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Den 2 september år 31 f.Kr. avgjordes Romarrikets framtid utanför Actium på Greklands västkust. Det var ett sjöslag som inte bara avgjorde ett inbördeskrig, utan också markerade republikens slut och början på den romerska kejsartiden.Efter mordet på Julius Caesars år 44 f.Kr. kastades republiken åter in i kaos. Ett nytt triumvirat bildades av Octavianus, Marcus Antonius och Lepidus, som delade upp imperiet mellan sig. Men precis som tidigare maktdelningar kunde inte heller denna bestå.I dagens avsnitt av Militärhistoriepodden berättar idéhistorikern Peter Bennesved och professorn i historia Martin Hårdstedt om slaget vid Actium – den avgörande uppgörelsen mellan Octavianus och Marcus Antonius i Joniska havet, vid inloppet till Ambrakiska viken.Octavianus, Caesars adoptivson och arvtagare, visade sig vara en mästare i politiskt manövrerande. Med propaganda, allianser och ett skickligt utnyttjande av Caesars eftermäle stärkte han sin ställning, samtidigt som relationen till Antonius gradvis försämrades.När konflikten övergick i öppet krig blev östra Medelhavet den avgörande arenan. Antonius och Kleopatra etablerade sig i västra Grekland, medan Octavianus förfogade över en ovärderlig tillgång: den briljante strategen Marcus Agrippa. Genom en rad amfibieoperationer mot Antonius försörjningslinjer skaffade sig Agrippa initiativet och lyckades successivt pressa in motståndaren i Ambrakiska viken. Samtidigt urholkades Antonius ställning av avhopp, bristande försörjning och ett allt intensivare psykologiskt krig.I avsnittet diskuteras också den romerska sjökrigföringens utveckling, styrkeförhållandena vid Actium och de osäkra källorna kring Kleopatras dramatiska flykt från slagfältet. När striden väl var över återstod bara en segrare. Antonius och Kleopatra tog sina liv, medan Octavianus återvände till Rom och blev princeps – ”den förste medborgaren”. Därmed inleddes en ny epok i romersk historia: kejsardömets tid.Bild: Slaget vid Actium 31 f.Kr., här skildrat i en målning från 1672, där Octavianus flotta besegrar Marcus Antonius och Kleopatra. Segern blev avgörande för slutet på den romerska republiken och början på kejsartiden. Målning: Laureys a Castro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump continues to boast that he will bring about the fall of Cuba, and Marco Rubio continues to assert that Cuba poses a national security threat. On today's show, host Esty Dinur is in conversation with Marc Becker about the latest signs of US aggression toward Cuba.  Becker says that Trump is “turning the screws” on Cuba via more blockades on petroleum and more sanctions on select members of the Cuban government. This leads pundits to say that a US military attack on Cuba is inevitable, but Becker says the conclusion is not inevitable. On the ground, the US blockades are causing diesel fuel shortages leading to lack of sanitation services. There's also mass hunger and energy shortages and the infant mortality rate is rising. This is all adding up to a crisis point.  They also discuss tourism apartheid, humanitarian flotillas, and China's increasing influence in Cuba. Becker says that the crisis raises a fundamental question: how much of the revolutionary aspirations do Cubans give up for the revolution to survive? And if you've given up everything that the revolution promised, do you give up on it? Marc Becker is professor of history at Truman State University. He studies the Latin American left with a particular interest in race, class, and gender within popular movements in the South American Andes. Among other works, he is the author of Contemporary Latin American Revolutions (Rowman and Littlefield, 2022); The CIA in Ecuador (Duke University Press, 2020); The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files (Duke University Press, 2017); and Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements (Duke University Press, 2008. He has served on the executive committees and has been web editor of the Peace History Society (PHS) and Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-Pad). Becker is currently working on a project on Philip Agee and the CIA in Ecuador in the early 1960s. Featured image of a map of the 1962 US blockade of Cuba via Wikimedia Commons. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Crisis in Cuba Jeopardizes Revolutionary Aspirations appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Dundas Square is a major intersection in downtown Toronto. It has a high population of buskers and other entertainment. This particular evening turned into a sermon. Recorded in Toronto by Scott Bennett.IMAGE: Kang-min Liu, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

"I've always been captivated by the organic quality of atmospheres... so the meaning of FX soon became completely intertwined with it... and that's exactly what happened this time too..." Sermon in Dundas Square, Toronto reimagined by Lajkó András Bence/ACiDBENCI.IMAGE: Kang-min Liu, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Job 41:1, 6, 30“¿Pescarás tú al leviatán con un anzuelo o sujetándole la lengua con una cuerda? ¿Harán banquete con él los compañeros? ¿Lo repartirán entre los mercaderes? Por debajo tiene escamas puntiagudas que imprimen su huella en el barro”.Todo el capítulo 41 del libro de Job describe una criatura llamada “leviatán”. Como en su anterior descripción del “behemot,” el Señor está imprimiendo a Job con la sabiduría y poder de Su obra creadora.¡Y ciertamente el “leviatán” es una impresionante criatura! Se nos dice que no se le puede hacer servir a los humanos. Ni ninguna persona cometería el error de luchar con un “leviatán” por segunda vez. El leviatán es poderoso y tiene gracias, sin embargo considera el hierro como paja, ya que el hierro no puede perforar sus escamas blindadas. Inclusive sus partes inferiores tienen escamas puntiagudas y blindadas. ¿Qué podría ser esta criatura temible?Algunas traducciones sugieren que el “leviatán” es un cocodrilo de río. Pero se ha señalado que esta descripción ni siquiera se acerca a describir al cocodrilo más temible. Por un lado, los cocodrilos no tienen escamas puntiagudas en sus partes inferiores. Más bien, sus lados inferiores son suaves y fácilmente perforados, inclusive con un cuchillo. E inclusive en los tiempos del Antiguo Testamento algunas personas se sostenían de la caza de cocodrilos de río y obtenían el cuero de su pellejo. En muchos lugares los cocodrilos de río casi llegaron a extinguirse debido a la caza.No, dicen muchos creacionistas, este no es un cocodrilo de río, no parecer ser ninguna otra criatura familiar. Pero es posible que pudiera ser un dinosaurio que vivía en el agua, tal vez como un tylosaurus. No podemos estar seguros, por supuesto. Pero la criatura descrita en Job 41 sí encaja en lo que conocemos acerca estos gigantescos reptiles.Oración: Señor, hay muchas sorpresas para nosotros al descubrir nuevos ejemplos de Tu poder y creatividad. Mantén mi mente abierta para aprender estas cosas nuevas y para que yo pueda tener aún más razón de alabarte y glorificarte. Amén.Imagen: Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Shahnoor Habib Munmun, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

This is a special episode from Oulu Löyly with organizer Susanna Ånäs from AvoinGlam and Open Knowledge Finland. Link to the presentations mentioned in the podcast. All episodes in English (podcast feed) Credits The music and sound clips are from Surf Shimmy by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Image: Oulu Löyly background image, by Susanna Ånäs, CC BY-SA 4.0. Includes the images: Head of a Girl, Brittany, 1882 by Amélie Lundahl (26.4.1850, Oulu – 20.8.1914, Helsinki) File:Midnight sun and sea ice (51356505657).jpg Mies (Siilastuvan vartiosta?) kastautumassa avannossa, rannassa sauna. Photo Yrjö Metsälä, 1945, CC BY 4.0 (Public domain) File:Oulu City Library 20130505.jpg Gunnar & Gösta Gustafsson CC BY 2.0 (Public domain) File:The_Saami_people._Needle_boxes.jpg File:Bandy match Finland versus Soviet Union 1959 (JOKAKAL4URH jpa01-6).tif File:Gramota_(38909954421).jpg Discuss the episode on the project’s talk page. The episode is also available on Wikimedia Commons.

