With that said we're going to be looking as mentioned at Book of Esther. Let's begin reading here in chapter 5 read verses 1 through 5 and We'll get into our study Esther chapter 5 beginning at verse 1 reading to verse 5 Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace Across from the king's house While the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house Facing the entrance of the house. So it was when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court That she found favoring aside the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand And Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter The king said to her What do you wish Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given to you up to half the kingdom So Esther answered if it pleases the king Let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him The king said bring Haman quickly that he may do as Esther has said so the king and Haman went to the banquet and banquet that Esther had prepared and So let's kind of cap catch up to where we've been Mordecai had just notified Esther that there was a plot a Plot to kill all the Jews that had been initiated by this man Haman He had instigated their annihilation due to an act of petty pride and a hatred When told of the plot at first Esther resisted involvement and When she did Mordecai had to exhort her to become involved. He'd made it clear She is also a Jew and under the orders that have been issued you too Will be killed You see it seems even as we looked at this passage last time that at first Esther had wanted someone else to do this Perhaps has been Pointed out by some commentators. Perhaps she had under the comfort of the palace forgotten who she was Someone once said our being so much like the world our trading as the world trades are Talking as the world talks are insisting that we must do as other people do This is doing more harm to the world than all our preachers can afford or actually can hope to affect good I cannot imagine a man professing to be a Christian and then acting as the world acts and yet Still believing that he's honoring Christ it would seem in a way at least in first appearance the possibility that Esther had forgotten who she was and She had forgotten she was a Jewish and it took her it took her cousin to reminder of that Now she had said I haven't been with the king for a month. That's someone else to it. Your request may very well cost me my life So when she saw the need of the hour she determined to do what she what she could she intermades at fasted that the Jews And Shushan had also fasted for her and as Esther and the people fasted They knew that God protects his people like it says in Psalm 141 verse 8 My eyes are fixed on you sovereign Lord in you. I take refuge do not give me over to death So Matt Esther had not been with the king for a month. So before she went before him She put on her royal robes and as she stood before him She would have been incredibly beautiful So he hasn't seen her for a while. She's the most beautiful woman in his kingdom.  It says in Romans 8 31 What shall we say to these things if God before us who can be against us? And so Esther was welcomed into his presence. You see God was already moving He was already preparing the heart of the king like it says in Proverbs 211 the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord like the rivers of water. He turns it wherever he wishes So Esther had said that to be welcomed to his presence. He needs to extend that scepter and he did What he was doing is he was pardoning her presumption to appear without request and she touches the top of the scepter and that Reveals gratitude for being accepted and welcomed. So in verses 3 and 4 the king says what do you want? What do you wish Queen Esther your wish? He's saying is is my command and The way he answers reveals something it reveals deep affection And so he says I'm gonna give you half of my kingdom. What is it that you want anything you ask? I'm gonna give it to you. So all she says is I want to have a meal with you and Haman and So as she does so verse 5 the king said we'll bring Haman quickly That he may do as Esther has said so the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared You could imagine how Haman is thinking at this time how he's been selected for a special privilege And so at verse 6 at the banquet of wine the king said to Esther What's your petition it shall be granted? What is your request up to half the kingdom? It shall be done and so He has this meal of fruit and wine. It's not simply meat and all of that and It reveals that he knew she wanted more than a meal with him And so he's asking what is your request in verse 7? Esther answered and said my petition and request is this If I found favor in the side of the king and if it pleases the king To grant my petition and fulfill my request Well, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them and tomorrow I'll do as the king says. So she's kind of like She's not playing him But she certainly is preparing him She's allowing his curiosity to grow as he's waiting. So here's my request If you'll once again dine with me, I'll let you know what it is. Well verse 9 Haman went out that day joyful with a glad heart But when Haman saw Mordecai and the king's gate and that he didn't stand nor tremble before him He was filled with indignation against Mordecai Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself went home and he sent him called for his friends and his wife Zoresh Then Haman told them of his great riches The multitude of his children everything in which the king had promoted him and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king Moreover Haman said besides Queen Esther invited no one but me to come in with the king to the banquet that she prepared tomorrow I am again invited by her along with the king yet This all he said all this avails me nothing So long as I see Mordecai the Jew Sitting at the king's gate all of these privileges in all of this favor He said it really should cause me to rejoice and yet it doesn't because that Jewish man has not given me the honor that I deserve I've been given great honor Ordinarily the king would dine alone with guests in a dining hall But Haman has said I've been honored to sit with both the king and the queen And so he rushes home and he's boasting of his honor and his importance there in verse 13 But again Mordecai has has failed to tremble and honor me and the fact that this Jewish man doesn't honor me is ruining everything and so God gives us special gifts when he gives us wives like Zoresh verse 14 His wife Zoresh and all his friends said to him let a gallows be made fifty cubits high and In the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it Then go merrily with the king to the banquet Thank you, honey. You're so wise and and the thing pleased Haman's so he had the gallows made This isn't good advice It reminds me of the time that that Job's wife had given to him Some some advice, you know curse God and die So this isn't really good advice to be honest with you And so as this is taking place here it appeals to him and and that's something that mattered to him It appeals and he says, you know, that's not a bad. I died at bad advice So she says this is what you need to do They call it the gallows, but have a 75-foot high stake I mentioned to you that they don't hang them by the neck, but they would impale them and So have this prepared the 75 feet You know it's going to be enough for everybody around to see this this impudent Jewish man And how things are going to be for them if they treat you in the same way that he has and So he likes the idea, but the scripture tells us in Proverbs 26 27 This is a beautiful scripture Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. If someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them This advice is going to bite you this idea for you to to do such a thing It's going to roll back on you It's going to show it'll show itself and you're going to see this in a moment Well, he thought that was a good idea. He got happy about it went to bed Because in the morning he's going to request the death of Mordecai. Well in chapter 6 verse 1 That night the king couldn't sleep so one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles the histories and They read before the king and it was found written That Mordecai had told of Bikthana and Teresh two of the king's eunuchs the doorkeepers Who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus the king said what honor or dignity dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this The king's servants who attended him said nothing nothing's been done for him And so he hears this you see while he's plotting well Mordecai is plotting rather. Heyman's plotting God is making sure that that which was intended for evil is going to turn to good This is important at least to make this observation it reveals that the Lord Works through what appears sometimes to be simply petty details It's been said the king had divine insomnia He couldn't get to sleep. So a good thing to put him to sleep Was to have a history lesson given to him So as the records are being read to him He hears of Bikthana and Teresh and and these were the ones who had plotted to assassinate him And so he asked did did Mordecai receive recognition? When he did this and they said Well, no no nothing nothing was ever done. So verse 4 so the king said who's in the court now? Heyman had just entered the outer court of the king's palace And he had come to suggest that the king hang Mordecai and the gallows that he had prepared for him And so the king's servant said to him Heyman is there standing in the court and the king said well, let him come in Well, he came in to ask the king to kill Mordecai and the gallows were already prepared They're just waiting for the body and so the servants said well, it's Heyman. Heyman's waiting to see you And so in verse 6 Heyman came in and the king asked him What shall be done For the man whom the king delights to honor now Heyman thought in