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LESSON 73I Will There Be Light.Today we are considering the will you share with God. This is not the same as the ego's idle wishes, out of which darkness and nothingness arise. The will you share with God has all the power of creation in it. The ego's idle wishes are unshared, and therefore have no power at all. Its wishes are not idle in the sense that they can make a world of illusions in which your belief can be very strong. But they are idle indeed in terms of creation. They make nothing that is real.Idle wishes and grievances are partners or co-makers in picturing the world you see. The wishes of the ego gave rise to it, and the ego's need for grievances, which are necessary to maintain it, peoples it with figures that seem to attack you and call for “righteous” judgment. These figures become the middlemen the ego employs to traffic in grievances. They stand between your awareness and your brothers' reality. Beholding them, you do not know your brothers or your Self.Your will is lost to you in this strange bartering, in which guilt is traded back and forth, and grievances increase with each exchange. Can such a world have been created by the Will the Son of God shares with his Father? Did God create disaster for His Son? Creation is the Will of Both together. Would God create a world that kills Himself?Today we will try once more to reach the world that is in accordance with your will. The light is in it because it does not oppose the Will of God. It is not Heaven, but the light of Heaven shines on it. Darkness has vanished. The ego's idle wishes have been withdrawn. Yet the light that shines upon this world reflects your will, and so it must be in you that we will look for it.Your picture of the world can only mirror what is within. The source of neither light nor darkness can be found without. Grievances darken your mind, and you look out on a darkened world. Forgiveness lifts the darkness, reasserts your will, and lets you look upon a world of light. We have repeatedly emphasized that the barrier of grievances is easily passed, and cannot stand between you and your salvation. The reason is very simple. Do you really want to be in hell? Do you really want to weep and suffer and die?Forget the ego's arguments which seek to prove all this is really Heaven. You know it is not so. You cannot want this for yourself. There is a point beyond which illusions cannot go. Suffering is not happiness, and it is happiness you really want.Such is your will in truth. And so salvation is your will as well. You want to succeed in what we are trying to do today. We undertake it with your blessing and your glad accord.We will succeed today if you remember that you want salvation for yourself. You want to accept God's plan because you share in it. You have no will that can really oppose it, and you do not want to do so. Salvation is for you. Above all else, you want the freedom to remember Who you really are. Today it is the ego that stands powerless before your will. Your will is free, and nothing can prevail against it.Therefore, we undertake the exercises for today in happy confidence, certain that we will find what it is your will to find, and remember what it is your will to remember. No idle wishes can detain us, nor deceive us with an illusion of strength. Today let your will be done, and end forever the insane belief that it is hell in place of Heaven that you choose.We will begin our longer practice periods with the recognition that God's plan for salvation, and only His, is wholly in accord with your will. It is not the purpose of an alien power, thrust upon you unwillingly. It is the one purpose here on which you and your Father are in perfect accord. You will succeed today, the time appointed for the release of the Son of God from hell and from all idle wishes. His will is now restored to his awareness. He is willing this very day to look upon the light in him and be saved. After reminding yourself of this, and determining to keep your will clearly in mind, tell yourself with gentle firmness and quiet certainty:I will there be light.Let me behold the light that reflects God's Will and mine.Then let your will assert itself, joined with the power of God and united with your Self. Put the rest of the practice period under Their guidance. Join with Them as They lead the way. In the shorter practice periods, again make a declaration of what you really want. Say:I will there be light. Darkness is not my will.This should be repeated several times an hour. It is most important, however, to apply today's idea in this form immediately you are tempted to hold a grievance of any kind. This will help you let your grievances go, instead of cherishing them and hiding them in darkness.- Jesus Christ in ACIM
LESSON 73I Will There Be Light.Today we are considering the will you share with God. This is not the same as the ego's idle wishes, out of which darkness and nothingness arise. The will you share with God has all the power of creation in it. The ego's idle wishes are unshared, and therefore have no power at all. Its wishes are not idle in the sense that they can make a world of illusions in which your belief can be very strong. But they are idle indeed in terms of creation. They make nothing that is real.Idle wishes and grievances are partners or co-makers in picturing the world you see. The wishes of the ego gave rise to it, and the ego's need for grievances, which are necessary to maintain it, peoples it with figures that seem to attack you and call for “righteous” judgment. These figures become the middlemen the ego employs to traffic in grievances. They stand between your awareness and your brothers' reality. Beholding them, you do not know your brothers or your Self.Your will is lost to you in this strange bartering, in which guilt is traded back and forth, and grievances increase with each exchange. Can such a world have been created by the Will the Son of God shares with his Father? Did God create disaster for His Son? Creation is the Will of Both together. Would God create a world that kills Himself?Today we will try once more to reach the world that is in accordance with your will. The light is in it because it does not oppose the Will of God. It is not Heaven, but the light of Heaven shines on it. Darkness has vanished. The ego's idle wishes have been withdrawn. Yet the light that shines upon this world reflects your will, and so it must be in you that we will look for it.Your picture of the world can only mirror what is within. The source of neither light nor darkness can be found without. Grievances darken your mind, and you look out on a darkened world. Forgiveness lifts the darkness, reasserts your will, and lets you look upon a world of light. We have repeatedly emphasized that the barrier of grievances is easily passed, and cannot stand between you and your salvation. The reason is very simple. Do you really want to be in hell? Do you really want to weep and suffer and die?Forget the ego's arguments which seek to prove all this is really Heaven. You know it is not so. You cannot want this for yourself. There is a point beyond which illusions cannot go. Suffering is not happiness, and it is happiness you really want.Such is your will in truth. And so salvation is your will as well. You want to succeed in what we are trying to do today. We undertake it with your blessing and your glad accord.We will succeed today if you remember that you want salvation for yourself. You want to accept God's plan because you share in