Hi, my name is Ann Smith and I'm here with the CEO and co-founder of Project Bizia, and he's sitting right over here, Anthony Bizia, and we have a special guest today. This young lady's name is Adirak Orem, but nobody ever calls her that. We call her Tutu, and I think your family calls you Tutu, and that's a lot easier to remember. We're here today to talk about cultural change and how difficult it is for immigrants to come to a new country and find that everybody is living certain ways, and sometimes very subtle things that they don't notice right away. We're going to talk particularly about gender roles, how gender roles change when you move to a different culture, and how this can be difficult for the family to deal with. But I'm going to ask Tutu to talk first, and Tutu, where were you born? I was born in Cartoon Uganda. In Cartoon Sudan, right? No, it's in Uganda. Oh, okay. And what's your birthday? February 26, 2002. Okay, and so you lived there until you were about three years old, and then you came to the United States. Do you remember much about living there? I remember how the houses were like, they were different from the houses here. They were unique, and they were hand-built, and they meant a lot, because you build them yourselves. What did people build them out of, whatever they could find? Different people built them out of different things. Some people, I guess, used bricks. Some people used mud. Some people used straw. They were all different. But the whole family, the parents and the children, would gather the things and build the house together. So the house was really your house. It was a home. I mean, Americans buy a house, and I guess we make it ours by what we put inside, and when we paint it and things like that. But it's not quite the same as building it. So you think the people there had a really close connection to their house. Yeah.  No. No, okay. Now, you're from a particular tribe that lives in Uganda and in Sudan, I know, or South Sudan now, the Acholi tribe, which is a sort of medium-sized tribe. Your first language is Acholi. Can you say hello to me? Ni-ning. Ni-ning? Ni-ning. Okay. How old were you when you learned English? When you started, you told me you don't remember learning English, but you must have been about what? Five, I think. Five or so? Yeah. Okay. And your English is very good. And I asked you another question the other day, I asked you what language you think you think in. Yeah. And you said? Both. Both you think. Okay. How was your childhood growing up here different from the childhood of other American kids? Because you've been here since you were three, so you have a lot of American friends, I'm sure, especially once you started school. How do you think it's different growing up as an Acholi girl in a family of four and growing up as an American girl in a family of four? How's it doing? Well, I feel like I am more responsible and mature than my friends because by the time I was nine, I already knew how to clean the house and in my household, you're responsible for your things, you're responsible for your room, and everything pretty much always has to be clean. But I feel like at my friend's house. My American friend's house. They rely on their parents to do that for them, so their parents cook for them, their parents clean for them, and yeah, so they rely on their parents for almost everything. And you are again, how old are you? I'm 12 now. And I think that what you just said is probably very accurate. You are in many ways more responsible than most 12-year-olds that I taught when I taught public school. I mean, I'm always saying, how old are you? Right? And I think it's because you act more mature than an American child the same age, which is, I don't know, I think it's good, and it has some downsides, which we'll talk about in a minute. Were your parents tough on you compared to your American friends?  What do you think, compared to how you might have been disciplined by your parents? Well, we get our report cards, and then the next day, my friends will be like, oh, I got a long lecture about how I need to do better in math or something. But I would get disciplined differently, depending on if I did good or bad. I would get a good job or something like that. If you did well, yeah. But if I didn't do well, then they wouldn't show that they were disappointed, but I could tell they were disappointed, because they want the best for me, because they didn't get the chances that I got. And so, yeah. So part of that's discipline. But I think part of it also, in your family anyway, is that your mom and dad talk to you about the opportunities you have and how important an education will be for you, because they didn't have those same chances. Yeah. Yeah. And I think, yeah, Americans take a lot of things for granted. I'm going to say that very honestly. Not everybody, but many do. Now you have a brother, right? Do you think it's the same in your family for the way your brother is treated, and you are