Item Number – SCP-205 Object Class – Euclid Special Containment Procedures – SCP-205-1 and SCP-205-2 are contained within Chamber 52 at Site-23, under regular observation via the adjoining observation room. SCP-205-1 and SCP-205-2 are to be supplied with power and face the white projection screen on the wall opposite the observation window at all times. Chamber 52 requires monthly maintenance to ensure the continued operation of both SCP objects, their power supply, and remote activation controls. Replacement parts and bulbs are kept on hand in the chamber. Maintenance is suspended during the final month of the SCP-205 cycle, occurring in April and October of each year. Should power to Chamber 52 fail, it is to remain dark and sealed for a period of 30 days before local security enters to re-engage power for continued observation and containment. During maintenance it is critical that only one of the SCP-205 pair is ever turned off at a time. Should both objects lose power or otherwise cease normal operation, the chamber must be sealed for a 30-day period before local security may enter to re-engage power and retrieve the remains of any personnel lost in the chamber. Pending-05 review, testing and observation is to continue before SCP-205 is to be moved to permanent storage. Description – SCP-205 is a pair of flood lamps used in photography. The light emitted by each lamp behaves in a manner unique to SCP-205 and passes completely through any surface that is not colored white. Once the light contacts a white surface, it scatters and reflects as normal and loses any unnatural properties. If the light continues uninterrupted through any matter, otherwise casting no shadow, each lamp will display an unidentified young woman's shadow upon any flat white surface, such as the projection screen in Chamber 52. Whether or not this shadow corresponds to anyone living or dead has yet to be determined, although the shadow appears to re-enact a specific series of events leading up to the woman's death. Even if the lamps are slightly moved, the shadow remains distinct and does not lose focus or move along with the one lamp or the other. Only one shadow is cast, although a physical person standing before two lamps would actually cast two shadows. When supplied with steady power and maintained, the SCP-205 pair will go through a six-month cycle that ends on April 30th and October 31st of each year. Neither the inclusion of an extra day during a leap year nor intermittent operation failures change these dates. Thus, SCP-205's cycle appears to be tied to the standard calendar rather than a set passage of time. SCP-205 will shut off at midnight on the final day of each cycle. Any persons entering or already inside Chamber 52 when the lamps are both turned off are violently assaulted by forces unseen in a manner consistent with the fate suffered by the shadow woman, regardless of any other light sources in the room. If the lamps are shut off at the end of a standard six-month cycle, they can be remotely activated to immediately end the danger and begin a new cycle. If the lamps cease operating for any other reason, Chamber 52 will remain dangerous and must remain sealed for at least 30 days, regardless of the status of SCP-205 itself. During a dangerous phase, any equipment in the room is often ransacked, but although SCP-205 itself has sometimes been moved, the lamps are never damaged. On two occasions, data expunged were carved into the walls. This strongly implies that data expunged, displaying an awareness of current containment procedures. Overview of SCP-205's cycle. For the first month of operation, SCP-205 will display a still image of one woman in a provocative pose. Although variances have been noted in the pose and clothing of the woman, the individual displayed appears to be distinct and consistent through all cycles. During the last week of the first month, the shadow will begin to move slightly, as if the individual is shifting her weight or becoming uncomfortable. Her hair and clothing will be observed to flutter in ways that do not correspond to any movement of the atmosphere within Chamber 52. By the end of the first calendar month, the shadow will break her pose and spend the next eight hours moving through a series of poses that imply a photography session complete with clothing changes and short breaks, sometimes including a meal. After this session is over, the shadow will constantly be in motion for the next five months, displaying a pantomime of the last days of a young model's life before she is brutally murdered at the end of the cycle. The shadow of the woman never moves beyond the boundaries of the projection screen. The shadows of objects that the woman appears to be interacting with do not appear unless they are being picked up or carried, and with the exception of the final month of the cycle, any other individuals that the shadow appears to be interacting with are not seen. Although the cycle is slightly different each time, certain consistencies are observed. The individual portrayed appears to have taken up photography as a hobby, in addition to being a fashion model. Her behavior implies a great deal of social interaction, although with a lack of intimacy, and behavior that indicates living alone rather than with family or a partner. One implied sexual encounter with an unseen partner occurs in the second or third month of the cycle, and exactly 66 explicit sexual encounters occur in the final month of the cycle. During the last month of the cycle in April and October, shadows distinct from the young woman are displayed. These shadows all have exaggerated nude male physiques and horns projecting from the cranium, although no phallus is ever observed, even during the sexual displays that take up the final days of the cycle. Only one shadow appears at first, interacting with the woman in a manner suggesting that they have met at a party or social gathering. The woman does not appear to notice the unusual nature of the other shadow and plays out a series of varying romantic interactions with it. The horned shadow will return to dine with the woman, engage in silent conversations, and accompany her on outings. One recurring event involves the horned shadow introducing the woman to at least two other identical horned figures. After the second week of the month, the woman will take photographs of one or more of the horned shadows during one of their outings, always with a non-digital camera that has been consistent through all observed viewings of the SCP-205 cycle. After this event, explicit sexual encounters will begin, between the woman and one of the figures, increasing in intensity and frequency until the end of the third week. During the final week of the month, the woman appears to develop the film in her camera for the first time since photographing the horned shadows. Her reaction to the photographs is one of shock and horror, and her movements afterwards suggest that she attempts to flee and seek shelter behind a locked door, presumably in her home. There she is encountered by multiple instances of the horned shadow figure, which assault her repeatedly for the remainder of the week. It is strongly implied that she is killed during this process, although the assaults will continue until the end of the cycle. On the last day of the cycle, one of the horned shadows begins to grow larger, in a manner suggesting that the figure casting it is approaching the SCP-205 lamps directly. It will eventually overcast all other shadows, and at this time, both lamps will be physically turned off, regardless of any modifications made to prevent a halt in operation. Addendum SCP-205-1 has been in the Foundation's possession since SCP-205-2 is identical in every way, including the serial number. It was discovered in a ransacked motel room in no sign of the identity or whereabouts of the occupant had been found, although a camera similar to the one displayed in the sixth month of the SCP-205 cycle was also recovered. Most of the contained film was ruined by exposure. Incident 205-76B on 1028 SCP-205-2's bulb burnt out. Researcher MN was sent into Chamber 52 to replace the bulb during one of the climactic assaults. Upon the opening of Chamber 52's door, all horned shadow figures within view ceased their activity and turned towards the door. Researcher N resealed the chamber and refused to enter to perform maintenance. Shadow figures did not resume their usual activity for approximately three hours. Incident 205-77A on 428 SCP-205-2's bulb exploded. Shadow figures all ceased activity and looked towards the chamber door. No staff were dispatched to replace the bulb. Chamber 52 sealed and abandoned for 30 days, according to procedure. Item number SCP-280 Object Class Keter Special Containment Procedures SCP-280 is to be contained in a 5x5 meter cell and no equipment of any kind is to be left inside when staff are not present. Containment areas to be kept in total darkness at all times. Any items taken into the containment cell must be removed by staff at the end of testing, and any staff entering into containment must wear infrared goggles and be equipped with an infrared ID strobe and a strong flashlight. In the event of an SCP-280 attack, all staff are to power on their flashlights and illuminate the subject under attack. No aggressive action is to be taken against SCP-280, and staff are to keep one meter from SCP-280 at all times. Staff should continue to illuminate SCP-280 until it retreats to a sufficient distance to allow the recovery and extraction of the subject of the attack.  No feet or legs are visible, as the lower portion of the body appears to fade away several centimeters from the ground. SCP-280 appears to be wholly composed of a matter that can gain or lose corporeal form. This matter is very black, with only the eyes showing any other color, and when changing to a non-corporeal form, looks much like smoke. The eyes are non-functioning and appear only when SCP-280 is retreating, appearing to be used like eye spots on some insects. SCP-280 is very strong and has been observed pulling apart steel with its hands, showing no sign of stress. SCP-280 moves with a gliding motion with its hands extended, described as a sleepwalker pose by observers. SCP-280 will move slowly towards any human beings and attempt to attack them. SCP-280 appears to sense human life. No limit has yet been found on this ability. SCP-280 will approach to within 14 centimeters of a subject and then use its hands to pull and tear up the subject, causing massive physical trauma. The attack can last between one and five minutes and will continue until the death of the subject, at which point SCP-280 will expose its eyes, lose corporeal form, and move to the next human. If no humans are present, SCP-280 will move and ball up against a wall or other structure until a human being is again present. SCP-280 will retreat slowly from light, exposing its eyes in the direction of the light or at any nearby humans. This has been described as extremely disconcerting by those who have been stared at. If the area that SCP-280 currently resides in becomes fully illuminated, or there is a very bright burst of light, SCP-280 will fade away and reappear in another area. This appears to be done purely as a defensive response to light and will not be used to follow or attack prey. SCP-280 does not appear to eat, breathe, or sleep. It does not ingest any of the tissue removed during an attack and simply drops it to tear a new piece. Due to its ability to become incorporeal at will and its aggressive nature, no samples of SCP-280 have been collected. Addendum Notes on Recovery SCP-280 was recovered in Mississippi after several reports of locked room murders and child deaths. All were reported as being extremely vicious, and victims were, quote, horribly mangled. The foundation became involved after a family of five was murdered in their home. A survivor was found in the basement, nine-year-old David who had come over for a sleepover. He was found in an advanced state of shock, holding a flashlight and unresponsive to outside stimulus. During an investigation of the basement, an officer was attacked and badly mutilated. His statement attracted the interest of foundation agents. During recovery, SCP-280 was temporarily lost due to its ability to teleport when exposed to high levels of light. It was also observed that SCP-280 is frequently discounted as a shadow when seen in the dark, or dismissed as clothing, hair, or another object when accidentally touched in the dark. When tracking a subject, SCP-280 will remain incorporeal until the moment of attack, causing some to walk very close to or through SCP-280. Subjects report a feeling of dread