In Romans, Paul describes Abraham as "the father of us all." However, his purpose in telling this isn't to say, “Take a look at Abraham's amazing faith.”  He's telling us, “Take a look at God's amazing promise.”  He wants us to realize that you and I have a God who keeps every remarkable promise He has made – including our redemption from sin and eternal salvation in Christ. Episode Art courtesy of State Farm, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Göta älv var ett politiskt laddat område under medeltiden. Älvdalen var en smal korridor där kungar kunde vinna tullinkomster, städer kunde bli rika och borgar kunde stänga ett helt rike ute från havet. Mellan Hisingen, Lödöse och Kungahälla, möttes tre kungamakter som konkurrerade om kontroll över människor, varor och våldskapital.Den som kunde beskatta och befästa älven kunde också vrida om nyckeln till Vänerns inland – och i förlängningen till Nordens politiska framtid.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med arkeologen och historikern Tomas Andersson om Bohuslän som gränsland – och om hur västsvenska knutpunkter som Kungahälla och älvmynningen blev strategiska i kampen mellan riken.I sagovärlden kan Göta älv helt enkelt kallas Älven. Det säger något om självklarheten. Där vattenleden möter havet blir varje strand en politisk möjlighet – och ett hot. I perioder drogs området in i dansk intressesfär, i andra perioder stärkte norska kungar sin närvaro, samtidigt som svenska makthavare sökte en väg mot väster.Kristnandet under 900- och 1000-talen förstärkte spelet. Kungar behövde inte bara svärdsmakt utan också legitimitet – och kyrkans infrastruktur följde ofta samma huvudleder som handeln. Älven blev därför både transportled för varor och en motorväg för inflytande: biskopssäten, kungsgårdar och handelsplatser växte fram där flödet kunde kontrolleras.Kungahälla markerade norsk kungamakt. En kungligt grundad – eller kungligt gynnad – stad fungerade som en flagga i sten och trä: här finns ordning, här finns rätt, här finns en hamn som kan skyddas. Stadens prestige växte också av religiösa skäl. Berättelsen om reliken – en träbit ur Kristi kors – knyter samman politik, tro och status på ett sätt som i medeltiden var lika praktiskt som symboliskt.Lödöse blev i sin tur Sveriges västliga port. Det var ingen storstad, men en nyckel: tullar, hantverk och internationella kontakter samlades där älven var som mest användbar för inlandet. Och staden var inte bara en marknadsplats. Dominikanerna etablerade sig i Lödöse 1243, och deras tegelbyggande och nätverk visar hur en handelsplats också kunde bli ett centrum för idéer, utbildning och kyrklig organisering.Att Sverige behövde en väg till Västerhavet är lätt att förstå militärt. Men det blev också ett kyrkopolitiskt och ekonomiskt projekt. Lödöse kunde fungera som en ventil: om Danmark eller Norge ensamt dominerade mynningen riskerade handeln att strypas och kyrkliga kommunikationer att försvåras.Mot slutet av 1200-talet och in i 1300-talet skiftar dramat. Hotet kommer inte bara från grannriken, utan från dynastiernas egna sprickor. I Sverige exploderar konflikten mellan kung Birger och hans bröder, hertigarna Erik och Valdemar. Nyköpings gästabud 1317 – där bröderna fängslas och senare dör – blir en chock som raserar kungens legitimitet och öppnar för en ny maktordning.Ur krisen stiger Magnus Eriksson fram som kung i både Sverige och Norge (1319). Men i kulisserna finns en av periodens mest intressanta aktörer: hertiginnan Ingeborg, som under sonens minderårighet försöker driva storpolitik där slott, län och personliga nätverk blir maktens verkliga valuta.När konflikterna hårdnar blir det tydligt hur man faktiskt kontrollerar ett gränsland: genom borgar. Bohus fästning, grundlagd 1308 av den norske kungen Håkon V Magnusson, placerades vid en knutpunkt där militär kontroll, administration och symbolik smälte samman.Bild: En detaljbild av Carta Marina som visar Göta älv. Olaus Magnus Carta Marina (1539), ett träsnitt i storformat över Skandinavien och “Nordens underverk”, utgiven i Venedig med stöd av Hieronymo Quirino. Kartan färglades senare och speglar 1500-talets syn på Norden och tidigmodern kartografi. Olaus Magnus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Musik: Medieval World Video Game av Aparat Blue, Storyblock AudioKlippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Salmos 150:2“Alabadlo por sus proezas; alabadlo conforme a la muchedumbre de su grandeza”.Durante generaciones era una regla que los reptiles fueran de sangre fría. Y las tortugas, siendo reptiles, por lo tanto también eran llamadas de sangre fría. Al ser de sangre fría, se esperaba que la temperatura corporal de las tortugas sea cercana a aquella del agua a su alrededor.Fue un científico creacionista el Dr. Wayne Frair quien primero descubrió una tortuga de “sangre caliente” a principios de 1970. Él y otros dos científicos publicaron su investigación histórica en el diario Science en 1972. Ellos reportaron el descubrimiento de una gigante tortuga laúd que pesaba 920 libras que podía mantener su temperatura corporal en 72 F (22  C), inclusive cuando se la ponía en un tanque de agua a temperatura de 45 F (7  C). Las tortugas laúd tienen una variedad entre tortugas de aguas cálidas tropicales y aguas norteñas frías, a menudo migrando entre ellas.Este descubrimiento en realidad hace pedazos dos falsas afirmaciones hechas por los científicos evolucionistas. Primero, comprueba que los reptiles sí pueden ser de sangre caliente y que la tortuga laúd es de sangre caliente. Segundo, este es uno de muchos ejemplos contestando la afirmación de que los científicos que creen en la creación no son científicos verdaderos. A lo largo de los años muchos científicos que creen en la creación han realizado importantes descubrimientos en la ciencia.Esto no nos debería sorprender, ya que la ciencia estudia el mundo material que hizo el Creador. Los científicos que creen en la creación en realidad están en mejor posición para aprender lo que Él ha hecho que aquellos que le niegan.Oración: Padre celestial, permite que mi fe en Ti y en tus obras de salvación por mí ayude que mi trabajo muestre Tu excelencia como un testigo ante todo. En Nombre de Cristo Jesús. Amén.Ref: Discovery. Bible Science Newsletter. Imagen: Leatherback sea turtle Tinglar, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, PD, Wikimedia Commons.  To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Under dette årets festspill skal det fremføres flere verk fra tysk romantikk. Det dreier seg blant annet om Schuberts Winterreise og tonesettinger av dikt av Goethe, Friedrich Rückert, Wilhelm Müller og andre. I tillegg er det flere av de fremførte verkene som behandler velkjente litterære temaer som «Piken og døden» og «Tristan og Isolde». Litteraturhuset i Bergens egen podkast, Lyrisk kvarter, ved Jørgen Sejersted og Frode Helmich Pedersen, begge professor i nordisk litteratur ved Universitetet i Bergen, skal ha en ekstraordinær liveforestilling i anledning årets festpill, hvor de dykker ned i det rike universet av romantisk lyrikk og musikk. De skal diskutere perioden, de store litterære temaene – og snakke om hva de betyr for oss i dag. Dessuten skal de selvsagt løfte frem noen gode enkelttekster – både fra Tyskland og fra Norge, som skal diskuteres og vurderes med liv og lyst! Et samarbeid mellom Festspillene i Bergen og Litteraturhuset i Bergen Kreditering: Musikk: Milde Måne?! – Soundcloud @mildemane Foto (original): Bergen Public Library Norway from Bergen, Norway, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Edvard_Grieg_and_Frants_Beyer_hiking)_(3446747911).jpg Maleri (original) Caspar David Friedrich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Wanderer_above_the_sea_of_fog.jpg Illustrasjon lamper (original): Stageline, Product page, Bright xLine – https://www.stageline.no/bright-xbaby-tw-led-fresnel-powercon-black-xline

Savez-vous que des paraboles sont parfois liées entre elles ? Pack-paraboles offert dont une gratuite ou bouquet de paraboles ? Vous vous en doutez, derrière ces regroupements, préside une certaine logique orientant la lecture de chacune d'entre elles.NOTES  ·        BIBLIOGRAPHIE | SCHEMAS ET ILLUSTRATIONS | TABLE DES PARABOLES·        Épisode enregistré en Vendée (85, France), juin 2026.·        Image de couverture : Douze tournesols dans un vase, Vincent van Gogh, 1888 – huile sur toile 91 x 72 cm, Neue Pinakothek, Munich (DE), source : Wikimedia Commons.  CHAPITRES 00:00 Générique et présentation 01:45 (1) Les collections de paraboles 06:10 (2) Matthieu et le Fils révélé09:10 (3) Luc et les conditions d'entrée dans le Royaume de Dieu 12:35 (4) Marc et la croissance du Règne de Dieu 16:50 (5) Conclusion 18:56 Générique de finPlateformes, réseaux & contact : https://linktr.ee/aulargebibliqueRéalisation :  François Bessonnet, prêtre & bibliste. Génériques : Erwan Marchand (D.R.). Sous Licence Creative Commons (cc BY-NC-ND 4.0 FR). No IA Used.Cette émission s'appuie sur les sciences exégétiques et bibliques (voir bibliographie)Soutenez le podcast avec Tipeee  ou Ko-fi

