YouTube, what's up man? This is week four. We got an inter-conference battle as we play the Browns are coming to Philadelphia. You know what that means. When the Browns come to Philadelphia, we go ahead and throw on the Color Rush All Blacks. Advanced settings, make sure we kick. Yeah, we're good to go. You can watch these games live, Twitch.tv slash dub dot, hit the notification so you get a notification when I go live. We sim these games or sim the league or advance the league pretty much every other day. So week four, this week four, I am playing this game. It is Monday night. So week five will probably be Wednesday night, hopefully. So hit those notifications, make sure you know when I'm going live. We are playing as Deshaun Watson who has four touchdowns and eight interceptions. This fella is two and one, you know? So feeling good, feeling great man. So gotta lower the volume a little bit. Big strap time man, this is about that much. Now I'm going to start breaking out some big strap merchandise. And we did not get the Color Rushes, that's okay. I don't know what happened with the game. My man DeValley with the ball. We're trying, we're making it do what it do. You know what I'm saying, that's all. Bo Skull, Bo. I'm glad you guys have been putting a lot of love into the CFM videos. It's probably been my most liked content on YouTube honestly, Chet. He has Landon Collins with that ability and force her. So we're going to go on conservative here. Five years big game, you've been married five years. That's what's up man, that's dope. There's that boy Landon, go out of bounds man. I haven't kept it, there it is. Easy read, Chet, easy reads. Definitely getting that pat peat man, I'm excited. I'm excited Chet, I'm excited. I'm going to take a shot here first down. Don't think he's blitzing off that edge.  Yeah, pat peat definitely looks nice. I'm excited about that pat peat card. A lot of coverage out there. Boy, there's a lot of coverage out there.  Who Jones, that's why we drafted them first round, baby Noah's man coverage. A lot of times that inside leverage to that slack guy can beat man. Honestly, probably should've possession caught it, but I went with the rat catch just to try to get away from the DB there, but shut up man. El Tigling in the chat with the seven month cells. I appreciate all the support you guys showed me man. Great drive to open up the game man. What do I practice? You mean my training? I do something for my quarterback wide receiver and for my DBs and my D line. That's actually a really good drive. Probably one of my better drives of the year with these guys. There it is. They said, I've been told, there it is. Miles, get off that block. Good pressure right there, boys. Good pressure, good pressure. Good pressure will do that.  Knowing a player like that, not that I know this player very much, but a lot of times when you get screamed at like that, or something like that happens, you will rage, what's the next play? Had the touchdown. Absolutely had the easiest touchdown of my life when we put him in the block. Mmm, it's just not having a skate bar.  One yard, I'm gonna pump the ball. Good defense. Yeah, that's just not having a skate bar. It's, I gotta stay in the pocket. It's just the worst, man. I can't wait to get a skate bar. Can't let him get outside of here. Lonnie Ballantyne, baby. Lonnie Ballantyne. Peacelinger not bad, not bad. There you go, T.J. White. There you go, T.J. White. That's what I pay you to do, kid. Good defense, boys. Good defense, boys. Good defense, boys. Bannon, you trying to rock tonight? What's up? No doubt, man, you already know. Just stopping to run on first down. T.J. White doing what T.J. White does. We got to score some points, though. We kinda got popped right there. The Albee Stream and all my club games coming up this week, they will be sub only, though. So if you guys aren't subbed, make sure you guys do that. Ready for the new pet pee, am I? Ready as I will ever be, honestly. It is tough playing against an enforcer, but the thing about it, you gotta, you know, come on, Skar, bro.  That's a punt. The one thing he does have is 97 speed corners. Boy, I don't care what y'all doing on this court. Good defense. That's the one thing my team don't do, though. We don't tackle good at all, man.  Big man, what's up, man? I did see the new pet pee card. I'm hype, Texas pee, I'm hype.  God damn it, man.  Come on, man. God, everybody black-shedding, we're just still out.  TJ, TJ. Why does TJ get the X factor? That's what I want, chat. Daniel. All right. Nah, there's no good stretching in New Orleans, Jack. Plus, like, let me try. Let's try, let's just try. Man, I don't have a running back, but I don't think there's even a stretch. All this is a power-all, maybe. I know what to do. Trust me, we know what to do. It's just a matter of, uh, I can't get out of the pocket, which makes it tough as fuck, but, and that's what fills me. I can't get out of the pocket with this quarterback because he doesn't have his gauge worked. It's just, here you go, I'm stuck in the pocket. Play offense. Yeah, I can't audible down to that. That's part of the thing I'm talking about here, chat. Come on, chat. Use y'all heads here. He's gonna blitz everybody here.  Just put three deep blues. Oh my God, I don't know how people play. I'm not necessarily, I can't make one person miss. Now the tournament's gonna be asked to watch. Which tournament is gonna be good to watch? That's what I wanna know.    Oh my God, man.  Cause it just send everybody at me.  When there's bunch y'all hate it. When there's run, stiff arm, y'all hate it. What do y'all wanna see? They sending everybody and I can't move with the quarterback. You can't move with the quarterback. I mean, what's the soft score I got me in my third term? Yeah, his DB's are really fast. That's kind of what's, uh, Jesus Christ. I mean, just to kick your football now, man.  Yeah, escape artist is the whole game, especially when something blitzing the whole team. But this kid, I mean, he can't, he can't do anything on offense. J-Razz, people that say y'all don't even know what chess is. Like I just want, I just want to block somebody here.  I'm getting sacked 4,000 times this game, dude. It's just unreal. I just gotta get escape. I like this, like this game, this game is 35 to zero with escape artist. I'm just sipping, I'm just sipping some diet. I'm a diet, Pepsi, man, diet coke. Yeah, Pepsi getting upgrade. I mean, this kid is awesome. I had, I had like the last pick of the draft. So, oh, that's what I want to see against the run. Boys, kid can't do anything. Yeah, I had a real late pick, so it was tough for me to, uh, there we go.  Just punting again.  He want to give me something? Yup, there we go.  All right, let's go get a touchdown on the board chat. Just gotta make some reads, really. This is, this is really killing me, honestly. This ain't it, but I'm gonna try it anyway. I lied, that looked pretty good, okay. The 146 popper. I guess some old school dots down, really. Back to the regular Douglas, he's just holding wild in the middle of the field. Anything with a porn guard? Well, let's go, Collins? That's a good game. I might have put the controller down. All right, Collins might, yo, we love both Scarbro, but after that run, Collins might have to start telling you, I like the way he's kind of shifty, chat. He's kind of shifty. He should have punted. He had like a fourth and 12, he should have punted. Marc C9, hungry. I had two salads today, man. I'm eating salads every day till Thanksgiving. I gotta lose this man weight, man. I've been feeling tired, sluggish. Yeah, we'll get him. And run away from them boys. Picture that, picture that every, I feel like this is so laggy. I had no clicks on this mode right now. Oh, yeah, I should have time to do that. Come on, man. Damn, I can't put my, I'm a cute person, Wilkins, right here. Shit, West Street, that's what I need. I don't really eat that much junk food, really. There you go, Wilkins, eat Wilkins. Almost took you out, too, Wilkins. Give me that, Marquis Blair, get up, kid. Get up, defensive football, baby. That's what happens when you come to Philadelphia. That's what happens, chat. Yeah, the rookie running back, stepping up, man. Let's go back to this ball. Let's just gotta go back to this ball, chat. Oh, that's a hectic fumble. Aw, just be on conservative. The kid can't score a point. He can't score a point, man. And at Duke Work, though, when the first guy, God, Lee, man, he can't score a point.  Oh, you tried to Blair, man. You tried to Blair, man. My team just can't, can't hit? Who is that in the flat? Johnson, the rookie, damn, I need some hitters. Can't score a ton, you literally cannot score the football. I mean, I cannot, man, I fumble to the curb. Oh, I just cannot move, I'm just so not used to this quarterback not being able to move, dude. Like, he can't move, and of course he fumbles. Just ridiculous, man. Just keep somebody in the game so bad, man. I, this pisses me off beyond belief, just not being able to move with the quarterback. I'm so not used to it, man. God damn it, man. Like, this kid is terrible. Yeah, he can't scramble. No matter how fast he is, he cannot scramble because that's how the game is. I'm just, it's different. You can't, you just gotta make reads, man. That's all, man. That's what I'm good at.  Here comes the next guy, just shedding my life away. Oh, man, dude. I've gotten sacked 400 times, nine times I've gotten sacked. I mean, we could break one tackle, boys. God, this is sad, man. Fake like to see if he's on aggressive. That's not in the game anymore, brother. Run away from that, girl.   That's my fault. I just looked at the blitz.  I don't know how people play without escape artists.  Like, I'm so bad without escape artists right now. Like, it's so bad that I am. God damn it, man.  Like, for real, you kids just can sit here and blitz every person on the field and you're like helpless. I know he can't score a chat. It's just, I'm so used. I just played 15 games with escape artists. Now I don't have it. I feel lost in the sauce. Like lost in the sauce. I mean, Jack, honestly, it's not about winning this game. I gotta get a little better on offense. I didn't like, honestly, I'm just so used to. No, it's no rule against running under center. Legend never dies. It's just no parts of laying in the columns right there, chat. I'm fine. This kid can't score a lick. Well, I can't lie, this rookie been kind of popping for me. So I went this rookie's direction. Wrapped up right away by that guy. I was boxed up there, I ate it.  Just here you go. Now we good, miss. I mean, it's that the fact this game is close. It's just 1,000, it's 1,000% escape artists. Cowboys? Yeah, bro, you don't need a great D-Tac on 3-4, man. You saw that T-Gray? That's why I didn't, you know that's my reader, bag ain't the word, I don't know what that was. Oh, you saw my bad miss, miss, you always cappin', man. There's people out here really playin' without escape arts.  Good kick. All right, man, honestly, nothing, nothing, no big plays right here. That's all I gotta do. Nah, Fitz, I just can't, I can't score right now. Yeah, hot rock master's fuckin' nuts to me. I mean, come on, man. That can't be fuckin' caught. Christian Wilkins, oh, my boy's gettin' glitchy.  Yup, inbounds. Yeah! DeNeal! Kid can't move. Kid can't move. Kid can't move, man. With escape art.   Wanna move? Nope, can't move. Let me take another dive. Damn, that was a bad game for my quarterback. Really bad game for my quarterback. He just literally could not get any points.  