it. You have no will that can really oppose it, and you do not want to do so. Salvation is for you. Above all else, you want the freedom to remember Who you really are. Today it is the ego that stands powerless before your will. Your will is free, and nothing can prevail against it.Therefore, we undertake the exercises for today in happy confidence, certain that we will find what it is your will to find, and remember what it is your will to remember. No idle wishes can detain us, nor deceive us with an illusion of strength. Today let your will be done, and end forever the insane belief that it is hell in place of Heaven that you choose.We will begin our longer practice periods with the recognition that God's plan for salvation, and only His, is wholly in accord with your will. It is not the purpose of an alien power, thrust upon you unwillingly. It is the one purpose here on which you and your Father are in perfect accord. You will succeed today, the time appointed for the release of the Son of God from hell and from all idle wishes. His will is now restored to his awareness. He is willing this very day to look upon the light in him and be saved. After reminding yourself of this, and determining to keep your will clearly in mind, tell yourself with gentle firmness and quiet certainty:I will there be light.Let me behold the light that reflects God's Will and mine.Then let your will assert itself, joined with the power of God and united with your Self. Put the rest of the practice period under Their guidance. Join with Them as They lead the way. In the shorter practice periods, again make a declaration of what you really want. Say:I will there be light. Darkness is not my will.This should be repeated several times an hour. It is most important, however, to apply today's idea in this form immediately you are tempted to hold a grievance of any kind. This will help you let your grievances go, instead of cherishing them and hiding them in darkness.- Jesus Christ in ACIM
March 11, 2026 Daily Devotional: “Idle Danger”Proverbs 21:25 "The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work." Most of us don't identify as "sluggards." We're busy, often overwhelmed, and perpetually tired. But this proverb isn't just about someone who sleeps all day; it's about the gap between desire and discipline. The "sluggard" in this verse actually has a very active imagination. They have big dreams, high standards, and intense cravings for a better life, a deeper walk with God, or a healthier body. The tragedy isn't a lack of vision but it's that their hands refuse to bridge the gap. There is a specific kind of internal exhaustion and a friction of refusal that comes from wanting something you aren't willing to work for. Notice the phrasing on "the craving... will be the death of him." The "death" mentioned here is often metaphorical: it is the internal rot of wanting a reality that you are unwilling to build. This creates a state of perpetual frustration and envy that "kills" one's peace of mind and joy. When we constantly "crave" a different reality but refuse the daily labor required to get there, those desires turn inward and become bitter in the formof our unmet desires. The Weight of Procrastination in avoiding the work often takes more emotional energy than simply doing the work. In a spiritual sense, we often crave the fruit of the Spirit without tending to the soil of our hearts. We want the peace of God, but refuse the labor of prayer. We want the wisdom of God, but refuse the discipline of Scripture. God designed us to be co-laborers with Him. Grace is not opposed to effort; it is opposed to earning. We don't work to earn God's love, but we do work to inhabit the life He has called us into. The cure for the "death" of craving is the life of action. Small, faithful movements of the hands break the spell of the sluggard. When we stop wishing and start walking, the craving transforms from a source of misery into a fuel for growth. Is there a "craving" in your life whether spiritual, relational, or professional that is causing you more stress than joy because you're refusing to put in the work? What is one "small hand" task you can do today to move toward that desire? Proverbs 21:25 teaches that desire without discipline is a death sentence for your potential. It warns us that dreaming is no substitute for doing.
On this episode of Face to Face: Scott McLeod The opposition was loud when the Canadian government announced Bill C-5 and Ontario announced Bill 5. Both legislations were sold as a way to reduce red tape and streamline processes to get shovels in the ground for major resource extraction and infrastructure projects. However, many First Nations leaders feel the legislation weakens environmental protections, infringes on First Nations' rights and gives unprecedented decision-making powers to politicians. Scott McLeod, the Lake Huron regional chief for the Anishinabek Nation, has been a vocal critic of the legislation from the onset. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/
In this episode, Jason delivers a passionate wake-up call to the civil construction industry: large batch roadwork is destroying productivity, wasting money, and disrespecting the public. After driving across multiple states and witnessing miles upon miles of open roadway, idle traffic control, unused K-rail, and inactive work zones, Jason breaks down what he sees as a systemic production failure not a funding problem, not a labor shortage, but a thinking problem. What you'll learn in this episode: Excessive traffic control rental. Idle equipment and diesel burn. Regrading and rework. Stormwater and erosion costs. Public disruption and safety risk. Workforce dilution across too many fronts. This episode challenges civil contractors to rethink batching, rethink flow, and stop normalizing waste disguised as "how we've always done it." If you like the Elevate Construction podcast, please subscribe for free and you'll never miss an episode. And if you really like the Elevate Construction podcast, I'd appreciate you telling a friend (Maybe even two
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“83% of the top 100 most prescribed generic medicines in the US have no domestic manufacturing source for their API.” — Charles Lyon, VP Manufacturing, Procurement & Logistics, API Innovation CenterAnd yet the capacity to produce these APIs already exists — sitting idle across US facilities operating at 50% or below.Charles Lyon, VP of Manufacturing and Procurement at the API Innovation Center (APIIC), brings decades of experience in fine and specialty chemicals to one of the most pressing challenges in US healthcare: rebuilding domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing from the ground up. Before joining APIIC, Charlie held engineering and business leadership roles across chemical intermediates, specialty chemicals, and API production — giving him a front-row view of how the US gradually ceded control of its medicine supply to overseas producers.In the latest PharmaSource podcast episode, Charlie explains how APIIC is taking a fundamentally different approach to reshoring — one that works with existing US capacity, leverages advanced manufacturing technology, and de-risks participation for CDMOs and API manufacturers through a public-private funding model.Full article
Satan wants to usurp Christ's kingdom worship by tempting you to not bother to get up and go out of your way to offer the sacrifices of praise where God has ordained public worship. Beware of the Idolatry of Idle Worship.
