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On our latest podcast, we have a natter about what went on in Weatherfield between the 16th and the 20th May 2022 (Episodes #10640 - 10645). When we started the podcast back in 2012, we certainly never thought we'd be using the words 'penis' or 'erectile dysfunction' quite so freely as we did in this episode, but with Tim's todger being front and centre this week, as it were, we really had no option. There've been mixed opinions online about some of the sexy shenanigans that went on in Wednesday's episode, but we must admit that it did make us giggle a fair amount! Also this week, Abi's sneaky plan to whisk Alfie away from Toyah and Imran gets underway as she tries to procure a fake passport for her son, Fiz is mortified when she discovers she's dining out with one of the prosecutors who sent her to jail, and Daniel 'Woe Is Me' Osbourne sabotages his own job interview when he realises that pushing a student down the stairs probably means he isn't exactly cut out for working with children...    Up next on the podcast, it's The Kabin, where we share the dates and times for this year's Britain's Got Talent week, then after a feedback section where we hear differing opinions about Kirk at the factory, it's time for a Kabin Extra segment, where we react to yet another cast change that was announced this week. Street Talk - 00:12:58 The Kabin - 02:13:07 Feedback - 02:23:19 Kabin Extra - 02:35:54

In this Podcast Episode, I talk with the amazing Abi Adams from Project Women. Abi was a joy to talk with about all things Women's health and gives great advice so make sure you listen in. "Having finally understood what a period was and the infinite health benefits it could offer at the ripe old age of 34, I began applying this to my passion of holistic health and movement leading to the birth of Prøject Wøman: building the next generation of strong and healthy women, emotionally, physically and spiritually. I apply my diverse knowledge of movement with my enriching kinesiology practice, which really gets a woman underneath her skin and the conditioning that may be holding her back". visit www.mywayofthinking.co.uk My Way Of Thinking Podcast - WE ALL HAVE A STORY! SHOW NOTES: https://www.instagram.com/abiadams_mma/ MWOT WEB - https://www.mywayofthinking.co.uk TW - https://twitter.com/mywayofthinkin3 FB – https://www.facebook.com/mywayofthink... SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/4m4BfTk... INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/mwotpodcast/ YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJAr... APPLE PODCAST - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... EMAIL – mwotpodcast@aol.com Available to listen to on all the usual platforms including Apple Podcast / Spotify or watch on YouTube! PLEASE LIKE, REVIEW, RATE AND SUBSCRIBE where you can! MY WAY OF THINKING is a Podcast EVERY MONDAY that looks deep into BRILLIANT individuals from around the WORLD that have something to say. Only 4 RULES - 1 No Bullshitting - 2 No Judging - 3 No Negativity - 4 Have Fun! Human Beings are AMAZING and I'll be chatting to the best of them to find out about their JOURNEY, what makes them TICK and what lessons we can LEARN. ......Oh and maybe LAUGH along the way! Visit www.mywayofthinking.co.uk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lee-greenhough/message

2 Chronicles 28–31 2 Chronicles 28–31 (Listen) Ahaz Reigns in Judah 28 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done, 2 but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made metal images for the Baals, 3 and he made offerings in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom and burned his sons as an offering,1 according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree. Judah Defeated 5 Therefore the LORD his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria, who defeated him and took captive a great number of his people and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force. 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 from Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son and Azrikam the commander of the palace and Elkanah the next in authority to the king. 8 The men of Israel took captive 200,000 of their relatives, women, sons, and daughters. They also took much spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand, but you have killed them in a rage that has reached up to heaven. 10 And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem, male and female, as your slaves. Have you not sins of your own against the LORD your God? 11 Now hear me, and send back the captives from your relatives whom you have taken, for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.” 12 Certain chiefs also of the men of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who were coming from the war 13 and said to them, “You shall not bring the captives in here, for you propose to bring upon us guilt against the LORD in addition to our present sins and guilt. For our guilt is already great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.” 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly. 15 And the men who have been mentioned by name rose and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them. They clothed them, gave them sandals, provided them with food and drink, and anointed them, and carrying all the feeble among them on donkeys, they brought them to their kinsfolk at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria. 16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the king2 of Assyria for help. 17 For the Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried away captives. 18 And the Philistines had made raids on the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there. 19 For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had made Judah act sinfully3 and had been very unfaithful to the LORD. 20 So Tiglath-pileser4 king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. 21 For Ahaz took a portion from the house of the LORD and the house of the king and of the princes, and gave tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help him. Ahaz's Idolatry 22 In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the LORD—this same King Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel. 24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and he shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 25 In every city of Judah he made high places to make offerings to other gods, provoking to anger the LORD, the God of his fathers. 26 Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place. Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 29 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah5 the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple 3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east 5 and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth6 from the Holy Place. 6 For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD and turned their backs. 7 They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore the wrath of the LORD came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes. 9 For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not now be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him and to be his ministers and make offerings to him.” 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah; 13 and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; 14 and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. 15 They gathered their brothers and consecrated themselves and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. 16 The priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron. 17 They began to consecrate on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD. Then for eight days they consecrated the house of the LORD, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, “We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the showbread and all its utensils. 19 All the utensils that King Ahaz discarded in his reign when he was faithless, we have made ready and consecrated, and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.” Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the LORD. 21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood and threw it against the altar. And they slaughtered the rams, and their blood was thrown against the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs, and their blood was thrown against the altar. 23 Then the goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them, 24 and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. 25 And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king's seer and of Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the LORD through his prophets. 26 The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 When the offering was finished, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped. 30 And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped. 31 Then Hezekiah said, “You have now consecrated yourselves to7 the LORD. Come near; bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. 32 The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. 33 And the consecrated offerings were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep. 34 But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished—for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves. 35 Besides the great number of burnt offerings, there was the fat of the peace offerings, and there were the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the LORD was restored. 36 And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had provided for the people, for the thing came about suddenly. Passover Celebrated 30 Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel. 2 For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month—3 for they could not keep it at that time because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient number, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem—4 and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly. 5 So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it as often as prescribed. 6 So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, “O people of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were faithless to the LORD God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see. 8 Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you. 9 For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.” 10 So the couriers went from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them. 11 However, some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. 12 The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the LORD. 13 And many people came together in Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very great assembly. 14 They set to work and removed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for burning incense they took away and threw into the brook Kidron. 15 And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were ashamed, so that they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings into the house of the LORD. 16 They took their accustomed posts according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests threw the blood that they received from the hand of the Levites. 17 For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves. Therefore the Levites had to slaughter the Passover lamb for everyone who was not clean, to consecrate it to the LORD. 18 For a majority of the people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good LORD pardon everyone 19 who sets his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness.”8 20 And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people. 21 And the people of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with all their might9 to the LORD. 22 And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the LORD. So they ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers. 23 Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the feast for another seven days. So they kept it for another seven days with gladness. 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah gave the assembly 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for offerings, and the princes gave the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. And the priests consecrated themselves in great numbers. 25 The whole assembly of Judah, and the priests and the Levites, and the whole assembly that came out of Israel, and the sojourners who came out of the land of Israel, and the sojourners who lived in Judah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem. 27 Then the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to his holy habitation in heaven. Hezekiah Organizes the Priests 31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession. 2 And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the LORD and to give thanks and praise. 3 The contribution of the king from his own possessions was for the burnt offerings: the burnt offerings of morning and evening, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, the new moons, and the appointed feasts, as it is written in the Law of the LORD. 4 And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the Law of the LORD. 5 As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything. 6 And the people of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of the dedicated things that had been dedicated to the LORD their God, and laid them in heaps. 7 In the third month they began to pile up the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 8 When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel. 9 And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps. 10 Azariah the chief priest, who was of the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the LORD, we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left, for the LORD has blessed his people, so that we have this large amount left.” 11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them. 12 And they faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the dedicated things. The chief officer in charge of them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother as second, 13 while Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers assisting Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the chief officer of the house of God. 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contribution reserved for the LORD and the most holy offerings. 15 Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah were faithfully assisting him in the cities of the priests, to distribute the portions to their brothers, old and young alike, by divisions, 16 except those enrolled by genealogy, males from three years old and upward—all who entered the house of the LORD as the duty of each day required—for their service according to their offices, by their divisions. 17 The enrollment of the priests was according to their fathers' houses; that of the Levites from twenty years old and upward was according to their offices, by their divisions. 18 They were enrolled with all their little children, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, the whole assembly, for they were faithful in keeping themselves holy. 19 And for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of common land belonging to their cities, there were men in the several cities who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone among the Levites who was enrolled. 20 Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God. 21 And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered. Footnotes [1] 28:3 Hebrew made his sons pass through the fire [2] 28:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Kings 16:7); Hebrew kings [3] 28:19 Or wildly [4] 28:20 Hebrew Tilgath-pilneser [5] 29:1 Spelled Abi in 2 Kings 18:2 [6] 29:5 Hebrew impurity [7] 29:31 Hebrew filled your hand for [8] 30:19 Hebrew not according to the cleanness of holiness [9] 30:21 Compare 1 Chronicles 13:8; Hebrew with instruments of might (ESV)

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Abi Morgan OBE is the BAFTA and Emmy-winning playwright and screenwriter who created the BBC's rave series The Split, The Iron Lady, Suffragette, The Hour and much more. She shifts from screen to page for her first book This Is Not A Pity Memoir, and we were thrilled to have the world premiere at a very special Literary Salon. Poignant and heart-breaking but resolutely unwilling to rely on sentimental platitudes, Abi's memoir about a tragic change in her family circumstances is a profoundly powerful and perceptive read on love, grief and the eternal promise of hope. Abi joined us at The London Library on 5th May 2022 to share a very powerful reading and conversation with Damian Barr. Not to be missed! Podcast introduced and produced by Megan Bay Dorman Programmed by Matt Casbourne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Morning: 2 Kings 18–19 2 Kings 18–19 (Listen) Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 18 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. 4 He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).1 5 He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. 6 For he held fast to the LORD. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses. 7 And the LORD was with him; wherever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him. 8 He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city. 9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it, 10 and at the end of three years he took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12 because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. They neither listened nor obeyed. Sennacherib Attacks Judah 13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me I will bear.” And the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents2 of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house. 16 At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the doorposts that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria. 17 And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field. 18 And when they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder. 19 And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? 20 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me? 21 Behold, you are trusting now in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 22 But if you say to me, “We trust in the LORD our God,” is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem”? 23 Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. 24 How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 25 Moreover, is it without the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land and destroy it.”'” 26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” 27 But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?” 28 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of my3 hand. 30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.' 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make your peace with me4 and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern, 32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” 33 Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 35 Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'” 36 But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.” 37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh. Isaiah Reassures Hezekiah 19 As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz. 3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. 4 It may be that the LORD your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.” 5 When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the LORD: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled me. 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.'” Sennacherib Defies the Lord 8 The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that the king had left Lachish. 9 Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you.” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?'” Hezekiah's Prayer 14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. 16 Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands 18 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 19 So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone.” Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib's Fall 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21 This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him:   “She despises you, she scorns you—    the virgin daughter of Zion;  she wags her head behind you—    the daughter of Jerusalem. 22   “Whom have you mocked and reviled?    Against whom have you raised your voice  and lifted your eyes to the heights?    Against the Holy One of Israel!23   By your messengers you have mocked the Lord,    and you have said, ‘With my many chariots  I have gone up the heights of the mountains,    to the far recesses of Lebanon;  I felled its tallest cedars,    its choicest cypresses;  I entered its farthest lodging place,    its most fruitful forest.24   I dug wells    and drank foreign waters,  and I dried up with the sole of my foot    all the streams of Egypt.' 25   “Have you not heard    that I determined it long ago?  I planned from days of old    what now I bring to pass,  that you should turn fortified cities    into heaps of ruins,26   while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,    are dismayed and confounded,  and have become like plants of the field    and like tender grass,  like grass on the housetops,    blighted before it is grown. 27   “But I know your sitting down    and your going out and coming in,    and your raging against me.28   Because you have raged against me    and your complacency has come into my ears,  I will put my hook in your nose    and my bit in your mouth,  and I will turn you back on the way    by which you came. 29 “And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same. Then in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 30 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD will do this. 32 “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD. 34 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.” 35 And that night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh. 37 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. Footnotes [1] 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and serpent [2] 18:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms [3] 18:29 Hebrew his [4] 18:31 Hebrew Make a blessing with me (ESV) Evening: John 6:22–44 John 6:22–44 (Listen) I Am the Bread of Life 22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” 41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven'?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. (ESV)

Freely serving other people can be incredibly gratifying. For many of us service can have a history of pain because we've lost ourselves in others. Then there are some of us that are so absorbed in our own lives, that the thought of freely giving ourselves away to others has rarely if ever crossed our minds. But what if it was possible to live a balanced life full of intentional impact? In this episode Abi and Justin discuss the varying approaches to serving, the signs of over-giving, the messiness of creating an identity out of service, and how loving others betters your own life. Together they explore what it is to come alive to other-centered love. To top it all off they announce a major give away! If you're ready to experience some of the best that life has to offer, this episode is an invitation to understand what that could tangibly look like!

Come to Leuven with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests from Duvel, ABI, The Brewers of Europe and others, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. the last few places are available now. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the episode... In this episode you'll learn how the boom in whiskey sales has led some to invest in "rare" bottles or cask programmes that have a whiff of the gold rush about them.Will  talks to Serghios Florides, Editor in Chief of the Irish Whiskey Magazine about the promises and the pitfalls of investing in whiskey. Serghios gives his expert views on the right and wrong way to go about turning your interest in whiskey into an investment. On our Desert Island, Bill Franks, the Chairman of "The Canadian College of Whiskey Knowledge" talks endearingly about blagging his way around the Whiskey world and turning an interest into an artform. No only that but we talk about Foxy's recent tumble and Will's ineptitude at recording.Support the show

Between laughs and silliness, George, Abi and Dan discuss the tip of the week (Functional Obsolescence), FEMA flood zones and how they relate to co-op purchases, new listings for the team, and share their book and show recommendations. Have a listen, share a couple of laughs, and learn a couple of nuggets about real estate in NYC! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/queenshometeam/message

In this episode, George, Dan and Abi get together and review the key stats for the 1st Quarter of 2022 and discuss the rising interest and mortgage rates, how the market is shifting moving into the 2nd Quarter, and what those things might mean for buyers, sellers and agents. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/queenshometeam/message

On our latest podcast, we chat about what went down in Weatherfield between the 9th and the 13th May 2022 (Episodes #10634 - 10639). Last week's relatively enjoyable Aggie story sees a change in protagonist this week, as Peter finds out the extent of Mr Thorne's unprofessionalism regarding his liver transplant and vows to make him pay. Meanwhile, after Abi overhears Ben arranging a shady deal on the phone, she takes the opportunity to make him confess to lying in court - are Imran's days as a solicitor numbered? Also this week, Tyrone (along with the rest of us!) get jealous of Fiz's new house, Kirk finds the pressure of life on the sales team too much to handle and Aaron scarpers when Summer overshares about her body image hang-ups. Up next on the show, we celebrate the news that Corrie got a BAFTA - but why was it consigned to a tiny clip on the TV broadcast of the event? That's followed by some opposing views about Abi vs Toyah  in the feedback section, and we end the podcast with yet another spoilery discussion about this week's cast news in Kabin Extra. Street Talk - 00:08:13 The Kabin - 02:19:44 Feedback - 02:48:11 Kabin Extra - 03:06:58

Devocional do dia 14/05/2022, com o tema "Fogo profano". A expressão “fogo profano” do título é utilizada na Bíblia para descrever a forma incorreta como Nadabe e Abiú, filhos mais velhos de Arão, prestaram culto a Deus (Lv 10.1-3) e acabaram mortos por causa de sua transgressão. Leitura bíblica: Números 3.4 Versículo-Chave: ... o nosso “Deus é fogo consumidor”! (Hb 12.29) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Was schenkt man einem Podcaster zum Geburtstag? Na selbstverständlich eine Spezialfolge! Da der liebe Johannes Dallheimer im vergangenen Monat wieder ein Jahr älter geworden ist, habe ich ihn zum Gegenwartsgeplapper eingeladen. Das geht natürlich nicht ohne seine bessere Hälfte – Hendrik Schäfer. Die beiden streiten sich normalerweise in ihrem eigenen Format Berliner Luft über Politik. Dieses Mal haben wir das Ganze mal in meinen Podcast verlegt. Was dabei rausgekommen ist, wie sehr wir uns in die Haare bekommen haben, wie viel Berliner Luft getrunken wurde, wie viel ein Abi aus NRW wert ist, wer ein Chaot in der Schule war, wer mal das Handy seines Papas in der Schule abgeben musste und noch vieles mehr gibt es hier und heute (uncut!) auf die Ohren. Viel Spaß damit und in diesem Sinne: over and out.

Join me in a conversation with Matt Hay as he shares his emotional and physical journey of losing and regaining his hearing.  Through his challenging experiences, he has chosen to focus on the things that he can do rather than the things that he cannot.  Matt was a sophomore in college when he found out that he was going to lose his hearing.  At first, he was in denial but when the sound started slipping away, he wanted to mentally capture and curate a soundtrack of songs about freedom, tragedy and falling in love.  On this podcast, Matt takes us through his journey of overcoming the physical, mental, and emotional challenges of finding out about the diagnosis of NF2 (Neurofibromatosis type 2), losing his hearing, and going through the ABI (auditory brainstem implant) process.  Listen in and be inspired by Matt's message to listeners about hope, overcoming adversity, and inspiring those around you.  To find out more about Matt Hay visit his social media connections:  Matt Hay | Composing a Soundtrack of Silence (hearmatthay.com) (4) Matt Hay | LinkedIn Matt Hay | Facebook For a transcript of this episode, go to: https://www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/empowear-audiology-podcast    

This week we continue our chat with Tom Attwood of Abi and Tom's Garden Plants. From the oddities being grown 'round the back' to the exotic plant Tom is deserate to have success with, it's a foray into a wonderful range of plants, from Tulips to Wallflowers to Abutilons. PLANT LIST Veronica gentianoides Dark Form  Papaver commutatum Tulipa 'Gudoshnik' Tulipa 'Valdivia' Tulipa sprengeri Cardiocrinum giganteum Erysimum 'Ruston Coppernob' Erysimum 'Ruston Royal' Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty' Colocasia esculenta Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' Canna 'Durban' Manihot grahamii Abutilon vitifolium Clianthus puniceus Corynabutilon × suntense 'Jermyns' Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii

Poco escuchamos o hablamos sobre el divorcio de los padres y aunque no nos haya tocado aún... no estamos exentos de vivirlo ya sea por nuestros padres, alguien de nuestra familia o NOSOTROS MISMOS. Por eso hoy hablamos de este proceso... ¿Qué tan difícil es? ¿En qué casos es mejor? ¿ cómo entenderlo si lo está viviendo alguien a nuestro alrededor? y anécdotas nuestras de este temaaaa... Incluyendo una historia que tiene con trauma a Abi... ¿ya saben que es?

In a world where quick fixes and overnight growth are increasingly glorified, Abi Connick is a living example in the power of showing up consistently and patiently. Since starting out just over 2 years ago, Abi has grown a community of 100K creatives and now runs the business alongside her partner. In this episode we discuss why showing your face is a powerful tool for growth, the pressure Abi felt to launch an agency / why it wasn't right for her and what it's really like working with her boyfriend. _____ To manage your marketing with intention, start using Metricool for free here. Abi | Website, Instagram, YouTube AB | Website, Instagram, LinkedIn

Today's guest is a woman I've admired for the longest time: stage and screenwriter Abi Morgan. Throughout her thirty year career Abi has written some of our most memorable drama: Shame, Sex Traffic, The Queen, Iron Lady, The Hour (for which she won an Emmy), Suffragette and, most recently, the BBCone hit, The Split. In her work, female characters took centre stage long before that became the fashionable thing to do.But now, Abi has been forced to take centre stage herself. Four years ago, she returned home one lunchtime to find her partner of 20 years, Jakob, collapsed on the bathroom floor. It was the start of a sequence of events that would upend their family forever. And it's the subject of perhaps the most extraordinary memoir I have ever read - This is Not a Pity memoir. And it isn't. It's about love, trauma and ultimately - weirdly! - about hope.Abi joined me to talk candidly about the cataclysmic impact of Jake's illness, the long - and ongoing - journey to rebuild their family and how, in the midst of all that, she coped with her own breast cancer diagnosis. She also told me about being a lone woman in a world of white men in leather jackets, budging up to make room at the table and why she's done with being “user-friendly”.You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at Bookshop.org, including This Is Not A Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me!And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter, please join The Shift community. Find out more at https://steadyhq.com/en/theshift/• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amy is relieved to learn that Max has survived his leg surgery as this means she can get justice. Homeless Stu forgets to order food for Speed Daal's Eid celebrations and takes drastic measures to put things right. Faye finally receives the results of her test following her phantom pregnancy but everyone seems more concerned about Craig's reaction. On her first proper day, Aggie fails to make a good impression with Mr Thorne but discovers some unsettling information about Peter's liver transplant. The Undertaker's mistake rate goes through the roof as his self-imposed sleep deprivation starts to take its toll. Kirk dreams up a noisy way to incentivize the knicker factory's sales team. Abi goes to extreme lengths in an attempt to talk Toyah out of marrying Imran. Ken writes a song. Steve does Platoon. Gail knows what she's talking about.

This week on Talking Dirty we're getting to know Tom Attwood of Abi and Tom's Garden Plants (and Gardens Illustrated etc. From a childhood gardening with his Mum, to time at Kew and the creation of the Plant Centre and Nursery he runs with his wife, he shares his horticultural passion. Plus some of his favourite plants. Next week we talk Tulips and FLOMO* *FLOMO = FLoral/plant-based fear Of Missing Out PLANT LIST Yakushima rhododendron Pelargonium 'Babylon' Cordyline indivisa Cordyline australis Viburnum betulifolia

Alright look, I did an Abi on this one. I swear to god i remembered this one being okay. Instead, enjoy a slow descent into rat madness at the hands of Aardman's first (I havent checked if this is true) foray into a full CGI movie. It's about the great replacement. I won't elaborate on this Find the whole episode at our reasonably-priced patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/65969686   *WEB DESIGN ALERT*  Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here:  https://www.tomallen.media/   Find us at https://killjamesbond.com and https://twitter.com/killjamesbond

Sastapties Latvijas mežos ar kādu meža zvēru, kas cilvēkam var nodarīt nopietnu kaitējumu veselībai, joprojām ir zema, tomēr iespēja pastāv. Par to, kā rīkoties situācijā, ja mūsu ceļi ir krustojušies ar bīstamu plēsēju, raidījumā Kā labāk dzīvot skaidro Dabas aizsardzības pārvalde ģenerāldirektors Andrejs Svilāns, ekskursiju "Uzzini, iepazīsti" vadītāja un gide Zaiga Kaire un Dabas aizsardzības pārvaldes eksperts Vilnis Skuja. "Tie četrkājainie, no kuriem šogad zināmā mērā pamatoti, bet lielā mērā nepamatoti nobijušies, tie ir vismazāk bīstamie," vērtē Andrejs Svilāns. "Tie cilvēki, kuri iet dabā, pieļauju, ka viņus lācis ir redzējis krietni biežāk, nekā viņi lāci. Kārtīgs lacis, ja viņš ir savvaļas lācis viņš aizvācas klusākā vietiņā no "divkājainā zvēra"." "Bažas par to, ka aiz katra koka mežā gaidīs lācis, ir pilnīgi aplamas," turpina Andrejs Svilāns. Zaiga Kaire atzīst, ka bīstamākas situācijas ir veidojušās, tikai ejot vienai. "Ja mēs esam gājuši kaut vai nelielā bariņā, kaut vai trīs cilvēki, mēs radām  lielāku troksni, dzīvnieks mūs labāk sadzird. Pēc būtības meža dzīvnieks, ja viņš nejūtas apdraudēts, ja nav slims, viņš no cilvēka vairīsies," norāda Zaiga Kaire. "Piekristu apgalvojumam, ka drīzāk dziļā meža biezoknī sastapt cilvēku šķiet bīstamāk un lielāks apdraudējums, nekā redzēt kādu dzīvnieku. Manuprāt, pareizā pieeja būtu nepievērst sev uzmanību, izbaudīt to mirkli, kad esi viņu redzējis, klusiņām doties projām, vai pagaidīt, lai dzīvnieks aiziet prom, ja tevi nav pamanījis." Abi eksperti norāda, ka par lāčiem daudz bīstamākas ir un arī biežāk sastopamas ir mežacūkas ar mazuļiem. "Tās ir bijušas ļoti nepatīkamas tikšanās, īpaši, ja tu ej viens, kā man ir gadījies. Eju viena, ļoti klusām, vēl fotografējot, ir gadījies, gandrīz uzkāpt virsū. Tā tikšanās... viņi ceļas, viņi ir strauji, skrien, varbūt īsti tevi neredz, tad jādomā, ko darīt tajā mirklī," atzīst Zaiga Kaire. Andrejs Svilāns piebilst, ka šādā situācijā nav universāla risinājuma: ja redz koku un spēj uzrāpties, to vajadzētu darīt, jo mežacūka ir ātrs dzīvnieks un kokā nerāpjas. Bet ar lāci tuvplānā tā ir loterija, ja viņš ir dažu metru attālumā. Nav universālas receptes Vēl kā bīstamākus par meža dzīvniekiem Zaiga Kaire min agresīvus suņus.  "Tas, ko nevajadzētu darīt, grupiņai nevajadzētu pašķīst. Vajag uztaisīt drīzāk kā baru, jo agresīvie suņi, redzot kā baru, viņi vairāk baidīsies nākt klāt, viņi meklēs cilvēku, kurš nobīstas, atdalās, mēģina viens pats palikt. Tas ir sliktākais, ko var darīt," uzskata Zaiga Kaire. Tāpat viņa iesaka dabā vairāk doties vismaz divatā. Vilnis Skuja uzskata, ka nevajag pārāk baidīt cilvēkus, kas vēlas doties mežā. "Skaidrs, ja cilvēks uzvedas dumji, vairāk jādomā, kā cilvēku norobežot no dabas, nekā tos dzīvniekus. Arī ar gulbjiem nav tik traki, jebkurš gulbis virsū neskries. Ir tēviņi, kas ir agresīvāk noskaņoti, ka tā būtu Latvijā briesmīga problēma, nedomāju," vērtē Vilnis Skuja. "Ja redzat, ka gulbis peld pretī un kaut ko saka, varbūt neejiet viņam tuvāk vai nepeldēties tajā vietā. Gulbis arī ir dzīva radība, viņam varbūt ir lielākas tiesības uz to gabaliņu ezerā, nekā tam cilvēkam, kurš ir noģērbies un ielīdis papeldēt." "Mežā cilvēks var justies droši un brīvi, ja viņš pats neuzvedas idiotiski. Ja viņš uzvedas muļķīgi, tad arī visādas muļķības var sanākt," pārliecināts Vilnis Skuja.  

Come to Leuven with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests from Duvel, ABI, The Brewers of Europe and others, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the episode... In this episode you'll learn how the global distilled non alc category was created by one man with curiosity and a thousand bottles of hope. Will  talks to Ben Branson, the founder of Seedlip, about the nitty gritty of how he created the business and the challenges and opportunities he faced along the way. Specifically Ben describes the difficulties in persuading retailers to categorise and fixturise the emerging non alc category correctly and the temptation to devalue the category through cutting margin and prices too quickly. Plus Ben expands on why he chose to seek investment from Diageo and how that allowed him to achieve his goals quicker. No only that but we talk about Foxy's return to the Beer Festival circuit and Will's understanding of the theory of Effectuation.We skip our visit to our Desert Island because it's a bank holiday and a change is as good as a rest.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BizBevPod)

The hope for finding love is something most of us can relate to. The desire to love and be loved is woven into our humanity. For many of us, dreaming of a fulfilling future can be scary, especially when we've had so many disappointments. But is there hope for goodness when the worst case scenario seemingly destroys the promises we've been believing for? In this episode Abi and her best friend Pietze sit down with Rachel and Joshua, a newly married couple. Rachel and Joshua reveal the messy beginnings of their own lives that shattered their hope for a future filled with love and connection. They share their journey of picking up the pieces and the miraculous story of redemption that found them through a serendipitous set up that will blow your mind! If you're looking for a reminder that good things happen without having to figure it all out on your own, this inspiring story will ignite your faith to believe that the most beautiful things have a way of emerging out of ashes. If you want to be part of a redemptive love story, be sure to listen all the way to the end for Abi's invitation to participate in the beauty that is already unfolding! You can return here to give  https://www.amazon.com/baby-reg/3TRSO63J17OTZ

Abigail Bryant Spolar is the Global Customer Success Leader for Notabene, a Crypto Compliance company doing important work in the industry as experts in crypto regulations.  Today's episode of the Somi Arian Podcast is a spontaneous one! Abi and I were having a meeting about some educational sessions that she was going to deliver on the FemPeak platform and the conversation was so interesting that we decided to press record and turn it into a podcast. I think neither of us were quite camera ready but the conversation took precedence.

Take out the paintbrushes, dip them into a bold color, and let your creativity flow with your host Jen and guest reader, Abi, as they discuss Arianna Davis's novel, What Would Frida Do? A Guide to Living Boldly.Warning before listening: This episode does contain spoilers. TW: Mention of character deaths, mention of miscarriage Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thebookstoppodcast)

================================================== ==SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1================================================== == DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA JÓVENES 2022“EJEMPLOS Y ENSEÑANZAS DE LAS ESCRITURAS”Narrado por: Daniel RamosDesde: Connecticut, Estados UnidosUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church  01 DE MAYO CÁNTICOS DE SION Y DE BABILONIALos que nos capturaron, nos pedían que cantáramos. Nuestros opresores nos pedían estar contentos. Decían: «¡Canten algunos de sus cánticos de Sion!» (Salmos 137: 3).HABÍA LLEGADO TARDE EN LA NOCHE luego de un culto de oración y mi esposa e hija ya estaban descansados. Puse restos de comida en el microondas y descubrí el televisor. Localicé el único canal evangélico y mientras comía vi que había un recital de conjuntos «cristianos». Cantantes de música melódica, rock, hip-hop, reguetón y de otros géneros se han hecho presentes ante una multitud de jóvenes. Mientras cenaba escuché con atención algunas letras de canciones que efectivamente tenían mensaje cristiano, pero la reverencia, el respeto y la actitud corporal de los cantantes distaba mucho del que presentaban las Escrituras para adorar al Creador.El problema con los géneros musicales que están de moda en la actualidad tiene que ver con su origen. Ninguno de ellos nació para alabar a Dios. Sus creadores lo hicieron para fomentar la rebeldía contra los padres y las leyes sociales, el consumo de drogas, una sexualidad sin límites; solo basta con mirar la tapa de los discos para evaluar el contenido del mismo.Si ninguno de estos géneros musicales nació para alabar a Dios, ¿se los pueden considerar cristianos por su letra?Actualmente parece no haber distinción entre la música del mundo (Babilonia) y la música del pueblo de Dios. Pero a través del Salmo 137, escrito en cautiverio, el salmista cuenta que quienes los «habían llevado cautivos», les pedían: «Cantadnos algunos de los cánticos de Sion». Si la música de Babilonia era igual a la de Sion, ¿por qué pedían esas alabanzas los caldeos? Sencillamente porque la música de Sion siempre fue diferente a la de Babilonia.Personalmente creo que quienes ejecutan música rock , heavy metal , cumbia, hip-hop , salsa o cualquier otro género con letra cristiana, en realidad no desean alabar a Dios y exaltarlo a él, sino que lo hacen porque les gusta la música de Babilonia y no quieren desprenderse de ella. Mezclar géneros musicales de Babilonia con letra cristiana ayuda a calmar la conciencia ya sentir que se pertenece al «pueblo de Dios». Pero cada vez que el hombre une lo santo con lo profano, todo termina siendo profano. La historia de Nadab y Abiú narrada en Levítico 10 es un claro ejemplo de cómo Dios aborrece la unión de lo santo con lo mundano.Cuando alabes a Dios en la soledad de tu hogar o al estar en la congregación de la iglesia, procura que la letra y la música once tu espíritu hacia el Creador. No te conformes con menos.

