Alright, welcome back to this second lecture today on Revelation Daniel. I hope all of you are following with me. So what we arrived at Revelation chapter 16 verses 12 to 14, which is the sixth angel pouring out the bowl. And that sixth angel, which is the second last judgment, is really a buildup of the battle of Armageddon. So what it's saying is when that sixth angel poured out that bowl, the river Euphrates dried up. Demon spirits were released on the earth to go and mobilize the kings of the earth, that is the leaders, the kings of the east. So we are looking at countries east of Israel. Many people think this has a big reference to Russia and China because they are both major countries east of Israel. And they will be mobilized to come towards Israel and not only kings of the east, but it also says armies of the whole world, kings of the whole world. So this is a world war that's beginning to be built up. So that's Revelation 16. Now what is interesting is there are parallels passages to Revelation 16, 12 to 14. So you need to remember Joel chapter 3. We read a few verses from Joel 3. I didn't read all the verses, but you can read the whole chapter. Joel 3 verses 1 and 2.  Then the nations will come against Israel. And the reason is because they have divided up my land. And then we read a few other verses in Joel chapter 3 where it says, their armies are gathering together to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Another passage or chapters is Ezekiel chapter 38 and 39. These are two chapters again, describing this final battle of armies coming against Israel. So when you read Ezekiel 38, when you ask the question, what time is he referring to Ezekiel? He says, in the latter years, that is verse 8, Ezekiel 38 verse 8. He repeats that again in Ezekiel 38 verse 16. He says, it will be in the latter days. Ezekiel 38 verse 16. So I'm just referring to some scriptures here in Ezekiel 38 verse 16. In the latter days, I will bring you against my land. So the nations may know me that I will be hallowed in you or Gog before the eyes. So Gog may Gog, Rosh, Jubal, Meshach. People refer to these as tribes in and around Russia and so on.  So Russia is a major player here. And then you have Persia, Ethiopia, Libya representing the Arab nations. So they form an alliance with Russia and they begin to move against Israel. So God is saying, what the time period is talking about in the latter days. He mentions that twice in verse 8 and verse 16 in Ezekiel 38.  I'm going to go to these people who are living peacefully. That is the people of Israel. And I'm going to go attack them. So that's how this whole thing is going to start. There's going to be this initial move of Russia against Israel and some of its allied countries. But when you read Ezekiel 38 and 39, what happens is that... So if you look at Ezekiel 39, okay, I'm just going to reference certain verses. You can read both of these chapters. In 39, it's verses 1 and 2, it says, And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, thus says the Lord God, Behold, I'm against you, O Gog, the prince of Russia, Meshach and Tubal. So again, he's referring to Gog. Gog is like the head of the Russia, Meshach and Tubal. These tribes that are in Russia, Rosh, Meshach and Tubal, the leader. It says, I will turn you around and lead you on bringing you up from the far north and bring you against the mountains of Israel. Again, that's very interesting because just right up north of Israel is Moscow. If you look at the map, world map, the way things are is it's really interesting. Let me see here. Let's try to show us that. And it's quite interesting to see this. Oh, one minute, just hold on, please. So just north of Israel is Moscow. And I just thought that if you have a look at it, and it'll be just so. Whoops. I just want to quickly share this with you so you can see it. You see this is where Moscow is on the map. This is Russia, huge land mass. Moscow is right here. And just directly, Israel is right here.  And straight up north to Israel is Moscow. Just right up north. North of Israel is Moscow. And if you look at the scale 39, verse 2, I will turn you around and lead you on bringing you up from the far north and bring you against the mountains of Israel. Who? He said, Gog, the prince of Rosh Meshach and Chiba. I will bring you from the far north against the mountains of Israel. Far north, Israel, right here. It's almost, you know, like straight north of Israel. So it's pretty interesting to see, you know, what is written here is equal 39, verse 1 and 2. Very interesting. Speaking to the prince of Gog, who is the prince of Rosh Meshach and Chiba, tribes that probably are in Russia. And he says, I will bring you from the far north against the mountains of Israel. And, you know, if you look, if you read through the details, what will happen is, as Russia moves towards Israel, God will enter being and Israel will actually push Russia back. Israel will actually defeat Russia. It says there, if you read on in Ezekiel 39, verse 11, it'll come to verse 11. It'll come to pass in that day that I'll give Gog a burial place there in Israel. The valley of those who pass by east of the sea. It'll upset travelers because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the valley of him and Gog. For seven months, the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. In other words, they're going to come, but Israel is going to defeat them. And they're going to bury them there. They're going to be destroyed. So that's what it says there in verse 11. They will not be able to defeat Israel because God himself is going to defend the land. And then, you know, and it's going to be, it's going to take so much time to, you know, just to clean up the land and so on. So you can read, you know, Ezekiel 38 and 39, which is describing this whole movement of nations into the valley of Jehoshaphat or calling it or as Revelation 16, 12 says, the battle of Armageddon. There's one more chapter that is descriptive of this final battle, which is Zechariah, the 14th chapter. So remember Joel chapter 3, Ezekiel chapter 38, chapters 38 and 39, and also Zechariah chapter 14. So again, I'll just, you know, reference Zechariah, the 14th chapter and look at some verses there. Now in verse 2, Zechariah chapter 14, verse 2. Okay, again, you know, I'd encourage you to read this full chapter. All these chapters that I mentioned, Joel chapter 3, Ezekiel 38 and 39, Zechariah 14, tie back to Revelation chapter 16, verses 12 to 14, the battle of Armageddon. Okay, but I'm just giving you a few verses. I'll be just reading a few verses there from Zechariah 14. Notice what he says in verse 2. In verse 1, the day of the Lord is coming. So he's talking about the day of the Lord. And we know that's a phrase that is used often towards the end of times. And in some cases, the day of the Lord is used specifically for the battle of Armageddon. So he says the day of the Lord is coming. What will happen? Verse 2, I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem. Okay, same thing, same thing. I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem. That's how we know Zechariah 14 is referencing this battle of Armageddon because it's all nations coming against Jerusalem. Right? And then he describes what will happen. What will happen? Verse 3, the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as he fights in the day of battle. So God himself is going to fight for Israel on that day. How will that going to happen? Verse 4, in that day, his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives will be split into, oh, now this is talking about Jesus. His feet, Zechariah 14, for his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives. Now, where did Jesus ascend into heaven from Mount of Olives? What do the angels say? The same Jesus, whom you see go, will come in soul like manner. Zechariah 14, for his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives. So the Lord Jesus is coming back. And so this is taking us to Revelation 19. We're going to read that when he comes. Where's he going to land? Right there on the Mount of Olives, Zechariah 14. And he's going to defend, he's going to fight against all the nations. And it says here, the Mount of Olives will be split into two in Ezekiel. I didn't point this out, but in Ezekiel 38, verse 19, God says, Surely there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. Ezekiel 38, verse 19. This is during the Battle of Armageddon in time. He said it's going to be great earthquake. Zechariah 14, for the Mount of Olives will be split into two. And it'll go north and south. So half, and it'll make a large valley, a very large valley, half toward the north and half toward the south. The mountain will move. So imagine this. And verse 14, verse 5. Thus the Lord my God will come and all the saints with you. So beautiful this is. Thus the Lord my God will come and all the saints with you. That's Revelation chapter 19. When Jesus returns, he will come with all the saints. And if you turn with me to Jude, just look at Jude. And you please, somebody could read verse 14 and 15. Jude chapter 1, verses 14 and 15, please. Somebody could read that. Jude chapter 1, 14 and 15. Thomas. Yes, Pastor, one moment I'm checking this. Okay, okay. I'm sorry. I'm moving through the chapters very fast here and there, but it's all very. So a small chapter, it's quite difficult to the world pages. That's right. I find it versus 14, right? 14 and 15, yes. Yeah, 14 and 15. Now, the seventh from Adam prophesied about this man also saying, behold, the Lord comes with the 10,000 of his saints to execute judgment and all to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds, which they have committed to in ungodly way. And of all the heart things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. Notice, Enoch prophesied the Lord comes with 10,000 of his saints to execute judgment. So we are reading now in Zechariah 14 verse 5. That's the Lord, my God will come and all the saints with you. He's talking again. God is coming. He's going to defend Israel. The saints are going to come with him. And we're jumping through a certain verses here. Verse 9 of Zechariah 14. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth. In that day, it shall be. The Lord is one and his name is one. And how is it going to happen? Verse 12. And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem. The flesh will dissolve while they stand on their feet. Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets. And the tongue shall dissolve in their mouths. So see, the Lord is going to come. This is Revelation chapter 19, the battle of Armageddon. When Jesus comes, he will come right on the Mount of Olives. And all these things will take place, right? So back to Revelation 16. So Revelation 16, verses 12 to 14, this build up to the battle of Armageddon, is there are the prophets who spoke of this day and this time. So we saw how Ezekiel chapter 38 and 39 speaks of what's going to happen. We saw how Joel chapter 3 speaks of this. We saw how Zechariah chapter 14 speaks of this, this whole battle of Armageddon. So they're all going to be gathered together in this battle of Armageddon. Now, from the references mentioned, we can say, the kings of the east, armies, nations to the east of Israel are going to move in. Kings of the north, Russia coming in, right? Against Israel. So Revelation chapter 16, let's read verses 17 to 21. This is the last one, last judgment. Revelation chapter 16, 17 to 21. Somebody can read that for us please. Revelation chapter 16, 17 to 21. Then the seven angels pour out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out to the temple of heaven from the throne saying, it is done and there were noise and thunder and lightning and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. Now the great city was divided into three parts and the cities of the nations fell and great Babylon was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the fair census of his birth. Then every Iceland filled plate away and the mountains were not found and great hill from heaven fell upon men. Each hill is told about the weight of the talent man, blessed man, God because of the plug of the hill. Since that plug was extremely red.  So, you know, these are weather related phenomena, thunderings, lightnings and great earthquake and we saw in Ezekiel 38 verse 19 that there's going to be great earthquake all in this time of this battle of Armageddon built up and it says this great city was divided into three parts. So, and the great city here is referring to the, sorry here, verse 19, there's a great earthquake in Israel. So that great city is divided into three parts, but it's also announcing the fall of great Babylon, which we will see in chapter 17 and 18. Now, Babylon that we are going to see in chapter 17 and 18 is not referring to the physical city of Babylon. So when it talks about great Babylon, which one of the angels had announced, this is in Revelation 14 verse 8, you know, Babylon is not referring to the physical city, it's referring to something else, which we will explain in chapter 17 and 18, but there's a great earthquake in the land of Israel that takes place thick. So, this final judgment, Porta is lightning, thunderings, great earthquake and things are happening on the earth. Men are just getting angry with God and blaspheming God. So, where are we now? We are towards the end of the seven year tribulation. Okay. What is happening? There's been this buildup of the Battle of Armageddon or the Battle of Armageddon. Armies are beginning to move towards Israel. We saw that there's going to be the armies of the east and it says the whole world, armies of the world, they're all building up, there's a great earthquake, all this is happening towards the end of the seven years of tribulation and the Battle of Armageddon is going to happen, but just before it happens, as the nations are beginning to move towards Israel and Jerusalem specifically, two things happen. That is chapter 17 and 18. Great Babylon is shaken. Now, what is great Babylon? Basically, great Babylon refers to this world religious system that was introduced by the false prophet because it is man's attempt to replace God. Great Babylon also refers to the world economic system that is the anti-Christ and put in place. So in Revelation chapter 17, this religious system is referred to as mystery Babylon. So the word mystery is always used in scripture, especially in the New Testament scripture, to refer to things that are spiritual in nature, mystery, the mystery of God, the mystery that is revealed to us in Christ and so on. So Revelation 17 refers to mystery Babylon, the religious system, and when we read chapter 17, it will become clear. I'm just giving us an introduction there. Revelation 18 refers to the great city Babylon and you will see that the great city Babylon is not referring to the physical city, but is referring to this economic system that all the nations, people from all nations are part of. So both these two things collapse, they fall, they disintegrate, people reject these things, it's just gone. So as the nations are building up towards the battle of Armageddon, the world religious system and the world economic system collapse. Now, based on what we have seen happen in the last month or so, it makes a lot of sense. I mean, we can imagine it happening. So the last month or so, then nations started sanctioning Russia economically, primarily the EU and a few other countries. They impose economic sanctions against Russia. You see, it hit Russia hard and they're still feeling it. And it's still happening, it's going on. Within a month's time, within a month's time, things have become very difficult in Russia. Now, the economic system is taking a hard hit. People had money invested in different places. Money just suddenly disappeared, devalued almost in a matter of days. Gone. So the economic system has hit very hard.  But when you think about the battle of Armageddon, it's going to be nations. The whole world is going to come against, either you're for Israel or against Israel. You're on one side or the other side. They're coming. And a lot of things are going to happen. So obviously in the process, they're going to reject this religious system, which was worship of the beast. And they're going to reject this economic system. So we don't want to be part of it. It's going to collapse. And it can happen like that. So when you look at Revelation 17, let's read our verses one to five, please. We will look into this. Revelation 17 verses one to five. Somebody could read that. Conan. Revelation 17, one to five. Revelation 17, one to five. Go ahead, Prince. Then one of the seven ancients who had the seven poles come and talk with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great hero who saved one and the inhabitant of the earth who I met drunk over the wine of a phonic acid. So he cried, cried me away in the spirit into the wilderness.  Having seven heads on the tenon, the woman was buried in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls.  And on her forehead a name was written, Mastery Babylon, the great mother of her lords and of the abominations of the earth. I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the mystic of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement. Amazement, okay, thank you. So now, John is seeing something. He's seeing a woman and he's like, he refers to this as a great harlot. I'm looking at chapter 17, verse 1. So this angel is showing him this and explaining this. He sees this woman as a great harlot sitting on many waters. Now, this many waters which we will see in verse 15, Revelation 17-15, it says, the waters which you saw where the harlot sits are peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues. So when this woman is sitting on the waters, the waters are basically verse 15, peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues, that means this woman is having influence over the nations, over peoples. That's what it means. This woman is sitting on the waters. She represents the nations. She is having influence. And this woman is a great harlot, a prostitute, a great harlot. Now in the Bible, spiritual, you know, unfaithfulness to God, going away from God, replacing God is referred to as spiritual harlotry in the Bible, especially Old Testament. So we can understand here this woman, this great harlot is a false religion. It is taking the place of God. It is trying to replace God and she is sitting over the nations. So that's why we say this woman, that's one first reason why this great harlot is a false religion which we know was introduced by the false prophet. And we will see more details on it in this chapter, Revelation 17. And this woman is, she is making people drink of her fornication. That means she's causing people to just depart away from God. Again, spiritual harlotry, spiritual fornication means departure from God. And this woman is actually on a scarlet beast and she's blaspheming God and having seven heads and ten horns. So this woman is sitting on a scarlet beast. Who is a scarlet beast? Scarlet, a beast, this is the same thing as Revelation 13 was one and two when we saw the beast. That is the antichrist. Seven head, ten horns. So this woman is sitting on the beast. This beast is carrying this great woman. That means it is the antichrist who is promoting this woman, was brought in this woman. So she is riding on this beast. Seven heads and ten horns, Revelation 13, one and two.  You'll see why it's blood red. Okay, verse four, six. But this woman is riding on the beast. Who's the beast? Antichrist. Seven heads, ten horns who's blaspheming against God. So she's carried by the beast. And this woman is arrayed in purple and scarlet, which is royal because people have embraced her and she is being welcomed, embraced, adorned by the nations. And who is this woman? Verse five, she's mystery Babylon. Mystery Babylon. Like I said, the word mystery is always used in the context of spiritual things. So that's the second reason we are saying this woman is representing the false religion that was introduced by the false prophet in order to get the people to worship the beast. False religion. And verse six, what does this religion do? What does this do?  So because of this false religion, a lot of people have died. We know that. We saw it earlier in Revelation, chapter 15, that all these people, they've rejected, they refuse to worship the image of the beast here in heaven.  