Tyree Jackson just can't move, man. I gotta get escape art, so I gotta do something. So it's gotta be, so I don't know what else to do, man. Like that defense, I felt like it's sitting duck back there.   It's like, but he had escape artists. I just said Kendall Sheffield, Carl Lawson, Eric Rowe, like I couldn't do enough. I couldn't move in there. And you had no idea what to do, Ty. You had no idea. Yeah, it's Tom Brady. You literally, between Tom Brady and Tyree Jackson you're the same player with escape, what you're gonna call it. I'm trying to play maker. That's all I wanna do, man. Nah, just honestly, listen, if I get escape artists, there's no point even playing this league anymore. I want it without it. I'm saying chat, I need to get him to like 80 power move too. Look at red wine with three and a half sacks. I don't know what he's gonna get. I don't know, they say I just gotta put improviser. I'm gonna keep putting improviser up. That's all. My team just don't tackle either really. That's what I mean. I don't know who this guy is. Let's put speed rusher, non-unstopper. It feels laggy that game. When he was no huddle, I couldn't really do what I wanted to do. But that was week two. I know Pat Pete team of the week tomorrow, four and all though. That's what matters. Really bad stats though. Not feeling good about the start to the season. But if I can get escape artists by the end of the year, I mean, we're gonna be doing pretty good.  Even with Gunslinger, even with slinger one, A-Rod's release is tough to get rid of the ball. So I gotta do something. The first drive was really good. Then I don't know what the hell happened since then. You know, it's to see Tyree Jackson. Just, it was a tough, that's why I got Eli Manning. So hopefully we can have a pep talk and get his, what's your call it, hire. I will tell you, I'm really about to start the rookie. He had a good game, man. He scored that touchdown. When he scored that touchdown, I said, oh, that's it. The rookie that I drafted right here, Collins. Cecil Collins, five, eight. I don't know why. Maybe this is agility, 90 speed, 88 acceleration, nothing good about him really. I mean, no break tackle, stiff arm, elusiveness is 79. Like, yeah, I don't know what the hell, I'm gonna start him. We're gonna give him the start. Damn, that's just looking at him. 100, is he bald?  Hey, King, that looks like you.  That's underrated King right there when he shaved his dreads off. King, that's you, man.  I don't know, I need to run him back. I don't know. It was like, it was like the eighth round I picked him for something. Yeah, AP dipped on us, man. He retired, but this is Tyree Jackson right here 97 dough power, 90 deep, 90 mid, 91 short, 92 going to run, but he can't, you can't run. Without a skate bar, there's no point, you can't run. Now when he crossed the line, he's a tank. But before that, you know what I'm saying?  I mean, it's only been one season. He started at 63 overall. It's hard to get a skate bar as in one season. You know, I had to get him all the way, I had to get him all the way to superstar development. I got him to start development, and you know what I'm saying? He's getting there, you know, baby stuff. It's a project. I drafted him in the fifth round at a 63 overall, and you know what I'm saying? We doing well, that's all. You know what I'm saying? He did get drafted in XFL. But that was week four. We are four and O. Been some rough games, Chad. Just some slobber knockers. Just playing enough defense. My two Dns that I drafted are really just animals. They really are. I mean, the Neil Hunter and TJ Wider are absolutely unreal. They're going to shed your life away. In that game, pretty much what I did, instead of blitzing one person, like instead of rushing five people, I would rush four and then put a spy. So he would try to step up or roll out, and the spy was right there.  And that's definitely what I did against that escape artist technique, honestly. Yeah, you need an ability to do everything in this game. You need an ability to tackle. You need an ability to rush to pass. So you need an ability to run a streak. You need an ability to make hot routes. You need an ability to spin. You need an ability to juke. You need an ability to be able to truck somebody. It's pretty much that. And you're only allowed three abilities on each side of the ball. I'm to the point where, listen, if someone wants to put 11 abilities on a team, let them put 11 abilities on the team. You know, I really, to me, it's like for it to get to the point where it's you need an ability to do something, let me put it on every player. You know, if I want to, if I want to risk that, let me do that. But this was week four. Comment below, man, what else I could've did, man. Standing like a statue in a paint I was blocking. Everybody just got a little rough out there.


First new tip, before you go into your meeting, before you even invite anyone to your meeting, make sure that you are telling everyone what decision you're trying to make out of this meeting and how you're going to make it. What criteria will you use to make this decision? That way, everyone who's coming to the meeting can come prepared with the homework they need, the data they need, the perspective they need to help you make that decision, whether they're making their case for what they think the best decision is or as a group you're gonna talk about it and come up with a consensus on what the best decision is, make sure you're really clear about the decision and how you're gonna make it before everyone comes into the meeting.


Ski Jump 2 was an aerial research mission dispatched to the far north early in 1952 by the United States Navy. This was the site of Ski Jump 2, where ice covers the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. The shortest air routes between Asia and the United States are the great circle routes over the Arctic, making this region important in the global defense of the United States. The purposes of Ski Jump 2 were to extend research and to perfect techniques started in 1951 by Ski Jump 1. The 1952 expedition sought answers to many questions concerning flying in the Arctic. For instance, what are the several large floating islands of the Arctic really like? Can they be of any use to the Navy? We want to know more about the Arctic Ocean, its depths and currents, its temperatures, its salinity and bottom characteristics. What types of ice are found here and why? How good are our techniques for operating heavy aircraft from nature's own ice strips? How will our latest Ski Wheel installation perform on natural Arctic ice fields under what conditions are skis necessary? The mother plane of Ski Jump 2 was a specially fitted Lockheed Neptune, a P-2V. It left Patuxent, Maryland on the 10th of February, 1952. This was the flying laboratory of the expedition, an R4D, one of the workhorses of World War II. It left Patuxent on the same day. Two weeks later, the second P-2V took off from Patuxent. It would alternate with the first P-2V in serving as supply plane for Ski Jump 2. Ten days out of Patuxent, Northern Alaska, and the Brooks Range. Before aviation, this mountain range discouraged movement farther north in Alaska. Next day, Point Barrow. For uncounted ages, Eskimos have lived here. In the last three quarters of a century, however, Point Barrow has become important to the United States as an Arctic outpost for military and commercial research development. The first P-2V arrives over Point Barrow. It looks strangely deserted, with the late day sun slanting over the lighted quonset huts. Temperatures from 20 to 30 degrees below zero during this season keep most hands indoors. The P-2V comes in for its first landing at the Barrow airspace. During the coming three months, one of the P-2Vs will be seen here daily. The P-2V is loaded with crew, cold weather clothing, spare parts, and survival gear. Let's take a look at Point Barrow, since the expedition will be based here. Here is an official Navy camp with a resident officer in charge. The camp is under the jurisdiction of Pet Poor, the Navy project for developing petroleum reserves in this area. Other Arctic research projects, including the Arctic Research Laboratory, a weather station, and communication stations are here. Thus, Point Barrow aids the military and commercial projects in carrying out the United States policy. It was planned to begin SkiJob 2 by establishing several oceanographic stations in the general area of 76 North and 145 West. Small amounts of reserve fuel were to be cached at two of these stations. From a station having a fuel cache, flights could fan out to more remote oceanographic sites without having to return to Point Barrow for fuel. Such stations were to be equipped with a small radio homing beacon with a one-and-one-half watt transmitter powered by a wind-driven generator. The station was also to have a 500-gallon cell for the gasoline cache. The 10-mile range of the radio beacon was too short. A much longer range is needed because the ice moves constantly, and the beacon is seldom where the pilot expects it to be. A square search is often necessary to find it. This consumes valuable time and gasoline. For this reason, direct plane-to-plane fueling was adopted, and fuel caches were established for emergency use. First, however, many local flights had to be made before the expedition could leave Point Barrow. These were to familiarize the crew with the area, to acclimate them, and to uncover any cold weather weaknesses in the planes. This experimental landing strip is two miles offshore from Point Barrow. On one of the familiarization hops, a trial landing was made on this strip. Combination ski and wheel landing gear are seen here. In this type of landing, on smooth ice with a light snow cover, the skis are raised and only the wheels are used. It was not unusual to return to the Barrow air strip after one of these local hops and find a new cold weather problem. These problems, ranging from minor leaks of various types to an engine change, resulted in a one-month shakedown period prior to beginning actual operations. Oil leaks were a constant problem, and they were hard to locate because it was necessary first to remove the congealed oil. A hard job in temperatures that dropped to 30 degrees below zero. Also traceable to the cold was the air fuel induction system fire that made this engine change necessary. Low temperatures caused hydraulic fittings to leak, clamps to loosen, and tools and materials to become brittle. Small tools snapped during normal usage. The mechanics usually wore light leather or nylon gloves, and used Herman Nelson Geeters to achieve some degree of efficiency and comfort while doing maintenance work. Even so, repair jobs took three to four times longer than normal. All maintenance facilities available at Barrow, such as this portable work shelter, were pressed into use. This was necessary because no special maintenance gear had been brought by Ski Jump 2. Finally, preparations are made to depart. After fuel from 50-gallon drums by means of a portable gasoline-driven pump. To keep its weight down, each plane is given only enough fuel to complete its mission with a two-hour reserve. Frost is removed from the wings with ordinary brooms. Engines are turned up for half an hour before takeoff. About 25 minutes are required to bring pressures and temperatures up to normal. Here the R4-D takes off for the expedition's first day of actual operation. Since the P2-V has a faster cruising speed, it departs later than the R4-D, so that both planes will be over the point of intended landing at about the same time. Aviation crews, oceanographers, and geophysicists, 10 highly trained persons per plane depart for the site of the first oceanographic station. Off Barrow, the planes fly over the shoreline. The Arctic sea smoke seen here is caused by relatively warm open water coming in contact with cold air. During all flights over ice, the pilots and scientists keep a log of ice conditions. One hour before the scheduled rendezvous, the R4-D begins transmitting homing signals. These are continued until the P2-V comes within visual range. Once the rendezvous has been made, a search will be started to find a suitable landing area. Ice thickness is indicated by its color, but it takes a lot of experience before one can estimate its thickness with any high degree of accuracy. The lighter R4-D lands first. The first job is to check the thickness of the ice. This is a crucial moment, and the plane is kept ready for instant takeoff in case the ice is too thin. When the saw starts bringing up water, the ice thickness can be measured. To support the loaded P2-V, it must be at least four and one-half feet thick. And the field must of course be long enough and smooth enough. This field passes the test, and the P2-V is cleared for landing. Unloading starts, and the first oceanographic station gets underway. Survival gear is one of the first items out. Gasoline heaters are used both to preheat the engines and to heat the cabin.  