certain honors.  First off, he was granted the rank of Mudaishi—the 39th rank in the court hierarchy, which gave him not a small amount of status, especially if he stayed in Tsukushi.  He was also granted5 pieses of coarse silk, 10 bundles of floss silk, 30 tan of cloth, and 1000 sheaves of rice.  On top of that, though, he received four chou of rice-land, which was given to him and his descendants, until at least his great-grandchildren.  Finally, his parents, siblings, and children, were also exempted from having to ever provide corvee labor. Now, nobody could give him back his 30 years, but this was quite the consolation prize, at the time.  To basically get rank and status, a stipend down four generations, and exemption from forced labor for him and his relatives, that was pretty incredible, if you think about it. Hakama wasn't the only one who had suffered in the country of the Great Tang and was rewarded for it.  Mononobe no Kusuri, from Iyo, and Mibu no Moroshi, in Higo, were also paid out handsomely in consolation for their sufferings,  though we aren't given details on their stories, or even when they came back. There are also other descriptions of Tang men, but it seems that these were individuals in a similar position to Xu Shouyen and Sa Hungko—they had been captured and were now living in Yamato.  That they were integrating into Yamato society seems clear from the fact that they were given rank and similarly treated like vassals of the throne. What we don't see, however, are any further diplomatic missions.  Those wouldn't start up for a while, and so even if Queen Uno no Sarara had wanted to confer with another female monarch, it would have to have been done through the auspices of Silla, who at t his point seem to have largely controlled the flow of goods, people, and thus information between the straits. And with that, I think we can close out this episode.  Moving forward, we have more details about a lot of different things, and yet others are still lacking.  It is my goal to try and be a little more selective about the passages we pull from the Chronicles.  We don't need to go over every natural disaster or prayer to the wind-gods.  We will take a look at things like the completion of the Fujiwara capital, as well as the 22 volumes of the Asuka-Kiyomihara law codes.  And then there are a few persons of note that we should probably mention as well, such as the appearance of Fujiwara no Fubito.  We should also talk about some of the other royal edicts that were made. All of that for later.  For now, if you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.

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