and unease when inside SCP-280. SCP-280 usually does not respond to this, but will sometimes expose its eyes and enter its retreating posture when passed through. No pattern has emerged for this behavior. Addendum, notes following testing. During a series of extensive testing of the effects of various illumination sources on SCP-280's retreat reflex, SCP-280 broke containment. SCP-280 was observed to repeatedly appear and dissipate throughout the illuminated site, progressing through the sub-levels, and eventually appearing in SCP-1591's containment chamber. Upon being exposed to SCP-1591, SCP-280 displayed its eyes, but did not retreat. The entity paused and knelt for several minutes before de-manifestation. SCP-280 reappeared in itself several hours later without incident. Item number, SCP-17. Object Class, Keter. Special Containment Procedures. SCP-17 is contained in an acrylic glass cage 100 cm x 50 cm x 50 cm, centrally suspended in a concrete room measuring 6 m x 6 m x 4 m. Attached to the walls, ceiling, and floor of the room, our high-intensity arc lamp spotlights pointed directly at the acrylic cage to ensure that SCP-17 is constantly exposed to light from every angle. Personnel assigned to the SCP-17 control room are to monitor the functionality of the spotlights and the emergency generator system and call for maintenance immediately upon knowledge of a burnt-out lamp or an issue with the generator. The only circumstance under which personnel are allowed entrances to replace lamps. Personnel entering the room are required to wear the designated full-body reflective suits and must be cautioned not to step in front of functional spotlights. Description, SCP-17 is a humanoid figure approximately 80 cm in height and atomically similar to a small child, but with no discernable identifying features. SCP-17 seems to be composed of a shadowy smoke-like shroud. No attempt to find any object beneath the shroud has been successful, but the possibility has not been ruled out. SCP-17's reaction to shadows cast upon it is immediate and swift. SCP-17 leaps at the object casting the shadow and completely encloses it in its shroud, where upon it returns to its normal size, leaving no trace of the object behind. Item number, SCP-080, Object Class, Euclid, Special Containment Procedures. SCP-080 is to be contained in a 4 meter by 4 meter room with a smaller anti-chamber located on the south wall to provide researchers with access. On the north wall, an observation room is to be connected, overlooking the main room through a window with thick blackout curtains that release only when the door to the observation room is closed. No attempts should be made to remove SCP-080 from this enclosure at any time. No more than one 7 watt incandescent light bulb is to be illuminated in the main room at any time. Absolutely no device is capable of producing light should be brought into the room. Under no circumstances should anything be brought into SCP-080's containment room that has the ability to shroud, conceal, or otherwise hide SCP-080. Failure to adhere to this will result in disciplinary action. Description. It is unknown if SCP-080 has a physical mass or body as all attempts to interact with it physically have failed and have met with adverse effects. Researchers and personnel have described seeing SCP-080 as various shadows and humanoid effigies, with the only common attribute being two smoking eyes. It has come to the attention of researchers that SCP-080 induces uncontrollable drowsiness upon anyone entering its chamber. After approximately 30 minutes, any person observing it will be forced into REM sleep and may suffer irreversible psychological damage. This effect occurs even if SCP-080 is being observed from a separate room. If at any time SCP-080 finds a way to hide itself, such as in a cupboard, under a bed, covered in a sheet, etc., it will disappear entirely. Additionally, if any light enters SCP-080's containment room with a greater luminance than that produced by a standard children's nightlight, SCP-080 will instantly vanish. Both of these events are considered a containment breach and any personnel responsible for this will be severely reprimanded and possibly reassigned. Experiment 080-2-A Date 2000 Subject D-081 Male 19 years old Details Subject entered room containing SCP-080 at 1426 Begin log Doctor D-081 Do you see anything? D-081 No It's pitch black in here. Subject is silent for several minutes D-081 Did you just let something in here? It feels like something's watching me Doctor No D-081 We did not let anything into the room D-081 What the f**k is that? D-081 is seen tripping and falling to the floor Doctor What do you see? D-081 This giant blackness, like someone just standing in the corner Oh god, it's looking right at me Let me out D-081 proceeds to pound on the door leading into the anti-chamber Doctor It's looking at you Please describe its physical appearance D-081 I don't know Oh god, let me out I don't want to be in here D-081 starts whimpering Doctor Tell me what it looks like D-081 Then we can let you out D-081 It, it looks like a figure, hunched in the corner Doctor Is it a human? D-081 It's too big to be human D-081 yawns It's still looking at me, doc Still staring Doctor Move closer to it D-081 proceeds to move to the corner of the room Obviously experiencing difficulty staying on his feet D-081 Its eyes look like vapor, just staring at me Like it wants me to do something D-081 falls to the floor again Doctor D-081, can you hear me? Subject is unresponsive for the next five minutes End log Subject presumably collapsed Subsequently, no remains of D-081 were found And it is assumed SCP-080 consumed D-081 Experiment 080-2-B Date 2000 Subject D-082 Female 30 years old Procedure Subject was sent into room with SCP-080 With intent to physically interact with SCP-080 Details Subject entered room containing SCP-080 at 1735 Under instruction of Doctor Begin log Doctor Tell me what you see D-082 I don't see Jack s*** Why is it so dark in here? After several minutes Holy s*** What is that? It's just standing in the middle of the room Doctor Describe what you see D-082 It's just standing in the middle of the room I can make out two Eyes I guess Doctor Could you please approach it And let us know if anything changes D-082 I feel drowsy Did you slip me something or what? Doctor Reach out and touch it Tell me what you feel D-082 You want me to touch that thing? Doctor Yes Please proceed After a few minutes of argument It is presumed that D-082 proceeds to touch SCP-080 At this time The subject becomes unresponsive End log Subject was found asleep in the corner of SCP-080's containment room Subject appeared to suffer no physical harm during experiment Subject was interviewed after medical staff deemed D-082 to be in good physical health Experiment 080-3-C Date 2000 Subject D-083 Male 24 years old Procedure Subject was sent into room with SCP-080 Having been given a powerful amphetamine Upon entering the room Subject was advised to tell researchers what he saw Subject describes a shadow-like figure in the center of the room Subject was informed to stand still And informed researchers of any changes 10 minutes into the experiment Subject began yawning And became noticeably frightened Subject became uncooperative And attempted to escape the containment room Upon failing to escape Subject announced an intent to harm SCP-080 And presumably attempted to attack it Upon doing so Subject immediately collapsed D-083's body was recovered from SCP-083's containment room soon afterwards Having apparently suffered a major heart attack Upon collecting D-083's body Researchers described an intense feeling of unease A feeling of being watched As well as a more acute awareness of SCP-083's presence in the room Interview log 080-1 Interviewed D-082 Interviewer Dr. W Forward D-082 was interviewed following an inconclusive experiment involving SCP-080 Where the subject was secured in the room of SCP-080 for 37 minutes Begin log Doctor, please describe what you remember from the experiment D-082 Dr. W Later notes that D-082 had a spaced out expression and tone of voice You told me to walk over to it and touch it I didn't want to I didn't Doctor, what happened when you touched it? D-082 When I touched it Have you seen that thing? Touch it I couldn't move It was staring at me And I just couldn't move Doctor, you didn't respond for several minutes What were you doing? D-082 Becoming increasingly agitated It just stared at me I couldn't move I couldn't breathe D-082 starts to hyperventilate Doctor, calm down D-082 Take a deep breath Do you remember falling asleep? D-082 It just stared and stared Not moving, but I felt something I was on the floor and they were all over me They're here D-082 begins to scream And abruptly gets to their feet No, they're trying to take me away Back to that thing I won't go back You can't make me go back in there D-082 lunges that Doctor Is subsequently terminated End log Addendum 080A On 2000 Doctor And his immediate staff have begun complaining of increasingly stressful dreams As he has had the most interaction with SCP-080 thus far It has been theorized that SCP-080 is somehow capable of some type of mimetic effect on nearby personnel Even if not being directly observed Addendum 080B Following Doctor Wheeze's recent suicide All personnel located in SCP-080's sector are to keep dream journals And are to inform sight psychologists if dreams become increasingly violent Or nightmarish in nature Addendum 080C All staff are reminded that the blackout curtains in the observation room will not release if the door is not closed And that exposure time should not exceed 30 minutes for any reason Addendum 080D It has come to the attention of senior research staff that some researchers are unable to see SCP-080 And may be entirely immune to its effects Any personnel that thinks they are incapable of perceiving SCP-080 Please report for mandatory testing Addendum 080E It has been suggested following incident 081 That a Class D personnel be fed to SCP-080 once per month In order to neutralize SCP-080's effect on the mental health of on-site personnel O5 Approved Incident 081 On- A planned observation was conducted by two senior researchers The researchers entered the observation room And the blackout curtains were released Believing the room to be safely shielded from SCP-080's effects As it had in the past The researchers began observing SCP-080 Approximately 40 minutes after observation began Both researchers suddenly fell asleep Upon their retrieval Data expunged It should be noted that following this incident All on-site personnel that had reported suffering nightmares and feelings of unease Had a good night's sleep And were generally in a more pleasant mood the following day Note All personnel are requested to stop referring to SCP-080 as The Boogieman Dr. R- Lesson complete To continue with your orientation training Subscribe to SCP Orientation right now And make sure you don't miss any of our upcoming videos