Revelation 17 verse six and the martyrs of Jesus. Meaning this religion has caused the death of many people who believed in Jesus Christ. Okay. So let's try to just make some more progress in chapter 17. Could somebody read please from verse Revelation 17 verses 7 to 18. Revelation chapter 17 was 7 to 18. It's the entire passage there. Revelation 17. Revelation 17. The angel said to me, why did you marvel? I will tell you the mysteries of the woman and of the beast. That is her which has the seven heads of the ten horns that you saw was the was and is not. And will have them out of the bottomless pit and go to the, and those who dwell on the earth will marvel. Those names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. When they see the beast that was and is not, it is, here is the mind which has a wisdom. Heads are the seven mountains on which the woman sits. There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is and others come. And when he comes, he must continue to short-time, continue to short-time. The beast that was not, is not, and is not, is himself also the eighth and is of the seven. And is going to tradition. The ten horns which you saw or the ten kings received no kingdoms as yet, but they received authority for one heart as a king with the beast. These are the one mind and they will give their power and authority to the beast. This will make war with the lamb and the lamb will overcome them for he of lots and king of kings and those who are, whom are called chosen and faithful. Then he said to me, the waters which you saw where the sits are the people's multitudes, nations and towns.  For God has put in, put it into their hearts to fulfill his purpose to be of one mind give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled and the woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over kings of the earth. So the, if you look, let's look at verse seven onwards. So he's saying, look this beast that is carrying this woman with seven heads and ten horns. The beast which was is not and yet is. That's how he ends that. He's referring to the antichrist. The beast that was is not and yet is. So we saw in Revelation 13 that this beast was killed, not killed but was was wounded. You know, this is in verse three, Revelation 13. Three was mortally wounded and again in Revelation 13. 14 it was wounded by the sword and lived. So we saw earlier in Revelation 13 that there was some sort of an attack on this beast and yet it lived and that's why people were so amazed of this beast. So that's why it's referring to here as this beast which was, was not and yet is, meaning it was there that this man antichrist was there. He seemed to have almost died but he lived. That's the beast he's referring to. But this is the one who comes from the bottomless pit and will end up in perdition. So this is, this is the antichrist. He's going to have his eternal destination in the bottomless pit. He's going to be gone because we know he's being backed up by the dragon. And then he says the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. Now mountains, we saw in Daniel chapter two. Mountains refers to kingdom or kingdoms here in this case, seven mountains, seven kingdoms. And he also talks about seven kings or seven heads, seven mountains, seven kings. Five has fallen. One is the other has not yet come. And then he says here the, and when he comes he must continue a short time. The beast that was and is not, is not, is himself also the eight and is off the seven. And it's going to perdition. So generally when people look at this, they, they start counting from the kingdom of Assyria, Babylon, Mead, Persian, Greek, Greece, kingdom of Greece and the, the Romans are. So, and then the last one is that of the antichrist. This kingdom, the, of the antichrist himself, which is, which comes onto the earth. So he's talking about these kingdoms that have different empires that have existed. And five have fallen that come and gone. One is, which is, which is the kingdom of the antichrist. And he's talking about this, the seventh and the eighth, which is kind of merged here. The seventh one, which is going to perdition. So he's talking, basically, we are, we are looking at a, at a, a region, a region of the antichrist. And he's talking about this, the seventh and the eighth, which is kind of merged here. At a, at a, a region, a world empire that was from which the antichrist comes or, no, I would say a world empire, but a system out of which the antichrist comes. And he's establishing his own, but he is off the seventh, but he, the antichrist is going to end up in perdition.  He comes out of that and he sets himself up and, but he is going to end up in perdition. And then there are these 10 horns, which we have seen earlier in Daniel, the 10 toes, the 10 horns, representing 10 leaders or 10 kings. This is verse 12, Revelation 17, 12. And they have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as king by the beast. So remember these 10 were the ones who helped to bring the antichrist into power. When you read Daniel, it's very clear that the small horn, little horn, comes up. He overpowers three of these 10 and then the rest of them put him into power. But he's made a promise to them, which seems to be indicated here, that he's going to give them influence, right? So the 10 horns which you saw are 10 kings who have received no kingdom as yet. So the antichrist has come into power. They've helped him come into power, but they haven't received what he has promised them yet. They haven't received it, but he gives them authority for one hour as kings with the beast. So he's come into some sort of a thing and you can join me in my, you know, in my rulership. So they receive power for authority for one hour as kings with the beast. Who's the beast? He's the antichrist. So he's setting them up. So it seems to indicate that when they brought him into power, he said, look, I'm going to let you, you know, join with me in my rulership or leadership, but they haven't received it yet. But for one hour, in sort of very brief period, he says, okay, now you can join me. Right. And I was 13, they will be of one mind and they'll give their power and authority to the beast. This is what's the team. So these 10 are supporting this beast and they're backing him up. And they're going to make war with the lamb, but the Lord of Lords is going to overpower them. Verse 14. Now, Revelation 17, the angel explains to John, Revelation 17, 15, the harlot sitting on the waters is basically this woman extending influence over the nations. The 10 horns, these were 16.  For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill his purpose, to be of one mind, to give the kingdom to the beast, unto the words of God to fulfill. And the woman you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth. So what's happening? If you try to understand this, you know, if I want to just sum up what this passage is saying, there have been many kingdoms in the past. Five of them have come and gone. We know all the way to the Roman Empire. Then here comes another loosely held union of iron and clay, which we read in Daniel. Out of that comes Antichrist, the beast. But how has he helped him to power? 10 horns have helped him to help him into coming to power. And he has promised them to give rulership. Now they're all of one mind and they are supporting him. And he gives them authority for one hour.  And verse 16 says, you know, these 10 horns, they will support the beast. But what is the beast doing? He is carrying this great harlot. He is promoting this world religion, this mystery Babylon. But what happens? Verse 16, these 10 leaders will turn against this world religion.  In other words, they have supported the beast for political reasons, for rulership. But what is the beast done? He's brought in a harlot. He's brought in a religious system, which is basically people worshipping him. So these leaders are going to turn against that. And verse 17 says, God has put it into the hearts to fulfill this purpose. This whole thing, them supporting the beast for a period of time and giving him rulership, dominion. And then them realizing that, hey, what is this beast doing? He's actually bringing in a harlot. He's bringing in this false religion. And then them turning against that false religion, causing it to collapse. He says, God has put it in their hearts. God is orchestrating all of this. So what happens in the end? This harlot becomes verse 16. They make her desolate and burn her with fire. That means these 10 kings who supported the antichrist, they're going to turn against this whole thing, this religion. And they say, we don't want that. And they destroy it. So this whole religious system, this harlot who was riding on the beast, is going to be destroyed. And mystery Babylon is going to collapse. This world religious system is going to be torn down because these 10 leaders withdraw the stages, go against this religious system. And this was the religious system, verse 18, who influenced the whole world and even leaders of the world bought into it. Did you all understand chapter 17? Are there any questions? Any questions? Okay. Take some time to read Revelation 17. If you have any questions, we can pick it up next week. We will continue with chapter 18 on from next week, Revelation. All right. And if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Just read it, see if you can explain it to yourself. If you understand it, bring it out. And then if you have any doubts, you can ask me. It is a little difficult because of the kinds of images that we read off in Revelation 17. But we will explain it if you have any questions. Okay. Let's take a break now. We will close and we'll take a break. And I'll see you in the next class in about 10 minutes. Okay. Somebody can pray and we will dismiss. Kiran, can you pray and we'll dismiss? Yes, sir. We'll pray. Father God, we come before once again you through and we want to say thank you, Father God, for your word and your wisdom and knowledge. Father God, help us to understand the whole book of Revelation. And so many things will happen. Father God, the upcoming days and upcoming time. Father God, help us to move forward and be prepared for that. Father God, lead us to the rest of the time submitting to you and Father God, take care of every single one of you. Amen. Amen. Thank you. I'll see you on the next class in 10 minutes. Thank you.