his heart Well, who who would the king delight to honor more than me and Heyman answered the king? Oh Well for the man whom the king delights to honor let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn a horse on which the king has written which has a royal crest placed on its head and Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes That he may array the man whom the king delights to honor then parade him on horseback Through the city square and proclaim before him Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor so he that's his great wish Oh boy, everybody's gonna see me when this happens And so he comes in all self-important and everything surely the king is speaking about me Everything is going his way. And so what he's saying really is create a grand spectacle with me as the center of attention Give the man the appearance of royalty treat him with pomp and attention Now here's something one of my commentators pointed out that I wanted to say quickly and it's this obviously Heyman was not in need of money or Women What he craved was attention There are some things that are more important to people Than just money or physical pleasure for him. It was attention. It was importance This is what I want. I want people to think That I'm very very special and so he gives him the suggestion Expecting that he's going to be the one that's paraded in such a way. Well first 10. This is so funny The king said to Heyman hurry Take the robe and the horse as you have suggested and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the king's gate Leave nothing undone of all that you've spoken Look at his face in your mind for just a moment And Heyman took the robe and the horse he arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through this city square Proclaiming before him that shall it be done to the man from the king delights to honor Can you imagine the irony of that? And you've got you've got Mordecai just on this course. Yeah, this is cool And you've got Heyman going in front of oh this I love that. It's just amazing to me He was you Miliated and proverb 16 18 pride goes before destruction a hotty spirit before a fall So after he does it now you have to put yourself in his place for a moment. We're ready to have that kind of petty spirit I know none in this room would ever want to be like that But imagine how you would feel how I would feel Well, what happened verse 12 afterward Mordecai went back to the king's gate But Heyman hurried to his house mourning with his head covered and when Heyman told his wife Zerish and all his friends Everything that had happened to him his wife's been and his wife Zerish said to him If Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall listen is of Jewish descent You will not prevail against him, but will surely fall before him Mordecai didn't get his attention. He went back to his job He didn't need this attention, but Heyman did notice how he had rushed home. You can almost see his face I can't I can't describe how he must have looked, but he must have been just So upset and he goes home. He's humiliated. He's distraught at what's taking place He's just been humiliated in front of everybody, but I wanted to see verse 13 for a moment Because when it says Heyman told his wife Zerish and all his friends everything that had happened to him His wise men and his wife Zerish said to him if Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is of Jewish descent You will not prevail against him, but will surely fall before him If Mordecai is of Jewish descent remember all the way back in Genesis 12 Verses 1 through 3 The Lord said unto Abram get out of your country from your kindred from your father's house until a land that I will show you I will make you a great nation.   I believe that it does I believe that it does the Lord has not gone to sleep on his love for the nation of Israel Sometimes we think that he has but he hasn't he has a plan for them still we always saw that in the book of Romans You know, he has not ceased working with Israel. He's working right now with the Gentile nations the church and all But he still has plans that he's going to fulfill in the nation of Israel That's why when we see what's taking place right now We can see this kind of plot to destroy annihilate to kill that is not something new It didn't start with a mosque. It started long ago this desire to destroy and Haman had that kind of desire He wanted to put to death not only this Jewish man Mordecai, but he wanted to annihilate every Jew that was within the kingdom and the oversight of King Ahasuerus which meant that that would have gone all the way back to Israel and every Jewish person there would have died That was his plot and that was his desire and so as this is taking place It turns out she says well, wait a minute, you know, I told you to build that that Gallo But he's Jewish and if he's a Jewish man this plot will not prevail. Well, here's the conversation because you can almost picture Haman at that time as his wife and all they're speaking in verse 14 whether we're still talking with him The king's eunuchs came and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared well In verse 1 continuing so the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther and On the second day at the banquet of wine the king again said Esther What's your petition Queen Esther? It shall be granted you and what is your request up to half the kingdom? It shall be done and Queen Esther answered and said if I have found favor in your side, old king and if it pleases the king Let my life be given me at my petition and my people at my request For we have been sold my people and I to be destroyed to be killed to be annihilated Had we been sold as male and female slaves? I would have held my tongue Although the enemy enemy could never compensate for the king's loss now. I imagine this for a moment How the king a house where is this here in this and It must have just caused him, you know a great deal of shock and dismay to hear something like this Again, the king is there at this banquet But in verse 3 you need to imagine his surprise at the request the request is a simple one spare my life and spare the life of my people We have been sold to die verse 4 And when she said we have been sold to die by Haman it speaks of the bribe that Haman had offered the king all the way back in Chapter 3 in verse 19 where it says if it pleases the king let a degree be issued to destroy them I'll give 10,000 talents of silver to the king's administrators for the royal treasury. We have been sold to die We have been sentenced notice verse 4. We have been sentenced to be destroyed killed and annihilated To be destroyed speaks of complete extermination To be killed speaks of being murdered To be annihilated speaks of being blotted out to cause to vanish He wants to blot us from the face of the earth this person When she says in verse 4 the enemy could never compensate for the king's loss The 10,000 talents could not equal the loss of tribute and taxes that will be lost when this takes place Not to mention losing his queen while verse 5 King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther Who is he and where is he who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing and Esther said the adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman and Haman was terrified For the king and the queen who would dare to do such a thing now remember Haman had not named the people that were to be exterminated Remember hey how he had said he didn't call him Jews and Esther 3 verse 8 He said this he said there is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in the provinces of your kingdom Their laws are different from all other peoples and they do not keep the king's laws Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them remain. He didn't say that they were Jews and So as this is taking place Esther makes it very clear verse 6 That the adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman now Haman knew that Mordecai was Jewish But it's obvious that he did not know that Esther was Well imagine this guy here. You've been humiliated here. Let's go a little bit further. Shall we? verse 6 he was terrified before the king and the queen He'd been humiliated.  He couldn't stay in the same room as Haman and Haman knows I'm dead So he's falling at her feet. He's begging for mercy everything I own.  Please. Well verse 8 The king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine Haman had fallen across the couch where Esther was and the king said will he also assault the queen while I'm in The house as the word left the king's mouth. They covered Haman's face Yeah, that's an interesting way that it's put here Haman was so upset that he actually falls across the couch that she's reclining on So when the king comes in He's sprawling on top of the queen It wasn't by his intent. He had tripped and fallen, but it just so happens how the Lord can coincide events That he's walking in and he sees this guy there with his wife And when he says about assault that word assault is speaking of a sexual molestation Are you going so far as to actually molest my wife in my house? I don't know. I don't know if I would like to see this played out in real time. I Don't know. I would feel I would feel bad for him I would think can you imagine anything worse than that? You see he's terrified. He knows that he's going to die and He's begging for his life Again, he'd been humiliated.  Help me when it says in verse 8 they covered his mouth They just put something over his face to muffle him from speaking Again, can you imagine the terror that you might feel when they come and cover your mouth? That means you've got nothing else to say.  