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Category: Messages, 2026, September 2026 Verses: Matt 13:1-9,18-23, Phil 3:10, Acts 8:26-35

I have to be real with you. Before traveling to the Bay last month, I never heard of the words “decode”, “prefill”, or “KV Cache”. Then I go to Hot Chips, and I took a full blast in the face with these terms. And now, just like 11:11 (make a wish), I see it everywhere. It's Baader-Meinhof to the max. But Prefill, Decode and KV Cache relate to major technical challenges associated with serving these ever-growing models. The memory makers - flush off the HBM bonanza - have brought forth a new thing with a slick name to meet these challenges: High Bandwidth Flash or HBF. HBF is cool but ... what is it going to be used for? In today's video, a potential challenger and/or companion to HBM: High Bandwidth Flash.

I have to be real with you. Before traveling to the Bay last month, I never heard of the words “decode”, “prefill”, or “KV Cache”. Then I go to Hot Chips, and I took a full blast in the face with these terms. And now, just like 11:11 (make a wish), I see it everywhere. It's Baader-Meinhof to the max. But Prefill, Decode and KV Cache relate to major technical challenges associated with serving these ever-growing models. The memory makers - flush off the HBM bonanza - have brought forth a new thing with a slick name to meet these challenges: High Bandwidth Flash or HBF. HBF is cool but ... what is it going to be used for? In today's video, a potential challenger and/or companion to HBM: High Bandwidth Flash.

VOV1 - Chiều 22/9, mưa lớn kéo dài khiến nước dâng nhanh trên nhiều tuyến đường tại TP.HCM, có nơi ngập qua đầu gối người lớn. Việc đi lại trong giờ tan tầm gặp nhiều khó khăn, một số xe máy chết máy giữa đường.Khoảng 16 giờ 20, mưa lớn xuất hiện tại nhiều khu vực ở TP.HCM. Mưa như trút nước, tầm nhìn bị hạn chế khiến người đi xe máy gặp khó khăn khi di chuyển. Nhiều người phải dừng phương tiện, trú mưa dưới các cầu vượt vì không thể tiếp tục hành trình.Tại một số đoạn đường trũng, dốc, nước không kịp thoát, nhanh chóng tạo thành các điểm ngập sâu. Có nơi nước dâng qua đầu gối người lớn. Các phương tiện phải di chuyển chậm qua vùng ngập, một số đoạn xảy ra ùn ứ do có phương tiện chết máy.Đáng chú ý, nước cũng dâng cao tại một số tuyến đường vốn ít xảy ra ngập, trong đó có đường Võ Nguyên Giáp (trước đây là Xa lộ Hà Nội) và đường số 2 thuộc khu vực TP Thủ Đức cũ.Mưa lớn xảy ra đúng giờ tan học và tan tầm, khiến nhiều phụ huynh chật vật đưa đón con qua các điểm ngập. Một số xe máy chết máy, người dân phải xuống xe dắt bộ giữa dòng nước.Theo Đài Khí tượng Thủy văn khu vực Nam Bộ, cơn mưa lớn chiều nay do dải hội tụ nhiệt đới có trục qua Nam Trung Bộ và Nam Bộ đang hoạt động mạnh, kết hợp với gió mùa Tây Nam có cường độ yếu đến trung bình. Vùng hội tụ trên biển có xu hướng di chuyển về phía đất liền Nam Bộ.Mưa lớn kéo dài khiến nhiều đường bị ngập nặng.

Category: Messages, 2026, September 2026 Verses: Heb 11:1,6, 1 Pet 1:3-5, Matt 16:18, 1 Pet 2:4-8, Heb 12:15-17

VOV1 - Hôm nay (20/9), Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm và đoàn đại biểu cấp cao Việt Nam rời Thủ đô Hà Nội lên đường tham dự Phiên thảo luận cấp cao ĐHĐ Liên hợp quốc khóa 81, hoạt động song phương tại Hoa Kỳ và thăm cấp Nhà nước tới Canada theo lời mời của Toàn quyền Canada Louise ArbourSau gần 50 năm gia nhập Liên hợp quốc vào ngày 20/9/1977, Việt Nam đã ghi những dấu ấn sâu đậm là một thành viên ngày càng chủ động, tích cực, đóng góp ngày càng thực chất, sâu rộng cả về ý tưởng, con người, nguồn lực trên tất cả các lĩnh vực hoạt động trụ cột của Liên hợp quốc về gìn giữ hòa bình, an ninh và hợp tác phát triển. Một trong những dấu ấn nổi bật nhất là việc Việt Nam hai lần trúng cử làm thành viên không thường trực Hội đồng Bảo an Liên hợp quốc, vào các nhiệm kỳ 2008-2009 và 2020-2021; tham gia đóng góp vào quá trình thảo luận, thông qua nhiều nghị quyết, tuyên bố quan trọng của LHQ về hợp tác phát triển, giải trừ quân bị, chống phổ biến vũ khí hủy diệt hàng loạt, chống khủng bố, bảo đảm quyền con người. - Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm dẫn đầu Đoàn đại biểu cấp cao Việt Nam rời Thủ đô Hà Nội lên đường tham dự Phiên Thảo luận chung cấp cao Đại hội đồng Liên hợp quốc Khóa 81, kết hợp hoạt động song phương tại Hoa Kỳ và thăm cấp Nhà nước tới Canada theo lời mời  của Toàn quyền Canada Louise Arbour.- Bộ trưởng Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo Hoàng Minh Sơn sẽ giải trình  trước Ủy ban Văn hóa và Xã hội của Quốc hội các vấn đề trong lĩnh vực quản lý.- Chương trình nghệ thuật đương đại “Kết nối di sản - Kiến tạo tương lai” đưa khán giả xuyên thời gian, kể câu chuyện âm nhạc từ truyền thống đến đương đại.- Châu Á hòa chung một nhịp đập trong đêm khai mạc ASIAD 20.- G7 sẽ họp trong tuần tới để thảo luận và tháo gỡ khủng hoảng năng lượng.                            Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Tô Lâm phát biểu tại Hội nghị Thượng đỉnh Tương lai diễn ra tại trụ sở Liên hợp quốc, New York, Hoa Kỳ (năm 2024)