Survival equipment is placed some distance from the plane, just in case the plane catches fire or goes through the ice. After the engines are secured, banjo covers are put on for protection from cold winds and snow, and York heaters will be used to keep them warm. This auxiliary power unit, mounted on a sled, will be used as a source of electrical power. This 500-gallon neoprene gasoline cell will be filled and left as an emergency cache. The scientists begin collecting their data. Here, a geophysicist measures the force of gravity with a gravimeter. About three hours later, with fueling completed, the P2-V warms up for the return trip to barrel. It will return tomorrow morning with fuel and supplies for the second oceanographic station. Depending on this unimproved ice field, the big plane takes off without difficulty, whereas in this instance, snow cover does not warrant the use of skis, normal takeoff procedures are used. It is now the following morning, and the P2-V is returning to its roundable. The R4-D gets into the air as soon as the P2-V is sighted, and the two planes proceed to the general area where the second station is to be established. A suitable landing area has been found. The pilot sets the R4-D down very gently, feeling out the surface. Should the ice feel unsafe during this run-out, he would make a touch-and-go for further investigation. In this case, the pilot is satisfied with the condition of the ice and makes a full stop landing. Out comes the power saw for measuring the ice. It is thick enough to support the P2-V. The P2-V taxis close alongside for fueling the R4-D. During fueling, survival gear is removed from the plane. The auxiliary power unit is set up, and preliminary work is done to establish the second oceanographic station. Meanwhile, the oceanographers commence their work. This power-driven auger drills a hole through the ice so the oceanographers can collect their data. The shelter is then rigged over the hole and the doorway of the plane. From the plane keeps the hole, the water samples, and the scientist's hands from freezing. At each landing, ice conditions in the general area are studied. Here one of the pilots is approaching a rope pack. A rope pack is a kind of pressure ice, a pinnacle or slab that has been forced into an upright position, sometimes as high as 30 feet. Other types of pressure ice in the area form interesting patterns. These surveys train the pilots and navigators in estimating ice conditions accurately from the air. Ice crystals such as these often occur in the Arctic area. Certain combinations of atmospheric conditions cause sublimation, that is the change from vapor to solid, without going through the liquid state, and these delicate ice flowers are the result. Landings on natural ice fields are safe only during good visibility. On a bright day, even small snow drifts are easily distinguished from the air, but in haze or overcast, ice and sky may blend together to form a whiteout in which no horizon is visible and pilots might not be able to see a pressure ridge such as this from the air. The P2V prepares to return to barrel. Normally two or three hours are needed to bring the work of an oceanographic station up to this point. But several more hours will be needed to complete the work. The first four oceanographic stations were set up in this manner. On the 26th of March, the P2V left point barrel to rendezvous with the R4D. The two planes then flew in company to the proposed site of the fifth station. Up until this time, all landings had been made on large areas of winter ice. It is ice less than one year old, relatively smooth, with little snow cover. It makes the most desirable landing sites on the ice pack. However, north of the fourth station, areas of winter ice suitable for landing became scarce. Therefore, an ice field more than one year old had to be used for the site of the fifth oceanographic station. The P2V gets ready to let down as soon as the R4D has landed. The radio message from the R4D advises that the area is rough. It is rough. And the landing strip is too short. The pilot tries reverse pitch breaking, but the plane goes into a sideways skid. Smoke pours out of the port engine the cell. The R4D crew runs to land a hand. Luckily, the fire is only a small one and is quickly put out. That reverse pitch didn't work very well. The left propeller went into reverse first and stuck there. The right would not reverse at all. This caused the plane to swerve, skid sideways through the drift, and damaged the port ski. However, the bottom of the ski is not damaged, so a takeoff may be possible. The left prop has been restored to normal functioning, and the P2V is warmed up. Despite the damaged ski, the decision is made to attempt the takeoff. It works all right. It's how cleanly the skis slide. They hold the wheels clear of the snow most of the time. This ski installation is the result of three years' experimentation and testing. One recommendation resulting from ski jump two is that this ski installation be accepted as a model installation on any large aircraft using tricycle landing gear. For ski takeoffs in the P2V, full flaps, full nose up, elevator trim, and full power with water injection is used. Ski takeoffs are quite similar to seaplane takeoffs in that a definite hump speed is encountered. As soon as the aircraft becomes airborne, the elevator is returned to neutral trim. Once more, the P2V heads back to barrel, and the R4D crew and the scientists turn to setting up an oceanographic station. Next morning, during a takeoff, the R4D ran out of luck and struck a snow-covered ridge, collapsing the left landing gear. Shearing off the left propeller and buckling the outer panel of the left wing, Point Barrow radio informs the maroon crew that rescue will be delayed several days because of P2V troubles. The crew immediately set up their survival gear and begin sorting out what equipment can be taken and what will have to be left behind. Instructions are received to clear landing strip for the P2V. All hands help level snowdrifts and small ice hummocks. After the runway is smooth, it is marked with bright red flags. Never had any plane looked so good to the handful of men of the flying laboratory. A signal fire is started with burnable gear too heavy to be evacuated by air. The smoke helps the P2V to keep the spot in sight and enables the pilot to judge wind conditions. Circling the area, the pilot comes down low and looks over the landing strip very carefully. He brings the P2V in slowly because this is a very short runway. He is holding the nose wheel off the ice to keep it from pounding and to increase drag. The strip is still not smooth, but compared to its condition when the first landing was made, it has much improved. Safely down, the big plane taxis back to the stricken R4D. It hurts to abandon this faithful plane, but it's the only practicable solution. The man and gear from the R4D are returned safely to Point Barrel. But now, with the loss of the R4D, the oceanographic phase is stopped. Two secondary phases of ski jump 2 remain. Investigation of the Ice Island, T3, and the ice survey of the area around Tully, Greenland. One P2V leaves Point Barrel, bound for the last known position of T3, which was about 120 miles from the North Pole. She is followed closely by her sister plane. After flying over an apparent endless arctic wilderness, Ice Island T3 is sighted. Its gently undulating surface is easily distinguished from the surrounding sea ice. Most of the shoreline is characterized by cliffs from 20 to 30 feet high. The Air Force project icicle had landed and made a small camp on T3 17 days earlier. Snow cover of 2 to 4 feet makes ski landings necessary. Since the Air Force has started a landing strip, the P2Vs are provided with a proven landing area. This is the final test of the P2V ski installation. Since the landings at station 5, the inboard runners have been reinforced. The skis are now highly successful. The Air Force welcomes the Navy aboard. The Air Force camp consists of a large tarpaulin-covered snow cave and several mountain tents. Three hours are spent at the camp, discussing the island and its possible uses. The island is believed to be of land ice origin. Its center is about 50 feet above sea level, indicating that the island is about 400 feet thick. A decision is made for the two P2Vs to fly over the nearby North Pole. However, shortly after takeoff, one P2V experienced a barrel failure and had to return to T3. Bits of fractured metal in the engine made an engine change necessary. This meant a long wait until the new engine could arrive. The other P2V was instructed to proceed directly to Tully, so that scheduled operations might continue. The route of this plane took it from T3 to Tully and back to Point Barrow. Meanwhile, there was work to be done on T3. The Navy crew turned to and built their own quarters. Survival tents were erected and construction of a James Way hut begun. These 16-foot square huts, which resemble quonsets, must be built on a level plot. The plywood floor sections are bolted together. Wooden frames and stringers are then put in place. And end walls are erected. The covering consists of two layers of canvas, separated by one and one-half inches of fiberglass insulation. Several utility structures were built almost entirely of snow blocks.  After two weeks, a new engine arrived. After four frigid days of round-the-clock man-killing work under most unfavorable conditions, the P2V is ready. She takes off on the last two phases of Ski Jump 2 and flies the 120 miles to the North Pole. A landing is not made because neither a suitable landing site nor cover aircraft is available. The P2V proceeds to alert on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island to Tule and then back to Point Barrel. A survey of ice conditions is made along the way. And so Ski Jump 2 came to an end. The project increased the fund of information about the ice islands, about characteristics of the Arctic Ocean and its currents, and about ice conditions in the Arctic. By means of Ski Jump 2, the Navy made its final evaluation of its P2V ski installation and perfected the technique for operating heavy aircraft on unknown ice fields.


