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Disappointingly, but not unexpectedly, Child#2 has made the decision to find somewhere else to live that does not require him to meet our incredibly stringent expectations for hygiene and participation. We are here to share our entire intersectional experience with anyone who finds it beneficial, but we want to know what you connect with the most. You can let us know by clicking to a one-question anonymous survey at vote.pollcode.com/32371374. If you have a request/suggestion that isn't listed, comment! We can be found online at TransPanTastic.net, you can email us at TransPanTastic@gmail.com, and "TransPanTastic" is searchable on most social networks. We would love to hear from you, so let us know what you think or what you want to hear about!

The Coalition have announced a $90 million investment in family and domestic violence, following Labor's $8.6 million commitment announced earlier this week. This comes amid bipartisan support for Labor's $4 billion National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children released in 2022. But advocates and victim-survivors are disappointed by what they see as minimal attention from politicians on the issue over the election campaign.

On this week's episode, the guys discuss hospital visits, bad DC Comics TV, and what was under Destro's mask.

Mazda now has a very comprehensive range of SUV’s – in addition to its best-selling mid-sized CX-5 it now offers four large SUV’s, the CX-60, CX-70, CX-80 andCX-90 – and one wonders if the four large SUV’s are overkill, the company first toadmit there is some overlap with buyers – The CX-80 IS basically a three-rowversion of the CX-60, available with three engine choices - an in-line six-cylinderpetrol or diesel or a four-cylinder plug in hybrid. There’s four available grades,Pure, Touring, GT and Azami, the entry Pure only gets the six-cylinder petrolengine while all models feature all-wheel drive and 8-speed automatic withmanual shift paddles. Importantly, the six-cylinder versions also include a 48-voltmild hybrid system. I drove the entry Mazda CX-80 Pure starting at $54,950 pluson-roads which gets 18-inch alloys, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, ahead up display, black cloth trim, manual seat adjustment, three-zone climatecontrol air, a semi-digital instrument cluster, three drive modes and a full suite ofsafety equipment. Disappointingly, it lacks a wireless phone charger, a powertailgate, and a spare wheel – just a tyre repair kit inadequate in my view for afamily carrier with all-wheel-drive. Drive detail next. I’m David BerthonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talking about Toyota’s C-HR SUV today – C-HR standing for Coupe High Rider –a most unusual compact SUV now in its second generation, in three models – the1.8-litre front drive GXL and mid-spec Koba, and the two-litre turbo all-wheel-drivetop spec Sport and like all Toyota passenger vehicles, all three, now only withhybrid power. Visually, the CH-R has Toyota’s most adventurous styling, somemight even call it quirky, with a combination of sharp lines and a high waistline ithas real visual appeal, different and perhaps divisive. In this upgraded second-generation prices rose significantly – I drove the mid-spec Koba which rose bymore than $11,000 to $49,990 plus on-road costs. Expensive for a small SUVpairing a 1.8-litre petrol engine with a single electric motor driving through acontinuously variable transmission or CVT. The funky styling limits interiorspace and its not overly roomy, the second row tight as is boot space. Theinterior and dash appealing, the Koba gaining 19-inch alloy wheels, suede interiorhighlights, heated front seats, a head-up display, 12.3-inch digital instrumentcluster, wireless phone charging, and a powered tailgate. Disappointingly there’sno air vents in the rear or a fold down centre armrest. Warranty: fiveyears/unlimited km. Drive details next. I’m David BerthonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In January Kia upgraded its seven-passenger Sorento SUV with enhanced stylinginside and out, the fourth generation with more comfort and convenienceequipment and safety, In addition to petrol and diesel models a petrol/electrichybrid has now been added, each power source available in front or all-wheeldrive. I drove the 2.2-litre turbo diesel eight-speed automatic Sorento GT-line all-wheel drive at $72,690 driveaway – the most popular model and with nearly a1000km range this is a big SUV for a big country. The petrol versions simply toothirsty. The new chiseled styling is in the mould of Kia's all electric EV9 and newEV5 and along with new 20-inch alloy wheels the Sorento GT-line has real visualappeal. The interior has always appealed especially with the new curved dual12.3-inch display screens featuring large menu icons and with Kia's latestinfotainment system now able to offer wireless Apple Car Play and Android Auto.Disappointingly, the interior of the GT-line is only available in a darkgrey/charcoal interior which limits its appeal. Seat comfort on the other handwith a power drivers and passenger seat first class, the trim plush Nappa leather.Kia quality overall impressive while the support of a 7-year/unlimited kilometrewarranty very re-assuring. I'm David BerthonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is everyone so mistaken about this book?'The Kama Sutra' by Vātsyāyana is a how-to guide on courtship & sexual pleasure, as opposed to a graphic explanation of sexual positions. All of this comes from an Indian context from that era (so more addressed to the educated man/woman). Split into 7 parts and is about things like sexual union, class & social status differences, acquiring a wife & pleasing her, cheating, courtesans & sexual aids. Would love to hear your feedback and appreciate any support you wish to give :)Timeline:(00:00:00) Intro(00:03:00) Themes/Questions(00:08:52) Author & Extras(00:16:05) Summary(00:20:55) Value 4 Value(00:22:05) Join Live! Value 4 Value Support:Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/supportPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcastConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUTwitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcast

Winter CCA Crops SchoolRed Dirt SoyWhat You Will LearnThe current challenges facing summer crops in Oklahoma due to drought conditions.The potential implications of an unusually cold winter on crop management and livestock grazing.Ongoing research initiatives aimed at improving crop management practices, particularly for soybeans.The significance of precision nutrient management in optimizing crop yields.The importance of flexibility in farming practices amidst uncertain weather conditions.Current Crop ChallengesThe episode highlights that summer crops in Oklahoma are nearing harvest, but many areas are grappling with significant challenges due to drought. For instance, Stillwater has recorded 56 consecutive days with less than a quarter inch of rain, severely impacting crop yields and quality.Weather ImplicationsDr. Arnall and Dr. Lofton discuss the potential for an unusually cold winter, which could affect crop management decisions, particularly regarding winter wheat planting. This uncertainty forces farmers to weigh their options carefully, considering whether to plant for grazing or wait for spring oats.Research InitiativesThe podcast emphasizes ongoing research at Oklahoma State University, focusing on soybean growth stages and the effects of shading on yields. This research is crucial for informing farmers about best practices and adapting to changing environmental conditions.Precision Nutrient ManagementPrecision nutrient management emerges as a key strategy for optimizing crop yields. By carefully managing soil nutrients, farmers can enhance their crop production, even in challenging conditions.Flexibility in FarmingThe experts stress the importance of flexibility in farming practices. As conditions evolve, farmers must be prepared to consider alternative crops and management strategies to navigate the uncertainties of agricultural production.When They Said It(00:00:03) - Introduction to the episode and overview of summer crop progress in Oklahoma.(00:00:33) - Introduction of the guests, including Brian Arnall and Josh Lofton from Oklahoma State University.(00:01:01) - Discussion begins on summer crops across the southern Great Plains.(00:01:26) - Conversation about soybean harvest challenges due to dry conditions and field fires.(00:02:13) - Updates on the current state of full season and double crop harvesting.(00:03:11) - Predictions on the completion of summer crop harvesting by Halloween.(00:03:33) - Discussion on the potential for winter wheat planting and grazing options.(00:04:20) - Insights on upcoming weather patterns and the possibility of a cold winter.(00:05:57) - Concerns about forage potential if dry conditions persist through winter.(00:07:35) - Commentary on the lack of rain and its impact on the region's agriculture.(00:08:34) - Statistics on consecutive days without significant rainfall in Stillwater and surrounding areas.(00:09:04) - Observations on localized weather events and their effects on crop conditions.(00:09:25) - Discussion on the evaporation of rain in the lower atmosphere despite suitable conditions in the upper atmosphere.(00:10:11) - Exploring options for soil preservation and crop viability if rain occurs before December.(00:10:33) - Introduction of new wheat varieties that thrive with late sow planting.(00:11:41) - Insights on planting dates and the performance of Butler's Gold wheat variety.(00:12:05) - Observations on the current state of pastures and the impact of dry conditions.(00:13:04) - Discussion on the flexibility of planting wheat and the timing of insurance deadlines.(00:14:35) - Transition to discussing spring oats as a backup plan for forage.(00:15:32) - Consideration of historical wheat acreage and market conditions affecting planting decisions.(00:16:24) - Analysis of the forage potential of wheat and the impact of recent rains.(00:17:10) - Emphasis on the importance of remaining flexible and exploring alternative farming options.(00:18:35) - Reassurance that it's not time to panic despite current challenges in farming.(00:19:00) - Reflection on the previous fall's weather conditions and their effects on grazing potential.(00:19:12) - Discussion on tough decisions for growers regarding animal management.(00:19:56) - Overview of positive yields despite challenging summer conditions.(00:20:39) - Insights on sorghum harvest results and timing of rainfall.(00:21:10) - Mixed results in corn yields based on planting times.(00:22:30) - Disappointingly low bean yields but positive outcomes given environmental challenges.(00:23:39) - Discussion on hay quality and tonnage from this year's crops.(00:24:04) - Introduction to a soybean research project across Oklahoma.(00:25:51) - Explanation of digital field days and their benefits for growers.(00:27:37) - Updates on the growth stages of soybean plants and management practices.(00:28:30) - Importance of educating youth about soybean production in Oklahoma.(00:29:29) - Weekly updates on soybean research through 360-degree videos.(00:29:34) - Josh discusses the soybean project funded by the Oklahoma Soybean Board, highlighting its potential to educate non-farm entities about Oklahoma agriculture.(00:30:13) - He emphasizes the importance of showcasing meticulous crop management to counter negative perceptions of agriculture.(00:30:35) - Dave shares his experience of documenting plant growth using a 360 camera, comparing it to watching children grow.(00:31:19) - He describes a unique 360 video project under different shade levels, illustrating the impact of sunlight on plant growth.(00:32:10) - Josh mentions the yield differences observed in shaded versus unshaded plants during various growth stages.(00:32:44) - He explains the unexpected effects of atmospheric conditions on soybean yields, revealing significant yield losses due to shading.(00:34:55) - Dave transitions the conversation to the upcoming winter crop school, highlighting its new location and the exciting agenda planned.(00:35:49) - Brian outlines the details of the winter crop school, including CEUs offered and the focus on advanced agricultural discussions.(00:36:59) - He introduces various sessions, including topics on IPMs, irrigation, and crop management, featuring expert speakers.(00:38:57) - Brian discusses a session dedicated to corn stunt, detailing its history and current research efforts.(00:39:36) - He highlights the importance of forages and the work being done on herbicide-treated fertilizers and fescue management.(00:40:14) - Brian mentions his plans to address water quality issues and its implications for agriculture in the region.(00:40:48) - Brian introduces a segment on the mechanics of salt and high bicarbonates in soil, featuring Dr. Kenton Martin.(00:41:19) - Discussion on management strategies for saline soils with insights from Dr. Martin.(00:41:46) - Brian mentions Josh's recent fact sheet on spring oat management, emphasizing its importance.(00:42:20) - Dr. Steve Phillips will discuss the distinction between essential and beneficial plant nutrients, highlighting current policy discussions.(00:43:10) - Brian shares details about the upcoming meeting, including registration and location information.(00:43:39) - Josh talks about funding opportunities for county educators to attend the meeting.(00:44:30) - Brian explains the support available for educators, including travel funding and registration waivers.(00:45:12) - The hosts discuss the value of graduate students presenting their research at the meeting.(00:46:12) - Josh emphasizes the importance of students interacting with field practitioners to enhance their learning experience.(00:47:20) - Dave mentions the availability of past presentations and registration for the upcoming conference on the website.(00:48:18) - The hosts wrap up the episode, teasing the next guest, Dr. Andrew Foot, from animal science.(00:49:06) - Dave thanks the audience for listening and encourages them to reach out for future discussions. RedDirtAgronomy.com