The latest weapons, coupled with the fighting skill of the American soldier, stands ready on the alert all over the world to defend this country. View the American people against aggression. This is the Big Picture, an official television report to the nation from the United States Army. Now to show you part of the Big Picture, here is Sergeant Stuart Queen. I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense. Sergeant Queen has just read the first article of the new code of conduct for members of the armed forces of the United States. The code is intended as a guide to strengthen the hearts of those American fighting men who may be taken prisoner by the enemy in any future war. For if there is a next war, it will be a total war in which ideologies as well as armies will be in conflict. The war will not end for the soldier taken prisoner. On the contrary, his individual battle to maintain his dignity and his honor as a free man will just be commencing. But let's listen to more of the code and let's listen closely. I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command I will never surrender my men while they still have the means to resist. If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.  I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way. When questioned should I become a prisoner of war, I am bound to give only name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause. Today, the Big Picture presents a unique experience. Escape from within an enemy prisoner of war camp. The scenes are recreated, but based on actual experiences. Men on the march, but not against the enemy. These men are prisoners of war, American soldiers who have been captured by the enemy, now being marched back to a prison camp. Not a pretty picture, not a pleasant subject to think about. But still our men do get captured through no fault of their own, in spite of all they can do to prevent it. And when they are captured, they end up in places like this. A prison camp, deep within enemy territory, miles from nowhere, feeling lonely, depressed, and useless. Useless to themselves and to anyone else. But even when a man is captured, he needn't always end up here. And once he is here, he needn't always stay. Take Sergeant James J. Anderson, for instance. He's had opportunities to escape, some of them very good ones. But here he is. Why? Part of the reason is psychological. When a man is captured, he is usually in a state of shock. His fortunes have changed so rapidly that his mind cannot make the adjustment. If the odds are ever in favor of the prisoner, it is here, in the midst of front-line area confusion, where everyone, including the guards, is forced to consider his own safety first. This is it. A tailor-made chance for escape. The man who is on his toes is ready to grab the first opportunity. The sooner, the better. There may not be another as good for a long time. There are always chances for the prisoner who has resolved to escape and is looking for the right moment. The difficulty is that only a few men are psychologically prepared to take advantage of these opportunities when they present themselves. Only a very few. Unfortunately, Sergeant Anderson was not one of them. Looking back, I can remember other opportunities, which I might have seized as well as the next man. There was that sergeant from C Company who was next to me on the march. He was a smart cookie. Stretch out to call him. Stretch it out. Stretch out. He really had it figured. As we approached a curve in the road, he got us to stretch out the column because he knew this would momentarily put him out of sight of the rear guards as we went around the curve. When the time came, he knew what to do. He was never missed. Sometimes it's hard to remember how long I've been here. Those guys that made their escape, they must be back in the States by now, eating steak and ice cream and sleeping in beds with clean white sheets. Well, this is hardly a place I'd choose for a vacation. It's not exactly a pleasure resort. The accommodations leave something to be desired in the way of comfort. The food is bad and there isn't much of it. About the only thing a man has plenty of in this place is time. Time to think of all the people you haven't seen for months or years. Time to think of all the things you might be doing if only you were somewhere else. Time to rot if you don't watch yourself. Time to remember the guys who had guts enough to break out of this place. And there were some who did. Fred Wilson was one. His plan was so simple that the guards are probably still trying to figure out what happened. He simply waited until a work gang had been formed and when the guards' back was turned, he joined in with the other men. In that way, he was able to get outside the gates without being listed on the roster. Abrams. Green. White. It was customary for a roll call and a head count to be taken by the guards at the end of a day's work. When each man on the list was accounted for, they were ready to march the detail back to the PW compound for the night. Since Wilson's name was not on the list, he was never missed. Then there were the surveyors. That's the name everybody remembers those three fellows by. They really had a lot of guts and even more imagination. Somehow they managed to get a hold of an engineer's tape, a sledge and some wooden stakes. With these, they set to work measuring out a center line for a road. The guards assumed, of course, that they had been told to stake out the area because they knew that prisoners never did any more work than they had to. A fantastic plan, maybe. But it seemed to be going well while they were still inside the compound. Even the guards at the gate were taken in. There was one, however, who did seem a little suspicious. That was their most anxious moment. But by keeping their heads and not getting rattled, they were able to keep right on going. While they were sweating it out, the guards were joking about the prisoners asking them to work. But it was no joke to the guards later when they began to realize what had really happened. Of course, these escapes had some repercussions. You're cooked! Agbes, that is. Cigarette? Please, I hope you men find our camp reasonably comfortable. Yes? Yes? Now, forward, please. What is the complaint? We need more chow. What is this? Grab each food. Oh, yes, of course.  Please make arrangements for more chow. Any other complaints? Step forward, please. I need a new pair of shoes, sir. Oh, yes. I'm sure we can do something about that. His name, please. Yes? I think your men have been intercepting our Red Cross food packages, sir. Oh? I think you are mistaken. But I shall certainly look into the matter. Any other men? I need more straw from a mattress. Straw? How many men need more straw? It will be arranged. More straw for these men.  As you know recently, several of your men have escaped. That is not good. Not good for me? Possibly not good for you. Such occurrences may suggest to my superiors that my discipline is too lax. In fact, they might even decide to replace me. We would not want that, would we? Now, all I want you men to do is to sign this paper, giving me your word you will not attempt to escape. Come, come, step forward, please. You can't sign that. What is that? You can't sign that. It's a parole. And why can't you sign it? It's against our regulations. But you happen to be under our regulations now. That doesn't matter, sir. We can't force a man to do something against the regulations of his own country. Is that so? Not legally. Not according to the Geneva Convention. Oh, yes. The Geneva Convention. Very well. If that is how you choose to repay my kindness, we shall have to try other measures. These men who complain, do you have their names? Yes, Cruton. Place them in solitary confinement for seven days. The charge in subordination. Oh, yes. And include the sergeant who quotes the Geneva Convention. As for the others, put them on bread and water for three days. It so happens, Sergeant, we are not at Geneva. Perhaps it was the punishment, the cruelty and the rank injustice of it, which made me decide that I couldn't stay here any longer. I simply had to get out. All kinds of ideas were running through my mind. Then suddenly it clicked. That's it. A ladder. And then I thought the ladder we used would be black. But the ladder to be used as a decoy should be light-colored. So the guards can spot it without any trouble. Say, I think I can get one ladder from the toolhouse. Okay, Tex. Smitty and I will dig up some boards and make the other one. See this? What is it? A key to the toolhouse. A light-colored ladder there.  But the ladder I can shove back to fall down so the guards can't tell where we go over the fence. But what are we going to do with that plank? I've got that figured. We'll tie a rope to the far end and pull it from the other side when we get out. Yeah, that'll get rid of it. That'll work fine. Guys, let's have some noise. It's Smitty. Boy, you sure gave us a turn. Pretty good, huh? Looks just like a native. Here, put these on. Where'd you get them? Swiped them from the farm about a mile back. Look what I got. What are we going to do with them? These will give us an occupation. We can work on the roads. Thanks, I think you got something there. That way we can travel by day. Just across that open field. The border and freedom. But even with freedom in sight, anything can happen. This isn't the time to be over anxious. Not now more than ever. Keep the odds in your favor. Wait for darkness and concealment. This is the moment every man taken prisoner hopes for. Freedom ahead for those who dare to make a try for it. Let's go. You'll never forget that I am an American fighting man, responsible for my actions and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America. The Big Picture is a weekly television report to the nation on the activities of the Army at home and overseas. Produced by the Signal Corps Pictorial Center. Presented by the United States Army in cooperation with this station. You, too, can be an important part of the Big Picture. You can proudly serve with the best equipped, the best trained, the best fighting team in the world today, the United States Army.