What's up everybody? Jason here for jazzy's case brace calm 2021 panini mosaic football hobby three box break random teams number three Just sold out 32 total spots everybody gets a random team in the NFL Remember no veteran common ship everything else does and here we go guys. Good luck So we had one filler that we need to do from Michael down to call Cole got those straight up and then mark down on Michael He's got those in a pack filler. So congratulations guys Let's roll it and let's do the break three three six times six times good luck one Two three four five six I know everybody just everybody staying in on a nice beautiful Friday night. I love it I mean, I don't know how it is everywhere else around the United States But today it was freaking hot by the beach. It was like 90 degrees here in the beach Which means that like in the valley and stuff was probably like a hundred plus The hell yeah, man All right, so 33 six times. Good luck. Boom Steve lock at the top down a Michael Hughes Let's put you guys here boom Three to three six times. You know, it's crazy that I actually got see I brought some seafoods today. I made some ceviche With shrimp and fish so I was like it's gonna be a good dinner a good dinner and then go right back to work It's snowing in Chicago. No way dude. That's crazy One two three four five And six six times six times six times It melts faster. Okay, gotcha Still sexy. Yeah, for sure Six six. All right, Steve. Lock. You have the Steelers David with the 49ers Karen Falcons Terry Rams Brandon Titans Terry with the Bears Terry are that is Ryan B with the Bengals Kevin with the Giants Jesse with the Patriots followed with Colts Mark with the Broncos Richard with the Ravens Michael the Panthers Matthew the Browns Chargers Bunta with the Seahawks Ryan Donovan with the Washington commanders Michael with the Saints Wesley with the Lions Brandon Hall the Raiders David Oh with the Packers Wesley with the Cardinals Cole with the Cowboys Will with the Jaguars Katie with the Chiefs Ben with the Dolphins Jason with the Bucks Jesse with the Eagles and Bills Anthony with the Vikings will with the Texans and Michael with the Jets So quick trade windows open guys if you guys want to make any trades Pretty quick since we are pretty busy and backed up and sometimes for the most part I'm not many people really trade successfully, but I'll give you guys like I said a quick minute. If not, I'm closing it We'll just continue on but yeah, man. It's see what how what's the weather like right now? Right now her most of beach is 76 now, but like I said in the middle of the day. It was like 92 Which is really hot and then now we're gonna look so really maybe That's gonna cool down from the 90s to the 60s. It was very very hot today. There's crazy.  It should be 76 in the day not night Like let me see where my mom's at. I want to try grew up Right now in Al Monte where I grew up is 91 degrees and that's where the Sun is like setting now 91 Today the high was 102. It's crazy like a 30 degree difference in the next two days All right Wesley and Jesse if you guys want to trade trade with each other if not like I said, I'm just gonna close it If nobody else is chatting then I'm just gonna close it. Yeah. Well actually Nick is in Chicago He say that it was not today. I was like damn. That's crazy I mean as you can add a funeral this past weekend.  It was really hot. I should say Sunday. Yeah Sunday, man. Yeah, Terry, you know, it is the man. Yeah Very different. All right, you're gonna close guys. Sorry Yeah, all I really know is is here Kelly. I've never lived anywhere else But I do love obviously traveling visiting other places. I love Chicago though. I must say I love the city I love pizza. So Chicago I'm big Eagles fan. I love Philly, too I love how everything was so close to each other and in New York and like, you know, New York Philly, New Jersey Baltimore, Washington, it's all so close. And here we go. I think I don't know Joe I think Joe put X's on these and we're just grabbing from the three stacks that we have there So I believe there's only three more boxes left for a fourth break of this and that's it I know it took a little bit of time to fill up from the last one, but Maybe you guys want to see what's potentially hiding in here And the remaining Well, I actually haven't ripped too much retail to be honest Terry, so I haven't pulled any Genesis at all and Either fluorescence. Yeah, those are usually retail, right? Sello and stuff like that. I Only just broke in mainly hobby boxes, but the fluorescence are beautiful Yeah, Genesis, if I remember correctly are exclusive to retail. At least that's what it was last year and then not for a year I don't know if they changed it up Center stage little Aaron Rodgers Duvante Smith Pay Manning Dion Sanders In it to win it a little Devon white inserts Herbie Zeke That Wilson overdrive Jamar Chase Jalen waddle Pay Manning Ryan Tennail Straight fire Josh Allen get there Tom Brady. That is a Patriots edition Who has a Patriots Jesse with that one? That's a pink number 24 to 49 Kenny game well silver Jim Kelly center stage All right, the two autographs should be on this side Tom Brady Davis Mills Men of mastery of Barry Sanders and Pete Warner to start us off first autograph there for the Saints Michael with that one Derek Henry Silver Trevor Lawrence inserts that Wilson rookie and Deandre Hopkins blue NFC for the Cardinals when a Wesley there you go TD Terrell Davis swagger a little Justin Jefferson Asante Samuel Jr. And a little Devon T. Smith silver introductions Jason Whitten for the Cowboys Dallas Cowboys going to Cole last Bob Mojo Mack Jones or so Justin Fields there you go first box in the books Very nice not too bad two autographs Brady color. All right. Good luck guys next box David Johnson Jabra Cox. Whoa little Joe burrow Stairmasters blue That is pretty sweet It's numbered 90 out of 99 Bangles Ryan with them Center stage Baker Mayfield and Ron Dale Moore rookie blue number to 99 for the Cardinals Curtis Martin Stephon Dakes swagger Michael Carter Randy Moss Jared Patterson Commander's Ryan It's funny.  I think all the breaks that we're lingering Have now sold out And I've been re-posted or like I said taken off the website Yeah, we're booked for the next four hours, basically Which I should make up some time as I do this billors, but There's anything else you guys want to try to sell out be awesome But I'm happy we sold out a lot of these breaks that were just kind of on the website for a little bit So that way tomorrow We're gonna work on that opening day mixer and that football mixer as well We can do both mixers and just kill it all that time tomorrow But mixers mix and mix us Another gold who Thomas Davis senior gold Seven out of ten man of the year Panthers Michael look at that, buddy Very nice two golds back to back Jalen cams straight fire Tom Brady. I don't think I've ever pulled a straight fire Tom Brady That is very straight fire T be going to Jason teal all Justin Fields rookie mosaic autographs Let's go Bears going to Terry are There you go, buddy Shit It's a very nice three boxes here But the burst boxes like whatever slow, but I guess I did get that Tom Brady though So I guess actually three great. Yeah, I take that back three solid boxes Because this I've seen this mosaic be a little rough, so I'll take these three boxes here Russell Wilson Cam Chancellor tonight and I'm For the Seahawks in it to win it teal all rookie Plexiglass Amon rest over this guy actually had a great second half season and Sean Merriman for the Charge zone of Matthew That's a nice one and Jarvis Landry did Jarvis Landry sign with anybody yet. No, I think he's so free agent, isn't he? To Maddie not Dan the man marina There's no some silver rookie Jamar Chase Alright guys, well not too shabby Got a lot of nice colors. Like I said, we got The Brady color early on Justin Fields autograph straight fire gold Another gold one-on-one Jason Winshaw Merriman Like I said a lot of a lot of color in here too and rookies that will top load and penny sleep as well for you guys later The shipping team will so appreciate it guys This is break number three number four is on the website last three boxes of the case Jasper's case race calm


Today is Tax Day, and while many in Conus may be scrambling to get their returns postmarked in time, sailors overseas can breathe easy. The military or naval services on duty or Conus on the date of income tax returns are allowed an automatic two month extension to file. You can also request up to four months extension by submitting IRS Form 4868 by June 15. For more information, visit IRS.gov. At the Sea Airspace Expo, naval leaders spoke about the cooperative strategy for 21st century sea power. You need to be where it matters, when it matters. You've heard me say this many times, because that provides us with options. In our present budget for 16, we'll have a forward presence of 120 ships in 2020. We'll be forward deployed in stations, a cruiser and two destroyers in Yokosuka, Japan, a submarine in Guam, four little combat ships in Singapore, and four destroyers, Aegis destroyers in Rota. For more information, visit Navy.mil.