No, the king said Hang him on it. Let him be crucified Let him be crucified on the stake that he had prepared for Mordecai Let him die let him be impaled verse 10 makes it very clear They hanged him on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai The man who expected to be shown so much respect and honor The one who was going to be paraded for all to see Was going to be treated as royalty wearing the king's emblems and all of that Is now forever humiliated In Psalm 9 verse 16 it says the Lord is known by his acts of justice The wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands The wicked are ensnared by the work of their own hands Hanging the hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai and the king's wrath subsided There are things that we can learn from this and I'll take a few minutes as I'm about to close This is actually amazing to me that I close that quickly. I Should have made up some things What can we learn from this? one That it's possible to survive under this kind of rule or this kind of leadership. I think that sometimes We Americans because we have a short view of history Don't really have the longer view So when things occur to us now We don't have a long history a little over 200 plus years All you need to do is to get a broader view or a greater understanding Is to travel and many of us had have had the privilege to do that and I have to tell you that when I began to travel at the age of 25 that's when I actually began to travel to other countries I'd you know grown up in in Norwalk the furthest I'd ever gone would be basically we'll say to Nevada or Arizona I'd never had a plane been on a plane until I was in the military and the first plane trip I ever took was from LA to San Jose You know so that to me was I'm a world traveler now I've been on a plane and Then I you know started traveling across the United States because being in the military We had the opportunity and I was stationed on the east coast in North Carolina. So I started to experience that but when I was 25 is when I began to do little world travel and so I went to To Europe and I backpacked for three months and I took it the year rail and Traveled through like 14 different countries. I was gone for over three months And I began to see some things I began to see other countries You know, I even in Mexico if you said have you ever been in Mexico? I'd say yeah, I've been in Mexico What did I mean by that? I went to TJ, you know, yeah, I'm a world traveler now I I crossed the San Diego border, you know But when you get on a plane and you fly across your nation then you fly into this Europe Europe and you start seeing countries you you go into into German you go into Austria you go into into England You go into Belgium you use you see Spain and and so many I saw 14 countries You know and traveled and I was living on between 10 and 15 dollars a day and so I walked nine nine hours a day and I got down to a hundred and forty five pounds because we couldn't eat we had no money and But I had a great time, you know, we were going all through different places and seeing different things And so my horizons began to broaden and all I began to experience some things and all and So in doing that I came to realize what a young country I come from You know because you're in a Coliseum in Rome and you're looking at over 2,000 years of history Or or you just go to other places I get you know I speak about a lot of different places and I'm just in Greece you're in the Acropolis, you know And I'm seeing things that I had heard about or read about but never seen it And there you are next to these ancient monuments and all of that and as a result of that I began to have a larger view of history and I came to realize that that the nation that I love that I serve that I That I'm blessed to be part of this really when you look at other nations China I've been on the Great Wall of China, you know, I've had opportunities to go to Japan I've been around the world been in India. I've seen the Taj Mahal all those things that people say they want to see and When you begin to see those things to go to Thailand, you know, you just you know, we've been so many places you begin to realize we're a very young country and So for us we're spoiled and I'm not knocking America. I love America, and I'm not knocking Americans either I'm saying that it took a lot for me to realize that That I didn't have a broader view of what God has done throughout this world until I was able to see these things and Then I realized that and and some may not agree with this But I think we live in the greatest nation that the history of the world's ever seen I think the United States is the greatest nation. I really do it's built on the principles of God through his word and all of that and And I began to appreciate those things and I realized how how spoiled I've been as an American and And all of that and so when I see things that aren't going the way I want them to go I immediately say this is the worst time in history for any country that ever existed and That's because I'm an American and that's how many of us think and So one of the lessons I can learn about this is that even under tyrants it's possible to survive and It's possible to even thrive that God is not Under the authority of a tyrant because he's the God of the universe and because I worship the God of the universe I don't have to worry about not to mean I shouldn't be involved not to mean I shouldn't pray all those things I should do for this nation But at the end of the day, it's the Lord who raises up one and he puts the other one down and as long as I understand that I'll be okay. So that's one thing. It's possible to survive Even under the leadership of a man like King a husk where us Who with just a snap of his finger? So put that guy on that stake and that guy knew there was nothing he could do about it. That's one thing You see a husk where us was acting out of a response to what was in his own interest As a king he was attempting to preserve the strength of his kingdom So Haman's desire to kill the people was something that he had approved and It was the revelation that Esther was Jewish that disturbed him remember Mordecai had said to her Don't let him know you're Jewish It was a revelation to him You know, it was known that Mordecai was Jewish But they didn't know that Esther was Do you think Haman would have demanded the death of all the Jews if he knew that the Queen herself Was a Jew? Of course not No, and so that was part of why when Mordecai said don't reveal this It was part of the way the Lord is going to be dealing with this oppressor of Israel Well He killed us he killed Haman rather because Esther revealed That Haman was an enemy. What was the thing in a Haman that would have been something That led to his death his ambition his ambition He wanted to be a powerful powerful man and a husk where us was not about To give away that position to this man And so when he saw Haman falling on Esther He saw that as an attack on his property It wasn't necessarily that he was so, you know head over heels in love with us Although it's obvious that there was something very deep in his heart towards her But it had another kind of feeling to it and that is this is mine. What are you doing? violating that which is mine You are violating something that belongs to me.   I can have Somebody raised up who is a believer in Christ and I will live more comfortably under that obviously But the next person that's raised up may be the exact opposite So if I put my hope in government, I'm making a mistake. I Have to put my hope in the one who establishes the governments It's God who raises one up as mentioned earlier, and it's God who puts the other one down He's the one who brings in to office the ones who rule So I keep my eyes on the Lord Jesus Christ Because temporal authority isn't enough I Need to completely Trust in the Lord in Psalm 115 verse 11. It says you who fear the Lord Trust in the Lord. He is their help and shield Psalm 118 verses 8 and 9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in Princes in human leaders So where is your confidence? In this particular case here We have a very clear picture That God preserves his people the God who preserved Israel is the God who preserves us The God who cares for them cares for me and cares for you and I'm telling you especially as we're looking today at some of the things going on not just with the nation of Israel But even some of the things that we see taking place in our own nation It's very easy for us to lose hope to think that we have no help Well, where does my help come from my help comes from the Lord who makes heaven and earth and as Christians I Believe very strongly in a sovereign God who is very capable of taking care of us Because he loves us and though I don't like the way things go Quite often I don't I Know one thing I know that God is in control I know that I have a part in all that he would have me to do living in a nation like mine I have a right to vote and to and people can run for office and we have the right to make those choices But in the end, I don't put my trust in man. I put my trust in the Lord I put my trust in the one who made heaven and earth not just the United States But the entire world that we dwell in and it's very important I think especially right now because we're seeing things unfold in front of us and it can cause us to lose hope But I'm telling you know God is still on the throne God is still active. God is still moving and I fully expect to see him continue doing so Why is that because he loves us and because he's a plan we need to be aware of those things