Alright, so what's your name? I'm Morgan. And what brought you to the library today? I live in that direction, so I just like walk right in. I come here every day, especially the first floor. I can just relax and then focus on my work. It's also freezing outside, so I was like, well maybe I shouldn't stay inside. I should go and be productive today. I like the atmosphere. It's probably the best element. To the fact that I have a lot of studios around me, that I see also studying and getting this ABA, you have to focus on your work too. I like that there's a lot of different nooks and crannies in places you can kind of find. It's nice. No, I think the library is cool to work. That's a good place to work. There's always a place in the library for whatever you're up to.


Grinikumio hidedi nwikido学isha energies hamama kwa h K Produ prefer yoyi longGo Y İla yoи hade West Uganda L但wi kwa hila kwa ngua Switchi kwa h stones Maria S usto milimil Kusu n先 gf upawaitura kwa우anku We believe, and our council to our colleagues in the UPND is that their concentration must be on fixing the fundamentals of economics to ensure that we strengthen the pillars that make the economy to work. If we don't do that, we don't deal with excessive debt stock and we don't deal with inflation, we don't deal with the strength of the kwacha, we don't deal with the interest rates, we don't deal with the capacity for productivity to increase, even if we touch the price of millimail, it will not solve the problem in the long term. We still can collapse the country. That's what the patriotic front did by bringing populist programs without having a resource envelope equal to the programs they were introducing in the country until they collapsed, almost collapsed the economy with an overwhelming debt of $30 billion according to the World Bank at the time. And therefore, in order to reduce the price of millimail, you have to make sure that the economy begins to work and as it works, the prices are going to oblige as well. If you reduce the prices using an intervention method without considering the free market economy and its principles, we'll be collapsing this country once again. That's exactly what we mean and we stand by that. As a member, we believe in free enterprise where prices are managed or controlled by the market and not by political intervention. So we stand by that statement that we believe that the price for millimail will come down. This is like a leaking tap in the house and then you are spending the rest of your time just moping the floor hoping to solve the problem. We advise this government that shut the tap so that the water stops to leak and then clean the mess in the house.


The Tiger, Financial News Network. Update. Good morning everyone, Baselchapion, here on this Wednesday, the 13th of December, almost mid-month, and we're looking at the Dow down 10,000 and 36,569. At this time yesterday, we were looking at new recovery highs. We've done that again today, 36,602 is the high so far today, and within that context, one of the only signs that I see as a slightly overboard level is the unbalanced volume. The stochastic at 97% is very good. Now, I'm going to do a little work over the next couple of days. I hope to have it ready for my webinar a week from today to talk about what happens when the stochastic stays over 95% or 93% for a certain amount of time. What is the next level that you would look at if there was a turn down? So let's just keep going here. The S&P at this particular point is at a new recovery high, 46.56 right now, up 2.5. 46.50 has been the high. I'll give you a little notation when I do my show, but this is a breakout in the weekly charts, and I need to talk about that when we get back, as to say, when could we get a Pd in the weekly charts? When's the soonest we could get it, and that's actually late January. So let's go to the QQQ. We're looking at the QQs, also at a new recovery high. At 479, the all-time high was 408.71. I mean, an eyeballing. Maybe the Fed does something today, right now, the market's just stalling, waiting for a Fed to speak. IWM Russell 2000 is down 15 cents to 186. Let's go to Gold. Gold is also in a waiting mode here. It's kind of up 4 at 997, sitting right on the 200-period moving average, waiting for the Fed to make some announcement that allows Gold to start moving back up, or maybe it doesn't do anything. Talking about doing anything, the dollar's just gone sideways. Crude oil, let me just check that. Crude oil is up a little bit, but it's making lower lows. I'm anticipating, we've got, oh, just another couple of days to go before that 67 to 65 target is, maybe it's not going to be hit. Maybe we start a crude oil bounce right here, but the 200-period moving average of 67.69 is right there now on the 200-period moving average of the weekly chart. What I've missed, I've missed bonds, and bonds are up a half a point. I'll be back with the Tiger Technicians app. Check out my opening call, check out my webinar coming up for subscribers from Week 1 for that.


Did you know that Mars is the only planet entirely inhabited by robots? Yeah, that's right. There's two robots on the surface of Mars right now, and one of them just passed a very important milestone. On February 16, 2018, NASA's Opportunity rover celebrated its 5,000th Martian day on the red planet, and there's no plans to slow down. Opportunity and its twin rover Spirit landed on opposite sides of Mars in early 2004. The mission was planned to be just 90 days long, and the goal was to look for rocks that were formed in wet environments. Essentially, looking for evidence of past rivers, lakes, and oceans on Mars. After a bouncy landing, Opportunity, also known as OPI, immediately hit Paydirt. It found these little round rocks called spherules. They're about one centimeter in size, and they're created when trickling water flows through the gaps of larger rocks and leaves minerals behind that become little round rocks. So, mission accomplished. Mars has a wet history, and after that, the rest of the 90-day mission flew by. But Opportunity was still working at peak capacity. NASA wasn't ready to cut the mission. So, off OPI went, out into the wilderness of Meridiani Planum, a vast expanse of plains on the equator of Mars. Its first destination was a small crater called Endurance, about one kilometer from the landing site. After that was Victoria Crater, and then came the Big Road Trip, a 12 kilometer drive to Endeavour Crater. Now, at an average cruising speed of one centimeter per second, that trip took three years to complete. Now, currently, Opportunity is scouting the rim of Endeavour Crater, continuing its mission to understand a new world. During its drive to Endeavour Crater, Opportunity broke the off-world distance record for a rover. Back in 2014, it completed 40 kilometers. And then, in 2015, it completed the first ever Martian marathon for 42.2 kilometers. To celebrate its 5,000th Martian day, Opportunity took its first ever selfie. So now, after 14 years, over 45 kilometers, there's no plans to slow down. Opportunity is one of the most successful space missions ever.


The needle and syringe was invented 160 years ago and most vaccines are delivered that way. Vaccines are hugely successful technology. Millions of lives have been saved with vaccines but there's many problems associated with the needle and syringe. Obvious ones include needle phobia. Not many of us like the needle and indeed 20% of the population have a thing called needle phobia where they're actively choosing not to be vaccinated. Another issue is needle stick injuries. 1.3 million deaths per year take place due to problems associated with needle stick injuries. Here at Vaxus we're developing an approach to overcome those problems and indeed other problems with the needle and syringe and we call it the nanopatch as a silicon wafer with 10,000 tiny projections that are invisible to the human eye. We dry coat vaccines to the tips of those projections and apply the patch to the skin for only a short period of time, a minute or two and then we remove the patch and dispose of it. So beyond the obvious issues like needle stick injuries and needle phobia there's two major advantages associated with the nanopatch. The first is improved immune responses and the second is removing the cold chain. So let me explain how vaccines work. So vaccines take a thing like a germ and get it into a safe form and we inject those into the body and we trick the body into mounting an immune response so that when the real invader comes along the body can already deal with those invaders and indeed neutralize them. Now the way it's currently done is that the antigens which are these safe forms of germs are injected with a needle and syringe into muscle. What we've found is that the skin is a far more attractive site for vaccines. It's jammed full of immune cells and by accessing that skin site with the nanopatch we've unlocked improved capabilities. One example of that is removing or indeed I should say reducing the dose that's required from a standard vaccine. We can reduce the dose by 100 fold for instance so taking a vaccine that might cost $50 down to the cost of 50 cents. So that's one example to help make existing vaccines work better but another approach is to help get new vaccines over the line so for instance we could improve the immune responses for an HIV vaccine or a malaria vaccine and those vaccines don't currently exist. So that's a huge advantage of the nanopatch. Finally I'd like to mention perhaps the most exciting elements of the nanopatch. When the vaccine is in dry form it does not need refrigeration. We've shown that we can store the nanopatch at 23 degrees Celsius for 12 months with no loss in activity. That potentially can remove the need for the cold chain for vaccines. Currently billions of dollars are being sunk into maintaining the cold chain. Imagine if we can divert that funding into other areas of health care. Here at Vaxis we're motivated by a mission to help improve the reach of vaccines to people that need them the most. Currently there's 17 million deaths per year due to infectious disease. With this device the nanopatch we hope to help make that level of death a historical footnote.


At the end of the season, I took two weeks completely off the bike, and in fact took two weeks off of training in general. No riding, no running, no gym, no strenuous exercise at all. Did I get burnt out, lose all motivation, and say screw this whole cycling thing? No, I did this to ultimately get faster. Stick around to find out why. Welcome back to another video. This cyclist can be very obsessive about their training, which can be a good thing because it means that you're more likely to train consistently. However, there are times when an unwavering need to always be putting in big miles can actually hurt us. For example, rest days, which are crucial to recover from the hard work you've done to make adaptations and get fitter. If you never take a rest day, you'll find yourself in trouble very quickly. And just like you need rest days to recover during a training week, you need rest weeks or rest periods to recover from the hard work you've done over the course of a training season. This is something that almost every high-level pro implements in their own training, mostly because they've learned from experience how crucial it is. The physiological reasons for why a rest period is so effective are not entirely understood, but there are some theories. For example, this study on changes in blood values in professional cyclists found that over the course of a racing season, hematocritic and hemoglobin concentration decreased, but then returned to baseline levels during the off-season when riders typically take a break. This study on hemoglobin levels in professional cyclists found the same thing. Mean values for red blood cells, hemoglobin, and hematocritic were significantly lower during the racing season than during the non-racing periods. This reset may be important for those who do heavy training. Never take a rest period, and you may be training with chronically depressed blood values. Another potential explanation for the value of a rest period or an off-season may have to do with our hormonal response to a season of hard training. This study investigated the hormone response of two pro-cycling teams during a three-week grand tour. Looking at the riders' testosterone levels, they found that the team with more racing days leading into the event had lower testosterone levels to begin with, and that testosterone levels further decreased in both teams over the course of the three-week race. It's very possible that constantly pounding your body with hard training may have an effect on your hormone levels, particularly testosterone. That last study was an extreme example because it looked at riders who were doing a three-week grand tour, which is one of the most physically demanding events that you can do. However, that's not the only study coming to this conclusion. This study had power athletes not exercise for two weeks, and found that after this rest period, testosterone, growth hormone, and testosterone to cortisol ratio actually increased, while cortisol, or the stress hormone, decreased. These are all potential physiological explanations, but we haven't even touched on the psychological side. Constantly training year-round like your A-race is right around the corner is a good way to get burnt out. And if motivation is starting to become an issue for you, this may be the reason why. But my A-race actually is always right around the corner. It's called the Saturday morning coffee ride, and it happens every week, so I need to peak 52 times a year. Speaking of motivation, I've found that for myself and for the athletes that I coach, nothing increases motivation like taking some time off the bike. By the end of that rest period, you should be chomping at the bit to go for a ride, which is exactly what you want early in the season. Now let's differentiate here between a rest week and a recovery week. If you watch a lot of my videos, you've probably heard me talk about the importance of a recovery week. And while they do serve a similar purpose, a rest week or a season break is not the same thing. Generally, under normal training, you're going to want to have a recovery week every three to five weeks. For most riders, it's every fourth week, so they're fairly frequent. These are not weeks off the bike. They're weeks where your training volume or how much you ride and your training intensity or how hard you ride are decreased in order to bring yourself out of the valley of fatigue that you've dug yourself into with normal training. If, for example, you normally ride five days a week for a total of 10 hours with two high-intensity days, then during a recovery week, you may still ride five days, but just five or six hours and maybe just one high-intensity ride towards the latter part of the week with mostly zone one recovery rides earlier in the week. These weeks are critical for any serious cyclist training plan, and if you're not including them, it could mean one of two things. Your training isn't challenging enough, in which case you're leaving a lot of potential fitness on the table, or if your training is challenging enough but you're not taking them, you'll probably find yourself in a state of overtraining within a couple months. Okay, so what is the difference between that and a rest week, and when exactly in your season should you put these breaks? A rest week or a season break is time spent not training at all. No riding, no gym, no running, etc. Many riders like to cheat and go for a grocery store run on the cruiser or ride with the kids or show up at the local group ride, but it's fine because they went with a slow group this time. So instead of doing three Zwift races a day like I normally do, I just did one. Or two on certain days, but that counts right. While none of this is the end of the world, the best thing to do during this time is to not touch your bike and let it collect dust and cobwebs as hard as that is to hear. This is obviously not something that you're doing every fourth week like with the recovery week because if you did this that frequently the fitness loss would seriously hinder your progress. That's right, take a minute to gasp. I said you'll be losing fitness when you do this, at least in the short term. I find that this really scares serious riders because they think that taking a break will be a big step back in their progress. And while admittedly it is, think about it this way. You're taking one step back so that you can take two steps forward as opposed to staying in the same place all year because you do the exact same training all year. You see your training needs to have an ebb and flow to it in order to make progress. For example, this study looking at the training that led to gold medal endurance performances in cross country skiers showed clearly that volume and intensity changed dramatically throughout the season. There are many lessons to be learned from this study, but what we're concerned about here is the off season. Right after the athletes peak, they had a regeneration month where they trained very little at all. This pattern is not confined to cross country skiers. Top level runners, swimmers, and cyclists all have a time of the year where a break from training is taken. Okay, so what should this look like? For an example, let's take a look at the end of my season this year. My last race of 2020 was the Belgian Waffle Ride Cedar City, which I peaked for. This race was on Saturday, October 17th, and I didn't touch the bike again until Friday, October 30th, which is 12 days of no riding. Essentially a seven day week plus another five day week without the bike. During this time, I also didn't go to the gym or run. I embraced what most of my fellow Americans do and became a temporary couch potato. Although with the extra time that week, I was able to crank out two videos. Is that supposed to be impressive or something? If you actually let me run this channel, I'd be posting every time I got a KOM, which is, you know, every day. The point though is that during that two week period, I was completely resting. Now, two weeks is on the longer side for an off season break. This complete rest period at the end of the season should range from as little as five days to as many as 14 days. And exactly how long it is should depend on a couple of factors. Taking into account how demanding your season was, if you did a lot of racing or training, then take a longer break. If, however, you didn't do very much racing or training, particularly this year because of lockdowns and races getting canceled, then a shorter break is probably all you need. Another important factor is your motivation levels or how close to burnout you are. Feeling burnt out is pretty common towards the end of a long season. And if you're feeling that way, then taking an off season break may be the cure. In which case, I would opt for a longer one. However, if your motivation levels are still sky high, then you may be able to get away with a shorter one. The last factor has to do with your training experience. The longer you've been training, the more likely you are to hit a fitness plateau, making a longer break more necessary. Because your body will stop adapting to training stimulus that it's already adapted to, higher and higher training loads are needed in order to continually make progress. However, there's only so much that you can do in a week, which is why training methods that shock the body, like block periodization where you might have five high-intensity days in a week followed by a rest period, have shown promising results. Now, you may not think that taking a rest period is shocking your body at all, but in a way it is because it's something that your body is not used to. The hope is that by taking a rest, you're setting yourself up to train harder or for more hours than you otherwise could had you not taken the rest. This will allow you to break through that fitness plateau. For more experienced riders who've been training for a couple of years, I recommend a longer break. However, if you're newer to cycling, maybe you've just been training for a year or two, a shorter break is probably fine. There's one other time of the year where you may want to take a break from training and that's the mid-season break. If you have a demanding racing or riding schedule, I'd pick a time about halfway through the season where you can take four to seven days completely off. This may seem like fitness suicide in the middle of the season, but it can actually be the best way to save your late season. Again, burnout and fitness plateaus are common towards the end of the year, and this can be the best way to avoid that. I've used this method myself and with the athletes I coach, and they're often shocked to find that they're putting out better numbers and getting better race results in the month after taking the break. For me personally, taking a mid-season break in 2019 completely saved a deteriorating season. In April, my race results started to suffer and my power numbers were lower than they should have been, and my motivation was starting to dwindle as well. Rather than panic and try to train more to compensate like so many riders do, I took a break and two weeks after came back to win the Mohican 100 and set a new course PR, and two weeks after that win the Lumberjack 100. The lesson here is that if you start to see your fitness and motivation suffer mid-season, the answer is almost never more training, but actually the exact opposite. Alright, you've taken your mid-season break. What do you do now? Jump straight back into hard training? Mmmmm...yes. No, depending on how soon you need to be in peak shape again, take a one to two month off season where your riding is fairly unstructured and you're doing relatively low volume and intensity. This is the one time of the year where forgetting the cycling computer at home may actually be a good thing. This is also a great time of the year to do a little bit of cross-training like running or hiking or skiing, but in particular, it's a great time to get back into the gym. Gym work has been shown in study after study to have a positive effect on cycling performance. Riders and coaches alike like to imagine that there's a debate about whether or not cyclists should be lifting, but if you look at the science, there is no debate. Lifting makes you faster. That being said, if you're a new lifter or you haven't lifted in a while because of a busy race season, then getting back in the gym is going to make you very sore, like barely able to walk down the stairs sore. This will obviously affect your ability to ride long or hard, which is why you want to do it in the off season. Your riding volume and intensity is already low during this time, so it doesn't really matter. After about a month or two of lifting, the soreness that you feel after each lifting session will subside, meaning that you can start adding in higher volumes of training as you enter the base period. Thanks for watching. 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I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for just staring at your milk. I'm not judging, I promise, I just, I just, when I look, when I look at that gallon of milk in your, I just, I can't help but think about my pregnant wife and the hormones that are going through her body and the changes that she's feeling and the thing that's inside of her that she's like getting attached to and has a nickname for and being in the third trimester and starting to feel a little uncomfortable. And to think when the day comes when she gives birth to this baby that someone takes the baby away and then hooks her up to a milk machine and takes her milk for like a year. And then when she's all out of milk, then impregnating her again and going through it all over again. And this is not even to mention the fate of her baby that she never is never going to see again. If it was a baby boy, it's veal and if it's a baby girl, that girl's going to suffer the same fate that she did. And so I can't help but think of just like all that my wife is going through, my pregnant wife. And to think of her going through that and to having her baby stolen and getting milked and I just, it breaks my heart. And so I get it. Oh, where is my baby going to get calcium protein? Where is my baby going to get enough calories without milk? And it's really, really convenient. But I can't, I cannot think about my wife getting hooked up to a milk machine and having her baby stolen. And so that's what I think when I see her milk, but we can still be friends, right? There are other ways to get that stuff. It is less convenient, but it's worth it. Thank you for watching. Like, subscribe, leave a comment below if you love milk or if you ever thought the same thing about your wife getting hooked up to a milk machine. I just don't want to, I don't, she's behind the camera and I just, I'm like I'm picturing like a milk machine.


Hi, I'm Denshi. In today's video, I'll be teaching you how to install Bluetooth on Artix Linux. However, this tutorial will most likely work for every Linux distribution. We'll be using the Blues Damon. Now, before I teach you how to install it, the thing you need to know is that Bluetooth can sometimes be insecure and unreliable technology. And there have been many vulnerabilities. I personally choose not to compile it when I make my Linux kernels. Still though, it's quite convenient for headphones and mice, and sometimes you don't have a choice. So here we go. Just keep in mind that Bluetooth might not be the safest option while you're in your local McDonald's trying to hack into the US's mainframe. First, you're going to want to install Blues, and optionally, Blue Man for graphical front end. If you're on Artix Linux, like me, then install the appropriate package for your in-it system. Blues open RC for open RC, and Blues run it for, well, run it, et cetera. So in our case, we'll run paru-sy-blue-sh. Run it, space, Blue Man. Then enable the service with your in-it manager. On Arch, it would be pseudosystemctl, enable Bluetooth. In this case, since I run it, you should run pseudo-ln-s-etc-runit-sv-blue-tooth-d. Now be careful not to forget the D. Then space-slash-etc-slash-runit-slash-run-sv-dir-slash-default. Then reboot your system. All right, I'm back. For graphical usage, most desktop environments, like GNOME, should have an interface built-in. In our case, we'll run Blue Man to start the process. What you should know is that Blue Man has different subsections. For example, Blue Man adapters, Blue Man manager, Blue Man services, Blue Man applet, and so on and so forth. In this case, we want to run Blue Man manager. You can automatically start Bluetooth just like that, and there you go. Now you have Bluetooth, and if you ever want to connect a device, just click search, and then you're good to go. All right, after you finish this process, try connect something to see if it works. In this case, I'll be searching for a pair of headphones. There you go. You will wear the headset. And there you go. It is now connected. One last note before I leave. Make sure you have either pulse audio dash Bluetooth or pipe wire installed for Bluetooth audio to actually work. I haven't been Denshi, goodbye. All right, everyone, I'm actually Denshi. My brother did this entire video by himself. Basically, I just wrote this guide and the stuff for him to do it. I just wanted to show off how similar his voice is to mine. And so... I'm also the man behind the camera on a lot of the live videos and stuff. So I hope this was like a good tutorial that everyone enjoyed. I've actually been Denshi, goodbye.