treated, or in general, with African families? Do you think the boys are treated differently than the girls? Yeah. I feel like my family, not just the people in my household, but all my families are close to ours. What's called extended family, yeah. I feel like they're all stereotypical. Like, to them, guys are just supposed to know how to fix their bike or fix the TV when it's broken. But the girls are supposed to know how to do the dishes and cook and clean. And yeah, I don't agree with it. Yeah, so you said that when you were, what, eight or nine, you were already cleaning the house and taking care of younger brothers. But your brother might not have been doing the same thing at that age, and he might still not be doing some of those things. No, he helps around and cleans sometimes. He's actually kind of used to it, because he lives with three other girls. Ah, okay. So he's outnumbered. Yeah. Okay, okay. But in general, in a larger extended African family, and I'm going to ask Bazia a little bit about that, too, in a minute. But you play sports now. You've played several different sports, and you play now on a team.  And supposedly now it's equal. But do you think when you're playing just with all kinds of kids, Americans, Africans, all kinds of kids, do you think the boys and the girls on the same team are treated the same way? No, there are two girls on the team, me and my other friend, Hayley. And if one of the boys have the ball and I'm open or Hayley's open and nobody else is open, it's just the two of us. They still won't pass to us, because they think, oh, they're girls, they're going to get the ball stolen for them, or they're going to lose control of the ball. They can't dribble like us, because we're boys and they're not even supposed to be here. They don't know how to play as well as us. They need to be on their own girl team with their own level. So the thing in the head is still there? Yeah.  They'll look around for a boy or their friend and pass to them, even if they would be better off passing to you. And yeah, they don't play fair, but there's nothing you can do. And you and I talked about this too a little while ago. I said, well, maybe we should just give up. There's something called Title IX that insisted that girl sports and boy sports be equal. And then in the last 10 or 15 years, they now have mixed teams much more often than they used to. So I said to them, well, maybe we should just go back to the old way, but you had a comment about that, an opinion. What do you think? Should we just put the girls on one team and the boys on the other and forget about this equality thing? No. No matter how many times they tell you that you're not as good as them, you still have to prove them wrong. Because just running away from the problems isn't going to make a difference. You have to show them that you are as good as them. And if you're not as good as them, then you have to show them that you're better than them. Ooh. And you just, yeah. You don't give up. No, don't give up. Thank you. We may come back to you, but I'd want everybody to remember what Tutu said, because I think it's a much deeper message than just about playing basketball. Bizia has been working closely with some of the adults in the South Sudanese community here. And he had a very interesting experience just in the last week with one group of people who were from South Sudan, the Zandi tribe. Why don't you tell everybody a little bit about how that happened? It was planning a Christmas party, I believe, was what was happening. Yeah, it was kind of a small gathering in how to plan the party for Christmas. And one of the things, because according to the African culture, they almost put the lady to cover the food and other. But when I was there, I was just kind of listening to what is going on. And I think what has happened to me, I'm a man. I don't believe in a complaint, but I believe in, what's the next move? We can talk 10-hour, two-hour, but what's the next move? So I'd like to make idea of the manual of if you're doing a party, tradition supposed to be different food. But Christmas is something supposed to be like in the purpose of Christmas, how the family to be together. So since the lady said they can't even stand behind the onion or other, it was going over the limit. It's a lot of work, a lot of work. So I decided, we, like a man in the same meeting, we said, we're going to help, and we're going to try to eliminate the way they cook, because we don't want heavy food. We need everything light, or chicken light, or meat light, everything could be light, and to be in a small plate. So if, like I think you told me, that if this was a gathering to remember someone who had died, or a very important traditional celebration, there are certain foods that would have to be served. But this is an American Christmas party. Yeah, it does supposed to be in something light. What I'm concerned is they're for Jesus born to bring people together. And if you're bringing people