We haven't come up with a succinct way to summarise this trope, it's basically 'character is injured/ sick and other character takes care of them trope' - this is distinctly different from the 'who hurt you trope', it is very specifically about books where a character is cared for by another, usually the love interest.Disappointingly for us, but good news for you, this actually turned out to be a really good list! We definitely added a bunch of stuff to our TBR's Books discussed in today episode are:From Lukov with Love - Mariana ZapataIn Deeper Waters - F.T. LukensPestilence, The Four Horsemen #1 -Laura ThalassaAlways Only You, Bergman Brothers #2- Chloe LieseFragile Remedy - Maria Ingrande MoraThe Nature of Witches - Rachel GriffinA Ruin of Roses, Deliciously Dark Fairytales #1 - K.F. BreeneDivine Blood, Guardians of the Maiden #1 - Beck MichaelsEasy Tiger, Prickle Island Zoo #2 - Ali K. MulfordKingdom of the Wicked, Kingdom of the Wicked #1 - Kerri ManiscalcoSix of Crows, Six of Crows #1 - Leigh BardugoConnect with us:Join our 'Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist' Buddy read hereSubscribe to our Kofi and get access to an exclusive Discord channel to talk about books with other book nerdsFollow us on Instagram, Tiktok and Facebook, or discover where else to listen to us via our Carrd link hereImportant info:Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

Driving the Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV today – a interesting EV from the Blue Oval, I'm driving the mid-spec Mustang Mach-E Premium, sitting between the entry Select and the potent GT, the Mach-e Premium first arrived last year at $91,665, was dropped to $86,990 in late 2023 and again on May 31 to $79,990, around $88,700 drive-away. Still a rather hefty price considering most electric opposition is well south of this figure – as such just 388 Ford Mustang Mach-E's have been sold July year-to date. Having said that from my perspective the Mach- E Premium has some very rewarding features – a single motor rear wheel drive with 216kW/430Nm of torque, the Premium gaining a larger 91kWh nickel cobalt manganese battery providing an impressive 600Km range. The overall design of this electric Ford SUV appeals, roomy in both rows in a coupe style SUV body with good luggage space, an impressive dash, an impressive instrument cluster and a huge and an innovative 15.5-inch portrait style touchscreen that sets it apart from many similar touchscreens. Disappointingly, the premium price is the only factor stopping the Ford Mach-E from gaining a larger market share. Ford still losing 2 billion dollars a quarter in their electric car division. Drive details next. I'm David Berthon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gee the time difference to watch The Open Championship is a punish in Australia and New Zealand, specifically later in the day, but we got some in live and plenty of highlights....and what a tournament it was! Nick O'Hern and Mark Allen spend a bit of time unpacking some of the key moments.The weather played a role, as we expect it will in this tournament, but Mark feels it was perfect to test the players. And Nick and Mark discuss whether the pros should play more Links golf than they do, given the uniqueness of these courses. Mark loves the 18th hole at Royal Troon, not everyone does.Jason Day's outfit. Again, he stood out. Nick runs through all the Aussie & Kiwi results - Adam Scott the strongest at T10, with Daniel Hillier from New Zealand having a strong tournament as well at T19.Nick and Mark discuss the role that the wind plays at Royal Troon, and how the locals have a distinct advantage, and what the visiting players can do about it. Nick and Mark both talk about the Open Championships that they played in respectively.Xander. A fantastic performance, a well deserved win. How many majors can he win? How about his back 9 on the final day? How will Mark go pronouncing his name correctly?Mark's best mate*, Colin Montgomery, had a crack at Tiger Woods playing in the tournament. We listen to Tiger's response.Disappointingly, just prior to the Turn, Mark decides that he wants to tell another joke. Honestly we blame some of you for encouraging him. It is as appalling as you'd expect. After the Turn, he (nearly) makes up for it with a ripping Top 5 on the best 18th holes in The Open rotation courses. During that we get a voicemail from David from Melbourne who has a comment and question about the Metropolitan / Huntingdale proposed merger.The PING global results this week are huge, so much golf on over the last few days, and Nick takes us through it all. Lots of feedback as usual, in fact we'll do a bonus feedback pod later in the week with some more of the feedback from you.And the Masterclass from Nick today is on getting a ball up quickly out of a deep bunker.A big thanks to our Talk Birdie partners:PING, they'll help you play your best, you can see your local golf shop or professional for a PING club fitting;the new watchMynumbers app, the most powerful data based golf app in the world, download from the App Store ;and the Golf Clearance Outlet, great prices on the best gear. See them in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Perth, or online here.Subscribe to never miss a Talk Birdie To Me ep. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, send a voicemail here, and see our Masterclass videos on YouTube here.* Monty may not in fact be Mark's best mate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In January Kia upgraded its seven-passenger Sorento SUV with enhanced stylinginside and out, and with more comfort and convenience equipment and safety, Inaddition to petrol and diesel models a petrol/electric hybrid has now been added,each power source available in front or all-wheel drive. I drove the 2.2-litre turbodiesel eight-speed automatic Sorento GT-line all-wheel drive at $72,690 driveaway– the most popular model and with nearly a 1000km range this is a big SUV for abig country. The petrol versions simply too thirsty. The new chiseled styling is inthe mould of Kia's all electric EV9 and new EV5 and along with new 20-inch alloywheels the Sorento GT-line has real visual appeal. The interior has alwaysappealed especially with the new curved dual 12.3-inch display screens featuringlarge menu icons and with Kia's latest infotainment system now able to offerwireless Apple Car Play and Android Auto. Disappointingly, the interior of the GT-line is only available in a dark grey/charcoal interior which limits its appeal. Seatcomfort on the other hand with a power drivers and passenger seat first class,the trim plush Nappa leather. Kia quality overall impressive while the support of a7-year/unlimited kilometre warranty very re-assuring. I'm David BerthonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I was perusing energy podcasts the other day. Disappointingly they all seemed to be about renewables – nothing about where over 80% of the world's energy comes from today. Hopefully I started listening to one by Shell, but quickly realized it's part of their PR campaign to convince people they're fully committed to the energy […]

One of the more impressive small SUVs on the market is Nissan's Qashqai infour petrol grades and with the recent addition of an e-Power hybrid version, onlyavailable on the top spec Qashqai Ti grade, $4,200 more expensive to the petrol Tiat a rather hefty $56,000 drive-away. Disappointingly, Nissan, at this stage, arenot introducing the hybrid technology to the lower more affordable grades.However, the Nissan Qashqai Ti e-Power is packed with premium features –leather seats with massage function, a panoramic glass roof, 10-speaker Bosesound, power tailgate and a most impressive digital dash and centre touchscreen plus a suite of advanced active safety features. The 1.3-litre turbo in thepetrol models replaced by a variable compression 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrolturbo – and here the e-Power works differently to a conventional hybrid – thepetrol engine has no connection to the front drive wheels – it purely powers agenerator connected to an invertor and a 2.1kWh lithium-ion battery pack – onlythe e-motor drives the front wheels – this hybrid system adds around 200 kilos inweight over a conventional petrol Qashqai's but it offers nearly a 1000km drivingrange. Despite the e-Power's exalted price tag the drive experience is rewarding –details next segment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

British pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass led a highly anticipated independent scientific review of gender health services for children in England, commissioned by the National Health Service. Now popularly known as the 'Cass Review,' it concludes for most young people, "a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their gender-related distress.” She gave On Point her first broadcast interview in the U.S. About: On Point is WBUR's award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.