En La Brújula del Arte, Marta García Aller y Rebeca Marín nos descubren una de las historias más curiosas del arte en España: el retrato de Felipe V que lleva casi 80 años colgado deliberadamente del revés en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Xàtiva.La decisión es una protesta histórica contra el monarca por la destrucción de la ciudad durante la Guerra de Sucesión. Y no es el único cuadro que ha acabado boca abajo: Mondrian, Matisse, Van Gogh, Picasso o Dalí también han protagonizado algunos de estos errores.

Last month, I had conversations with people up and down the Bay Area as part of my trip to Hot Chips 2026. Then I boarded a flight to Taiwan for Semicon Taiwan. And I had some more conversations there, though not as much as I was getting pretty tired. It has been a year since my last trip to the US. A lot has happened! Year 4 in the AI Boom, yet a string of recent developments has given the boom substantial new energy. The shift to long-running AI agents and agent swarms. The pursuit of RSI, which stands for recursive self-improvement and does not refer to a wrist condition. Cybersecurity and the Hugging Face hack (which I won't talk about here). And the epic fight for compute. Another year, another vibes video about things in the Silicon Valley and Taiwan.

Last month, I had conversations with people up and down the Bay Area as part of my trip to Hot Chips 2026. Then I boarded a flight to Taiwan for Semicon Taiwan. And I had some more conversations there, though not as much as I was getting pretty tired. It has been a year since my last trip to the US. A lot has happened! Year 4 in the AI Boom, yet a string of recent developments has given the boom substantial new energy. The shift to long-running AI agents and agent swarms. The pursuit of RSI, which stands for recursive self-improvement and does not refer to a wrist condition. Cybersecurity and the Hugging Face hack (which I won't talk about here). And the epic fight for compute. Another year, another vibes video about things in the Silicon Valley and Taiwan.

Category: Messages, 2026, September 2026 Verses: Romans 12:1-5, Romans 12:9, Romans 12:13, Romans 12:21, Ephesians 1:23, 1 John 3:16, 1 John 4:20, Ephesians 4:2-3

Tựa Đề: Sống Thật Với Nhau; Kinh Thánh: Xa-cha-ri 8:16-17; Tác Giả: VPNS; Loạt Bài: Sống Với Thánh Kinh, Bài Học Kinh Thánh Hằng Ngày, Tĩnh Nguyện Hằng Ngày, Sống Với Thánh Kinh

Category: Messages, 2026, September 2026 Verses: Various

In July 2026, the Chinese AI firm Kimi released their K3 model, and it rattled the markets. One of the sub-rattles was a blurb saying how K3 designed a chip in a single autonomous 48-hour run. Stocks of Synopsys and Cadence fell 9% on this news, though that happened as the rest of the AI market trade was falling too. The name of the game in chip design today is AI. When I visited the US to attend the Hot Chips conference, AI-accelerated EDA was on most everyone's lips. Crowned by OpenAI's first chip, Jalapeno, and the AI-accelerated way in which it was produced. It has never been harder to separate hype from reality. Here is my attempt to make sense of it. In today's video, conversations about the use of LLMs and AI in chip design.

In July 2026, the Chinese AI firm Kimi released their K3 model, and it rattled the markets. One of the sub-rattles was a blurb saying how K3 designed a chip in a single autonomous 48-hour run. Stocks of Synopsys and Cadence fell 9% on this news, though that happened as the rest of the AI market trade was falling too. The name of the game in chip design today is AI. When I visited the US to attend the Hot Chips conference, AI-accelerated EDA was on most everyone's lips. Crowned by OpenAI's first chip, Jalapeno, and the AI-accelerated way in which it was produced. It has never been harder to separate hype from reality. Here is my attempt to make sense of it. In today's video, conversations about the use of LLMs and AI in chip design.

The first things you will notice upon stepping inside a fab clean room are the equipment. Massive, inscrutable, expensive. But the second things you will notice are the little vehicles puttering around on the ceiling above your head. There are hundreds, thousands of them. Stopping, starting, switching tracks, and occasionally dropping and picking up boxes of wafers. These are some of the coolest parts of the fab. In this video, we lift ourselves up to the cute overhead trolleys that run wafers from one end of the fab to the other.

The first things you will notice upon stepping inside a fab clean room are the equipment. Massive, inscrutable, expensive. But the second things you will notice are the little vehicles puttering around on the ceiling above your head. There are hundreds, thousands of them. Stopping, starting, switching tracks, and occasionally dropping and picking up boxes of wafers. These are some of the coolest parts of the fab. In this video, we lift ourselves up to the cute overhead trolleys that run wafers from one end of the fab to the other.

Category: Messages, 2026, August 2026 Verses: Col.1.9-22

How do you replace a technology that's been battle tested for literally over a hundred years? 1968 saw a new type of transformer, enhanced with power semiconductors: the solid state transformer, or SST. The SST is significantly smaller and adds some special functionality. But despite being “almost ready” for fifty years, hype cycle after hype cycle has passed without much success. Can AI data centers finally be that killer app? In this video, we profile the solid-state transformer.

How do you replace a technology that's been battle tested for literally over a hundred years? 1968 saw a new type of transformer, enhanced with power semiconductors: the solid state transformer, or SST. The SST is significantly smaller and adds some special functionality. But despite being “almost ready” for fifty years, hype cycle after hype cycle has passed without much success. Can AI data centers finally be that killer app? In this video, we profile the solid-state transformer.

VOV1 - Thực hiện chỉ đạo của Ủy ban nhân dân tỉnh Tuyên Quang, Công an tỉnh Tuyên Quang đã triển khai xây dựng mô hình “Xã biên giới không có xuất nhập cảnh trái phép” tại tất cả các xã vùng cao biên giới trên địa bàn. Là địa bàn miền núi biên giới trọng điểm, xã Xín Mần có hơn 16 km đường biên giới, 27 cột mốc. Xuất nhập cảnh trái phép xuất phát từ nhiều nguyên nhân, trong đó chủ yếu là do nhu cầu trao đổi, thăm thân, buôn bán qua biên giới tăng; nhận thức của một bộ phận người dân đối với quy định pháp luật về xuất nhập cảnh còn hạn chế. Anh Giàng Hòa Xèng, người dân ở thôn Xín Mần, xã Xín Mần, cho hay:(Đợt vừa rồi cũng được tuyên truyền về không xuất nhập cảnh trái phép, đi thì phải làm giấy thông hành vì nếu không sẽ không được qua bên kia. Làm sổ thông hành đi qua bên kia sẽ đảm bảo hơn, an toàn không phải chui lủi yên tâm hơn).Để xây dựng mô hình xã không có xuất nhập cảnh trái phép, Công an xã Xín Mần chủ động phối hợp chặt chẽ với cơ quan, đơn vị trên địa bàn tuyên truyền, phổ biến giáo dục pháp luật cho quần chúng nhân dân. Phối hợp với Đồn Biên phòng Cửa khẩu Xín Mần tăng cường các hoạt động tuần tra, kiểm soát trên tuyến biên giới; tiếp nhập và cấp sổ thông hành cho công dân nhanh chóng, đầy đủ đáp ứng nhu cầu xuất cảnh của người dân.Thượng úy Phùng Đức Tú, Tổ an ninh, Công an xã Xín Mần, cho biết: Từ 30/6 đơn vị bắt đầu triển khai mô hình “Xã biên giới không có xuất nhập cảnh trái phép”.(Triển khai mô hình này đã tổ chức tuyên truyền pháp luật về xuất nhập cảnh cho người dân, qua đó nâng cao được ý thức trách nhiệm của người dân. Qua hơn một tháng triển khai mô hình đã không xảy ra xuất nhập cảnh trái phép).Thống kê từ đầu năm 2025 đến tháng 06/2026, lực lượng chức năng xã Xín Mần đã tiếp nhận 70 công dân Việt Nam do phía Trung Quốc trao trả. Qua công tác nghiệp vụ đã phát hiện và xử lý vi phạm hành chính 03 vụ, với 04 trường hợp có hành vi xuất nhập cảnh trái phép. Cùng với đó những đối tượng, đường dây tổ chức cho người khác xuất cảnh, nhập cảnh trái phép đã bị phát hiện, kịp thời góp phần đảm bảo an ninh, trật tự trên địa bàn. Thượng tá Thèn Văn Thắng, Trưởng Công an xã Xín Mần, tỉnh Tuyên Quang, cho biết:(Thực hiện chính quyền 2 cấp, công an xã cơ bản đảm bảo về quân số, trình độ nghiệp vụ cơ bản đảm bảo. Cũng làm tốt tham mưu cho cấp ủy chính quyền địa phương đảm bảo an ninh quốc gia, an toàn xã hội. Cấp ủy chính quyền cũng quan tâm chỉ đạo cần gì công an cũng chỉ đạo ngay, lực lượng công an cũng làm tốt công tác đảm bảo ANTT trên địa bàn).

In July 2026, SK hynix raised a record $26.5 billion by listing its ADRs on the NASDAQ, the second-largest offering in US history. The company had always been well-known inside Korea. But now, they are taking a momentous step into the world spotlight. In today's video, how a company long seen as South Korea's semiconductor basket case clawed back from the brink to become an AI memory titan.

In July 2026, SK hynix raised a record $26.5 billion by listing its ADRs on the NASDAQ, the second-largest offering in US history. The company had always been well-known inside Korea. But now, they are taking a momentous step into the world spotlight. In today's video, how a company long seen as South Korea's semiconductor basket case clawed back from the brink to become an AI memory titan.

Syllabus 26F 256 xA by A history podcast from professor Stu Tully

What if healthcare's greatest barrier is not funding, technology, or policy, but leaders' lack of self-awareness? In this episode of SoundPractice, host Mike Sacopulos talks with Jess Bunin, MD, MHPE, FACP, FCCM, CEC, a psychiatrist, author, and co-founder of All Levels Leadership, a consulting firm designed to revolutionize healthcare leadership training. Dr. Bunin brings a perspective forged at West Point and through a military career that included deployment to Iraq, leadership as an ICU director and chief of critical care, and service as dean of community at the Uniformed Services University, the nation's military medical school. She argues that healthcare's deepest wounds are relational—and that healing them starts with leaders doing the hard work of understanding themselves. Dr. Bunin discusses: - Why physicians often overestimate their self-awareness, and what research reveals about the inverse relationship between confidence and competence. - How struggling as a program director helped her distinguish between mentoring for her own success and mentoring around a resident's needs. - How today's medical students and residents differ from those trained 15 years ago, and why digital communication, COVID, and political polarization have weakened the skills needed for productive disagreement. - How patients have changed as well, and why declining doctor-patient trust and the rise of Dr. Google make emotional attunement essential. - The CLEAR framework for civil discourse: Create psychological safety, Listen actively, Establish common ground, Adjust your thinking, and Respond skillfully. Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org

Other than a few minor size changes, AT&T has been using the same type of copper wire technology since 1887. Millions of miles of copper wire that for decades carried just analog voice calls. Then came along a remarkable technology that takes that decades-old copper wire, and somehow makes it able to carry millions of digital bits per second: ADSL. In the 2000s, ADSL brought fast, always-on internet to millions of people around the world. And did it using their existing telephone lines. What is perhaps most funny about ADSL's rise is that it was never intended for Internet broadband. Many of us might have forgotten it today now that we have fiber, 5G, and Starlink, but ADSL truly helped make the modern Internet. In today's video, the accidental copper miracle.

Other than a few minor size changes, AT&T has been using the same type of copper wire technology since 1887. Millions of miles of copper wire that for decades carried just analog voice calls. Then came along a remarkable technology that takes that decades-old copper wire, and somehow makes it able to carry millions of digital bits per second: ADSL. In the 2000s, ADSL brought fast, always-on internet to millions of people around the world. And did it using their existing telephone lines. What is perhaps most funny about ADSL's rise is that it was never intended for Internet broadband. Many of us might have forgotten it today now that we have fiber, 5G, and Starlink, but ADSL truly helped make the modern Internet. In today's video, the accidental copper miracle.

VOV1 - Quartz – trang tin tức kỹ thuật số nổi tiếng thế giới chuyên về kinh tế toàn cầu, công nghệ và các xu hướng kinh doanh mới - hôm 31/7 có bài giới thiệu Việt Nam như một trong mười điểm đến “tiết kiệm và đầy trải nghiệm” tốt nhất thế giới. Trên trang Quartz, nhà báo Ambia Staley khẳng định rằng với hàng nghìn hòn đảo lớn nhỏ bao quanh, Việt Nam mang tới vô số lựa chọn cho những chuyến du lịch tiết kiệm nhưng vẫn đầy trải nghiệm.Từ Thủ đô Hà Nội nhộn nhịp với khu Phố Cổ giàu giá trị lịch sử, du khách có thể đi về phía bắc đến Sa Pa để tham gia các chuyến đi bộ đường dài tuyệt đẹp băng qua những thửa ruộng bậc thang, nghỉ đêm trong các ngôi nhà của người Dao Đỏ và người H'Mông dọc đường đi. Du khách cũng có cơ hội chiêm ngưỡng khung cảnh ngoạn mục với chi phí phải chăng khi đi thuyền len lỏi giữa vô số đảo đá vôi ở Vịnh Hạ Long – một Di sản Thế giới được UNESCO công nhận.Tác giả dẫn dắt người đọc xuôi về phía Nam, nơi du khách có thể khám phá Cố đô Huế, dạo bước trên những con phố lung linh ánh đèn lồng ở Hội An, hay thám hiểm các hang động lớn nhất thế giới tại Vườn Quốc gia Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng. Ở thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Bảo tàng Chứng tích Chiến tranh mang tới cái nhìn sâu sắc và đầy suy ngẫm về chiến tranh tại Việt Nam, trong khi việc thăm hệ thống địa đạo Củ Chi ở ngoại ô thành phố giúp du khách tận mắt chứng kiến sự sáng tạo tài tình của quân Giải phóng.Xa hơn về phía nam là vùng Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long trù phú với mạng lưới sông ngòi chằng chịt và những khu chợ nổi sầm uất; du khách có thể khám phá nơi đây bằng thuyền hoặc xe đạp để thực sự hòa mình vào văn hóa bản địa.Bài viết trên trang Quartz đánh giá hệ thống nhà nghỉ giá rẻ (hostel) dành cho dân du lịch  phát triển rất tốt trên khắp Việt Nam và ẩm thực đường phố của Việt Nam thì không đâu sánh bằng; những món ăn như: phở, bánh xèo hay bún chả… vừa ngon miệng, no bụng lại có giá khá rẻ.Ngoài Việt Nam, trang Quartz cũng giới thiệu các địa điểm du lịch tiết kiệm khác như: Nepal, Peru, Nicaragua, Thủ đô Mexico của Mê-hi-cô, Thủ đô Lisbon của Bồ Đào Nha, quần đảo Nusa Tenggara của Indonesia…/.Trên trang Quartz, nhà báo Ambia Staley khẳng định rằng với hàng nghìn hòn đảo lớn nhỏ bao quanh, Việt Nam mang tới vô số lựa chọn cho những chuyến du lịch tiết kiệm nhưng vẫn đầy trải nghiệm.Từ Thủ đô Hà Nội nhộn nhịp với khu Phố Cổ giàu giá trị lịch sử, du khách có thể đi về phía bắc đến Sa Pa để tham gia các chuyến đi bộ đường dài tuyệt đẹp băng qua những thửa ruộng bậc thang, nghỉ đêm trong các ngôi nhà của người Dao Đỏ và người H'Mông dọc đường đi. Du khách cũng có cơ hội chiêm ngưỡng khung cảnh ngoạn mục với chi phí phải chăng khi đi thuyền len lỏi giữa vô số đảo đá vôi ở Vịnh Hạ Long – một Di sản Thế giới được UNESCO công nhận.Tác giả dẫn dắt người đọc xuôi về phía Nam, nơi du khách có thể khám phá Cố đô Huế, dạo bước trên những con phố lung linh ánh đèn lồng ở Hội An, hay thám hiểm các hang động lớn nhất thế giới tại Vườn Quốc gia Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng. Ở thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Bảo tàng Chứng tích Chiến tranh mang tới cái nhìn sâu sắc và đầy suy ngẫm về chiến tranh tại Việt Nam, trong khi việc thăm hệ thống địa đạo Củ Chi ở ngoại ô thành phố giúp du khách tận mắt chứng kiến sự sáng tạo tài tình của quân Giải phóng.Xa hơn về phía nam là vùng Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long trù phú với mạng lưới sông ngòi chằng chịt và những khu chợ nổi sầm uất; du khách có thể khám phá nơi đây bằng thuyền hoặc xe đạp để thực sự hòa mình vào văn hóa bản địa.Bài viết trên trang Quartz đánh giá hệ thống nhà nghỉ giá rẻ (hostel) dành cho dân du lịch  phát triển rất tốt trên khắp Việt Nam và ẩm thực đường phố của Việt Nam thì không đâu sánh bằng; những món ăn như: phở, bánh xèo hay bún chả… vừa ngon miệng, no bụng lại có giá khá rẻ.Võ Giang/VOV1Bài viết trên trang Quartz giới thiệu về du lịch Việt Nam

Gallium Nitride is a remarkable material. Dr. Umesh Mishra - a UC Santa Barbara professor and pioneer in GaN transistors and LEDs - said at a retrospective of the WBGS-RF program (what that is, we will talk about later): “Gallium nitride actually is kind of God's gift to mankind ... [It] just kept cooperating and cooperating and you're like, ‘Why is this material working?'” GaN's physical problems are legendary. Despite those problems, this grumpy material has changed the worlds of light, radio, and power. That's kind of interesting. In today's video, Gallium Nitride's journey from a technical flop to a bringer of light to the gates of power.

Gallium Nitride is a remarkable material. Dr. Umesh Mishra - a UC Santa Barbara professor and pioneer in GaN transistors and LEDs - said at a retrospective of the WBGS-RF program (what that is, we will talk about later): “Gallium nitride actually is kind of God's gift to mankind ... [It] just kept cooperating and cooperating and you're like, ‘Why is this material working?'” GaN's physical problems are legendary. Despite those problems, this grumpy material has changed the worlds of light, radio, and power. That's kind of interesting. In today's video, Gallium Nitride's journey from a technical flop to a bringer of light to the gates of power.