Welcome back everybody. Merry Christmas Eve, although you'll probably see this Christmas day. Nice hair dude. Dude, last Christmas you looked like a respectable human.   See, it looks kinda dope when it's back like that. Kinda dope. It's sort of a mullet. See, this is the other thing we were talking about guys. We want to do, we want to give him a little pump dreads. Dude, would that not be sick? Check it out out here though. He looks brisk.  Oh my swag. Who is that guy there on the end?  You have a lot of sex. Like, chill out.  Oh my god. Like, I'm so serious. I'm not going to school that day. Santa, instead of coming down the chimney at night at our house, Santa would wake up at about 9am, start rapping his presence then, and then he'd walk in the living room at about 11.30 and that's when Santa would put his presence under the tree. That's how it went at our household. We're talking about our worst Christmas memories right now. Ew, I got worse. There's no terrible. Christmas is always amazing. I will say there's one time. So I wake up at like 8am one time and I am so pumped because I think Santa came. And I come up here and Santa did not come. Like, I thought I had been a bad boy that year. There was no presence under the tree. Mom and dad had not even woken up yet. And like, I run in and I'm like crying. I'm like, Mom, like Santa didn't come.    And then my next worst Christmas is when I was homeless and didn't have any presence.  Where's my boy Jesus? Yo, where is Jesus? Mom, he definitely is born already. I can see him. He's right behind Mary. That is not a tummy. Tell me why these three are about to drop the most fire album of 2017. No, this has to be crumpled in the front. What are you making? This is Christmas crack right here. Can I sort it? Look at it.  Get blown? This is you get to say to anyone who watches this vlog, there's one thing they can take into their lives. From Mrs. Mahir. Anything. Christmas is about family. Christmas is about family. What if they don't have a family? Are you just being disingenuous to people who don't have families? No. It's about family and friends. What if they don't have friends or family? It's about Jesus. They always have a guy. Wow, that was a good one. She kind of just cornered me. I don't know what I'm supposed to say to that.  Then you got a mini Buddha. Only mini Buddha? You don't get full size Buddha? Mini Buddha. This is what I got Connor.  Shout out Barstool. Shout out Barstool. This is great. Alright, now look at Kyle got me. Oh my God. Tell me I'm not about to smash bricks. Tell me I'm not about to have the most pop in the fraternity. I'm going to roll up to every single frat party with six fully loaded Pepsi and or Coca-Cola cans that are poppy like.  That's how I wore it. And all that leaves is the final gift. And this apparently is a family gift. It is a family gift. Do I do the top one or the middle one first? Do the big one first. Okay. Is it a basketball? It is not a basketball.  Oh, you got it. Yeah. And what did you say? Oh my God. What is this goddamn thing? I got a good feel for what this is going to be. It's going to be. Why do you got Odyssey? How did you know? He was hanging out the entire day. I think he had a Odyssey video pulled up on his computer.  Is this the instructions? The instruction pan for it. Is it going to be in next? You plug it into your VHS, Dad. You plug it into your VHS. Actually put it on your, what's the stereo? Put it on your record player, Dad. Yes, I'm with Zelda. I guess we'll see. And they make Skyrim for that. How do you know this? Because we were at GameStop. Yeah, kind of asked for it. Oh, I thought you learned that at your job. Wow. We cannot keep that. Well, the mic cut out. Yeah, Connor botched my whole shot. But I surprised everyone. Everyone was asking for Zelda, and I had also bought it. I was going to give it to everyone for Christmas tomorrow. But everyone wanted it, so I brought it out now. I'm a man of the people. So we do have Zelda as well. Zelda Super Mario Odyssey gods. Nintendo Switch gods.  It's Christmas morning, everyone. It's a Christmas miracle, bro. That was perfect. And now I get to go see if Santa came. Santa did come. Goose is just... Goose, do you think Santa might have come? Goose and Santa come all over our Christmas tree? No. No, Santa came. Please tell me that's not your handwriting, Dad.  Okay, here's all the stuff I got. Yeah, for people yesterday that I haven't wrapped yet. So I got to get like wrapping paper up here and wrap these super quick. I don't know how to... I don't know how to wrap presents at all. Worst wrap ever, but from this side. That looks good. The ends are not impeccable. But I'm proud of myself. Not proud of my effort on this one. But it's just my mom. I mean, it's not like she gave birth to me or anything. So that's cool. We read it. Snow is not all fun and games, people. Snow is not all fun and games, people. It is not all fun and games. It's a good thing we just had Christmas. So we can... We have all these boxes for you to live in when you go back to being homeless.  I need something. You don't know how to use group message, do you? Oh, stop it. Stop it. No, this is for you. Where's Buddy? He's your brother. You got yours? She opened it. She's gonna...  She's freaking out. She literally already killed it. No way. Yeah, now she doesn't care. Now she's just like, alright, what's the next one? Let me try the next one. This is like White Elm. The meaning of Christmas. Do you remember from last year? I do. It's not what you gather, but what you scatter. You said, no, you gather as much as you possibly can. Something like that. Something like that, you did. The meaning of all this is to put a price tag on love. The amount you love someone is how much you are willing to spend on them. Amen. The only meaning in life is money. I learned all of this in the Bible. Written by Jesus Christ Himself. This is from Asifian 416. Asifian? I don't know, it's something in the Bible. Isn't it? Asifian? I don't think so. So I just got this, which is definitely going to be in videos. And I'm going to try and put it on this. Put it around your nose. Oh, good. I see these that are like their gin order. See, look at the difference between now and buddy. Can you see the difference between now and buddy? Oh my God. That's buddy. Where's it with absolute pride? I was like, I don't know. No, he's shedding to get a new coat. Did you drink it? I have juggernaug, sweet cola, quick revive, and double tap. Oh my gosh. I remember double tap. These are the four original, I'm pretty sure. Nintendo Switch is the coolest thing ever. So sick. Mario just goofing around. It's the final thing in my stocking. It's an avocado. Dang. It was actually an avocado. Everyone who's watching this video, you're going to love the final gift. Can you guess what it might be? It's cold. It is cold. It is fire. It's icy cold. It's straight Gucci. Oh my God. Gucci Christmas robe. No, it's not. Look at that. Don't say that, you just stop. It says women on the tag. It says women on the tag because I had to get a women's large because they were out of the men's. It's a men's robe. Mom, the Gucci robe is so fire. This is how I pick up girls in college. Mom, I wear this to class every single day and I pick up so many girls. It's just obscene. Tell me how many women you're about to get. All of them. Yeah, that's this kid. That's going to conclude the Christmas day video. I hope you guys all had an awesome Christmas. We had an awesome Christmas here. Stay tuned for more. I am about to record a snow challenge video. One of us is jumping in the snow without our clothes on. So stay tuned for that. Alright guys, I'll talk to you later. Peace out.


Schultz, authorities in Moscow and Kiev, will have to strike an agreement. German Chancellor Olaf Schultz said he was planning to re-discuss the situation in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone in Dukov. Quite a long time has passed since their last telephone call. The German leader said in an interview with the Kholner, Statt and Ziga newspaper, but I plan to talk to Putin again in Dukov. Schultz said, We asked about the possible change of power in Russia, the German Chancellor said. I don't give a dime for such speculative questions. Ultimately, authorities in Moscow and Kiev will have to strike an agreement. He added, Putin and Schultz last had a telephone talk on December the 2nd. Their conversation lasted around an hour and was about the conflict in Ukraine and its consequences. During the call, the Russian President urged Berlin to reconsider its position in the context of the developments in Ukraine. The conversation was initiated by Germany. Before that, the two leaders had a telephone call on September the 13th, 2022. Schultz said that he was against any cold peace in Ukraine and that Kiev should put forward conditions for peace itself. Russia has to understand that the war cannot be ended by making some kind of cold peace. For instance, by turning the current front line into a new border between Russia and Ukraine, the German leader said in an interview, This, Schultz said, would legitimize Russia's territorial acquisitions. Rather, it is about a fair peace and the prerequisite for that is the withdrawal of Russian troops, he insisted. The German Chancellor refused to answer the question about whether that applied to Crimea as well. He simply reiterated the withdrawal of troops. Ukraine should be the one formulating conditions it wants to put forward, not us. He emphasized.


Recessions say younger workers hard. We know that, but the COVID-driven recession has been especially bad. Here's why. At the height of the recession, one in four workers ages 16 to 24 were unemployed. More than double the rate for workers 25 and up. Those rates were even higher for young black Hispanic and Asian American Pacific Islander workers. If you count people who are unable to find full-time work or have recently given up looking, the numbers jumped to more than one in three. 35% of young workers are underemployed versus 15% of older workers. Why is this happening? Young workers are disproportionately employed in the industries that the pandemic hit hardest, hospitality, leisure, and retail. And they are a lot less likely to have jobs where they can telework. And young workers have been specifically excluded from COVID relief policies. They were intentionally left out of certain provisions of the CARES Act and they weren't able to take advantage of unemployment insurance expansions if they didn't already have a job. Young workers and everyone else need a massive government policy response to confront the situation. Bigger than the policy response during the Great Recession because this recession is worse. If that doesn't happen, younger workers are likely to be set back for years to come.