together, then you don't want just the men and the children enjoying the food and the women going, oh, I'm so tired of peeling onions, right? I mean, that's the one other thing. And we try to take that idea of just the woman who cook, or who she, the one, do everything. And it was a good time, because the men shared to be cooked with the ladies, even in the kitchen, even to cut the onion. And it was good. And I'm hoping we're going to add more change in the society of South Sudanese in the general, because we're working on to take the idea of name of tribe, because it's still connected to those small things. And when we became a nation, we need to talk about what means became a nation. Because a tribe, I don't really buy in the way it is, but I'm proud to just say I'm from South Sudan. Only if you're going to ask me Pacific, according to South Sudan, have 10 instead, I think that would make more sense. Because at the same time, I feel like we limited ourselves. We try to be under kind of group. And when you see the passport, you don't see Asholi tribe. You don't see Zander tribe. You don't see Denka tribe. You don't see Muro tribe. They will say South Sudan. I think through this, what I'm doing, what I believe, I think we need to start raising a different expected. And there's one thing even myself, when you ask me, where are you from, I'll say from Africa. I don't go Pacific, because it doesn't make sense. But I think part of this, and you were telling me this not too long ago, that part of the problem is that some of the people have never been more than 10 miles from where they were born until they got on a plane and came here. In other words, the tribe, the village, the little small area they grew up in was all many of them knew. So to suddenly start seeing a state and then a country and then the whole world, it's a huge step. And I'm also looking into marriage. If you have a man and woman who come here married with three or four children, and the wife has always done the cooking, she's always done the cleaning, she's always done all these traditional things, you said to me it can't happen overnight. How is it going to change? How is the attitude between the men and the women and the families towards their children? How is it going to change? For me, if you think what I'm doing through the project and change have to be two people, the mother and the kids. And the mother, she's the one who all the time was a kid. And this is the one other thing through my project. You see I walk a lot of time with a young lady because maybe I can say example like Tutu right now. I'm trying to give her to be who she is, not what we want her to be. And another thing we need to talk about what we have in the back in the day. But the culture, he need to be updating. It cannot be 10 years ago, 20 years ago, we're going to just say, oh, that's the way it goes. No, time requires thinking and belief since South Sudan be starting off fighting or whatever since 1955 until 2005, South Sudan became a country. We need to be able to take the good part of what we went through and transit to this young generation. And it requires a lot of discussion. Discusses. Slow changes. Changes and you have to be open talking ideas, you know. And I don't want everybody to start talking about, I'm from South Sudan before you say, I'm from Asholi, I'm from Zande, I'm from Muir because when you go to the level of the national, you don't say, I'm Asholi. Even in your passport, they don't put Asholi, they put South Sudan. And I think that mean people start united. But what I see in the TV of South, they don't talk about united. United, you don't unite people just a word. You need to be practicing the visual. That's right. That's why the really change. And I want to close our little discussion today by asking you a question I forgot to ask you.  What's the downside of that? Yes, actually, because I feel like it prepares you for things in the future and there's only so much you can teach your children. And then one day they're off on their own. Yes, you're right. And you have to do the best you can do. And I think that you, it's good to start early. So if I can teach my daughter to ride a bike at only age four, then I'm gonna do it. If I can teach my son how to do the dishes at age seven, then I'm gonna do it. Good. And your dream, I'd like to share that as a closing note. What is your dream?  I want to be a surgeon. A surgeon, wow. Special kind, I think you told me.  Cosmetic surgeon? Yes. Oh, okay. Wow, that's a terrific career. I wish you a lot of luck. Thank you. I'm Ann Smith, speaking for Project Bazeer. Thank you very much.