I Juan 4:8“El que no ama no ha conocido a Dios, porque Dios es amor”.Todos lo hemos visto varias veces. Una madre caminando en una multitud con un pequeño niño cuando lo pierde y empieza a llamarlo y buscarlo. ¿Pero puede usted imaginar una multitud de 70 millones de madres e hijos todos buscándose entre sí?Esto es exactamente lo que el murciélago mejicano cola de razón tiene que lidiar. Una vez que nacen sus críos, la colonia de murciélagos tienen hasta 70 millones de individuos, hasta 40 pequeños bebés por cada 16 pulgadas (40.6 centímetros) cuadradas. Al ser mamíferos, los murciélagos amamantan a sus críos y los críos son muy agresivos cuando se trata de comer algo. Así que los científicos simplemente asumen que cuando la madre murciélago regresa de comer, estaría enfrentando a millones de bebés hambrientos. Lo más probable, ella simplemente amamantaría a los más cercanos y más insistentes – sin poder encontrar a los suyos propios.Pero varios estudios demuestran que cuando una madre regresa de comer, ella aterriza cerca de donde ella dejó a su bebé y empieza a llamarlo, escuchando por una respuesta. Su crío le llamará de vuelta, y cuando ella cree haber encontrado a su crío lo huele para estar segura antes de amamantarlo. Los investigadores encontraron que en la vasta mayoría de casos, las madres encontraban a sus propios críos.Los científicos quedaron muy sorprendidos al descubrir cuan poderoso es el amor de una madre murciélago, así como cuan inteligentes son realmente los murciélagos. El amor es solo una parte de la vida que la evolución no puede explicar. Pero nosotros que creemos que nosotros y todas las cosas fueron creadas por un Creador que es amor no tienen problema explicando de donde viene el amor.Oración: Amado Padre celestial, Tu intención fue el amor y no los “dientes y garras” que sean la regla en la creación. Enséñame más de Tu amor para que yo pueda comunicarlo a otros en este mundo donde muchos creen que lo que debe reinar son los “dientes y garras”. Amén.Ref: “Some mothers don't forget their children.” Science 84. Imagen: Brachiosaurus model at Valdecevillo Enciso, Jynus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Vi angriper AI-manipulerade bilder, ber om byråkrati, optimerar organisatörer, mässar för massredigeringar och navigerar nödvändigtvis. Shownotes Aktuellt från svenska Wikipedia AI skapade bilder som illustrationer Ny byråkrat behövs eventuellt Wikimediarörelsen internationellt Nytt tävlingsverktyg: WikiEval Förslag till policy för massredigering på Wikidata Veckans mall Jan: Global uppvärmning Wikifikor, meetups och träffar i närtid Tisdag: m:Event:EuroComms: Outreach & engagementEuroComms: Outreach & Engagement Tisdag: Board Selection Process Conversation Erkännanden Bild: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art, CC BY-SA 4.0. Musiken och ljudklippen är från Surf Shimmy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0, samt Wikimedia Sound Logo Finalist VQ97, Thaddeus Osborne, CC BY-SA 4.0, och ljudet från Wikidata’s 10th birthday video intro animation, Lea Lacroix (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0. Avsnittet hittas också på Wikimedia Commons. Diskutera avsnittet på projektsidans diskussion.

Job 40:15-17“Ahí está el behemot: yo lo creé, lo mismo que a ti. Come hierba, como el buey. Su fuerza está en sus lomos; su vigor, en los músculos de su vientre. Mueve su cola semejante al cedro, y los nervios de sus muslos están entretejidos”.En Job 40:15-24 el Señor señala a Job un animal llamado behemot como un ejemplo de Su gran obra de la creación. ¿Podría esta ser una mención bíblica de un dinosaurio?En el lenguaje hebreo la palabra traducida como “behemot” básicamente significa “bestia”. El “behemot” es mencionado en Génesis 1:24 también. Pero en Job tenemos una descripción física de “behemot”. Si usted lee Job 40:15-24, usted podría encontrar una nota en su Biblia sugiriendo que el “behemot” era un hipopótamo. Pero al leer esta sección, la descripción no parece la de un hipopótamo. En el verso 17 leemos, “Mueve su cola semejante al cedro”. Si alguna vez ha visto la cola tipo soga de un hipopótamo, le parecería difícil comparar esa cola con la de un poderoso cedro. Ni encaja tampoco esta descripción con un rinoceronte. Aunque es grande y pesado, el rinoceronte no se compara con un río que se estrella, como dice el versículo 23 que es el “behemot”.Esto obviamente es una descripción de un animal grande y poderoso – un animal que parece ser más grande y pesado que un hipopótamo. Muchos creacionistas han sugerido que esta inmensa criatura con una cola como un cedro gigante podría ser un gigante dinosaurio herbívoro como el brachiosaurus.Sí sabemos que los humanos y los dinosaurios existieron juntos. ¡No podemos estar seguros, por supuesto, pero tal vez Job estaba completamente familiarizado con por lo menos un tipo de dinosaurio!Oración: Amado Padre, quedo asombrado por el poder y tamaño de algunas de las criaturas que Tú has hecho. Sin embargo fue por mí, una criatura relativamente pequeña y poderosa, que Tú enviaste a Tu Hijo. Ayúdame a nunca buscar mi propia ingeniosidad sino siempre a Ti y a Tu gracia salvadora para mí a través de Cristo Jesús. Amén.Ref: Fish, Robin D. “Dinosaurs in the Bible?” Bible Science Newsletter. Imagen: Brachiosaurus model at Valdecevillo Enciso, Jynus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

ケーブルはなぜたくさんあるの？ 統一されない理由を技術や歴史から深堀りしました。【目次】0:00 なぜケーブルは統一されないのか？2:08 USBは偉大な存在だった7:40 USBがなかった時代の地獄11:25 繋がっている相手は誰？16:14 USBの標準ドライバは共通言語18:18 世界統一できないUSBの悲しい運命21:45 夢の規格Type-Cの登場31:35 世界はType-C統一へと進む37:39 Type-Cを超える新たな規格は？【参考文献】◯USB-IF「About USB-IF」( https://www.usb.org/about )◯USB-IF「USB 2.0 Specification」( https://www.usb.org/document-library/usb-20-specification )→USB Type-Aについては上記2本を参考にした。◯USB-IF「Universal Serial Bus Type-C Cable and Connector Specification Release 2.0」(August 2019) ( https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/USB Type-C Spec R2.0 - August 2019.pdf )→Type-Cについてはこちらを参照。◯「USB Promoter Group Announces USB Power Delivery Specification Revision 3.1 」( https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/USB PG USB PD 3.1 DevUpdate Announcement_FINAL.pdf )→Type-Cを使った大容量電力利用について。◯Microsoft DevBlogs「For one internal build, Windows 95 contained an evil message」( https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20191031-00/?p=103042 )→初期のPlug and Playが低品質だったり対応が地獄だったりしたノリが分かる。◯IEEE Design and Test「The future: plug and pray?」( https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/dt/1998/02/d2008/13rRUxNmPML )→「Plug and Pray」の用例。◯Wireless Power Consortium「Qi Wireless charging (公式)」( https://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/standards/qi-wireless-charging/ )◯npr「Ever Plugged A USB In Wrong? Of Course You Have. Here's Why」( https://www.npr.org/2019/06/21/734451600/ever-plugged-a-usb-in-wrong-of-course-you-have-heres-why )→USB Type-A開発者がリバーシブルじゃないことを後悔している話はここから。◯CORNING「Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)」( https://www.corning.com/oem-solutions/worldwide/en/home/products-solutions/active-optical-cables/thunderbolt-optical-cables.html )→Type-Cの中間を光にすることで伝送距離を伸ばすケーブル。【画像引用の出典情報】◯”Hardware ports” by George Shuklin, CC BY-SA 1.0 ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0⁠, via Wikimedia Commons⁠https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hardware_ports.jpg【サポーターコミュニティへの加入はこちらから！】⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://yurugengo.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠【お仕事依頼はこちら！】info@pedantic.jp【堀元見プロフィール】慶應義塾大学理工学部卒。専攻は情報工学。理屈っぽいコンテンツを作り散らかすことで生計を立てている。Twitter→⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/kenhori2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠noteマガジン→⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://note.com/kenhori2/m/m125fc4524aca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠個人YouTube→⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@kenHorimoto⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠【水野太貴プロフィール】1995年生まれ。愛知県出身。名古屋大学文学部卒。専攻は言語学。本業は雑誌編集者。著書に『会話の0.2秒を言語学する 』（新潮社）などがある。Podcast「神保町で会いましょう」のパーソナリティも務める。Twitter→⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/yuru_mizuno⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠神保町で会いましょう→⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6cYkvDO0HnJKLPgDBGUjjS

Vi tappar tidningar, tittar på TV eller tv (eller teve?), byter bloggplats, filurar på forskarkurs och listar TV-serier. Shownotes Aktuellt från svenska Wikipedia Tidningar KB (och SvD) TV vs tv Mallkod Wikimediarörelsen internationellt Wikimedia Foundations teknikblogg har flyttat in i Diff Ny kurs för forskare på Wiki Learn Veckans mall Magnus: TV Wikifikor, meetups och träffar i närtid Måndag: Oulu Löyly Erkännanden Bild: Jean de La Fontaine (author) och Alfred Prunaire (artist), Public Domain Musiken och ljudklippen är från Surf Shimmy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0, samt Wikimedia Sound Logo Finalist VQ97, Thaddeus Osborne, CC BY-SA 4.0, och ljudet från Wikidata’s 10th birthday video intro animation, Lea Lacroix (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0. Avsnittet hittas också på Wikimedia Commons. Diskutera avsnittet på projektsidans diskussion.