Thank you. I'd like to highlight three major areas in my intervention. Number one, the danger of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Wanting to be given during this forum, including the previous session on the North Korean nuclear threat, the most challenge for world peace and stability at the moment is the threat of proliferation of WMD and mostly nuclear weapons, which might trigger nuclear war. Unless North Korean ambition of becoming another nuclear weapon state is stopped and reversed within one to two years, there is a real danger of nuclear proliferation. The global community took measures through series of UN Security Council resolutions to sanction North Korea to accept denuclearization. Entire world should accelerate and to cooperate to bring tangible outcome. Otherwise, more countries may go nuclear to defend against North Korean threat. It will mean the demise of the non-proliferation regime, thus the raison d'etre of the IAEA. The permanent members of the UN Security Council must assume the primordial responsibility of stopping proliferation as they have their prime responsibility and mandate of preserving peace and stability of the world. For this, they have the bit of power and more authorities. They should overcome political power bickering or preoccupation with the real politics. They should be really united this time to address North Korean nuclear issue. Otherwise, the world will be far more chaotic and volatile. The world should join hands to press North Korea to change the cap and come back to conference table. Its human rights situation should also be actively raised and pursued. We need a comprehensive package plan to resolve North Korean nuclear crisis. When North Korea comes back to a conference table and achieves full denuclearization, there should be enough, compensatory measures to help build its economy in addition to its own survival. We want to see concrete progress be made through ongoing President Trump's tour of visit to East Asian countries. We need peaceful resolution, not a war. We Koreans have suffered too much for the past thousand years. But we should be brave and determined to tackle this North Korean threat. But when time comes, when conditions are met, we need not be afraid of talking to North Korean leadership. It is my view that the Iranian nuclear deal should be upheld. It would be very difficult to envisage another solution. I hope personally that the U.S. Congress will take sound decision on this matter. Emergence of another nuclear weapon stage should be blocked in the name of humanity, a European pattern of constant pressure and urgent North Korea for cap change. And mostly, they are giving valuable recommendation and advice to China and Russia is necessary to help find the resolution of the current crisis. Next, there is the need for the promoting of North East Asian security structure. In East Asia, tensions go beyond the boundary of North Korean peninsula, paradox of good economic performance and partnership, but lack of any permanent security cooperation mechanism. Whenever there is a problem, we have to go to always the Southeast Asia to discuss our own matter there. East Asia is the only region that lacks security dialogue mechanism or tailor-made regional security mechanism should be installed. When North Korea abandoned the nuclear ambitions, it may also join in the process for strengthening the basis for a for each survival. Among key partners, there is already an annually held assistant minister-level meetings and various networks of meetings on sub-to-agenda issues such as climate change, nuclear safety and de-gest management, etc. We need enlightened leaders and networks of influential intellectuals for attaining this goal to prevent the sources of conflict and nurture the habit of cooperation in this part of the world. We need to groom peoples believing in this cause. As Europe showed a good example, Europe can continue to encourage us East Asians for consolidation of more regional cooperation. Then my second point is relating to the danger of weakening bases of democracy and how we should address. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there were euphoria over the company's success of democracy, but after the Arab Spring, the spread of democracy seems to falter as was discussed during our session. As the US new government focuses more on America's first policy, there is the worry of weakening support for global values. This might cause less emphasis on universal values across the world, and during our discussions on international trade and other, and investment and economy, some proposals were tabled to address current challenges on multilateralism, namely WTO, etc. We need to harness global values, what is, I hope, moderate countries, maybe middle countries, should endeavor to uphold global values. In this regard, Europe should continue to play a leading role. Europe has to uphold global values while the United States regain its house in order. East Asian countries should also join hands in upholding global values. South Korea and Japan should know how to work together, what is direction, reading over their difference about the past. Canada and Australia may pitch into other moderate countries such as our host country can register their voices. Instead of remaining passive, like-minded countries can collect their wisdom and creative ideas to help amend current problematics. In many fields, including climate change issue, SDGs implementation, China will be a key contribute to the global cause and we should not afraid to talk into China. My third point is the potential for new tripartite cooperation and burden sharing. In the course of providing foreign investment assistance in Africa, besides Europe and the United States, China, Japan and South Korea assume growing role. Likewise, North East Asian countries can share the burden of the world for governance and development assistance. It would be good if North East Asian countries increase for the mutual communication and policy coordination. People once talked about a trilateral governance structure of United States, Europe, and Japan, for example 20 years time ago. One could now envisage a new type of trilateral structures among the United States, Europe, and North East Asia for better governance and to uphold global values. It could be a mean to tame down tension among us North East Asian countries and help nurture the spirit of cooperation instead of individual self-assertiveness that many worry about or forming a bloc against each other. The current China, Japan, Korea trilateral cooperation mechanism need to be revamped constantly. By linking India and Asian countries and in good years with the other partners, one could also vitalize existing multilateral and regional institutions so that these regional summit gatherings such as the Asia meeting and APEC be fully used for change, reform, and becoming stronger and better structured for promoting peace and stability and economic growth. For these all purposes, we need our political leaders having wisdom, broader eyesight, new vision, and leadership. And we, the intellectuals, should educate them to the extent possible if not we should groom future leaders. We should groom future leaders like in the previous session. I hope that world policy conference will continue to carry out such an endeavor to first a more open and tolerant world. Thank you.


You can use the podium or you can walk around as you like. Thanks. Honour to be here. Hello, everyone, friends. Especially those friends who are online watching this program. I have been given the topic, which is green economy for rural Prosperity or shared prosperity. So my big three ideas are number one, why we need green Economy? Why we need what we need? I mean green economy, what is the rational? Second, if we want to achieve green economy or elements of Green Economy, what are the building blocks where we have To focus? And I will talk about indirect drivers of change. And finally, if we really want to achieve green economy, what Are the indicators? And especially the compass of the measurement of progress and Welfare where we need some attention. So I'm not going to give a definition of green economy, but To share some story. I mean, basically the development paradigm or economic Design says that elements of natural capital or natural Resources, they are the part of production and consumption. So that means their relative worth or scarcity values would Be reflected through the pricing or the cost. And people will be using them as per their relative value. That means that also means alternatively that you pay for Something, you get something. If you don't get something, you don't pay for it. That has not happened. If you see the broad pictures of last 30, 35 years, three Broad macroeconomic aggregates, GDP, for example. GDP has gone up by eight to nine times in purchasing power Terms during 1980 to 2013. So eight times. Investment, it has gone by nine times. I'm not giving you the big, big numbers. Just broad trend. So GDP going up during 1980 to 2013 by eight times. Investment by eight times. Trade in terms of volume by seven times. Of course, population, the number of homo sapiens has also Gone up. In 1980, we were around 4.4 billion. Now we are around 7 billion plus. So in terms of per head trade volume and per head GDP, We have gone ahead and we have made a good progress. But the same, if you see the natural capital or ecosystem Services, it has gone down around for the same period. Ecosystem services has gone down. That's what millennium ecosystem assessment said that 60% For the same period, ecosystem services has declined. We are pumping 33 billion tons of carbon. We don't have a kind of list of endangered species on a Coherent yardstick, but this endangered species list is Increasing in every assessment for the same period if you Take for every five years. That means that there is something wrong somewhere that The kind of natural capital which is feeding the development Process and the growth is not being recognized. So this integration, this management is one of the corner Stone of the green economy effort. Story number two. We are talking about the climate change. As you know, the assessment has come out and then there Are some literatures and the assessment coming from Individual scientists from all over the world that out of 7 billion people, top 3 billion in terms of income, They are responsible for 50% of emission. 