Previously, we were not really impressed by Dell's work in the gaming laptop market. And more often than not, the reason for that was the cooling solution. Today, we have the G155515 Ryzen Edition in our office. Its design is revamped once again, and we hope that this year, it will be for the better. Looking at this device we can't help but notice the similarities to Alienware's M15 series. Nevertheless, it is an entirely plastic product, with some speckles residing inside of the material. It weighs 2.81 kg, which is significantly heavier than the competition. The keyboard has decent key travel and an optional 4-zone RGB backlight.  The I.O. is scattered pretty much everywhere but you'll get, power plug, USB Type-C 3.2 generation 2 port, 3 USB Type-A 3.2 generation 1 ports, HDMI, LAN port, security lock slot and an audio jack. The memory and storage can be easily upgraded, so don't forget to check out our disassembly video. There are 2 Sodom slots for up to 64GB of dual-channel RAM, and 2M2 slots for PCI-EX4 SSDs. You can choose between 120 or 165Hz IPS screen with full HD resolution. We bought the 120Hz one, and while both of them should have great viewing angles, this one has an excellent contrast ratio and mediocre maximum brightness. Also, it covers just 54% of the sRGB color gamut, and the color accuracy is acceptable only after installing our display profile. The screen isn't suitable for professional work so the colors aren't that important, more important is the lack of pulsations, the screen doesn't use PWM so it's comfortable for long gaming periods. Only 2 per 100 people watching this video are subscribers. If you decide to just start following us, we'll be able to reinvest more in our laboratory thus making even more helpful videos for you. Thank you, you're awesome! The battery in our Dell G1555 has a capacity of 56W hours which is enough for more than 8 hours of web surfing or video playback. G1555-15 is available with AMD Ryzen 5 5600H or Ryzen 75820H processor, and 3 different GPUs, RTX 3050, 80W, RTX 3050 Ti, 90W, or RTX 3060, 115W. There's also an Intel variant of these series and it's called Dell G5 155511. The 5511 can be ordered with up to Intel Core i7-11820s H. Of course, we'll get a configuration with an Intel CPU too, so you can expect detailed benchmarks and comparisons on our website. Here, you can see that the cooling consists of two heat pipes common for the CPU and the GPU, and one more for each of them. Additionally, there are heat spreaders on top of the graphics memory and the VRM modules. Dell did surprises with this one. They fixed arguably the biggest issue of their gaming notebooks, the cooling. The first column shows a computer's reaction to a short load, 2-10 seconds, the second column simulates a serious task, between 15 and 30 seconds, and the third column is a good indicator of how good the laptop is for long loads such as video rendering. In order to provide more breathing space for the graphics card, we see a very lenient approach for the CPU thermals. As you can see, the temperatures remain pretty low even after 15 minutes of stress testing. When it comes to the graphics, we see that the RTX 3050 Ti inside of this device completely obliterates the competition. However, it wasn't able to achieve its 90W TGP limit, as said inside of Nvidia's control panel. Indeed, the fans of this thing were pretty loud, but we've definitely heard louder models. Also, thanks to the additional space behind the screen, the heat is moved away from the keyboard, hence, the hottest spot we measured was barely exceeding 36 degrees Celsius. Ultimately, we feel that Dell has more job in hand for their next generation of gaming laptops, as this one was particularly heavy, especially for a 15-incher. On the other hand, the gaming capability of this particular unit was commendable, and we are happy to see the cooling improvements. At the end of the day, the affordable price of this laptop makes it a very good offer.


Why don't you want to talk? I saw it on CNN today. But why don't you want to talk? I don't have a problem with talking. I'll tell you. Why don't you... People in general. Why don't you want to talk? I mean, everything you said came absolutely true. CNN took a poll and millennials would rather text than speak on the phone. I don't know why. Why? It's not incredible. No, it's not incredible. You predicted it. It's your doubtful of humanity and society. I'm trying to understand. Well, they don't want... Well, look at them. You hold the door open for them and they don't say thank you. You can't even grunt.  I will say what I've always said and what Dan said to you. Learn the hard way. Some of the consequences. I mean, parents want their kids to be so computer literate, but at the same time. Now they're complaining that they're obsessed. But now they're obsessed. So first you want them to be computer literate. Like for instance, when we were kids we had to take exams on paper. We had to blacken in the dots with a pencil. Now all the exams are on online. I told you that. I told you the first thing. Computers ever were in my generation in the late sixties, the first calculator. These are just instruments. It was my first one. During an exam just to put your calculators away. Yes. And you know what my teachers say, if your cell phone goes off, take it out in a hallway. Don't disturb the class. Everything comes backwards. Everything I keep saying, you can't get through to me. You can't. It's like...  