The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, inserting the court squarely in the 2024 presidential campaign. The justices acknowledged the need to reach a decision quickly, as voters will soon begin casting presidential primary ballots across the country. The court agreed to take up Trump's appeal of a case from Colorado stemming from his role in the events that culminated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Arguments will be held in early February. The court will be considering for the first time the meaning and reach of a provision of the 14th Amendment barring some people who engaged in insurrection from holding public office. The amendment was adopted in 1869.Colorado's Supreme Court, by a 4-3 vote, ruled last month that Trump should not be on the Republican primary ballot. The decision was the first time the 14th Amendment was used to bar a presidential contender from the ballot. Trump is separately appealing to state court or ruling by Maine's Democratic Secretary of State, Shana Bellows, that he was ineligible to appear on that state's ballot over his role in the Capitol attack. Both the Colorado Supreme Court and the Maine Secretary of State's rulings are on hold until the appeals play out. The High Court's decision to intervene, which both sides call for, is the most direct involvement in a presidential election since 2000.


Welcome to All Hands Update, I'm Petty Officer James Stillepeck. The Deputy Commander for Enlisted Women in Submarine's Task Force recently led a road show encouraging enlisted females to join the submarine force. CNO has detailed the Enlisted Women Integration Plan, opening all submarine ratings and Navy enlisted classification codes to women. The integration will be completed in two phases. First, aboard Ohio-class submarines, and later aboard Virginia-class attack submarines. If you're interested in taking part in this program, you must have your application submitted by April 15th. Go see your career counselor to get the process started. For more information about the integration plan and for a full list of eligible ratings, visit the Navy Personnel Command website.


Hello folks, the SNES drunk here, one with my dog Clyde, just wanted to make a video about essential games for the Super Nintendo. The reason being, I've been seeing a lot of posts on a lot of different retro message boards and on Reddit. People that, maybe they grew up with a Sega Genesis, maybe they just didn't have access to a Super Nintendo. Maybe they're really young and weren't around for the Super Nintendo's original release. And they want to know what kind of games they get for it. And I thought I'd just make a video of the most essential Super Nintendo games out there. Basically, this is a video just to point out the no-brainers of every Super Nintendo collection. The games that should go without saying, they're really great, the best of the best pretty much. For each genre, like platformers, for RPGs, just games that I feel like if you're putting together a collection or if you've never played a Super Nintendo before, these are the games that you're going to want to get. The very first game you should get is the Super Mario All-Stars Super Mario World combination cartridge. You've got the three Mario NES games with a battery save, plus the loss levels, plus Super Mario World. As far as bang for your buck, it doesn't get any better than that. Unfortunately, some retailers and ebayers have caught on to this, so the game's price has been climbing. Recently I saw it for sale at a retailer for 50 bucks. At that point it's cheaper to just get Mario All-Stars and Mario World separately. For other platformers, Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island is another must-have, it's a crazy inventive twist on the usual Mario formula, and it looks and plays fantastic. There's also the Donkey Kong Country series, which personally I've never been too crazy about, but the second game, Diddy's Conquest, is the best of the bunch there. The Super Nintendo Mega Man games are expensive as hell, sadly, but if you can find Mega Man X2 for less than 30 bucks, you gotta jump on that. It's everything a sequel should be. It does everything Mega Man X does, but better. If you don't feel like spending the money, I don't blame you, but there's certainly no shame in simply settling for Mega Man X. Lastly, for platformers, there's Super Castlevania 4, which is a seriously awe-inspiring combination of atmosphere and gameplay, and it has what I consider the best soundtrack on the Super Nintendo. If you're looking for a fighting game, keep it simple with Street Fighter 2 Turbo. Huge colorful sprites, smooth as hell gameplay, and great sound. Same thing with the beat-em-up genre, there's really only one game you need, and that's Turtles in Time. It's the best beat-em-up because you want to keep playing just to see what's next, whether it's getting flattened like a pancake, whether it's foot soldiers on horses, or surfing through a sewer. For run-in gun games, Contra 3 is short and sweet, and it plays like the original Contra on steroids. Star Fox is also a must-have. It's easy to dismiss the game because of its primitive-looking graphics, but that's missing the forest for the trees. Star Fox is a well-balanced, well-executed rail shooter with great music. Plus, I mean, who doesn't love flying around and just shooting stuff? For shoot-em-up games, to be honest, you're probably better off playing the Sega Genesis or even the TurboGrafx 16, since the hardware those systems provide lends itself better to shoot-em-up gameplay. Still, if you want the best shoot-em-ups for the Super Nintendo, go for Gradius 3 and UN Squadron. For racing games, Super Mario Kart is a no-brainer. It's easily the most fun multiplayer game on the system. For sports games, check out my review of Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball. That should be your go-to baseball game. Hockey offers the NHL series, football has Tecmo Super Bowl, and basketball has NBA Jam Tournament Edition. Soccer also has the FIFA series. For puzzle games, Tetris Attack is kind of a Tetris and Dr. Mario hybrid. It's excellent and addicting as hell. There's also a Tetris and Dr. Mario combination cartridge that's still pretty cheap. Now we get into the more expensive territory, with the exploration or adventure games. Super Metroid provides a dark and foreboding atmosphere, and it rewards your curiosity and attention to detail. It's also got one of the best endings to any game ever. There's also a Link to the Past, which of course is a no-brainer up there with the Mario games, but don't forget about Secret of Mana. It offers one of the most well-told stories on the Super Nintendo, a brilliant soundtrack, and a multiplayer option that makes it so much fun to play. Last, but certainly not least, we have the genre the Super Nintendo is most famous for, the RPGs. These games can be expensive, but in my opinion they're totally worth it. Final Fantasy VI or III, as it's known in the US, represents the traditional RPG experience. It's a huge story, with a gazillion characters, tons and tons of items, attacks, and customizable elements, and it takes somewhere between 35 and 40 hours to complete. The game is worth it just for the battle system, it's so detailed and it's so fun to mess around with, and of course there's the opera scene. At the other end of the emotional spectrum, there's Super Mario RPG, Legend of the Seven Stars.  It's also got an addicting timing-based combat system that keeps the battles from getting old. Definitely pick this one up. And finally, there's what I consider the best game ever made, Chrono Trigger. It's the total package, it's got a great sense of humor, excellent storytelling with tons of moments that give you goosebumps, an incredible soundtrack, memorable characters, tons of replay value with a new game plus, perfectly balanced difficulty, and no random battles. It's the best game on the best system ever made. There you go, that's 25 games right there that you should go after. Personally, I would start with a combination cartridges, like Mario All Stars and Mario World if you can find that cheap, and Tetris and Dr. Mario, there's so much value there that they're worth tracking down. But the best places where you can find these games are of course eBay or Craigslist, or you can check your local newspaper for a listing of garage sales and flea markets. There's also yard sale apps available for your smartphone, or you know, you can just skip this whole thing entirely and just stick with emulators, that's cool too, but where's the fun in that? Anyway, thanks for watching, if you think I left a game out, feel free to comment. I know there's other great games on the Super Nintendo, I know Earthbound exists, I know Super Goals and Ghosts and Actraiser and all those other games are all great, but the point of this video is just for those starting out of this system, hence the essentials of Super Nintendo.