In this video interview, Marc Carnes, CEO of Alberta-based radio station CKUA, discusses the financial situation of the station and efforts to raise money to keep it alive. On April 17, Carnes addressed the CKUA community with an update about CKUA's future. He talks about his recent message, how much money needs to be raised, fundraising efforts, the history of the station, the importance of the station to the music and arts and cultural community, its reach, and the importance of music in society. Here was his full message: I'm CKUA CEO Marc Carnes, and I'm addressing you today because CKUA needs your help. There's no other way to say it: We must raise $3 million by September 30. Without it, CKUA's cash reserves will be depleted, and we will be forced to shut down after 96 years of serving Albertan—and honourary Albertans—like you. This news may shock you, but if you've read any headlines lately, it's no secret that the music, arts, and culture sectors have never fully recovered from the pandemic. It's also no secret that the commercial broadcasting sector continues to struggle. Many of our independent, donor-supported public radio peers in the United States are in the same boat. This is not happening because of a lack of success. CKUA audiences have been growing and diversifying steadily over the past five years. Our fundraising revenues have been steady at a time when many charities and cultural organizations are struggling. Our advertising sales have been steady at a time when traditional media advertising has plummeted in recent years. In an economy where charitable dollars are tight and advertising-based traditional media is struggling, we are bucking the trend. This speaks to the value people place on our service and what it means to them. What's more, we do all of this without the government footing the bill for us. But CKUA is not immune to the challenges faced by so many. Like many households and businesses, inflationary pressures have been increasingly difficult over the last 18 months. Borrowing rates have doubled. Utility costs have skyrocketed. Capital maintenance of our vast and complex technical systems has become more expensive than ever. This, coupled with ever-changing and new federal regulations, has been a lot for CKUA to absorb in a short time. As the owner of the Alberta Hotel, our broadcast centre, CKUA has also felt the effects of record-high, post-pandemic commercial real estate vacancies in downtown Edmonton. 18 months ago, every square foot of our building was spoken for. Last summer, the building was half empty, and revenues had almost completely disappeared after our main tenant became insolvent. Just 18 months ago, our budgets were balanced. Today, a perfect storm is threatening our future, a mere three and a half years before our centennial. Because of these factors, the sound of Alberta is at risk of going silent. When we saw CKUA's new reality unfolding, we took immediate action. We cut and deferred as many expenses as possible while maintaining the operations our listeners generously support with charitable donations. We worked with real estate professionals and developed scenarios for how to fill Alberta Hotel with paying tenants, given the current market. We sought to collaborate with the provincial and federal governments for financial help. And we developed a plan to diversify our fundraising revenues through major gift and legacy giving leading up to our centennial in 2027. All of these measures take time. But time is not on our side. As a non-profit, CKUA has always been a lean, mean machine for the size of our 24/7 province-wide operation. That is even more true today. We're doing more with less, and that's thanks to our incredible team, whose dedication and persistence in the face of these challenges inspire me every day. What's more, they are doing amazing, creative work that is being recognized and sought out by more people. They have every reason to be proud. As I am of them. We've also found some success in filling our building and are negotiating with several new tenants. But the high interest rate on our loan is still dogging us, and the revenue from these potential new tenants won't come online for several months. Disappointingly, after a year of conversations, the provincial and federal governments have yet to step up. We continue our conversations with the provincial government, driving home our role in telling a piece of Alberta's story around the globe. Since our humble beginnings in 1927 as Canada's first public broadcaster, we have been there for Albertans. Today, we give a province-wide platform to our artists and our storytellers, filling the growing hole left by national media and the loss of local independents. As of yesterday, the federal and provincial government budgets have come and gone, and we have received no indication that financial help is coming. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars in new money for our national public broadcaster and relief for privately owned media companies in their time of need, Alberta's broadcasting and cultural gem has been left out. And, CKUA isn't just a broadcasting investment—it's a heritage investment. Our historical record collection is one of the finest in North America—priceless, in fact. As Canada's first public broadcaster, we are the blueprint for all public and community broadcasters across Canada. For hundreds of thousands of artists and listeners in communities across the country and around the world, CKUA is a big part of what it means to be Albertan. We'll keep talking with both governments because we know CKUA is an important part of Alberta's cultural past, present, and future. But we cannot wait any longer for them. The time is now for the community to jump into action. We are the sound of Alberta. For over 96 years, we have faithfully met the needs of our community to be informed, inspired, and connected with people who share the same passions and values. We are a station of firsts—the first station in Canada to broadcast a football game, the first to stream its programming online, and the first to showcase incredible artists like k.d. lang, Jann Arden, and Corb Lund to the world. But our success isn't just in the past. Last year, our audience grew by 13%, and more than 10% over the last 5 years. This has outpaced the commercial radio sector in Alberta and even the donorsupported public radio sector in the United States where our business model most closely aligns. However, the truth remains: We provide a service anyone can access and enjoy anywhere. Since public airwaves are free, we can't automatically pass on our cost increases to our customers as most businesses can. Nor can we wait any longer for the government to come through. We must crowdsource. The only thing we can rely on is the generosity and power of the CKUA listening community. We must do what we did valiantly in 1997 when the Government of Alberta decommissioned us. We must show up in record numbers and show the world what the CKUA community means to so many—THAT collective voice IS the sound of Alberta. I can't be more perfectly clear: Advertising revenues do not fund CKUA. The government has yet to come to the table. This is about you. Only YOU can save CKUA. I've spent a lot of time talking about our storied past and our current state. Today's address isn't about what was, or what is. Today is about what can be. We have an incredible community of listeners and champions who believe wholeheartedly in what we do and what it means to so many. I know we can get there, together. Our monthly audience reach has grown to over 470,000 Albertans alone. Of those, an estimated 100,000 are regular listeners. Of those, a little more than 10,000 donate to support CKUA to the tune of nearly $4 million a year. The math is right in front of us. It is within your power and that of your fellow listeners to make all the difference. So the question is: What does CKUA mean to you? How much does 365 days of CKUA, a unique and invaluable part of your life, mean to you? Is it a family outing to an annual festival? A concert at your local arena? Is it the same amount as a subscription service based halfway around the world and in no way connected to your community? Or is CKUA, and the community it creates, something more meaningful and substantial than an algorithm? I'm asking you directly: If you listen and do not donate to CKUA, The Time Is Now to get in the game because only you can protect CKUA. You can't count on someone else to do it for you. The time is now to step up. It's time to step up and protect the sound of Alberta. We have a plan. We must raise $3 million by September 30 to weather the perfect storm. In the coming weeks and months, we will also appeal to individual donors and continue calling on the government to do its part. The first step is right now. Every year in April, we launch our spring on-air fundraising campaign. This year, it starts Friday, April 19. Over those 10 days, our goal is to raise the first $775,000 towards our $3 million goal. We absolutely have to surpass that goal—we have to crush it. The more we raise in those first 10 days, the better the momentum and the better the story to tell as we ask donors, community members, and the government to invest in our future. And then, over the coming five years, we will launch a centennial fundraising campaign that will help build an endowment and contribute to sustainable funding for CKUA's second century. But CKUA's future starts today. The Time Is Now. You can start by going to CKUA.com and becoming a recurring annual or monthly donor, right now. Thank you. And thank you for your support of CKUA—one of Canada's true cultural treasures. Mario Toneguzzi Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada's Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list. He was also named by RETHINK to its global list of Top Retail Experts 2024. About Us Canada's Podcast is the number one podcast in Canada for entrepreneurs and business owners. Established in 2016, the podcast network has interviewed over 600 Canadian entrepreneurs from coast-to-coast. 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On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the NY Times’s take on “Mid TV.” Episode 826: Disappointingly, the Show was Excellent originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Jules is a 53 years old woman, married, with three beautiful children and living the dream in Western Australia (WA). Her passions, besides her vocation are, yoga, bush walking, going to the beach and reading. Jules is a family therapist for a not-for-profit women's health organisation and dearly loves her work. Previously, she was a registered nurse; she trained and then worked in Victoria and the UK. She lived there for 15 years, and she met her lovely Englishmen. Jules had two of her children in the UK, and they all moved to her hometown in Victoria, where she had her third child in 2007. Then, they moved from Victoria to WA in 2010 due to hubby's work commitments. During Jules's third pregnancy, in 2006, she developed gestational diabetes, which sparked off an intentional health journey. Having gestational diabetes meant she had to test fasting blood sugar levels all the time, just like a type 1 diabetic. And, since 2007 has needed to have fasting BSL's annually and Fasting Glucose Tolerance Test every three years. Also, Jules's grandmother had type 2 diabetes and unfortunately had to have one of her toes amputated and was on daily oral medication. So, with these two factors in Jule's medical and family history, Jules was determined to avoid acquiring type 2 diabetes. Disappointingly, Jules was quite discouraged by GP's saying each year, when she would go in to see them for the blood work results, that she would inevitably get it and there was nothing to be done to prevent it. Then, with a few changes in Jules's health, well-being and significant life events, Jule's blood results started to deteriorate, and she feared the worst. Then, thankfully, in 2018, Julie discovered a tool called Intermittent fasting; at the time, when she was going down the rabbit hole of YouTube lectures about sugar and insulin from Dr Robet Lustig at the University of California and then later came across the book The Diabetes Code, by Dr Jason Fung. This book, The Diabetes Code, changed her life forever, and not to mention saved her life. Before starting IF, Jules BSL's were 6.8 mmol and rising, and now, after six years of IF, they average around 4.8 mmol. Jules has had to tweak her IF regime, flipping back and forth from OMAD to ADF over the six years when optimal blood results have begun to waiver. Jules's primary focus is balancing her hormones, even though she weighs daily. For those that like numbers, Jules is 175 cm tall and before IF weighed 86kg and now maintains between 76-78kg. Has gone from a dress size of 16 to 12. The Fasting Highway Our Patreon Supporters Community Please consider joining the Fasting Highway Patreon community. I strongly urge you to do so if you need more accountability and support for not a lot each month, as it is helping so many people to do that. It has become an excellent add-on to our patrons' IF lifestyle, who enjoy a lot of bonus content to support them living an IF life, and it supports me in getting the podcast out and running the Facebook group. For less than a cup of coffee a month, you can join and support your own health goals. Please go to www.patreon.com/thefastinghighway to see the benefits you get back and how to join. Private coaching by Graeme. Graeme is available on a limited basis for private one-on-one coaching and mentoring sessions with you. He can help you with those burning questions about how to get started or overcome issues no matter what phase you are up to on your intermittent fasting journey. To book a time, go to the website and click Get help/coaching. www.thefastinghighway.com Graeme's book The Fasting Highway can be found at your local Amazon store in paperback and Kindle. Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice. All content is the opinion of the host and guest only. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/graeme-currie/message

A rare big hearted effort from the boys ends in a draw after Poch cowardly tries to park the bus. For Shame! Dan and Jay look ahead to the EFL final against Pool. Let the Klopp farewell trophy collecting narrative begin.

Sony grapples with a major setback as its latest superhero film, Madame Web, starring Dakota Johnson, disappointingly garners a mere $52 million during its Valentine's Day opening weekend. Despite ambitious plans to introduce characters like Julia Carpenter, Anya Corazon, and Mattie Franklin for potential sequels, the movie emerges as one of the most considerable superhero flops. This poor reception signals a potential hiatus for any further exploration of the clairvoyant superhero, with insiders anticipating a prolonged absence of Madame Web from the big screen. Sony now pins its hopes on upcoming releases like Kraven the Hunter and Venom 3 to recalibrate its superhero aspirations in an ever-evolving cinematic landscape.

Are you in or out on Mardi Gras? One member of the dais is disappointingly out

Have you heard of the Auckland Curry Movement? They're a shadowy cabal of curry connoisseurs with zero online presence... Except every year they give out their "Best Indian Restaurant award" - along with one, short accompanying article. This years award went to "Taste Of India" in Mt Eden. We called the winning restaurant - they didn't know who was behind the curry movement. We called last years winner - same story. But the 2020 champion, Birkenhead's "The Curry Master" gave us a number. A number that was engraved on the bottom of the trophy... Disappointingly it wasn't the number for the curry movement, but for the trophy maker. But someone had to have ordered the trophy.... And it turns out that person was Adrian.

Megan and Michelle break down “Nice Guys,”  insecurity, manipulation, slumming it, kindness, entitlement, unrequited love, the friend zone, and craving validation.Resources:The sinister logic behind 'Nice Guy Syndrome', explained by psychologistsNice Guys: What To Do if a Guy Turns Out Not To Be So NiceWhat's the Matter with "Nice Guys"?Nice Guy Syndrome: 8 Signs & How To StopNice Guys: A Background, Common Traits & The PsychologyNice Guy (wikipedia)The Difference Between Being Nice and Being KindAre You Raising Nice Kids or Kind Kids?Want to support Prosecco Theory?Become a Patreon subscriber and earn swag!Check out our merch, available on teepublic.com!Follow/Subscribe wherever you listen!Rate, review, and tell your friends!Follow us on Instagram!****************Ever thought about starting your own podcast? From day one, Buzzsprout gave us all the tools we needed get Prosecco Theory off the ground. What are you waiting for? Follow this link to get started. Cheers!!

Disappointingly short tenure on many fronts today.  This episode is a short one due to technical chaos, but we wanted to get something out.  We'll be back at full strength next week.   Checkout our new Youtube page and we'd appreciate it if you'd share, subscribe, and generally spend most of your day there:   www.youtube.com/@WAE-podcast Watch us live on fb or yt on Wednesdays at 4:30! Enjoy the show and tell a friend!     If you'd consider giving to the show's patreon page....it helps pay our bills (not line our pockets) and as a bonus, you get some cool benefits and prizes, including your membership into our “not a dick” hall of fame:  patreon.com/wrongabouteverythingpodcast please support our sponsors!   if you need a place to store your money, join the thousands of Minnesotans who have saved money with less fees and lower loan rates by joining a MN Credit Union.  To learn more:  mncun.org -if you are injured in an accident or due to someone else's negligence, we strongly recommend looking up the great Michael Bryant at Bradshaw & Bryant:  mnpersonalinjury.com  If you need help with a podcast, video, or livestream check out MBC Multicast Studio!  To learn more, message them at info@mbcmulticast.com -or visit their site at mbcmulticast.com