But being obsessed with texting reflects their personality. They have none. You have none. Yeah. Oh wow, one nap and oh gee, they spare it. Yeah. Yeah, I mean it's like it reflects the way they behave.  Stop it now. Yeah. Like if you say something like complimentary, they'll look at you like, thank you. Yeah. Okay. And they come out wearing these super short shorts or whatever, why are you looking at me?  Yeah. Well gee, your girlfriend or wife... So I never did. All my exes... I thought it was great when guys look at my girl. Are you that insecure where they can't look at your girl? What's wrong with you right now, right? And don't you know that your girl is dressing like that to leave? If she looks good. But she's leaving the house like that? Yeah, but I mean they know that if a woman is dressing like that to go in public, they know she's going to get some form of attention, whether it's unwanted or positive or whatever.  But these guys are getting mad. Oh, they want to be macho. What are you looking at? What are you looking at? Your girlfriend, she's very beautiful. She looks nice. What do you want me to say? She's hideous? She's hideous, yeah. I mean, come off it, man. Come off it, punk guy. No, really. Well, by the end of this week, I think Thursday, the world will officially be in a trade war with the United States. India is joining by Thursday. Thanks to Donald Trump and his tariffs. Everybody is tariffing the United States now. The best thing for the US is to get rid of Donald Trump. He's causing so much dissension. And they think he's divided the country. I said, hey, hot shot has gone beyond the country. Allies don't want a thing to do with it. The Trans-Pacific, what is it called? No, I'm sorry. Trans-Atlantic partnership. What do you mean the country? What about Germany? I'm sorry. England. France, the whole bit.  And in South Europe. And Canada. Right. The Trans-Atlantic partnership it's called? Kim is a really tough guy. They're willing to boot the United States out of it. No, they're willing. Hello. How was friendlies? No. Why? Club sandwich. Where they have like a Fred Flintstone club between two slices of bread. Did you get a lot of splinters? I wonder how that Harold's of New York is. My sister told me they're pretty decent. Where? The one by medieval time. They make the kosher, the pastrami sandwiches. That's the world's biggest selection of pickles. And corned beef, brisket. I love a high sandwich like that. Especially with this high quality brisket. I love crunchy pickles. The tariff war, which means a lot of like India exports a lot of almonds and a lot of things. They show the whole list of all the... It's not just India, it's all of them. Trump's got it getting so deep he doesn't like it. You know what's going to do? Go blame the Democrats. Well, he always blames everyone else. He's never wrong.  They never apologize. Well, he can't. He said, I have never asked to forgive this because I've never sinned. Oh, is that so? That's what he says. But I thought all man was born with the original sin of Adam and Eve? No. But he's innocent. But he's always innocent. Yeah. And he got out of a Vietnam war in the draft with five or six deferments from daddy.  Oh, you did? I said I don't know much about it. Treated him like a king. He got everything he...  But that's a real asshole thing to say. I'm never wrong... I know. I've never asked for forgiveness because I've never sinned. That's even worse than saying I'm never wrong. Yeah. Well, it's the same thing. I'm so perfect. I don't do anything wrong. So he'll never apologize. Forget about that. Have you ever heard of Sam? Sorry? No. Okay, there you go. Yeah. Oh, by the way, this is what we're giving mom. You remember Alice's emergency? How would you know? Yeah, this is electrolytes. This blows away any sports drink as far as the numbers go. It comes in packets, you know, effervescent. This one is... What are you asking? I know what it's gonna say. What are you asking? Well, let me ask. Is Donald... Do you think Donald Trump pendulum is going to be the demise of the Republican Party? Wow, it didn't take too long to... Can I go right and do a yes? It didn't take too long to say yes. Well, we're already in a demise. I told you I think yes.  There's something about the crystal quartz. I mean, holy moly. I told you I'm voting all the way down Democrat this time. Because my party has done nothing. Little mysticism? Nothing. Did you try yours yet? No, I've got to tie the thing around. I will probably receive it when I get home. The only thing... You know, I'm trying to remember where I got this cord because it's like waxy. So when you tie a knot... It stays. It stays. Well, I do a classic Navy square knot. Left over right, right over left. Just to make, you know... What'd you get me? Quarter fatter with cheese. Oh, for me? No. Oh, right away a no. She gets food because she don't have to pay for it. I know. Which is good. Everything, all food is free. How would you go to the diner instead of IHOP? All food that's free tastes better. Oh, there's a car down there by? Yeah. I forgot what you said. What did you have? Big? Thick? Yeah.  What club? Yeah. Yeah, the 4-4-16 club. It's not the players club. I like Dairy Queen better than Carvel. They give you... You get bigger portions. Probably pay more. I'm going to be on... I like a moral. I really do. Wait a minute. How could it be a lot if it's a small sundae? The diner? No, Carvel. Wee-wee. I used to get the big strawberry malted milkshake. And you know, the millennial behind a counter would say, what's malted milk? I go, okay. It's an extract of barley malt. What is malt? It's malt. Yeah, they don't like it. You know, wow. And then they go and... Give my friend, your husband, my best, please. Have a good father's day. Oh, that's right. Happy Father's Day. To your dad, God rest his soul.  I'm so... Oh, you could have met my dad. I spoke to him one time. You did? I called your house. I called your apartment in Ridgewood. You weren't home. This was back in the late 1980s, I believe. And I had a conversation with him. And he was a very logical, common sense, no-nonsense guy. He shot straight from the hip. Everybody loved dad and mom. At that time, he was worried about you.  You know, he was... Kind of wild times, but not... Not that wild.  And mom and dad always said, we never have to worry about you with drugs. But you did have groupies. Well... Yeah. Bill Morrill groupies. No, he wouldn't. Well, he's your man-god. That's what... They are all millions. Hold on. That's a good question. Is William H. Morrill the third? Really man-god? Oh, wow. Oh, it says yes. It's a green. There you go. Well, then I guess you're right. But just listen to him. He must be a man-god. I remember at the... George Burns played God, but I don't know why. He could have hired my friend. At the... Barnes & Noble up here. They all used to get those label-makers and put out man-god was here. And they put them all over the store. Oh, nice. Oh. Is the franchise owner of this establishment cheaper than the previous franchise owner? Try not to crank up. He is? I'm not moving it, ma'am. I'm not moving it. You can see, you can see he's cheaper. I didn't think that was possible. But I guess... Are they running close neck and neck? Are they pretty close neck and neck? No. So this guy's a real cheap... He's a new owner much worse.  He's a new owner much worse. That's the best. Okay. Is the new owner of this establishment much worse than the previous one? Well, then it has to be neck... Well, if he's much worse, he has to be... So they're almost the same in cheapness or stinginess. That goes back to your... Okay. Okay. You good? I think... It's good, Alisa.  Um, the, um... Pendulum, do you feel that the crystal does magnify energy, electromagnetic energy more than anything? The one I asked my owner, do rock quartz crystals possess great powers? Okay. Did you hear William? No, you hear him. Oh. Does rock quartz crystal possess great powers? Over the size of your ears. Do you think William H. Morro sings the song in the summertime better than anybody else? Oh, I knew that one right away. See, no. You know what? And it's so pretty to look at rock quartz crystal, too. You know what I mean? Come on. You know about the crystal skulls of the Mayans? Of course you do. Supposedly 13. The crystal skulls of the Mayans pendulum. Do they possess special magical powers? There you go. You know what else the Mayans use? It's a stone called, uh, it's a volcanic rock called black obsidian. They actually made spearheads out of it or, I mean, arrowheads, um, and it possesses powers where if you stare into it, you can do scrying, which means you can contact the spirit world. And you can actually communicate with the spirits. I do mine every day.  Yeah. Like a cauldron. I also ask the Ark of the Covenant, is that an alien device and war weapon? Was the Ark of the Covenant an alien device and or weapon? Extraterrestrial. He says yes. Well, this is a very special father's day because we're getting a lot of, we're communicating with the astral plane and this is really exciting. Well, you have to talk to him like he's doing this. No. Well, Lucy and this guy, yeah, then it'll get pissed, yeah. Anyways, that gentleman was very nice to me, by the way. Who? That man. That man with the white t-shirt. You don't know. I mean, he was compared to Joseph. Well, Joseph is not his name. I'm just, I make, I'm comparing him. Joseph's like. Joseph's a printer. Yeah. Now, so, pendulum, the, the... Can I ask a question? Because our friend Joseph, the Asian professor, has severe... What's the word? Attention deficit disorder? No. Does he have a problem with communicating with the general public, Joseph? Our friend Joseph? Does he lack communication skills? Does he lack communication skills? Well, that's obvious. That's obvious. This is a, this is a Joseph, the professor that does seminars for free. He gives away his knowledge for free. I don't know why. And he doesn't shave and doesn't wear nice clothing. You know, the boy, he hates... What was it called when I gave him good advice? Well, I guess, good advice. It's Joseph.  Presentation is important. Shame. He can go to a dollar store and buy razor blades. Shame. He can get a packet.  Listen, they sell... Who's that? The Asian gentleman that sits over here sometimes. With the laptop. He won't shave well. He tries to get public speaking.  I don't think he knows how to shave. But it doesn't look good. Is your presentation... Well, it's like sex.  I hope he doesn't go to these... Or in and out. Speeches.  Nobody will pay attention to that. Oh, you just look so old. Unless, unless your professor Erwin Corey, the comedian, with his hair sticking up from here. But that was double talk. That wasn't really genius. You've got to learn to be professional. My God, my father was one of the greatest public speakers in all of IBM's history. So there was nobody better. Well, that's why he went the distance with IBM. Like he did. Well, it was just public speaking. He did everything right. He built IBM. And I bet he traveled abroad. Not a lot. He did most in the U.S. He didn't want to go all the way. What's that? IBM's division was called World Trade. He didn't want to be away that much. I didn't want to go to McDonald's and eat burgers. I had to do that to see if you were listening. I'm glad you are. I'm thinking of dedicating my international food and drink group to the memory of Anthony Bourdain. I was watching his programs last night. And the food got me real hungry, but I felt sad. Yes, it's sad. It agrees. As Anthony DiStefano passed away. Yeah, I know. We asked that. My old friend, our old friend from the past, Anthony A. DiStefano, did he pass away? No. How come? My landlord told me he died. Well, anyway, maybe the pendulum needs to rest a little bit. Maybe it doesn't. Something you can't find on the website. I can't find an obituary. That's weird. I have my aunts and my mother, no, my aunts on my grandfather's side of the family are obsessed with the obituary.  What? Every day? Every fricking day. I said, what are you like? A more Tisha Adams was more positive than you people. I said, what are you like? A more Tisha Adams was more positive than you people. More Tisha, and what's her name? Lily Munster. I found out a friend of mine, one of my teammates with the Jets, a good friend, Karen. I remember sitting with suburban diners the day after Thanksgiving about six years or more ago. I was reading the article. I wanted to get the score of the original parameters game. And that's what I found out. Before he and John Matuzak both died from the same brain cancer for steroids and football, which I took too. He said, I also took, besides what they gave me, $30,000 more of my own money for more steroids. Oh gee. Their body didn't have blood. Their whole body was steroids. So where did you ever get this?  No, electromagnetic radiation. They prove that it's dangerous to hold yourself on your head. They didn't prove yet.  So you're giving up brushing? No, I'm using hydrogen peroxide mixed with water. Water, did you hear about that? Diluted, diluted, you gotta dilute it. Oh, no, hydrogen. No, that's wonderful. It's deadly. No, it's wonderful. But don't swallow, don't swallow. Unless it's food grade, unless it's food grade hydrogen peroxide. They use it with $30,000 plus extra money worth of steroids in their body. Well, Arnold Schwarzenegger took a handful of Diana Ball tablets back in the day. Well, my steroid, when I was... 60s and 70s. My steroid, they said the doctor said this is brand new. It's totally safe. Are you listening? I'm listening about that, bro. Six, seven years ago, when Jose Cansega, the former baseball player, came out with his book, and the abuses of the Jews and steroids and baseball, whatever, came out. He said one of the top two deadliest steroids in the world was the one I was on. And they told me... Decadiabolical. Decaderavelin. Decaderavelin. It's totally safe back then. And it draws. So how they lied. And they gave us... And they gave us the amphetamine, which was so strong, it hasn't been made in over 10 years. It reeks. They don't make it. Hey, Billy, that's... It's called a black beauty. One was strong enough for the entire day. We were taking two a day. That stuff is reeks. Plus, they were giving us male testosterone. That's true. We were wired. We were huge. That stuff reeks havoc on the liver, man. Because it has to get processed by the liver. That doesn't matter. Back then, they told us it was totally safe. I know. I heard that part. That's the only thing I can tell you. I heard that part. They didn't tell us, well, this is going to wreak havoc on your liver. They said, no, it's totally safe. It's good for you. And does anybody who runs a big business ever tell the truth now? That's not the point. The point is the bottom line is