Like I would have to pronounce these right for the kid. I would just always blow it because I'm overthinking it that reminds me my one of my best friends is a history teacher and He asked me my friend Jeff and I were talking to him about September 11th because they're gonna teach that it in his history class. Okay, which we're both like that's yeah Yeah, yeah, but he He said He wanted us to both email him what we told him about being there and where we were he's like, it'll be great stuff for the kids Okay. Yeah, I mean 17 years, right? It isn't like that's crazy. Oh my gosh. Yeah Yeah, it's like that can't be right. You literally will be teaching it to some high school. He's like the sophomores were not alive That is weird to me. Yeah To have a cohort or a group of people that aren't like kids I mean the technically they're kids, but you know, they're old enough They have they have like, you know independent thought and all that but not to be alive when something like there's actually history to them. Yeah Now I know how my my social studies teacher in junior high He was he was of the I was a marine in world war two generation And really when he talked about, you know, world war two it came from a very personal space But like, you know, I was born in the mid 70s So it was like it's it's you know, anything before you were born is always encapsulated as ancient history, right?  You just used calgon. He used a water softener A water softener And a lot of elbow grease you can bite by the uh, bushel elbow grease I didn't like like I said, we're gonna get a tiny bit of a late start We're waiting for Sarah to come back. I'm gonna go ahead and uh, since you I saw the link. I'm gonna go ahead and sweet that Oh, yeah, please do Please no, hey Lee tick Wait, yeah, there it is. Okay.  Uh, I don't think you're on your hyal No I do not Uh, that didn't work. Whatever it was I have plenty of time today. So we're good Well, yeah, and roger I I will have to jet out Uh, uh, 230. Um, but we'll just we'll wrap up at 15 after no matter what Okay If we because I if we have to wait too much longer, we're just gonna get started Give her one more one more reboot Because the other thing is she's if she's like me she's gonna be angry at her technology I get so upset when stuff like that goes wrong Just especially when it was working before Well, yeah, that's why I'm so conservative about the setup. I don't add anything to it. I don't change anything I just because once it's working, I don't want to have to be constantly troubleshooting what we're wrong Oh, this is interesting Apple's gonna have their you know streaming on on uh twitter as well You'll be able to watch the live event on the 12th. Oh, that's new. Yeah, just broke Uh, no, they they tweeted that at 726 friend just retweeted. Oh, okay. I didn't see that. Yeah Yeah, that's uh, yeah, that's that's a new you can probably mention that tomorrow Oh Well tomorrow, we'll be doing the show after the announcement. So Wait, what's today? Today's the 11th Wait, so the thing the thing's on the 12th You're right. Okay. I was I was like am I? my awful day Uh Yeah We have it on the calendar on our internal calendar on the wrong day Let me make sure I didn't do that too because Wednesday. Yeah Oops So that'll be with um Scott johnson Oh, that'll be a show uh And then on 19th, I'll have the privilege of forking over more of my money for things that I probably don't need I can't wait Especially there's a new ipad. I'm really trying not to get a new one Yeah, I don't know. I see ipads don't normally come at the same time as iphone. So true true Um, they I think they did it. Did you do it one year or a month? No Yeah, I yeah, they probably usually give you like another month to like so your bills aren't like crazy How how considerate apple? Yeah, they usually do it like an october announcement. You're right. You're right Uh for the ipads. Yeah, so to follow me. I get Spin and get whatever the latest one is Is what we do All righty, um So, yeah, she's got Something going on that is not an easy troubleshoot. So we're just going to go ahead and get started I'll read sarah's stuff until she pops in she'll join us when she can okay You guys ready? Yep. Let's go. Yes. All right Here we go and three two This is the daily tech news for monday september 10th 2018 in los angeles. I'm tom merit Also in los angeles. I'm lamar wilson and I'm roger chang the producer of the show Excellent. Uh, thanks everybody for joining us sarah lane Having some technical difficulties. Hopefully she'll be jumping in uh shortly and you'll hear her later in the show But let's start with a few tech things you should know Analyst ming chi kuo says his sources indicate the next version of the ipad pro will switch to usbc Now lots of folks have speculated apple would switch the cable in its ios devices So it would go lightning to usbc instead of lightning the usb a which it does now But kuo specifies the entire io will change that'd be big Yeah, that would be big one plus confirm that it's one plus six t phone We'll have an under display fingerprint reader significant because currently only phones from vivo and one special mate rs Model from huawei use an in-display fingerprint reader one plus is expected to launch the phone in october After a report on the malware bytes form researchers have confirmed that two apps from trend micro doctor On a archiver. I did it and dr. Cleaner uploaded browser history from safari chrome and firefox This is similar to what edward doctor was found doing the apps have been removed from the mac app store Ah, yes, so the uh, the the fate continues and now with trend micro. I mean, they're not a fly-by-net company So this is they've been around for years. Yeah. Yeah, this is uh, this is a little concerning that this is happening All right, let's talk a little bit more about smartwatches and processors my favorite Qualcomm unveiled his new smartwatch chipset first tease and i o called the snapdragon wear All three models have revamped architecture that integrates with google's wear os The new chipset is better enabled to handle background tasks and is more powerful than the wear 2100 line and four a7 cpus A dsp and an ultra low power co-processor Now oh, yes, i'm good. No, I was just gonna say I I like that we're finally seeing a A watch specific processor made in the in the past the qualcomm processors were Pretty much adapted mobile processors and now they're doing things with these multiple cores The reason they have four a7 cpus is some of them are ultra low power Because they're finding that you know people don't use their watches constantly like they do their phones Most of the time they just need to show the time and maybe some notifications And and the amount of times you need to actually interact with it is probably not enough to warrant four equally powerful cores Yeah, I thought it was interesting to see if what five but we use a watch is five percent of the time Which I was thinking about like that's probably true I mean I have the doing things for me like heart rate tracking and things, but yeah I'm probably not looking at it that often one of the cool features of this Is uh There's a regular watch mode that it'll be able to switch to so like if you Let's say you're down by you know the what what is it 20 minutes or two hours of time? You're 20 remaining Uh, you can switch it to that watch only mode and you'll get another two weeks A week or two out of the device and if it's like you want to do it completely from 100 percent And they say like 30 days. Yeah, 30 days of power. That's amazing And not that you do either one, but it's nice to know that when you get down to 20 percent You can say yeah, just go to watch mode. So I don't lose Functionality it doesn't just turn into a blank black box on my wrist, which happens all the time with this beautiful thing Oh, does it? Yeah. Yeah Good enough to get me through a day But if I forget to charge it then yeah, then I'm I'm out out of luck and the other thing I have in here is a Sport mode where it will just use the cores to power gps and tracking And not make all the other stuff available from the watch Again, so if you forget to charge you might still have enough battery left to get you through a workout without having to Lose all your data from that tracking. Well, I don't have to worry about the workout part. So, yeah Because you're just naturally fit. I get that there you go Uh blare 11 and larry downs right in the harvard business review that even though google fiber has paused rollouts And is often seen as a failure It succeeded in pioneering new ways of working with local authorities to get networks built Local authorities became more willing to negotiate prices permitting and fees It also encouraged competition accelerating fiber deployments by as much as two years by some estimates And it caused investors to become more supportive of capital expenditures. Remember horizon stopped rolling out fiber because of investor pressure Uh leaven and down right authorities are finding as with google fiber that they must offer competitive rates or risk delaying Private investment in new networks a critical source of local development and competitiveness And we're seeing the effects of this change of attitude In 5g rollouts Yeah, I've always had trouble with this this whole concept. We have a failure Like you know because they pause something it's seen as a failure What what google did was push the competitors to get their act together they and obviously it wasn't completely altruistic They the more the faster the internet is the more people will access google and their services I mean we know the end result but because of that comp cas got got in there, but at&t Uh time warning now spectrum. They all got themselves together and rolled out a way ahead of the the deadline By 2016 they were rolling out Uh, I think the deadline was 2020 and they exceeded that by four years. So Uh google if anything just just pushed Uh these networks and they made the whole regulation and process easier So you don't have to go through all this paperwork you did with one central person Uh, you know the permits are easier. So I think they set a standard I think there's nothing to be said of them being a failure because of this. I don't agree with that Yeah, and I I like what leaven and downs were saying that you know, whether it was intentional or not And they suspect it might have been intentional google's main idea in getting into google fiber was To get more people hooked up to fast internet so they could use more google services Whether it's youtube or nest thermostats or whatever Uh, and and that has worked.  