Tourists strolling on the foggy night, we could hear men singing in a courtyard just beyond the bridge. Using my iPhone with a Rode Me-L, I walked to the circle of men, paused, and then exited down a narrow pathway between two buildings. Subsequent research confirmed that we were in an historic Jewish ghetto and the occasion for song and feasting was Lag BaOmar. Recorded in Venice by Emiko Morita.IMAGE: G.dallorto, CC BY-SA 2.5 IT , via Wikimedia Commons

"The clanking of the flagpole was what piqued my interest initially. Being from a smallish town in England originally, it's a sound I am very familiar with - this was then compounded with the pigeons and the bin trucks; again, all very familiar sounds, and ones that are mostly missing in my current home of New Zealand. "With the approach of the memories this triggered in me, I also wanted to include a nod to the 'Englishness' of it all. To this end, I have layered strings and choral voices across the original sounds to give it something of an Elgarian feel. At least in my head."In terms of processing, all the percussion is derived from the flagpole or other sounds within the original piece. I've also processed most of the strings and the bass through snippets of the original to give it a more coherent and gritty feel. And finally, there are a couple of synths that use samples of the pigeon and the bin truck. Holbrook village green reimagined by maff (Matt George).IMAGE: Ovingham Village Green by Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

"I was captivated by the collective choral singing and the way the melody naturally became fractured and glitched through the layering of voices and their echoes bouncing through the streets."The main vocal melody became the backbone of the piece, with alto clarinet framing and responding to the voices before drones and distortion gradually emerge. The rhythmic clapping provides momentum for the second half, carrying the music forward as the singing slowly dissipates into the distance, leaving the clarinet alone to complete the melody."Venetian ghetto soundscape reimagined by N.Kleiner.IMAGE: G.dallorto, CC BY-SA 2.5 IT , via Wikimedia Commons

Home to both the village hall and quoits club, the Holbrook village green sits almost slap bang in the centre of the village. With the COOP supermarket, Methodist Hall, Swan public house and an independent butcher all nearby, this area of the village is the central hub of village life. What interests me sonically about the the present day village green is its flagpole, upon which the union flag is raised and lowered daily (like many other villages across the country). Even the gentlest breath of wind can cause the rope to clang and vibrate against the hollow metal pole. On a breezy day in August 2024, I set up my recording equipment in the late morning and sat back to listen. There was a palpable hum of activity as people came to run errands or shop. And, as always, a pigeon could be heard cooing away.Whilst I was recording, the sound of the dustbin lorry approaching could be heard. This sound is one of the regular sounds of any community and the hissing and clanking of the heavy lorry can often jar your focus from whatever task you are currently doing, to run out and check that your bin is ready for collection (as missing it would mean a lengthy period of time until they would return).I love the sounds of a bin collection: the hissing of air brakes, pneumatic lifting, the drones of an emptied wheely bin wheels on concrete, the slamming of lids and occasional shouts from the workers, and (if you are lucky) the beeping warning sound of the vehicle reversing.(Holbrook is a small village located 6 miles from the town of Ipswich, England.)Recorded by Matthew Shenton.IMAGE: Ovingham Village Green by Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Salmos 145:15“Los ojos de todos esperan en ti y tú les das su comida a su tiempo”.¿Sabía usted que los renacuajos, los tiburones peregrinos y muchos tipos de ballenas todos se alimentan de la misma manera? Una gran cantidad de criaturas se alimentan de criaturas suspendidas en el agua.La mayoría de las personas asumen que los que se alimentan de criaturas suspendidas tienen coladores en sus bocas que permiten que pase el agua, atrapando las diminutas criaturas que han de ser almuerzo. Pero si usted tiene alguna experiencia con los coladores, sabe que rápidamente se atoran, especialmente cuando se intenta filtrar cosas diminutas como las criaturas suspendidas de las que se alimentan. Por esta razón, muchos de los que se alimentan de criaturas suspendidas no dependen de un colador tanto como dependen de métodos más ingeniosos para separar el almuerzo del agua.Un método popular es el interceptar a estas diminutas criaturas con una superficie pegajosa. Otro método crea corrientes de agua al pasar el agua por las agallas o la boca, lo que causa que las partículas de agua se coloquen fuera del agua en movimiento para poder ser tragados. Pero talvez el arenque y las sardinas tienen el sistema más interesante. Tienen bolsillos especiales justo sobre sus esófagos que están diseñados de tal manera que mientras pasan agua por las agallas, el flujo de agua causa que las partículas de alimento se compacten en los bolsillos. Por el simple acto de “respirar”, estas criaturas también obtienen su almuerzo.La precisión de ingeniería y la genialidad en estos sistemas de alimentación claramente testifica no solo de que hay en realidad un Creador, sino que Él provee para las necesidades de Sus criaturas.Oración: Amado Padre celestial, yo posiblemente no puedo conocer todas mis necesidades, menos suplirlas por mi mismo. En el nombre de Jesús, perdona mi independencia y orgullo y ayúdame a aprender tanto de mi necesidad y que Quien suple eres Tú. En Su Nombre. Amén.Ref: Scientific American. Imagen: Marine microplankton, Jay Nadeau, Chris Lindensmith, Jody W. Deming, Vicente I. Fernandez, and Roman Stocker. Image courtesy of David Liittschwager., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

How long does it take to make a fossil? Most people think that it takes a long time and that's partly because we have been repeatedly told that fossils are millions of years old.But experience - which is, after all, what science is all about -- shows that it is not unusual for things to become stone very quickly under the proper conditions. The process of fossilization, where minerals replace the original material, is illustrated very nicely by a miner's hat. A miner lost his hat in a mine in Australia, it was found 50 years later, completely turned to limestone. The hat is now in a mining museum in Tasmania. Even more dramatic is the bowler hat that was buried in a volcanic eruption in 1886 in New Zealand. When it was excavated - only 20 years later - it had been completely turned to stone. Just think for a moment, if these were not modern artifacts but say a fish, they might have been declared to be millions of years old!Many, if not most, fossils were produced during the great flood of Noah's time when plants and animals were quickly covered by sediment and water. They bear witness to God's judgment of sin. And those fossil hats put into question the idea that we are the product of millions of years of evolution!Luke 19:40"And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, it is true that even the rocks bear witness to You as the Creating Word. I pray that this may not be true because Your people do not bear witness to You today. Help me to be a better witness for You. Amen.REF.: John Mackay B.Sc., “Fossil Bolts and Fossil Hats,” Creation Ex Nihilo. Image: Knaresborough, Mother Shipton Trail- John Wayne's petrified hat in the museum by Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons, changes made. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