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It's good practice to be humble in victory. So, we humbly understand where the Eagles are at and we'll make up the workload with an extra training session during the week. Time to Restump Podcast the Saturday night stroll.The West Coast Eagles fans haven't had a lot to cheer about this season, so we did our best to provide them some hope in the first quarter. But by quarter time we somehow found ourselves in front.To be brutally honest, that was as horrendous a performance from an opponent as we can ever remember. It was literally a training drill for us and we cannot recall a time in any our 29 season history when that has ever been the case. But opponents and results and structures and drills aside, it was just fun. We've had a disappointing season, we've missed finals, we've struggled against lesser opponents so it was enjoyable to just push all that aside and indulge in the enjoyment of the demolition job. We rarely, if ever, get to do that.It's difficult to take too much else out of the game because under such non-existent pressure it would have been concerning had our players not delivered what they did.  However, the take-outs for us were that JL can be as cagey as he likes but he's not sending Hayden Young back to defence. His output in the midfield is too valuable. Lachie Schultz got reward for hard work, Switta did the hard work but didn't get the same reward, Jye should be equal favorite for the Rising Star and Matthew Johnson was robbed of a nomination. If there is anyone who earlier this year bagged out Luke Jackson and or the club for doing the deal and hasn't put their hand up and said “I apologise, I got it wrong and I take it back”… then you're somehow trying to fraudulently save face. Fresh off triggering a contract extension clause, Sammy Sturt continued on his merry way with 4 magnificent goals. If ever anyone needs examples or reminders in the future of the importance of persistence and continuity for youngsters, Sturty, Henry and, to a lesser extent, Jackson are your reference points.Disappointingly, Jojo being the purist he is, wasn't amused with the game and apparently pathetically spent the second half watching English soccer. We'll ask him what the hell! The Chief is claiming the Neighbourhood Watch segment has become a movement. He believes an episode was rolled out by a commentator who has gotten on board.   All that and plenty more but let's leave the written chit chat here and pick it up on the pod. Yes, it was a big, but soft win but we're continuing to enjoy every little bit of it. So, if you're not ready to move on from celebrations, come along for the conversation and don't be shy. Support the show

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The merry-go-round of the planets leading welterweights continues to spin under the shadow of Crawford-Spence with both unbeaten stars Jaron Ennis and Vergil Ortiz Jr in action this weekend. Disappointingly, although not surprisingly, they're fighting other people but at least Ortiz has a real knock taking on an Olympian turned unbeaten pro Eimantas Stanionis. We preview these fights plus we give out take on Oleksandr Usyk's August heavyweight title defence against Daniel Dubois. THIS SHOW WAS RECORDED BEFORE ORTIZ JR VS STANIONIS WAS POSTPONED. FIGHT DISCIPLES IS A MULTI AWARD WINNING PODCAST - WINNERS OF THE BEST SPORT PODCAST AT THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS 2017 AND 2018. Powered by Montirex. Use FD10 at the checkout.

Regular episode here in the Character Issues lab as we return for the 27th show.Do continue to give us your feedback, and while you're at it, leave a review and a rating for the show in your podcast app of choice to help the list grow and the show reach new heights.Follow us on Twitter using @issues character, and if you want to make Rich happy, check out the episode artwork using @characterissuespodcast on instagram.The current list at the point of recording was:Kefka PalazzoGoro MajimaIchiban KasugaGlad0sMother Brain Quistis TrepeKirbyKim Kitsuragi Kanji HK-47BeatrixFrogBowser I Block - I tetrominoJesse FadenMorganaBatman GokuSam “Porter” BridgesBlobert Meowscular ChefGrimoire WeissPyramid HeadDraculaVoldoKing of Red LionsSkull KidChris RedfieldTizoKnucklesBertrudeBlastoPaineViewtiful JoeDr. Wily GruntildaKing of All CosmosCooking MamaIgnis Stupeo Scientia Bo JacksonVincent BrooksGeorge StobbardGarbodorNORGRushOddjobVincent Valentine Nina WilliamsPey'jJohnny CageProfessor Layton Francis York MorganMallowEnguardeMr. LibidoViggo RoligNaviPhantom TrainBig the CatFunky KongGlass Joe Ashley Graham (RE4)James Neeson Bad DadKairi Tingle WakkaBoogermanDecoy OctopusChadley -1/30

Hiya, friends! Amber is currently traveling in Saudi Arabia for work so we're re-releasing this extremely relevant episode on Arabian archaeology! We'll be back in your ears with new content soon. Amber takes Anna on a guided tour of her beloved Arabia. Learn about the varied mountains, deserts, and oases that are nowhere near as empty or inactive as Western explorers might have you believe. We examine the archaeology of Tell Abraq, get scammed by a guy named Ea-Nasir, solve the mystery of Magan (hint: not actually a mystery), and share insights from skeletal remains about community care and compassion thousands of years ago. Disappointingly, we still don't know what Dilmun onions are.

Disappointingly, people in Lake Geneva, the home of D&D, are still embarrassed by the game and the current owners, Wizards of the Coast, are sending Pinkerton agents out to raid people. Welcome to Audio EXP. About Audio EXP Audio EXP is Geek Native's highlights podcast. Each week there's a recap of some favourite or exciting RPG and geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is just over 10 minutes long. You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/157536/audio-exp-194-record-breaking-satan/

Well, it looks like IT brought out the BFH, and I am able to post KITM summaries again!   Woodward and Bernstein are no David Waldman and Greg Dworkin, though all four have made it their business to track not very bright guys when things get out of hand. Let's all follow the money: Silicon Valley Bank played fast and loose with investor money, but faster and looser than these banks are able to get away with. Other fast and loose banks hope to fill the vacuum. If we do not bail out fly-by-night hucksters, who will be left to huck? Donald Trump is going to run on the Gop ticket in 2024. He is. Ron DeSantis can stop wasting his time. Republicans who want a more pro-Ukraine contender or pro-anything that Trump is not interested in, can give up now. Fulton County investigators have turned up another perfect Trump phone call. The SEC found $8 million in Russian loans to Truth Social. None of that will slow Trump's destruction. Just ask Fox. Ho Wan Kwok, aka Miles Guo, and aka Guo Wengui is such a caricature Bond villain that his behavior would embarrass even Elon Musk. Of course, Steven KG Bannon would be Guo's chief henchman/fanboy. Disappointingly, it didn't take ninjas in a fleet of helicopters to finally arrest Guo on his million different charges. His lair did go up in flames though, so that's something. Kwok-Miles-Wengui was a basic Musk when it came to petty Twitter feuds, however. George Santos lies all the time. Well, that's a lie, George did tell the truth that one time when he bragged about making a half mil on commission selling expensive stuff to rich people. Now the FBI is looking into that as well.

Kia ora,Welcome to Thursday's Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz.And today we lead with news the banking crisis has shifted to Europe, and investors are betting big on the Fed not changing rates next week. Oddly, some key UST yield inversions are being wound back sharply at the same time.But first, we start with news that American mortgage applications had another good rise last week, rising +6.5% from the prior week, the sixth rise in the past twelve weeks. Mortgage rates are unchanged.American retail sales were expected to post a small slip in February from January and they did. Year-on-year they are up +5.4% nominal so not keeping up with inflation. It is car sales that are the drag.Producer prices were up +4.6% in a year in February, a sharp reduction from the January rise. They fell month-on-month. Wholesale inflation is leaking away quite quickly now. The year-on-year rise hasn't been this low since early 2021. On a quarterly basis, producer prices are back to levels last seen in 2015/16.US business inventories were essentially stable in value in January, and that allowed their inventory-to-sales ratios to retreat slightly - and for the first time in a year. The Americans don't really have an excess inventory problem.The New York state factory survey was grim reading for Wall Street. Activity under its nose is leaking away sharply now.China's February data came in pretty much as expected for their first full opening-up month. Retail sales rose +3.5% in a no-surprise result, good but not that strong really. Industrial production was up +2.4%, a tad less than expected. Real estate development is not falling anywhere near as fast as it did in 2022, but it is still falling.And while we are talking about China, we should note that its youth unemployment level has surged recently, now topping 18%. A year ago it was 12%.In Argentina their inflation has topped +100% year-on-year again. They haven't had it at this gruesome level since their ugly hyper-inflation of the early 1990s when it reached 20,000%.Disappointingly, Indian exports were lower in February from a year ago, down almost -9%.But Indonesia's trade surplus increased to +US$5.5 in February and much higher than the same month the previous year and beating market expectations. It was their largest trade surplus since last November, as exports rose +4.5% while imports fell -4.3%.German producer price inflation fell to +8.9% in February, the lowest rate since April 2021. But the food component was still up +17% with milk and dairy up a staggering +25% in a year. German inflation is still being pressured by high and rising wholesale prices. But they can take comfort that they hardly changed between January and February.In Zurich, the Credit Suisse share price fell a disastrous -24% yesterday alone, and is now down -42% for the year and down -76% in a year, down -98% since its pre-GFC peak. It's toast. But it is taking a very long time to die. The Swiss National Bank declined to comment or support what is Switzerland's second-largest bank, (UBS is the largest) even after an appeal for help from the bank, after its largest investor, the Saudi National Bank with 10%, said it could not provide Credit Suisse with more financial assistance because of regulatory constraints.Other large European banks took a share market beating too. Deutsche Bank fell -9% yesterday to be down -12% for the year. BNP Paribas fell -10% overnight to be -5% lower for the year. And HSBC fell -5% on the day, although it is up +9% so far in 2023. Banco Santander fell -7% overnight, but is still up +13% for the year after that. UBS fell -9% yesterday.The UST 10yr yield starts today at 3.47% and down a risk-off -14 bps from this time yesterday. (Recall, its recent peak was 4.08% on March 3, 2023.) But the UST 2-10 rate curve is very much less inverted and now at -40 bps. The price of gold will open today at US$1933/oz and up +US$24 from this time yesterday.And oil prices start today down very sharply, down -US$7 at just on US$66/bbl in the US. The international Brent price is now just under US$72/bbl. For oil, these are very large daily retreats.The Kiwi dollar has fallen away against the greenback on the risk-off sentiment, now at 61.8 USc and down almost -½c. Against the Aussie we are firmer at 93.6 AUc and a new high for the year. Against the euro we are firm too at 58.6 euro cents and up +½c. That keeps the TWI-5 at up 70.5 and little-changed from week-ago levels.The bitcoin price is sharply lower today, now at US$24,228 and down -5.6% from this time yesterday. And volatility over the past 24 hours has been very high at +/-4.0%.You can find links to the articles mentioned today in our show notes.And get more news affecting the economy in New Zealand from interest.co.nz.Kia ora. I'm David Chaston and we'll do this again tomorrow.

Driving Volvo's flagship XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid SUV, a luxury dual motorall-wheel-drive at $101,990 with a 2.0-litre supercharged and turbocharged petrolfour-cylinder engine and a rear mounted electric motor – total power 335kW, 709Nm of torque driving through an 8-speed automatic. In short, its blisteringlyquick, the fastest Volvo yet built. Upgraded last year with a larger 18.8kw/hbattery providing a claimed electric only range of 76km. Enough for the dailycommute, rechargeable on a 3.6kW charger in around 4 hours. The Volvo XC60Recharge hybrid is no lightweight at 2146 kilos which reflects in a stiff ride fromits adaptive air suspension, not helped by large 21-inch alloy wheels and low-profile tyres. Disappointingly, unlike other XC60 models it only gets a repair kitrather than a spare tyre. Despite its heft, well weighted electric steering andexcellent four-wheel ventilated disc brakes give it real confidence on ademanding road. I found the electric range quoted reasonably accurate - it alsobenefits from the ability to provide some charge on the run switching betweenelectric and internal combustion engines without fuss - I managed combinedcycle motoring in hybrid mode of 3.1L/100, once the battery was expended justover 7L on 95 octane petrol. I'm David BerthonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MRC wrestles with the second half of January 1965, featuring Tales of Suspense 61 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish 63 with Giant Man and the Hulk, X-Men 9 and Avengers 12! Continued confusion about which Asian country has which martial art! Distended foreheads! Put-upon tourists! Disappointingly ape-less Red Ghosts!

Rummaging around through my digital files last week, I discovered this paragraph: The very experience of 21st century living, with its utterly bewildering array of nearly limitless choice—in knowledge, information, entertainment, commodities, interests, lifestyles, and so on—has the psychological effect of fragmenting our lives, and destroying any illusion that there might be one overarching truth or ‘big story'. There is no fixed truth, no unifying story, no galvanizing purpose. There is nothing that explains me, or locates me in the world as part of a fixed tradition or community.  Everything is difference, diversity, plasticity, fluidity. It is up to the individual to try to fashion some satisfactory ‘self', some thing that is uniquely and authentically ‘me', by selecting from the google-sized cultural menu.It's from an article I wrote 15 years ago reviewing David Wells's book Above all Earthly Pow'rs: Christ in a Postmodern World, which I suspect many of you will never have heard of, but which was quite the thing in 2007. Books are like sermons in this regard. Even the best of them get forgotten; it just takes a little longer.I came across this article because I was searching for background reading on truth and lies, in preparation for the CCL event on ‘Deception' that's coming up next week. (It's not too late to register!) And Wells's book casts a fascinating perspective on that subject. He charts the collapse of the modernist confidence of the Enlightenment, that humanity could find its own way to the truth about life and the universe.The Enlightenment project failed, he suggests, for a number of reasons. At one level, it simply failed to deliver. The modernist dream was that humanity would craft its own destiny, and that science and education would lead us all into a unified bright new tomorrow. We were promised progress, enlightenment, knowledge and an inspiring humanist quest for truth. Instead we got the holocaust, propaganda, a nuclear arms race and environmental degradation.But it also failed, he argues, because of the very structure of its thought, and all that followed from it. The Enlightenment ideal is profoundly individualistic. Human reason and experience is sovereign, which means that my reason and experience is sovereign—so who are you to tell me what to do? Or to tell me what constitutes ‘progress'? Or what ‘truth' is?In the end, Wells argues, the Enlightenment dream buckled, sagged and collapsed under the massive variety and weight of the consumer options that have opened before 21st century Westerners. We didn't become ‘postmodern' because we all started reading Derrida and Foucault but because contemporary culture is built on ‘you doing you' and ‘me doing me' (as we now say it), and we now have the financial and technological resources for us to try to do just that. Postmodern culture is an individualistic consumer culture in which I define meaning for myself by what I buy and choose and experience; by how I thus create the unique thing that is ‘me'.So what does this mean for how we think about lying and deception in a postmodern world?Disappointingly for my preparation, Wells doesn't explore this angle, nor (therefore) did my review.His interest lies elsewhere, in how the postmodern crisis of ‘truth' relates to how Christians preach the gospel.And so, as is so often the case when you rummage around in old books and articles, I found myself going down a completely different rabbit hole. But it was also one that very much relates to current events and issues.The big issue for Wells—and it is still very much ours 15 years later—is how secular, postmodern people deal with the fracturing of truth and meaning, and how churches deal with it, as they reach out with the gospel in this environment.He notes that while church-going and general trust in Christianity has declined in the West, interest in ‘spirituality' and ‘spiritual experience' has not. He cites a survey showing how in the same period in which church attendance in Britain fell from 28% to 8% of the population, the number of people who described themselves as ‘spiritual' or having had ‘spiritual experiences' rose from 48% to 76%.There is a spiritual yearning there. Can Christians bring the gospel to that spiritual yearning?Here is where Wells asks a crucial question that many others in the early 21st century weren't asking, and are still not asking: Just what kind of spiritual yearning does the postmodern person typically have?Here's my summary and reflection on his answer (from the 2007 review):As Wells describes it—and his analysis rings very true—the current spiritual quest is intensely personalized, individualized and eclectic. It is part of the postmodern person's project to make their life happy, satisfying, fulfilled and meaningful. It is about finding something real and meaningful in my life, given that I have lost confidence in a big Answer coming from an outside God. It's like another panel on my Facebook page: my spirituality. And I may draw on tidbits of whatever spiritual knowledge or technique will help with that search and that process.Here Wells comes to one of the key insights of this very insightful book. He argues that while the postmodern spiritual yearning has unique features thrown up by the particular cultural forces of our time, in its core structure and nature it bears a striking resemblance to a kind of spirituality that Christians have done battle with long before in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD—the ancient form of primal spirituality that took the form of gnosticism. It too was a spirituality intensely distrustful of dogma and external revelation. It too was a deeply privatised spirituality where the sacred was approached through the self. And it too was a spirituality that reached from man to God, attempting to find salvation and blessing apart from the grace of Christ.In other words, gnosticism was not a close cousin to Christian spirituality, a kind of fellow-traveller or precursor to Christian understanding. It was its diametric opposite and enemy. And when such a rival is on the field, adaptation, dialogue and tactical engagement are not viable strategies. The only appropriate response, argues Wells, is confrontation—otherwise known as “speaking the truth in love” (Eph 4:15).The early church perceived this, vigorously opposed gnosticism, and was granted in God's kindness a history-making victory.The church at the end of the 20th century, on the other hand, has seen the self-focused, anti-revelational, lifestyle-oriented spirituality of our time as a phenomenon not to be confronted but to be accommodated. By seeing merely the surface attitude of ‘seeking', and not the deep antipathy between the two kinds of spirituality, modern evangelicals have filled megachurches with people who don't trust revelation, filter their experience of God through the self and its desires, and come along because the breezy, interactive, virtually contentless meetings make them feel good, and contribute to the project that is their lifestyle.This is a vital point as we think about reaching our culture with the gospel. The desires, wants and spiritual yearnings of postmodernity are not a variation on Christian spirituality. They are as starkly opposite and as deadly to Christian thought and practice as was gnosticism …Wells sharply criticises the ‘seeker-service' movement for not perceiving this, and for offering a revelation-less, repentance-lite, therapeutic spirituality which gives unchurched baby boomers exactly the spiritual package they want—one that helps them to sustain relationships, handle stress, improve their life, and all without relinquishing their fundamental autonomy over their lives…… This is the danger for evangelicals as we think about how Christ can be preached to a postmodern world … We see a particular demographic group before us—Generation X or Y or Z, or seniors or juniors or whoever it might be—and we begin to feel that if only we could find the key to their heart, the cultural pheromones that would attract them to us, then we would surely be able to win them over to Christ. If we can only craft our package in such a way as to show them Christ is the answer to their spiritual yearnings—for meaning, for relationships, for community—then to Christ they will turn.So I started reading this old article thinking it might help me think about truth and lies. But instead it got me juiced up again about the gospel and truth and evangelistic strategy—which has also been much on my mind recently. The new Learn the Gospel resource is now officially launched and available, and just last Friday I submitted the final manuscript of an evangelistic book based on Two ways to live.For both of those resources, one of the key convictions is that the gospel—in our knowledge of it and preaching of it—is a truth claim. It doesn't seek to mould itself to the desires of its hearers but to call on them to repent of those desires in light of the truth about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It proclaims a true reality beyond myself that calls upon me to spurn my self-focus and personal gnosticism, and turn to God in Christ.The alternative idea that ‘truth' comes from within and is personal is not new (as Wells points out). No doubt the current, postmodern version of this has its own unique features, but it is a species of the age-old and ever-present human problem—which is to reject the real truth of God, and replace it with a ‘truth' of our own making. And when confronted about this reality, we excuse ourselves and say, like Pilate, “What is truth?”In reaching out to a post-truth or anti-truth culture, it's easy to lose our nerve. I don't know how many times in the past 15 years I've had someone say to me some variation of the following: “Yes, I know the gospel proclaims the truth, and I believe that. But is ‘truth' something that resonates with people today? We're not a ‘truth' generation. We're more interested in what works in our lives. We're more likely to get evangelistic traction if we can show them that Christianity makes a difference to them personally, that it solves their deepest problems …” And so on and so forth. This is profoundly mistaken, and sends us down the road towards the kind of pop-culture liberalism that Wells warned us about in 2007.The gospel can't negotiate with the individualistic, secular gnosticism of the 21st century, any more than it could in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. In proclaiming the victory and lordship of Jesus, we're bringing news of liberation from our enslaving, self-focused desires, not the fulfilment of them.The final sentence of my article in 2007 put it this way:The world may seek a million ways to live, but we preach two ways to live.PSIf you'd like to come along to the CCL event on Deception, or tune in via livestream (personally or in your small group), you'll need to register post-haste. All the details are here.As I mentioned above, the wait is also (finally) over for getting hold of the first of the new Two ways to liveresources. For those who haven't caught up with this, the old Two ways to live training course has been divided in half and completely rewritten. It now comes in two parts:* Learn the Gospel: a book/course to teach Christians what the gospel is (using the 2wtl framework).* Share the Gospel: a book/course on how to share that gospel with others in everyday life and conversation.It's the first of those that is now available. It consists of a very nicely produced book, plus free online videos, and is designed to be very easily done in existing small groups. Check out all the details here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.twoways.news/subscribe

For about 15 years, Joey played fantasy football. He, fortunately, escaped the rubble a few years back, but Sean is still in the endless cycle of torture. Drafting players is fun. Managing those players throughout the season is HIGHLY frustrating. But boy, it's fun to hear Sean get riled up about it. On the plus side, the rise of fantasy football did give us the excellent Fantasy Files commercials. Here are some of the highlights.  We're also covering a silly sports cliche about having the right pieces. And sorry that Sean talks about his fantasy team. We know that's always gross. Just like fantasy football in general.

Through the first three games of their weekend series with the Angels, the Mariners struggled mightily to capitalize on offensive opportunities and wound up dropping a pair of losses as a result. Hosts Ty Dane Gonzalez and Colby Patnode dish out some hard truths about the offensive woes, look at Colby's 30-26 ranked prospects in the Mariners' farm system and discuss what Logan Gilbert needs to do in order to get back on track against the Yankees on Monday night. Be sure to follow or subscribe to Locked On Mariners wherever you prefer your podcasts! For questions and other inquiries, email: lockedonmariners@gmail.com Stay up to date with all things Mariners at Inside the Mariners - a FanNation website covering the Seattle Mariners on the Sports Illustrated network. Follow the show on Twitter: @LO_Mariners | @danegnzlz | @CPat11 | @InsideMariners For more of Ty and Colby, check out their Patreon: patreon.com/controlthezone/ LinkedIn LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Did you know every week, nearly 40 million job seekers visit LinkedIn? Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONMLB. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Through the first three games of their weekend series with the Angels, the Mariners struggled mightily to capitalize on offensive opportunities and wound up dropping a pair of losses as a result. Hosts Ty Dane Gonzalez and Colby Patnode dish out some hard truths about the offensive woes, look at Colby's 30-26 ranked prospects in the Mariners' farm system and discuss what Logan Gilbert needs to do in order to get back on track against the Yankees on Monday night.Be sure to follow or subscribe to Locked On Mariners wherever you prefer your podcasts! For questions and other inquiries, email: lockedonmariners@gmail.comStay up to date with all things Mariners at Inside the Mariners - a FanNation website covering the Seattle Mariners on the Sports Illustrated network.Follow the show on Twitter: @LO_Mariners | @danegnzlz | @CPat11 | @InsideMarinersFor more of Ty and Colby, check out their Patreon: patreon.com/controlthezone/LinkedInLinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Did you know every week, nearly 40 million job seekers visit LinkedIn? Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONMLB.BetOnlineBetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since the start of this season of Cold Case: Frozen Tundra, many listeners, community members, and those close to the investigation have provided new and exciting information on the case. In this episode, we cover some of those tips and potential new leads. Disappointingly - though, in another very real sense, excitingly - investigators close to the case asked Cold Case: Frozen Tundra, just before the show aired, to help keep a couple of the most interesting leads private…at least for a few weeks. We discuss what this means for the investigation moving forward. After this episode, Cold Case: Frozen Tundra will take a brief, 3-4 week break as we work with investigators to follow up on some exciting new possibilities in the case. We will soon return to discuss those in more detail!Badger State Brewing Badger State Brewing makes the beers that fuel the Cold Case: Frozen Tundra podcast. Try them out!Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