50% by top 3. And bottom 3 billion, 5%. Out of that 3 billion, 1.3 has been mentioned, They don't have even access to basic fossil fuels. And out of that 1.3 billion, less than 800 million, They are living the life of pre-industrial, you know, revolution. All of us will be affected by the impact of climate change. That's true, but tragically those 1.3 billion people or 3 billion people who are in the lower bracket of income, They will be affected more than anyone else because they are More vulnerable, they are poor, they don't have the safeguard Standard in their, you know, scheme. So how to bring those 1.3 billion people in the Energy security net, that is one of the goals of the green Economy approach. Let me tell you one more thing. Out of this 1.3 billion people, If you take around 400 million people, the poorest rock bottom, They are the chronic poor. The chronic poor means a person is born as a poor, He lives his entire life as a poor, and when he dies, He passes the poverty to his kids. Now these are the guys, It's a challenging problem, how to pull them up and bring And give them a respectable life, and that is also one of the Goals of the green economy. Now the issue is what should be the optimal level of Economic activities with respect to the total natural system Where you have a decent life for a large number of People and certainly those who are underprivileged is another Goal of the green economy. Now i will tell you another story. We are talking about the trade-offs. Food security and Ecosystem services are one of the celebrated trade-offs. I mean in many parts of the world, especially in south South Africa where lots of poor people, you need food, right? So the way the green revolution has brought food security Or at least the kind of food they are producing, this has caused Also soil salinity, water logging, monocropping. And the challenge is we need food, but how to produce Food where ecosystem services or resilience of natural Capital is not compromised. I will give you the example from the place where i come from India, Andhra Pradesh is one of the provinces of India. It has around 4.4 million people. In terms of size, it could be like Lebanon or Oregon State here. They also followed the green Evolutions. In 80s, they started using intensive farming. That means more reliance on chemical fertilizers, one or two crops, More use of pesticides and insecticides. And so much so that 35% to 40% of inputs cost was only on Chemical fertilizer and pesticides. Of course the terms of trade was not in favor of agriculture. Agriculture productivity started declining in 90s. Of course farmers who 82% are the marginal farmers. So those farmers started borrowing money, of course from The local lenders or the local banks who used to charge them Astronomical interest rates. So by the time of 2002, 75% farmers were under debt. Under severe stress and depression. And the phenomena of suicides started happening in that Step. And it became very alarming. There are lots of media reports about that. Some local organizations and NGOs and opinion makers, They realized that no, we have to do something about it. And what they started doing, they changed the cropping pattern. They threw some botanical formulations. They started avoiding use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. And then agriculture was on track. Not only it enhanced Productivity, but the farmers were not required to take Loans and not to suffer all the consequences which they were going through earlier. And today, in the last four to five years, 300,000s are Following the organic farming. It's a successful story. And the more farmers are in other states in India and South Asia, they are planning to follow them. And that was another story, how the trade-offs can be Resolved in a way that it secures the future of farmers In terms of income and jobs. At the same time, it does not compromise the resilience Or the health of the natural or agricultural ecosystems in the state. And these are the success stories. These are the trade-offs. And the path to resolve them is one of the backbone Of the green economy approach. And that's why in a world of growing population needs Aspiration, high consumption, stress, ecosystems, and climate, We need to follow economics, align the wheels Of development and conservation in a way that it Gives a respectable life to people. It has The ability to provide a good livelihood to the poorest Of the poor. That is also one of the backbone And elements of the green economy. Now, idea number two, Identify, acknowledge, and demonstrate the missing links For robust intervention and the response policies. Now, when we talk about ecosystems, natural capital, We always talk about habitat fragmentation or introduction Of new spaces. We talk about climate change. That is true. They are the big drivers. But the indirect drivers in terms of Governance, costing, pricing are somewhere else. And people, sometimes they understand, but they are not Able to link the two. The examples are plenty. I mean, export of aquaculture from Bangladesh, for example, Or vietnam, causing damage to mangrove, or the coastal Pollution. Similarly, export of pineapple Coming from one part in north-east India, causing soil Heroes and top soil. And the example could be many Like, you know, export of beef, causing deforestation. There are enough data. How to bring this Indirect linkages into the discourse of policy Formulations? How to capture those costs? How to capture those benefits and reflect them to the cost And benefits wherever they are. Similarly, we talk about, You know, governance. We talk about institutions. They are also important part of the indirect drivers. So indirect drivers are something which are, again, In the ambit of the tools and approaches Which green economy is trying to recommend. Of course, the rule of the game, investment, Saving behaviors, devaluations, exchange rate, Policies, they have impact on natural capital. Individual researchers here and there, they have documented it. Somehow, policymakers, they have not been able to understand Or at least embrace those linkages. And that has caused A disharmony or kind of disjunct between the practice of Policy and the conservation goals. We need to bring them on The common table, these two sides. Another thing, when we, we, the green economy also Tries to deconstruct the micro-happening. Sometimes a very sweeping statement is given, a macro. When we talk about, for example, poor and the ecosystem, For example, there are views that, okay, Incidents of poverty causes degradations. Then some other guys come, no, no, no, no. Degraded ecosystem causes incidents of poverty. Third comes, no, correlation is spurious. It is a market failure, information failure, government failure Which causes the poverty. Some other guys come, say, no. It is the induction of perverse policy which is causing the Poverty and degradation of the ecosystem, both. Macro trends can mask the micro-reality. And the poverty and ecosystem dynamics needs to be Understood in the local context. And in order to understand the local context, the dependence, The cultural practices, the social, psychological, and other Institutional, we have to understand only then a Meaningful policy can be designed. That is another aspect Or element of green economy. Now, third thing which i would give the name like, Rectifying the compass of measurements of progress, including GDP. GDP which is, i mean, i don't Need to talk and people in this room, i'm sure, might be Knowing a lot, GDP, the gross domestic product, which is Roughly speaking, is equated with the income. Now, income is very good measurement. It shows, i mean, if There is a half-percent decline, there is a human cry in the Parliament, in the government, that we are under recession. But the way GDP is calculated is probably not good to say Anything about the duration and direction of human welfare. And in fact, whether it was in u.s. by ruggles and ruggles, in 50s, and in britain by james mead and others, they never Try to say that GDP should be taken as a proxy of welfare. But by some historical mistakes or some coincidence, it came To be taken as a proxy for the welfare. And it has several problems. I won't go into that. Like, you know, the bad defensive expenditure, they are part of Income, which should not be.  And you cut the forest?  That is bad economics. Also, no way, just one more illustration. No way GDP can be taken as a measure of welfare, which Many studies have shown. One simple calculation. Suppose the GDP of a nation grows by 2% per annum. 2% per annum. 1,000 years after, what will be the income? It's a simple geometric progression. It will be around 400 million times of what? So if GDP now is one, after 1,000 years, it will be 400 million times. Can you imagine human welfare Increasing by 400 million times? So somewhere, this correlation between GDP and welfare is Either lost or there is something wrong somewhere. So we have to think about it. But i will come back to the forest Because that is the point of discussion here. Under new program called Vantage, valuation and accounting Of natural capital for green economy, we have done some estimates. And to share with you, again, living in kenya and giving the Examples, in uganda, in the national income, forestry Contributes 20%. In uganda, national income, forestry Contributes 20%, but they are just the log, wood, and timber. If you talk about other ecosystem services, they are missing And that constitutes 80% of the 20% which is being accounted. So that 80% is absolutely missing. Similarly for kenya, 35% comes from forestry. Again, log, wood, mostly. To some extent, some ntfp Or non-wood forest products. And 65% of that 30% is missing. The sad part is that those missing are the income which goes Directly to the poorest of the poor. And that part is missing. So GDP of the poor is absolutely missing. Finally, in jambia, the forestry contributes 6%. And it provides 1 million jobs to the rural poor in jambia. Now, half of them are not recorded. This is our own estimates. Finally, in central republic of africa, the bush meet, which Is around 1% of GDP roughly, they are missing in the Calculation. And they meet the need of the People, the protein needs of half population. So these are some of the missing links and missing contributions Which need to be captured. And that's why, as a final remark, In terms of green economy, what it can do to enhance the Rural prosperity and shared prosperity for everyone. Number one, make nature's contribution and its values Visible everywhere. Second, change the incentive Structures by changing the set of options available to people To all the actors, from household to the national policy Makers, throw market-based instruments. Third, ecosystem or ecological infrastructure should be part Of planning everywhere, including the ecosystem-based Adaptation to climate change. Natural capital can be a very Good, very handy in elevating poverty. Main streaming of nature should be done across sectors, Across actors, and of course across discipline. We have to think about new indicators. We talk about, we know The problem with the GDP. Why can't we think about inclusive Wealth, where you have human capital, natural capital, and The produced capital? For last five decades, per capita wealth Measurement gives you a better proxy for the progress of The system. And that's why this new Program under green economy called vent is tries to do all Those things, vent is valuation and accounting of natural Capital for the green economy, led by unip. I will stop here.


This research examined the feasibility of using cloud-based learning environments for studying atomic and nuclear physics in high schools. It also analyzed the impact of such environments on student learning. The researchers developed a program called the Big Bang Theory, which uses cloud-based learning environments to conduct experiments in atomic and nuclear physics. They found that these environments are suitable for improving teaching methodologies, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration between physics and computer science, providing visibility and informative events, theories and processes. Additionally, they concluded that implementing educational physical experiments in cloud-based learning environments can promote scientific outlooks of training and provide research opportunities in nuclear processes under specific parameters.