I augusti 1920 utkämpades slaget om Warszawa mellan en sovjetisk invasionsarmé och den polska armén under generalen Pilsudski. Utgångsläget för polackerna var inte bra. Försvaret runt den polska huvudstaden sviktade.I detta läge genomförde den polska armén en omfattade omgruppering och därefter en snabb motoffensiv. De sovjetiska arméerna krossades och ringades in 16-25 augusti 1920 i ett slag som har kallats ”undret vid Visla”. Den polska segern räddade den unga polska republiken och stoppade en eventuell sovjetiska fortsatt frammarsch mot Tyskland.I detta avsnitt av Militärhistoriepodden berättar Martin Hårdstedt och Peter Bennesved om ett måhända lite mindre känt krig. Som en direkt följd av första världskriget inleddes i Östeuropa ett antal militära konflikter frammanade av olika nationella strävanden. Polacker, balter, ukrainare, rumäner och så vidare försökte skapa egna nationer och vinna så stort territorium som möjligt. Samtidigt rasade inne i Ryssland ett inbördeskrig 1918-22.Polens ledare Pilsudski hade en vision om att skapa en federation av stater under polsk ledning som motsvarade det gamla Pols-Litauiska samväldet som slutade att existera 1795. Polska trupper kom under 1919 att ockupera stora områden i både dagens östra Ukraina – provinsen Galicien – och flytta gränsen mot Sovjet österut mot Minsk. Den sovjetiska motoffensiven i augusti 1920 tillintetgjorde dessa erövringar och det var först efter segern i slaget om Warszawa som den polsk-sovjetiska gränsen kunde stabiliseras i och med freden i Riga i mars 1921. Polen hade vi det laget även lagt sig till med de östra delarna av dagens Litauen i vilket Pilsudskis hemstad Vilnius ingick.För Lenin och bosjevikerna var nederlaget framför Warszawa en stor katastrof. Drömmarna om att tränga längre västerut och understödja en tysk kommunistisk revolution grusades. Vision om en världsrevolution fick ett abrupt slut i augusti 1920.Bild: Polska soldater bemannar en kulspruteställning vid försvarslinjerna nära Miłosna i byn Janki utanför Warszawa, augusti 1920, under polsk-sovjetiska kriget och striderna om Polens självständighet. Foto: okänd, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fela Kuti has been the subject of at least half a dozen documentaries, a Broadway play, a shelf of books, and at least one richly lauded podcast series.  It's hard to imagine a time when Fela would have been considered an obscure musician from a largely unknown continent.  But that was very much the case in the seventies when bassist Melvin Gibbs heard his music blasting out of a record store on Nostrand Avenue in his native Brooklyn.  The number of  Americans who had even heard of Fela, already a superstar in his homeland, Nigeria, was vanishingly small.   But a penny dropped.  This experience launched Melvin Gibbs on a musical and cultural journey.  He has spent half a century exploring the topic of his new book, “How Black Music Took Over the World." This Monday (4/27), Melvin Gibbs returns to the WKCR studios for a Deep Focus on Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, with host Mitch Goldman.  Will Mitch find live, unreleased recordings of Fela in the WKCR archives?   Come on!  We all know the answer to that question.   Tune in this Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org.     Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  It will join over 400 promo-free episodes.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, sponsor-free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.     Photo credit: Fela Kuti on stage -  promotional photo 19 July 1986 - Source- Billboard Jul 19, 1986 p. N-3 - Distributed by Celluloid Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.     #WKCR #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #HarrietTubman #FelaKuti #FelaAnikulapoKuti #AfroBeat #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman #HowBlackMusicTookOverTheWorld

Fr. Jeremiah Caughran Do you know the Trinity_ Matthew 28.16-20, 2 Corinthians 13.5-14 What's so important about the doctrine of the Trinity? Is it really necessary for salvation? Can't we know God without knowing anything about the Trinity? Through the witness of Scripture, we are confronted with the reality that the one true God is three persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three persons are one God. And salvation is dependent upon the true nature of God as three in one and one in three because each person acts for us in our salvation and if any one is not truly God, then salvation falls apart becoming dependent, not upon God alone, but upon creatures as well as God.Image: Sir Harris Nicolas or hired artist working under Sir Harris Nicolas's direction, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

This is a special episode about WikiPortraits with Jennifer 8 Lee and Kevin Payravi. We mention commons.gallery in the call. All episodes in English (podcast feed) Credits The music and sound clips are from Surf Shimmy by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Image: WikiPortraits logo.svg, original by: Ariela Ortiz Barrantes, derivative work: User:Waddie96, Public Domain Discuss the episode on the project’s talk page. The episode is also available on Wikimedia Commons.

Rockland County legislator Beth Davidson, Tarrytown Village trustee Effie Phillips-Staley, lawyer, former television reporter and democracy advocate Mike Sacks and Cait Conley, army veteran, former director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council and senior executive at cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, discuss key issues as they campaign in the June primary election to be the Democratic nominee for Congress for New York's 17th congressional district. Photo: Views of West Haverstraw and Haverstraw in Rockland County, New York (Photo by Alexisrael via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Did you know that the phrase “according to its kind” appears ten times in the first chapter of Genesis? Not only is the fact that plants and animals reproduce according to their kind an important principle in the Bible, it is central to modern agriculture and husbandry. What's more, there is no evidence in the fossil record that any creature ever existed that was in the process of changing from one kind into another. While many different kinds of plants and animals have become extinct, modern forms are found in the most ancient rocks.This fact was highlighted for us again when scientists announced the discovery of a fossil bug that they said was 15 million years older than any insect ever found before. Of course, we know that those are highly inflated evolutionary years. But the discovery of the insect will lead evolutionists to revise their story of how insects evolved. And they are not just going to have to allow that bugs have been around for more of the Earth's history than they thought. The scientists also noted that the insect they found was remarkably like modern-day silverfish. In other words, insects were well established long before evolutionists ever thought they had evolved!This is just one more example of a scientific discovery clearly showing that every living thing reproduces after its own kind. Furthermore, those kinds have been the same since the beginning.Genesis 1:24"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You that You have given us Your sure Word, especially that I might know the truth of Jesus Christ which leads to salvation. In His Name. Amen.REF.: Star Tribune. Image: Lepidotrix drawing, Silvestri F, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