Hello everyone and welcome back to another tutorial. In this video we're going to be looking at a problem and then trying to or giving you a solution on how you can get around that So the problem is going to be that we've got two sets of data The first one we can see we've got the country city and the units and it might help to explain We're talking about like volume of sales So units is so that the number of items that were sold and then total sales would be obviously what that the Sale of those units generated in obviously monetary value. So obviously if something's worth Simple one down here two units are sold and obviously each unit was worth 10 pounds. Therefore, obviously total sales is going to be 20 pounds So the scenario is we've got this table here and we can see the number of items that were sold So units but we want to see what the total sales were and we then also want to get the average sale So obviously what the average sale is so the total sales divided by the units The problem is that our sales data is in a separate sheet in a separate tab So we need to bring that into that that first sheet so that we can obviously have the total sales then do that division The problem comes because we want to pull this information from sales data into the unit sold But we don't have a unique identifier in order to do our V lookup So unique identifier would be a number or reference that would be unique to each City or site What would allow us to obviously do that comparison to find the values and then return it into that that first sheet so what we're going to have to do is create a custom key that allows us to Initially create our own unique identifier so that we're able to reference That in our in our unit sold So I'll step through and hopefully the the situation will become more clear and hopefully then become more relatable to Situations that you might have had before or you might find yourself in the future and then hopefully this will give you the solution for that What we're first going to do is we want to pull sales data into the unit sold So we first need to enter our key on this here. So I'm just going to enter a New column at the beginning of our data because we're going to be using the V lookup So it needs to be at the front You can obviously put this key anywhere and then use another function like index match do it But to keep it more straightforward. We're going to just be using the V lookup function so in order to create a key we need to Combine some unique characteristics of each of our sites To form this unique key for this example is quite simple there's only each city is only going to appear on here once and For each city you're going to have the country and that city name So we're going to combine these two fields together to give our unique key if you had other Fields in here or you had maybe like the multiple city or the city wasn't here twice because it's got two different Office addresses or whatever it may be then this is where you then obviously need to include additional fields If you've got them available to allow you to create that unique identifier Obviously the one thing you can't do is obviously use the total sales Because if you use the total sales It's not going to be something that we can compare in our other sheet and we'll get get to that in a second But ultimately we need to combine fields to create our key From fields that are going to be present in both data sets is probably a better way to put it What we'll do is do our equal sign and can that make concatenate the two together So do equals and we'll select this the value in column B. I mean, we're doing ampersand Quotation and underscore another quotation and ampersand and then the last piece of the key the city and hit enter And you can see how that key looks You don't really need to worry too much when putting two values together But this is like a general practice I'd use especially if you've got your longer keys it really helps obviously about a To actually about to look at that key and distinguish what location is referring to Rather than just bunging everything together and you've got a long string of words or letters even Once done that we can just copy that down and you can see that everyone has now got a unique identifier So if we were to look at say France We can see that we've got obviously France and all these different sites and you can see we've got each one Refers to it's your own unique location So we can easy now do a V look up on France underscore Nancy and then pull back this total sales of 4 on 4 When we then go to our unit sold We don't need to worry about entering a key here because what we're going to do is embed that key within our V look up But first we'll enter the key. So we're going to firstly we do equals set the country ampersand Cretation underscore quotation ampersand and then collect our city so we can see what our key looks like So now that we've got a key, we just wrap around that the V look up. So we want to V look up Open brackets and the lookup value is obviously this straight this formula if you want to call it out concatenation We was put together of our key We'll do a common just to go into our table array So now we need to go into our sales data and make sure our key is the first Column within that data and we'll just go over these four columns And we want to return the sales that a total sales was available in column 4. So go comma 4 comma and I'm going to do a zero because we want to get an exact match for this Close brackets and enter and you can see that value has pulled through for us because it was able to combine these together To find United States Austin and then let's locate that within the key for now copy that down You can see that for all of our Results it's now found the value what coincides with it great So we've got no errors So that's all work perfectly fine for us And this is where we've been able to use our key and obviously get source our data So this is kind of the main point of the video really if you don't have a unique identifier You can construct your own unique identifier by combining Distinguishing fields from each site together into one string that allows you to look up based on that value And then to the average sales, this is a really easy bit All we now need to do is take doing equals and we'll take our total sales divided by our unit sold Hit enter Let me copy this down and now all we can simply see here is obviously what was the highest average sales? So we can see in Where's a good example? Let's look here. We've got in Charlotte. We can see yes great They had obviously 300 pounds worth of sales But that was just obviously a lot of sales lots of small smells at five pounds or you've got ones This one's done quite well as well. What total sales are 1600 here or the alternative is you've got one here They didn't have many sales so you might say rather than something saying are you've done not done many sales You're not done really good this month, but actually obviously total sales 250 pounds So they were actually focused more on selling maybe the high-ticket items rather than lots of small stuff But that's by the bar and we're going into it to debt in depth now It's just an example to show you how you can put this together and like I say It's just showing you how you can construct your own unique identifier When it's not present in your data, so hope that made sense more importantly and you've had either It's now giving you a solution to a problem You might currently have or if you come across this in the future again You've got something in your pocket you can now refer to So you can solve that potential issue if you haven't already please do subscribe to the channel I've got lots more videos coming out. We do at least once a week But when we can we'll try and get more than one out each week as well If you do have any questions, just drop us a comment below this video And we'll get back to you as soon as possible and lastly if you did enjoy the video Please do give it a like not only does it really help me out and shows me the content that you'd like to see more Of and you find most useful, but of course It's also going to help that YouTube algorithm to make sure that we can get out to more people and help them with these Excel Problems so once again, thank you very much for watching and we shall see you in the next video Before you go, don't forget to check out the other videos on our channel You'll see everything from other functions and formulas through to tips and tricks We've also created some playlist so you can see these categorized together So make sure you check those out and get all those useful information and obviously as always Don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell notification button


Hello, I am Mrs. Geetha Dhundarwal, Assistant Professor of Communication Skills, Department of Humanities and Sciences, Walchand Institute of Technology, Sholapam. In my sessions, I am discussing about word formation mechanism in English grammar. During outcome, at the end of this session, student will be able to understand word formation mechanism effectively. Now, in this session, I will discuss about the next word formation processes and that is clipping and blending. So, it is very necessary to understand the word clipping. So, take a pause and think about this question. So, clipping. Clipping is the fourth type of word formation and clipping is of course, a reductive process that shortens words and thus shortens the effort involved in speech and writing. Clipped words are the words shortened by common use. They are the shortened abbreviation of the word which makes easier them to spell and to write. If we read Shakespeare, we can understand how language has sped up and become much faster and more clipped over the centuries. So, clipping is the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts. It is also known as shortening and the easy example is the word exam which comes from examination. The clipped word shares definition and the context of the original word. Now, let us discuss about the types of clipping. Clipping mainly consists of the following types. The first type is back clipping. The second one is for clipping. The third one is middle clipping and the fourth one is complex clipping. So, these are the four types of clipping. So, the first one back clipping. Back clipping is the most common type in which the beginning is retained. The unclipped origin may be either a simple or a composite word and the examples are add and the original word is advertisement. The second one is doc. The original word is doctor. The next one is fax. The original word is facemile. And gym from gymnastics and fan from fanatic. So, in this type of word the beginning is retained as it is and whatever the remaining word it is deleted. The next type is for clipping. So, for clipping retains the final part of the word and the examples are first one is phone. This word is clipped from telephone. The second one is gator. Gator is a clipped of alligator. The third one is chute. And this word is derived from parachute. So, in all these three words you can see that the first part is deleted and the second part is retained as it is. So, all these are the short forms of all these original words. The third one is middle clipping. In this type of clipping middle of the words retain getting rid of the beginning and the ending parts. So, in this type of words the first and the last part is omitted only the middle part is retained as it is. And the examples are the first one is flu. The original word is influenza. In this word the middle part is only retained. The second example is fridge. So, fridge is a short form of refrigerator. So, in this word also the middle part is retained as it is and the beginning and end is omitted or deleted. The next type is complex clipping. Clipping may occur in compounds. In complex clipping one part of the original compound most often remains intact. Now, see the examples. The first one is cable gram. This word is derived from cable telegram. So, here in this type of words the middle section is deleted and the first and the last part is combined and made a different word. The second example is the word is derived from optical art. The third one is oran and this is the original word that organization man. But sometimes both halves of a compound are clipped and the example is navy shirt. So, navy shirt is a short form of navigation certificate. The next type of word formation process is blending. A blend is a word formed by joining parts of two words after clipping. It is a combination of the two words usually by taking the beginning and the end of the words. So, here are the examples. The first one is smog which comes from smoke and fog. The second example branch which comes from breakfast and lunch. So, this is the combination of these two words. Such clipped words may not retain their original meaning. So, whenever you will see these words that smoke and fog the meaning of these two words is different and whatever the word derived from this one smog it is totally different one. The word camorder combines parts of camera and recorder. The next one is transistor. Transistor is a combination of transfer and register. The next example is webinar. Webinar is a blending of web and seminar. So, word blends can also be created by joining a full word with a portion of another word that is called a splinter and the example is motor cad. It combines from motor and cavalcade or cavalcade. Word blends can also be formed by overlapping or combining phonemes which are parts of two words that sound alike. The result of an overlapping word blend is spanglish which is an informal mixture of spoken English and Spanish. Here are some examples of blends and their roots. So see the difference between clipping and blending. Clipping is defined as the shortening of a single word whereas the shortening and subsequent combining of two words result in a blend. The element of reduction which is noticeable in blending and is even more apparent in the process describes as clipping. This occurs when a word of more than syllable is reduced to a shorter form and often in a casual speech. So there are many ways to create new words. If we take a look around we will see a mass of new words surrounding us. This is a reference I have used to make my PPT. Go through this reference. Thank you and have a nice learning.