On this week's The Last Drop, JB runs it solo to wrap up Extra Anejo month. JB revisits a classic from 3 years ago with Cabal Extra Anejo from NOM 1480 to wrap up XA month with a banger. As always, sit back, turn your headphones up & don't stop, keep pouring.Head over to https://www.manscaped.com/ & use promo code at checkout 'TheLastDrop' to receive 20% off on all your purchases. #Sponsored #ad

Lyndsay Hoy, MD, was just beginning her first week of anesthesia residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania when she was received a life-altering diagnosis: lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare and progressive lung disease that predominantly affects women of childbearing age. Diagnosed within 36 hours of experiencing symptoms, Hoy embarked on a journey defined by the dual roles of clinician and patient — a dynamic that profoundly influenced every aspect of her life. From her marriage to fellow physician Vincent Hoy, to her decision to pursue IVF and embryo preservation, to her advocacy for rare disease patients, and her leadership as Chief Mission Officer of The LAM Foundation, her experiences have shaped her path and purpose. In this episode, Hoy speaks with host Mike Sacopulos about the challenges of managing an invisible illness while navigating a demanding clinical career and the structural inequities that determine who gets diagnosed and treated for rare diseases. She also reflects on a chapter she co-authored with her husband for AAPL's recent book on dual-physician marriage. Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org.

On today's show, Andrew and Bill begin by parsing the economic data released by the PRC this week, including slower-than-expected growth, the Party's response to the status quo, export-powered growth that is widening trade imbalances, and the questions all of this will raise for foreign policymakers. From there: The Party's findings on Ma Xingrui, questions that remain unanswered, and cadre risk aversion for the next 18 months. Then: PRC messaging around openness in AI, an ongoing U.S. debate over open-source AI models, three chip bills that may end up in the NDAA, and the continued adventures in China policy on Capitol Hill. At the end: Reflections on the 10th anniversary of The Hague ruling on the PRC's territorial claims in the South China Sea, as well as the state of play today.

Here's an idea. A machine that translates sounds into electrical signals, and then stimulates the auditory nerves to send that sensory data to the brain. Can it work? And can it convey actual words? For many years, people didn't believe it. Eminent auditory scientists like Dr. Merle Lawrence stated that speech comprehension was “not feasible”. The inner ear was too complex. Too many nerves. We knew too little about how it works. And the surgical trauma and electrical stimulation will kill the nerves, anyway. Yet they did it. And now, hundreds of thousands have had their lives improved with this device. In this video, the long and winding road to the cochlear ear implant.

Here's an idea. A machine that translates sounds into electrical signals, and then stimulates the auditory nerves to send that sensory data to the brain. Can it work? And can it convey actual words? For many years, people didn't believe it. Eminent auditory scientists like Dr. Merle Lawrence stated that speech comprehension was “not feasible”. The inner ear was too complex. Too many nerves. We knew too little about how it works. And the surgical trauma and electrical stimulation will kill the nerves, anyway. Yet they did it. And now, hundreds of thousands have had their lives improved with this device. In this video, the long and winding road to the cochlear ear implant.

The emergence of the transistor shook the world. It certainly shook the vacuum tube makers. Some believed that the category was a dead man walking. The transistor was going to replace the vacuum tube everywhere. But the iconic American company RCA believed that vacuum tubes still had a future. And in 1959, they poured all their skill and knowledge into one “revolutionary” tube. In today's video, RCA and the vacuum tube's last stand.

The emergence of the transistor shook the world. It certainly shook the vacuum tube makers. Some believed that the category was a dead man walking. The transistor was going to replace the vacuum tube everywhere. But the iconic American company RCA believed that vacuum tubes still had a future. And in 1959, they poured all their skill and knowledge into one “revolutionary” tube. In today's video, RCA and the vacuum tube's last stand.

What happens when a physician becomes a patient — and discovers that medicine can heal the body but leave the person behind? In this episode of SoundPractice, host Mike Sacopulos sits down with Rana Awdish, MD, medical director of care experience at Henry Ford Health and bestselling author of In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope. Awdish's path to physician leadership is unlike most. As a pulmonary and critical care fellow at Henry Ford, she nearly died — and that experience cracked open a new understanding of what physicians actually need to do their jobs well. She began building a communications curriculum, quietly and without a formal title, until the work proved so effective that the institution asked her to lead it systemwide. Today she oversees care experience, runs the Pulmonary Hypertension Program, and helps shape Henry Ford's physician onboarding and Leadership Institute. The conversation is equal parts practical and profound. Awdish describes Henry Ford's "senior peer partner" model — a social mentoring program that pairs new hires with seasoned clinicians not to teach clinical skills but to transmit culture. And she shares what comes next. Her forthcoming book, Aftershock: Learning to Reinhabit My Body After Illness, goes deeper than In Shock did, tracing a second journey — through somatic healing, art, and what she calls "re-embodiment" — that ultimately led her to discover her own undetected cancer. The book is a challenge to medicine's assumptions about where healing begins and ends. Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org.