You're listening to the Naked Bible Podcast. To support this podcast, visit nakedbiblepodcast.com and click on the support link in the upper right-hand corner. If you're new to the podcast and Dr. Heizer's approach to the Bible, click on newstarthere at nakedbiblepodcast.com. Welcome to the Naked Bible Podcast, episode 192, SBL, conference of these part three. I'm the layman, Trey Strickland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heizer. Hey, Mike. Last day. Last day. I see a tear forming in your eye. I've got my bags packed. I'm leaving on a jet plane. Yeah, well, I'm going to be here for a while because my wife and kids are coming in, and we're going to do some Boston things and then drive down to PA for Thanksgiving. So, you know, have a good trip. I'm going to be here for a while. Still doing the hotel thing. Well, in this episode, we're going to talk to Tim Mackie of the Bible Project. Again, some listeners will have heard of that. But it's really a wonderful content oriented, but again, a visual presentation of scriptural truth, biblical theology. So we wanted to talk to Tim a little bit. We have a bit of a history between us there, so we were grateful to get some of his time. We talked with Matthew Lynch, who's in the UK and has a fascinating model of delivering a high quality education for students that's sustainable and sensible. I think you're going to be really interested if you live over there, what they're actually doing and it's growing, it's taking hold. So for those of you who have wanted to, you know, learn some scripture, good content and you're in the UK, this is something you should check out. So another great set of interviews. Well, we're back at SPL and we have with us Tim Mackie, Dr. Tim Mackie, a fellow traveler at the University of Wisconsin and Madison Hebrew Department. But more significantly is that Tim has just a wonderful ministry, the Bible Project and teaches part time, but I'm going to let him introduce himself and tell us about what you do. Yeah. Thank you. I'm Tim Mackie. I live in Portland, Oregon and yeah, I'm a professor of biblical literature at Western Seminary, a part time, but my main gig is the Bible Project, which is a non-profit animation studio in Portland that makes short animated films about biblical theology. And does it really well? Yeah, it's a great team. So our main thing, we're an educational YouTube channel, that's where we fit in the ecosystem of YouTube in the non-profit education channel world, but we also have a website where we have lots of other biblical theology resources.  That's the mission. Yeah. Again, just trying to do that. And what you do is just a perfect example of what we would like to see done just generally. I mean, stuff that needs to happen.  It's just they're underexposed to content. Yeah. And at least my growing conviction is that it is about content, but it's also about a whole cultural paradigm for engaging the Bible. Yep, there you go. And it's not just like Western Protestantism, as if that's the problem with everything, but it's more that there's the symptomatic issues in Protestant culture, especially where people engage the Bible only in environments where you encounter little bits of the Bible out of context for your whole life. And so it's actually very difficult in that kind of culture to see the Bible, how it's actually designed to be read on its own terms, which is as an expansive, unified, epic narrative. I have to ask you. It's very difficult. So that's a part of what you and I both have in common of helping people see always is every particular poem or story or verse of Paul is located within that larger storyline. I'm sure you encounter people that say, well, Tim, why should we care about all that external stuff? Why should we care about the big picture? That just sounds like work. Can I just flip open my Bible and look at a few verses and understand it? Why do I need to do all this? How do you try to encourage them or even possibly rebuke them? Yeah. Well, I became a follower of Jesus when I was almost 20, and I had not read the Bible at any length, but I was really compelled by Jesus, the person of Jesus. And so the Gospels were the first parts of the Bible I ever read. And I still remember this. There was so much about Jesus that was so compelling, how he treated people, what he said and did. But there was a whole layer that I was just like, what is this guy talking about most of the time? Like the narratives about what he did with people, but how he pretty much everything he was trying to communicate made no sense to me. And then someone taught me that these cross references for when he's, quote, when why I read the NASB, that was the first Bible put in my hands, and they put the Old Testament quotes in all caps. And I remember asking my mentor, like, why is all this stuff in all caps? He's like, oh, those are quotations of Jesus from the first three quarters of the Bible. And so then I just, right from the very beginning, I just started working those notes and I was more bewildered than ever. And then I realized like, I don't, I want to follow Jesus and I want to understand him and his who he is is incomprehensible to me apart from the first three quarters of my Bible. So that was my journey, really, to be honest, was New Testament use of the old. And I just realized everything the apostles are trying to tell us about who Jesus is, what it means to follow him. They see it as part of a much larger story that takes a lifetime to immerse yourself in. And for the apostles and Jewish readers of the Bible, that's the joy of the scriptures. That's how much work it takes. 119, it's a joy, you know, so it's a, I don't know, it's a different culture. We have to learn how to, it is, but that's, that's a good, that's a good tack. You know, that's a very, I try not to, to let, you know, a person's sort of reticence about work. Yes. Yes. Determine from actually giving them the right answer. Yeah. Yeah, it is work. But yes, like most things in life, anything really worth your time or it's going to be work. Yeah. That's like a relationship. Relationships take work. Sure. But there's something about these, these texts, these precious texts from the Jewish and Christian tradition. I don't, yeah, I often feel now about the Bible is like having a friend who's eccentric and odd, who everybody misunderstands. And you'd want to help the world see how awesome your friend is. And you could call it work. I just call it time. And stepping, being able to step out of my way of seeing the world into this epic storyline, which is a, from a different culture and time and place. Yeah. And it reveals God to us, but it's from another, it's from another world, so to speak. That's a good analogy.  You know what I mean? It's like traveling. Absolutely. But it's that's, but it's an, it's an investment. Yeah. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, there you go. It's a, yeah. I, I, I agree. I, I love what you guys are doing through all the Naked Bible resources. And it's, it's my easiest place to go to for exgenical stimulation. Well, I'm riding my bike to work. Like, I want to session Leviticus 10 this morning on my ride to work. So I know where I'm going. Okay. So 37 or whatever. Anyway, so thank you guys for what you're doing. Yeah. Well, we're, we're excited about what, what you do to, and it just, we admire the, again, the effort and the results, you know, that, that go into it.  You want to give the URL? Yeah. You know, the easiest thing to do is just Google the Bible project. Okay. Or if you ever in YouTube, just search the Bible project and the videos will come up pretty quickly. And our main website is just thebibleproject.com. You should know that there's a lot of scholarship, there's a lot of grunt work that goes into these videos.  So you, you can trust that what you're getting in the videos, it's, it's not just, you know, eye candy. Okay. It, it's good stuff. It's good thinking distilled in a very comprehensible way. Yeah. Yeah. My, I cut my teeth in those early years teaching the Bible to junior high skateboarders. I came to Christ through outreach ministry to skateboarders in Portland. And so my first teaching responsibility was for the junior high Bible study, kids that have become Christians. And so this one, I first started drawing. I would draw stuff on charts for them to just try and make it comprehensible. And I had some teachers who drew a lot. And then that for me was the genesis of using heavy reliance on visuals to communicate how the Bible works. And then when I met my friend John, my co-founder of the Bible project, he had been professionally making short animated explainer videos for clients, mostly tech companies. And so he pitched the idea to me to marry my bad drawings and hopefully good content with his skillset and team. And then the Bible project happened. So it's super fun.  And then the art team takes over after that. Somebody else can make it beautiful. Totally. Yeah. Well, thanks for spending a few minutes with us. Yeah. Cheers. Thank you. Well, we're back at SPL and we're with Matthew Lynch. I'm going to let Matthew introduce himself and give us a little bit of a history of who you are, what your degree is in, what your focus is. But more importantly, what it is you do. Sure. Thanks, Mike. Thanks for having me on the podcast. So yeah, my name is Matt Lynch. I am Dean of Studies and lecturer in Old Testament at Westminster Theological Center, which is based in the UK. I did my doctoral studies in Hebrew Bible, Emory University in Atlanta. I had done my master's degrees at Regent College of Vancouver. And I ended up moving over to the UK four or five years ago. And so I work at Westminster Theological Center now. And the WTC is a unique college. First of all, we're unabashedly charismatic and interdenominational. And we're not an ordination track college. So a lot of colleges are specifically for people going into the Church of England or something like that. But we're looking to equip the whole people of God, no matter what area of ministry or work they're going into. The way our model works is that students study with us part-time and in a local hub, which is a place where they gather with a cohort of other students in a local community. And I can explain how that works. Yeah. Yeah. Tell us how it works and how many there are if you can. If you have those numbers off the top of your head, let us know. Yeah, I do. And it's growing. We're a growing college. And we have 11 locations around the UK, and we have a hub in Stockholm as well. And we just opened a hub in Northern Ireland this year. So those are the farthest reaches of our hubs. And if someone was going to study with us, they would pick a particular hub around the UK or up in Stockholm. And they would enroll, and the way they would do their course is that, let's say they're doing a certificate in Entheology, or they're doing a graduate diploma or a bachelor's degree. Essentially you enroll at the local hub, let's say Northeast London or Manchester or down in Bristol or out in East Anglia, or we have hubs all over the place. And you would study part-time in the local hub about 20 nights a year on Monday or Tuesday evening. But then you have two annual residentials where all of our students gather together. There are about 200 of us at the college we gather in Telford, which is a pretty central location. And those are really fantastic time. And our vision and mission really is to integrate an openness to the spirit and deep academic study and not divorcing those two things. Right. And that's important for my audience because there will be some in the audience that they hear the term charismatic and they think that's going to be incompatible with scholarship. So one of the reasons I wanted to have Matthew on is that that's not the case here. We have a credentialed scholar, stays up with his own interests, tries to do serious academic work and transmit a sense of the need to do that in his school, but yet not ignoring the other side. Yeah, exactly. And I think we find that among a lot of our students, there's a real hunger to go deep to put those sure foundations on top of an experience they've had because an experience is important. We believe God is living and active and wants to actually meet with us, but at the same time, you can't build your life simply on experience and you need foundations to sustain you when you don't have the experience or when you're doubting the experience. So I think the integration of those two things is really important. Yeah, well, we could probably all give a grocery list of the bad examples we've seen where everything is experience oriented. I want to go back to the hubs. How does a hub form and operate? Do you have to have a graduate or a scholar or a pastor? Who leads the thing? How does that work? Yeah. He has a hub director who is a facilitator of the hub, oversees the marketing side of things and is a kind of pastoral support there. They're not meant to be academic support. We handle that centrally as a college. Do you do that over the internet or Skype or how do you do that? Both ends. So first of all, if a student studies with us, you don't have a distance learning relationship with a lecture because you've already met them at the residential. Start the year in September at the residential together with a time of intensive study and worship. So that's the context out of which you form the community. But then a local hub is usually based in a church that we have a relationship with and a student will come to a hub on a hub evening, one of those 20 evenings a year if they're doing the certificate or grad diploma or VA. They would watch pre-recorded content and they would have a time of worship and discussion together but also a video conference with the lecturer who will help them unpack and ask questions about what they've seen in the content. So some refer to it as a flipped classroom model where you get the content in the recorded section and then discuss it. So if you're an instructor, you're doing 20 of these, you set a term? Yeah. Each individual instructor doesn't have that kind of load but the students will have different instructors for 20 evenings. That's really interesting. Are there fewer or more obstacles to creating a degree granting program in the UK? Do you have accreditation issues? Is that separate from granting degrees? What was the dog and pony show that you had to go through to do this? To get degree granting status in the UK, you need to be affiliated with a university. So all of our students are awarded a degree from the University of Chester which is our validating university or accrediting university. So it's a fully fledged academic degree but we have relative autonomy to develop a program how we want and that's where we can do what we do. So we have a really good relationship with Chester but there's a lot of red tape and paperwork. Did you have friends there or how did you wire that? So the relationship with Chester preceded me, the formation of that. They have a really good theology and religious studies program there that we connected with and got to know the folks in that department. I'm not sure all the reasons for the decision to go with Chester, we had been with a different university before but I think Chester also has as an openness to confessional theological colleges operating in their orbit and I'm not sure all universities are. Okay, that's probably an understatement. Yeah, so in the UK, unlike in the US where you would have an accrediting body like the ATS, it's all run through the universities. You don't have kind of freewheeling operations in quite the same way. I'd like to get your impressions on sort of the state of believing Christianity in the UK because I tend to hear the laments, okay, so what are your thoughts? Well, as you can tell from my accent, I'm American so I hesitate to make too many broad pronouncements about the state of faith in the UK but I can say that, well I'll take it from our angle. What's exciting to us is that the charismatic Pentecostal churches are growing in the UK across denominations and so for us that bodes well for our college but also it signals something exciting is happening there. I think one of the reasons those wings of the church are growing is because there's been an infusion of immigrants into those denominations and so some people suggest that in some ways revival will happen in the UK, not internal to- Right from the outside. Yeah, from the outside so to speak. The Anglican church which is the state church in the UK is broadly in decline although in the London area it's growing as that's the only major sector of the UK where the Anglican church is growing probably to do with Holy Trinity Brompton which is the major church and influencer there. I mean I keep hearing and reading things about like some ridiculous percentage of people in the UK are Jedi, like they identify with this weird sort of Neo- Oh, okay, yeah, you mean literally Jedi. Yeah, like the Jedi. Yeah, we see them walking around all over the place. Yeah, they're one out of every two breaks are Jedi. That's true. I mean I'm sure you've seen these stories about you know these percentages of people who identified as Jedi on a religious and I'm sure a lot of it has to be like sort of a you'd think it would be a little bit of a prank at some point. Well it's I mean a related story a friend of mine is he was teaching him one of the massive open online courses and he made a offhand comment when he was talking about ancient Greek gods that no one worships them anymore and then he went on to make some other point. Of course a listener wrote in and said I do in fact worship the ancient Greek pantheon and it's probably the guy that interviewed me last year. Oh, okay. I was on a pagan podcast. Yeah, I guess that's his thing. I guess you bump into these folks a little more often than I do but yeah but you know to get back to the point about the state of the church in the UK the other I guess major issues rural decline the rural decline of the church and that's been a question that people have been banging their heads against the wall over for quite some time what to do about that. Wow, well that's really an interesting program and you've got again collectively 200 which is a good number yeah I mean that would be a that'd be a sort of a good thriving seminary community you know over here you know minus the the ones that have been here forever but that I mean that's that's a really good number. Yeah and I mean we we were at about 135 in 2014 we've been growing steadily each year so it's partly to do with adding new hubs but also I think I think we're tapping into a kind of hunger for depth and people find it a very exciting environment that also fits around their work in life. Very few people can can take off from their work and go to a full-time brick-and-mortar seminary and so I think it's a really it's a really good model and allows us as well to tap into some of the best lectures around to do this. Yeah do you what how about resources I mean how do you get your students to resources does that is that a factor in where a hub is that they're near a good library or something? Yeah and and we try to to mitigate the the disparity that you would have if you're in London and you would have access to all kinds of great libraries whereas if you're out in East Sussex which is where we have another hub you have slim pickings out there and what we do is we we furnish a small library at each hub which has all the core books for the for the modules we call them modules in the UK the courses and and but they also have access to a huge database online and then through EBSCO they have about 7,000 ebooks in in biblical studies and theology so that's that gives them a pretty much better access. Does Chester give you access to that like student identification and all that? Yeah I think it was access to their databases. That's really nice. Yeah we bought the the library though the e-library to to help support students because you know I think if you have a small hub of only a thousand books or a library of only a thousand books you just can't do research and substantial studies so so that that's been really helpful. Yeah well that's really interesting so we get we get good spiritual news from the yeah I think so. We just like I said I just keep getting laments you know an email and whatnot but I wanted to have you on because we have a lot of listeners yeah that are going to be in that area and there you go you can be part of a community you know learn something of quality take advantage of it so there it is. Yeah should I share the website? Yep share the website again. WTCtheology.org.uk and you can always go on there and email me Matt Lynch if you have questions about anything and I'd be really happy to speak with you. All right thank you. Thanks Mike. Okay Mike that was good another year down 2017 right looking forward to 2018 which is in Denver I believe. Denver. Are you gonna say in Denver with everything? No I've been in Denver several times so. So it was just the Rhode Island thing. It was just the Rhode Island yes. The New England area is like another it's like the UK for me so. Maybe they'll do it in Alaska. Hence the reason why they call it New England because we were in New Jersey and asked you where's where's the old Jersey. Nobody knew so there you go. All right Mike well I've enjoyed it we appreciate everybody that came on and we'll pick up Hebrews 8 next weekend so what that is we thank everybody for listening to the Naked Bible Podcast God bless. Thanks for listening to the Naked Bible Podcast. To support this podcast visit www.nakedbibleblog.com. To learn more about Dr. Heizer's other websites and blogs go to www.ermsh.com.


It's time! It's time! It's time! For what? For the Curious Giraffe Show! Sit back and relax, so we'll sing, chat, and laugh all on the Curious Giraffe Show! I am so glad to see you here today, and we have a new friend that Megan, who's been here before, will use Jeanette to help us find out who's who on the Curious Crew today. So you may start. What's your name? My name is Aurora. Hi, Aurora! What's your name? Emily. Hi, Emily. What's your name? Dona. Hi, Dona. Hi, Milo. What's your name? Lauren. Hi, Lauren. What's your name? Megan. Hi, Megan. What's your name? Dorothy. Hi, Dorothy. And what's your name? Jeanette. Hi, Jeanette. I am Jeanette, and I am so excited that I got invited to be on the Curious Giraffe Show because I'm so curious. Some questions are easier than other questions, but I tell Dorothy what I'm wondering about, and she puts together the show. So my friend George over there, he's curious too, but he's very quiet, so he watches with his eyes and his ears that are hiding under his hat, but he listens. So we both think of good questions, and you're going to think of questions and answers, and just have a good time singing. All right? Ready to start? Okay. So let's start with her. Anybody else want to hold this well? Okay, why don't we pass it along? Each of you have a few minutes with it, but actually, yeah, but we'll remember the sign language for the Share One Big Sky. So how about Emily, keep it for the whole song, and then we'll change during the song. Okay. So in this song, we'll do one verse we've done before, and then a new verse. Yeah, we're different, and we know it, but we all get along, because we can all share, and we can all care. We're different, but we all belong. Nice. Remember to hook your hands together for belong. Now here's the new verse. His friends said we'll be with you, and we'll stand proud underneath this one big sky. Oh yeah, here we go. Share one big sky, share one big sky. Give the world a big high five. Yeah, we're different, and we know it, but we all get along, because we can all share, and we can all care. We're different, but we all belong. First part of the song, what were their questions? The giraffe is going to walk, and why is the eagle going to fly? And is there a good answer? Can anybody think of an answer? Donate? Because a giraffe is a landing, and the eagle is a sky animal. Beautiful answer. They live different places, so they need to have different ways to get around. Emily, did you want to say anything? It's also because the giraffe is a mammal, and the eagle's not. That's right. Exactly. And Aurora, did you want to say something? The eagle's bones are hollow, so it's less heavy than the giraffe, so it can fly. Wow. Look how much we learned from just asking a simple question. Thank you all. Megan? Because giraffes usually live in really hot places, so they can get hot in the sky because it's closer to the sun. Oh, that's another thought. That's a very interesting thought too. Okay, now, the second part says, I wish I could be brave. So, today we're going to talk about being brave. That's our new topic. Megan? I'm guessing that it was... Can you speak up a little louder? I'm guessing that it was George who said that because he was shy. I bet that idea came from George. He wants to be brave and speak up, but it's hard. Okay, so we're going to talk about some times that we feel a little worried, and we have to just reach inside and get a little braver. Now, this song is called Owl Moon, and it was made up by a little girl whose family was going camping. And she was worried about going camping. She was used to having a house around her at night. So, she made up this beautiful song about being brave outside. Okay, so first she says, oh, you've got to be quiet under a shining owl moon. Oh, you've got to be quiet under a shining owl moon. That is right. The father whose name is there, like your sister. But the father's name is Bruce O'Brien, and the father said that they were riding to the campsite, and the little girl started singing in the back seat, and he had his tape recorder, and he recorded it. And so then together they kind of made it some more verses. But isn't that a beautiful song? That's one way. When you get worried is to sing your way through, right? Anybody else ever been worried outside? Had to be brave outdoors somewhere, or sometime. Okay, Megan. The bus on riding to school only gets really loud. I just softly sing to myself. Oh, when the bus gets really loud, she handles that. She's brave by softly singing to herself. Anybody else have ideas when they think of, yes, Milo? When I got my ad noise out. Yes, and what happened when you had your ad noise out? Well, I couldn't feel it. You couldn't feel it? So you had to be brave and trust that you would be okay? Can you tell everybody where were your ad noise? It was right there. That's right. Inside his throat. And you had to be brave and trust the doctors to take it out and you would feel better after. I had a similar time when I got my cast on. Speak up loudly so everybody can hear you. When they had the first cast on, it went up all the way to here. Her first cast when she broke her leg was from the top of her leg down. Just her toes were showing and she had to be brave. How did you handle that?  You just thought that? And was anybody able to be with you? Like mommy or daddy or both of them? So that helped. Emily, you had an accident. You had to be brave. I didn't actually have to very much. No? No, I didn't have a cast. It was right under the gross plate. So they couldn't put a cast. Oh wow. Okay. So you know that first song was about a little girl who was worried about going camping. And it made me remember that I get nervous outside when there's a thunderstorm. I just get the jitters. And so I have a friend named Tim Seston and his family was camping. And they got caught in a thunderstorm. But they turned it into something fun. And it helped them to be brave to sing this song. So I have a drum that we're going to use to be the thunder. And I would like you to scoot up so that one hand can reach the drum. And use your hands to show lightning coming down from the sky and that zigzag. Lightning and gentle raindrops on the drum. And then that thunder. And then stop so you can hear the story. Okay? All right. Help me out with this. Bring on the lightning. Bring on the rain. Bring on the thunder. I'm not afraid. Bring on the lightning. Bring on the thunder. I'm not afraid. Well, the clouds were rolling over the mountain. And the rain comes pouring down across the lake. It's 9.37 up in the cabin. The lights are out. But the kids are awake because bring on the lightning. Bring on the rain. Bring on the thunder. Bring on the thunder. Bring on the thunder. Staring in the fire. We closed the glow of the embers. The crackling of timber. The scent of the ashes. The taste of some mores. And bring on the lightning. Bring on the rain. Bring on. Bring on the thunder. I'm not afraid. We're playing the guitar. We're banging the drum. The rain on the rooftop is set in the rhythm. We raise our voices. Come let it come. So bring on the rain. Bring on. But these are the m- Isn't that a nice way to deal with a worrisome time? Sing it out. Sing it out. All right. So have any of you ever been worried in a thunderstorm? Don't you sometimes feel that way? Yeah. Yeah. So there's another time that we have to be brave. And that's when we try something new. And my friends, David and Jenny, they sing in a group called Two of a Kind. They made up a song about being all by yourself and going into a new place to meet new people. And this song is called Will I Find a Friend. Have you ever had to do that to go into a new place and meet new people? Well, I made up a song. Before we do this one, I made up one. Yes, Dona? Yes, I had to do that. Do you remember when? I think it was last year. Last year, you started in a new class or something, or a new camp. I think all of you who have come on to this show have had that first day. And we're just going to sing shortly. First day tummy butterflies. We'll do it twice.  Okay? It goes like this. First day tummy butterflies. All those funny feelings running round inside. I don't know what will happen. It's a big surprise. So take a breath. And step by step. We'll catch the butterflies. Catch. So take a breath and step by step we'll catch those butterflies. So this is a song about a child going in on his or her first time with a new group. Okay. Here we go. In this strange new place Someone with a friendly smile On a friendly In this strange new place Someone's most everywhere I looked them up and was feeling scared Cause everything was new I didn't know how I should act Or what I should do In this strange new place Someone with a friendly smile I saw in your eyes That you were just as scared as me And then I would sing and dance Until a friend In this great new place You have such a friendly smile And a friendly In this great new place Such a friendly smile And a friendly All of you have become new friends in a new place And that makes it a great place Look at the word that's under those two Yeah. What is that word? Yeah. That says chorus. That's the part you sing in between the verses. The parts that tell the story. Good for you. I've met a lot of kids watching. We'll be curious about that too. Yeah, I noticed that too. All right. And so I think it takes courage to ask questions in new places. And I have a friend named Sarah Pertle Who wrote a song about having the courage of a dandelion. A dandelion. Isn't that funny? Yeah. Why do you think a dandelion... Why does she choose a dandelion to be courageous? I don't know. I don't know either. Except in the song... Because it's bright? It's bright. And it's one of the first brave flowers to come out In the springtime when it's still cold and wet And windy weather. Those dandelions have courage. And she says to push back the stone When the spring joy is rising. So let's enjoy this song. Yeah, go ahead.  Really? Because we're doing an I Wish poem Which is kind of... So it's kind of like a wish. It certainly is. That's a wonderful Another way to think about dandelions That you can make wishes with them. So let's sing We have the courage of the dandelion. Okay? Ready? Are you ready? Sit up tall. Pull up that courage. Here we go. We have the courage of the dandelion To push back the stone When the spring joy is rising We have the courage of the dandelion We are made of the stuff That never gives up And the courage of the butterfly We have the courage Small space and soaring to the sky We have the courage of the butterfly We are made of the stuff That never gives up We have the courage of the gray squirrel We have the courage of the gray squirrel To hold on tight in the high tree When the wind gives it a word Of the gray squirrel We are made of the stuff That never gives up Especially like that she chose things That you don't usually think about being courageous A little flower A little butterfly That's so light But it's courageous to fly out into the world A gray squirrel Holds on in the strong winds And what did the waterfall do? It keeps flowing and Megan? It always runs hard It runs hard so it has courage To push through the rocks And over the rocks Okay, so I have more courage When I sing So my friend Vincent Nunes Wrote a song I am strong So I would like you to stand up And we're going to use A little bit of body language To show this And it goes like this I'll sing a line You sing it back and echo And then we'll sing together I am smart And I am strong And no one No one No one's gonna keep me down I said no one No one No one's gonna keep me down I am smart I am smart And I am strong No one's gonna keep me down I said no No one's gonna keep me down And I am No one's gonna keep me down I said no. No one's gonna keep me down. And I am strong. No one's gonna keep me down. I said no. No one's gonna keep me down. I said no one. No one's gonna keep me down. No, I won't keep me down, I said no, it's gonna keep me down, everybody. All right, now I have a seat, and we are almost out of time, so I just want to check. We talked about being brave outside in the dark, being brave in the thunderstorm, being brave, meeting new friends, Emily. Can we open the mystery box now? Actually, okay, yes, I will show you what's in the mystery box, and because we won't have time to use it this time, we're going to use it in our very next show. But I will show you what's in here, because it's very important. Okay, we're going to make, have you ever heard of a number line that goes from 1 up to 10 or higher? Well, this is a feelings line, and how is this face? Happy, confident, happy. So we're going to have a feeling line from happy. How's this face feeling? Nervous. Nervous. Good, any other words for that feeling? Nervous, scared, yeah, nervous, upset, all those good words. Yeah, uncomfortable, right? And how about this one? Yes, donate. Surprise. Surprise, we're also really scared. This one's like, hmm, I'm a little uncomfortable, and this one's like, oh no! Okay, so Laura, will you put that at your end of the line? And in our next show, we're going to use those very same faces. We'll leave them right there. And right now, let's stand up and sing goodbye to this program. And soon we'll use our feeling line in the next show. Okay, so I can use it two places. Okay, let's join hands and turn to our audience's file and remind them to keep singing. Ready? Keep singing, keep looking up, keep asking questions and never give up. Keep singing, keep looking up, keep asking questions and never give up. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time. Bye.


let's hear from Chris kittens. Chris can you just describe the emotion you were feeling in the fourth when you connected for the home run your first major league hit. I had like really nothing I hit touch first base and my mind just went blank right then then Boone came over gave me a high five and that's when I was like okay I'm good now and I didn't care if it was a home run or base hit a little squibber that was amazing feeling I just thank God that I was able to get a home run tonight. Aaron Boone had said that Brent Gardner came up to him a couple seconds before you hit that and said he's he's in home run here did he tell you that did you know that that was the prediction from Gardner? No I didn't I had no clue but it was just a great win I'm just glad like us as a team we fought tonight granted my home run was nice but as a team just between Monnie the bullpen Clint coming in the game with a big RBI was great. And I understand the Yankees were able to recover the ball for you what will you do with that ball? I'm going to give it to my son whenever I get a chance to see him again I'm going to definitely put it in his little crib and let him have it. So Gettin's keeping it all in perspective but but he said I'm sorry I need a moment here that's pretty good right there. Yeah you major league call up this year you get the home run and he had a son I want to say within the last month or so and I want to say if my Twitter brain is correct I think the young lad's name is Tristan so Tristan's got a little souvenir coming his way.