Now, Auto-Lite and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present... Suspense! Tonight, Auto-Lite brings you Van Heflin in Cornell Woolwich's famous... Three O'Clock. A suspense play, produced and directed by Anton M. Lieder. Vans, get in step. Give your car a rep for pep. Replace those narrow-gap spark plugs with wide-gap Auto-Lite resistor spark plugs. Your car will idle smoother, smooth as silk and satin. Give you tip-top power and performance on leaner gas mixtures. Actually save gas dollars. That's right, actually save gas dollars. Auto-Lite regular type spark plugs have long been standard factory equipment... on many leading makes of cars and trucks. And now, six, that's right, six of these leading makers of cars and trucks... have switched to Auto-Lite resistor type spark plugs... for factory installation on their new 1949 models. The new Auto-Lite resistor spark plugs are the spark plugs of today and the future. Remember, you're right with Auto-Lite. And now, Auto-Lite presents Van Heflin in a tale well-calculated to keep you in. Suspense! Francie signed her own death warrant. She signed her own death warrant, didn't she?   Well, now at the last second, what are you waiting for? You've got everything down here you need to do the job. That box near the wall filled with explosive, two copper wires already kept. This alarm clock, what's holding you back? Memories of your honeymoon? She's too timing you with another man. Wait that in your hand! All right then, get to work. First set the alarm. She gets back from shopping around 2.30. You better set it for three o'clock. Good. Now then, wind it up. Now then put the cap into the wires into the little holes you drilled in the box. Oh no, no, no, wait. That explosive's kind of tricky, temperamental. Don't touch that box any more than you have to. First, attach the wire to the alarm clock. I wonder why more people haven't thought of this. Probably wouldn't know how to go about it if they did. There. Now the cap into the wires into the box. Careful, careful. There it is. Check it over now, you don't want any slip-ups. Three o'clock, the alarm goes off. It sets up a spark. The spark runs along the wires to the detonators in the box. And that's all there is to it. Don't just stand here. Get back downtown to the shop. What are you doing in my house? Hey Duke, somebody is home. Got a hold of my couple of seconds. I shouldn't have stood in here. Must have been down the cellar all the time we was here. You said you'd case this place for three days. Give me some time up and let's go. No, no, no, don't tie me up, don't tie us. Slug him again, again. Okay. Cut the cellar down there. See if there's any rope around. Coil a rope on the shelf down here, I'll get it. No, no, we'll carry him down, tie him up there. No, don't tie me up, this house is...  See if he has a handkerchief. Roll it up in a ball. Listen to me, this house is... I'm shoving this man, shoving in. Take off his belt and buckle it between his teeth, Phil. Fast. What's he putting up such a fight about? This place is a lemon, nothing in it. Take his legs, okay. I did my last stretch just on account of leaving a guy in the open where he could put a squad car in my tail too quick. Okay, it's up to me here. Now give me that rope, I'll hold him. What's he putting up such a fight about?  Just leave you here in the cellar. He still ain't convinced. I can't figure him. Okay, that does it. Turn to this pipe. Otherwise somebody's liable to come home right after we leave and hear him thrashing around. These houses are like matchboxes. Look at what he's trying to say. Don't leave me tied up down here. I won't call the cops, I swear.  Explode, this house is gonna explode. Oh, cares what he's trying to say. Let's go. We'll pull another job tonight. This time I'll do the picking. I could set up, stand and weigh off like it is. Hey, mister, will you relax? You'll never get out of them nuts. What's he so bug-eyed about? What is it, mister? This alarm clock over here? What do you care what time it is? You ain't going any place. Hey, should we take the clock, Duke? Nah, couldn't raise our buffalo, Nikolana. Order the two. Let's go, we got work to do. Right. Come back. Don't leave me here. This house explodes at three o'clock. Listen to me, it blows up in an hour and a quarter.  Gone. They're gone. The only people in the world who know where I am. Got to get out! For Suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Van Heflin. In radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. Can you help me with my income tax? Why, I'm just the guy. Here, just fill in form W1066, IOU, RSVP, your telephone number and ALRSP. ALRSP? Auto Light Resistor Spark Plug? Why, Harlow, why they ought to jail you for this? After all, I... Hey, do you and your income tax reports want to look good? Well... Then save, half my boy. Save gas, for instance. Replace your old narrow-gap spark plugs with wide-gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs. They make your car idle smoother, give you better performance on leaner gas mixtures. Actually, save gas dollars. Harlow, with me all tied up in taxes in internal revenue... For internal revenue, for your engine, switch to wide-gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs. They're ignition engineered by Auto Light to meet the highest standards of automotive engineers to give you smoother idling, more mileage for your dollar. I'm worried. You don't have to worry, Harlow. Why, with wide-gap Auto Light Resistor spark plugs, you even cut down spark plug interference with radio and television reception. Remember, you're always right with Auto Light. And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Van Heflin as Paul in 3 o'clock. A tale well-calculated to keep you in... Suspense!  Nobody knows I'm here. 56, 57, 58, 59, 12 minutes to two. It goes so fast that second hand goes so fast. 5, 6, 7, less than 72 minutes. Help me. Somebody help me. Help me. Help me! 11 minutes to two. Only 71 minutes. Not even that now. 3, 4, 5, 6. Francie, Francie, come home and get me out of this. I love you. I can't help being jealous. Can I?  It's because I love you so much. But you deserve it.  Can't you imagine how I felt that day last month when I came home? You're home so early. Are you sick? Another one of your headaches? No, I feel fine, honest. Why are you home so early? Well, I don't know. I just got lonely for you and I said to myself, you're the boss, old boy. It's your watch repair shop. Now, if you want to close ahead of time, who's to say no? Come on, hold still for a second. Your lipstick is smeary. It is? Well, I was lying down. I guess I... Well, it's all right. Now come on, pucker up. You smeared again. I'll fix it. As long as you're home early, why don't you rest a while? The morning paper's still in the den. I guess so. I had a heavy lunch, pot roast and potatoes and apple pie and... What'd you do today, Annie? I sat down on the couch and there it was in the ashtray on the end table. A cigar butt, still moist on one end, still warm on the other. Any visitors today? What'd you say? I said any visitors today. No. None. Not even a peddler.  You lied to me that time. 42, 43, 44, 45. No clock has ever gone this fast. Of all the thousands I've looked at and sat right in my shop, not one has ever gone so fast.  Three minutes to two. That's cheating me. It's not keeping the right time. That second hand's whirling like a pinwheel. Make it stop somebody. When the clock says three, the house explodes. Make it... Oh, somebody's at the door. Come in, please. Please, please, come in and find me. Let me out of here. Please, please, please. Cash, come in. The one call in all the day's routine from the earliest morning to the latest night that can possibly bring anyone down here to the cellar. I am. I am. I'm down here. Don't wait for somebody to answer the door. It's not locked. Come in, come in. Please, please. He's gone. He's gone. No, no, no, no, no. He's coming around to the back. Yes, yes. But I am home. I am. I'm right down here. I can see your legs through the window. All you have to do is to bend down and look in and you'd see me. No, no, no, no. Don't go away. Stay.  So help me.  No, no, no. No, no, I didn't mean that. Please stay. Please stay. Look at the time. One minute past two. Fifty-nine minutes left. Not even an hour now. Fifty-nine minutes less. Eight, nine, ten, eleven. How long the fifty-nine minutes seems when you're waiting for someone. Like the night that I waited for Franca to come home from a movie. And she was late. The night Franca was late coming home from a movie. Yes, in a pig's eye she was at a movie. She was with her boyfriend. Well, sure, I was worried. What did you think? You said you'd be home before eleven and here it is almost midnight. I was about to call the hospitals and the police. Oh, Paula, I'm sorry. Really, I am. All those short subjects and then the bus was late. I'm sorry you were worried. Forget about it. How was the movie? It was all right. Nice western. Oh, western? I thought you were going to see three musketeers. I was, but I changed my mind. I saw Red River instead. I didn't know that was playing in the neighborhood. I went downtown. I thought as long as I'm out of the house I might as well do a little shopping. Well, these stores were open tonight? No. Did I say shopping? I meant window shopping. Oh. What was the movie about? You know, western. A lot of shooting and riding. All right. How was Gary Cooper's performance? Oh, good. I've always liked him. No, I didn't mean Cooper. Cooper's not in. I meant John Wayne. Oh, was that John Wayne? You know, they all look alike to me. Those big hats. That was the night that she signed her own death warrant.  And it wasn't a delivery truck either because the drippings showed that it stood there a long time and hour more, and like the time last week when... the time, 12 minutes after 2, no. Oh, no, that can't be. It was just 2 o'clock. It can't be that late already. 12 minutes past 2, only 48 minutes less than 48 minutes. It's 47, 56, 55, 54. Look at that second hand. Fancy, fancy, fancy, fancy. She's in the kitchen. She's putting down her parcels. How can I make her hear me? There must be some way. And now she's at the hall closet and he must be hanging up her coat. Oh, Fancy, thank you so much for coming home early. I love you so, and I need you. How could I have thought of hurting you? I must have been crazy, but I'm not now. Back to the kitchen. Why doesn't she come down here to look for something?  She might stay up there till it's time to get supper ready. What she does is no supper, no francy. No me. Fancy, Fancy, come down here. I know that you can't hear me, but come down here, please, please, come down here. She knows we've been robbed. I should get the police now and they'll search the whole place and they'll look down here. No, no, no, I won't, I won't honest. You're not kidding. Can't you guess there's something wrong if I'm not in the shop? Sure, come on. If I go, both of you go with me. What time is it? Oh, no, no, it can't be 19 past two. Only 41 minutes left. 33, 34, 35, 36. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Oh, there, I go there. Stop it, stop it, didn't think. Think fast.  Hi, Farley. Hello. No kiss? No, sure, honey. Oh, what's the matter? Hard day? So hard you can't even force a smile?   