On today's show, host Bert Zipperer is in conversation with Elie Mystal, The Nation's justice correspondent and columnist, about the Supreme Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais that gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Mystal says the “most important legislation in US history” that ended 100 years of apartheid is now “effectively dead.” The Voting Rights Act didn't deliver a post-racial utopia, but it was “the start of the American experiment” for Black people, says Mystal. And it has been successful at increasing Black representation in government: before 1965 there were 4 Black members of Congress and that number grew to 9 in 1969 and 67 today. But a certain cadre of white people don't support this, including Chief Justice John Roberts, who argued against the 1982 voting rights expansion that defined racism by a law's effects not intent. The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais rolls it all back, requiring lawyers to prove intentional discrimination, something that is near impossible to do. Mystal calls the gerrymandering in Louisiana “surgical discrimination” because white democratic neighborhoods were not gerrymandered, but Black democratic neighborhoods were. They also discuss how blue states are trying to “fight fire with fire,” how the Trump administration wants to destroy federalism, how the Callais decision could affect the midterm elections, and how to fix democracy with more democracy. Elie Mystal is The Nation's justice correspondent and a columnist. He is also an Alfred Knobler Fellow at the Type Media Center. He is the author of two books: the New York Times bestseller Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution and Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America, both published by The New Press. He also writes the newsletter “Elie v. U.S.” Featured image of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 via Wikimedia Commons. Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Voting Rights Act is “Effectively Dead” appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Colosenses 1:9-10“Por lo cual también nosotros, desde el día que lo oímos, no cesamos de orar por vosotros y de pedir que seáis llenos del conocimiento de su voluntad en toda sabiduría e inteligencia espiritual. Así podréis andar como es digno del Señor, agradándolo en todo, llevando fruto en toda buena obra y creciendo en el conocimiento de Dios”.Cada uno de nosotros podemos aprender acerca de la forma de trabajar de Dios con nosotros por medio de un caracol de agua dulce que a menudo es devorado por las jaibas.Cuando la vida es fácil y no hay jaibas alrededor para amenazar a un caracol, por lo general vive solo tres o cinco meses y crece hasta solo un-dieciseisavo de una pulgada. Pero si las jaibas están alrededor para amenazar y comer los caracoles crecerán dos o tres veces más grandes y vivirán dos o tres veces más tiempo. Esto no solo ayuda a asegurar que la población de caracoles continúe, sino que significa que hay más caracoles reproduciéndose cuando su población está amenazada.A pesar de su supuesta poca importancia, nuestro Creador ha diseñado caracoles para desempeñar un rol importante en la mantención de la ecología. Por esta razón, y porque Él los hizo, Él ha provisto a los caracoles con la habilidad de prosperar bajo estrés. No tienen éxito por su propio esfuerzo; los caracoles no hacen nada más que lo que el Creador les diseñó que hagan.Las lecciones que podemos aprender de estos caracoles son fáciles de hablar pero a veces difíciles de vivir. Ante todo, si el Creador se preocupa tanto por los caracoles, entonces ninguno de nosotros es de tan poca importancia para que nuestro Creador nos ignore. Y cuando la vida es difícil para nosotros, nuestra ayuda no se encuentra en nuestros propios pobres poderes sino en el poder de Aquel que nos hizo y envió a Su Hijo para nuestra salvación. Al encomendarle todo a Él y al hacer Su voluntad, le facilitaremos a que nos de una vida más completa.Oración: Amado Señor, como Tú has caminado sobre esta tierra y has probado el polvo de la vida con Tus propios labios, conoces los problemas que vienen con la vida. Enséñame a depender más y más en Tu poder suficiente y menos y menos en mis propios poderes. Amén.Ref: “Snail's pace picks up if hunted; it gets bigger and lives longer.” Minneapolis Star Tribune. Imagen: Lymnaea snail, Alan R Walker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Franska revolutionen hade börjat bra 1789, och under de två åren som följde förvandlades det franska samhället till det bättre, och på ett fredligt vis. Nationen tog stora kliv mot framtiden. Men sedan hände något.Från och med 1792 spårade revolutionen ur och gick in i en fruktansvärd fas, i vilken ingen kunde känna sig säker. Fullständigt oskyldiga människor kunde lynchas eller dömas till döden medelst giljotin. I spetsen för utvecklingen stod ”den omutlige” Maximilien Robespierre, som själv slutade på schavotten sedan andra politiker blivit så rädda för sina egna liv att de beslutat sig för att störta honom.Skräckväldet, la Terreur, visar oss människan i hennes allra sämsta stunder. Historien blir inte bättre av att terrorn var fullt medveten och högst offentlig: det var meningen att folk skulle lära sig att frukta och darra inför risken att mista huvudet. Revolutionen skulle räddas genom grövsta möjliga våld mot misstänkta eller verkliga regimkritiker. Motorn i utvecklingen var krig: när Frankrike drogs in i väpnad konflikt med grannländerna blev det mycket lättare än förut för de revolutionära grupperingarna i Paris att angripa varandra och ta initiativ till utrensningar.I detta avsnitt av podden Harrisons dramatiska historia samtalar Dick Harrison, professor i historia vid Lunds universitet, och fackboksförfattaren Katarina Harrison Lindbergh om franska revolutionens blodigaste skede, det skräckvälde som skördade tusentals oskyldiga människors liv åren 1793 och 1794.Bildtext: En avrättning med giljotin på Place de la Révolution (dagens Place de la Concorde) i Paris omkring 1793, under den franska revolutionens terrorvälde – en bild av hur dödsstraffet blev ett offentligt politiskt verktyg. Målning av Pierre-Antoine Demachy (1723–1807). Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Skeptics are forever trying to find errors in the Bible so that they can discredit it as God's Word. When a faithful Bible scholar discovers some puzzle in Scripture, he never assumes that he has found an error. He assumes that he doesn't have all the information necessary to resolve the question.As believers would expect, every so-called puzzle that has been resolved has been resolved in favor of the accuracy of the Bible. In each of these cases, those who said that they had discovered an error in the Bible were proven wrong.One of the more interesting puzzles that was finally solved concerned Luke's account of Christ's birth. Was Quirinius really governor of Syria when Christ was born in 4 B.C.? Scholars knew that he was governor in 6 A.D. But there was no evidence that he had governed Syria in 4 B.C. Some 19th-century scholars wrote that Luke must have made a mistake with the date of the census, since Quirinius wasn't governor when Christ was born. Then, in 1912, an inscription was discovered that was dated to around 10 B.C. It said that Quirinius was governor in Syria and Cilicia around that time. In other words, Quirinius ruled the area as governor at least twice, including when Christ was born.As God's Word, Scripture's accuracy can be trusted. Nothing has ever disproved the truth of anything in the Bible. The Bible can be trusted even when it talks about historical events. That's true even when the Bible talks about the history of the creation of the world.Luke 2:1-2"And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)”Prayer: I thank You, Lord, that Your Word has been preserved for us in the Bible. I thank You that Your Word is completely trustworthy. I thank You that Your certain Word assures me that You fully carried the burden of my sin on the cross so that I could be forgiven. Amen.REF.: Jackson, Wayne. "Calm confidence in the Scriptures." Reasoning from Revelation. Image: Meister der Kahriye-Cami-Kirche (Mary and Joseph register as part of the Census of Quirinius) Istanbul, Chora Church, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Propagandaminister Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) var en av de mest destruktiva gestalterna i Tredje riket. Goebbels gjorde hatet begripligt, lockande och vardagligt. Den fysiskt veke Goebbels utnyttjade medvetet gatuvåld för att uppnå uppmärksamhet.Goebbels dyrkade Adolf Hitler och kom att göra en ideologisk helomvändning från en positiv syn på Sovjetunionen till att följa Adolf Hitlers vilja att förgöra Sovjet. Goebbels blev en av de tydligaste arkitekterna bakom den så kallade “Führermyten” – föreställningen att Hitler var nationens ofelbara förkroppsligande. Ett bärande element i nationalsocialismen.I detta första av två avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med Ulf Zander, professor i historia vid Lunds universitet om tredje rikets propagandaminister Joseph Goebbels.Paul Joseph Goebbels föddes den 29 oktober 1897 i Rheydt i Rhenprovinsen. Han växte upp i en katolsk, småborgerlig miljö och var studiebegåvad. Barndomen präglades av sjukdom och en bestående missbildning i foten som gav honom en tydlig hälta – en detalj som i tidens manlighetsideal kunde bli en livslång social börda. Han blev dessutom avvisad från militärtjänst under första världskriget, vilket förstärkte känslan av att stå utanför “nationens prövning”.För en ung man i det kejserliga Tyskland, där fysisk styrka och militära ideal var fundamentala komponenter i den manliga identiteten, skapade detta handikapp en djup känsla av alienation och utanförskap. Denna känsla av isolering förstärktes dramatiskt vid utbrottet av första världskriget i augusti 1914. Medan hans jämnåriga kamrater anmälde sig som frivilliga och drog ut i fält, nekades Goebbels militärtjänst på grund av sin fot.Denna erfarenhet av att stå utanför nationens stora "hjältesaga" blev ett livslångt trauma som han senare försökte kompensera genom en aggressiv nationalism och ett radikalt politiskt patos. I kombinationen av intellektuell ambition och personlig bräcklighet ser många biografer grogrunden till Goebbels ständiga behov av upprättelse: att bli sedd, beundrad och behövd.Goebbels studerade humaniora vid flera universitet och tog doktorsexamen i Heidelberg. Han drömde om ett liv som författare och dramatiker, men mötte i stället refuseringar, osäkra jobb och en gnagande upplevelse av att vara förbigången. I senare framställningar har denna bitterhet ofta kopplats till hans politiska radikalisering: om det “etablerade” samhället inte gav honom en scen, skulle han bygga en egen.Goebbels kom i kontakt med NSDAP 1924, efter att ha hört Adolf Hitler tala och blivit fascinerad av dennes oratoriella kraft. Hitler satt vid denna tid i fängelse efter den misslyckade ölkällarkuppen, och partiet var splittrat. Goebbels anslöt sig till den norra flygeln av rörelsen, ledd av bröderna Gregor och Otto Strasser. Denna fraktion betonade de socialistiska aspekterna av partiprogrammet och förespråkade en mer proletär och antikapitalistisk linje än den bayerska ledningen runt Hitler.Goebbels gjorde snabb karriär som agitator och skribent. Han imponerade med sin förmåga att förena ideologi med dramaturgi: att göra politik till berättelse, fiender till karikatyrer och den egna rörelsen till ett ödesdrama.Bildtext: Joseph Goebbels talar vid en nazistisk protestmanifestation i Berlin-Lustgarten i juli 1932, riktad mot resultatet av Lausannekonferensen under mellankrigstidens ekonomiska och politiska kris. Foto: Bundesarchiv, Bild 119-2406-01, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.Musik:‘Horst-Wessel-Lied' (‘Die Fahne hoch'), en nazistisk kampsång använd i NSDAP:s propaganda under 1930–40-talen. dirigenten Carl Woitschach. Källa: Internet Archive. Public DomainKlippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hebreos 3:4“Toda casa es hecha por alguien; pero el que hizo todas las cosas es Dios”.Los Científicos reportaron en noviembre de 1989 que un satélite que debía ayudarles a contestar preguntas sobre como el universo llegó aquí no les dio ninguna respuesta. El satélite, llamado Explorador del Fondo Cósmico, funcionaba bien. Los científicos simplemente no encontraron las evidencias que estaban esperando para apoyar su explicación sobre como el Big Bang pudo haber producido el universo presente.El Explorador del Fondo Cósmico no llegó a detectar los patrones de radiación de microonda e infrarrojo que apoyaría el Big Bang. “Estoy completamente desconcertado de cómo las presentes estructuras [en el universo] llegaron a existir sin dejar rastro,” dijo John Mather, un astrónomo del Centro de vuelo espacial Goddard de la NASA.Los científicos señalaron que su fracaso de encontrar los patrones esperados de radiación conlleva a la obvia conclusión que ni nosotros ni el universo existen. Pero Mather añadió, “Aún no hemos eliminado nuestra existencia”.Los cristianos que saben lo que el Creador nos dice acerca del origen del universo pueden fácilmente ver el problema aquí. La evidencia esperada de como el universo llegó aquí a través del Big Bang no se va a encontrar, ya que la creación no fue creada por una gran explosión en el espacio. La Biblia dice claramente que este mundo no llegó a existir sin un creador. Hebreos 3:4 nos dice: “Toda casa es hecha por alguien; pero el que hizo todas las cosas es Dios”. No es con satélites que encontramos a Dios, sino en Su Palabra – la Biblia.Oración: Amado Padre Celestial – nosotros que Te conocemos a menudo te buscamos en todas partes menos donde podemos encontrarte revelado a nosotros en más detalle de lo que podemos entender – Tu Palabra. Recuérdame hacer uso diario de Tu Palabra para aprender más de la relación que Tú tendrías conmigo a través de Tu Hijo, Cristo Jesús. En Su Nombre. Amén.Ref: “Scientists still in dark on cosmos.” The Florida Times Union. Imagen: Diagram illustrating the relative distances involved with the detection, NASA & ESA, PD, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1235/29?v=20251111