I I think it was an intentional pause It fits in with the strategy of saying hey, we're starting to see a lot more competition roll out Maybe we don't need to be plowing ahead as much But also I wouldn't be surprised to see google get into 5g deployments And get into to wireless deployments if they feel like it's moving too sluggishly. Yeah, I agree with it Yeah, it's it's it's a it's a great piece if you want to go check it out at hbr.org That's our business review. We'll have a link in the show notes as well Yeah, alibaba's 54 year old co-founder jack ma will step down as chairman next year on september 10th to focus on philanthropy and education Alibaba's ceo daniel jong the man who brought china singles day is taken over as chairman and he'll stay ceo as well Singles day if you haven't been following dts or you don't realize is the biggest shopping day in the world And and daniel jong was running team all which alibaba owns and had taken it from being a web destination to a mobile destination and it blew up and singles day was Taking this day november 11th 1111 And marketing it at first towards people who are single Uh to try to you know, stoke some love interest by giving gifts now. It's well beyond that premise And it's just this Gargantuan shopping day. I mean amazon day Forget it. It's nothing compared to singles day singles day is a bigger shopping day than any holiday in any country anywhere It's crazy. I didn't know that and i'm glad that there's a day for me and for the rest Gifts were from last november. I demand to know now. I saw i read this article about this guy He's he's pretty fascinating. Uh first of all the fact that he's stepping back at such a young age at 54 for ceo to step I is is young But he recognized that the that the uh management needs to be younger to make the company progress faster So I don't know to me that feels like that takes a little bit of humility I don't I don't know the guy personally You know, I don't know you know if he's a scoundrel or whatever But you know, the the fact that he is chosen to step back and kind of work on some other efforts It's like bill gates did back in the day Uh, it's commendable and isn't he like like he's been in pop bands and like this guy He dances in pop bands. He's been in some movies Yeah, he's got a combination of bill gates and paul allen Paul allen was in the bands and everything else is bill gates. I guess but yeah, uh, it's he's a visionary I mean he he Decided in the 90s that he was going to take on silicon valley at a time when people were like china take it on silicon valley You got to be crazy and uh crazy like a fox apparently It has absolutely worked out. No another article that's that's absolutely worth Checking out and a big big deal Like if again, if you don't realize alibaba is one of the largest companies in the world Certainly one of the largest if not the largest in china and jack ma is generally credited with being the bill gates of china With being the guy who who made that happen? And and so him stepping down is absolutely as big of a deal. Oh, yeah sleeping microsoft Yeah, I thought it was uh fascinating and i've learned a lot about alibaba I've heard the name of course we've talked about in the show before but i've never Really sat down and and you know figured out what they do and who they are and it's like wow You know, it's not just about amazon and microsoft, you know, there's a bigger world outside of the us Oh, yeah, yes, uh speaking of which Yeah Here in india So indian startup nice cell retail has launched his first cash your free store What a sale and coachy india Customers can scan their what a sale app on the way in and a combination of sensors computer vision and ai keep track of what they Have when they walk out and automatically charges them if the pilot goes well, what a sale plans to expand To bangalore and deli so what a sale what a app, right? Yeah, right I mean, it's interesting in a couple ways first of all I think a lot of people thought well only amazon has the secret sauce to make this work And we talked about other companies that were doing this at the time So we've known that there were other folks trying this But this one I think the thing that intrigues me is not just that they've got one up and running. It's not just planned And they they've got plans for expansion, which is normal But they want to do franchising and that's a thing that I don't see amazon getting into That's where a startup can be a lot more nimble amazon wants to control everything Right because the whole point is to get people to continue to buy money on amazon.com Whereas what a sale can say yeah, no, we can set you up like a mcdonald's would set somebody up with a restaurant Here's all the pieces go and run it and they potentially can expand a lot faster in this particular industry Yeah, I was reading they wanted to Put these in apartment buildings, which you know, just like maybe a micro store Yeah, yeah, and and even like Going directly to farmers, which I thought was fast and just bypassing the the big stores and their stores themselves You know and having the farmers sell their goods directly like a farmers market. Absolutely. Yeah And so yeah to me I think they're yeah, they're doing what amazon's doing sure amazon was first But you know, they have a billion people in India. They're they're trying to find a Way to to manage efficiency and it seems like they're they're kind of ahead of amazon right now Yeah, and I don't even know if amazon was the first with this kind of store I mean there were there were companies in china doing it as well. They were a tiny bit different There's been companies in japan that do it a little bit different amazon Maybe the first that that really said there's no need to talk to a person at all But the fact that we're already seeing other companies execute this and we'll see how well it works out They're just starting. Maybe it maybe it won't work as well As it should I know it took amazon a lot longer than they thought to launch but yeah I I am very curious to see if this now Where it goes from how are they possibly going to pull that off to oh, yeah, we see these all over the world Yeah, absolutely An opinion piece from sociologist christopher a bail in sunday's new york times discusses research into political polarization on twitter And I had to include this in the show because that is my my big axe to grind is sure stuff is happening on twitter It's happening on facebook. What effect does it have? Well bail actually studied the issue By forcing 1200 republicans and democrats To see and interact with opposing views on twitter. He created some bots That that tweeted legitimate stories to people Challenging their viewpoints and he found that doing so made people more entrenched in their existing views rather than changing their minds This is what you need to study it because a common sense approach maybe to say well You know what we need to do we need to make sure that everybody sees more diverse points of view So they don't get locked in but what he found is when you force that You actually push people farther into their viewpoints. You don't change their minds So bail suggests that alerts that make people aware that they might only be getting one point of view Might be better than forcing those point of views at them Let them go out and choose to diversify Then they might actually be willing to open their mind and change their minds or perhaps exposing people to particular issues Rather than particular Sources though instead of saying hey conservative I'm going to put the new york times in your feed whether you like it or not Or i'm going to put the daily caller in your feed whether you like it or not liberal You just expose people to issues that they might not be exposed like let's put some more climate change stuff Let's put some more tax cut stuff and that would be better than broadly forcing exposure to alternative viewpoints Yeah, and I think this this stems from jack dorsey being on on the hill last week He literally said that you know, this is one of the things they want to do And so this guy was you know had to make this opinion piece and they've been researching this long before you got on the hill It's like, yeah, you can do that but here are the consequences of it. You know, I use google news of the new app and I do like to give me the main headline and there's two or three other Uh opinions there or other articles that I may not look at and you know, but they're secondary and I like that approach Some people may see that as polarizing if you don't like fox news You don't want to see fox news. Yeah in your feed at all. So they you know, there's still some work to be done with that for sure Yeah, and I just I I can't emphasize enough how much I want Uh studies to be done to find out what the effects of the stuff is first before prescribing a solution Because of stuff like this i'm not saying there isn't a problem It's that you need to know what the nature of the problem is and what effects Trying to change it has before maybe you end up making the problem worse even though you thought you were making it better Hey, folks, if you want to get all the tech headlines each day in about five minutes Be sure to subscribe to daily tech headlines dot com All right, whatever you believe about crypto coins. It's a solid fact that they're not stable According to data from blockchain. I know right shocker uh blockchain research unit dire diar Says the most coins suffer from arbitrary supply inflation or massive degradation and purchasing power even the most stable currency which is bitcoin Has year-to-date inflation of 50 percent Meaning it's not a great store of value for hedging against inflation. Some folks turn to coins like nano or iota or Cousordano, which have a predetermined generation algorithm preventing an increase in supply Uh, but there's a couple of new efforts that just got approval in the state of new york Gemini trust and paxo trust are what are called stable coins The idea is that you link the currency to An actual fiat currency in this case. They're both linked to the us dollar the gemini dollar developed by cameron and tyler winklevoss Yes, those winklevi Is pegged at one dollar per coin and trades on the ethereum blockchain So one gemini means one gemini dollar is one us dollar Gemini will also hold dollars in a federally insured bank so you can sort of by transitive Consider your dollars fdic insured and the paxos coins will also be pegged to the dollar on a one-to-one basis they have a little bit different way of storing them though and The insider reports city group is planning to introduce something called digital asset receipts now This is a wonky financial thing. I'm not going to try to even explain it because I don't understand it But it allows investors to buy and trade cryptocurrencies on regulated markets. That's the part. I do understand It says look you want to trade cryptocurrency? But you don't want to be an unregulated wild west Do it with a digital asset receipt in a traditional marketplace that is regulated by the us government You won't own the cryptocurrencies directly That they'll be held by an organization that does and you're getting a receipt That has value related to them Granted i'm sure a bunch of you have a question like really how's that supposed to work The practice is exactly similar to an american depository receipt, which has been around since the 1920s and is used to trade non us stocks in the us So just just for the moment except like okay, they do this already with stocks So they'd be doing it with cryptocurrency both all three of these stories. I think are indications that cryptocurrency may not be stable And people may not be sure exactly how to work with it But so many people want to That solutions are being tried here Yeah, I'm glad you were here to explain all All this so I just have more of a philosophical view of this, uh, you know, I've I've tried to understand cryptocurrency. There's so many different ones out there Um, I I think the insub instability with cryptocurrency is Understandably like why investors big or small, you know, even if you or I got in it Uh, why they played a short game because you know, they get in and get out because it and that just adds to the instability So, you know, if you're really passionate and you're really serious about the regulation Uh, government I have in control of of the money. I I think you know, there's a Or measure of of patience and loan game and education really I think education on what all of these are. I mean in this story alone These three stories you mentioned at least five different five or six different currencies out there and You know, it's it's confusing You try to understand it and the the the serious person that you're really serious about this government thing and and controlling the money you have to understand that money is power and government so like This is this is serious stuff. That could I mean, this is a world war type of things we're talking about here We're serious about it. So it's it's important for everybody to to really understand and educate myself included I'm not very educated in it. Uh, and I feel the need because it's so serious and because it's not going anywhere That's the thing, right? It's not everybody thought. Wow. This is a passing fad, right? This is going to be like, you know dot-coms. It's going to blow up and then fade away and maybe something will come out of it but It does not seem to be that way. It's funny at my 30th high school class reunion this weekend I was talking to one of my classmates Angie's husband who is a cryptocurrency minor Uh in southern Illinois like he has got a warehouse. He is serious about this. He walked me through it He's got a warehouse with I don't know how many machines 30 50 something like that That he's got cameras on that he can monitor and he he went online while we're he was just showing me it And he's like, oh three of these boxes are offline like hold on. Let me find out what's going on and reboot them And he you know, and of course his wife also We're asking like is this really going to pay off and he's like, well, what do you think like nobody knows Right now it's it's not a bad bet because if it pays off it pays off big, right? It's it's like Panning for gold, you know, you you you may have a claim that busts out Or you may end up retiring rich These are the kinds of stories I look at that say well Yeah, not any particular cryptocurrency may be the one you could end up being involved in the wrong ones But it does look like something is going to come out of cryptocurrency not just blockchain I've been saying blockchain is going to last for a long time But cryptocurrency starts to look like one of these may may end up working out Bitcoin being very stable relatively speaking is a good sign for it And everybody doing things on ethereum like the Winklevoss doing the the dollar to dollar pegged currency Is is a is a positive sign as well Yeah, what what do you see in terms of I mean, we're just projecting at this point like right like, you know Not necessarily who's the winner, but like are we turning we have to mention patience? Are we turning three to five years? Are we talking 10? Yeah before it settles down At least five would be my guess before it before it takes out, you know Stranger things have happened But I would say five to 10 is my gut feeling just then just a gut feeling not not based on any kind of rigorous analysis or anything Yeah, exactly. Uh, but I I find it an important milestone that we're seeing state approved dollar linked crypto Because even though that gets rid of a lot of the advantages of crypto, which is you know, like, hey This is a free coin that can be traded carry its own value It will allow people to get into some of the other advantages that are online and public ledger And trade without worrying about the fluctuations without worrying about that instability And and if i'm not mistaken the one city city group was doing wasn't that going to be fdic insured as well No, that's the winkelvoss ones.  What is the coin called gemini? The dollars are held by a bank. So those dollars are fdic insured and and and basically what gemini is saying is We guarantee that for every gemini you hold will have a dollar for you over here and that's insured I wouldn't buy them if they were called the winkelvoss coins. I'm just being honest I didn't have winkel coins or something. I could be I know they have the winkel decks Uh, which I look at every once in a while. All right. Well, thanks to everybody who participates in our subreddit You can submit stories and vote on them at daily tech news show dot reddit.com and facebook.com groups slash daily tech news show Uh, the summer break is over. We're very excited that Nate Langston and text message is back. Let's find out what's in store Roger We can't hear what's in store Which store What a sale thanks guys. We took a bit of a summer hiatus But we're back in the podcasting saddle and this week We think it's worth you guys knowing that in europe later this year Boxed retail copies of video games will carry a printed warning that they contain in-app purchases Right next to the icons that currently warn about violence sexual Racist or drug related content We talk about why and what effect this might have on the industry over here As well as the rest of the week's british technology news that should hopefully Give our american friends a little extra context about the week's events in the tech world That's available now at tech podcast dot uk Ah, so good to hear date's voice again So weird to be thinking about labels On boxed copies of video games and then does people buy box copies still?  So yeah, I'm definitely listening to that You don't you don't download you buy box copies No, I'm just saying the gaming world. Yeah. Yeah. Oh god. No, I I No, that's what I would say like I guess that if people still buy in boxes. All right Well, I'm very happy to say that it is now time to check out the mail bag And uh, let's uh, see what kevin had to say feedback at daily tech news show dot com kevin toppenberg Who's a family physician md has thoughts on our humanity app discussion of allowing consumers to have legal control over their medical information? That was from friday's show Among as many good insights he said HIPAA laws prevent health care providers from releasing information in many situations with fines Ranging from a hundred dollars per violation per patient for first time offenses up to 50 000 dollars per Violation per patient for willful neglect that is not connected in an appropriate time Nevertheless in 2017 there were 1 579 data breaches exposing 179 million patient records So while HIPAA has had a chilling effect for providers wanting to jump into data sharing in the medical field I would argue there is still work to be done now regarding ownership of patient data I would point out that data is not a thing where only one person can possess it This is a really good point. He says yes It is true that patients have a right to access a copy of all their medical data But they don't own it in the sense that they have full Control of it for example if a patient disclosed use of illegal drugs to a doctor and it was put in the record They cannot come back later and demand to have that deleted Which made me think what if we have a right to be forgotten dispute on our hands in the future over medical data Back to kevin. He said thus both the doctor and the patient both have ownership I own my patient's records in the sense that I have the right and responsibility of maintaining them They are my defense against any claims of malpractice But my patients also own them in that they can obtain a copy of them at any time These are great points and it doesn't mean that you can't own your medical data And it doesn't mean that efforts like humanity aren't worth Like pursuing to give you more control over your data and and legal emphasis of it But it is like anything else in that it is infinitely copyable So nefarious people can once they have a copy of your data never give it up And there's these other issues which I didn't even think about that kevin brought up where the doctor has a right To your data because it is in the doctor's best interest that she have that to protect herself or protect you Yeah, I'm fine with the the concept of of having the the copies. I think I just I just want access and you know 10 20 years ago. You just didn't have as easy access yet to ask for facts and Yeah, right, you know, and now you know, I happen to be with a hospital group where that has uh, that could you know Connects online to the apple Apple health which makes it easy for me. Just you know just to see all the all the data there That I think that's all people ask if I think most people understand that it's a copy But we just want the copy so we can have control of it Well, Lamar wilson a pleasure as always having you on today My friend let folks know uh where they can find out more about what you've got going on Well on my youtube i'm more of in late as i mentioned earlier in the gaming realm But you uh, if you like all things gaming the tendo xbox and mark itself giving away, uh, that's the xbox and mark itself okay, so Which i'm actually giving giving away a uh, sony ps4 of the spiderman edition So that's happening through tomorrow So if you're interested in any kind of video game stuff check out on youtube youtube.com slash lamar wilson You want to know more about me as a person? Uh, check out my instagram at lamar wilson You know, um, I thought of you because you you're you have in the past done a lot of unboxing of snacks I know yes, uh I one of my friends works for mars and at my high school reunion. He gave me a bag of future flavors of candy I'll be over to secrecy. I'll be over. Yeah. I mean if you just See him line on my counter. What am I gonna do right? Yes? I cannot wait Uh, check it out folks youtube.com slash lamar wilson. There's two r's in lamar and twitter.com slash lamar wilson as well Thanks to everybody who supports this show. 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Oh Just in time Yes, no, I mean I I've been here for a while, but like I've got a whole thing going on now I know like windows machine and everything dog. It's so weird I saw you and I was about to toss the email to you. I know I know She's not ready. So I know you were doing that, but I was like I was so afraid because I wasn't able to test So, you know, I was glad you did that rather than me tossing to you and having it not ready So I figured I just it was just safer to just finish the show at that point Oh, man. I don't know What has happened? I the good thing is your mic is not dead. It's just yeah, you sound fine now I know what it is. I figured it out. You did Is it is it for a while? I thought that it was the log attack It's this it's this it's my little usb slash ethernet slash usb The hub that I got it's peoples It must have This this is the problem. Okay, because I'm no longer using this and I'm on my windows and you're fine. Everything's fine I'm so sorry you guys. Well, that was your problem. You didn't you had to switch the windows I tried to come through No, it's coming back to windows, doesn't it? No, thank goodness you were here, Lamar. Like yeah, Lamar. Thank you so much I am so sorry guys. No, no I I could hear the the majority of the show that was the funny part Like I was actually kind of like my audio was sort of working but every time I anyway, it's not worth explaining Oh, man, I feel so bad. Oh, please don't please don't. Um I trust that you all had a lovely conversation Well, it wasn't as lovely as it would have been had you been involved Very good. Well, thank you very much. Um, well, I'm here now especially because I know you had a lot to say about crypto Like for the for the post show like You want to throw out? Well, I you know again sort of having missed the fun discussion of it all I I I find it fascinating that um, you know the sort of crypto like pro warehouse thing exists and how does it exist and how do you compete with You know server firms, you know overseas that are you know cranking out a lot The the whole idea is that you or I there there is no reason for us to mine crypto anymore Can't be done Not a good use of our money and time right but but but if you can figure that out and keep costs down and figure How to process a lot of things in a short amount of time Then maybe it still is advantageous. I want to know who those people are And that's that's what I was talking to my classmate my former classmates Husband about is he's he's living that question right now like he's sunk so much He's like I don't want to get stuck on the sunk cost fallacy But you know, I'm he's like I I can't decide if I just need to keep Pushing over the hill and then it will all pay off or if I'm throwing good money after bad So he's like this is an investment. Yeah, exactly. Uh-huh. Well, okay What do you think sammy? No He says crypto is not for me I like gemini the same side of two coins Okay I like to want to say I'll what nap but gemini the same side of the two coins also works All right, what if you want to give any shouts out to any of the other uh google fiber too fast to fail Cashiers being cashed out No, but you're gonna still need security people just kind of watch Shelly bovis jack ma says ellie bye bye I have a cashier story from this weekend. Oh big deal. You spent cash So I go, uh, I did this 4k run with my sister And uh the day before I met her for lunch and she introduced me.  Did I say 4k? Yeah I was like 5k Much better-looking than 4k.  I was like Kind of maybe I don't know. She's like she used to work at super value I'm like, oh the lady with the baseball cards Like when I was growing up My mom would buy me baseball cards at the super value grocery store and vicki was the person who would cash us out So I always had positive associations with her as like she's the lady that sells the baseball cards to us So I can get them Uh, and then we go on this 5k run, uh, and we're sitting afterwards talking She's retiring and I'm like, well, you're retiring early. She's like, no, I'm 65 Like how is that possible? I mean first of all she doesn't look that 65 But also she like set the pace for the 5k run that I was, you know, right? Yeah, she's like, um I could do a 5k drive I can run a 5k. That would be something I could do. Yeah I don't know I run a 10 minute mile. I mean, I'm a bad runner. I just don't have a ton of endurance. Like I would run a 4 minute mile. Come on Really No, I I would say a half marathon would be Pushing it and a full marathon is something that I've never ever thought was possible in my human body Yeah, I mean, it probably is possible. It probably is but I'm not it's just It's so far beyond what my comfort zone is of running. I just got you, you know, 26 miles at once That's that's funny when we started shows to watch when we started the 5k We saw the mile 13 because that because it's the for the end of the half marathon people and we're like, oh, wow 13 miles Yeah, 13 miles would be that would be a lot achievement for me That would be a lot. Yes. What do you think sammy?  I walk 13 miles to school Oh, no Traits of modesto No, no, I well, I lived in san francisco and I was like You know when I went to junior high, but I walked two miles to school up a hill literally a physical hill But it was easier to come at home because it's not a virtual one a physical In san francisco, the hills are all very real very real my school is at the top of the hill So I had to go up 19th and then tarravel and then up What school did you go to? I went to um pervert hoover jr. High. Oh In your hill it needs it needs to be hill if it's at the top of hill That's how they don't tell you that so kids attend Wasn't that school sort of like at the top of a like a hill? Well, yeah Yes No, but like it was like not a reservoir, but um Reservation was it was next to a reservoir. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah I know it's like if you're not in san francisco this if you're not familiar with san francisco The city actually has a bunch of reservoirs in the city in the city. Yeah, yeah to maintain water pressure But also because of earthquakes um in san francisco Is naturally a very dry place because there's no natural water other than the salt water that surrounds it It's rocky It's not for human habitation Which is why they built there Is the school still called herbert hoover elementary? Really? No, no jr. High I went to a Catholic school for first Herbert hoover and san francisco Yeah, but that school was established. Yeah, no, I know it's like I remember no I remember going to the school. There's like, you know the first floor. There's a little uh picture kind of photo Thing explaining who herbert hoover was and is you know, his legacy Which depending on who you ask it either be hooverville's or yeah, just a mediocre republican president I would think that the current administration must not be as interested in Whitewashing his legacy as perhaps the founders had been Wait, oh, you mean the founders of the uh junior of the school. Yeah, I would say the founders of the country think they came a lot Two years before a couple years They would have known him, but uh, there are more founders than just the founders of the united states of work. Yes Hey, roge has little jesse doing She's good. She's still wrinkly. Hopefully she'll fill fill in like butterfly wings, do you? I'm sure she will sure she will He is you're so literal when it comes when it comes to the it's alive. It's wrinkly It breathing it. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you for asking sara. She's alive She hasn't got a job yet She's got to take the sat and hopefully at some point the l sat or maybe the g-matte Business or graduate school But i'm giving her a success perm Here's your here's your fast track. It'll be like a chinese takeout menu Thanks It's time you gotta run right? Uh, no, no, no, i'm good, but we should uh End the post show which is a little abbreviated, but we had a longer pre-show. 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Good morning, everyone. Praise the Lord. Welcome to class. Thank you all for joining class this morning. We'll begin. Can I ask one of you to please lead us in prayer? Anyone can unmute your mics and lead us in prayer, please? Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you for this day. Thank you for this time. Thank you for your presence. Thank you for being with us throughout this week. Lord Jesus Father, thank you for this morning. Lord, whatever we read, a Father, whatever we hear, a Father help us to practice it in our lives. I pray for ma'am, pray for pastor also, Lord Jesus Father, whatever she teaches, Lord Jesus Father, help us to understand it, Father. Holy Spirit, you are the best teacher. You are the best counselor. Please teach us, lead us and guide us, Father. God, please teach us all as something new, Father.  In Jesus mighty name we ask and pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you. So we began looking at chapter 3 in this APC publication, Code of Honor. We were talking about people. This book is basically more practical. It talks about various practical aspects about about a minister of God, how a minister of God should conduct his life and ministry. So we looked at the personal life of a minister of God and how he needs to handle his family in chapter 2 and chapter 3 is about people. We know that Christian ministry is all about people. It's ministering to people. It's building lives of people because people are the ones who make up the church, constitute the church and the kingdom of God. So we began looking at various aspects of how as Christian ministers or as those in ministry, not just in ministry, even if you're leading a Bible study group or you're an elder in the church or you're a leader in the church, you know, what are the various aspects we need to keep in mind even as we deal with people even as we minister to people. So we are looking at this point where it says what is shared in confidence must stay in confidence. So, you know, as people in the ministry or if you're leading a prayer group or Bible study group or you're a leader of some area in the church, you know, people in your team or people in the church will share their problems, their difficulties and we need to learn to keep that in confidence because people are trusting us and they're sharing their lives with us. So we need to keep it in confidence. Don't use that as a subject for gossip or for, you know, just talking about them with other people. Sometimes we can do it very spiritually under the spiritual cover saying that, hey, you know, so-and-so is going through this and this problem. So let's, you know, please pray for them.  So I think that's not even the right way to go about it. If somebody's trusting you with their and sharing things in confidence, you know, you can pray about it. That's enough. They can pray about it. We don't have to go and make it as a prayer point and share it with others. When we do that, it actually becomes a gossip and we also need to be very careful, you know, when we use these life examples as sermon illustrations because sometimes we can be so tempted to use these various scenarios that people go through in life as examples for our sermon illustration and we need to be very, very careful. We should be also mindful because they might be there in the congregation and sometimes even if they're not there and we use people's you know, examples, life examples in the situation that they've gone through and they've come and shared with you, people who listen to you will say, hey, if I go and share my problems with so-and-so, this person who's preaching, they might also use my problem as an example, so might as well not use it. So it's good to just be very general about the illustrations that you use. Don't be too in-depth, even if you're using some of these scenarios, case scenarios that people come and share with you about their lives. The next thing is we need to correct people lovingly. You know, that's correcting people is something very difficult that we find not only in the area of ministry, but also in the family, in our personal relationships that we have, but you know, when we correct people, we need to keep some things in mind. We can follow a two-step approach. First thing is warning and then second approach is correcting. So the first step is warning. You know, just when things are not going right, when things need to change, things are not going the certain way that you want it to go and it's expected of that person, then as a leader, you need to step in and take that corrective action. Let the person know what they're doing is wrong, how they can correct themselves, you know, and give them sufficient, communicate with them what needs to be done, how they need to do it, and also, give them sufficient time and space to attempt to make the corrections that they are required to do and follow up with them, keep up with them, and if they are not doing or following the steps that you are bringing in the corrective measures in terms of warning them, then it's important that, you know, you go ahead with the second approach with this correction. So, you know, when things, you've given them sufficient time, space, you've made known to them what they need to do and they have not changed, then you have to bring correction and even when you bring correction, you need to bring it in a very loving way and of course, we need godly wisdom, which means we need to pray about it. Now, when we bring about correction, correction will depend on two aspects. One is cause, the other is effect. Now, the cause is what is the reason why in spite of warning the person and helping the person, why is the person not being able to meet the requirements? So, if it has to do with the cause can be, you know, lack of skill or lack of training, lack of proper time management, then we can help that individual, you know, develop those skills, but if the problem is, you know, the person is lazy, stubborn, rebellious, doesn't want to work hard, you know, have bad heart attitudes, their motives are not right, they have selfish agendas, they are, you know, acting very super spiritual, that which means they know everything, they can do everything, you didn't have to tell them, they will just only do as a spirit leads them or high-mindedness, then the correction can be quite severe. So, it's important to look at what is the cause and then, you know, based on the cause, you know, you can bring in the effective measures, okay? So, what is the impact or effect of the individual's failure or wrongdoing? If the impact of the individual's failure or wrongdoing is on a small scale and can be controlled, it's not affecting the larger body of Christ, the local church or the rest of the team members or it's not bringing in strife and division and problems, then it's on a small scale, things can be controlled, so the person can be given more time and space and more correction and more training on how to be more effective in their specific roles and responsibilities. But if, you know, the effect is, you know, on a larger scale going to impact a wider scale impacting the church and, you know, more people, then, you know, and they're setting a bad example and it's affecting many people, then the correction is, you know, going to be more strict or more severe where the person can be released from that area of ministry or, you know, taken, the responsibility can be taken away. And but we need to remember that when we are correcting people and we're bringing in this correction, it is always to bless them, okay? It is for the well-being of the person and, you know, we are trying to safeguard also the other people who are involved in the church or in the team, so try not to, when you're bringing in correction, try not to destroy your relationship with that person, you know, and also it's important to protect your heart, which means it's important that when you are correcting the person to know that you are doing what is right before God. And if you have any feeling against that person, you know, it's important that you ask God to deal with you and also, you know, maintain a good relationship with that person, bring in unity and try to, you know, be united with that person, try to keep that bond of relationships strong and also remain open as ministers of God or team leaders or people in leadership position, you know, to relate to, to give, to receive from that individual as well. Not that because they have not been able to fulfill a specific responsibility, doesn't mean they're worthless and useless. We can receive from them, we can relate to them, and also when you relate to them, we can also mentor them and nurture them, okay. Now, when you're addressing, you know, this is what we're talking about here in this context of correcting people, it's not about when you're having personal conflicts with somebody. This is what I just mentioned is when we're talking about, you know, when we are in leadership position or managing teams, you know, how when people fail in their roles and responsibilities, what we need to do because that is going to affect the larger congregation of the local church or the rest of the team members. And this is not about addressing personal issues or personal conflicts, okay. Now, when we are correcting people, we need to correct them in private. But when we, when we praise people, you know, we need to praise them, applaud them in public, give them the credit for what they have done, applaud them in public. But when we correct people, we need to be careful that we don't talk about what they have done wrong to others in terms of gossip or even as a prayer point, you know, just saying that because when you're saying that it's a prayer point is also one way is gossip. So we, you know, when people do something wrong, they don't are not able to fulfill their roles and the responsibilities, they fall away. We need to be very sensitive. But when it comes to things where somebody is in, you know, a leadership position and they have done something wrong, and the rest of the team needs to know why you've taken that corrective action, why the person had to step aside from his role, why the person had to leave the team, why the person was removed from his ministry office or his role in the church, then this needs to be communicated in public to the church members or to the team. But when we do that, we need to also be mindful that we are not destroying the character, the integrity, or bringing harm to the individual, but you know, just addressing the issue what was not done and how it's going to, you know, affect the larger team or the church as a whole. And hence, we've asked that person to step aside. So we need to be very careful and we need godly wisdom and we need to pray about things when we bring about correction to people, even as we are in the ministry or in the leadership position. Again, now, we need to be mindful, even as we deal with people that we have a personal strategy for handling difficult situations. So, you know, we learn when we correct people, when we journey with people, when we work with people, there are so many things that we learn. And so it's important that, you know, you put as you learn, you bring about or you have your own strategy in how to handle difficult situations. So Pastor is written, because he's written this book, he's talking about how he has brought about personal strategies to handle difficult situations. So he basically says that, you know, when he wants to communicate things to the team, to the leadership team, the pastor, the rest of the pastors or the church or the staff, he sends an email. Okay, so that way things are clearer, what needs to be done. But when things need to be discussed, he brings it out in the staff meeting or in the pastor team meeting.  And then, you know, the team decides what best needs to be done. But, you know, when it comes to difficult situations, when handling things with people, he says it's best not to send an email or a WhatsApp message or, you know, speak over the phone. Because when we do that, people are reading or perceiving things from their own emotions, their own mindsets, they are putting their thoughts, their emotions into what they are reading or what they are hearing. So that can be very, very dangerous and it can, you know, worsen the matters even more.  So they're able to see your body language, your tone of voice, they're able to understand, you can share your emotions, what you are feeling, what you're going through as a leader, why you're doing what you're doing. And then it becomes much more easier to talk things out with the person. But even as you're bringing in correction, handling difficult situations is important to listen. So pastor says, you know, he does a lot of listening. He listens and listens and listens to the person. And also he's listening to what God is trying to tell him through what the person is saying. And then he, once he's listening is done, he's listening from God, you know, he makes a decision and then he communicates it to the person. Okay. So that is some of the strategies that we can follow or use when we deal with people, especially when we are correcting them. But it's good to we learn from our own experience or good to put, you know, have your own personal strategy. Okay. What we are saying in this book is basically what is, you know, has been the experience of pastors. So he's writing his experience, which is sharing it. But, you know, you can also come up with your own strategies as the Spirit of the Lord leads you. The next one is don't be a boss over God's people. Look at what first Peter chapter five versus one to four says can somebody read that, please. First Peter chapter five versus one to four. The elders who are among you, I exclude I who am I if fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed, shepherd the flock of God who is among you serving as overseers, not by compulsion, but willingly, not for dishonest gain, but eagerly, nor as being lots over those interested to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. Amen. Thank you.  We're doing things not for dishonest gain, but you know, just wanting to, having a serving heart, wanting to serve God. And we are not lording over people, lording over those God has entrusted to us. But what we need to do here, it says, is we need to be examples of the flock. So we need to lead by example. And we need to be like the chief shepherd, you know, who led by example and not being lords or bossing over people.  And that is not what God wants us to do. But we need to, you know, lead by example and not lord over people. Okay. The same way we should not control people and we should not manipulate them.  And even as we try to protect them, you know, we come to a place where we begin not protecting them, but we try to control them. Okay. So we need to be mindful of this fact that we are here to serve people in terms of nurturing them in their faith and not dominating their life of faith. We're here to help them nurture them and help them grow in their faith work with God and not dominate their life of faith and not control them.   And I've heard some people tell me that, you know, if we don't go to church that Sunday, Monday morning, the pastor will be in their house asking them why they did not attend church. So that is like really controlling them. And, you know, it is not, not protecting people, but they're controlling people.  So it's important that as leaders, as pastors, as ministers, you know, the people of God is entrusted to us that we teach them, we counsel them. We teach them from the word of God, we give them the meat from the word of God, the revelations of truth from the word of God, but we let them control their own lives.  We don't tell them who they marry, which job they need to, you know, where they need to go and work, where they have to live, whether, you know, even there's children with school, they have to go and all of those things, you know, we've had people who've shared this, that how people have controlled their lives and it's very, very sad. So we need to give people complete freedom, whether they want to go and attend other churches or attend other Bible study groups or prayer groups or attend crusades that come in the city or give financially and support other ministries, it is their responsibility, and it's not as us as leaders and pastors to control their lives. And we need to know that, you know, if people belong to us, belong to our church or belong to a prayer group or a cell group or a Bible study group, if they have a sense of belonging, they will come back because, you know, this is where they feel home. This is where they feel loved. This is where they feel accepted. This is where they feel their heart belongs.  You don't have to control them or manipulate them. Okay. And the other thing we need to keep in mind is, as we relate to people, is that we need to overcome our own personal insecurities. Look at what second Corinthians 3, chapter one, chapter three versus one, five and six says, can somebody read that please? Second Corinthians, chapter three, one, five and six. Do we begin again to command ourselves or do we need as some other epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as minister of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the spirit, for the letter skills, but the spirit gives life. Amen. So, here Paul is saying that, you know, he's saying that, you know, we don't need any recommendation from man because he says that he knows that his completeness in ministry comes from God. He's called by God and God is the one who makes him complete. So, we remember, we learned that, you know, when we are called to a specific function, God gives us the grace, you know, he enables us with the gifts and the grace that we need to fulfill that function. So, he's writing here and saying, you know, it's not that we feel that we are sufficient in ourselves. Paul is saying, hey, I might be, you know, I might know the Old Testament well. I might have studied under the best of the best teachers, including Gamaliel. You know, he was well thought, well trained scholar in the Old Testament law, the Apostle Paul. And he says, you know, it's not that I feel I'm sufficient by myself, but he says my sufficiency comes from God. And he says we have been made sufficient as ministers of the new covenant. Okay.  So, sometimes as ministers of God, we carry a lot of personal insecurities, you know, and because of that, we, you know, we operate or do ministry out of these insecurities. And our insecurities can be seen in various ways.   But sometimes, you know, we can, when we are insecure and we feel that someone else is preaching better than us, you know, we stop people from hearing them. So, we say, hey, don't listen to that man of God.  He has done this, he's done that. His teachings are all wrong. It's not in accordance with God's word. Why do we do that? Because we're insecure and we want to stop people from listening to their sermons and we want them to listen to our sermons. So, sometimes, you know, when people may leave our church or our Bible study group or our prayer group and go to another church, then, you know, we tell them, you know, that they should not be visiting that church or that Bible study group or prayer group. And, you know, we instead of preaching from the pulpit from the word of God, we use the pulpit time to put down men and women of God, put down other ministries, tell them how they're living, their lifestyle is wrong and that is a abuse of the pulpit time, God given time of preaching and teaching from God's word and we are accountable to God. Firstly, because we're talking about another anointed man of God, a man or woman who's called by God, we have no right to talk about them, you know, and we also have no right to use the pulpit time, God given time to teach from his word, teach people from his word, you know, use that to put down other ministries or to control, manipulate and tell people what they should be doing and what they should not be doing. But all this stems from our own insecurity because we don't feel secure that people love us, people want to come to our church and, you know, people think that we are, you know, not as good compared to other men and women of God.  So we get, you know, very, very upset, we get irritated, offended, and, you know, we're not given the seat in the front or on the stage, we're not called up, we're not recognized. All that anger that stems up is because of deep seated insecurity.  And so we don't give them, you know, time to preach or teach or play, and we try to put them down, and we don't want them to progress. And that is also stemming from deep insecurity. Also, sometimes when we are insecure, you know, we talk about the number of places we've gone and preached, the number of people who invited us, you know, the miracles that we have done, how God is using us powerfully, or sometimes we can also talk about how we are associated with other great ministers, other great ministries, just to portray that, hey, you know, I'm also a great man of God, I'm also connected with people in high places, rich and the famous, okay? So all this is stemming up from our insecurities, and we need to guard this, we need to watch over this, because this can also bring about a downfall in our own ministry, this can also bring about division in the team. So we need to be very, very careful, you know, and we need to ask God to give us a grace to get rid of all of these insecurities in our own life and know that our competence comes, our completeness comes from God, even as he has made us able ministers of the new covenant, we are not able in ourselves, but God has made us able, okay? The next thing is don't provide a platform for people with the personal agendas. Now, sometimes people can join your team, your church, and they want leadership positions or responsibilities, and we need to be very careful who we put in and what responsibilities we give them, we need to watch over people, whether their motives are pure, their heart is pure before God, you know, give them small responsibilities and see whether, you know, their heart is right, their motives are pure, whether, you know, they are willing to interact with others, they're keeping the bond of unity, they're willing to serve on the people, they're willing to work as a team in unity and oneness, and they're comfortable, even if they work hard, they're not recognized, they're not applauded, it's okay, they are willing to serve, also see if they're, you know, they're aligned themselves to the vision and the direction of the leadership, they're not just doing whatever they want, they're not doing what they think is right, what they feel is right, they're not doing their own things, so it's important before we give people or put people into leadership roles and responsibilities that, you know, we give them small roles without giving them any titles and watch them and if they fit in and they're doing things right, you know, it's important then we can give them responsibilities and roles and then maybe follow that with titles, okay, look at what Paul tells Timothy in 1st Timothy chapter 3 verse 10, he tells Paul has left Timothy, young Timothy, in Titus, and he's telling Timothy to appoint leaders and even as he's telling him to appoint leaders, he's telling, you know, in 1st Timothy chapter 3 verse 10, he says, but let these also first be tested, then let them serve as deacons being found blameless, so, you know, he says 1st test people and who do we need to test, he's not talking about leaders, he's talking about deacons, deacons are just those who serve, maybe those who set up the, you know, set up team, pack up team, those who are laying the chairs, who those who are serving coffee, those who are welcoming people, he's saying even such kind of people test them first and if they are found blameless, then you give them, you know, responsibilities and then titles as well, so when it's just for deacons, which who do administrative roles, how much more careful we need to be careful, you know, vigilant when we think about assigning roles in response to these for those in leadership teams, you know, sometimes people will come to us and they want to be part of our team, our church, you know, we need to be very careful because some of them will be promoting their own, you know, they will just want to come and serve, but later on they would want to promote their own personal ministries or their own business, so it's first important to test people, it's biblical, that's what Paul tells Timothy, ensure their hearts are right with God and right in serving before you give them leadership roles and responsibilities. Okay, the next one is to not fight what you do not understand, you know, we can't just put God in a box, you know, so we just can't, when we see a move of God, we can't say, hey, this is not what is in the Bible, this is not biblical, so this is not a move of God, yes, God will never do anything that will violate his word, that will go against what he's spoken in his word or what is a part of his nature, but he's also not confined to his word, so for example, we see in Acts that, you know, that even Peter's shadow healed people, so they brought sick people and laid them in the part where Peter walked so that even Peter's shadow would heal them, but we don't see this happening anywhere else in the Old Testament, so when it happened, we can't say, hey, I don't think this is right, this is not the move of God, this is something demonic, this has not happened, but we see that, you know, even as Peter's shadow fell on those who sick, the sick were healed, so, you know, we need to look at the fruit, the outcome of, you know, what is happening, so, you know, God can do new things in new ways which can surprise us all, and sometimes we also, you know, expect God to use certain kind of people in certain ways, but he can use, you know, different people in different ways to manifest his gifts, his healing, his deliverance, his work, his kingdom, purposes and plans through people, so we shouldn't fight it and we should not say that it is wrong, it's wrong to react in such a way, of course, you know, how do we know when it is the right move of God, even if it's an unusual move of God, it's not anywhere else we see in the Bible, how do we know that it is right even though it doesn't fit our logic, our reasoning, it doesn't fit the way we think and we want to do things, so God has been doing things, we need to look at the fruit, okay, if people are acting out of carnal nature and fleshly nature, you know, then we know that it's not of God and also you need to see the fruit, the fruit is that people's lives are being transformed, people are coming to know Jesus as a Lord and Savior, we can see their lives being transformed, people are healed, restored, from demonic afflictions, you know, strongholds are broken, you know, we know that it is the work of God, so it's important that we see the fruit and then we are able to judge, so if it's of the carnal nature, it's of the fleshly nature, then we see that there is basically no fruit, people's lives are not transformed, change, there's no healing and deliverance that has happening, but people are more bound to things, okay, so we need to stand back, watch, you know, and look at the fruit and the fruit will tell us, you know, whether this unusual working of God is from God or is from Satan or just the fleshly carnal nature, but you know, don't fight it, don't think, react in the wrong way, don't say it's wrong, look at the fruit and then decide, okay, some things that people say are not worth your time, look at what Ecclesiastes chapter 7 verses 21 and 22 says, can somebody read that please? Justice 7, 21 and 22, also do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you, for many times also your own heart has known that even you have cursed others. Amen, thank you.  This person was so supportive, so encouraging, what happened? Suddenly, I was beginning to retaliate, everything what I'm saying is retaliating, is criticizing, people forget the good that we do for them, but you know, we should not take that to heart just as we read in Ecclesiastes, you know, we need to be strong on the inside, we need to focus on what God has called us to do, even when such things happen, we need to continue strong, don't, you know, take time to fight against people because it's going to drain you of your time, your energy, you know, you can't fight them, it's going to affect you, don't retaliate, don't quarrel, you know, all we can do is, you know, just learn to pray, release our feelings, our hurt, our pain to God and keep moving forward in doing what God has called us to do, you know, I've been working with the handling teams the last, the last, say, 15 plus years of my life and yes, people are difficult to work with, you know, so I've had people who've joined the team and they're very supportive, very helpful, you know, but suddenly they, you know, they change, they begin to retaliate, they try to bring in division, they try to, you know, talk behind your back and try to make life difficult and I'm sensing that, I'm seeing that, I'm knowing that, but I, you know, what I have done is I have not fought them, you know, because I said, God, I don't have the time, first of all, because I do so many, I handle so many ministry areas, I don't have the time, I don't have that kind of energy and I'm not somebody who's, who can really fight people, I can't, you know, you know, I'm not good at winning arguments or getting through in pointing out to people what they have done, what they have said, you know, so I said, God, you have to fight my battles and I have seen God fight my battles, I've just stepped aside, I've seen God fight my battles, God either pulls them out and the main leader notices, it's brought to their notice without even me saying it and yes, you know, they either leave the team, they sent out and so it's important that we don't waste our time and energy because, you know, we are here to do what God has called us to do, there's so much more useful things that we can do and I'm saying, God, I don't have the time to fight them because it's going to bring about division in the team, it's going to waste my time and energy and my peace of mind, it's going to, you know, divert my focus and I'm going to get distracted, I'm just going to do what you have called me to do God and you just take care of them and I have seen God fight my battles and because he has promised he will fight our battles and he does it and I've just seen that so beautifully and wonderfully, he just fights it and I just have to sit back and actually just watch, okay? So, when people give you feedback, yes, you need to take feedback, it's not that we are perfect that, you know, that all is well with us because we are in leadership positions so, you know, if they bring constructive useful feedback, you know, take it, if it is not constructive useful feedback, just criticism, just let it go, don't hold that against people because they might see things in their own lenses, their colored glasses that they are wearing, they might have misjudged you, misunderstood your motives and the way of doing things but, you know, don't get easily moved by what people say and do, if you get easily moved by what people say and do, you cannot last long in the ministry, you can't serve God, you can't, you know, fulfill your calling and also as a leader in any field, you will not be able to move ahead so, you know, be very, very mindful of that, look at what Paul says to the, you know, what we need to do is we need to leave our offenses behind, it's not worth carrying them with you, okay? Look at what Paul says to the church believers in Galatia, you know, he's labored with them in the faith and they're, even as he's labored and bringing them to the faith, you know, they are easily swayed by some other people who insist that some of the Old Testament practices of the laws still have to be observed, okay? They still have to keep those Old Testament rituals and laws and it seems that, you know, Paul feels that his, what he has labored with the church in Galatia has gone in vain, but however, he, what does he say? He says, hey, people have not injured me at all. That's what he says in Galatians chapter four, verse 12. He says, you know, I'm afraid for you less I've labored for you in vain, but look at what he says, you have not injured me at all. So Paul is not offended with what the Galatians have done even though it's caused him hurt and pain, but he says, you know, you've not injured me at all.  Sometimes we need to also correct ourselves. Another example from Paul's life and Paul went for his first missionary journey. He went along with Barnabas and Barnabas brought his cousin John Mark and, you know, somewhere during that first missionary journey, John Mark decides that he doesn't want to continue with Barnabas and Paul and he doesn't go along with them and Paul is very, very angry. So when they want to go on their second missionary journey, Barnabas says, hey, let's take John Mark as well and Paul disagrees and they have such a sharp disagreement that, you know, Paul and Barnabas part ways and they go their separate ways with different people. Okay. But we see that, you know, John Mark grows in his faith, he becomes mature and Paul begins to see that and when Paul begins to see that he corrects himself and he realizes that he has made a mistake in how he has judged John Mark and we see that he welcomes John Mark back into his ministry as a fellow minister and he promotes him in the ministry. So here we learn a valuable lesson that we don't carry any form of grudge or offenses and we leave the past behind and we move ahead and, you know, as ministers of God, we must learn not to let people's actions offend us and, you know, even if it offends us, we must learn to leave it behind and walk into the things that God has for us. Okay. The next one is even as people grow, people change so be ready to let them go.  But, you know, they want to move ahead, they want to go and start their own ministry, go to another new place or start another church or, you know, they want to move out of your team. At that time, we should not be angry with them. We should not say, hey, you know, I've invested so many years into your life.   That is being very immature on our parts. What we need to do is just as we readily and lovingly accepted them and welcome them, you know, we must also be ready and willing to bless them and let them go into what God has in store for them because maybe God is leading them elsewhere and they had come in for a time in a season into your life, into your ministry and you have blessed them and you need to be excited that, hey, somebody who I have mentored, you know, have brought them into faith and matured them is going out, stepping out. You should be proud, not controlling them and not manipulating them. You know, even as I work with teams, there are people who step in and they step out and they want to leave and I'm just as welcoming and as loving as when they join in and even as when they leave, I just let them and send them away because, hey, this is not my kingdom. This is not my business. I'm in the business of serving the Lord. It is his kingdom, his business, his ministry and he knows if a person is stepping out, he will bring the right person in. So I don't have to get agitated or irritated or, you know, feel insecure. I just let go. So let go of people. I just bless them with joy, with happiness and, you know, wherever God leads them, pray for them and if they want to come back and join the team later on, you know, welcome them back. Don't hold things against them. Okay. We'll stop here. We'll continue after the break. Thank you all for your patience and I'll see you after the break.


being targeted. So I guess that's why I'm a little confused, because the French seem to be quite certain that they were – I mean, I can't speak for the French. And again, I'm relaying to you the information that I have. Right. I just want to clarify. Is it the U.S. belief that those drones are potentially targeting U.S. destroyers, the Carney and others, or is it that you don't know? Well, they clearly present a threat, and we're going to take appropriate action in self-defense. The only other thing I'd offer is if you see the comments coming out of who the spokespeople themselves saying what they're attempting to target here. And so again, the targeting of any commercial vessels in the region is a violation of international law. And again, we'll work with the international community to address these threats going forward. Let me give you some new colleagues to share. Thank you so much. I will go back to the Secretary Austin's phone call with the Iraqi Prime Minister. In the phone call, he pointed out to Iraqi militia groups that acts by Iran, Qatar, Hezbollah, and Haqqat, and Najibah that they are responsible for the most of the attacks. How did you get there to that conclusion that these two groups are responsible for the most of the attacks? Section 702. I'm kidding. I'm not going to get into intelligence, but the bottom line is what we put out speaks for itself. Do you expect the Iraqi government to put accountability to these groups? And does the United States give any support to the Iraqi Prime Minister, Sudan, to address these threats? Well, I'm not going to go beyond the readout that we provided, which clearly highlighted the Secretary's conversation with the Prime Minister as it relates to the inherent right to protect U.S. forces. And look, Iraq is an important partner to the United States. We're obviously there. We have a force presence in Iraq at the invitation of the government of Iraq to help their forces as they continue to work for the lasting defeat of ISIS. And so, again, that will continue to be our focus. But we do very much appreciate the Iraqi security forces and the assistance that we've provided when it comes to addressing these threats and will continue to stay in close coordination and communication with the Iraqi government. But at the end of the day, if our forces are threatened, we will not hesitate to take action to ensure that they remain safe. Last question. Do you believe that the Iraqi government could do that because since the very beginning of these attacks, you are requesting the Iraqi government to stop these attacks, but it doesn't happen. Again, I'm not going to go beyond what we highlighted in our readout. You know that we've conducted strikes within Iraq when our forces were threatened. And look, our focus there is on the defeat ISIS mission. You have these groups that are attempting to exploit the situation in the Middle East right now to work towards their broader strategic goal of expelling the United States from Iraq and Syria, but we do not want to see a return of ISIS and will continue to work closely with the Iraqi government and others to ensure that doesn't happen. Let me go to Joseph here. Just on that similar topic, in March, I believe General Carrillo was testifying on the Hill and he said there had been around 78 attacks on U.S. troops since January of 2021 until January of this year. That's two years. Just from October 17th until today, we have somewhere around 90 attacks. You guys have more or less said that these attacks are not linked to what's going on in Gaza. You also said at the top the U.S. is trying to contain this conflict to Gaza. Is it still the department's assessment that what's happening in Gaza is not linked to these attacks on U.S. troops? And secondly, I mean, is it the department's assessment that deterrence is working when we've seen the number of attacks in, I guess, two months more than what we had seen in two years? Yeah, well, again, our focus as I outline those objectives is to prevent the situation, the conflict between Israel and Hamas from broadening into a regional conflict. And so, no, we don't assess that that has happened. It has been contained to Israel fighting Hamas in Gaza and that will continue to be a focus. You know, we've talked about this before, the situation in Iraq and Syria, why our forces are there and the fact that you have Iranian proxy groups who are being encouraged by Iran to, again, exploit this situation to their advantage in order to meet the strategic aim of expelling U.S. forces from that region, which, again, oh, by the way, are there at the invitation of the government of Iraq. And so, you know, we're going to continue to stay focused on that mission. We're going to continue to do what we need to do to protect our forces and I'll just leave it at that. Secondly, if I can follow up on the task force that's being discussed and I don't have anything to read out, but we reported earlier today that there's the U.S. is in talk with 12 nations about this task force. Can you confirm that? And also, can you elaborate at all on the Secretary's conversations next week on his trip as you plan to ask at least Qatar and Bahrain to join them? Yeah, thanks, Joseph. So right now, no, again, more information in the near future as it relates to our efforts to work multilaterally in terms of the Red Sea region. And as far as the trip goes, again, we'll have more information in the future. All right, let me go back over to here. Laura. Thank you. Last month, President Biden and President Xi promised that they would resume military communications. I'm wondering if you can tell us when that's going to happen. So I don't have any specific calls or meetings to announce right now. We have been working closely with our Defense Attache Office and our policy team's been in active coordination with Beijing in order to arrange communication. But again, nothing to announce at this point in time. We have underscored many times the importance of ensuring that that senior leader level communication continues to mitigate potential risk and prevent miscalculation, and so we'll continue to stay very focused on that. I know that Secretary Austin doesn't have a Chinese counterpart. Right now, have they offered someone to speak in his place? Again, right now we're reaching out. Don't have anything to announce at this time. Thank you very much. Thank you, General. Congratulations on your promotion. Thank you. Getting to start. The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act says that US troops stationed in South Korea will be maintained at the current level. Does this include troops deployed for joint exercise? Thanks, Janney. So as you know right now, we have approximately 28,500 U.S. forces assigned in Republic of Korea. In terms of forces coming in for exercises, that is a variable number that depends on the size of the exercise, the number of requirements and things like that. So that won't change. So the bottom line is, you know, when it says force levels will be preserved, I take that at face value. Obviously, I'm not going to talk about pending legislation. But, you know, exercise numbers can fluctuate again just depending on the requirement. Do you think military cooperation between North Korea and Russia will lead putting the war in Ukraine to victory? You're asking. Look, Janney, you know, we are singularly focused on working with the international community to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to be successful on the battlefield, both in the short term and in the long term, in terms of deterring future aggression from Russia. So I'll just leave it at that for real. Thank you. I have two questions on the Secretary's course with the Japanese Defense Minister. First, on the Osprey crash, I wonder if the Secretary shared the progress on the investigation into the crash with the Japanese Defense Minister because Pentagon said the investigation will be transparent. Yeah, again, I'm not going to have anything to provide beyond what's in the readout. As you highlight broadly speaking, yes, the Department of Defense will continue to work closely with our Japanese allies to share information as it relates to the investigation, you know, and as appropriate. Yeah, secondly, the Secretary also discussed maritime security in the Red Sea. So does the Pentagon hope that the Indo-Pacific countries, including Japan, will join a maritime task force in the Red Sea, because what's going on in this critical waterway matters to the economy in the Indo-Pacific region? Again, I'm not going to speak right now for any individual countries. As I highlighted, this is an international problem that requires an international solution. So we are engaged with many different nations to discuss this challenge. And as I mentioned, we may have more future in the days ahead. Now better go to the phone or else I'm going to get in trouble here. Let's go to Jeff Schogel task and purpose. Thank you. What evidence does the Defense Department have that if Vladimir Putin wins in Ukraine, that he might target Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, all of which are protected under Article 5 of NATO? Yeah, thanks Jeff. So I don't want to get into hypotheticals, but broadly speaking, you know, past performance is usually an indicator of future performance. And so we've seen Russia conduct gray zone operations. We know that their goal, which they have failed at, it was to eliminate Ukraine as a nation. And so the concern here is, yes, if Putin were allowed to win, Russia won't stop. They will move on to other countries and attempt to either invade or destabilize. And so this does put us in a situation where NATO could be threatened and U.S. requirements and commitments under Article 5 would be something that we would obviously take very seriously. So again, this is why Ukraine matters. It's not just about Ukraine. It's about international security, not only in Europe, but also globally. Thank you. Let me go to Reuters, Phil. Hey, Dries here. Two quick questions. Firstly, Israel has said that it will deploy its own warship to the Red Sea. The U.S. ships already in the region working with them, and will Israel be part of any maritime effort in the region? And secondly, President Biden earlier today said that Israel is losing support over what he called their indiscriminate Gaza bombing campaign. Does the Secretary agree with the President that the bombing by Israel has been indiscriminate? Thanks, Idris. So I don't have anything to announce regarding Israel. I'd refer you to them to talk about their own operations in the Red Sea region. And look, Secretary Austin's comments at Reagan were very clear when it comes to two things. One, that our support for Israel's inherent right to defend itself is ironclad. And number two, that we will continue to expect Israel to conduct its operations in accordance with the law of armed conflict, highlighting that not only does Israel have a moral obligation to protect civilians, but it's also a strategic imperative. Thank you. Come back in the room for a few more here. Matt. Thanks, Pat. Today Reuters reported that a declassified U.S. intelligence report determined that Russia has lost some 315,000 troops, either to injury or death, total casualties. And also that its losses in personnel and vehicles has set its military modernization efforts back by some 18 years. Are you able to confirm any parts of that report or do you have your own estimates for casualties on either side of the conflict? Yeah, thanks, Matt. I don't have anything to provide on those reports, nor do I have numbers to provide on casualties. But I will take it as an opportunity to highlight the fact, again, the strategic failure of Russia when it comes to the objectives that it had set for itself in Ukraine, and the fact that it has cost thousands and thousands of lives on both sides needlessly, which is why, again, we will continue to work very closely with Ukraine to ensure that they have what they need to defend their people and protect their sovereign territory. So I'll just leave it there. Thank you, Dan. Thanks, General. One of the follow-up on the individuals that appeared to be responsible for the hijacking some days ago that you said appeared to be Somali. Can you give us an update on where they are if they're still detained underway with the U.S. Navy, if you've clarified where they're from and just where they are now? Sure. They are Somali. They are still aboard the USS Mason while we continue to work with the Department of Justice on next steps. So as we have more information to provide, we will do that. Do you believe them to be working in any kind of way with the Houthis, or was this just a coincidence at a time when there's a lot of Houthi operations? Yeah, I don't have any further information to pass along, Dan. And as we get updates, we'll be sure to pass them along. All right. I'll get one sec. Yes, sir. Thank you very much. You just said that Secretary Austin made it clear that the United States is expecting Israel to be careful in its bombing campaign in Gaza when it comes to civilian casualties. What if the Netanyahu government or the IDF continue to indiscriminately attack civilians in Gaza and continue to use the white force force like it did in southern Lebanon? What steps will the United States government take? Again, look, we have been very clear with our Israeli partners that we have the expectation that they will conduct their operations in accordance with the law of armed conflict. It is the importance of taking civilian safety into account has come up in every single conversation that Secretary Austin has had with his counterpart, and that continues to happen at multiple levels. And again, look, we understand that Israel is fighting to defend its people from a terrorist threat in the form of Hamas that brutally attacked the people of Israel on October 7th. We also understand that they are an extremely difficult fight and an extremely dense urban terrain where the enemy has intertwined themselves among the civilian population and are using them as human shields. So again, we understand that and we will continue to support Israel in their efforts to defend their people and defend their country. But we will also continue to talk to them about the importance of mitigating civilian casualties and the importance of ensuring that civilian aid is provided to the people of Gaza. Let me go back to the phone here and then we'll do one more in the room. Heather from USNI. Thanks so much. Just to follow up on Nancy's question. Because the French are saying that they were attacked when they were NATO ally, what responsibility is that put on the United States to help protect French military ships that might be getting attacked or other military ships that may consider the drones or missiles being shot in the Red Sea to be attacks. Thanks Heather. So my understanding is operations in the Red Sea, it's not a NATO operation per se. Clearly France is a close ally and should they ask for our support or call on us to support them, we will obviously respond and be there to help. But again, it's not a NATO mission as I understand it going on right now within the Red Sea. You've got the combined maritime force that has over 39 nations that work together on a multiple number of efforts to provide security and regional stability to include Red Sea navigation. So again, nothing to announce on that front, more to follow in the near future, but let's leave it there. All right, so you get the last question. As far as US and your military-to-military relations are concerned, how would you highlight 2023 and also any major accomplishment under what the future had like between the two countries and including yourself if you're enjoying your job, you have enjoyed your job in 2023?  But in terms of the relationship between the United States and India, with obvious focus on the Department of Defense, I think it's been a very good year. I think we've made great progress in terms of further bolstering our relationship and our cooperation. You've heard us talk about things like Indus X and working on defense cooperation efforts to include in the industrial base as far as developing things like jet engines in India, working collaboratively to produce armored vehicles in India, the ability of our ships to go to India, our Navy ships to go to India to be repaired. And so all of this working toward the common vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific region where sovereignty is respected and countries can operate in international airspace, sail the international waterways freely and without harassment. So again, we'll continue to work closely with our partner India and we look forward to further progress in 2024. Thank you very much.


TfNN, Headline News Update. Hi everyone, Basel Chapman on this 11th day of April Monday. We're looking at the Dow down 172 with 34,547. You can see there's a little cluster formation here. Absolutely needs to hold 34,200, but that's on a very short-term basis with 34,000. It's going to be absolutely key this week. We're looking at it down 0.48%. But look at this, the S&P, the 500 stocks, not the 30, but the 500 stocks are down 50 at 4438. And as a result of that, you've got to be watching this very closely because 4410 to 4390 is absolutely key support this week. If it closes under that, that says, uh-oh, now you've got to be careful. But in the meantime, a digestive phase is very important after the really good move that it had up until about the 28th of the month. We're looking at the QQQ. One, two, three, there we go. There's the NDX100 sharply down. Down 6.73 at 342.35. This is not good. This is a failure pattern. And just keep in mind that these NASDAQ, the growth stocks, are still having a terrible time. IWM, the Russell small caps, Russell 2000. It was moving up earlier on. It's down 41 and 197, 46. A big issue here is going to be bonds. You're looking at bonds going to lower lows. That means yields are going to higher highs. This is exactly the moment of the next two, three days where we're going to see, is there a chance that the TLT, that's bonds, is able to find some support having gone under, say, 126 and now trading at 123 and the 123.41 low. It's at 123.51. Is this, in the Chapman Wave inside-track support level, is this going to be the work of technical analysis that says, hey, it is looking like this is the very moment that it should start to find some support because if it breaks out of this very long-term down channel, the mini-down channel, that's going to be very negative. It's stochastic, set 11% on balance. Everything is down at the lows. We're going to be watched to see what happens by Wednesday or Thursday if the TLT finally can get to the 125.90, 126.60 area, probably about a little bit higher than that. And they'll say, oh, good, now it's a little bit of a turnaround to help those yields from running too sharply and maybe getting into a position where you can pull back for a little bit. That's just where we're looking at it. Crude oil, crude oil is acting. It's been weak, but it's holding the base of support and the arch formation. These are patterns I'll be talking about in my webinar coming up on Wednesday, the 13th, 4 o'clock to 4, 5.30 for Subscribes to Notification. Have a wonderful day. A great program coming up, of course. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to go all the way through to the 3 o'clock Combo Launcher, which actually I'll be sitting in for. Have a great day. See you later.