Come on, smile, smile. Stop tickling, wait, wait. Cut it out. What's this in your pocket? Friends, don't. A present for me? I said don't. Oh, right. You don't have to grab. What is it? Well, it's, it's fertiliser, that's what it is. Fertiliser? Yeah, a sample package. I figured maybe we'd start a little garden in the back, a few flowers maybe. Well, that's a nice idea. That's just what I'll do. Yeah, well, I'll keep it down in the cellar. The fella gave it to me, said that it should be kept in a cool dry place. I'll buy the seed just as soon as you make up your mind what you want. Fertiliser. She never even suspected that it was an explosive. I brought other things home last week too. Every day something else. Some more sample packages of fertiliser, which I carefully packed into a soapbox that I had in the cellar. I had to clean copper wire and dry cell batteries in this clock. And she never suspected the thing. She was so flustered trying to cover up the fact that she had a caller that I could have brought in a grandfather's clock into my arm, she probably wouldn't even have noticed it. Oh, but, Francie, that doesn't matter now. If you, if you just come on downstairs. He's here. Her boyfriend's here. Dude, just, just sit there, don't they, they know that it's 28 minutes to three. Only minutes left now, minutes not even a full half or anymore. Don't blame ourselves and tell him about you and then wait till he finds out. He's loving to think something else entirely. What's she talking about? I know he didn't believe me that night when I helped you find the funny straw and told him I'd been to a movie. I'm, I'm so nervous and upset all the time. I feel as guilty as if I were one of those disloyal whys of something. Oh, didn't you ever tell him about me at all? I told him you'd been in one or two little scrapes, but I didn't think I'd lost track of you and I didn't know where you were anymore. Well, that was her brother. She, she said that about her brother. Oh, Francie, Francie, I didn't know. Why, why didn't you tell me it was your brother? Why didn't you tell me? No, no, no, stay here. Don't, don't go downtown. Stay here. You shouldn't be seen as staying. Yes, yes, yes, stay here with me. Please stay. I'm gonna do this pipe. This pipe leads upstairs. Hit it with something. With what though? What? My head. Yes, you did. You did. It's me. It's me. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. No. Francie. Francie. Only 22 minutes left. Mama. Mama, mama, mama. It's gained another minute. Help me, mama. Help me, mama. Help me, mama. What? Oh, that's a kid bouncing his ball against the house. Yeah, it's a little kid. Bobby, come away from that. Oh, no, no, no. Let him stay. Stay there, Bobby. Don't move. Did you hear what I said, Bobby? Bobby, just turn your head this way and you'll see me. A little more, Bobby. That's it. He's looking right at me, but he doesn't see me. Don't you see me turning my head from side to side, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. He sees me. Because he understands what he sees. Oh, if, if he were only just a few years older, a child of seven or eight could understand. Bobby. Stay where you are, Bobby. Make her come to you. No, no, no. How much time is left? 10 minutes. Well, someone could come down here now, or even six minutes from now or seven, and I could still escape. 42, 43, 44. The clocks, the clocks are getting to look like people like Mama. Oh, my head hurts, Mama. I'm sorry for what I've done. Paul, sorry. He won't do it again, honest. Just let him go this time and not punish him. He's, he's learned his lesson. He'll never do it again. Poor Paul. Poor Paul. Oh, that, that must be Francie. It must have found the shop clothes. Trying to find out if I came back here while she was gone. Wouldn't no one answer? Would that tell her that something's wrong? Why, did she think I'm stretched out down here and seller if I don't answer the phone? Bye-bye, Francie. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Seven minutes to three. In seven minutes, the alarm goes off. Seven minutes to three. The alarm rings for me. That's a poem, Francie. It's a funny poem. Seven. Please let time stand still. Seven, not six. What a precious number. Six, so round, so comfortable. Let it be six forever, not five or four, but six for all eternity. Let time stand still at six. That's five, five, five, five. Four, bye-bye, five. All it says, bye-bye, five. Good morning, Paulie dear. Good morning. Wake up, sleepyhead. Wake up. Do you know what time it is? No. What time is it?  All right. It's exactly one minute to three. One minute to three. All right. I was dreaming. One minute to three, not even a minute. Barely 50 seconds. 50 seconds to go. 50 seconds to live. Help me, Mama. Help me, Francie. All it needs help. He dies in 40 seconds. 39, 38, 37. He's not a bad little boy. He always means well that we're helping.  Mama, where are you? Quick, I haven't got much time. I have 40 seconds. 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. And the duck's working on him. In the meantime, just a couple more questions. All right. All right. You say when you came in, he was all tied up and this alarm clock here was ringing. Yes. Yeah, duck. I'm sorry. That'll look just one more time in this box. There was some wires going to it from that clock and I pulled them out. You know it was in it. This box? Yeah. Nothing. It used to have some fertilizer in it, but I took it out this morning and used it. I've been trying to raise flowers in the back of the house. Oh, I love flowers. Thank you, Van Heflin, for a splendid performance. I don't know about my income tax report. Oh, forget it. Happen. Be happy. Ask for those mighty marvels, those gas and money savers, those ignition engineered auto light resistor spark plugs. They're made by the auto light men who make over 400 products for cars, trucks, airplanes, and boats in 28 auto light plants from coast to coast. Auto light also makes complete electrical systems for many makes of America's finest cars. Batteries, spark plugs, generators, starting motors, coils, distributors. All ignition engineered to fit together perfectly, work together perfectly because they're a perfect team. So folks, don't accept electrical parts that are supposed to be as good. Ask for and insist on auto light original factory parts at your neighborhood service station, car dealer, garage, or repair shop. Remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto light. And now here again is Van Heflin. First, I'd like to say that it's always great fun and a lot of work to appear on suspense. And second, come on out here, Tony. That's right, come on out. Ladies and gentlemen, Radio Mirror Magazine has asked me to call Tony Lieder, the producer director of suspense, down out of his glass cage up there for a very special reason. What's it all about, Van? Tony, I'd like you to meet Miss Ann Daggett, Western editor of Radio Mirror Magazine. How do you do? How do you do, Mr. Lieder? As a suspense fan of long standing, I'm very happy to have the privilege of presenting to you this scroll. It is in recognition of the fact that suspense has been chosen, Radio's Outstanding Mystery Show, by Radio Mirror Magazine, which will be on the newsstands tomorrow. That's wonderful. And on behalf of our writers and actors and musicians, like Gleskin in particular, technicians without whom suspense couldn't even begin to suspend you, I want to say thank you very much. My congratulations to Tony. And I'll be tuned in next week to hear Gregory Peck in Murder Through the Looking Glass, another gripping study in... Suspense! Van Heflin appeared by arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers of the Technicolor Picture Little Women, starring June Allison, Peter Loughard, Margaret O'Brien and Elizabeth Taylor. Tonight's suspense play was written by Cornel Woolrich and adapted by Walter Newman. Music was composed by Lucien Moraweck and conducted by Lud Bluskin. The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Lieder. Remember next Thursday here, Gregory Peck in Murder Through the Looking Glass. You can buy auto-light electrical parts, auto-light resistor spark plugs, auto-light stapled batteries at your neighborhood auto-light dealer. Switch to auto-light. Good night. Here's great news. Suspense on television may be seen in many parts of the country every Tuesday night. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.


Good morning, Hank, it's Tuesday, so textbooks are expensive. In fact, since I was born, average textbook prices have gone up by a factor of more than 8, far faster than inflation or housing prices or even medical care. Americans spent over $10 billion last year on textbooks, which is significantly more than we spent on all fiction, like every print book and e-book and audiobook of Harry Potter and The Great Gatsby and Good Night Moon and those thrillers your dad reads and, oh my god, we spend so much money on textbooks. And what makes all this a little weird is that while textbooks are much more expensive than they used to be, they are also, like, less important. When I was a kid, if I wanted to learn about, say, geometry, textbooks were basically the only way. But now there are lots of options. There's Mathagon, an extraordinarily intuitive series of online courses that has interactive elements to help you understand and confirm what you're learning. Or you can watch three blue-one-brown videos that help visualize complicated mathematical concepts. Or you can follow Khan Academy's series on geometry, and all these learning tools and many others are entirely free. Now in many cases, they are not as comprehensive as textbooks, but on the other hand, they are much more interactive and also able to adapt to different needs for different students. And just to reiterate, instead of costing $10 billion per year, much of which is paid by underfunded public school systems, they cost nothing. Okay, so every year, Bill and Melinda Gates release an annual letter, and this year's letter is about surprises they've learned, from the ways that data can be sexist to how slow innovation in toilet technology has harmed human health. And they also say that textbooks are becoming obsolete. If you're interested in this kind of stuff, you should read the entire letter, link in the doobly-doo below. But in it, Melinda points out that almost half of college students are over the age of 25, and more than half have a job. And she writes that these students often don't have the time or resources to effectively navigate an inefficient, inflexible learning environment. I am definitely not an expert in this, but anecdotally, I do hear that from a lot of students. Like, price of educational materials is one barrier to post-secondary education, but the way those materials work or don't work is another barrier. And then for middle school and high school students, I often hear that there is a huge divide between the way that students actually learn and the way that teachers often want to teach, and the textbooks and other educational materials they are required to use. Most textbook buying decisions are not made by students or teachers or even school administrators. They are made at the district or state level. Now, of course, this standardization does exist for a reason. It's an attempt to make sure that teachers are using comprehensive and reliable resources to teach kids what they need to know. Also, I think people in so-called edu-tech have spent way too much time trying to replace teachers, which just ain't gonna work, in my opinion. There is no way to replace the incredibly vital person-to-person work that teachers do. As Bill says in the letter, effective educational materials should seek to be a compliment to what teachers do, not a replacement. So are textbooks becoming obsolete? Maybe, but I worry that like other things in our economy that are growing more expensive, textbooks are somewhat impervious to the law of supply and demand. Like the actual consumers, students, and sometimes teachers often don't have a lot of choice when it comes to textbooks, which I think limits innovation and also makes them artificially expensive. The truth is, I have no idea how this will shake out. I'm terrible at predicting the future, but I will say this. I got a C- in 10th grade geometry, which, if anything, was generous, and I've always been really embarrassed about not understanding even the basics of high school math. I had good teachers, but they had a lot of students, and I just couldn't get it from the textbook. But then, at the age of 41, I worked my way through math-a-guns geometry courses with some help from a real-life math teacher, and while I was learning, I kept being like, oh, wow, cool! Now I understand how tessellations work, and that makes me optimistic in spite of it all. Hank, I'll see you on Friday.


I just want to read the two verses before we start. One is from Proverbs 22 and verse 1 and it says, A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor than silver and gold. A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches and loving favor than silver or gold. So it talks about a good name meaning a good testimony or a good reputation and that's far more valuable than great riches, than material riches and so on. And then we see something in the book of Revelation, Revelation chapter 3 where this is to the church in Sardis, the message which goes out. This is verse 1. These things says, He who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars, I know your works that you have a name that you are alive but you are dead. So it's talking about a name, both these verses talk about a name, a testimony and a reputation and definitely it is something that is valuable as we see in Proverbs that it's something that's required especially as a follower of Christ, something that we need. But it's here Revelation 3 and verse 1 talks about a true evaluation or a true reputation. Like one can have a reputation and a name. What is a reputation? It's something that someone thinks of us. It could be honor, it could be something, a popularity, fame, whatever, something that and understanding that someone else has about you. That is a reputation. He has a reputation for being kind. One has a reputation for being angry or it could be anything, any attribute. So they have a reputation which means something that these people, one lives consistently or displays consistently. So they have a reputation. Now here in this verse, we have, God is saying you have a reputation. So maybe a good name, maybe that this is great, this is fantastic, whatever. It's talking about collectively a group of people. You have a reputation. What is a reputation? That you are, that you are alive. You have a reputation. People are watching and saying, wow, this is fantastic. This is awesome. But you are dead. So the true reputation is always something that comes from God. A true evaluation, true assessment of our condition, of our state is something that comes from God and that is something that is to be chosen. That is something that we need to pursue. That is to be esteemed above everything else. So as we pray, we just pray a lot. I just want to have a correct evaluation, a correct assessment of myself, not based on who people say I am, who people think I am, or sometimes we can just be swayed by that, but Lord, what you say or who you say that we are, that is a true assessment of ourselves. So let's pray.  Lord, we thank you that grace and truth come together. Lord, in who you are and what you speak. And Lord, this morning I pray that you will pronounce over us grace and truth, Father God. A true evaluation, a true assessment Lord of who we are. Lord, our reputation could be so different based on people's assessments, but Lord, you know us. And Lord, I pray that let grace and mercy, grace and truth, Lord, be extended today, will be poured out on each one of us today, Father God. And even as you Lord see us, even as you speak, Lord and declare and pronounce who we are, God, we know that it is a redemptive thing, God. When you say that we are not measuring up, we know it is redemptive. It's not to break us, Lord. And when we say the good and faithful, Lord, we know it is so that we can go further, God. So I pray that let your pronouncement of grace and mercy, Lord, be upon us today, Father God. Spirit of God, speak to us in the inner man. Write your word upon our hearts. We thank you. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. I'm just going to share the notes. And so Christian leadership, where did we stop last time? I think we stopped at transition, like during that challenging, oh, we finished that. Okay. We were looking at efficiency, efficiency and productivity. So some of the practical things, right? How can I be even more productive? And the whole thing, premise for that is what we see in John 15, where the Lord is looking for fruit. The Lord is looking for productivity, right? That our lives will be fruitful, productive. Okay. And that we will be efficient in whatever we do. Okay. So we looked at that time box and, you know, that 18 minute to-do list, Peter Bregman, the template is also there on this, you know, in the course material resource material section. So you can check that out. E-learning students, it'll be uploaded. It's not yet uploaded. It'll be uploaded when you watch this video, right? Okay. Okay. So, continuing with some of the practical things said, you know, the fourth one that we see is that do the most important work during the best working hours. Now, the most important work is something that we assign importance or prioritize, right? It is something that is critical. Okay. Now, it need not be always urgent. Okay. Sometimes we think, okay, urgent work is the most important work, right? It need not be, right? The most important work is something that is critical and not doing it will have bad consequences. Okay. So do the most important work. The most important work need not be something that you greatly enjoy, you know, in every, in every, even in ministry, we have certain things that we need to do. Maybe it's communication, maybe it's report, maybe it's, you know, that's not as exciting, right? Exciting things could be okay, you know, sharing the word, administering and leading worship and all that. But we have other things which need to be done, the administrative side of it, organizational side of it, which may or may not be exciting to you, right? But it's important and leading that undone will have consequences, bad consequences, right? So do it during the best working hour. What is the best working hour when we are alert, when we have energy, right? When we are mind is sharp. So do it when our, when our, you know, decision making is clear. Do it during the best working hours. Okay. Then important work, challenging work, both putting it together. The sixth one is you do what you do best. Okay. So which means that, you know, not everybody is skilled at everything. Yes or no? Yeah. So we have certain skills, we have certain strengths. And when we look around, maybe we look at the team and we see that others have some other things that they are, you know, they are skilled with, they are gifted with. So whatever things that you need to do, that only you can do, right? In church, in ministry, right? In the team, you do it, right? You don't compromise on that, right? That's the thing that you're skilled for, gifted for your call to, and that's your primary role and responsibility. Do it, right? But what are the other things that you can delegate to others? What does delegate mean? Sorry? Assign, hand over, right, those tasks, which others can do it with others cast skill, right? So it'll be an opportunity for them. And so you can actually delegate that, right? So now the challenge is, okay, when we know that, okay, this is not my strength at all, it's easy to delegate, saying, please, you know, do this, get this done. But when you, let's say you are skilled in multiple things, and that's when the tendency is to, okay, let me try and do it all, right? I'll do this, I'll do that also. I mean, now we realize that we have only so much time, and only so much we can actually put our full efforts into, right, within that time. So we need to decide, okay, what is it that I can delegate, hand over, okay? Rest and refresh, exercise, for personal, you know, and that's the next one, personal strength, but for increased efficiency, rest and refreshing is always required. We cannot function like a machine, right? We, our mind needs rest, our body needs rest, and we can be refreshed when we refreshed, when we are refreshed, we can actually look at the challenges or problems that need to be solved. We can look at it with renewed strength, and we look at it in a fresh manner. You know, sometimes you just say, okay, I'll, I'll decide in the morning, right? Just need to rest, let me not think about it or try and solve it now, because the body needs rest, the mind is rest, and that's the perfect time to make mistakes, right? So we can rest and then be refreshed and do it, right? Exercise in order to increase efficiency, exercise goes physically, increase our strength, and it affects us. We are interconnected, spirit, soul and body, right? So when we are physically at a good place, it affects us emotionally and spiritually as well, okay? Right? Okay, maintaining personal strength physically, spiritually, it's important for us to stay renewed. It's our responsibility, nobody will do it for us, okay? So we might have bigger challenges, bigger tasks, etc., but we need to make sure that we are renewed spiritually, okay? And renewal happens in the presence of God, Isaiah 40 talks about that. Isaiah 30, also 15, in returning and rest, you shall be saved in quietness and confidence, shall be your strength, okay? So, you know, just like this morning, during the mentoring hour, what we looked at, you know, we need to renew ourselves and do that first thing, what really matters in order to, you know, that's the main thing, right? We can, because in the business of it, we can actually get into the details of the task, details of the work and lose sight of why we are doing, who we are doing it for, right? And we need to be spiritually renewed to keep that going, okay? Keep learning, keep growing, you know, listen to sermons, read books, okay? So that's another thing, you know, when we are in a student mode or student kind of a season, it's easier to do this. But when we are in a ministry or a working professional kind of a season role, then again, we need to, you know, intentionally do this, okay? To keep learning and keep growing, no matter what season of life, you know, we are in, to be curious, to be interested, to learn, okay? Because when we stop learning, when we stop reading, you know, then we stop growing, right? So that's the thing, if you look at children, children are very interested, right? Very curious.  Why is this, you know, to all the grown-ups around, you know, why is this? But then over a period of time, we just stopped, right?  You know, what will they think of me if I ask this question? And we stop, of course, we don't have to necessarily ask people, but we can actually find out, check, right? Yeah. And find out on the online, you know, what is it? We can always do that, right? So there's so much we can learn and we can grow, okay? Again, just to repeat, take time to exercise, rest. Be thankful for everything that the Lord has done. You know, it's when we, especially when we look at, okay, the bigness of the vision, okay, the size of the goal or the extent to which we need to actually reach in order to achieve the goal, we can actually be very dissatisfied sometimes. You know, we go back home thinking, okay, I have 101 things to do, more to do, and I've only done so much, right? And been a very, in a place of dissatisfaction, but look at the Lord has done. How far the Lord has brought you, brought maybe the team, the ministry, and be thankful for it, right? And keep the vision refreshed, you know, like we said, the vision, when we talk about vision, vision has this, you know, we are human and we have this capacity to forget, we have the capacity to be distracted, right?  So that's about about keeping ourselves fresh, keeping our strength renewed. So, you know, about the transition, you know, now at some time, at some point, we need to pass on, pass on the baton, you know, baton is something that we, if you see a relay race, you know, that's colorful thing which they use, that's the baton. So it's passed on. So here it talks about responsibility, it talks about maybe the role, right? So this is a quote from pastor that we had Pastor Ashish heard many years ago, it says your success and ministry is incomplete if you do not raise successors. Also, the day you begin is the day you should start planning your departure, okay? So which talks about raising leaders and whatever God has written you, okay? Like, and this is true of each and every individual, a lot teaches, a lot reveals, a lot anoints, a lot, you know, puts in our spirit, like one of the things and it's not just for our own consumption or for us to walk in, but it's also to be passed on, right? It could be for family members, it could be for, you know, the team, right? But it needs to be passed on. Otherwise, it will stay locked in and it will, once you're gone, you know, it'll just go with you, right? So and the Lord's thing is that he wants to pass on to others. We see that over and over again, right? Like Psalm 71 verse 17, the Psalmist says, Lord, you've taught me from my youth and to this day I declare your wonders works, right? He's a, you know, he says I'm old, I'm gray-headed, you know, don't forsake me until I declare your strength to this generation, okay? So to this generation, the present generation, and he says your power to everyone who is to come, you know, the next generation also, right? So which means that, you know, that we can intentionally, you know, raise up leaders, raise our paths on what we have received to the next generation and to another generation, right? Whatever God has put in our hearts and maybe God, you know, puts us in positions of leadership and ministry, what we have received to pass on that. To Timothy Paul says, you, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. Second Timothy two, verses one and two. And the things which you have heard from me, okay? It's Timothy Paul is again a previous generation, right? Heard from me among many witnesses, commit these two faithful men who will be able to teach us also. So this thing of passing on is there throughout, right? Okay, sorry. Yeah, okay. And at the right time, you know, if you raise up leaders, you, we can actually step aside and not disconnect, but step aside so that they can do the work and we can provide insight and provide direction and so on. Okay. Okay, so lastly, you know, in this section, one thing that we can do is have a plan for our lives. Okay, so then say, okay, I'm still waiting on God and God has to reveal, God has to show me. He has to, you know, provide the details, etc. But we can actually sit with God and actually plan through. Okay. Like we said, planning is not unscriptural. Planning is good.  What about the plan for our lives or what about a life plan? Okay. Okay, maybe right now, you're in a certain, you know, season, meaning as a student, okay, I'm in as a student and in a season of life. And this is my age range or this is the age that I'm in. Okay, so what is the plan for, you know, the next five years, the next 10 years, the next 15 years, the next 20 years, you know, is it okay to think like that or not okay, do you think? Is it okay to think? Yeah. Okay.  And we're doing things presumptuously. But I'm just looking at that verse. Yeah, verse 13, chapter 4, come now, you who say, today or tomorrow, we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy, sell, and make a profit. And whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow, what is your life? Is it not even a vapor? Which appears for a little time and then vanishes away. So then we read that and say, okay, no, no planning. No planning. I just look for the day one day at a time, you know, that famous song, one day at a time, Lord Jesus. Verse 15, it says, instead, you ought to say, if the Lord wills, we shall live and do this. Okay, so the thing is that verse 16 is the thing that he's saying we should not do. He's not against planning or, you know, we should plan with God, we should plan, you know, get his ideas, get his dreams for us. Definitely, that's the scriptural way to go about. Verse 16 says, looking at James 4 verse 16, now you boast in your arrogance and all such boasting is evil. So definitely, no, we're not boasting when we say, okay, five years from now, this is what I'd like to do, this is what I want to do. So boasting in arrogance is something that we want to definitely want to get into. But in humility, considering God, leaning on God, leaning on his wisdom and planning out, right, it's definitely something that is something that we can do. Okay, yeah. I think the, okay, Anand's question is, okay, or rather not question, this remark is that we can't do it for our own whole life, right? Okay, so the thing is this, you know, we can have an outline, we can have a plan. And, you know, for some people, God works things in, let's say, certain chunks of time, like maybe every, sorry, no, no, in the sense that God, you know, takes us through seasons. And maybe there are some big changes which happen every, maybe every six years or every four years, every five years, whatever, you know, some changes. So we can plan accordingly. Okay, let's say you've spent about three years here. And, you know, what does the, what does the next three years look like? Yeah. So the thing is, so the thing is to have a, okay, you have some dreams, you have some desires, right? Oh, okay, God, I think I want to do this, you know, maybe focus on work, ministry, whatever it is.  Or, you know, I need to learn, I need to study more, whatever it is. But the thing is to actually sit and write it down, pray about it, write it down. Okay, next four years, this is what I'd like to do. Next, the, the years after that, this is what I'd like to do. And we can, we can actually do it. You know, we can write down till, I don't know, you know, you just keep going, right? And the thing is that God will give you the insight, God will give us the input to fill in the details.  And the good thing about making an outline is like that, or a plan, plan like that is that, you know, in that season, you can actually intentionally step into focus on certain things.  So what, what happened?  This is what I'm going to do. But what if we are saying, okay, I'm not sure I'm getting into this, I'm not sure whether I should be doing this or that, you know, during this three, four years, then we're not able to actually intentionally put our efforts, right? Am I in the right place?  Am I doing the right thing? You know, all my friends are doing something else. They are, you know, maybe doing MS and whatnot. You know, am I in the right place? You know, and if I lose this period of time, all these questions, right? But then God reassures, God reaffirms. And then we go on, right? So it's good to, you know, plan out. And some suggestions are that we can actually do it for decades, you know, 10 years, and so on, or a shorter frame of time, right? But it's good to do that. Okay, so why don't we take five minutes? Yeah, okay, question. Change it. Yeah, so yeah, make it happen. Or also, you know, not change it, rearrange it. So it's not a water type thing. Exactly, exactly. Yeah, give me a, yeah, you give me the desire, give me the desire to, you know, confirm it, give me the desire, give me the, and God does that, right? And the Lord, he's the one who, you know, puts those seeds in our hearts, you know, if you can, if you can think of, you know, those desires, those things that, that keep growing, like a plant, you know, God put those seeds in our heart, at maybe an early age or maybe a few years ago, and those things keep growing, right? Let me just share a sample, okay, of what we can look at. Okay, this is something that we studied on a Sunday morning in church. But I don't know if you guys were also there, our students are also there. Okay, so I'll upload this also for us. Okay, so purpose, stages, plans, pursuits, okay, four things. What is the purpose? Okay, so we write it, it's going to take some time, right? Stage, plan and pursuit, okay, the columns are stage. What stage of life am I in? Okay, let's say if it's, it's age where it's 20s to 30s or even beyond that, okay, I'm growing, okay, I'm establishing something, making firm something, okay, this is just an example, just an outline, a suggestion, right, then plan, you know, grow into the next level in all these, in all these areas. What are those areas that you want to step up to the next level? What is that we want to establish? Pursuits, okay, we can break it down, spiritual life, personal life, family, children, you know, if you're married and finances, profession, ministry, if it's applicable, okay, so we can break it down and say, and we can actually write down, okay. Maybe a good thing is to, you know, start by planning for the year, right, or maybe plan for the next year now, now that we are already into the year, I mean, we can plan for the remainder of the year or, you know, plan for the next year and say, okay, God, this is something that I want to see, okay.  We've been learning that and that's what we do, right, braining our spirit, I think that whole thing of the human spirit is to train our spirit to receive from God, right, to be sensitive, okay, so, so we do that, you know, leaning into God, seeking him, pursuing him and saying, God, what are you saying, you know, what is it that I can put down, what is it that I, that you want me to do now. Now, it's, it's important that we do that because otherwise time can go by, okay, time can go by and we will just live, you know, according to the day, whatever catches our attention, whatever is urgent, like we will just live it and suddenly we realize that, okay, time has gone by, you know, time just keeps flowing, right, but if we actually plan and say, okay, I want to intentionally pursue these things, right, however big, however small it could be, I want to intentionally pursue this, I want to see this, then there will be a sense of accomplishment, right, and you see that we are moving further into what God has for us, okay, so, yeah, so, yeah, so that's something, any questions or any thoughts, right, and there's a few thoughts here about bursting the purposes of God that we've already, you know, something that's a reiteration of what we already know, so I just wanted to share that, I'll put this up again, right, okay, working on a life plan, no questions, okay, would you like to, maybe take five minutes to do it, okay, maybe not, I mean, I'll leave it to you, but then at least plan for, let's look at, do you have something for, for this year, you have, okay, you already, okay, for the year, okay, so then why don't you, those of you who already, you know, put something up for this year, why don't we look beyond that, okay, look beyond that, beyond that year, okay, look beyond 2024, look at 2025, 2026, 2027, okay, maybe, sorry, 25 also, okay, then you, yeah, he's already, then I think you can actually take a break, take a coffee break, no, actually, what you can do is look beyond that, 2024, 25 is done, maybe, you know, you can look at 2026 and 2027, beyond the, others also, you know, if you have, don't have for this year, then look at this year and look, look at one more year, okay, and see, okay, what are some things that, what are my plans, okay, what is it that I want to be established in my life, what are some things that I want to pursue, break it down, okay, these are some goals that I want to see and, and just, you know, let's take some time to write it or, you know, put it on a notepad or, you know, put it on your, on your phone, whatever, right, you already written it down, is it, yeah, yeah, okay, okay, maybe you can look at, okay, God, what are some areas that you want me to focus, okay, that should help us, right, what are some areas that you want me to focus, what are some things to be built, what are some things to be broken, you know, whatever, right, change, personally, and, and look, look at that, you know, look at, and be, be free to dream, right, so don't be afraid, because many times we are scared, yes, we're scared, many times we, we, we've