Morning: 2 Samuel 23–24 2 Samuel 23–24 (Listen) The Last Words of David 23 Now these are the last words of David:   The oracle of David, the son of Jesse,    the oracle of the man who was raised on high,  the anointed of the God of Jacob,    the sweet psalmist of Israel:1 2   “The Spirit of the LORD speaks by me;    his word is on my tongue.3   The God of Israel has spoken;    the Rock of Israel has said to me:  When one rules justly over men,    ruling in the fear of God,4   he dawns on them like the morning light,    like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,    like rain2 that makes grass to sprout from the earth. 5   “For does not my house stand so with God?    For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,    ordered in all things and secure.  For will he not cause to prosper    all my help and my desire?6   But worthless men3 are all like thorns that are thrown away,    for they cannot be taken with the hand;7   but the man who touches them    arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,    and they are utterly consumed with fire.”4 David's Mighty Men 8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three.5 He wielded his spear6 against eight hundred whom he killed at one time. 9 And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew. 10 He rose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. And the LORD brought about a great victory that day, and the men returned after him only to strip the slain. 11 And next to him was Shammah, the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines gathered together at Lehi,7 where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the men fled from the Philistines. 12 But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and struck down the Philistines, and the LORD worked a great victory. 13 And three of the thirty chief men went down and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. 14 David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem. 15 And David said longingly, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!” 16 Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it. He poured it out to the LORD 17 and said, “Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did. 18 Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty.8 And he wielded his spear against three hundred men9 and killed them and won a name beside the three. 19 He was the most renowned of the thirty10 and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three. 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man11 of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two ariels12 of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. 21 And he struck down an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men. 23 He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard. 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 25 Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, 27 Abiezer of Anathoth, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai of Netophah, 29 Heleb the son of Baanah of Netophah, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, 30 Benaiah of Pirathon, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim, 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai of Maacah, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35 Hezro13 of Carmel, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all. David's Census 24 Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” 2 So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army,14 who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.” 3 But Joab said to the king, “May the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see it, but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?” 4 But the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel. 5 They crossed the Jordan and began from Aroer,15 and from the city that is in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer. 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to Kadesh in the land of the Hittites;16 and they came to Dan, and from Dan17 they went around to Sidon, 7 and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beersheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: in Israel there were 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000. The Lord's Judgment of David's Sin 10 But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.” 11 And when David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, 12 “Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the LORD, Three things I offer18 you. Choose one of them, that I may do it to you.'” 13 So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall three19 years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider, and decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.” 14 Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.” 15 So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men. 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 17 Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me and against my father's house.” David Builds an Altar 18 And Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19 So David went up at Gad's word, as the LORD commanded. 20 And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. 21 And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be averted from the people.” 22 Then Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Here are the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. 23 All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.” 24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels20 of silver. 25 And David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel. Footnotes [1] 23:1 Or the favorite of the songs of Israel [2] 23:4 Hebrew from rain [3] 23:6 Hebrew worthlessness [4] 23:7 Hebrew consumed with fire in the sitting [5] 23:8 Or of the captains [6] 23:8 Compare 1 Chronicles 11:11; the meaning of the Hebrew expression is uncertain [7] 23:11 Or gathered together as a camp [8] 23:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts three [9] 23:18 Or slain ones [10] 23:19 Compare 1 Chronicles 11:21; Hebrew Was he the most renowned of the three? [11] 23:20 Or the son of Ishhai [12] 23:20 The meaning of the word ariel is unknown [13] 23:35 Or Hezrai [14] 24:2 Septuagint to Joab and the commanders of the army [15] 24:5 Septuagint; Hebrew encamped in Aroer [16] 24:6 Septuagint; Hebrew to the land of Tahtim-hodshi [17] 24:6 Septuagint; Hebrew they came to Dan-jaan and [18] 24:12 Or hold over [19] 24:13 Compare 1 Chronicles 21:12, Septuagint; Hebrew seven [20] 24:24 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams (ESV) Evening: Luke 22:31–53 Luke 22:31–53 (Listen) Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial 31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,1 that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” 33 Peter2 said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” 34 Jesus3 said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.” Scripture Must Be Fulfilled in Jesus 35 And he said to them, “When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.” 36 He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one. 37 For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors.' For what is written about me has its fulfillment.” 38 And they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” And he said to them, “It is enough.” Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives 39 And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.4 45 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, 46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.” Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus 47 While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him, 48 but Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” 49 And when those who were around him saw what would follow, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?” 50 And one of them struck the servant5 of the high priest and cut off his right ear. 51 But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched his ear and healed him. 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? 53 When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.” Footnotes [1] 22:31 The Greek word for you (twice in this verse) is plural; in verse 32, all four instances are singular [2] 22:33 Greek He [3] 22:34 Greek He [4] 22:44 Some manuscripts omit verses 43 and 44 [5] 22:50 Or bondservant (ESV)

In this episode we have Abi Espinoza as our special guest, Abi is a latina entrepreneur + founder of Knotty Abi an online store of hand made Macrame designs. She has shared with us what it was like starting a brand + business during the 2020 pandemic, and what her journey as an army wife, mother, latina entrepreneur, and macrame maker has now been like. Connect/Purchase Macrame at Knotty Abi: https://linktr.ee/KnottyAbi https://www.instagram.com/knottyabi/ ---- Connect with Las Insightful Babes: https://www.insightfulbabes.com Insightful Babes: https://www.instagram.com/insightfulbabes Diana Contreras https://www.instagram.com/iammissdiana/ Maria Garibay https://www.instagram.com/mariagaribay_/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/insightfulbabes

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In the series conclusion, Abi begins by wrapping up on the inspiration behind Scream's writing. Turns out, personal experience also had a lot to do with the fabric of the films. The episode goes on to discuss the incredibly disturbing and sad murder of 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart. The crime is referred to as the 'Scream Murder' due to the killers stating they aspired to live out the film's events. Two of Cassie's peers from school decided they would recreate a horror film scenario the night Cassie was to begin her housesitting job at her uncle and aunt's home. On Friday September 22, 2006, Cassie was attacked with knives and left for dead until being found late on Sunday. Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik were giddy with excitement as they recorded themselves talking after the murder. Sound clips begin around 28:00. The boys plans would fall through the cracks as interrogations would heat up. They remain at the Idaho State Correctional Institution in Kuna, Ada County, serving their life sentences without the possibility of parole. TW: graphic content, disturbing sound clips

In diesem Jahr gibt es bei uns nach zwei Jahren Corona-Pause wieder die große Rheinkirmes. Das hat der Vorstand der Sankt Sebastianus Schützen am Abend gemeinsam mit der Platzkommission beschlossen. Am 15. Juli geht es los Seit dieser Woche laufen in NRW die Abiturprüfungen - ohne Maskenpflicht und ohne vorherige Tests. Dafür gibt es viel Kritik.

Join Lynsey Hooper and producer Abi from the home of Chelsea Women after the Blues set themselves four points clear of Arsenal in the WSL title race with a 2-1 over Spurs. Hear from Sue Smith and Emma Hayes with their post match thoughts. And we get you up to date with the latest news from across women's football

This month we talk to an absolute favourite supplier - Chelcie from Oral decor.  You might find their name familiar and that's because we have before now featured Orac on the podcast with other product ranges (we've previously talked about coving).  But this month we are talking wall panels and specifically formed panels which can be installed yourself - without the cost of a professional carpenter or decorator. So good, anyone can use.  Unlike plaster, timber or MDF where real experience is required to get the instillation right, Orac wall panels are designed to be installed without training.  All you need is joint adhesive and you are ready to go. But my walls are uneven or curved?  Can I still have panels. Uneven walls are no a barrier to great style! The flex product is designed for rooms which have gentle curves or walls which are either old and uneven or just not done brilliantly.  This isn't overly technical or complicated You don't need to be an architect or designer to talk to Orac - just tell them the shape of your space and the look you want. - Orac will do the rest. Proper design inspiration in insta I have a chat with Chelcie about the really varied ways that the panels are used. You are limited yourself if you are ONLY thinking walls.  Bars, kitchen islands, column… just a few great spaces which are upgraded and turned into a grade a feature using this simple material. ‘Work in sympathy with your home!' Chelcie Lachenicht from Oran Decor 3 top tips.  Work in sympathy with your building.  If you are living in a victorian style home - you might want to match in victorian style or a modern home might work with the modern geometric styles.  Get your proportions right.  Plan before fitting.  Look at your doors, your plug sockets.  Consider all these elements and measure and draw them out. If you have a door architrave, this ideally should be deeper than the panels.  It just looks better.  If you have a door block, again, this should be proud. We will look at your drawings, photos - what ever you have. Following Abi's advice of measure twice, cut once - Chelcie talks about how they encourage people to measure, sketch, take photos and even put in place samples - all to help confirm that the product they are choosing is right for them. After all, we only want to install this material once and then sit back and enjoy the compliments from our family and friends! Money! Budget is an emotive subject. Orac say - choose our best selling products, such as the Dura Polymer range (PX 103 & PX 120 for example).  This will create an excellent effect on a budget.  If you have a bit more budget to play with then the Puro Touch range ( P8030 and P8020 for example) These are slightly bigger and more details.  They look AMAZING when installed.   There are also ready made products which require no cutting, receive and stick (plant) onto the wall. Where to make savings on wall panelling? Products which require cutting in order to install should be done by a professional with the professional tools - if you don't have these tools or don't have a budget to buy in a carpenter then consider the full preformed panels.  When do I start talking to companies like Orac? The great news is (dependent on stock levels) the delivery time can be as little as 5 days.  BUT get in early when thinking about panelling to allow time to get samples, live with it for a while and then purchase the final product. Best idea Orac have been able to fulfil. The 3D wall panels which are used in place of a headboard.  The guys from Orac are just overwhelmed by the ideas from designers and enthusiastic home owners.  The combination of the way the panels are assembled and then painted - it literally creates unlimited design options. Please please see the Orac instagram account for so much inspiration. ‘ If you have used an Orac product and you are proud - please share it & tag us, because you will automatically have two likes from Chelcie and me!' Abigail Hall AKA the Queen of Construction and Orac panel super fan Best lessons on wall panelling. The products all come primed, meaning you just need to do your finish (paint).  Orac even sell the adhesive to do the install - a literal one stop shop. They are even insect proof! Abi then goes on to tell a very longwinded anecdote about why we think of timber and plaster or heritage look but infact those aren't always the best materials… and if a period property were doing the install today - they would be looking to use polymer products as it is designed to stand the test of time.  For more information The website - which is a super source of advice and inspiration and is found https://www.oracdecor.com/en_gb/ On the Website are all the contact details for Chelcie and her team.  Also find them on Instagram under @OracDecor_UK  If you have enjoyed this episode please rate, review and subscribe as it helps other home owners design their happiness.

Holding Pressure AKA/BKA Shownotes   Name of Surgery: Above Knee Amputation/Below Knee Amputation   Authors: Dominique Dockery, MS3, Alpert Medical School of Brown University Robert Patterson, MD, FACS, Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Providence Surgical Care Group   Editor:  Yasong Yu   Reviewer: Ryan Meyer   Core Resources: Rutherford's Vascular and Endovascular Therapy 9th Edition Chapters 104, 105, 111, 112 Anson and McVeigh's Surgical Anatomy   Additional Resources: Article Explaining WIfI (https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(13)01515-2/fulltext)  Links to Apps for CLTI Calculators (https://vascular.org/news-advocacy/society-vascular-surgery-launches-mobile-apps-staging-chronic-limb-threatening)  Callander Technique Original Article (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1155011) Logan, Meryl Simon & Bush, Ruth L. Vascular surgeons are health disparities doctors. JVS. Vol 74; Issue 5p1437. November 2021.    Underlying disease featured in episode: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)/chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) Pathophysiology/etiology Blockage of the arteries supplying blood to the lower limbs usually secondary to atherosclerosis Affects an estimated 8-12 million Americans Associated with smoking, diabetes, hypertension, obesity CLTI is more severe form of PAD (up to 20% of PAD patients)- associated with rest pain, ischemia ulceration, or gangrene Patient presentation Varies based on disease progression and prior intervention Ranges from asymptomatic to major tissue loss Often have patients with intermittent claudication, rest pain, or wounds/ulceration Patients can be classified using Rutherford scale or WIfI classification Diagnosis Ankle-brachial index is diagnostic (1.3) Often obtain CTA with run-off to visualize vessels prior to angiogram Angiogram to plan intervention Surgical treatment  Revascularization: either endovascular (angioplasty vs stenting) or open (bypass based on targets with either vein or graft) Amputation: after failed revascularization or irreversible/severe ischemia with no revascularization options Minor (toe/foot) vs major (below knee/through knee/above knee)   Indications for surgery:  acute ischemia: for irreversible ischemia, for severe ischemia with no revascularization options, or following unsuccessful attempts at revascularization chronic ischemia: failure of revascularization, lack of suitable conduit or target arteries, severe patient comorbidities, poor functional status, or extensive gangrene or infection such that foot salvage is not possible foot infection severe traumatic injury lower extremity skeletal or soft tissue malignancy   Preop Preparation: linking the patient with a prosthetist prior to surgery is ideal and helps with surgical planning, addressing patients' fears and concerns, determining level of amputation (pulses/blood flow, level of infection, etc.)   Surgical steps with relevant images:  Below the knee amputation (posterior flap technique): Create a hemi-circular incision anteriorly (generally about 1 handbreadth below the tibial tuberosity that goes from just anterior to the fibula to an equidistant portion of the other side) and a long posterior flap  Cut through the muscles of the anterior compartment (muscle bundle on the lateral side of the tibia) and expose the anterior tibial artery and vein- ligate and suture ligate Using a periosteal elevator, which is something like a chisel, strip the periosteum proximally from the tibia and divide the tibia with an oscillating saw. Then strip the periosteum and attachments of the fibula at this level and divide either with the saw or a bone shear.  Use an amputation knife to create the posterior flap along the skin and fascia incision lines (fashion it to make sure it will reach anteriorly without muscle bulk/tension). The remaining tibial vessels are then identified and individually suture ligated. Identify the tibial nerve, bluntly dissect it quite proximally and divide it with electrocautery.  After hemostasis has been established, remove a wedge of bone from the anterior portion of the tibia so that that doesn't provide a pressure point on the prosthesis and resect the fibula 1-2 centimeters above the line of tibial transection with a rib cutter to be sure that the fibula doesn't wear against the prosthesis laterally and create an ulceration or painful protrusion. Loosely approximate the posterior flap to the anterior fascia with several interrupted Vicryl sutures and then carefully re-approximate the skin with vertical mattress sutures of Prolene using a Keith needle to avoid traumatizing the skin with forceps.    Above knee amputations (Callander technique): Does not cut across any muscle bellies but is purely dividing all muscular attachments through the tendinous insertions. It is similar to a through the knee amputation, but it involves dividing the femur immediately above the flare of the condyle with curved anterior and posterior fish mouth type flaps that again allow division without the trauma of muscular transection.   Postoperative care: knee immobilizer post-operatively after BKA to reduce risk of contractures, non–weight bearing on the stump until the fitting of a prosthesis 4 to 6 weeks after surgery, close follow up with vascular surgeon   Complications: primary healing fails in 20% to 30% of patients and approximately 1 in 5 patients undergoing BKA need a higher-level amputation due to wound problems   Top Asked Questions:   What ankle-brachial index is diagnostic of peripheral arterial disease?   Less than 0.9, severe PAD is less than 0.4. An ABI greater than 1.3 or 1.4 is considered non-diagnostic and further workup is indicated.   What is the Rutherford classification for peripheral arterial disease?   0- asymptomatic, 1- mild claudication, 2- moderate claudication, 3- severe claudication, 4- ischemic rest pain, 5- minor tissue loss, 6- major tissue loss    Which amputation level requires more energy to ambulate with a prosthesis?    Above knee amputations require 50-70% more energy than below knee amputations What are the compartments of the lower leg, and which major vessels and nerves are in each compartment?   Anterior- anterior tibial artery and vein, deep peroneal nerve Lateral- superficial peroneal nerve Deep posterior- posterior tibial artery and vein, peroneal artery and vein, tibial nerve Superficial posterior- mostly musculature

In this podcast, we are joined by Abi Noda, Co-Founder and CEO of DX. The team at DX works primarily with developer productivity teams to measure the productivity of engineers and developers, helping them in the art of software engineering. Listen to hear Abi's personal journey, including the founding of multiple companies and seeing DX grow as the world's first developer experience management platform.

On this guest episode Abi talks with Eduardo Rodriguez, a final year phd student at Princeton working in plasma physics. This episode we get into the premise of Danny Boyle's 2007 foray into space, we talk about the realities of a dying star and the potential for 're-igniting' the sun using a nuclear bomb. Having received his degree in physics from Oxford back in 2017, Eduardo moved to the US to take on his phd, and some surfing when time permits. His research focuses on stellarators, a method of magnetic confinement for fusion experiments, and he's a bit of a film nerd! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

2 Kings 18–19 2 Kings 18–19 (Listen) Hezekiah Reigns in Judah 18 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. 4 He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).1 5 He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. 6 For he held fast to the LORD. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the LORD commanded Moses. 7 And the LORD was with him; wherever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him. 8 He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city. 9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it, 10 and at the end of three years he took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12 because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. They neither listened nor obeyed. Sennacherib Attacks Judah 13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me I will bear.” And the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents2 of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house. 16 At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the doorposts that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria. 17 And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field. 18 And when they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder. 19 And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? 20 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me? 21 Behold, you are trusting now in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 22 But if you say to me, “We trust in the LORD our God,” is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem”? 23 Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. 24 How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 25 Moreover, is it without the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land and destroy it.”'” 26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” 27 But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?” 28 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of my3 hand. 30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.' 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make your peace with me4 and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern, 32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” 33 Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 35 Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'” 36 But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.” 37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh. Isaiah Reassures Hezekiah 19 As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz. 3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. 4 It may be that the LORD your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.” 5 When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the LORD: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled me. 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.'” Sennacherib Defies the Lord 8 The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that the king had left Lachish. 9 Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you.” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?'” Hezekiah's Prayer 14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. 16 Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 17 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands 18 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 19 So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone.” Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib's Fall 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21 This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him:   “She despises you, she scorns you—    the virgin daughter of Zion;  she wags her head behind you—    the daughter of Jerusalem. 22   “Whom have you mocked and reviled?    Against whom have you raised your voice  and lifted your eyes to the heights?    Against the Holy One of Israel!23   By your messengers you have mocked the Lord,    and you have said, ‘With my many chariots  I have gone up the heights of the mountains,    to the far recesses of Lebanon;  I felled its tallest cedars,    its choicest cypresses;  I entered its farthest lodging place,    its most fruitful forest.24   I dug wells    and drank foreign waters,  and I dried up with the sole of my foot    all the streams of Egypt.' 25   “Have you not heard    that I determined it long ago?  I planned from days of old    what now I bring to pass,  that you should turn fortified cities    into heaps of ruins,26   while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,    are dismayed and confounded,  and have become like plants of the field    and like tender grass,  like grass on the housetops,    blighted before it is grown. 27   “But I know your sitting down    and your going out and coming in,    and your raging against me.28   Because you have raged against me    and your complacency has come into my ears,  I will put my hook in your nose    and my bit in your mouth,  and I will turn you back on the way    by which you came. 29 “And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same. Then in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 30 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD will do this. 32 “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD. 34 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.” 35 And that night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh. 37 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. Footnotes [1] 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and serpent [2] 18:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms [3] 18:29 Hebrew his [4] 18:31 Hebrew Make a blessing with me (ESV)

Abi, Matt, and a producer talk about a 90s classic. Matt continues to give away Oscars he doesn't have to give away.

Summer is arrested for being diabetic and the story of her eating disorder is finally revealed. After reflection, Abi offers a truce to Imran and Toyah who are hell-bent to prove she's back on the muck. As work on Rick the Chin's house is started, Ed and Paul find a bag full of lovely cash stashed under the floorboards. Eileen and The Undertaker are back together on the show which means there must be a misunderstanding to threaten their relationship. Sally gets back from Gina's again and is more determined than ever to get rid of Tim's Mum. Daisy decides that the best way to protect her relationship with Daniel is to set Nicky up with one of her friends. Mr Little has some explaining to do. Simon is a grass. Ashley has a sex cardigan, too.

On our latest podcast, we chat about the episodes of Coronation Street shown in the UK between the 18th and the 22nd April (Episodes #10616 - 10621). This week, Nicky's career in education is over almost before it begins thanks to Max spreading pictures of her from her time as a cardigan wearer for hire around the school. Meanwhile, Ed makes an interesting discovery under Rick's floorboards, Imran struggles to resist the urge to play dirty when trying to unearth evidence that Abi's back on drugs, and Summer's diabulimia nearly causes her to loses her life - and, even more importantly, her place at Oxford!  Up next on the podcast, it's The Kabin, where we chat about this ITV's fascinating celebration of 90 years of Bill Roache and take a look at who's nominated in the British Soap Awards this year. We finish off the podcast with more of your listener feedback. Street Talk - 00:07:36 The Kabin - 01:58:01 Feedback - 02:19:36

Abi shares a creepy interaction she shared with a woman in a dream recently. The women discuss reoccurring instances in dreams and nightmares. Daniela introduces the topic with the history behind the owl as an omen and goes on to describe how the Mexican urban legend came to be and how to protect yourself should you hear a lone owl at your window at night. Real stories are read and Abi shares stories she's been told about possible run-ins with the witch. The women wrap up the episode with discussion on the film “X”, (beware there are spoilers at 39:30-41:00ish) and other films they are interested in lately.

It's an Uncut special! This week we're on a break from our regular episodes so please enjoy this unedited version of our Sunshine episode. One of our earliest episodes when we were baby podcasters trying to find our way in space! What could cause our sun to die? At what point did Brian Cox say 'I'm outta here', how much do we loooove Cillian Murphy as a physicist. We nerded hard on this one!It may not have smashed the box office but it's a slow burn cult classic that's worth the watch. Abi gets into some trajectory info, Freda thinks it's all in his head, and buckle up for an Irish and Aussie in space! 'Anybody got some factor 50?'Some Articles for Reference: 10 Questions for Sunshines Scientific AdvisorHow will the universe end, and could anything survive?New physics in a nutshell, or Q-ball as a power plantGreat balls of powerSupersymmetric Q-balls as dark matterSeparating the science from fiction in SunshineParker Solar ProbeBasics of Space Flight See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Elle Russ chats with Abi Carver - a 2 x Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher and NASM Personal Trainer. She works with elite athletes across many disciplines and founded Yoga 15 in 2014. Yoga 15 is a comprehensive yoga program for athletes, designed to enhance performance and support recovery. The sessions are 15-minutes, non-spiritual, and focus on the benefits of the practice specifically for athletes. Abi establishes clear anatomical and performance-related objectives at the outset of each video to ensure maximum efficiency of time and effort and gives highly-detailed cues to make the videos accessible even to beginners.  DISCOUNT! Visit Yoga15.com and she is offering my audience a free 14-day trial + a  25% discount with the coupon "ELLERUSS" CLICK HERE!   SELECTED LINKS: Yoga15.com ElleRuss.com

Abi is a white, neurodivergent and fat writer, artist, cyclist and student nurse.  She recently featured in Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2021 for her working promoting fat lib in cycling. Abigail was nominated for the 100 Women in Cycling by Chloe Bramwell who said:   "Abigail shows that cycling is open to everyone. Not just only women, but LGBT women, too. Her work embracing body positivity has made me change my relationship with my own body. I make healthier choices for myself because I love my body rather than to punish it. I admire her vulnerability and strength in showing how she sees herself. I admire that she holds the cycling community to account by expecting accessibility for everyone. I admire her for showing that cycling is for us all.”   Abi is the co-author of her first book all about cycle touring ‘Gears for Queers'.    She lives on the Fife Coast with her partner Lea and cat Boba. She can normally be found riding her bike, cooking vegan feasts or obsessively playing The Sims!   "I believe that if people see a diversity of bodies on bikes and trikes, more people will feel like cycling is for them. I feel so happy when we get messages on social media from people who have got on their bikes again after reading our book or blogs. In the future I'd love to organise a big fat cycle tour!” - Abi Melton    New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Make sure you hit the subscribe button so you don't miss out.    To find out more about supporting the Tough Girl Podcast and becoming a patron please visit www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast.    Show Notes Who is Abi in her own words Here passions and interests Publishing her first book in June 2020 Being a 1st year student nurse What is neurodivergency Examples of neurodivergency and how it's impacted Abi throughout her life Challenges with communication  Using masking as a technique to appear normal Her early childhood and growing up in Norfolk Being the eldest child Living by the coast Going to holiday camps and wanting to try everything available. Being an avid reader and wanting to be the hero of the story Wanting to be going out and having adventures Not having a lot of opportunities  Her late teenage years and her early 20s Struggling with her mental health for 16 years onwards Going to Edinburgh University to study English Literature Why she stoped riding bikes  Becoming more self conscious  Not knowing how to travel or go on adventures  Meeting Lea  Woman on the Edge of Time: The classic feminist dystopian novel - By Marge Piercy Going on an accidental mini-break to Brighton  Deciding to go on a cycle adventure in Europe Fears and concerns before heading out on the cycle adventure  Feeling anxious about fitness levels  Going with a partner and handling tough situations while on the road Magical moments while travelling and the places that stand out Being vegan and gluten free and trying to find food to eat  Budgets and paying for the trip Having a supportive family Mental health while travelling Writing the book - “Gears for Queers” and how it came about  Going on a 2nd cycling tour Planning their 3rd cycle tour Going back to university to study to become a nurse Following your passions and dreams Being featured in Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2021 Wanting to promote adventure for everyone Advice for women who want to go cycle touring Enjoying having a purpose for cycling  Not cycling for fitness or weight loss How to connect with Abi Final words of advice    Social Media   Blog: https://gearsforqueers.squarespace.com    Instagram: @gearsforqueers    Facebook: @gearsforqueers    Twitter: @gearsforqueers    Book: Gear for Queers    

Every where we look, the world is filled with people in need. It's easy to see the enormity of this need and to get overwhelmed. Some times it feels easier to turn a blind eye than to try and figure out how to tackle the problems of this world. But what if we didn't need to help everyone? What if we only needed to intimately and deliberately invest in one or two people? In December of 2021 The Connected Life hosted a giveaway of $1,000 to someone who had a great idea of how to give that money away. A generous Connected Life listener matched that donation and not one, but two people got a chance to love someone extravagantly. In this second episode, Abi and Justin sit down with Angel, who turned her world upside down in her late 40's to go back to school to learn how to teach English to immigrants and refugees. She shares her heartwarming interaction with a widowed woman from Laos who's worked rigorously to take care of her two children (one is special needs) while fighting to learn English and adapt to the American culture. Through compassion Angel partnered with love to help change the course of another person's future. If you're looking for hope and inspiration in your life, this is a MUST listen to episode!

Ahead of planning the funerals of both her parents, Kelly gets a call to let her know she's due to inherit a small fortune from Rick the Chin's estate. Daisy isn't looking for things to worry about as Daniel and Nicky are thrown together to organize a school trip to Edinburgh, while a recently single Mrs Crawshaw is on the prowl. Sam finds himself discombobulated when Jalena comes over to Nina's Rolls for a chess date. Sarah decides to throw the cat amongst the pigeons by offering a bonus to the sales rep who brings in the most new business, but while Faye and Michael compete, they take their eyes off an unlikely champion. Summer's lengthy revision sessions worry Billy and he calls on assistance from Amy who makes a troubling discovery. Faye and Craig decide to try to have another baby and then change their minds. Imran suspects that Abi is back on the muck so makes a shocking proposal to Toyah regarding the long-term care for Alfie. Roy buys cider. Tommy can belch the alphabet. Maria's insta game is on point.

Loving others can be difficult, especially the ones that can't help but make a mess so bad they hurt everyone in their path. Getting past the anguish they inflict can sometimes feel impossible. But what if behind all the years of chaos and destruction was an innocent child desperate for kindness, compassion, and care? In December of 2021 The Connected Life hosted a giveaway of $1,000 to someone who had a great idea of how to give that money away. A generous Connected Life listener matched that donation and not one, but two people got a chance to love someone extravagantly. In this episode Abi and Justin sit down with one of the winners Kaira, and she shares the inspiring idea that led to a month long experience for her uncle Rick. Though Rick's life is seemingly filled with reasons he doesn't deserve such a gift, Kaira's story paints a compassionate and moving picture of just how much the messiest people are in the most need of undeserving love. If you're looking to be inspired and gain hope for humanity, this episode will move you to be a better person, while giving you hope for how a simple act of love can change the world right in front of you!

An affair is one of the most sensitive and painful subjects in a committed relationship. The effects of an affair spill over onto children, extended family, and friends. With so much pain connected to the issue, it's no wonder that very few relationships rebound after such broken trust. But, what if there's hope in the midst of a mess that hasn't been fully resolved? In this episode, Justin and Abi sit down with Jess and Justin Beard as they bravely share the details of their difficult journey in the midst of it unfolding. Together they explore their history of trauma prior to marriage and examine the far reaching affects of their upbringings. Through compassion and empathy they're able to shine a light on reasons they got to this place, while extending grace to anyone that's had and affair. Through vulnerability and honesty, Jess and Justin give hope to anyone attempting to repair what could feel permanently broken. If you or someone you know has been affected by infidelity, this episode will give hope for healing and compassion for all parties involved, even in the midst of the messiness. This episode is a MUST share!