I have had a glimpse of Hell. I have swum the waters of the Styx and crawled up the bank on the far side. I did it all in the hunt for the single stem garden plant support. When I say I swam, it might be nearer the truth to say that I sweated my way up the hill in a waterproof in more humidity than I anticipated. Having spent half an hour in this endeavour, I arrived at the gates of hell to be met by a stout woman in a green apron and fetching matching blue face mask and rubber gloves. “May I go straight in?” I asked, pointing at the gaping jaws that opened and closed as they spewed out shoppers and ingested the unsuspecting. “Get away from me she commanded.” Her large blue hand extending towards my face Lord Kitchener style. “Move,” she barked. I took a step back. “You'll have to queue.” “I'm sorry. I didn't realise there was a queue,” I said, vaguely wafting the all purpose cane about in front of me. “Well there is.” She turned away. “Where do I need to go? ” I asked. She didn't answer but started a conversation with someone else. I blundered about a bit and took out a couple of posts that were strung together with invisible cord to denote the place we had to queue to pass through gates of Hell. As we snaked our way forward, our instructor said to the man in front of me. “it's so nice when people think about others and OBSERVE the social distancing rules. Thank you. It's lovely when people are considerate, unlike SOME people.” “Take a trolley and you can go in.” “I don't need a trolley,” I said, doing a bit more cane jiggling. “It's the rule. If you don't take a trolley you can't go in.” I took the trolley and wobbled towards the entrance. There must have been a roaring trade in hazard tape because they seem to have completely sold out, and had resorted to, giving us poor sinners, mere clues. We navigated our way through the circles of damnation; through lighting, bathroom fixtures, all the way to paint and garden accessories with the merest hint of a clue provided by grey arrows on a grey floor, which everyone largely ignored. There was not a blue fingered angel in sight to guide us on our way. Magically, help was at hand. The single stem plant support was in stock and could be found in one of three places.  Disappointingly, that particular bit of magic was a mere illusion. None of the three places yielded it up. All was not lost though, because they were definitely in stock. It was just that nobody knew where they were. I didn't know where I was either. Having spent an afternoon crashing about in #Homebase, in a state of infernal damnation, in search of enlightenment, I now found myself at that special place in Hell, reserved for Brexiteers and hapless shoppers like me. I was in the final circle of damnation, where the chill winds, of having to pay for the privilege, now penetrated my bones, to the cry of “cards only”. This too, was a commandment that had passed me by. Having breached the first blind commandment of Covid, “though shalt not go shopping,” I had looked the dangers of disobedience in the face and survived. With a scaled back bus timetable, I had met and surpassed my daily exercise ambitions and managed a couple of grumpy exchanges with real people in real time. Then I did what anyone else would have done. I went on line. Delivery is tomorrow. Image is Siobhain Santry's drawing of Lord Kitchener wearing a face mask and blue latex gloves pointing. 

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THE CONCLUSION OF LORD OF THE RINGS, THE SCOURING OF THE SHIRE, IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW Near the end of Tolkien's masterpiece is a chapter describing how the Hobbits returned to their home country and found a disaster that in some ways mirrors today's. The point of this post is that we are not in a unique or novel situation. Tolkien, Orwell, and many others through the ages wrote about times like ours, and our parents and grandparents lived through them. We face ancient human evils. Once we know this, we understand that we must act as our forefathers acted—with courage, sacrifice, and resolution. Back to Tolkien:The land looked rather sad and forlorn… (and there was) an unusual amount of burning going on, and smoke rose from many points round about… Through rows of new mean houses along each side of the road, they saw the new mill in all its frowning and dirty ugliness: a great brick building straddling the stream, which it fouled with a steaming and stinking overflow. All along the Bywater Road every tree had been felled.As they crossed the bridge and looked up the Hill they gasped… The Old Grange on the west side had been knocked down, and its place taken by rows of tarred sheds. All the chestnuts were gone. The banks and hedgerows were broken. Great waggons were standing in disorder in a field beaten bare of grass. Bagshot Row was a yawning sand and gravel quarry…Predators had grabbed power and were stealing from everyone:'What's the matter with the place?' said Merry. 'Has it been a bad year, or what? I thought it had been a fine summer and harvest.''Well no, the year's been good enough,' said Hob. 'We grows a lot of food, but we don't rightly know what becomes of it. It's all these "gatherers" and "sharers", I reckon, going round counting and measuring and taking off to storage. They do more gathering than sharing, and we never see most of the stuff again.'There were new laws, free speech was gone, and businesses were closed.(full article at robertyoho.substack.com)Although Tolkien denied it, his observers have always thought this chapter was metaphorical and possibly about Britain after WWII. His description of the lies, suppression of dissent, and selling totalitarianism using failed socialist ideas are close to our world today. We now have millions dead from a manufactured virus, and millions more are being murdered with a poisonous vaccine and by withholding true therapies. All this is being done to gather power and wealth into the hands of a few. What is happening is ancient, recurrent, and even Biblical. It should surprise no historian. Since our tale is still being written, we must still fight. Monstrous evil still stalks among us, and it could win. But there are many more of us than there are “ruffians,” so we will prevail if we defend ourselves. Disappointingly, many of our warriors are immigrants, for they understand America's hope better than most of us do. I beg all of you to stand with us. It is not over. Awake! Awake! Fear, Fire, Foes.Awake! Fire, Foes! Awake!Support the show

There's only room to go up, right? The Halo series has been a rollercoaster thus far, and episode two proved to be one of the lower parts of the ride. Join us on this bonus episode of The Game Informer Show as we break down what we liked and hated from this week's adventure. Alex Stadnik, Andrew Reiner, and Brian Shea are back for another week of analysis and are SPOILING the entirety of Chief's adventure. If you're interested in our thoughts on the first show, be sure to check out our review discussion of last week's episode, Contact. Chief and new friend Kwan have escaped the clutches of the UNSC and are on a quest to figure out what the mysterious artifact is that John-117 stole from The Covenant on Madrigal. Back on Reach, the military arm of the human population finally agrees to let Dr. Halsey go forward with her plans for Cortana in light of the Chief's shocking act of disobedience. We're also introduced to Soren-066 and learn of his history with everyone's favorite giant green Spartan. Does any of this week's episode land? Disappointingly (and resoundingly) no, but you'll have to listen to get our full thoughts. As stated last week, the Halo review marks a new series for The GI Show, one we're hoping you'll give your feedback on. This is an experiment for us, and we'd love to know what you like and what you think could go better. We'd also love to see what you want us to cover after the Halo series, whether that would be more spoilercasts, gaming book clubs, or whatever else you can think of. Thanks for watching, and we hope you enjoy the show! For those looking for the regular GI Show, head over to YouTube or your favorite podcast services to learn more about our time at GDC 2022, our Weird West impressions, and our thoughts on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 getting delayed.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is The Methods of Rationality, Part 5: Chapter 5: The Fundamental Attribution Error, published by Eliezer Yudkowsky. J. K. Rowling is staring at you. Can you feel her eyes on you? She's reading your mind using her Rowling Rays. "It would've required a supernatural intervention for him to have your morality given his environment." The Moke Shop was a quaint little shop (some might even say cute) ensconced behind a vegetable stall that was behind a magical glove shop that was on an alleyway off a side street of Diagon Alley. Disappointingly, the shopkeeper was not a wizened ancient crone; just a nervous-looking young woman wearing faded yellow robes. Right now she was holding out a Moke Super Pouch QX31, whose selling point was that it had a Widening Lip as well as an Undetectable Extension Charm: you could actually fit big things in it, though the total volume was still limited. Harry had insisted on coming here straight away, first thing - insisted as hard as he thought he could without making Professor McGonagall suspicious. Harry had something he needed to put into the pouch as soon as possible. It wasn't the bag of Galleons that Professor McGonagall had allowed him to withdraw from Gringotts. It was all the other Galleons that Harry had surreptitiously shoved into his pocket after falling into a heap of gold coins. That had been a real accident, but Harry was never one to discard an opportunity... though it'd really been more of a spur-of-the-moment thing. Ever since Harry had been awkwardly carrying the allowed bag of Galleons next to his trouser pocket, so that any jingling would seem to come from the right place. This still left the question of how he was actually going to get the other coins into the pouch without getting caught. The golden coins might have been his, but they were still stolen - self-stolen? Auto-thieved? Harry looked up from the Moke Super Pouch QX31 on the counter in front of him. "Can I try this for a bit? To make sure it works, um, reliably?" He widened his eyes in an expression of boyish, playful innocence. Sure enough, after ten repetitions of putting the coin-bag into the pouch, reaching in, whispering "bag of gold", and taking it out, Professor McGonagall took a step away and began examining some of the other items in the shop, and the shopkeeper turned her head to watch. Harry dropped the bag of gold into the mokeskin pouch with his left hand; his right hand came out of his pocket tightly holding some of the gold coins, reached into the mokeskin pouch, dropped the loose Galleons, and (with a whisper of "bag of gold") retrieved the original bag. Then the bag went back into his left hand, to be dropped in again, and Harry's right hand went back into his pocket... Professor McGonagall looked back at him once, but Harry managed to avoid freezing or flinching, and she didn't seem to notice anything. Though you never did quite know, with the adults that had a sense of humour. It took three iterations to get the job done, and Harry guessed he'd managed to steal maybe thirty Galleons from himself. Harry reached up, wiped a bit of sweat from his forehead, and exhaled. "I'd like this one, please." Fifteen Galleons lighter (twice the price of a wizard's wand, apparently) and one Moke Super Pouch QX31 heavier, Harry and Professor McGonagall pushed their way out of the door. The door formed a hand and waved goodbye to them as they left, extruding its arm in a way that made Harry feel a bit queasy. And then, unfortunately... "Are you really Harry Potter?" whispered the old man, one huge tear sliding down his cheek. "You wouldn't lie about that, would you? Only I'd heard rumours that you didn't really survive the Killing Curse and that's why no one ever heard from you again." ...it seemed that Professor McGonagall's disguise spell was less than perfectl...

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The scoreboard showed it was more a red than a Green Day yesterday. It's the Restump Podcast review of the Freo's loss to the roaring Lions.From about six weeks ago it was always a going to be a struggle to make the finals. However the results kept falling our way which kept us with a flicker of hope. Yesterday our destiny was in our own hands but sadly we used Jack Darlings hands by mistake. We've now fallen into that prolonging the inevitable “mathematical chance” bracket.The story of the day was seemingly the Lions returning to their red-hot form applying relentless pressure while we couldn't have hit a car driving a semi-trailer the wrong way up a single lane one way street!The effort and the intensity was there from the purple players but we couldn't match the ferocious level of the Lions. But if you don't use tackle you can't catch a fish… a lion type fish! Freo's 35 tackles to the Brisbane's 71 was never going to get it done and our 6 to their 25 inside 50 tackles only made matters worse.Jarrod Berry drove Andy Brayshaw bananas but Brayshaw still delivered a fruitful performance. However, comparing Cerra's and Mundy's skill game to their usual level is comparing apples and oranges.  Uncharacteristically the defenders collectively had a poor day, beaten convincingly by Brisbane. But Hayden Young was the exception to the rule. The forward line was as dysfunctional as we have seen it so there is plenty of work to be done to become a cohesive unit. Disappointingly the forward pressure was non-existent! Again, though while there is always an exception to every rule, Josh Treacy's performance was above serviceable and the longer the game went the better he got.The nucleus of a serious team exists. Tough decisions need to be made at seasons end and we have to astutely build around it over the next two drafts. Sustainable finals success could well be the result if we get that right.Finals in 2021 are now all but impossible but there is still plenty to play for. With the pressure and expectation off, the round 22 Derby is now a free hit… and we don't mean on Andy Gaff…. or do we!    It's safe to say the purple pod isn't plastered with positivity this week and going on the reaction of Jojo's youngster, Jojo Junior, in the background, he wasn't impressed with our work. There's 40 plus minutes of Docker dissection drivel though so click play and turn it up…. if only to drown out the thunder and rain!

In this episode, I'm joined by Rhiannon Linington-Payne – current Welsh International 400m athlete, Head of Competition at Welsh Athletics and National-level hockey player, who highlights her experiences with disordered eating, and how sport played a facilitative role within her recovery. At an influential, impressionable age, Rhiannon found herself within a harmful, competitive environment where weight loss was celebrated and disordered, destructive behaviours were normalised… thus triggering her unhealthy habits and mentality towards her food and body.She discusses the inadequate support she received when she developed the courage to seek support. Disappointingly, weight gain and increasing caloric intake was the primary focus… the mental complications and underlying psychological factors were seemingly ignored.And despite the years of growth, it's a continuing battle, where voices and thoughts resurface. I suppose understandably as it was so heavily ingrained for a prolonged period.However, the performance element of her sport was the driver and motivation towards recovery. Determined to ensure her behaviours were healthy to allow progression within her training and subsequent competitions… wanting to fuel her body, to feel strong, powerful, capable, and successfully achieve in her sport. Thus, highlighting one of the many positive attributions of sport participation.We also discuss the empowering nature of strength training. The overwhelming sense of accomplishment, the release, and satisfying progression… again acting as a motivator to remain healthy mentally and psychologically. And finally, we relate on our continues frustrations of gym closures and the disappointment within our government with their refusal to acknowledge how much these environments contribute to positive physical and psychological health. 

Forbes recently released an article referring to the importance of empowering employees with statistics that over a third of organizations that empower their staff tend to experience revenue growth between 10-30%, and 16% of these organizations experienced growth above 30%. Disappointingly though, while 90% of businesses tend to see the importance of empowering their team at all levels, only 7% of those actually make it a reality. Although Forbes mentions many businesses to look at for such examples of developing, leading, and empowering teams such as the Ritz Carlton, and Disney, it is a church that has caught my attention on their intentionality of making leadership a priority and what appears to be a success story of development, leadership, and empowerment of their team.Today we have Senior Pastor of Risen Life Church, Kevin Lund, with us to share some insight on his success in leading and empowering teams. Kevin's apparent gift of leadership in putting together a team, developing them as leaders, and then empowering his team is one I am inspired by and I am excited for us to learn more about his tips and suggestions on how to carry over some tools he's used to help our own leadership skills to develop and empower the teams we lead.Connect with Kevin Lund via email at kevin@risenlifeutah.org.This episode sponsored by PostNet.For more information contact:PostNetOwners: Paul and Linda SchieleFor quotes or questions email: ut113@postnet.comWebsite: www.postnet.com/ut113Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/hollyshighlights)