In 1972, two scientists reported the discovery of a very strong magnet. Their paper said: We found a new magnetic material which has the highest saturation magnetization at room temperature...among those of all the magnetic materials. Not only is this material one of the most magnetic objects known, it is made from two very ordinary elements: Iron and Nitrogen. For forty years, people went back and forth on whether this magnetism was real. In this video, we explore the decades-long mystery of the Iron Nitride magnet.

In 1972, two scientists reported the discovery of a very strong magnet. Their paper said: We found a new magnetic material which has the highest saturation magnetization at room temperature...among those of all the magnetic materials. Not only is this material one of the most magnetic objects known, it is made from two very ordinary elements: Iron and Nitrogen. For forty years, people went back and forth on whether this magnetism was real. In this video, we explore the decades-long mystery of the Iron Nitride magnet.

In early 2026, a British hedge fund sent a letter to the Japanese company TOTO. Yeah. The company making tubs, sinks, and those high-tech bidet toilets. Not because TOTO was doing particularly bad in those businesses. But because TOTO also has an advanced ceramics division that is the world's leading supplier of electrostatic chucks for the 3D NAND industry. Now, I know what you guys are thinking. How did a Japanese toilet company get involved in semiconductors? The answer is that TOTO doesn't see itself as just a toilet company. In today's video, we travel with TOTO, the Porcelain King.

In early 2026, a British hedge fund sent a letter to the Japanese company TOTO. Yeah. The company making tubs, sinks, and those high-tech bidet toilets. Not because TOTO was doing particularly bad in those businesses. But because TOTO also has an advanced ceramics division that is the world's leading supplier of electrostatic chucks for the 3D NAND industry. Now, I know what you guys are thinking. How did a Japanese toilet company get involved in semiconductors? The answer is that TOTO doesn't see itself as just a toilet company. In today's video, we travel with TOTO, the Porcelain King.

What happens when the art of medicine collides with the rise of clinical algorithms, electronic health records, and artificial intelligence? In this episode of SoundPractice, host Mike Sacopulos speaks with Devjit Roy, MD, MAS, MSPC, CPE, from Nathan Littauer Hospital in rural New York — about his book, Between Heartbeats and Algorithms: Reclaiming What Matters in Healthcare. Roy explains how the book grew from journals he kept while working on the front lines of a COVID surge hospital, where he recorded patient stories as a way of processing the trauma. Years later, those stories became the foundation for a call to action: Physicians must step into leadership to ensure that technology serves medicine — not the other way around. He also serves as medical director of the hospital's nursing home, board member for Mountain Valley Hospice, and co-president of a regional joint venture focused on preserving specialty care. He continues to practice as a hospitalist and palliative care physician. Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org.

As chips speed up and get more capable, they must also fetch more data and get it faster. Most of the time, that means going off-chip to some external memory module. It slows things down and uses energy. One alternative is to “embed” some memory right alongside the logic circuits on the chip: Embedded memories. For years, two types of embedded memories dominated. But things are changing. In today's video, we take a look at those, plus some of the next-generation memories coming down the pike.

As chips speed up and get more capable, they must also fetch more data and get it faster. Most of the time, that means going off-chip to some external memory module. It slows things down and uses energy. One alternative is to “embed” some memory right alongside the logic circuits on the chip: Embedded memories. For years, two types of embedded memories dominated. But things are changing. In today's video, we take a look at those, plus some of the next-generation memories coming down the pike.

Rice is Asia's single most important food crop. And in the 1950s and 1960s, the fear was that Asians would not get enough of it. In the 1950s, Asia was adding 11 million new people each year. All those people needed calories. They needed rice. But those countries faced a brutal equation: The only way to produce more rice was to make more rice paddies. Then in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new generation of high-yield rice hybrids forever changed the rice production equation. In today's video, we return (yet again!) to my favorite carb and wolf down the Miracle Rices.

Rice is Asia's single most important food crop. And in the 1950s and 1960s, the fear was that Asians would not get enough of it. In the 1950s, Asia was adding 11 million new people each year. All those people needed calories. They needed rice. But those countries faced a brutal equation: The only way to produce more rice was to make more rice paddies. Then in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new generation of high-yield rice hybrids forever changed the rice production equation. In today's video, we return (yet again!) to my favorite carb and wolf down the Miracle Rices.

Tựa Đề: Chuyện... Đến Gần Và... Tránh Xa; Tác Giả: Mục Sư Nguyễn Đình Liễu; Loạt Bài: Lễ Ngũ Tuần

In April 2021, the Sri Lankan government banned imports of all chemical fertilizers. They were the first country to do this. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa explained in a speech: If we are to preserve the health of our planet and ensure human sustainability, governments all over the world must not hesitate to adopt bold policies The import ban turned out to be a bit too bold. Amidst plunging farm yields and soaring food inflation, the ban did not last the year. I covered Sri Lanka's economic crisis in a prior video three years ago, but did not mention the fertilizer ban. So let me do it this time. In today's video, the disastrous Sri Lankan fertilizer import ban.

Few physicians ever experience healthcare from the perspective of a health plan, but Jacob Asher, MD, is an exception. A former ENT surgeon with Kaiser Permanente, Asher shifted gears in 2008 to pursue a career in commercial health plan management. Over the next 14 years, he served as California Commercial Market Medical Director for Anthem Blue Cross, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare. Today, he shares his expertise by mentoring students in Stanford University's Master's Program in Medical Informatics. In this conversation with host Michael Sacopulos, Asher pulls back the curtain on commercial insurance — from how contracts are structured, to who holds pricing power, why behavioral health has been siloed, and what AI might finally be able to fix in a system long defined by friction and misaligned incentives. Asher also shares how serving on Kaiser Permanente's Medical Group Board of Directors helped prompt his move from surgery into health plan leadership. He also discusses the role of AAPL (then ACPE) in preparing physicians for non-clinical career paths. Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership at www.physicianleaders.org.

In part two of this series, Dr. Andy Southerland and Dr. Dan Ackerman discuss a few rapid‑fire concepts from the 2026 guidelines, focusing on what is new and how emerging data may shape patient care.  Show transcript:  Dr. Andy Southerland: Hello, everyone. This is Andy Southerland from the University of Virginia. And for today's Neurology Minute, I'm speaking with my friend and colleague, Dan Ackerman, Chief of Neurology and Director of Stroke at St. Luke's University Health System. We've been speaking in the main neurology podcast on tips for updated clinical practice related to the 2026 American Heart Association guidelines for the early management of patients with acute ischemic stroke. I'm going to hit Dan with a few rapid fire concepts that were touched on the guidelines that I think are new or provide some new insights, new based on the data and to how we treat patients. So Dan, you ready for it? Rapid fire, acute stroke treatment decision making? Dr. Dan Ackerman: Absolutely. Hit me. Dr. Andy Southerland: All right, Dan. I'm a resident going to my first stroke alert on July one this year and I've got a patient coming in, they're having disabling stroke symptoms and they're, in every other way, eligible to receive thrombolysis, but they have a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. They are on apixaban and they took a dose of that apixaban. They forgot to take one yesterday, but they took one the day before, had the evening before. And so 36 hours ago, they took a dose of their apixaban. So based on previous dogma, I think prior guidelines might've said if it's within that 48 hour window, that's a relative contraindication of thrombolysis. What, say, you based on the new guidelines and then how do they inform us about making that decision? Dr. Dan Ackerman: I would actually say the new guidelines are a little bit more aligned with what you just said. You mentioned it as a relative contraindication to thrombolysis. I think before these guidelines came out, a lot of people would've said, "No, that is a strict contraindication to thrombolysis." And a lot of folks would run a stroke code or a stroke lid a little slower knowing that, hey, this person is on, whether it's apixaban, rivaroxaban, edoxaban, dabigatran, et cetera, any of these direct oral anticoagulants and say, "Well, no, we know that person's not a candidate for thrombolytics." Well, no, the newer guidelines would suggest that that is a relative contraindication, not a strict contraindication. And when we look back at studies on this, it has not been suggested that there is a big contribution in terms of exactly how long ago that last dose was. Was it two hours ago, 12 hours ago, 20 hours ago? And there has not been shown to be a clear benefit of testing for factor Xa activity levels, bleeding time and the like. So the guidelines do suggest that, hey, we need more data on this. It's not to, say, that this is 100% perfectly fine. Remember, that's a relative contraindication, so it's still a risk benefit discussion, but studies have not shown an increased risk for hemorrhagic complications in patients who have had recent DOAC exposure who receive IV thrombolysis otherwise according to the guidelines. So I would tend to offer it in that situation and make sure that we document what drugs someone's on, how long ago was their last dose, all of this kind of information in addition to what we might normally otherwise get down. Dr. Andy Southerland: Does that change, Dan, if they took the DOAC in the last 24 hours or even 12 hours? They took it last night, and they're presenting in the morning with their stroke-like symptoms? Dr. Dan Ackerman: The guideline just suggests less than 48 hours, and the data, to my knowledge, doesn't really delineate, at this point, any particular timeframe where we would say, no, there's a cutoff there at two hours or eight hours or 12 hours. So at this point, I would not use that as a way to decide not to offer thrombolysis based on that timeframe. Dr. Andy Southerland: Fair enough. I think that's very reasonable. And I think, again, it's always a good conversation to have either with your attending, if you're that resident on July 1, but particularly with the patient and their family on the risk-benefit of what we know based on the data. Well, that's all the time we have for this Neurology Minute. We hope this discussion will continue to help everyone out there in the hyperacute management of patients with acute ischemic stroke, making those difficult treatment decisions. Good luck.