Vi kacklar om källor, vojar om vindlande visningar, undrar om upplöst team och ser dubbelt. Shownotes Aktuellt från svenska Wikipedia Källor som inte längre finns Wikipedia förlorar mark? Wikimediarörelsen internationellt Wikimedia Foundations Community Tech team har upplösts Veckans mall Jan: Dubbel bild Wikifikor, meetups och träffar i närtid Fredag: Description Translation Project Follow Up Training Lördag: Training New Editors for the Next 25 Years Måndag: News on Wiki tools & Wikifunctions Erkännanden Bild: @ooosssay, CC0 Musiken och ljudklippen är från Surf Shimmy Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 3.0, samt Wikimedia Sound Logo Finalist VQ97, Thaddeus Osborne, CC BY-SA 4.0, och ljudet från Wikidata’s 10th birthday video intro animation, Lea Lacroix (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0. Avsnittet hittas också på Wikimedia Commons. Diskutera avsnittet på projektsidans diskussion.

En 2020, j'ai investi 44 000 € avec Oussama Ammar dans SpaceX. En 2025, deux tribunaux ont reconnu l'existence d'une fraude. Découvrez le dossier complet : emails, décisions de justice et faits établis. Ressources : Les jugements et tous les documents mentionnés dans ce podcast La FAQ d’Oussama  Photo d’Oussama de la miniature basée sur « Oussama Ammar en decembre 2021 » par STEVE, via Wikimedia Commons, sous licence CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr). Photo recadrée et modifiée pour les besoins de la vignette. Source : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oussama_Ammar_en_decembre_2021.jpg

The fossil record shows us examples of God's great creativity in designing living things. It also shows that life appeared suddenly on earth, in finished form. The fossil record shows us that earth originally had a much greater variety of life. Finally, the fossil record doesn't show any evidence of creatures evolving from one type into another.Paleontologists have been looking for fossils of unusual creatures in some of the oldest rocks that have fossils in them. In other words, these rocks in British Columbia have evidences of some of the earliest forms of life. These layers show the rich variety of life that once existed on earth. Paleontologists have found a much greater variety of arrow worms and jellyfish than live today. But even in the earliest layers, the worms and the jellyfish are fully formed.In addition, paleontologists have found some startling creatures. One foot and a half long creature had a circular mouth with radiating teeth and claws. Another looks like a tiny, inch long dragon. Scientists describe it as looking like the cameo of a stegosaurus. Perhaps the most unusual creature was named "Santa Claws" by one paleontologist. It has five pairs of claws attached to its head, two flaps on the side, and a tail like a beaver.Paleontologists and Christians who believe the biblical record of creation don't dispute the facts about fossils. We object to interpretations of the fossils that needlessly contradict Scripture.Psalm 18:30" As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.”Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, even in death, brought about by man's sin, these creatures glorify You and bear witness to Your act of creation. Strengthen my faith so that I may not be intimidated by claims that contradict Your Word. In Jesus' Name. Amen.REF.: Weisburd, Stefi. "New creatures from the Cambrian." Science News, v. 128. Image: Burgess shale scale, Matt Martyniuk (Dinoguy2), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Fela Kuti has been the subject of at least half a dozen documentaries, a Broadway play, a shelf of books, and at least one richly lauded podcast series.  It's hard to imagine a time when Fela would have been considered an obscure musician from a largely unknown continent.  But that was very much the case in the seventies when bassist Melvin Gibbs heard his music blasting out of a record store on Nostrand Avenue in his native Brooklyn.  The number of  Americans who had even heard of Fela, already a superstar in his homeland, Nigeria, was vanishingly small.   But a penny dropped.  This experience launched Melvin Gibbs on a musical and cultural journey.  He has spent half a century exploring the topic of his new book, “How Black Music Took Over the World." This Monday (4/27), Melvin Gibbs returns to the WKCR studios for a Deep Focus on Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, with host Mitch Goldman.  Will Mitch find live, unreleased recordings of Fela in the WKCR archives?   Come on!  We all know the answer to that question.   Tune in this Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org.     Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  It will join over 400 promo-free episodes.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, sponsor-free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.     Photo credit: Fela Kuti on stage -  promotional photo 19 July 1986 - Source- Billboard Jul 19, 1986 p. N-3 - Distributed by Celluloid Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.     #WKCR #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #HarrietTubman #FelaKuti #FelaAnikulapoKuti #AfroBeat #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman 

The environment naturally produces hazardous waste without human help. Ashes from a wood fire can contain enough naturally occurring radioactivity to merit a hazardous waste classification. Uranium and other radioactive elements occur naturally in the environment and can be dissolved in ground water. Chloro fluorocarbons, manufactured for refrigeration, are also spewed from volcanoes. Also called CFCs, these chemicals are thought by some scientists to degrade the earth's ozone layer. The fact is, nature produces more hazardous waste than does man.Since hazardous waste is a natural part of the creation, one might expect a well-designed creation to have the ability to process hazardous materials into harmless substances. Science is beginning to discover how the Creator has designed the creation to deal with this problem.Scientists have learned how several bacteria decontaminate water that carries dissolved uranium. One species of bacterium combines the phosphate in the water with the uranium to make uranium phosphate crystals. These crystals are stored harmlessly in the bacterium. Another species uses enzymes to make uranium ore that then settles harmlessly out of the water. Another species has been discovered that breaks down CFCs.The creation is indeed well designed. In fact, the Creator's solutions to hazardous waste will help us learn how to clean up the messes we make.Job 12:7-8"But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.”Prayer: I thank You, dear Lord, both for the wisdom and the love which You have designed the creation. Help modern science to learn more about Your solutions to hazardous waste so that we may take better care of the creation You have lent to us for temporary use during our lives. Amen.REF.: "Chemistry of uranium eating microbes." Science News, v. 142. Image: Microscope view of Bacillus subtilis, Korinna, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