Starling Tribune - Season 5 Edition – Bratva (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) #139   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   Episode:            “Bratva” [Season 5 Episode 12] Air Date:           Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Director:      Ben Bray                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004554/?ref_=tt_ov_dr                    1x Arrow | 1x Legends | 1x Lucifer | 1x Shadowhunters                    Writers:       Oscar Balderrama                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2421455/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr4 9x Arrow | 1x Drop Dead Diva | 2x Eli Stone   Emilio Ortega Aldrich                    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3598136/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 8x Arrow Promo: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/arrow-season-5-episode-12-promo-bratva-a-familiar-face-from-the-a148612     Weekly Ratings   Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating Arrow 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 12-Oct-16 1.94 03 A Matter Of Trust 19-Oct-16 1.79 04 Penance 26-Oct-16 1.87 05 Human Target 2-Nov-16 1.61 06 So It Begins 9-Nov-16 1.95 07 Vigilante 16-Nov-16 1.86 08 Invasion 30-Nov-16 3.55 09 What We Leave Behind 7-Dec-16 1.94 10 Who Are You 25-Jan-17 1.68 11 Second Chances 1-Feb-17 1.91 12 Bratva 8-Feb-17 1.61 13 Spectre Of The Gun 15-Feb-17 14 The Sin-Eater 22-Feb-17 15 Fighting Fire with Fire 1-Mar-17 16 Checkmate TBD 17 Kapot TBD   Legends Of Tomorrow Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Out Of Time 13-Oct-2016 3.01 02 Justice Society of America 20-Oct-2016 2.83 03 Shogun 27-Oct-2016 2.71 04 Abominations 3-Nov-2016 1.75 05 Compromised 10-Nov-2016 1.77 06 Outlaw Country 17-Nov-2016 1.85 07 Invasion 1-Dec-2016 3.39 08 The Chicago Way 8-Dec-2016 2.00 09 Raiders Of The Lost Art 24-Jan-2016 1.74 10 The Legion Of Doom 31-Jan-2017 1.78 11 Turncoast 7-Feb-17 1.89   Supergirl Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 The Adventures of Supergirl 10-Oct-16 3.06 02 The Last Children of Krypton 17-Oct-16 2.66 03 Welcome to Earth 24-Oct-16 2.65 04 Survivors 31-Oct-16 2.22 05 Crossfire 7-Nov-16 2.47 06 Changing 14-Nov-16 2.35 07 The Darkest Place 21-Nov-16 2.61 08 Medusa 28-Nov-16 3.53 09 Supergirl Lives 23-Jan-17 2.65 10 We Can Be Heroes 30-Jan-17 2.35 11 The Martian Chronicles 6-Feb-17 2.4   THE FLASH Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date  / Rating 01 Flashpoint 4-Oct-16 3.17 02 Paradox 11-Oct-16 2.80 03 Magenta 18-Oct-16 2.67 04 The New Rogues 25-Oct-16 2.80 05 Monster 1-Nov-16 2.77 06 Shade 15-Nov-16 3.01 07 Killer Frost 22-Nov-16 2.95 08 Invasion! 29-Nov-16 4.15 09 The Present 6-Dec-16 3.14 10 Borrowing Problems From The Future 24-Jan-17 2.68 11 Dead Or Alive 31-Jan-17 3.06 12 Untouchable 7-Feb-17 2.94   Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters   What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name The team has to go to Russia to stop the sale of a nuke Ollie needs Anatoly's help in the present What it means to be Bratva; the oath is for life Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts Opening fight - mostly hand-to-hand Ollie catches arrow shot by Talia Lots of gunfights End sequence - Ragman gets guys, gun shots, chase, Canary cry, Rory shields nuke Flashbacks: Share your thoughts Ollie trains with Talia Talia is all about Ollie keeping his promise to his father and to go back to Starling City and right the wrongs Ollie kills drug dealer - the drug is the one Thea was on (FB in the FB) Ollie goes back to Anatoly Likely to tell Anatoly he wants to leave, but Anatoly beaten, promises to help him kill Gregor Ollie:   Still struggling with overcoming past and being better Tries to resist being part of Bratva, but does favor for Anatoly to get intel on Walker Tells Diggle and Felicity that they work well because they are better than him Feels as though Prometheus is infecting his team; Diggle and Felicity willing to cross the line, but that's his job Diggle Filled with rage - Walker is out and need to get him now Uses captive as a punching bag - gets no intel Doesn't kill Walker because he remembers what Ollie says Thea Not in episode Felicity Uses Pandora to find intel on guy; threatens him with info to get info - flanked by Rory and Curtis “Fight fire with fire” Can't hack nuke to disarm it; willing to sacrifice self by flying plane with nuke Gets text from Helix/Alana - use Pandora for more than Walker Quentin Lance Out of rehab! Volunteers to be interviewed by Susan Walker Admits he still struggles; has to figure out how to deal with everything and remain sober Curtis Additional tech support Learns Russian on plane So cute playing tough, flashes gun Wild Dog Helps prep Lance for interview Not afraid to push Lance's buttons Tells Susan story - Lance caught him tagging; Lance told him he could be better Dinah Drake / Black Canary Nice that she's a meta Tells Ollie that his past isn't an anchor; he is more than a thug Can handle her vodka Artemis Off being a traitor Ragman Voice of humanity Gives Felicity the “With great power comes great responsibility” talk Uses rags to shield nuke The nuke “kills” the rags; leaves (one superpower leaves b/c another on team) D.A. Adrian Chase Fends off questions from Susan Williams Susan Williams Hadn't slept with Ollie yet Digging into Malone's death Ends up going easy on Lance because of Rene's story Finally has sexytimes with Ollie; wants to know about him; he doesn't want to tell her yet Meets with contact; learns Ollie with Bratva and there was someone like the Green Arrow in Russia during Ollie's time there; figures it out Bratva Anatoly decks Ollie upon arrival Upset that Ollie did not honor deal w/Leonov Gregor loyal to Kovar - Ollie helped Anatoly w/Gregor, so owed Anatoly upset that Ollie refuses to honor oath; oath to Bratva is for life Prometheus New developments: Known facts: 30 years old? Ollie's past and that he is Arrow; knows about The List How to fight like Ollie; studied with person Ollie did while in Russia Has a tolerance to Diazepam (Valium); can shake off getting sedated Where and how to get Ollie's old arrows to make his own Team Flash - how they keep metas at Star Labs; Black Siren Sara, the Legends, the Waverider, time travel, and parallel worlds Faked Lyla's voice to lure Diggle Michelle's List O'Suspects: (I'm keeping this active until the mask comes off) Tommy Merlyn Susan Williams (investigating Ollie) Robert Queen - too old? Claybourne's son Adrian Chase (but more likely to become Vigilante) Helena Bertinelli Isabel Rochev Mckenna Hall Shado Talia al Ghul Roy - too young? Some guy from the Bratva Some new character Lingering Questions / Issues Where does Ollie live?   ARROW NEWS:   ARROW, THE FLASH, And SUPERGIRL Episode Descriptions Tease Gorilla Grodd, Mr. Mxyzptlk, And More (Date: 03 Feb 2017) Week of February 20th - Arrow - "The Sin-Eater" -China White, Cupid and Liza Warner break out of Iron Heights and head to Star City for revenge. Oliver tries to bring in the newly formed girl gang but the ACU intervenes mid-fight. To his surprise, they are there to arrest the Green Arrow for the murder of Detective Malone. Meanwhile, Lance feels responsible for the prison break after Warner tells him she heard about him working with Damien Darhk Supergirl - "Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk" - When Mr. Mxyzptlk (guest star Peter Gadiot), a magical imp, shows up on Earth and declares his love for Kara (Melissa Benoist), she tries to let him down easy, thinking him harmless. However, he decides it's a challenge and starts to wreak havoc on National City. The Flash - "Attack on Gorilla City" - When Jesse Quick informs the team that her father has been abducted, Barry, Caitlin, Cisco and Julian voyage to Earth-2 on a rescue mission to save Harry from Gorilla City. Barry and the team are captured and brought to Grodd . Grodd tells them he needs their help to stop Solovar, the leader of Gorilla City, as Solovar wants to invade Earth-1. Link:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/the_flash/arrow-the-flash-and-supergirl-episode-descriptions-tease-gorilla-a148649   ARROW'S RAMSEY SAYS PROMETHEUS IS THE ‘CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER' (Date: 08 Feb 2017) Speaking to CBR, Ramsey discussed how jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire makes Dig feel right at home as a soldier and a serviceman. He also teased Dig's friendship with Dinah Drake, the new Black Canary, as well as the looming threat of General Walker and Team Arrow's visit to Russia. About his role in the team, he said, “He's a serviceman. He's a soldier. He's the guy who lays on a grenade. So that's what he immediately gets to. He gets to helping Dinah. He gets back to helping the team. He sees that Felicity is compromised, and he calls her on it immediately. Before he gets back out on the field — which he does! — we'll see him kind of getting back to service, of being a help, which is in the best possible way I could say that… but the moral help, I should say. The moral compass. And the team needs it. When he comes back, the team needs it. Dinah needs it, and Felicity particularly needs it.” Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-david-ramsey-spartan-black-canary-dinah-drake-general-walker-russia-felicity-bratva-prometheus-interview/     GENERAL DC TV NEWS The JSA Returns In This Synopsis For LEGENDS OF TOMORROW Season 2 Episode 12: "Camelot/3000" (Date: 03 Feb 2017) ALL FOR ONE — The Legends continue their quest to hunt down the Spear of Destiny before the pieces fall into the hands of the Legion of Doom. The Legends discover that pieces of the Spear are each being guarded in different time periods by members of the JSA. Their first stop is the future where they find Dr. Mid-Nite which eventually leads them to the past and King Arthur's Camelot, where Stargirl is protecting her piece of the Spear. In order to protect the Spear shard from the now-evil Rip Hunter, the Legends must join forces with the Knights of the Round Table. Original airdate 2/21/2017. Link:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/legends_of_tomorrow/the-jsa-returns-in-this-synopsis-for-legends-of-a148657   EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Sorbo Talks Joining 'Supergirl,' Teri Hatcher to Play His Wife (Date: 07 Feb 2017) Kevin Sorbo is ready for Supergirl. The Hercules star talked to ET's Ashley Crossan at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday, where he dished on what fans can expect from his role on the CW show. "I'm heading up to Vancouver, and I'll be doing a three-show arc, and Teri Hatcher's playing my wife. I'm from another planet that's an arch-rival planet of Krypton," he said. "Which is now of course destroyed." Link:http://www.etonline.com/tv/209738_exclusive_kevin_sorbo_on_joining_supergirl_teri_hatcher_to_play_his_wife/     WATCH: MARK HAMILL VOICES SWAMP THING IN JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION CLIP (Date: 03 Feb 2017) It's a regular plant versus zombies brawl in a new clip for Cartoon Network's “Justice League Action” television series, which pits Swamp Thing against Solomon Grundy. And, no, your ears don't deceive you — that's Mark Hamill of “Star Wars” and “Batman: The Animated Series” fame providing the sweet, weedy vocals for the marshland's defender. The clip, from the show's upcoming “Zombie King” episode, shows Solomon Grundy getting ready to march on a nearby city, having raised an army of the undead. “Zombie King” airs on Cartoon Network on Saturday, February 4 at 7:30 AM. “Justice League Action” is a production of Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment starring Kevin Conroy, Rachel Kimsey and Jason J. Lewis. Link:http://www.cbr.com/mark-hamill-voices-swamp-thing-justice-league-action/   BLACK LIGHTNING LANDS OFFICIAL PILOT ORDER AT THE CW (Date: 03 Feb 2017) The CW just snagged its fifth superhero property. Variety reports Greg Berlanti's “Black Lightning” just received an official pilot order from the network. According to the report, The CW will stagger their superhero programming throughout the year to avoid scheduling five straight nights of supehero series. “I don't think so,” Berlanti said at the time. “If we're lucky enough that that exists, that that show exists, I don't think those worlds will cross over.” However, seeing as the pilot has just shifted from Fox to The CW, it's hard to rule anything out. Link:http://www.cbr.com/black-lightning-pilot-order-the-cw-fox-greg-berlanti/   FLASH/SUPERGIRL CROSSOVER SET PHOTOS OFFER FIRST LOOK AT MUSIC MEISTER (Date: 05 Feb 25017) New photos from the Vancouver set of “The Flash”/“Supergirl” musical crossover reveal the first glimpses of “Glee” veteran Darren Criss as the villainous Music Meister. The set photos depict not only Criss but also Keiynan Lonsdale as Kid Flash, David Harewood as Martian Manhunter and Carlos Valdes as Vibe. Titled “Duet,” the crossover will kick off March 20 with a lead-in on “Supergirl,” similar to how the setup for last fall's “Invasion!” was handled, and then continue on the March 21 episode of “The Flash.” Link:http://www.cbr.com/flash-supergirl-music-meister-set-photos/   To Celebrate The Release Of THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, DC TV Shows Get A LEGO Makeover (Date: 06 Feb 2017) The LEGO Batman Movie is receiving rave reviews, and it appears as if Warner Bros. is going all out this week to give it one final promotional push. That involves giving a LEGO makeover to many of their hit TV shows, and below you'll find Minifigure versions of characters from Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, and Supergirl. Disappointingly, the eclectic cast of Legends of Tomorrow hasn't been included here. Link:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/to-celebrate-the-release-of-the-lego-batman-movie-dc-tv-shows-get-a-a148747   WATCH: LEGO BATMAN MOVIE CROSSES OVER WITH CW'S ARROWVERSE (Date: 07 Feb 2017) A new TV spot features Will Arnett's LEGO Batman dropping in on a quartet of Arrowverse heroes (The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and the Atom). Their meeting isn't so much epic as…well, confusing. That's because the gang learns that while Batman may be an unparalleled detective, he's apparently not the world's greatest speller. Link:http://www.cbr.com/lego-batman-movie-cw-arrowverse/   SUPERGIRL PROMO TEASES DEBUT OF LEX LUTHOR'S ICONIC WARSUIT (Date: 07 Feb 2017) The pair of Luthors will take the lead in the next episode of the series, an installment appropriately titled “Luthors.” The CW aired a promo for the episode, and it confirmed that an episode titled “Luthors” has to include a shout out to Lex. At 12 seconds into the promo below, you catch a glimpse of what appears to be Lex Luthor's iconic green and purple warsuit. LENA IS ARRESTED – After Metallo (guest star Frederick Schmidt) breaks out of prison and frees Lillian Luthor (guest star Brenda Strong), the police blame Lena (guest star Katie McGrath) for his escape and arrest her. Despite overwhelming evidence, Kara (Melissa Benoist) refuses to believe her friend is guilty and fights to clear Lena's name. Flashbacks reveal how Lena came to be a Luthor. Meanwhile, Alex (Chyler Leigh) and Maggie (Floriana Lima) celebrate their first Valentine's Day together. Tawnia McKiernan directed the episode written by Robert Rovner and Cindy Lichtman. (#212). Original airdate 2/13/17. Link:http://www.cbr.com/supergirl-promo-teases-debut-of-lex-luthors-iconic-warsuit/   The Flash: Speedster Returns and Confronts Savitar in New Set Video (Date: 06 Feb 2017) We knew — based on the "Attack on Gorilla City" synopsis — that fan-favorite speedster Jesse Quick was coming back from Earth-2 for the Grodd-centric episode (airing Feb. 21), seeking help from her Earth-1 friends with her father's abduction. However, we didn't know that she would return in another future episode (or perhaps just stick around after the Grodd episode) and confront the god of speed. Link:http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/02/07/the-flash-speedster-returns-and-confronts-savitar-in-new-set-vid/   EXCLUSIVE: Mark Hamill Returns as The Joker in Justice League Action Clip (Date: 09 Feb 2017) "Galaxy Jest" airs February 11, 2017, written by Duane Capizzi. It also reunites Mark Hamill as The Joker with Kevin Conroy as Batman. The pair have been voicing the foils since Batman: The Animated Series twenty-five years ago, across multiple animated series, films, and video game projects Link:http://comicbook.com/2017/02/09/mark-hamill-returns-as-the-joker-in-justice-league-action-clip/   DC's Legends Of Tomorrow Changes Season 2 Finale Date (Date: 09 Feb 2017) The second season finale was initially expected to air on Tuesday, March 28th, following an episode of The Flash. But thanks to some reworking of The CW's schedule, the finale episode will air the following Tuesday, April 4th. The most interesting thing about this is that Legends will air in The Flash's timeslot on April 4th, and will be followed by the third season premiere of iZombie. Link:http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/02/09/legends-of-tomorrow-season-2-finale-date/    GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS Green Arrow Vs The Flash (Date: 05 Feb 2017) DC is trying a new thing on their Youtube channel. They call it Versus, where they pit one character against the other. But instead of something like Super Hero Beatdown where we see the actual fight, this is more giving the histories and strengths of the characters and letting the fans decide.For their first episode they've decided to pit the Emerald Archer versus the Scarlet Speedster.   Link:https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/02/05/green-arrow-vs-flash/   DC Rebirth Returned… A Lot (Date: 06 Feb 2017) On the official monthly statistics, Diamond reduces the statistical data of comics that have been designated returnable, by 10%. This indicates that Diamond expect a certain amount of returnability, but not that much. Well, it seems that DC Comics seems to have overdone it this time. They made the first six issues of all the DC Rebirth twice-monthly launch comics returnable, more than ever before. Ostensibly to allow retailers to find a ceiling limit on sales to customers, to not have to order conservatively, and to be confident in ordering big. Which has allowed certain titles that had slipped away in recent years, specifically Superman and Flash, to find an appreciative audience.However, there is a cost for that kind of thing. And while sales of DC Comics are also up, so is the returnability, at record high levels, and something DC and Diamond didn't anticipate. Which is why those pallet photos are meant to be quite a revelation. Could this be why the Diamond 2016 end-of-year statistics have been so delayed? Link:https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/02/06/dc-rebirth-returned-lot/ Funko announces Emerald City ComicCon Wave 1… w/ Green Arrow and Canary!  (Date: 07 Feb 2017) Two-pack of Drobz, along with a lot of other great announcements! Link:https://funko.com/blogs/news/emerald-city-comicon-2017-exclusives-wave-one     FEEDBACK       NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week: Episode - “Spectre of the Gun” (Date: 09 Feb 2017) Article:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/arrow/come-check-out-the-new-extended-promo-for-arrow-season-5-episode-13-a148821   Episode:   “Spectre of the Gun” [Season 5 Episode 13] Air Date:        Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Summary:      WILD DOG'S HISTORY IS REVEALED - A traumatic attack on City Hall triggers painful memories for Rene (Rick Gonzalez) about his family. Flashbacks reveal how Rene went from simple family man to a hero named Wild Dog. Meanwhile, Oliver (Stephen Amell) must deal with the perpetrator behind the attack and realizes the best way to do so is as Mayor Queen instead of the Green Arrow. Tensions run high in the Arrow bunker. Director:         Kristin Windell Writer:           Marc Guggenheim IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607500/?ref_=ttep_ep13   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.   Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.   You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. 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