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Hello my name is Gia the Jaguar, and today I'll be reading a random crappy pasta based on Madagascar, which was the first movie from 2005. By the way, I just made an appearance in the third movie from 2012, Europe's Most Wanted, and I could be rarely seen in the fourth movie from 2014, based on the Nickelodeon series Penguins of Madagascar.  Well my lion boyfriend Alex wanted me to read this, but I can't tell that he was almost disgusted and confused. He said that the story had bad grammar sometimes, but it was just a wall of text, no paragraphs whatsoever. It also contains pointless suicide references, and blood and core fiesta. To be fair, making the creepy pasta about Madagascar is quite hard, like with Toy Story creepy pastas. Look at the old Toy Story pastas for example, they were great, but the new Toy Story pastas are not that great sometimes, only with the likes of Lost THX Trailers, featuring text killing every character and actor for no reason, just because they were traumatized by the logo, and even the loud-eat note.  I'm here to tell you about the story of what happened to me that one night, believe me I'm telling you all the truth, so don't be scared. Alright, here it goes. It all started with me at Goodwill Shopping for old Disney movies from when I was a child, for example, Alice in Wonderland, and Lady and the Tramp. Oh goody, you can't make a Lost Episode creepy pasta without the Goodwill, or the likes of that, cliche. I forgot to mention, some of the parts of those movie titles weren't capitalized, which is Wonderland and Tramp. But, continuing. But instead I came across a DVD which was titled Madagascar was written in black sharpie marker and the characters drawn on the front were Alex, Marty, Gloria and Millman. Good, not trying to be mean, but Madagascar wasn't even a Disney movie you are going to buy or rent, it was a Dreamworks movie. They're badly drawn too, like if was drawn by a 4 year old. So you're saying that they were horribly drawn by a 4 year old?  You can't tell that I like young children, mostly human ones, but I don't find them unskilled. I just went ahead and bought the DVD and took to the counter to have it paid for. The funny thing was that it was only $1 and I thought it was a good deal besides it's just a DVD. So I went home, started up my PS4 which it does play DVDs however and inserted the DVD in it. Hey, my little human friend had a Playstation 4 too and he used it to watch the twisted episode of Teletubbies based on liminal spaces and even a disturbing episode of the Lion Guard, Fully's Inferno, which featured my Cheetah friend Fully, dead in trapped in forest and soon led to her burning demise by some monsters. By the way, I won't mind if I read the rest of the story without any interruption. Let's go back. When the movie started up, there were no movie previews. Anyway, a menu pulled up on the screen, which looked wrong and unfinished, but all I saw was only two options which was play movie and special features. I soon realized that it was actually a bootleg copy of Madagascar. But after that, I went to special feature and it only had deleted scenes, but no film commentary and that other stuff, just that. I went to the first deleted scene which was titled Marty's Birthday Party, but that's still in the movie. I shrugged it off thinking it was an original version and I selected it. It started with the four friends at Marty's Birthday Party, but something disturbing just happened. When Marty said his wish was to go to the wild, Alex gets angry and grabs Marty and he takes a sharp piece of bone from one of his sticks and slices Marty's throat. Marty tries to scream but he couldn't because of all the blood that's in his throat and mouth. He then drops dead and ran after the rest of the gang but the scene ended from there. I thought it was kind of disturbing to have that in a kid friendly movie, but there was one more scene, so I played it. This time it just showed Alex but no other characters. characters was no audio and it seemed like like Alex was hanging up on gallows on a tree. Alex then said, hey Alex, you won't mind if you proceed the dialogue. Life isn't fair and I can't go home either. Goodbye. Thank you, Alex. He hung himself and died immediately from choking and suffocation. I then took the discount and destroyed it because I don't know what would happen next. I knew that scene ended when Alex died but didn't want to take a chance of being next on this cursed DVD. I later got an email saying that this DVD is in fact a bootleg copy and these deleted scenes were made by an employee at Dreamworks Animation Studios who got caught doing this and got fired. This would happen to every lost episode before they get destroyed. That's all I have to say for now and bad that wasn't swell. Oh god.  My Alex. My lion can't kill himself while reading this shit-fest of a story. I was in great tears after that one part where my poor Alex hung himself. By the way, it's a crappy pasta, get over it. Let me list out some problems. Number one, the sentence structuring is barely messed up, featuring run-on sentences. Number two, it was just a wall of text, like I previously stated. Number three, oh my god, the story. It has some cliches, like Goodwill and all that jazz. Nothing good to say here, to be exact. The first thing I might point out is Marty's birthday party, the deleted version.  That is just, what the fuck? I, I, oh forget it. The second thing is the other and last deleted scene. I believe it's the scene where my poor Alex got lost in the island at night. And like I stated, he hung himself. What did my poor lion used to hung himself? Was it a noose, or those stringy things from the island trees? God, I can't think of the words.  Do you think those shitty Lost Crossover infested cliché THX trailers scary and disturbing?  The Lost THX trend from spin pasta even got worse from then, so does the Lost Episode ones nowadays, featuring more pointless crossovers, and parts that plagiarize famous creepy pastas, for example, Sonic.exe, Sally.exe, Max and Ruby.0004, etc. The DVD, for example, with the cover looking like a kid's drawing. Hell, I bet four year olds can't draw better, that's their start of art, you know. I still don't even know what was the point of the crudely drawn DVD cover anyway. By the way, DreamWorks was and even mentioned until the end. That's all I have to say. This story broke my heart, even though it was terrible. This was certainly my opinion. I will rate this story as an additive 5 out of 10, never want to read it again. It still featured my poor Alex the Lion hanging himself, and you can't tell how upset I was. At least my Alex was still alive with me, and it was swell. My name is Gia the Jaguar, the most beautiful and friendliest circus feline, that brings you this message. Thanks for watching, and have a swell beautiful day my friends, and remember, circus stick together.


Hey everybody, welcome back to the average today I thought what I would do is that I'm going to test out these bad boys So stick around if you want to see how these are these are acrylic paint pens So they're sort of similar to Posca pens so a lot of people using them So I started to think I want to try those because I really like Posca pens So maybe I'll like the ways that these work and they have like some really nice colors going on I'm gonna be honest. I've already tried out most of these. I've done a little swatch test Here so as you can see it is pretty opaque and they go over each other very well I left one of the paint pens not used I haven't used so I could show you how easy it is to get them going because something that I found with Posca pens is that They take a little time to get going. I don't know if that's just me But it's been the case a few times so this one is like as you can see it's white the paint has not come through yet and Then you just do the pump the pumpy thing that people do in paint pens and it's already come through They've got some nice colors. I really like shock blue and magenta Shockingly and the turquoise one came out quite nice I do really like the like gray blue and this one obviously I haven't used before this is called poison green It's pretty handy because they have all the names just on the lids here They also have the instructions on how to open them They also have an indicator of how full each of these are so you can see when you're running out because a handy thing about these is That they are refillable. So they're refillable. They're semi gloss highly opaque permanent good UV resistance quick drying For nearly all services it says with an asterix. So I guess most services it means 50 color shades So they have 50 shades of these and Exchangeable tips pretty cool. They're mixable compatible with all for one acrylic spray paint pretty cool Yeah, so I just think these are really nice And I've been obviously testing them out a little bit and I think that they're just really easy to use and quite precise I know that the Posca pens are really good as well But these I think they're about the same price, but I think these are just I don't know I just prefer them. I think the colors are nicer. There's more of a range of colors So that's my opinion obviously you guys can make up your own mind about them. Obviously this video is not sponsored I saw these and I thought this is the kind of art style that I wanted to head in the direction of after having Week of kind of exploring different art had like quite an inspiring week of art And I've just been doing like loads of different things So just experimenting and going for it. It's been quite a good time And I saw these pens and I thought yep I want to try them only thing that I will say that is to these pens detriment is they do take a little time to dry So I'm gonna have to be patient. I'm not really a very patient person I've got some different types of paper here that I want to just try swatching on to see how the paint pens handle it because Obviously these are made for different types of objects. So you can pretty much paint on anything with them as it said So I've got these different papers. I've got just a normal really thin paper Cardstock paper and some tracing paper. I would say it does leave a little bit of texture I'm not sure if it's from the pen or if it's picking up granules of the paper I think it might be a combination of the both So on the card it layers quite nicely I don't know if you can see because it is quite hard to see it But it does kind of pick up the paper a little bit leave a little bit of a texture Which is fine and we'll try it on these really thin paper. Yeah, that's fine And now I'm gonna try it on the tracing paper and so far that is the smoothest outcome I really like the way they look on the tracing paper. If you're new to my channel You probably won't know but if you're an old school Averager, I don't know what I'm saying Then you'll know that I'm a big fan of tracing paper