On March 16, 2022, the Russian army committed one of the gravest war crimes of its invasion of Ukraine. It dropped air bombs on the Mariupol Drama Theatre, knowing that around a thousand civilians were sheltering inside, seeking refuge from Russian shelling. It did so despite the huge inscriptions reading “Children” — written in Russian on both sides of the theatre — clearly visible from the air as a warning to any potential bomber. In this episode, we analyse this crime with the help of a journalist who spent several years speaking with dozens of survivors. You are listening to the Explaining Ukraine podcast. *** Explaining Ukraine is a podcast by UkraineWorld, an English-language media outlet run by Internews Ukraine. Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, Chief Editor of UkraineWorld, and President of PEN Ukraine. Guest: James Verini, an American journalist and book writer who wrote for The New York Times and other papers. He recently published a book, The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War. The book was published this year by Simon & Schuster. Link to the book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Theater/James-Verini/9781668062203 *** Listen on various platforms: https://li.sten.to/explaining-ukraine UkraineWorld: https://ukraineworld.org/en *** SUPPORT: You can support our work on https://www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld Your help is crucial, as we rely heavily on crowdfunding. You can also contribute to our volunteer missions to frontline areas in Ukraine, where we deliver aid to both soldiers and civilians. Donations are welcome via PayPal at: ukraine.resisting@gmail.com. *** CONTENTS: 0:00 Intro 2:40 Why does the guest call the Mariupol drama theater bombing the "defining atrocity" of the Russian war against Ukraine? 5:48 What made Mariupol particularly vulnerable to the Russian siege and bombardment? 8:51 What were the devastating living conditions for civilians in Mariupol during the siege? 9:48 Why did people consider the Mariupol drama theater a safe shelter, and how was it designated as such? 13:05 How did the theater's staff and volunteers manage to transform it into a functioning refugee shelter for thousands? 15:50 When did the bombardment of the theater occur, and why is it significant that "Children" was clearly written outside? 21:28 What were the immediate consequences of the direct bomb hits on the theater, and how did they cause such lethality? 24:49 How did the journalist connect with and interview dozens of survivors to document their experiences? 31:32 How is Russia attempting to erase the memory and culture of Ukraine in occupied Mariupol? 35:10 What is the historical context of neglecting and building over the dead in Mariupol, and how does it relate to current events? 40:10 How has the Greek heritage of Mariupol been affected by the Russian invasion and occupation? 45:37 What was the significance of the defense of Azovstal in Mariupol's story, and how did it impact civilians? 47:29 What is the final message regarding the Mariupol drama theater bombing and its implications for the war? *** Photo credit (James Verini's portrait): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Did you know that you have three eyes? In fact, someday your third eye may provide spare parts that might be necessary to repair the two eyes you normally think about.Scientists have known for more than a century that the western fence lizard has a third eye. Its third eye can be seen as a white spot on the top of its forehead. While this third eye is an extension of the pineal gland, it has a retina, lens, and cornea. While this third eye is unable to focus light, it does sense light. Pineal eyes are also found in other lizards, frogs, and lampreys, but not in mammals. Since human beings are supposed to be evolutionarily closer to mammals, scientists did not expect to find the third eye in human beings.When medical researchers investigating the human pineal gland compared their findings with eye researchers, they were astonished. Both the pineal and the retina make melatonin, an important chemical in our daily rhythm that also affects mood. Your pineal also makes a number of proteins that were thought to be made only by the eye that are necessary for processing light. And like the pineal, the eye also serves as one of the body's time-keeping mechanisms. There are so many similarities between the eye and the pineal in humans that scientists hope to one day use a person's pineal as a source of genetic spare parts to treat some eye diseases!That scientific advance might have already been made if scientists had long ago given up their belief in evolution.Proverbs 26:12"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.”Prayer: I am truly fearfully and wonderfully made, dear Lord! I thank You for the wonders You have designed and placed within me. But most of all, I thank You for Your Holy Spirit, Who has convinced me of the forgiveness of my sin by grace, through faith in Your innocent suffering and death on the cross. Amen.REF.: Julie Ann Miller. "Eye to (Third) Eye." Science News, Vol. 128. Image: Pineal gland in red, Life Science Databases(LSDB)., CC BY-SA 2.1 JP, Wikimedia Commons. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

Fela Kuti has been the subject of at least half a dozen documentaries, a Broadway play, a shelf of books, and at least one richly lauded podcast series.  It's hard to imagine a time when Fela would have been considered an obscure musician from a largely unknown continent.  But that was very much the case in the seventies when bassist Melvin Gibbs heard his music blasting out of a record store on Nostrand Avenue in his native Brooklyn.  The number of  Americans who had even heard of Fela, already a superstar in his homeland, Nigeria, was vanishingly small.   But a penny dropped.  This experience launched Melvin Gibbs on a musical and cultural journey.  He has spent half a century exploring the topic of his new book, “How Black Music Took Over the World." This Monday (4/27), Melvin Gibbs returns to the WKCR studios for a Deep Focus on Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, with host Mitch Goldman.  Will Mitch find live, unreleased recordings of Fela in the WKCR archives?   Come on!  We all know the answer to that question.   Tune in this Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org.     Or join us when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  It will join over 400 promo-free episodes.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, sponsor-free, totally non-commercial.  We won't even ask for your contact info.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.     Photo credit: Fela Kuti on stage -  promotional photo 19 July 1986 - Source- Billboard Jul 19, 1986 p. N-3 - Distributed by Celluloid Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.     #WKCR #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #HarrietTubman #FelaKuti #FelaAnikulapoKuti #AfroBeat #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview #MitchGoldman   

Can your ear talk to you? New research seems to show that your ear actually generates sound that echoes whatever you hear.Startled scientists are making new discoveries that appear to show that we have hearing aids built into our ears. Yes, our ears do produce sounds. When sound hits the eardrums, the vibrations move bones within the ear, causing a bone called the stapes to vibrate. These vibrations are translated to pneumatic pressure within the cochlea. The oscillating pressure is picked up by tiny inner hairs in the cochlea that vibrate with the sound. These vibrations generate an electrical signal that is sent to the brain.Researchers have learned that outer hair cells within the cochlea respond to the incoming signals by generating audible sounds that can be picked up by tiny microphones. The sounds are generated as the hairs dance up and down in time with the incoming sound, just like the cone of a loudspeaker. The effect is that the ear echoes the incoming sound a few thousandths of a second after it enters the ear. The echo generated within the cochlea is not necessary for hearing. However, scientists suspect that this feedback system helps people smoothly hear sounds that range from soft to loud. Some scientists have voiced their skepticism about these astonishing findings.Our ability to hear sound is much more elegant in design than scientists ever expected. The technically precise details of the ear's design discredit all claims that the ear could have evolved.James 1:22"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”Prayer: Lord, let my voice praise You for all the great things You have done. Let me always be glad to hear Your Word and, assured of Your forgiving grace, put it into practice in my life. Amen.REF.: Malcolm M. Browne. "Let's Hear it from the Ears." The Plain Dealer. Image: Schematic overview of inner ear, van der Valk, W.H., Steinhart, M.R., Zhang, J. et al., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons, image cropped from original. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1232/29?v=20251111

The pianist, composer and sound artist Glenn Gould once wrote: "Art on its loftiest mission is scarcely human at all." What becomes of art and humanity when they are allowed to vary independently of one another? Which serves which, and to what end? In this episode, JF and Phil discuss Glenn Gould's style and vision of music through the lens of François Girard's memorable 1993 film, Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. For details on the upcoming Weird Studies Volume 3 listening party, and to register for the event, go to the event page on the Weirdosphere website. The album will be released on May 22, 2026, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page. ⁠Click here⁠ to support Weird Studies on Patreon. REFERENCES Francois Girard (dir.), Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Rob Reiner, This is Spinal Tap Weird Studies, Episode 31 on Gould's “Prospects of Recording”  "The Shining Recut" "Glenn Gould Interviews Glenn Gould About Glenn Gould" Phil Ford, Dig: Sound and Music in Hip Culture Glenn Gould, "The Idea of North" Weird Studies, Episode 124 with Duncan Barford Francois Girard, Production of Wagner's Parsifal Richard Wagner, Parsifal (clip from performance conducted by Reginald Goodall)  Spear of Longinus Header image by Ana Pismel, via Wikimedia Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about the Rent Guidelines Board's preliminary vote on rent regulations for about one million regulated apartments, and other housing news.Photo:  The Queensbridge public housing development in the neighborhood of Long Island City in Queens, New York, (NewYork 1956 at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Janai Nelson, president-director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, talks about the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in Callais V. Louisiana, which they say gutted the Voting Rights Act. Plus, her reaction to the news that the Virginia Supreme Court overturned the voter-approved redistricting ballot measure that would have been a boon to Democrats.Photo: United States Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C., (Marielam1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney, talks about recent work his office has done vacating wrongful convictions, a statistical decline in crime and more. Photo: Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., the District Attorney of New York County photographed on Central Park West and 74th Street (CmdrDan, CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Wes Jackson, president of BRIC, unveils the lineup for the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! festival in Prospect Park, where the theme this year is "radical joy."  Photo: A Celebrate Brooklyn! performance at the Lena Horne Bandshell in July 2022. (Credit: BailieSchaefer via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

NYC Health and Hospitals announced plans to shut down a storied program at Bellevue Hospital that treats torture survivors, citing tenuous federal funding and the possibility of ICE raids at the hospital. Allen Keller, M.D., associate professor of medicine and population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and founder of Bellevue's Program for Survivors of Torture, and Ibrahim, former patient at Bellevue's Program for Survivors of Torture, discuss the impact of the program and why they're fighting to keep it open. Photo: Bellevue Hospital - NYC (Credit: ajay_suresh via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)

Andy Kim, U.S. Senator (D NJ), talks about his work in the Senate and the issues in New Jersey, including the war with Iran and partisan redistricting in the Garden State and around the country.Photo: US Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ). December 2024, Office of Senator Andy Kim U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons