ove to Slago to get my appointment it's just so important you know to have this done but when you don't get an appointment and you don't you can't I mean poor these women maybe are just like myself they're waiting on an appointment and they don't get one well everyone so in relation to breast check another caller Ann my sister-in-law called them last week as she has been waiting two years and she hadn't been accepted onto the breast check system two years later another I'm 53 still no appointment for my mammogram so everyone contacting us is very very keen even for an appointment so there's something going on Ann well I don't know now if I'll get an appointment now or not because I'm in that age group of 71 this year understood yeah and once you go off once you go to that certain age you don't you don't be called what do you think of that that there's a age at 69 I don't think it should be done away with that age at all I think it should be on the list to the day you die because that lady we were speaking to a little earlier you know her mom sadly passed of breast cancer I think her sister had a had an issue as well your worries or your concerns or your health don't all of them all of a sudden not matter at 69 do they no does not I think I think you should have it done at least every two years no matter what age you are until the day you die because I know of people that died at 70 somewhere with breast cancer and even 80s exactly yeah exactly and it still is important to find it early it is very important right listen I hope you get your appointment soon thank you very much I'm not hoping at this stage I'm giving up be quite honest with you yeah that's not right either that you should feel like that yeah okay all right okay thank you very much take care bye bye Mary emailed I'm 51 and registered with breastcheck.ie about a month ago I phoned the online number as I knew they were testing in the area they gave me a reference number and a number in Galway to phone for an appointment so I phoned Galway and they gave gave me an appointment on the phone for two weeks later I attended and got the results back about two weeks later that is that thanks Mary for that and maybe for some of the women we've been speaking to who are anxious for an appointment that might work for them but there's something going on here we're getting in the dozens at this stage of people contacting us saying they're really really really keen for an appointment they've been registered since they were 50 they're 51, 52, 53, 54 still no appointment yet we're being told the official statistics are stating that six out of 10 women aren't turning up for their initial breast check so there's something going on that requires well that's what precisely what we're doing requires more digging this is your guide to smart glasses smart glasses often look like regular glasses and some of them have built-in cameras even if you don't wear smart glasses it's helpful to know what it looks 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also has its own brand of herbal treatments to help fight fatigue relieve digestive discomfort maintain a healthy immune system and alleviate common menopause symptoms the natural way letter Kenny shop in center your one stop health shop I know out and about as I've become a little bit more aware over recent years I find myself looking at facilities in businesses for people with a disability or wheelchair users and what I've noticed is because I've done a bit of exploring of this that sometimes it has the symbol on the door but if you actually open the door and have a look in it can often be not often sometimes it's being used as a storeroom other times it's clearly not suitable for someone in a wheelchair to be able to go in turn come out it's not so it's almost like a box ticking exercise all the place is excellent don't get me wrong it's not right across the board so that's in private business so level expectations I don't know might be different but public spaces where you could comfortably change someone or use the facilities you'd expect that the status stepped up to the mark wouldn't you not always the case Claire McDevitt is a Donegal mother of five-year-old son Rory who has a disability and is going to highlight the issue with us at the moment Hi Claire how are you keeping? Hi Greg how are you? I'm okay so what's your current experience with I suppose private and publicly do you focus on on public facilities or let us know what the situation is? I suppose public facilities are not existent really at the moment I mean they have their you have your disabled toilets you know and that and this as you say it doesn't apply to all many of them are small you know you're getting a wheelchair in and moving around is difficult some are larger you know and there are local businesses actually that are much larger and you can get in you can get moving around some provide a baby changing bench no that makes us some and doesn't definitely does not put all people and you'll be lucky to get a baby changing bench in one so then you're looking at well what if you're and like my child can't use the toilet many children adolescents and adults can't use the toilet so where do you go there you know how you're going to change how you're going to because they deserve to go to and I think that's what we're looking at Greg I think there's a difference between having a facility and that facility actually being fit for purpose for all like you know of people we all know of people who want to go somewhere in Ireland and they actually have to plan out their journey and sometimes they're food and liquid intake if say for instance if they're a wheelchair user because there's there's a couple of places dotted around the country and people are trying to organize days out or journeys for hospital appointments or whatever it might be around it it shouldn't be like that it's crazy especially when with new buildings Claire Oh absolutely and I can only speak from our own experience and obviously the last two years we haven't really gone anywhere I'm looking up maybe before that Rory was the way about smaller you could obviously manage him a lot better you don't want to be the changing bench two years on we're coming out of the pandemic we're wanting to get out and about more I mean CHI Cromland have only just established a changing place within the hospital Leonard Kenny hospital definitely don't have one you know and you're looking at well we want to get out and about we want to enjoy ourselves we spent two years stuck in the house but really you do have to think how can we do this I carry a changing mat in the car with me on occasion we've had to pull down the seats and change him in the car in the boot of the car because that's just what you get you know and you and some of the spaces maybe that has a baby changer he doesn't like that he screams you know if you think about it if you had it one of the proper changing benches that are suitable for children adults they're level it was their height adjusted so they can come down lower you know you're not having to lift higher and you know there's those kind of things there Greg and also you know the car is an inconvenience but people will have occasion where they actually have to change someone on the floor the floor of a toilet yeah yeah I mean we were in a local community centre I won't I won't name names but it was a new facility that was built over the last couple of years and we were there as part of a group for children with disabilities and when we asked for somewhere to to change him the disabled toilet there yes it was big enough to manoeuvre the the wheelchair around but we were offered a match for the floor you know and that's that's the reality of it and it's you know it's no fault of the organisation that was there carrying out the event but it's about building standards it's about regulations you know having a disabled toilet facility isn't enough because not all children and adults can use a toilet but even if you're given a toilet you need to make sure that there's enough limit besides for assistance because maybe they can't safely self-transfer you know you need a hoist you know as well because you know they're not all you know you can't all lift either even when and the thing about this Claire it's going to be difficult to to sort of expect retrofitting although it might happen but there are buildings being built right now where the disabled facilities box is ticked but if they had any consultation with someone who uses these facilities they would realise that they aren't fit for purpose and in the wider scale of some of the construction that we're looking at some of the builds to put in proper proper accessible facilities it can be done and it wouldn't affect the bottom line much it's just a case of people recognising that the likes of Rory you and others need to be treated with respect and given dignity absolutely yeah no it is and like and people can you know it can be changed but it does take people power to do these things just like everything in the country you know and we have to highlight this and many families country-wide are calling for this you know and we all our children are you know our family members all deserve that right as well you know and it it isn't easy and um so one thing it requires us is us to support the likes of you Claire and others in these times it's difficult financially to you're not looking for finances don't get me wrong I know that but I'll get to the point it's difficult for people to feel that they can make a difference because they don't have spare time or spare money to help a charity whatever it might be this is a situation where people can help by just logging on to the computer because the department of housing local government and heritage is currently seeking the views of the public about changing the building regulations so changing place toilets will be mandatory in certain public buildings unbelievable that they're not so that's how everyone here can listen to you and go you know what I can't make a difference with other things in life but I can let my voice be heard here and I can back up Claire on this campaign do you get where I'm coming from Claire people can help here that lady can and that and that means so much and it will only take a few moments to do and if you log on to changingplaces.ie they actually have a sample email there that you can just email and if you have an experience if there's somebody out there that goes I've been in that situation I didn't realize that I could you know voice this you know put your personal experience in there with the email send it to buildingstandardsathousing.gov.ie and have that done before 5 p.m. on the 12th May and like that will make a difference where I get really well in Donegal there are zero registered changing places across the entire country there are 17 now if you consider how much of the population might be able to avail of these they're seriously seriously underserved there's a lot of info there as to how you can help by having your say the go-to place I would suggest changingplace.ie and there's a sample email there as Claire has been outlining and the email address is there as well the closing date for the receipt of submissions and comments is 5 p.m. on the 12th of May so you have little over a week just to log on to your computer when you've got five minutes or open your phone and do something that will help this campaign it shouldn't have to be a campaign to embarrass or force a government body to insist that these facilities are made available it's crazy Claire it really is it really is and I thank you so much for being able to highlight this and you know and get it out there that this is what's needed for our children you know that are we're now being able to get out more so it'd be great to just not have to worry about that aspect of it too 100% and I would say Claire you know between support groups what have you parents and guardians and caregivers they probably exchange good places this is not bad that's not bad this is okay I'm sure that goes on and people are trying to if they can get out organize things around where are good facilities for simply changing someone do you know it's crazy stuff it is and it has to happen and we share you know and we do share this information you know and there are some local private businesses that have have a great you know chain or disabled toilet if they could just add in a few extra that would make it more accessible and inclusive to all you know and that's fair you know and then you talk you know and it is possible yeah and then there are entire towns that you'd think there's because of the signs there's loads of facilities but if you actually go around them they're not there at all in a usable way all right Claire listen thanks for that best wishes to everyone and Rory thank you Claire thank you so much bye Greg thank you bye bye bye Claire MacDevitt there 08 660 25000 if you wish to have an opinion on that so back to the issue of breast check just for those joining us we're trying to get to the bottom of why the statistics tell us that six out of 10 almost six out of 10 women aren't turning up for their initial mammogram the contact to our program so far has been I'm 51 I'm 52 I'm 53 I'm 54 where I want an appointment and I'll go with short notice and wherever if need be because people are keen for that to be done right some of your comments here Greg I had a mammogram over a year ago through my GP was all clear I got my routine mammogram two months ago which I attended and I'm currently attending Galway hospital for treatment for what was found on my latest mammogram please attend all your appointments they are vital another I felt as if I needed to have a breast check because I had just turned 50 and HRT I called the number it is just important as it relates to HRT the links between HRT and breast cancer are heavily disputed by the way but I understand your concerns they say I called the number for breast check and I was seen within two weeks in Etterkenny had to check the register online before could give me appointment but was really easy and fast same as your previous texture another I think it's very selfish if people who get an appointment and do not attend breast check and do not cancel their appointment that slot could be used by someone else I finally got an appointment this week my last one was four years ago but we I have to make sure that people are being notified of their appointments because you know one lady we've spoken to today got one day's notice to attend and she'd been waiting for 18 months for it why does breast check stop at 69 those over that age do they not matter that's exactly what we were asking another thinker off the list once you reach 70 again why is that acceptable it's surely shouldn't be couldn't be acceptable and more coming in on maintenance politics in the north and so much more besides but we are going to crack on with our next item and we'll get to those comments as we head towards the news and the end of the program at 12 and for more on the OMA show see are you looking for truly independent financial advice John F. 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Lowry financial services is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland the Kia Sportage Donny Gull's best-selling car for 2022 if you're thinking about making the move to Kia or to upgrade your current Kia make sure to call in today to iMotor's letter Kenny or Malin with a seven-year warranty as standard driving a Kia makes sense fancy a barbecue this evening pop into Kelly's Sentra in Letter Kenny and you'll find all you need burgers sausages and chicken pieces burger baps cheese and great offers in the off-license portable barbecues utensils and even garden furniture for the perfect barbecue visit Kelly's award-winning Sentra at Mountaintop Letter Kenny okay we're joined on the program now by two guests Vinnie McLaughlin good morning Vinnie thank you very much for joining us and also we're joined by Mark McCarran good morning Mark morning Greg you's a mate we are yeah okay right Mark tell us your your story because this is about a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis Ireland this is obviously personal to you Mark yeah it does yeah tell us your story um well I was diagnosed with birth and cystic fibrosis um and I was quite lucky kind of for most of the childhood and to not really be affected by it I kind of lived normal playing football and all um it was then kind of towards then secondary school then kind of started I had to stop playing football at 18 mid-teens yeah yeah at 16 17 yeah and just found it more difficult to do things and I did eventually stop playing football then at 18 and over the years then it was just a case of being and now to hospital quite often a couple of times a year and boom went to hospitals and how did it affect you obviously in terms of presumably your energy levels for football and that is a door oh absolutely yeah yeah and just I remember that last game I played it was sprinted about 20 hours and it just that was just that was me done so your 20s have been tough then like late teens 20s um yeah it was yeah yeah um just as I was getting older like in the 20s and all it was just more and more time in hospitals like four or five times a year and would that be done to maybe get an infection or something or what was all about chest infections yeah um I know it's strange in one sense but thankfully that's that's as bad as it got for me with chest infections but a chest infection to you potentially is a big deal like it was two or three weeks in bombing for me yes for a chest infection um and what about culvert then thankfully I've escaped it so far touch wood but for the first number of months I had isolated on my own loving my own that'd be especially very early on that would have been a particular concern for you at a moment yeah just when Leo for our care announced made the announcement on TV that was me then can't had nobody coming into the house now um there's a new drug was made available and it's made a big difference to you hasn't it oh massive difference energy levels unbelievable I haven't been in hospital since I started the drug calf trio in July it's probably a lot I haven't had any form of antibiotics which is probably the longest in about 10-11 years I would say I've gone with none of the drugs and and what does the drug do how does it work I'm not expecting you to give us the full medical but in the simple terms as I might be able to understand yeah I think it's I think the aim is to kind of kind of reverse what most of maybe cystic fibrosis does to your body yeah um like I used to be coughing quite a lot and all and nowadays I can't even cough I'm gonna try it and is this a long-term treatment um yeah at the moment anyway I think there's a one currently going on the trial as well in America at the moment yeah um I think the early signs have shown that it may be performing better than wow after you sign and in terms of you know how maybe your health might deteriorate as you age does this drug and hopefully the next drug does it stall that or do you know what I mean does it slow down any sort of worsening of the condition um yeah from my from what I was told in Beaumont and away from and from what they've been seeing from other patients yeah I mean there's people like who've been on the lung transplant and with this new drug now they've come off it and they've just it's expensive it is quite expensive yeah I'm not sure the exact figure but I imagine it's with six figures right okay now through all of this how important has cystic fibrosis Ireland been in support in you or for information or even maybe trying to get you onto this this new drug tell us the role of cystic fibrosis Ireland ah they've been amazing um it says they're always there for anything you need um they have a number of grants as well and I suppose exercise going up with the biggest one for for myself yeah and you know you can buy maybe gym equipment with it you can membership for the gym PTEs and all and obviously exercise legs is very important for us like to help help clear the lungs and um but they've been absolutely amazing like all right and Vinny this is where you come in Vinny McLaughlin um because obviously you know you make more you know the situation you've scenes is ups and downs why do you want to get involved in raising money for the CFI um so basically um I've no mark we're actually cousins may mark so I've no mark my whole life um I would say seven maybe eight maybe eight months ago I've seen market has lost I've seen him up high down low I've seen him at has very lost when this drug come out till then till now blew my mind the difference on him he's like he can never talk really about himself there but he's like a different man if you'd have seen him nine months to now like it's just blew my mind I was I couldn't believe it and it's a tablet you know and it changed his life completely I think back then he couldn't have got any lower but now it's just how he's going now it's just it's it's amazing like did you see that yourself mark did you feel that yourself 100% like when it just before started the drug I had spent four out of about six six or seven weeks in hospital in Beaumont and my long function was at 50% now it's up now 85% wow so that's not we used to actually like before he was at his lowest we he used to be in Beaumont maybe for two weeks twice a year we used to make it a thing that me and maybe two or three or that just to go up to Mark you know and visit him but there like last year it must have been five four or five times a year in hospital like you just knew you was taking a toll on him yeah and then when the drug community's just as I say it's like a change man yeah it's amazing stuff isn't it and so what are you doing to raise funds for cystic fibrosis Ireland so basically what I'm doing is 65 holes of golf for 65 roses they call it 65 roses because cystic fibrosis quite difficult they say it's actually yeah okay you know so that's a 65 part about it that makes sense actually now that's 65 yeah okay mm-hmm so I'm doing that and let her kind of golf club this Friday um basically I'm playing 65 holes just back to back and the link here is is the fact that there's a lot of campaigning and fighting to get this drug available and cystic fibrosis Ireland would be at the forefront of that as well you know advocating on behalf of yourself and others because individually it's very hard to make change but if you have an organization like the CFI or 65 roses yeah which I think is really clever you know that's where you get the pressure put on you know which is which is great right okay so how are you how's this a fundraiser this sounds to me like someone who likes golf going out having a game of golf to me I don't know what it sounds like to you Mark absolutely um so I'm afraid so you're walking over hot coals or something you see like it's um no it's going to be like it'll be very difficult I don't know like it's it's three full rounds of golf and then 11 holes which the final 11 mark's joining me for the 11 so I think that's quite nice but it will be tough yeah but I do have people common and gone throughout the day maybe that may cracker up a wee bit actually your own David James has actually joined me today excellent a couple of holes so that's brilliant so the thing is is the better you're playing on the day the quicker you get through this if you're having a nightmare but I can imagine after two rounds I'm going to be playing quite well I don't like Tiger Woods who's to say who's to say and you're doing it all at Let it Get Ain't Golf Course yeah so you're going around three times plus 11 yeah okay and you start at on Friday the 6th of May 6, 6, 30 yeah and the weather's going to be brilliant on Friday which is actually well which is helpful we actually held the charity football match there on Saturday it was Man United fans versus Liverpool fans because that would be a big United fan and Mark would be a big Liverpool fan there's always one isn't there yeah but Splay hasn't mentioned the result yet yeah it's not mentioned we'll not mention that but the week was brilliant for the well or in the Saturday what was the last episode of the game the on Saturday the come on Mark this guy just opened up too on too on oh this is competitive fair any bookings any bookings it was for him but now as I say the sky just opened and it was raining the whole day and then Sunday was nice so hopefully we're praying that Friday and now with the weather's looking looking good in fact it's probably perfect for what you're undertaking so how can people support you Vinnie you know what's the fundraising mechanism so as past month and a half I've been taking sponsorship off I just need to say that the local businesses around here the generosity has blow my mind of local people around you're not even local people all our businesses like I've got I think over 80 businesses on board and I haven't asked for a thing everyone's contacted me when they see that it's so real and my the story of Mark's it's so real that people want to get in contact and want to help so the generosity of local businesses blow my mind how does that feel for you Mark you know because I know there you know Vinnie's doing the fundraiser but you know he's doing it in your name and through your experience and facistic fibrosis on it must be lovely that you know so many businesses and that we're looking for the general public to to sort of go actually you know I care enough to get involved in this yeah but sometimes we can feel quite lonely and isolated and no one cares but now you're seeing how yeah you know what it means to people like I can't get over like I know like for many years any time I mentioned I think my facist fibrosis most people's like oh what's that I don't know yeah um but like I'm I was very surprised like every day if anyone would ring me with two or three more businesses on board and then maybe maybe going out to get photos like and I just I can't get over it like brilliant and there's been some I'll make you thank them all yeah there's been some amazing people who very severely affected by cystic fibrosis island that spoke very publicly on a national scale as well along with cystic fibrosis island that have got us perhaps to to where we are so obviously enjoying great support of the business there is a just giving page and I think the best thing is people search 65 holes for 65 roses and I presume the social media element here I'm a Facebook yeah but all of that the links everywhere and that's where you get it on either one of them right okay and you just want people to if they've got a few Bob just to go on it's not even it's mostly awareness to you and of course and massively to share Mark's story he's not much of a talker he's actually done very well right that's kind of sad I'm very very surprised because it's only like it must be my interviewing style to me the only thing he had seen the only thing that's changed we actually done a presentation on Saturday night and he actually never said a word I had to speak everything so I'm actually I'm actually very very shocked but as I say awareness and even did when I told you about 65 roses the look on your face there it's just even detail in a lot of person yeah of course yeah awareness and Mark's story and obviously a few Bob will obviously help the cause excellent and it's nice to be speaking to someone Mark like yourself who there's a drug has been developed you've got on the drug and it's made a difference because you know often it's we're trying to raise awareness in the other direction do you know do you know where it's someone who can't get access to something and and here we have you getting great results with this drug and even maybe drugs coming through yeah as well so it's you know it's nice to it's framed in a that you're feeling good back playing a bit of football and yeah exactly yeah yeah all right yeah exactly but he tried well enough against you Mark if I remember correctly so do you play golf generally speaking this is my fourth year playing yeah and what's your handicap it's 9.7 all right people like that yeah and that's probably not handing in the cards on the background as well all my character handed in probably could be 29.7 to balance but and Vinny what about what about you do you play golf or is football your passion I know you're playing a few holes the last 11 with with you mate here but yeah um I actually joined up let a kid go club as well last year few weeks after I started the drug and I noticed the difference and I enjoyed like I always enjoyed golf on the TV you know and have a bit of crack it's yeah yeah other competition we used to when we were kind of about younger we used to go and play football the likes of golf and stuff and go but he actually couldn't go you know because of the energy levels or whatever and he just and if he caught a flu or something you know which is so like which is it's it's really tough on you because what happens like you've got clearly great friends but they do also have to get on and go out and play the football but you're still left behind going but it is on the back of your head that you know playing FIFA or something you know but even COVID when he says Aggie was down for like four months or something yeah without seeing anyone you know but good tough and back and good health mm-hmm oh that's amazing brilliant stuff Alex literally one tablet every day it's two in the morning then one at night right okay so it is but I mean like it's it's no problem like if for years like I've been taken probably 35 40 plus out of the day and do you allow yourself to sort of have confidence in it or do you sometimes worry is it tomorrow the day it's not going to work as well as it did yesterday or what's your attitude and not like that um no definitely definitely don't think you get good stuff I think I kind of shocked him or I think he's just like he's going with it as well because as he says his long function was about 49% mm-hmm as up a day and he's now like you know what's like it's how quick it's happened yeah yeah well this it's brilliant it's lovely it's fantastic to hear it's it's positive what a good news for once exactly exactly and something working and and and someone getting on it okay so again awareness as you say quite rightly that's the main thing here as well people can go on to your social media videomglocking isn't yeah and just such that you're focused on Instagram mostly is it yeah okay mostly yeah and presumably then you'll do updates on Friday as well oh yeah I'll be relaying and stuff and then people coming in between bunker shots and stuff yeah okay right so if you want to give or just get awareness to go on to the social media of Vinny or Cystic Fibrosis Ireland their website read up about it learn a little bit more about it if you want to say well look fair play it's lovely listen to Vinny and Mark and I want to support Cystic Fibrosis through this campaign search just giving 65 holes for 65 roses or get the links on Vinny's social media all right listen it's as I say that from according to the weather forecast it's going to be lovely tomorrow and it sounds like a good atmosphere it'll be good crack and again huge amount of support from local businesses this is one of the reasons why I encourage people as much as can to shop local because there's no point going to Amazon or eBay looking for money yeah or support you know what I mean it's coming from your your your local stores employing local people as well or people in the locality all right listen well done I think it's going to be good fun isn't it yeah I think maybe midway through the third round you might be going what I've got myself into it's just that I think people the people different personalities coming and going each time we'll break it up about funding and stuff so all right well done well done to both of you Mark genuinely delighted to hear that that drug's working for you in your your fight and fit again great stuff all right Vinnie McLaughlin and Mark McCarran both of you thank you very much indeed no problem thanks Greg the fishermen working the seas off Ireland bring us a real bounty every day like Irish crab meat low in fat and brim full of protein omega 3 and essential vitamins and minerals for lunch or dinner Irish crab meat is a delicious shellfish you can buy cooked and ready to go in your supermarket or fish muggers for great recipes online like crab pasta with cherry tomatoes and basil visit board via dot ie forward slash crab and make every day meals amazing win with low prices from super value with credit offers like save 33% in our Irish steak sale with strip loin steak at back super value signature taste breakfast deal only five euro super and selected cupboard fillers like nestling multi-packs and pouches any four for four euro on real win with low prices that compete with anyone win with super value Riverside sound systems along with Relay for life present bag for good Westlife and take that tribute band on Friday the 6th of May at the initial Gateway Hotel at 9pm plus support from sister act limited tickets available at the initial Gateway Hotel Monkranagh Areva Winshaga's joint programme are hosting a dairy walk on the farm of Robin Stevenson clock or Kiligordon this 30 the 5th at 11am all welcome Highland radio weather updates with Ireland West airport thinking of a sun holiday with the family you can now fly to Barcelona three times weekly this summer with Ryanair and enjoy some of Europe's best family campsites Ireland West airport you're flying Okay so as we head into the afternoon it'll be overall clarity with patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle developing along our west coast moving inland during the afternoon in evening feeling mild and humid though temperatures of 13 to 16 degrees with just light West Librizes staying mostly cloudy tonight with scattered falls of rain and drizzle hill mist and coastal fog too lowest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees okay we are joined on the programme now by Sadie Duffy from Monkranagh she's a boxing referee with Illies Golden Gloves boxing club also ref Katie's first competitive bout back in October 2001 Sadie good morning to you Good morning Greg Thank you very much for joining us I mean if we could talk about the importance of this to to to women's boxing but this superseded this this transcended just women's boxing it was boxing as a whole it was sport as a whole what we witnessed in Madison Square Garden and the early hours of Sunday morning Yes well I believe Eddie Hirn summed it up very aptly it wasn't it's not really women's boxing men's boxing and you've set it yourself there it's boxing as a whole and and overall sport in general it is really left at the whole sport in general to a new level and we have to say that it's for women as well it's really broken down another barrier it's made history to force sell out contest or championship bout the headline such a major mecca of boxing in the world What did you make of how did you score it for me as a lay person I thought Katie won the first three and the last three for sure which would would have been enough if I was a judge how did you call it it was as tight as was as was predicted it was close to be fair it was a very very close contest competitive and and she did get caught like as we as we as well documented now big time like in the first round and but it's testament to the strength and skill of Katie herself that she was able to dig deep and obviously her preparation before the contest in the training camps and stuff and all but again we wouldn't want to see you're taking too many hard contests like that Greg you know and that's seemed to be there for any athlete or any boxer particularly but as she says herself sometimes regardless of what the corner says she just wants to stand there and have a tarot but like I mean all of that work in the gym and the preparation the determination I think anyone watching that fifth round would have thought right that's it she's gasped it's one fight too many this girls that she's fighting is stronger not bigger but stronger she digs like I don't know how she turned that fight around and composed herself to fight the last three or four rounds so well I think she won the sixth like coming out after that fifth round she did to be fair but still it was a close round in fairness Greg but I believe that Katie etched it to be honest with you and that that round was a turning turning point in the in the whole contest but as you say like nobody knows nobody can even answer the question don't believe Katie even knows herself how she was able to get get past the first round but again like looking at it and the face off and what have you pre-bought Serrano was usually like he said she was about a head half a head taller than her physically she looked stronger so you would then think to yourself my god like this is really a major major class for Katie but like I've known her from she was started out in her amateur career like many people have and she is 100% dedicated she's a super super athlete she leaves no stone unturned to be fair and she's like that that's her her goal has always been to achieve the best to be the best and I believe that she has superseded that and maybe at that time she wants to go for the homecoming defense in Croke Park I believe she should consider if she's the right people about her and around her that can advise her properly like when you're at the top there's only one way you can go watch the press conference afterwards she just has no intentions of retiring she has other challenges that she wants and she's in control she knows what she wants and it's great to see the promoters and all respecting it saying look this is down to Katie and what she wants I mean I'm sure you've been asked this question a thousand times and I don't know what the answer is but when did she stand out in October 2001 I mean I presume you ref a lot of a lot of matches at that time did you see anything in Katie that made you say right actually I'm looking at something a wee bit different here yes she was special to be fair and I'm just not saying that for the sake of saying it because as before that first sanction contest there was competition tournaments in the national stadium and Dublin for all the Gairs because there was no structure I'm not being critical when I say that but there was no structure in place so we had to start somewhere so there was a committee and we organized competition and the Gairs all came up we put them through the proper process of weighing and making the matches for them some of them maybe give away age for waiting what have you but it was purely to get them into the format and the proper competition in mind frame and going forward so eventually then our organization the Federation IABA sanctioned then the first matches for Gairs on an international tournament and Katie was the first Gair to box she boxed another Irish Gair Alana Audley-Murphy who boxed out of the Sandy Room Club in Belfast yeah so like that was really history making moment in Irish boxing and thankfully things have moved forward since then like Kelly Harrington Amy Broadhurst a lot of other Gairs there have succeeded well you know above expectations at European and world level and at Lampakine just a quick word on you what do you think about moving it to the three minutes there's strong arguments for and against I don't think Katie would have seen the final bell of the fifth round if it had been three minutes round and I think one or other of them wouldn't have seen the final round if it were three minutes rounds does women's boxing need those sort of knockouts and people being punk drunk or punch drunk or are we better seeing you know fast action for two minutes as is well on the point of changing from two minutes to three minutes number one I'm not a medically qualified person because and a lot of it falls comes back to like medical expertise and science and long-term effects from heavy blows and things like that but on me on a personal opinion I believe that the two minutes is good for the women's boxing it's fast it's short it's sharp it's quick and as opposed to the three minutes that can maybe drag on and you're absolutely 100% in the points you've made there it could have went against Katie and that's the particular instance it could have went against either or of the both boxers over the duration of the content so there's crosses and minuses and everything like to be honest but always air on the side of safety at the minute until such time the medical people beside or sanctioned yes okay and also too it's not just encouraging girls into boxing everyone will know they're sporting too they're inspirational to girls in whatever they want to do be it through education be it football be whatever when they say women doing what they did on Saturday night it's a true inspiration Sadie thank you so much for joining us thank you bye-bye Sadie have a great day okay that's the 9th and noon show for this June


Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Now, let's put that power to the test. It's time for K-Check! I'm Jonella Boer. And I'm Gabby Concepcion, the attorney, not the artista. And this is K-Check. The smartest game show on television is now in its home stretch. Welcome everyone to day four of the K-Check semifinal round. There is one more spot left in our grand finals and today we'll find out who gets it. Weekly winners are back para sumagot ng mga tanong na magdadala sa kanila sa ating grand finals at the end of this week. At sa araw na yun, isa lang ang tatanghaling K-Check champion. Pero hindi lang ang weekly winners ang sasabak sa araw na ito. Joining them will be our wild cards na pinile mula sa mga runners-up ng bawat weekly competition. And of course, kasama din namin kayong lahat na imbitadong makisagot sa mga tanong na haharapin ng ating mga contestants. Let's meet our four contestants sadadaan sa ating K-Check sa araw na ito. Celine is a graduating BS Electronics Engineering student of UP Dilemon. A proud batanggenya, she was the only woman in her weekly finals and today she is a proud semifinalist too. Dias was once an engineering student who is now a performance major in theater. But it was his performance in week number five competition that earned him his semifinal spot. Nard is a third-year business math education student, part-time math tutor, Korean language enthusiast and now a K-Check semifinalist. And finally, we have Tamara, a BA creative writing student who wrote her ticket to the semifinals nung hindi niya halos pinasagot ang kanyang mga contestants o kalaban nung dailies. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. First, we have Professor Glesy Atienza of the College of Arts and Letters of UP Dilemon. We also have Professor Neil Santillian, Chairperson of the UP Dilemon Department of History. And last but not least, we have Professor Marian Roche, Professor of Mathematics also at UP Dilemon. And now contestants, papasok na tayo sa K-Check paramihan where each correct answer is worth ten points. This is your chance to bank as many points as you can and take the all-important early lead. Let's begin! The English Channel separates England from the northern part of what country? Correct answer is France. Dias in Math. What is the product of 25 and 8? 200. K-Check. Nard, what do the first two letters in Kalabarzon stand for? Cavite. K-Check. Tamara, in what continent can you find the Alps mountain range? Asia. Malaysia. Europe. Celine, in math, what is one half the sum of 13 and 33? 23. K-Check. Dias, alabang, is a large barangay in what metro manila city? Muntinlupa. K-Check. Nard, Vienna is the capital of which country? Austria. K-Check. Tamara, in math, what is 75% of 8? 6. K-Check. Celine, on what island can you find the province of Antique? Migos. Malay. Panay. Dias, what sovereign city state of the French Riviera is famous for casinos? Malay. Monaco. Nard, in math, what is the fraction 5 over 20 in lowest terms? 1-4. K-Check. Tamara, Hulok is the capital of which province? Correct answer is Sulu. And that's it for our first round, the K-Check para mihan round. And that's it for our first round, the K-Check para mihan round. Points, recap mo na tayo. Na una, sa round nito si Nard with 30 points, kasunod si Dias with 20 points, and Thay, sa third place, is Celine and Tamara with 10 points each. And of course it's just the first round and we're all waiting kung sino ba ang magiging finalist ang last finalist natin for the grand finals. Ngayon, re-need ba kayong lahat for our pabilisan round? Next, here on K-Check. Ang ating karunungan check. Mag points, recap mo na tayo. Na una, sa Nard with 30 points, kasunod si Dias with 20 points, Celine and Tamara both have 10 points each. And of course it's too early to tell kung sino nga ang magiging last finalist natin for the grand finals round here on K-Check. Yes, na? Pero ngayon, gusto ko lang tanong yan na curious naman ako. Itong Sinard, who is our leading finalist for round one, bakit ka naman na interest sa Korean language? Matagal na po kung interested talaga sa Korean culture and nung mga before high school, or mga high school pala, nag-start ko kung mag-learn ng Korean, pero hindi po siya naging tulit-tulit, pero ngayong college mo, nakapag-start po ulit ako. And ngayon nag-titik na po ng mga introductory pa lang po na Korean courses, but hopefully mag-tulit-tulit po siya. What about Korean cooking? Korean cooking, since hindi po ko masyadong nag-explore pa ng food, so limited pa lang po yung alam ko sa cooking. May time ka pa, di ba? Time saan. Prof. Marian, may mga katanungan ka ba mga sagyandin natin? Parang bigladi na ako, parang gusto kong tanungin yung cutting from electrical, electronic engineering. So, bihira ba ang mga babae sa electronics engineering or madami natin? Marami po, yung bihira po ay sa electrical, pero sa electronics, siguro, ikwa lang yung population ng mga babae at lalaki. Oh, interesting. Pogi naman ba ang mga ka-classy mo? I don't want to incriminate myself. Safe answer, very good. Matalino. So ito ka lang yung gusto mo mula bata, or at least high school. Hindi po, nag-method of elimination lang ako. Basta gusto ko po mag-engineering, tapos elimination. Ay, ayokon ito, ayokon ito. Asigay, ito yung natira. Wow, magandang classy ang pag-eliminate. At sana ay mag, ano ka, ako ay mag-prosper jens ng field na pinili. Parang warning sa ating kabataan, that might not always be the best way to make a decision. Pero parang gano'ng ginaginaw ako, eh. Kung saan ako mahi na, ay gusto ko ito. But in any case, we're now going into the K-check pabilisan round. Buzz in first for the right to answer the question. Correct answers are worth 20 points, pero sa round na ito, minus 10 points ang maling sagot. Kaya contestants, pag-isipan ng mabuti muna bago i-press ang buzzer. Let's begin. Born in 2003, which young Swedish environment activist founded the movement Nard? Greta Thunberg. Which young Swedish environment activist founded the movement Fridays for a Future when she was only 15 years old? Greta Thunberg, K-check. In which popular Jane Austen movie adaptation did Kira Knightley star as Elizabeth Bennet? Tamara? Little Women? Malik. Meron bang hahabol? The correct answer is Pride and Prejudice. Question number three. What is the local nymph that has the same name as the first satellite built and designed by Filipinos? Nard? Maya. Duwata. Question number four. Coming from the Latin term for small key, what is the anatomical name for the color bone? The anatomical name for the color bone is the clavicle. Which billionaire fired half of Twitter's 7,000 dais? Elon Musk. Elon Musk, K-check. Question number six. Which town in Cebu is known for the Saadayan Festival as well as for whale shark watching? The correct answer is Oslo. Question number seven. First coming to power in 1996, Benjamin Netanyahu is the longest serving prime minister of what country? The correct answer is Israel. Question number eight. Carrie is the title of the first novel of which famous author. Tamara? Stephen King. Stephen King is the correct answer. Question number nine. Which mineral composed of calcium, magnesium, carbonate is usually used in salt water aquariums to help buffer changes in the pH of the water but can also substitute for sand in local beaches? Tamara? Dolomite. Very popular dolomite. K-check. Question number ten. What 2001 Dreamworks film earned the first ever Academy Award? Tamara? Shrek. K-check. Question number eleven. Which former leader of Myanmar was sentenced to three years in jail for electoral fraud last September, adding to the 17 years in prison that she was already handed? Nard. Aung San Suu Chi. Aung San Suu Chi is the correct answer. K-check. Last question. Benny Blanco, BTS and Snoop Dogg pulled their talents into what song that made it to the top ten in the billboard charts in 2022? Bad decisions is the correct answer. And that's the end of our K-check Pabilisan round. Let's recap the points mo na at orni. Tamara has 80 points. Nard has 60 points. Dias has 40 points. K-check Pabilisan has 10 points. Nag-cool. Nag-fast yung ano. Mga pagsagot na kanya bang. Pero hindi pa natin talaga malalaman. It's too early to tell kung sino ang mananalo sa ating contest for the day. Correct. Let's ask Prof. Let's sitin mo sino yung mga kapasok sa kanila. May nakifil ka bang energies? Ang nararam naman. Microphone. Ang nararam naman ko, mananalo yung pinaka malakasang loob sa pagsagot. May question ka ba sa kanila? Oo. Mayro na kung question sana kaya Dias. Kasi Dias mukhang nasa pareho tayong field na sa theater din ako. At kandina pinagjichismi sa nanamin na mayroong kanganong gravitas. Ano mo yung sa performance kasi yung pag nakita mo yung isang performer, yung may weight on stage. Pwede pa natin i-develop. Meron ka bang dream role na gustoong gawin in the future? Joker po. Or Spider-Man fashion. Why not? Pero again pa tulad din po nung nasabi ko naman. Any role po gusto ko rin magampanan. I want to explore as much as possible po. Mas elastic man kaya. Pwede. Maganda yun. Pero maganda yun. Yes. Pero maganda ang attitude yun kasi sa atin di ba, walang malit na role pagka nasa performance. Good luck to you. Thank you po. Si Prof Neal gusto namin ipasampol din yan ba? Ano ba? Ano ang dream role mo Prof Neal if everyone may opportunity ka mo kumarte sa stage? Gusto kong maging Joker. Nangopin ang sagotin. Nangopin. Nangopin. Pinagusapan natin yung dream role. Gusto kong magtanong kay Tamara kung mabibigan ka ng publication grant ano ang yung dream creative writing project? Well, I don't know. Either novel or comic book specifically talaga because yun yun talaga ang gusto ko talagang gawin datip pa talaga. But mahirap talaga ako sa long form writing. Poro short pa lang gaya gawang ako this time. Kaya yung isaring tanong? Ano yung topic kayo? Out topic. I don't know. Usually yung mga nagiging topic kasi nang gawa ko a lot of it. Poro like queerness, identity stuff then mga ibang interest ko naman. Like yung isang interest ko nga. Saabi ko ang comics interest ko rin mga superhero stuff in general. So like gusto ko parang may intersection ng mga bagay-bagay. Especially since wala nang masyadong at least compared sa sa mga ibang bagay sa comic talaga. Nga yung palan talaga dumadating yung mga queer elements within comics. Very promising. Good luck. Interesting talaga ang mga contestants natin.  Susunod na. Here on K-Check. Nating, creative writer Kamala has 80 points. Korean language lover Nard has 60 points. The Joker Dias has 40 and our electronic specialist Salim has 10. Oh, mga kahawal pa ang contestant. Kasi may time pa, di ba? Oh, it's too early to tell kung sino ang susunod natin finalists sa ating grand finals. Correct. At ngayon, nandito na tayo sa ating K-Check Ultimate Pagalingan where correct answers are worth 30 points, wrong answers get a 15 point deduction. At para mas madagdagan ang kaalaman ng ating mga contestants at viewers sa round na ito sa mga professors ng ating panel of experts magagaling ang mga tanong. At the end of this round, malalaman na natin kung sino ang huling papasok sa K-Check Grand Finals. Contestants, let's begin. Question number one magagaling kay Prof. Glessie. Salamat. Oh, usapang history at sinin who composed na katipunan revolutionary song marangal na dalit ng katagalugan. Ang segot ay si Julio Nakpil. Ito yung pinagawani Andres Bonifacio sa kanya para sa katipunan. Marami silaman. Prof. Nil, second question. Trivia lang si Julio Nakpil ang asawa pangalong asawa ng Gregoria de Jesus na asawa ng Andres Bonifacio. Controversial. Pero ito yung tanong ko. Ano ang declaration ng Gran Britannia na nangakong magtatatat ng Jewish homeland sa Israel? Ipinangalan ito sa isang British diplomat na si Arthur Balfour. Ang tamang sagot ay Balfour declaration. Question number three from Prof. Marian. Science. Science. Noble gases are the chemical elements in group 18 of the periodic table. They were called rare gases also because they were believed to be rare. But they're actually relatively abundant, some of them. Now, my question is what is the rarest noble gas? Organison. Sinon. Okay. Noble gases masabi ko lang are tasteless, natikman mo na ba, odorless, colorless with very low chemical reactivity under standard conditions. So, ang example to ay mga hilyu, neon, argon, krypton, sinon, radon which are naturally occurring and organism which is synthetically produced. But the rarest of them all, rarest, not fairest, is sinon. K-check. Thank you so much. But how do you know they're there, Prof. Marian? Thank you. Prof. Lessie. Next question. Rami. Salamat. Usapang mythologya. The Aswang Project recently published a translation of the book Dictionario Mythologica de Filipinas or Yung Dictionary of Philippine Mythology. Who is the author of this reference material on Philippine mythology? Tamang sagot, ay si Ferdinand Blumentritt kai-biga ni Jose Riza. Rami, salamat po. Yung susurot na tanong ay mangagaling mula sa continente kung saan nakaugat So ito yung tanong. Which title provided the highest prestige among medieval Catholic monarchs considered by the Roman Catholic Church malinsagot? Considered by the Roman Catholic Church as the only successor of the Roman Empire monarchs. Yung tamang sagot ay Holy Roman Emperor. Sana po may makasagotole? In food industry, hydrogen is added to oil to make it more solid or spreadable. This process converts liquid oils to semi-solid or plastic fats for special use like margarine and lard and improves the stability of oil. How do you call this process? Hydrogenation. Since the hint was there, hydrogen is added to oil. So hydrogenation, kajang. Thank you so much. Mukhang tumapantay na si Tamara kainard pero pari pang humabol ang iba pa natin contestants. This is the second or the last question of Pamang Bessie. Okay, go ahead. So usapang awit at saka kasi sayan. May isang awit, yung mabuhay ay langit sa sariling bayan kung ang sambayanan ay may kalayaan. This has been actually used to yearning for kalayaan which has been the target of certain movements since the olden times. The song has been inspired by numerous multi-sectoral mass actions since the 70s and has thus been named after this well-known site. What is the name of this well-known junction in the university belt in Maninsagot? Ay Mendyola. Atang awit ay composition ng national artist yung Benito Dundera. Thank you so much. Ralph Neal, next question. Name the International Slavic Terrorist Group. ISIS. Name the International Slavic Terrorist Group Rooted from a group of mujahidins formed in the early 1980s to fight the Soviet invaders in Afghanistan. Itinetag ni Osama Bin Laden ang tamang sagot ay Al-Qaeda. Prof. Marian, baka ito na? Ito na? Oh ya, in fairness again. Hindi mo sagot tanong niyo. Parang contestos yun mo na, sagot di pa. Okay, ito. Kayang kaya, dapat. Sana. Storm surge is an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm. How do you call an ocean wave triggered by large earthquakes? Salil. Okay, so triggered by large earthquakes that occur near or under the ocean, volcanic eruptions and sobering landslides. Untidal wave actually is a shallow water wave. Triggered siya by yung mga movement ng moon and the Earth and so on. So the wave triggered by large earthquakes will be called, are called tsunamis. Okay, check. Thank you. Last three questions. Tamara has 80 points, Nard has 75, Diaz 40, Celine 40. Pwede pwede pang umabon ang mga contestants natin. Wala pang kasi gurohan si Tamara. At alas, masagot niya itong mga. Go ahead, Prof. Glesy. Usapang awitin. She was a well-known singer and has earned the title The Nightingale of the Sarswela. She is considered to be the first Filipino recording artist. Who is she? Ang sagot natin ay si Maria Carpena. Sa kanya yung awit na ang maya. Prof. Neil, next question. Ano ang binago sa 1935 Constitution na naging isa sa mga tampok na provision ng Bell Trade Act ng 1946. Dahil lumaya na tayo sa mga americano ng 1946, hindi na sila citizens ng bansa mito. So itong amendment na ito ipinasah para bigyan sila ng equal rights to exploit our natural resources and to engage in businesses related to public utilities. Okay, ang tamang sagot ay parity amendment. Prof. Maria. Uling katanungan. Okay. We use sometimes devices to protect our electronic devices against identity tech or yung mga RFID and we put this in bags para hindi siya maswipe or something, right? So what do you call an enclosure used to block electronic magnetic fields? Parang alam mo dapatin. Nanjan. Na-presure na naman. This enclosure is formed by several layers or mesh of conductive materials. Automobiles actually and airplanes act like these devices also. Kasi a pinoprotect yung passengers from, for example, lightning, right? These devices were named after the inventor Michael Parade and they're called Parade Cage or Shield. Okay. Thank you so much, Prof. Maria. And that ends our third round, the K-Check Ultimate Pagalingan Round. Congratulation to Tamara, our last contestant to get a spot at Grand Finals with 80 points. She will receive power bank from TV UP and will see Tamara again tomorrow for the first ever K-Check Grand Finals. Thanks to Celine, Dias and Nard for joining and to the members of our panel of experts, Prof. Glassi, Prof. Neil and Prof. Maria. This is Attorney Gabby Concepcion. And I am Jonella Bort. Join us again tomorrow for the Grand Finals of K-Check.


In 1 Samuel, the Bible says that God sent an evil spirit. Is that true? And if so, why? Hey smart Christians, welcome back. When you read the Bible, you'll see certain things that at first glance may be a little bit strange, might even be a little bit difficult to swallow, to understand.  So let's go ahead and look at the passage and see what we can get from it. In chapter 18, verse 10, it says the next day, a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand and Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, I will pin David to the wall, but David evaded him twice. Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, but had departed from Saul. So the question is, did God send this evil spirit? And then secondly, if that's the case, why? When you look at the word that's used for evil, that's here, it's the Hebrew word for ry, which can mean evil wicked bad. Remember, God had put his spirit upon Saul for a particular reason. Now, it was never that God wanted Saul to be king. So before we cover this passage, let's go back and look at how this all came about, why Saul is even king in the first place. Recall back in chapter eight, the people of Israel desire to be like all the other nations, and they wanted to have a king over them. God tells Samuel, don't get upset. It's not that they rejected you, but they have rejected me. Tell them what will happen if they have a king. He takes the information to the people and they say they still want a king. So God goes ahead and grants that wish and gives them a king. He gives them Saul. What you need to recall is what tribe is Saul from? Saul is from the tribe of Benjamin. Well, that might be kind of puzzling if we consider what Jacob said about who the scepter or this upcoming king is going to come from, which tribe will he come from? Jacob tells us when he is blessing his children, he skips over the first three sons and goes to Judah. And he says, the scepter shall not depart from Judah. That's key because if the scepter or this king or kingdom is going to run through Judah, how could that be then if Saul is the king? Well, for one, God never intended for it to come through Saul, but God is going to use Saul to kind of set the stage for this upcoming king. We'll call back in 1 Samuel chapter 15 when Saul was commanded to kill all of the Agagites, all of King Agag and his descendants, everything and everyone, but Saul disobeyed. And because of that, God had David to become anointed. And so the spirit that had rested upon Saul that God had given to give Saul victory. Well, that spirit left him and a harmful spirit or a bad spirit from God sent from God. Not that God had a bad spirit, but that God was the one who sent this bad spirit upon Saul. Well, why would God do that? Well, we'll get to that in just a second. But the key is to remember what we said earlier that the scepter shall not depart from Judah. That's key because again, we're still talking about Saul who is from the tribe of Benjamin. I won't go back into the entirety of the story, but recall in chapter 15 also that the Bible says that God was bothered that he even made Saul king because Saul had gone back to his old ways. And so because of all of Saul's transgressions, the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and God sent this bad spirit upon Saul to torment Saul. Now, because of that, what does God have Samuel do? He has him go and anoint David as king. That's key because what tribe is David out of? David is out of the tribe of Judah. So now let's see if we can figure out why God uses or sends this bad or evil spirit upon Saul. Well, as Saul is being tormented in chapter 16, what happens? As a result of that, someone is needed to kind of comfort Saul's soul. And so David is chosen to come and play. David can play music. And so he comforts and soothes Saul's soul. So the Lord uses this opportunity to send this spirit up on Saul to where he would need to bring in or he would usher in David in the presence of Saul. That's key because we're gonna see David used again when it comes to him defeating the Philistine giants. Now recall earlier, Saul had offered this offering because he did not want to wait for Samuel. And so what was the response? Samuel makes a statement that seems a little bit odd at first glance, let's look at it. After Saul had made this offering against the wishes of Samuel, Samuel says to Saul in verse 13 of chapter 13, he says, you have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God with which he commanded you for then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and the Lord has commanded him to be a prince over his people because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you. So two things ought to be addressed here. One, he stated that had you done this, then the Lord would have established your kingdom forever. Did that mean that God intended on Saul's kingdom to reign? No, obviously God knew what kind of heart Saul had. And so obviously God knew who Saul was and that God never intended for Saul to be the perpetual leader or for Saul's kingdom or his throne to reign forever or any descendants from Saul's lineage to reign because Saul was never going to be a man who would follow God and keep his statues. In other words, Saul was the kind of person that was like the people. Full of the world wanted to follow the world. He was just like the world, which is what they wanted. A king just like the rest of the world had. And so it was never in God's plan, but to make an example of Saul and a demonstration before the people, he chose Saul and used him to usher in David. In chapter 18, we see, verse 10, the next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre as he did day by day. Saul had his spirit hand and Saul hurled the spear before he thought I will pin David to the wall but David debated him. And so yes, this spirit a second time was sent upon Saul from God. God does not have any evil or any wicked or any bad in him. And so this is not a spirit that is of God, but it is a bad spirit that is there that God just simply used to go and torment Saul. And it was used because David was a loyal person. David probably would not otherwise have left Saul's side. Now, you need to understand something. This does not mean that David had an overly godly heart, though he did. When we go back to the passage previously that stated that God has chosen a man after his own heart, it does not mean that David's heart was like God's heart. That phrase, a man after God's own heart was someone of God's choosing and that's the key.  So let's go there before we wrap it up. As David is king, David wants to build a house for God. And of course, guys reply through the prophet is that show you build a house that I will dwell in. God is not interested in that from David, though he'll have his son Solomon to do so to build temple, but God has bigger plans. And so he uses Jonathan to share what God's plan is or in this case, what God's covenant is. And so in verse eight of chapter seven, now therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pastor from following the sheep that you should be a prince over my people Israel.  And I will make your name great like the name of the great ones of the earth. Well, where have we heard that before that I will make your name great? Well, this hearkens back to the covenant that he made with Abraham. Well, in that covenant, there are three elements of this covenant. There is a land element of the covenant, which is the nation of Israel, the actual land. The other element is the people. You're not gonna be a great nation without the people. And then the third element is that there's a kingdom. This nation has to have a kingdom. And so it is explained even more so in chapter seven of second Samuel. Now God is getting ready to make this covenant with David, obviously a descendant of Abraham and a descendant of Isaac and Jacob. And he is a descendant of Judah. So what God is getting ready to do is establish two things. One, he's going to let David know that your son is also going to reign. But then after that, there's going to be a eternal or an everlasting reigning from your descendant, which is going to be obviously Jesus. Verse 10 says, And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them. That's the land so that they will dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. Now this has not fully been realized, but it's going to happen. And violent men shall afflict them no more as formerly. For the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel and I will give rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. When your days fulfilled, you will lie down with your fathers. I will raise up your offspring after you who shall come from your body and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name. So now here he's speaking obviously about Solomon. Here's where the most important part comes in. In verse 16, And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever. So here we have what is called the Davidic covenant. God makes this covenant. And in this covenant, he lets David know that his son shall reign and his son shall build a house for God and build this temple. But then more so that his descendant through him, that's going to be Jesus, obvious who is going to reign forever as king over Israel. But obviously for us as well, over all of those who are in his body. And so there is the key. God has established what he is going to do. He determined what he was going to do. And we see that at the very beginning. We don't, though we don't fully know it when reading in Genesis 12, but progressively revealed throughout scripture. As we get here, we see that God's plan is unfolding. Again, God's plan is unfolding. And so because God has chosen Abraham. And then after that, obviously he's chosen Isaac and Jacob and he has chosen Judah through which the scepter shall come through that being through David. And so God has chosen David to be the person to inaugurate this everlasting kingdom that will eventually lead us to Jesus. Who were Jesus's earthly parents descendants of? Either Mary or Joseph, both are also descendants of David. And so why would God send this spirit? Because God sovereignly decides what he is going to do. God sovereignly decides how things are going to happen. And so God may choose whatever and whoever he wishes to fulfill his commands. And so my friends, the point of all of this is that we see God's sovereign hand even in the lives of David, even in the lives of Saul, even in the lives of people who don't know that God is sovereign.  Yes, he did. That part is clear. And why did he do so? To bring about what he has sovereignly decreed that would happen not only in the lives of Israel and the nation of Israel, but also think about it for us as well. He reigns not just as king of Israel, but he also reigns of kings of the Gentiles who have placed faith in his name. Amen.


our squared, or this is going to be a calculation of the goals to this, squared difference from the mean. So this is going to be our squared difference from the mean, which you can look at either of these formulas. But if I'm looking up here, I'm going to get to the variance. I've got the numerator. So I'm got the 104 and then the count. So this is going to be the count, which is represented by n. That equals this number that we counted because we just counted 1234. And let's put an underline, home tab, font group and underline. And that's going to give us then, if we divide, it's going to give us the variance divide doesn't want to give me the divide, or I have to do it this do it this way and then divide. And then variance. Now, if I want to represent the variance with a with a symbol, I could use, I can format the cells one way we can do it or we can enter a symbol for it. So for example, if I was to enter a symbol and I go to the insert tab symbols, I would then go to the normal text, Greek and Gothic, and then you can look for it up top. I also have it down here in my recently used. So there's my Sigma insert. It needs to be squared. So I'm going to put a two and then select that to right click on it, format the cells, make it a subscript. And so now we've got a subscript of the two. I don't know why it's so large though, which is kind of odd. What happened in my two I have a huge number two. It's just the font size got ridiculously large for some reason. Whoops, let's make this a two and bring it down to I think it was 11 is the font 11 something like that. This font is 11. Number two needs to be at 11. Okay, alright, and then as so that's going to be equal to this over this 26. And then we're going to get the standard deviation standard deviation, which is represented by just a Sigma. So if I go into the insert symbols, and enter a Sigma insert. And so then we do that by taking the square root. So we're going to take the square root. And so that's going to be equal to this. Actually, you got to do a formula with that. So it's going to be the square root function, which equals sqrt square root of the 26 gets us to five. Now let's add a couple decimals. And you can see it's not exactly five. It's a 5.1. So it's a little bit higher, which is typically the case. When we use this method, as opposed to our simply intuitive method of just the average, the average deviation. So you get, you get a distinct number. And that's what that's another one of the properties that's that is different from the standard deviation than the average. So we might go into that in a little bit more in future presentations just to drill down on that point as to why another reason why we might use this number as opposed to doing a calculation like this. But for now, let's go ahead and make this blue and bordered home tab font group, making it blue and bordered. If you don't have that blue, it's in it's in the color wheel. There's the blue. And now, of course, we can also get to the shortcut there by using our Excel functions. So I can I can say this is going to be the population variance using Excel, right? And I'm going to say that let's make this cell a little bit larger. And this is going to be the same as this. So I'll copy that and put it here. So the formatting is there with it as well. And I could say this is going to be equal to the VA. And we're looking for these these two these two here VARP dot P VAR dot s, we're looking at the population right now. And we'll look at the very the sample in a second and more in a future future presentation. So if I if I select my data, then we get the 26 right same as this 26 up top. And let's go ahead and make this bracket and blue. And then I can take my my can calculate my population standard deviation. Let's make this one a little bit wider again so I can then copy my Sigma. It's going to be represented by Sigma. So this is going to be equal to ST. And once again, you've got the standard. It's these two we're looking at STD EV dot P dot s, we're looking at the population at this point. So I'm going to say dot P, select my data, and enter, let's add a couple decimals. And we get to the 5.1. Let's make this blue and bordered. Now just to compare that to the formulas, which we'll take a look at in more detail later, which is the sample variance and Excel. So that's going to be equal to the very the variance. So the variance, but let's look at the sample just to get the difference. And let's pick up the data. So if I use that calculation, I get 35 adding a couple decimals, we'll add some decimals here, it's even there. And then we're going to say if I took my sample standard deviation in Excel equals the standard deviation for the sample, then our data, we get something a little bit different. Right. So we'll talk more about that in future presentations, because we're focused on the population here. But let's make that yellow for now just to say that that's, that's a little bit different of the formula for the population. Okay, in a future presentation, we might dive into a little bit more on, on analyzing the difference between using this calculation and why this kind of more intuitive, possibly more intuitive calculation. Another reason why we might use it, use this one instead as the default, right?


I'm already cleared to cross so everything's been going real smooth. The only downside to today is the first official snowfall of the season for me that I've seen and experienced. You can hardly see it so it's not so bad yet. I know the camera's probably not picking it up but that's not fog that you see in the distance. That is in fact snow. Fantastic. We all knew it was coming. It may as well get it over with. Coming up today, not too bad. 2456 trucks in front of me. I think that goes across the border between Canada and the US every single day. And this isn't even the busiest crossing. It's one of the busier ones, definitely the busiest in Manitoba. But our busier crossings from Michigan, USA at Detroit into Windsor, Ontario I believe is our busiest border crossing. And if I'm remembering correctly right now, over a billion dollars of trade crosses that bridge every single day. Correct me if I'm wrong. That's just one border crossing. So economically and among many and many many other ways we're completely tied to the United States. Two brothers from the same mother definitely got our differences. One of our different histories, but we're the same people.  Except it's not as you know when you when your sibling left they kind of left very upset. They wanted their independence from mom and dad now. We sort of moved out of the house a little bit later and it was a little bit more like can we please have our own place now? And they said okay. But yeah so then we started our own history. They have their own history but we go back to the same place. Plus we share the longest unprotected border of anywhere, any two countries in the world. All of this all the way down here. Take a look at this. Look at this flat land. There's no fence. There's no border that you can see. Right there. There's an invisible line. It's an invisible line between our two countries that's mutually respected. We don't have the same problems on this border that our neighbors have on their other border. It's a mutually respected border and you don't have, we have border patrols obviously. But it's minimal and there's definitely no military. No tanks or anything. Some countries in Europe right now, they've got military along their border because they have to guard against their neighbors. I couldn't imagine having to guard ourselves and worry about our neighbor invading us and attacking us. That thought is so foreign. We're so used to the safety that we enjoy here in North America. We're oceans away from all the world's problems, right? Oceans away. And because we have Big Brother America right next door, they keep the peace for us in this part of the world. I understand there's not peace in every part of the world, but in our part of the world. There's peace. You go as far as you can that way, you'll hit an ocean. You go as far as you can that way, you'll hit an ocean. You gotta cross those oceans to get here. And if there's one thing our neighbors take seriously, it's continental defense. We have many treaties with them as well. Like I said, we're tied in many different ways. We have treaties that we protect our continent. It's very hard to get here. You know, with everything going on in Ukraine right now, whatever you think of that war over there, I just can't imagine being a smaller country being invaded by this massive country next door to you. Think about it this way. That's sort of like, you know, a lot of people say, you know, Ukrainians and Russians are pretty much the same people, right? They used to be the same country and they sort of split. Now they have their own histories. The same thing I was talking about with us in the US here, right? You can sort of think of it this way. That's like the United States invading Canada and just starting to take huge sections of our country and be like, this is ours now because we used to be the same people. We used to be the same people back in the day. So it's ours now. Can you imagine living with that kind of fear because we're a smaller country. Because we have a lot of land. We have few people. And the military we do have is best in the world, but we're few in numbers. The US next door to us has so much more, so many more people, so much more weapons. We wouldn't stand a chance. We could put up one heck of a fight though. We would not make it easy. I'll tell you that. We would make their lives hell, but that would never happen here. At least I hope it would never happen. Yeah, as far as you can see here, unprotected border, just a mutually respected line in the ground. I love North America. It's a good place to be. I am proud of what we've built here. Both sides of the border here, we speak the same language. You wouldn't be able to tell us apart. Me coming from Manitoba here, going into North Dakota, even our accents are the same. Their regional accents and the regions of North America. They don't know that border is there. Even the culture is the same, you know, along the coastlines of the United States, you sort of get more leftist, leftist Democrat policies, liberal policies. And in the center of the heartline, it's more Republican, more, more red states, right? More conservative. It's the same thing in Canada. Our East Coast is very liberal, West Coast, very, very leftist, liberal Democrat. And the center where I come from is very what the Americans would probably see as a Republican area or a conservative area. It's a conservative stronghold. If you want to see what conservative Canada, or if you want to know where conservative Canada has its like home base, that's out in Western Canada here on the Prairies. Probably centered in Alberta. So even the cultures are the same, East to West. It's just we have this line in the dirt and we've said, hey, that's your land, it's our land. Nine minutes from when I pulled the air here, put myself into on duty unloading. To the time I'm ready to roll out. Now that I've talked to you for a little bit, it now says 10 minutes. 10 minutes. New record. We're flying J again. We fueled up. We fueled up here yesterday. So from here back to Carmen, to Wapden, back to here was 884 kilometers or 500 miles or so. Let's just quickly check this out. I didn't do this math before I started talking kilometers to miles of 550 miles or so. I burnt 90 gallons, US gallons of fuel, 340 and a half liters. Fuel here today is the same as yesterday, $5.30 US per US gallon. It wasted me $476.92 for one day. I averaged 6.1 miles per gallon. That's US gallons. I always talk in US gallons. I don't use imperial gallons ever. So if you ever hear me saying gallons and I don't and I forget to say US in front of it, it's always US gallons in my mind. US gallons is 3.75 liters. I burned 38.54 liters per 100 kilometers. Not the greatest for being empty half the time and hauling a pretty light load. We were fighting quite the wind yesterday on both directions. It was coming from the west and it was catching us in both directions. It wasn't the greatest, but it's definitely not the worst. That's about average. I like to keep it above 6 miles per gallon and this whole week we stayed above our target. Monday we filled up or the sixth. Last week we filled up 6.46 miles per gallon. Then on the Friday we filled up 6.1 miles per gallon. Yesterday we filled up we had gotten 6.25 miles per gallon and 6.1. So it's pretty consistent. The reason, one of the reasons I keep track of that on paper here because paper is more reliable than an app on your phone, which can just disappear or be taken away or get lost or whatever. I guess you could lose this too, but I like having it on paper as well. I like keeping track of my fuel economy so that I can go back over months and see if it's been getting better or worse. And if the average has been consistently getting worse and worse and worse and worse, I know I've got a problem with my engine. I should probably get that looked at. It goes the other way too. If it gets better and better and better, hey, things don't always have to get worse. Sometimes they can get better. So yeah, we've been averaging. Actually last week I was averaging about 7 miles per gallon. Six and a half to seven. The week before that, any words, yeah, it's all pretty much the same. Depending on what I'm pulling and what the climate is and how the wind is. This truck usually gets between five and eight miles per gallon, which I guess in Canuck Speak would be, I usually go by miles per gallon. In Canada, we have a mixture of US measurements and metric measurements. It's kind of weird. We use them both. Like I would say I'm five foot 10 tall, five foot 10 and I weigh 220 some pounds. I want to weigh 180 pounds. We'll get there. We're talking pounds and stuff. We use feet and inches. However, our speed limits are in metric 100 kilometers an hour and we use both. We use it's weird, but I'm averaging between. Let's see here, both 30 liters per 100 kilometers on the good end of things and on the low end of things, about 45 liters per 100 kilometers. That's the low end and the high end. We usually sit right in the middle of that. So yeah, fuel prices didn't go up overnight again. Woo! First time in like a week and a half, they didn't go up overnight. Knock on wood, knock on wood. They're going to shoot up 50 cents. Morally living, man.  Probably going to be doing something different next week, but we'll wait and see what the load gods have for us. If there's more of these, I will gladly do these, but I go where the loads are, wherever they need me. It's really fun though. I don't get a lot of opportunities to actually work with friends and work with coworkers. Very often I'm just by myself and I've got used to that. I like working by myself. I feel like I get the job done faster that way, but it's nice to get to know my co-drivers here much better. I got to spend pretty much every day running up and down the highways here with Pedro. You've seen his truck in this vlog and then almost every other vlog becoming a really good friend of mine. So that's been a real cool benefit to the last couple of weeks. I see that we got Pedro up ahead here. I'll show you, I'll show you why I'm not pointing the camera that way because you can't see anything. Even if I turn the lights off in here, you see the one guy with the lights on there? That's Brian with the W900, the one that I used to drive way back in the day. He's here. Pedro's here. Now, Karuti's here in front of me and then I'm here. So as far as I can see, there's four of us here. Maybe there'll be more here in the morning. Sometimes the guys go home for night or they go stay at a truck stop nearby for night and then come here in the morning. Depends on the day, I guess. But it's been a, this has been great. Old blue has been running good. I noticed one thing though, my heat isn't working in my sleeper. The heat is coming out of my dash here nice and hot. It's not a big deal because I can heat the whole truck with the front dash. It's not that cold out yet. And my bunk heater works in the sleeper. So I can heat up the sleeper with that if I need to. But my vents in the back, they only blow cold air, which tells me that I must have a valve that's stuck somewhere between my heater core and the vents because it's not turning the AC off in the back. AC is stuck on. So I've got to figure out where this valve might be or what do you call it again? You guys know what I'm talking about, right? Those of you, I have an audience here, maybe I'll pick your brains. Where should I look? Okay, heat is working great in the front. My bunk heater, that's a whole different system. That's working great. But my vents in the back, they're stuck on AC, they're stuck on air conditioning. I check the, like I definitely have it on heat, I have the air conditioning turned off. It's just blowing cold air, I can't get it to blow warm in the sleeper. Not a big deal right now because like I said, I can still keep the truck nice and toasty warm. I'm actually very warm right now. I'll take this sweater off but I'm going to be going outside to walk the weasel right away. Where is this valve thing that I need to check that's stuck? Where is the heater core for the sleeper? Does it run off the same heater core as the front? And if it does, why isn't the heat getting to the back? Somewhere in there there's something, let me take a look at that this weekend. So I'll be in my comment section if any of you have some wisdom and knowledge of these Kenworth W900s, if you want to give me some pointers of where to start looking for problems, hopefully it's just an easy fix. Maybe I just have to tap it. Sometimes you get lucky. Maybe I had to replace the part. I can't, it's got to be something simple because the heat is working. It's just not getting to the back. So look, it's got to be a separate heater core in the back then right?  So thanks for your help in advance, I appreciate that. Everything as we go, right? I learn new things every day. So please join me tomorrow, hit that subscribe button if you haven't already. I really appreciate that to all my regular viewers. Thanks for tuning in every day hanging out with me and tomorrow's Friday, so it'll be a rough kind of day. I hope you're going to have fun with this. I'll see you then.