The Invisible Taxes That Are Quietly Stealing Your Wealth Most people think taxes are the biggest drain on their money. The truth is the silent taxes hurt far more. In this episode, I break down the hidden wealth killers that no one talks about. Idle cash sitting in the wrong accounts. Missed automation. Delayed investing. Financial arrogance. Overwhelm. Doomscrolling. Fear of asking for help. These are not one time mistakes. They are repeated small leaks that compound against you over time. We walk through real examples of how these invisible taxes show up and exactly how to eliminate them with simple structure and awareness. The danger is not one bad decision. The danger is repeating it quietly for years. Once you see it, you cannot ignore it. Episode Timeline and Highlights 00:00 The tax no one sees 01:30 Idle account tax 04:00 Automation lag 06:00 Ego and blind spots 08:00 Awareness gaps 10:00 Distraction cost 12:00 Isolation and fear 14:00 Compound damage 16:00 The choice you now have Key Takeaways • Idle money is lost opportunity • Delays kill compounding • Ego blocks optimization • Awareness creates leverage • Repeated small leaks create massive long term damage Quotables "The government is not your biggest tax. Your habits are." "Every month without a system is an invisible bill." "Small leaks compound into massive losses." Now you have awareness. You cannot unhear it. Fix the system or keep paying the price.
Pastor Richard Crisco | Rochester Christian ChurchWelcome to Rochester Christian Church Online! Today, Pastor Richard Crisco brings a powerful message titled The Idle Creates Idols. In this message, we explore a sobering reality: when our lives are filled with idle time and unguarded moments, those spaces rarely stay empty. The idle creates idols. In the stillness we avoid, distractions grow. In the silence we fear, substitutes take shape. Pastor Richard challenges us to reintroduce true stillness before God, replacing idle scrolling with prayer moments, establishing sacred digital boundaries, and learning to give thanks in all circumstances. Rather than allowing our devices, distractions, or busyness to shape our hearts, we are called to cultivate intentional stillness and gratitude. When we invite God into our quiet moments, He transforms them from idle time into holy time. Come expecting to be challenged, refocused, and drawn deeper into a life marked by prayer, discipline, and thanksgiving. Share this stream with friends and family—it could be exactly what they need today.
Hospitals and surgery centers own millions of dollars in equipment — but owning assets and having actionable visibility into them are two different things. Most systems maintain inventories, yet many struggle with outdated records, fragmented tracking, and limited insight into useful life or service contracts. With nearly half of U.S. hospitals reporting negative operating margins in recent years, that gap between ownership and visibility is no longer just an operational nuisance — it's a financial risk.So here's the real question healthcare leaders are asking: How can we measure the true health of our capital assets — and what does that mean for long-term revenue stability?That's the question at the heart of this episode of I Don't Care. Host Dr. Kevin Stevenson sits down with Grant Luke, Strategic Account Manager at CapExpert, to explore how healthcare organizations can diagnose their capital asset health. The conversation dives into the operational blind spots that drive unnecessary spending and how AI-powered inventory technology is helping hospitals and ASCs gain baseline visibility over their medical equipment, service contracts, and lifecycle data.Top insights from the talk…Many organizations unknowingly repurchase equipment they already own due to lack of system-wide visibility. Without a reliable, consolidated inventory across facilities or departments, teams often buy new devices instead of reallocating existing assets — driving redundant capital spend.Surplus and underutilized equipment consumes valuable space and capital that could be redeployed more strategically. Idle devices sitting in storage rooms or clinical areas tie up square footage, inflate depreciation schedules, and represent missed opportunities for resale or redistribution within the system.Vendor fragmentation and non-standardized preventive maintenance contracts create avoidable financial waste. When multiple vendors service similar equipment across locations, organizations lose leverage, complicate oversight, and miss opportunities for consolidation and cost containment.Grant Luke is a healthcare technology and SaaS leader with more than a decade of experience spanning sales, ASC operations, IT project management, and supply chain strategy. He has held leadership roles with organizations including Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA Health), United Surgical Partners International (USPI), and HST Pathways, where he led ASC innovation initiatives, EHR implementations, operational efficiency projects, and enterprise vendor evaluations. Now serving as Strategic Account Manager at CapExpert, Luke helps ambulatory surgery centers leverage AI-driven supply chain and asset visibility solutions that deliver measurable cost savings, operational efficiency, and strong first-year ROI.
Tonight's reading comes from Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, written by Jerome K. Jerome.It is a gentle collection of humorous reflections on everyday life - wandering thoughts about work, leisure, weather, memory, habits, and the small observations that fill ordinary days.
Greg Damon, General Manager at Sparks Tire and Auto, joins Megan Lynch. He calls the new idle start/stop feature, 'the most annoying thing ever,' He tells Megan Lynch about the added wear and tear and stress added to vehicles with this feature. He points out that many cars that have this feature, include an easy way to shut it down. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)
On this episode I'm joined by Ov Sulfur guitarist, Chase Wilson.We discuss their new album 'Endless', exploring more melodic territory, a subtle homage to Creed, the story behind the album artwork, returning to producer Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Signs Of The Swarm, Varials), a potential dad rock cover in the future, and loads more.A new episode will be released every Thursday.------------------------------SUPPORT THE PODCAST
This week's show, after a 1988 Libertines U.S. lullaby: brand new Buzzcocks, I Was a King, Good Day Father, Reds, Pinks & Purples, Ratboys, A Shoreline Dream (with Mark Gardner), Darts, and Suneaters, plus Gladys Knight & the Pips, Willie Nelson, Idle ...
Stuart talks to the award winning writer and composer of Calendar Girls and Kinky Boots - Tim Firth - about his latest stage creation, The Ladies Football Club. Can the man who got his break with a play about two yucca plants strike fresh gold with this tale of the women who began to play football whist working in Sheffield's munitions factories during World War I and end up playing to many thousands in a South Yorkshire women's league. Taskmaster and Mr Bigstuff star Fatiha El-Ghorri says she's ironing her swaggest hijab to head out on her debut stand up tour - Cockney Stacking Doll. She'll also have the story of her journey out from divorce and back on the dating scene in her new Radio 4 comedy - A Match Made Inshallah. Tom Hodgkinson's the editor of The Idler and author of books such as How to be Idle, The Idle Parent and - here's the outlier - The Ukelele Handbook. So perhaps busier than he makes out? His new book is a fresh look at one of the world's oldest philosophies - How to Live Like A Stoic. Stoicism is having a moment in the manosphere but he explains how "bro-ism" has got stoicism all wrong. With music from the cast of the smash hit musical Operation Mincemeat and from BBC Introducing "one to watch" , Lois.Presenter: Stuart Maconie Producer: Olive Clancy Assistant Producer: Samuel Nixon Technical Producers: John Coles, Amy Brennan, Phillip Halliwell Production Co-ordinator: Pete Liggins.
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Indigenous People of Tapajos – Credit Colectivo Apoena Cultura On today's show, there's an update on the Cargill blockade in Santarem, Brazil from Amazon Watch Program Director Christian Poirier, after that, Make America Healthy Again wants us to add more animal adipose to our diets. I'll speak to Chloe Waterman, Senior Program Manager in Food and Agriculture Policy at Friends of the Earth about the new federal dietary guidelines. We switch gears and close out the show with Center for Biological Diversity Staff Scientist Emily Diaz-Loar delivering new data on idle oil wells in California that can harm your health. Link to 350 Bay Area Action Sign Up: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NMnzJ4oaRXOqKjHiTXxrGA#/registration The post Cargill Blockade Update, Federal Food Guidelines, Harmful Idle Oil Wells appeared first on KPFA.
Dragon Traveler is not subtle. It's a waifu-driven idle RPG, built for scale, speed, and monetization efficiency, and it's working. Especially in the US. Despite being a fresh launch (mid-January), the game is already doing $300k–500k per day, with a heavy US + Asian revenue split, thousands of creatives in rotation, and extremely aggressive UA. This isn't a passion project. It's a manufactured hit designed to win distribution, not awards.Get our MERCH NOW: 25gamers.com/shop--------------------------------------PVX Partners offers non-dilutive funding for game developers.Go to: https://pvxpartners.com/They can help you access the most effective form of growth capital once you have the metrics to back it.- Scale fast- Keep your shares- Drawdown only as needed- Have PvX take downside risk alongside you+ Work with a team entirely made up of ex-gaming operators and investors---------------------------------------For an ever-growing number of game developers, this means that now is the perfect time to invest in monetizing direct-to-consumer at scale.Our sponsor FastSpring:Has delivered D2C at scale for over 20 yearsThey power top mobile publishers around the worldLaunch a new webstore, replace an existing D2C vendor, or add a redundant D2C vendor at fastspring.gg.---------------------------------------This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let's not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.Panelists: Jakub Remiar, Felix Braberg, Matej LancaricPodcast: Join our slack channel here: https://join.slack.com/t/two-and-half-gamers/shared_invite/zt-2um8eguhf-c~H9idcxM271mnPzdWbipgChapters00:00 — Why we're covering Dragon Traveler01:30 — Numbers first: revenue & downloads03:30 — Idle RPGs and fake onboarding trends05:00 — Why Dragon Traveler is winning now06:40 — 3D map & autoplay combat08:00 — Playing multiple modes at once10:00 — Gacha, shards, and generosity tuning12:30 — Idle rewards & reclaim-the-difference mechanic14:20 — Guild Expedition (Heroes-style map)16:00 — PvE incentives: soft vs hard requirements18:30 — Why session time stays high20:30 — UA footprint & network mix22:30 — Creatives: censorship, waifus, AI25:30 — 6,000+ creatives and why it matters28:00 — US + Asia revenue split explained30:30 — Why this is more casual than it looks33:00 — Final verdict & Radar decision---------------------------------------Matej LancaricUser Acquisition & Creatives Consultanthttps://lancaric.meFelix BrabergAd monetization consultanthttps://www.felixbraberg.comJakub RemiarGame design consultanthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar---------------------------------------Please share the podcast with your industry friends, dogs & cats. Especially cats! They love it!Hit the Subscribe button on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple!Please share feedback and comments - matej@lancaric.me---------------------------------------If you are interested in getting UA tips every week on Monday, visit lancaric.substack.com & sign up for the Brutally Honest newsletter by Matej LancaricDo you have UA questions nobody can answer? Ask Matej AI - the First UA AI in the gaming industry! https://lancaric.me/matej-ai