What are you saying from judges about he always talk about the oven flows of the season I think the last since he hit six under 200 He hasn't walked last two games, which is uncharacteristic for him. I know it's a couple games But do you still think he's he's getting off as good swings?   Is he dealing with anything physically? No, he pitched the other day didn't he he pitched in the weekend series Against Baltimore No, he's fine. Yeah, sorry, but yeah, he pitched against Baltimore Aaron over here With with Barraza, I mean it is he in mind perhaps to To get a more regular role in the playoffs is that something that you can do to you know That someone with that much inexperience in the playoffs to try to find it You get him out there more than he has been look we'll see I mean The one thing I think he's come up here And I think the way he's acquitted himself and handled himself and and shown and the fact that he's a two-way player, you know And he's got speed You know all those little factors can can impact the decision and getting on the roster or not Depends what we're dealing with how many, you know, who do we have, you know from the guys that are coming back? So, you know, we're still days away from making that decision, but he's certainly you know at least Handled himself to warrant some consideration


the Narx Fiver life video I mentioned earlier that I was going to do another one today out here at this beach you can see behind me all the waves coming in so yes in this one I'm going to be talking about how the Narcissist never really moves on because they like to go out with a bang they cause this big scene and it's so dramatic when they finally make their exit because they want to leave an impact on you they want you to remember them they don't want you to forget all of the things that they did to you and they want to move on leaving you think that they've just gotten away with it there were no consequences for their actions as though what they did was right or okay but in reality that couldn't be further from the truth because the truth is that they never move on they continue doing the same things until the day that they die everything they did to you all of those covert manipulation tactics if they were successful if they worked on you trust and believe that they're going to do the exact same thing with someone else there may be slight variations but yes they will do the same things again and if you knew their exes or if you were in contact with them at all you will remember you will know that the same things they did with them they went on and did those things to you as well because they never forget it they keep repeating the same mistakes again and again expecting a different result so they never really move on and even when it looks like they've moved on they just go and try to search for you and someone else so that they can do the same thing again this is just the reality of it it's just the way that narcissists are as I've said before they never change they always do the same things again and again and they will continue to repeat that just as it was with you it's going to be the same with someone else they are never going to find satisfaction in the things that they do because the things that they do are wrong and they know that it is wrong so they will continue to experience this satisfaction in every situation that they get into and why because they manipulated you they cheated you they deceived you they did all of these things to you and that is their karma their karma is that they will never be able to move on you can't just go and do these things to people and then move on if you intentionally harm someone you manipulate and deceive them it will affect you and it does affect them because they can't move on and they can't find satisfaction in anything in life which is why a lot of times they will often come back to who they give but if they don't do that they will be watching you behind the scenes they will be spying on you they will be keeping tabs on you because they just can't leave things alone they always have to get involved in other people's business this is just the way that narcissists are they love to spread rumors and gossip because they have no life of their own they look like they've moved on but it's just an illusion just as it was when they were with you they manipulated you they love bombed you they cheated you and then they left you behind just as I've always done with other people before you and that is never going to change they will do the exact same things again and again expecting a different result and it really is their karma if you do the right things in life if you treat people right you will be able to heal and move on and you will feel a lot better about yourself because it's not on your conscience unlike for the narcissist where everything they do they carry the shame with them wherever they go and whenever you're around them you can feel that shame and it brings you down as well it pulls you down right with them and that same shame those negative emotions that they try to project onto you that's going wherever they go that's going with them well all of that high vibration positive energy that you had before you met them that will come back and that is why I make these videos to uplift you to make you feel good to make you feel happy because if you haven't noticed I'm living my best life I'm happy every day and helping millions of people around the world so of course I want to share this amazing energy with you and I do hope that it will help you to heal and it will help you to move on from this toxic abusive narcissist who of course was no good for you and guess what they will never be any good for you and not only that but they will never be good for anyone else because of how they treated you because of how they treated everyone else before you the shame goes with them they never self reflect they never take any accountability for their actions and there is a consequence for that there is a consequence for not responding to the best of your ability but you gave them everything you had you invested all of your time energy and effort into them so there's no reason for that to be playing on your conscience there was nothing wrong with what you did you treated them right you give them everything you had you tried to make them feel comfortable you tried to accommodate them at all they did was abuse you and for that reason they could never be satisfied and for that reason they will never be able to move on they will carry that shame with them wherever they go while you will carry the positivity and the good bikes which is exactly what you deserve you deserve to be happy you deserve to live your best life after everything you went through with the narcissist you didn't deserve to go through any of that but this is what you deserve right now you deserve to be inspired and uplifted you deserve to heal move on and live your best life and if you're watching my videos that is exactly what you are going to do because my videos my content it helps you to understand what you went through with the narcissist after they left you with no closure or validation they just came in they manipulated you they deceived you they robbed you they lied to you they future faked and then they left you behind to move on and do the exact same thing for someone else but it may not be exactly the same there could be some slight variations because they do tailor make the abuse and manipulation to their intended target so it can change slightly sometimes but either way it's still fake it's still a little bit manipulation everything that you gave to them that was real or maybe that's why they can never be satisfied they don't like real shit they like fake stuff they can't deal with the real so you may be watching my videos but whatever you do don't show these videos to the narcissist because like i said they can't handle the real these videos this content this is for you is to help you to understand what you went through it's not going to be any good for the narcissist because they don't want to self reflect they don't want to take accountability for their actions they don't want to become a better person so what good is this for them it's no good for them but it's excellent for you because you do want to heal and move on you do want to become better you do want to become the best version of yourself and that is why i have to get on here every day to bring this message to you because yes i know it's exactly what you want me to do you want me to bring you this information to spread the good vibes and that's just what i do it's my job it's my work it's my business and i enjoy every minute of it looking for the live chat here irani says i send paths learn the lessons and move on in peace yes that is exactly what we need to do learn from what you went through with the narcissist we have to take responsibility and learn from our mistakes because yes we were tricked we were manipulated we were deceived so let's learn from that so we can do better in the next situation instead of repeating the same mistakes again and again because that is not going to get us anywhere miss diana says yes they'd be miserable as hell as i'd be chilling that's exactly how it is with these narcissists yes they are very miserable and actually that is the only reason why they even come around you it's because they're in misery and pain they're suffering and they've got to project that shit onto you they want you to deal with it because then at least in that moment they can feel better about themselves they can feel like maybe there's nothing wrong with them they can feel sane and comfortable because in that moment you're taking that shit on you're thinking to yourself you're feeling that something is wrong with you you're not good enough you're uncomfortable so then they can relax they can feel better about themselves let them move on let them be miserable yes they will try to find someone else misery loves company but there is peace in solitude and guess what that is something that the narcissist will never get to experience and they will never get to experience that because they can't stand being alone they are addicted to people misery loves company so when you see them on facebook instagram or twitter or anything else you see them with their new supply just remember that misery loves company that's all that it is they've got to share that misery with someone and they know all too well that you don't want to deal with it so of course they've got to move on and find someone else narcissists will continue repeating the same shit again and again until they die but as for us we can take responsibility we can hold ourselves accountable for where we find ourselves in life and then we can become better we can heal and practice self-love until we find someone else who is doing the same thing someone who also loves themselves and not just coming around you to take something from you because they actually have something to give just like you and when you find someone like that it will feel amazing it will be an incredible experience for you and after everything you've been through with the narcissist i hope you enjoy every minute of it because guess what you deserve it you deserve to have someone who actually loves and appreciates you instead of someone who's just pretending they're putting on an act when the reality is they actually can't stand you they're deeply envious and jealous of you that's why they're always trying to outdo you it's why they're so competitive because they feel like they're nothing in comparison to you but i just want to tell you right now that you are an amazing person you are very special that's why they targeted you because they wanted some of that but then they began to realize that they didn't even belong around you they began to realize that someone like them should not be with someone like you because you are far greater than that and someone has to get on here to say this after everything you've been through with the narcissist because of course they're not going to come around and tell you that that's the last thing that they want you to know but i know that yes you are a very special and amazing person and i appreciate all of your support it means a lot to me every time i post a video and i see that you give it a thumbs up you share your comments down below of course yes i see that every time when i wake up in the morning i get on youtube and i scroll for my comment section i read every individual comment so yes i see you and i appreciate your support and i want you to know that yes you are appreciated you are a very special person and it's too bad that the narcissist couldn't see that but of course the reason why is because they're not special they're no different to any other narcissist from any other part of the world there's millions potentially even billions of narcissistic people in this world and they all act exactly the same they're not special they're not unique they're not different and the majority of them they're never going to change but you you are different you are special you are unique and guess what you are amazing for everything that you went through with the narcissist yes it may have hurt you got through it and you found my channel and you're using it to learn more about what you went through and become greater and that is an incredible amazing thing and you need to remind yourself of that every day that you could have given up you could have thought that it's you you're just not good enough there's something wrong with you and you can't change you can't become better you could have thought like that which of course that tends to be how narcissists think but instead nope you used all of that abuse to look within yourself and become greater and yes that is an amazing thing so you're going to move on you're going to keep becoming better a better version of yourself rather narcissists they're going to keep doing exactly what they're doing and they're never going to move on from that they will try to manipulate another person it is exact same way as they did with you and what kind of a life is that no love no devotion no fulfillment no satisfaction with anything in your life that's all that they're going to do good luck to them they're welcome to it I know what I'm going to do I'm going to keep moving on with my life I'm going to keep reflecting on myself because I accept myself I love myself so why wouldn't I want to do that why wouldn't I want to look within and accept everything that I am and use it to become the greatest version of myself and that's exactly how you need to think I understand that the narcissist is not going there with you they're going to stay exactly where they are looks like the sun is just going down getting dark it's the end of the day now I just had to get on you and share this message I know you love my videos you've got 79 live viewers but only 36 thumbs up please show some love down below I would appreciate it let me know your thoughts down in the comment section do you agree with what I said do you have anything else to add let me know down below share 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