not, God wants us to dream, God wants us to dream big, but we, we look at limitations, we look at, you know, maybe expectations of people, whatever, you know, disappointments, we look at the past, experience of the past and we say, okay, it's okay, you know, I'll just get by today, today what I can do, yeah, obviously, you know, we, we have pressures to do certain things today, that will always be there, but let's pull back, you know, zoom out and see what is it for, you know, whatever time frame that you think, right, okay, we're just going to take five minutes to do that, okay, online students also, same thing, just, let's do that, okay, and in the meantime, I can just put this for us, you can go through, you said you've already written it, so you think of the years ahead, after 2025, yeah, yeah, what you would like to do and, you know, we looked at those areas, right, we looked at, okay, you know, in terms of ministry, personally, financially, right, I know these things are interlinked, but you just put down, okay, what God is putting in your heart, just write down, right, yeah, okay, any progress, anything filled out or not yet, sorry, what? In progress, okay, yeah, so we can put down life goals, you know, this is, you know, where I'd like to be, this is what I want to be, there's nothing wrong, like, nothing wrong in doing that, and yeah, I love God to lead us into all these areas, right, okay, and then we realize that, okay, our own mind is, you know, limiting, limiting us, right, and many times, what comes to our mind is, okay, it cannot be done, or, you know, there's a lot of negativity that comes, right, it's not like, I don't know, you know, many times it happens, but we just need to push past that, push past that negativity, push past that, you know, and then begin to look at it the way God would see it, you know, God has a dream for us, yes or no, yeah, and he's, and he's, the Bible declares that he rejoices over us with singing, so he has a plan, you know, just like how, you know, when you're a parent, you realize that you want good things for your child, you know, you want your child to flourish, go further than you had ever gone and be better at things, and so, same way, our Heavenly Father, you know, has those dreams for us, right, so we just need to think that way, you know, I get God's perspective, okay, about my life, about my family, about, you know, all these things, you know, what is your plan, God, you know, what is your, because you have these good things, right, so help me and put it together so that, you know, every now and then we can look at it, maybe end of a year or end of that time frame, look at it and say, okay, now here is where I need to make adjustments, here is where, you know, maybe I kind of slow down, you know, on this or I lost fire for this, or I got distracted now, maybe I need to make those course corrections and keep going, okay, okay, so I just, I just shift things a bit and go into the next section, which is about winning with people, it's about people, when it comes to leadership, when it comes to ministry, we see that it is about people, right, sorry, like we looked at the scripture today about the scribe, sorry, the scribe going to the Lord Jesus and asking, okay, God, what is this, what is the great commandment, the Lord gives two, right, two statements, one is, love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your strength and the second one is to love others, love others as yourself, loving God, loving people, so we see that in a nutshell, in a nutshell, that is, that is what life and ministry is, if you look at it, you just, you know, brought it all together in that one, one or two verses, loving God, loving people, okay, so when you look at, you know, leadership, leadership and ministry, it's about this, right, loving God, loving people, so, well, loving God is easy because he never changes, right, he's the same yesterday, today and forever, loving God is good because, you know, he's a good God, we can trust him, you know, but loving people on the other hand is, is a challenge, what do I really say, it's, it is difficult, it is a challenge, right, because, you know, for how people are, right, and we forget that we are also one such good person, you know, we're also part of that group called people, right, so, yeah, so leadership involves people, ministry involves people, and when we say people, you know, then obviously there is a connect or relationship, right, so as a, as a leader, if I need to lead people, then I need to establish a relationship, and if I want to be a, you know, leader, we said it's a, a leader is someone who has a, you know, influences people for their good, right, who influences people for their good, the good of the, for themselves and good of the, you know, the cause of the ministry or whatever you're leading, right, so, so that's, that's, that's the basis for, you know, us when it comes to relating to people, so we need to understand that yes, ministry will involve people, leadership will involve people, okay, so I, as a leader, I need to maybe grow in my understanding of people, right, grow in my knowledge of how can I relate to people better, right, and so how can I win with people and how can it be a win situation for them and how can it be a win for me as well, you know, as a person who's leading, right, it cannot be just a winning scenario just for me as a leader, you know, let's say a formal relationship like a work scenario, you know, formal leader, you know, established, you know, your role is a formal role as a leader, so it cannot be just a win for you, in a sense, I've reached, you know, the company has reached this goal, we have got this profit and then what about the people, right, is it a win for them also, have they also achieved some objectives for themselves, right, have they also benefited in terms of remuneration financially and, and all that, right, so, you know, some of this, what are we sharing, okay, yeah, I have a question, okay, so what are we sharing is from this book by John C Maxwell, Winning with People, how many of you have read any of any books by John C Maxwell, Leadership, no, I think it's a must read, probably I'll share that also, some PDFs by John C Maxwell, John C Maxwell started off as a pastor and, and a pastor of a big, you know, quite a big church actually, and then he felt the calling to the workplace, right, so he, especially when it comes to leadership and so on, so he started this whole ministry called Enjoy, I-N-J-O-Y, enjoy ministries and all about leadership, right, from a Christian biblical perspective, right, so whatever he's, he puts out as leadership material is from a very strong biblical Christian standpoint, right, and, and, and some very good stuff, you know, very, very good material, both in terms of management principles and leadership principles and so on, so his, his book 21, I think 21 Steps to Leadership, I forget the name of the title, but you know, it's a, it's a must read for, you know, all of us, he's written on teamwork also, okay, so you know, some of these things that we can look at, okay, that is, how do we get ready to relate to people, right, focusing on others, building trust, nurturing relationships and creating win-win situations or relationships where everybody is benefited, okay, so we'll go through that in the coming classes, your question, you had a, no, you went? Yes, yes, we want to thank you so much. Yeah. We can't, we can't win the situation by commanding them and getting out of them, we may lose them, people also, but how we can make that out of them, people are so rigid. Hmm, so we need to find out why, why are they rigid, why are they not performing, like, why are they not achieving, because the thing is, you know, with, when, when I'm in a place, let's say, I'm gainfully employed and it's not just the money, right, it's, it's a, it's a sense of achievement, accomplishment, satisfaction that I get from doing the job well, so is the job challenging enough, is the task challenging enough, or am I not using my potential, my skills and abilities, right, so these are some things that we need to look at to see why are people not performing and, and therefore, when, when, when, you know, when, when a person is, all these things come together, when a person is in the right place, and they are, you know, they are using their skills and talents and everything, that particular thing, role, and it, it results in a sense of achievement and accomplishment for them, they are content, then they will actually perform, it's a win for them personally, and it's a win for, you know, the leader, because you are reaching your goals, and it's a win for the organization, because the organization goals are also met, right, so, so yeah, the thing is to address that, why, you know, why is it, you know, maybe it's not the right person for that job, for that role, maybe they're not skilled enough, do they have the tools to get the job done, they could meant to get the job done, why are they frustrated, right, so, so those are some things that we need to address to create a win-win situation, yeah, okay, so thank you, we'll catch up again, next class, bye-bye.


Good afternoon folks Steve Rhodes coming July from the shores of sunny Delray Beach Florida this year 1 p.m. Update and currently have all the U.S. Indices trading to the downside a sea of red out there the Dow off 267 points about eight tenths of a cent the S&P one and seven tenths or 70 points NASDAQ nearly three percent 346 points there to an app for the Russell four to three points some eyes off two and seven tenths or 77 points out there gold straight out 1865 that's up nearly 18 bucks and silver 2207 is a print that's 35 cents that's 1.6 percent to the upside like to recruit is up a buck natural gas is up kind of flat out there trade out at 8,074 cents in a 30-year treasury is up almost two points 142.09 is the print there let's go see what these numbers mean by take a look at our nine panel market update chart we begin by take a look at the ES mini price right now is testing support that is the bottom of its daily profile that profile level is a drumroll please that is at the 38.99 level basically we're trading at 38.98 and so you've got support there now you've got the spot politics still above its 50 day exponential moving average that is always troublesome for the S&P 500 or in this case here the yes many the 50-day exponential moving average at 27.56 so long as price remains above that it'll be rough seas ahead the end queue is trading below the bottom of its daily profile trading into the May 12 swing point which it tested and rejected last Friday it's testing that swing point the Friday swing point out there that's really kind of the new all measurement and that low out there would be 11491 US dollar index is now trading below its weekly bottom of its profile of course as I said weekly that means Tuesday is not the end of the week but Friday is but if price remains below this level this level is 102.13 pressure go target that rising trend line rising trend line this week would be or about the 100.78 ish area you've got gold trading higher running into resistance to potential resistance levels top of its profile that area is marked at 1872 which will also line up with a descending trend line so gold getting ready to trade in the resistance over also trading a potential resistance and that is the center of its bear structured weekly profile that's at 2226 if price can clear that then we're looking to move to the 2288 level like to recruit trade and hire but it is still deal with some trend line resistance natural gas made it way back to it's a swing point that was a roadsman to mitigate or top that was at 9.05 that's the level price must close them up to negate that sell signal folks stay tuned for the trader said show but if you're off to start Tuesday have a terrific one please