because I've used it a lot in mixed media stuff And I like using it depends what you're the look you're going for. You can see it kind of works quite nicely on paper It does pick up a lot. What I'm interested in is to know if it layers well Because what I have planned today, I want to layer a lot of paints on top of each other So we're gonna have to see if that works out. What I've done is I've drawn a little sketch here on my paper This is watercolor paper and I thought I would try this out. Obviously. It's a little bit too fee So that is probably not gonna help but we'll see maybe it will help Maybe it won't but what I've drawn here is a game that I would love to play because of all this e3 stuff coming out I was like thinking of different Things that I could make different games So I was drawing a lot in my sketchbook I had one called tingle smash because I don't know if you know the Zuldy universe But there's this character called tingle and it's kind of a family joke that we all hate tingle I say family me and my brother Yes, I just thought that would be funny And then I thought I would do a pesto puzzler game because I really like puzzle games with bubbles But then I settled on bath house simulator, I thought that'd be quite fun to do so I have this sketch and What my main concerns are is that I've used a graphite pencil and I'm not sure how the Paint pens will react to it. So I think I'm gonna do a little bit of a quick test and just try it out Okay, let's go Okay, it's kind of mixing with it which I think is fair That's fair I see you, but yeah, I think I think it'll be all right. Yeah, I think it'll work So what I want to do is do the light colors first and then the darker colors afterwards because that just makes sense Even though they are really opaque. I'm not sure how well they layer yet. So this is a good first test I want to make the cartridge of the game. I wanted to make it pink So we're gonna go with the fuchsia pink the lighter paint because I think that it will work better I do know that recently ScrawlrBox because I saw a few youtubers doing the ScrawlrBox They put in a Molotow chrome pen and that looked really cool So I was really excited to try these after that because I only saw that those videos after I am purchased these So let's go in with the fuchsia pink because I really like pink game cartridges Shockingly a big fan of pink. I'm gonna rub this out of it actually. I Don't want to pick up all the lines, but just a little bit to help not have it too What am I saying? I'm sorry guys. It's really early. I've had my coffee, but you know, I can't speak which is great Thanks for watching. I just want to pick up some of the lines So it doesn't mix too much with paints is what I'm trying to say Thank you brain for finally providing me with that information. So yeah, like I said, this would be a game I would love to play obviously this is the bath house from spirited away and if you play like Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley, I was kind of thinking it would be a great game to have that kind of same kind of theme But with a bath house, so you have to build your bath house from the bottom up So you start out with like a really basic Bathhouse and trying to get the clients in and then you upgrade to like better baths and better like staff and yeah I thought it'd be fun so if anybody's good at making games can we Help me out here and make it for me because I can't make games. I wish I could but that would be awesome So this is bath house simulator. Yeah, we're getting a lot of Flakage is what I'm going to describe it as and I don't actually think it's coming from the tip of the pen I think it's actually coming from the paper. That's being pulled up So I think obviously I've used the wrong type of papers guys Don't use what kind of paper and that's probably a big duh for a lot of you But this is new to me. Okay guys. I haven't used these pens before I Think next time I'm gonna buy The bigger ones overall the color laid down quite nicely But I think there is a lot of flakage You can just dust it off. I'm not gonna do it now because I've got to wait for the paint to dry I'm not sure how long it will take to dry fully. That's the only thing because I'm unfamiliar with it But it seems to be pretty dry here It's much drier so it doesn't take that long to dry But it is something to be aware of as you try it out because you don't want to smudge everything I'm gonna go with shock blue for the sky. What I'm gonna do is just do some clouds though So because you know in in spirited away, they have like lots of clouds coming out like that I'm not sure if I want to rub out more pencil I don't know if you can see that but some of the pencil is showing through But I kind of like that because then it gives me a guide of where I'm gonna lay down darker colors I think I'm gonna leave it and just learn for next time if it doesn't look good Okay, so I think because obviously we have limited colors The bath house is red and green and then red and brown. So what I'm gonna do is use This pink for brown, maybe or the bright yellow And then I'm gonna use This color for the bath house the slightly darker pink The red bits and then this for the green bits because it's green everybody This is hard because I don't know where to begin and if you know, I make a mistake I think what I can do is just go over it in theory because these are Supposed to be super opaque. Okay. I think the finer details are quite hard to do with this size of pen I think they come in a smaller size. These are two millimeters by the way, would you guys play this game? I know I would spirited away. It's probably one of my favorite films. Definitely my favorite Ghibli film I don't care if that makes me a basic bee just to Just is just think I really like the world Which is weird because I don't think I really like Alice in Wonderland that much and it's kind of a very similar story, isn't it? If I were getting whisked away to a Fantasyland that's a bit bizarre and I think what I really like overall is the character development in that film as well I just like it. I like that movie a lot. I'm not sure how accurate this drawing is, but I'm enjoying it I think that looks quite interesting What do you guys think? I'm gonna wait for it to dry a little bit first because I don't want to be spurned Let's try the green on the top composition I just want to be cool like this kind of game cover to hint at the bathhouse I think it would be cool to keep this artwork without line But I also think it might need the line work. Let's see once I finished coloring this in how that will work I think that this green is the least opaque so far But going over it kind of works. I'm gonna use this purple violet to line this building and I'm gonna use it for the windows and stuff as well because actually, oh, you know what? No I'm gonna color the windows in with this blue first because they would be reflecting the light on the outside, right?  And I'm just super late to the party or you know, what's going on? Tell me your story. Okay. I didn't color these bits in Now I'm gonna use this as the dark browns. I went in too quick See it. I told you guys that's what was gonna happen because I have zero patience and now I've done this I didn't even realize how much my hands were picking up paint as well. That was a good lesson to learn That's what I keep saying guys because it makes me feel better and doesn't make me cry. Where was I? Okay? Yeah, we're going back in with this Scary I think as well I was I had the intention to line everything But I think I'm just gonna line bits and bobs. You know what? I'm gonna do the outline with this color I kind of just went for that then and Didn't think that through but there we go. It's giving a bit of shine to some of the windows This is white. I know that so This needs to be pink underneath I think I'll use because I was gonna use gray for the pipe here But I think I'm gonna use pink to just keep I mean I can make it pink and then go over it if it looks too weird Does that work? Maybe if I outline the top or something? Kind of blends in too much for the background. It just looks like something that should be in the background So I use the light gray Once it's dried a bit I'm worried about doing the Hypography because I think that's where it's all gonna go wrong. Yeah I'm gonna I'm gonna keep it white and then use the green on the On the typography actually, let's do a quick hands check. Yeah, my hands are fine Not covered in paint like before. I think I have a cool thing is If I do make a mistake then when I if I did the outline of the label if I did the label background a different color Then I could just go over it I mean I don't want to do that because I like how it looks now with the white But you know if it was the last resort we have that to Resort to okay, and I'm just gonna go outline the The game this needs to be great Kind of looks nice. I need to go over here, but I'm not sure if that's dry. So what we'll do is we'll do the out the What am I saying? The outline here, not sure how straight that was but whatever Okay, yeah, let's just go for it guys Let's say let's go for it guys like we're on a team and you you're here with me But you're not here with me You're just adding a few details to the game cartridge because oh no my hand touch paint. You definitely touch work pain Okay, only a little bit Isn't it satisfying when you draw a straight line and it just works out Not like that. That's the complete opposite of what I meant. Okay, I should probably should have drawn that Clean my camera died just as I made a mistake And I think what I'm gonna do instead of trying to fix it and making the line really thick I'll just leave it because maybe it's quite interesting visually anyway that mistake. That's what I'm gonna say Okay, I think I'm gonna leave it at that and not do anything else to this piece because I think it looks really cool And I don't want to ruin it because sometimes you know when you you don't know when to stop Basically, and I think I know when to stop right now and it's gonna be now. So overall I think these paint pens are pretty awesome I really like the results that they give me.  I Don't know the term you guys will tell me I'm sure and Yeah, I'm probably gonna try and buy some more different colors I definitely saw like a pastel set which I'm very intrigued about and I'm here for that's it guys Thanks for watching. Tell me what you think about the art today And let me know if you've used these pens before I'm interested to hear if anyone has because they're a pretty new thing for me to find I Probably that sounds pretty dumb to some people who know the art items quite well, but some people don't know stuff Okay, so yeah, um, thanks for watching guys. I will see you next time I was gonna say please I can subscribe, but I'm pretty tired of saying that and you know, do what you want Okay, thank you. Bye


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