We speak because we are afraid to be still. We speak because silence exposes us. We speak because when the mouth closes the heart begins to make noise and that noise is often unbearable. The Fathers knew this long before psychology gave it names. They knew that speech is not neutral. It is not just communication. It is an outflow of what is ruling the inner world. Every word carries the weight of the heart behind it. This is why Abba Pambo could stand at death and say that he had not repented of a single word and yet also say that he had not even begun to serve God. He knew what speech costs. He knew how easily a careless phrase can wound another, harden the self or invite the demons into the space between people. He did not trust his own clarity. He waited. He let months pass rather than speak a word that was not born from God. That kind of restraint feels almost inhuman to us. We live in a world that rewards immediacy. We are trained to answer quickly, react quickly, express quickly, post quickly, correct quickly. But speed is not truth. Speed is often panic wearing a clever face. The monk who waits to speak is not slow. He is standing before God inside himself. He is listening for something that is not his own. The Elder says that a man can be silent with his lips and loud with his heart. That is the most damning line in this whole section. You can say nothing and still be screaming. You can be quiet and still be condemning everyone around you. You can appear peaceful while your mind is devouring your brothers. Another man can speak all day and yet remain silent because he refuses to let his words become weapons, judgments or self display. Silence is not a style. It is a spiritual state. Idle talk is not mostly obscene or stupid. It is unnecessary. It is speech that does not serve salvation. It is talk that fills the space so we do not have to face what is happening inside. We speak about bodies and opinions and events and annoyances and plans because these are safer than the truth of our hearts. The moment we speak about what is good we discover how quickly evil slips in. Pride sneaks into holy words. Comparison sneaks into spiritual conversation. The self sneaks into everything. This is why the Elder answers the brother who wants a word to be saved with something that sounds almost trivial. Do not hasten to speak before you consider what you are going to say. That is not etiquette. That is warfare. To pause before speaking is to interrupt the automatic rule of the ego. It is to refuse to let the tongue be driven by irritation, hunger for recognition or the need to be right. It is to create a small space where God might enter. Most of what we say is not meant to help anyone. It is meant to regulate ourselves. We speak to soothe anxiety. We speak to discharge frustration. We speak to draw attention. We speak to feel real. We speak to avoid the ache of not being in control. The mouth becomes a narcotic. The more we use it the less we notice how enslaved we are to it. This is why the Fathers are so severe. They are not moralizing. They are diagnosing a sickness. The soul that cannot keep watch over its words cannot keep watch over its thoughts. The heart that pours itself out through constant speech cannot remain gathered before God. It leaks. It disperses. It becomes weak. The tragedy is that we confuse expression with honesty. We think that saying what we feel is the same as bringing it to God. It is not. Most of the time it just feeds the feeling. It strengthens the pattern. It builds a little kingdom around the self. We call it authenticity but it is often captivity. The monk learns slowly and painfully that every word either bends him toward God or bends him toward himself. There is no neutral speech. Either it deepens prayer or it corrodes it. Either it builds communion or it sows division. Either it creates space for grace or it fills the room with ego. This is why the saint waits. This is why the Elder warns. This is why the Fathers tremble before idle talk. They have seen what words do to the heart. They have watched souls unravel because the mouth was never taught to kneel. To learn silence is not to become mute. It is to become true. It is to let God have the first and last word inside you. And until that happens every sentence we speak is a small gamble with our soul. --- Text of chat during the group: 00:00:31 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: Page 353 00:01:32 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: Hypothesis XLVII page 353 concerning speech and silence 00:06:10 Catherine Opie: Without mosquitoes we would have no frogs or bats 00:11:38 Bob Čihák, AZ: P. 353 A Hypothesis 47 00:12:10 Catherine Opie: Reacted to "P. 353 A Hypothesis ..." with
In this week's Overdrive Radio, part 2 of our series honoring our Trucker of the Year, John Penn, for the big win for 2025. Part 1, ICYMI: https://overdriveonline.com/15815690 In this edition, Penn details his approach to maintenance with an experiment he's conducted to extend oil drain intervals beyond the manufacturer-recommended 75,000 miles for his 2019 Freightliner Cascadia. Also: You'll hear about Penn's close attention to customer opportunity, and keys to prevention when it comes to the maintenance issues with emissions system in the Cascadia -- no "deleted" emissions here. He's running with all the sensors and the diesel particular filter, the diesel exhaust fluid dosing, and the rest, and hitting big fuel-efficiency numbers we detailed in the last episode featuring him. Above 10 mpg for a lifetime average is certainly nothing to sniff at, but has he been plagued with sensor failures and other problems common to emissions-equipped diesels? The answer is not really, though he's had some minor issues for certain. Part of his success on that front starts with his approach to the used market for such trucks to begin with -- with a keen eye not just on a prospective purchase's miles for previous-life wear and tear, but engine hours, too. The lower the hours, the less the unit's prior owner likely idled the rig -- one of the big killers of emissions equipment in modern trucks in his view. Penn, despite his late-model equipment, might well qualify among the oldest of the old-school in that regard. As he put it about his own idling practice: "This piece of machinery is feeding us and keeping a roof over our head," Penn noted, "so I want to treat it the best I can. I will not idle, ever. I don't care how hot it is." That's right, even in Texas in mid-summer, where he finds himself often enough at the end of one or another of his LTL furniture runs. "I don't have an APU or anything," he added, but he does utilize a fan and his truck's window screens. He's comfortable with the tradeoff. "I'd rather put my truck's health in front of my comfort," he said, laughing. He does run with a fuel-fired heater for those dangrously cold temps, but it's safe to say Trucker of the Year John Penn is one tough customer when it comes to downtime OTR. In the podcast, dive into new opportunities he's set himself up for with diligent, always-on customer service and networking. "You never know when an opportunity is going to pop up," he said, about potential new direct freight opportunites he details here. And he's made great strides, too, paying his growing experience forward to peers. There's good possibility of a bit of expansion for his one-truck JP Transport business as soon as this quarter, with addition of a leased owner he's really bonded with as a back-and-forth sounding board for trucking information, knowledge, advice. The like-minded pair may soon make for a great two-truck hauling team in JP Transport. Enter the 2026 Trucker of the Year competition: https://overdriveonline.com/toptrucker
Writer and game designer Kat Clay joins Liz and Ben to point and click on Rincewind once more, as we discuss the 1996 graphic adventure game Discworld II: Missing, Presumed…!? from Perfect Entertainment. When the wizard Windle Poons dies, no-one comes to collect his soul – and this isn't the first time Death has been derelict in his duty. Something must be done, and the Archchancellor knows just the man for the job: so-called wizard and veteran videogame protagonist, Rincewind! Can he – that is to say, you – navigate an ever more fiendish chain of elaborate tasks to summon Death, and persuade him to go back to work? Or will the Disc be doomed to immortality? The first Discworld point-and-click graphic adventure, released in 1995, was a hit. So of course Perfect Entertainment – the merged form of Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions – returned just one year later with a sequel. While not quite as well known as the original, Discworld II: Missing, Presumed…!? (or Discworld II: Mortality Bytes in the US) once again features Eric Idle as Rincewind, a cast of thousands (voiced by three), and a plot constructed from bits of Discworld novels (mostly Reaper Man and Mort). It also features an original song written and performed by Idle, a brand new visual style, and more fourth wall breaks than you can shake a Suffrajester at. The team, headed by Angela Sutherland and Gregg Barnett, would go on to produce one more Discworld game: Discworld Noir, a brand new story with an original protagonist. But like its stablemates, Discworld 2 is currently out of publication. Have you played Discworld 2? Did you find it easier than the first one? Was it written with an awareness that women play videogames? Do you prefer the cel-animation look of this game, or the cartoony pixels of the first one? Does it feel more like the Discworld, or a spin-off from Monty Python? And for subscribers especially, would you like to watch Ben stream these games and play along? Join our online conversation by using your fingers with the social media platform, and then clicking on the hashtag #Pratchat92. Guest Kat Clay (she/her) is a writer of fiction and tabletop roleplaying games from Melbourne, Australia. Her writing is mostly horror, and has included short stories, game reviews, novellas and hopefully an upcoming full-length novel. Kat won a Silver ENNIE award for her Call of Cthulhu adventure, The Well of All Fear, and her recent modern-day Cthulhu adventure, Resort, won Best Scenario at the 2025 Australian Industry Roleplaying Awards. You can find out more about Kat, and read some of her work, at katclay.com. You can also find her on social media, including Bluesky as @katclay.com, and buy her adventures via DriveThruRPG – where they're all bestsellers! You can find episode notes and errata on our web site. Next month we're getting schooled in legends and lore via Pratchett's collaboration with Jacqueline Simpson, The Folklore of Discworld! We'll be looking at the third edition, which references all the novels up to Raising Steam. Send us your questions via email (chat@pratchatpodcast.com), or send us a magpie via social media using the hashtag #Pratchat93. Want to help us get to the end of our six(ish) year mission and read every Pratchett book – and more? You can support us with a tip, or a subscription for as little as $2 a month, and that's cuttin' our own throats! See our Support Us page for details.
In hour two, Reaction as the 3pm NBA trade deadline passes and the Miami Heat don't make any moves. Clay Ferraro joins the show to explain why he wishes the Heat would have adjusted course after Giannis and compiled assets for the offseason.
The four idle hands folks are back . This episode we cover a load of topics, a preview of the Six Nations tournament, 10 years since the death of David Bowie, the Grammys, Mandelson and live review of Pictish Trail and new albums from Sleaford Mods and Megadeth.Lots of stuff to listen to with your morning tea or coffee.
1 Beginning with Joseph of Aramathia 2. The stone rolled away 3.Women were the first eyewitnesses 4. What good is a dead Messiah?
An episode discussing the pending gap law, corruption, army spending, rebuilding trust in the banking sector, prospects for Lebanese-Israeli relations and America's diplomatic role at large. With economist and Arab News columnist Nadim Shehadi. Check out Nadim Shehadi's article 'Lebanon is not resilient, it is traumatized': https://www.arabnews.com/node/2144181 and Michael Young's piece 'A Mechanism of Coercion': https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2026/01/a-mechanism-of-coercion The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations. Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our YouTube channel and your preferred audio platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 4:36 Protecting the criminals 7:08 Diversion from the real issues 9:05 Gap Law 14:43 Minimizing the state 20:30 Defending unpopular figures 22:18 Corruption in Lebanon 24:24 Investigations 30:38 Constant battering 33:10 Army spending & budget 38:10 Key element is trust 42:23 Discussion on Israel 44:29 Michael Young 46:29 “A Mechanism of Coercion” 51:12 Normalization - an internal matter 1:00:25 American positioning 1:06:07 “We'll just go” 1:13:00 Turning 70
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In this special episode of Takeaway Chinese, we're going to learn how to say "stand idle" in Chinese.
In this episode, we break down Lessmore's second major hit after Arrows and explain why Forgemaster is a pure IAP-driven idle RPG with no visible ads. From Legend of Mushroom mechanics and gacha systems to LTV, UA limits, and creative strategy, this is a deep dive into why Lessmore knows exactly when ads help and when they don't.What we cover• Why Forgemaster feels instantly familiar• Legend of Mushroom DNA explained• Why are ads missing on purpose• LTV vs scale tradeoffs• UA and creative bottlenecks• How this game could scale furtherGet our MERCH NOW: 25gamers.com/shop--------------------------------------PVX Partners offers non-dilutive funding for game developers.Go to: https://pvxpartners.com/They can help you access the most effective form of growth capital once you have the metrics to back it.- Scale fast- Keep your shares- Drawdown only as needed- Have PvX take downside risk alongside you+ Work with a team entirely made up of ex-gaming operators and investors---------------------------------------For an ever-growing number of game developers, this means that now is the perfect time to invest in monetizing direct-to-consumer at scale.Our sponsor FastSpring:Has delivered D2C at scale for over 20 yearsThey power top mobile publishers around the worldLaunch a new webstore, replace an existing D2C vendor, or add a redundant D2C vendor at fastspring.gg.---------------------------------------This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let's not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.Panelists: Jakub Remiar, Felix Braberg, Matej LancaricPodcast: Join our slack channel here: https://join.slack.com/t/two-and-half-gamers/shared_invite/zt-2um8eguhf-c~H9idcxM271mnPzdWbipg00:00 — Intro & context after Arrows01:40 — Why Forgemaster matters03:10 — Visual DNA and reused assets04:30 — Legend of Mushroom comparison06:20 — Gacha, skills, pets & progression09:00 — Idle loops and infinite treadmill11:30 — PvP, clans and social layers13:30 — The missing ads question16:00 — Why Lessmore likely turned ads off18:10 — Revenue, ARPU and LTV signals20:30 — UA performance and CPI reality23:00 — Creative strategy limits25:10 — How to scale Forgemaster further27:30 — Category outlook for idle RPGs29:30 — Final takeaways---------------------------------------Matej LancaricUser Acquisition & Creatives Consultanthttps://lancaric.meFelix BrabergAd monetization consultanthttps://www.felixbraberg.comJakub RemiarGame design consultanthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar---------------------------------------Please share the podcast with your industry friends, dogs & cats. Especially cats! They love it!Hit the Subscribe button on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple!Please share feedback and comments - matej@lancaric.me---------------------------------------If you are interested in getting UA tips every week on Monday, visit lancaric.substack.com & sign up for the Brutally Honest newsletter by Matej LancaricDo you have UA questions nobody can answer? Ask Matej AI - the First UA AI in the gaming industry! https://lancaric.me/matej-ai
In this Mussar Masterclass (Day 116) from Orchos Tzaddikim's Gate of Silence, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe teaches the seven hallmarks of a wise person (chacham) versus a fool (golem): a wise person speaks only after greater/older people, avoids interrupting, answers thoughtfully and in order, admits "I didn't hear" or "I don't know," and concedes truth—while a fool does the opposite.Silence earns reward when listening to the wise, but becomes sinful when rooted in arrogance ("I know more"). Wise speech adds flavor like salt or a ruby in gold; weak or foolish words are ignored. If your advice is rejected, quietly share it through someone influential instead of persisting.Idle chatter (sichah betelah) destroys concentration in prayer and fear of heaven—guarding speech like precious jewels in layered safes is essential. The episode concludes with an introduction to four categories (mockers, liars, flatterers, slanderers) who cannot receive the Divine Presence, promising deeper exploration next time.Recorded at TORCH Centre in the Levin Family Studios (B) to a live audience on July 1, 2025, in Houston, Texas.Released as Podcast on January 11, 2026_____________This series on Orchos Tzadikim/Ways of the Righteous is produced in partnership with Hachzek.Join the revolution of daily Mussar study at hachzek.com.We are using the Treasure of Life edition of the Orchos Tzadikkim (Published by Feldheim)_____________Listen, Subscribe & Share: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jewish-inspiration-podcast-rabbi-aryeh-wolbe/id1476610783Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4r0KfjMzmCNQbiNaZBCSU7) to stay inspired! Share your questions at aw@torchweb.org or visit torchweb.org for more Torah content. _____________About the Host:Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, Director of TORCH in Houston, brings decades of Torah scholarship to guide listeners in applying Jewish wisdom to daily life. To directly send your questions, comments, and feedback, please email: awolbe@torchweb.org_____________Support Our Mission:Our Mission is Connecting Jews & Judaism. Help us spread Judaism globally by sponsoring an episode at torchweb.org.Your support makes a HUGE difference!_____________Listen MoreOther podcasts by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: NEW!! Prayer Podcast: https://prayerpodcast.transistor.fm/episodesJewish Inspiration Podcast: https://inspiration.transistor.fm/episodesParsha Review Podcast: https://parsha.transistor.fm/episodesLiving Jewishly Podcast: https://jewishly.transistor.fm/episodesThinking Talmudist Podcast: https://talmud.transistor.fm/episodesUnboxing Judaism Podcast: https://unboxing.transistor.fm/episodesRabbi Aryeh Wolbe Podcast Collection: https://collection.transistor.fm/episodesFor a full listing of podcasts available by TORCH at http://podcast.torchweb.org_____________Keywords:#JewishInspiration, #Mussar, #MasterClass, #Speech, #Silence, #Mussar, #WiseVsFool, #IdleChatter, #SilenceVirtue ★ Support this podcast ★
In this Mussar Masterclass (Day 116) from Orchos Tzaddikim's Gate of Silence, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe teaches the seven hallmarks of a wise person (chacham) versus a fool (golem): a wise person speaks only after greater/older people, avoids interrupting, answers thoughtfully and in order, admits "I didn't hear" or "I don't know," and concedes truth—while a fool does the opposite.Silence earns reward when listening to the wise, but becomes sinful when rooted in arrogance ("I know more"). Wise speech adds flavor like salt or a ruby in gold; weak or foolish words are ignored. If your advice is rejected, quietly share it through someone influential instead of persisting.Idle chatter (sichah betelah) destroys concentration in prayer and fear of heaven—guarding speech like precious jewels in layered safes is essential. The episode concludes with an introduction to four categories (mockers, liars, flatterers, slanderers) who cannot receive the Divine Presence, promising deeper exploration next time.Recorded at TORCH Centre in the Levin Family Studios (B) to a live audience on July 1, 2025, in Houston, Texas.Released as Podcast on January 11, 2026_____________This series on Orchos Tzadikim/Ways of the Righteous is produced in partnership with Hachzek.Join the revolution of daily Mussar study at hachzek.com.We are using the Treasure of Life edition of the Orchos Tzadikkim (Published by Feldheim)_____________Listen, Subscribe & Share: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jewish-inspiration-podcast-rabbi-aryeh-wolbe/id1476610783Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4r0KfjMzmCNQbiNaZBCSU7) to stay inspired! Share your questions at aw@torchweb.org or visit torchweb.org for more Torah content. _____________About the Host:Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe, Director of TORCH in Houston, brings decades of Torah scholarship to guide listeners in applying Jewish wisdom to daily life. To directly send your questions, comments, and feedback, please email: awolbe@torchweb.org_____________Support Our Mission:Our Mission is Connecting Jews & Judaism. Help us spread Judaism globally by sponsoring an episode at torchweb.org.Your support makes a HUGE difference!_____________Listen MoreOther podcasts by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: NEW!! Prayer Podcast: https://prayerpodcast.transistor.fm/episodesJewish Inspiration Podcast: https://inspiration.transistor.fm/episodesParsha Review Podcast: https://parsha.transistor.fm/episodesLiving Jewishly Podcast: https://jewishly.transistor.fm/episodesThinking Talmudist Podcast: https://talmud.transistor.fm/episodesUnboxing Judaism Podcast: https://unboxing.transistor.fm/episodesRabbi Aryeh Wolbe Podcast Collection: https://collection.transistor.fm/episodesFor a full listing of podcasts available by TORCH at http://podcast.torchweb.org_____________Keywords:#JewishInspiration, #Mussar, #MasterClass, #Speech, #Silence, #Mussar, #WiseVsFool, #IdleChatter, #SilenceVirtue ★ Support this podcast ★
This week on the BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & Berkshire podcast, Dave introduces you to rapper/producer Tino to hear about his new single Onto You. Plus, Lauren gets to know Korean/British songwriter SKINSHIP, Alex meets Bone-Idle... and hear Dave's chat with The Bobo at the Nighshift Music Magazine all-dayer 'In A Different Place.Here's this week's track list: • Chima Anya - Time Flies Jessy Blakemore - 2seater Maddie Ashman - Seraphim Alto Alto - Lift Your Heart Allegra - Ash Oscar Grouch - Shaky Old Blue Door Self Help - Shiva Artemas - Southbound (Radio 1 Live Lounge) Scaefa - Responsible Brook Ellingworth - Roosters Kelly Michaeli - Blue Lights Richard Neuberg - Crow Needs The Pine Helen Pearson - Undergrowth Tino - Onto You Means Of Production - The Vertical SKINSHIP - Cruiser Zarbi - String Bone-Idle - Stones MANNERS - IDEC The Bobo - Old Neighbourhoods Aruna - Love Me Slow Daniel Ma'ani - Always a no • If you're making music in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, send us your tunes with the BBC Introducing Uploader: https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducing/uploader
Semitrailer and truck body manufacturer Wabash National Corporation announced plans to idle two facilities in Little Falls, Minnesota, and Goshen, Indiana. The company expects the actions to result in approximately 270 layoffs.A Wabash SEC filing mentioned 56 job cuts in Minnesota and 214 in Indiana. WARN Notices revealed that impacted positions will include maintenance and production coordinators, machine operators, assemblers and welders — with the latter two accounting for 83 of the affected employees in Indiana. The Minnesota WARN Notice did not disclose the number of workers by role.
We kick of 2026 with our Fantasy Gaming League draft!This year it is the Comedy Brothers, Paper and Adkins, going head-to-head to see who comes out on top!Will Paper get a hattrick of wins back-to-back or will Adkins make history and be the first person to land the Grand Slam?
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Jake Sorensen is out today and tomorrow, Nick Sehnert is filling in. Sipple is already in Vegas. Nick and Bill recap their Christmas festivities and preview New Years. Do we agree with the College Football Playoff not playing any games this past Saturday?Our Sponsors:* Check out Hims: https://hims.com/EARLYBREAK* Check out Infinite Epigenetics: https://infiniteepigenetics.com/EARLYBREAK* Check out Washington Red Raspberries: https://redrazz.orgAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Producer and guitarist Josh Barber celebrates the debut album from Idle Heirs, discusses being on the road with Cold and hints at several projects he's currently working on.
This week's show, after a Damned demolition: brand new The Scenics (world premier!), Tombstones in Their Eyes, Trinary System, Tony Molina, Shudder to Think, Cliff & Ivy, Guided By Voices, and Larry Beckett & Stuart Anthony, plus The Beatles, The Idle ...
The 697th of a series of weekly radio programmes created by :zoviet*france: First broadcast 15 November 2025 by Resonance 104.4 FM and CJMP 90.1 FM Thanks to the artists, sound designer and sound recordist included here for their fine work. track list 00 [anonymous] - Intro 01 Embers Below Zero - Spring Dusk 02 Edø Pisto Sømi - 3 State Steady 03 Anton Lambert & Thanos Polymeneas Liontiris - The One 04 Breaking Light - Nothing to Hide So Nothing to Fear 05 Ray Cobley - Dreaming of Insects 06 Monosounds - Dusty – 808 – 03 – F 07 Baaskat - Sup M8 08 George Brecht & George Maciunas with James Tenney - Entrance... (Excerpt) 09 acs272 - World's 'Longest-Echo' 3rd Impulse 10 [unknown sound designer / BBC] - Futuristic – Weapons – Stun Gun (Single Burst) 11 Shaun Robert - Apartamento en el centro 12 Pablo Diserens - Melt Morphemes (Supraglacial) 13 Julie Berry / SE Trains - stb_asi 14 [unknown sound recordist / BBC] - Cars – Peugeot – 1.9 Litre (Diesel) 1986/87 Model: Exterior: Approach from Left, Skid, Idle, Switch Off 15 99Sounds - Rain-Umbrella-04 16 Michael Snow - Amitabha Chenden Kala performed by Monks of the Kagyupa Sect, Bhutan 17 Yea Big, Jon Byler Dann, and Tatsuya Nakatani - Fever One ++ [anonymous] - Outro
Three Point Stance: Red Sox sit idle, Drake's Skip-n-Rip + Mazzulla on fun
Lost throughput opportunity is the silent and permanent cash killer. It's silent because it's hard to notice. You can see payroll. You can see churn. But you can’t see the products that never shipped, or the hour you can’t recover. And it's permanent because you can't ever get that cash opportunity back. A lost shipping opportunity is gone, forever. Idle time doesn’t show up on your P&L while still bleeding you dry.