they told us it was totally safe. Right. That's it. That's it. You were young. You were a young man. You played football. It's going to make us feel great. And it did. I've never felt better in my life. It's too bad everything that makes you feel great is deadly to you. Isn't that something? Well, you're supposed to cycle that stuff. You're not supposed to take it constantly. Well, we didn't. The steroid was every third week in the hip. God. That's testosterone. And the amphetamines were daily. Well, now they hit each shoulder. But you mean you're going to keep going off the chance? The point is this is what they told us. I heard that part. Well, yeah. But you keep going off now? Well, they do. They do. Because I've seen it done. Nobody told us that back then. That's my point. Nobody... Listen. Listen. I asked my doctor. I asked my doctor. Back then they just said it was totally safe. I asked my doctor of internal medicine, Dr. Ronald Rigolosi, about steroids. He says he's supposed to cycle it once or twice a year. You're not supposed to keep on doing it. But the doctors... Jimmy, my point, the doctors back then said this is brand new. It was totally safe. Or they didn't know. It just lied to us. The bottom line is we got it. Yeah. That's the bottom line. There's no argument. Good and bad. Listen. The bottom line is they gave it to us. They told us it was totally safe. And you took it. And that's it. Period. So we didn't know. We were ball players. You know? Now, of course, the baseball players in modern times, they knew perfectly well what they were getting into. No. No. Jose Canseco, Mark McGuire didn't know. No. The first time I saw Canseco ever as a rookie at bat. Sammy Sosa. Look how he changed his face the whole bit. When I saw Canseco for the first time as a rookie at bat, he did exactly what I did. He couldn't hold his neck still because you can't. Steroids tighten the muscles so tight you kick. He was up at the plate like this. I'd get the clothes of my buddies holding a drink like this. Roger Clemens was a real big guy for a picture. Him too. Muscular. Big. Right? Roger Clemens. That's all the juice. You see how big. And then again you tell me again how Mark McGuire went from a little grail stick figure with the ace of 176 pounds the next year he's huge. Come on. You knew right away that guy's owns all steroids. Well, even the size of Roger Clemens when he was with the Red Sox. Pitching. Pitching, no less. He's a big guy. I think he's from Texas. University of Texas. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. Big guy for a picture.  I didn't like his attitude. I mean, it's not. I didn't like his zest commercials. It's nice to get along with your teammates in the locker room. That's usually a plus. Well, maybe he did.  Barry Bonds is another example. Well, he admitted he didn't deny it. So when he broke Babe Ruth's record he didn't hide it. I was debating with this guy that insists that Hank Aaron was on the juice. I go, no way. No, not Hank Aaron. Hank Aaron started with the Milwaukee Braves and went to Atlanta. No, not Hank Aaron. You could tell by looking at Hank. I mean, he was a naturally strong guy.  I couldn't stand in a club with a guy that was always flexing. But what about the moon? My back was getting tight. Everything was getting tight. But what about that broad moon face they call it? Puffy. Square draw. No, no, no. Square draw usually comes from GH growth hormone. No, no it does not. No. No. It depends on the guy, but the ever-tale-tale thing is the square draw.  Oh yeah, like upper back. This is a second generation pro wrestler on TV. She has a long jaw, like a Jay Leno, a long pointy jaw. Usually... Well, that's wrestling. That doesn't matter. No, I mean, abusing GH does make your organs... That's very formal. I call them steroids. Yeah. I'm talking about organs and bones that continue to grow. The steroids, they work. They work. Oh, we're out of doubt. Oh, sure we're out of doubt. They definitely work. It's incredible the workouts we get. Well, the pharmacist at Walgreen says even tranquilizers like Xanax have to go through your liver and can cause negative side effects.  It's like the oil filter in your car. It's a filter. That's why it's... So the Oscar Meyer mobiles will be out there for a while, I guess. As a move. The Wiener mobiles. Oh, it's two of them. Yeah. Oh yeah, it's two of them. One behind the other. Yeah.  No. Like right in the center? Nope. And you could say this is really how big I am? This is going on. No, no, you say this is really how big I am. Why are you not going out there? Well, I know you're not going to go out there. So why are you going out there? Because it's freaking funny.  So laugh about your hot balls. Jesus.  But of course, like Andrew Anderson, all his jokes are funny and everybody else is not funny. No.  That's because I'm doing the satire of him. That's why he's mad.  Don't do that.  You're not doing the satire of me at all. Out of luck. I never even mentioned that at all. I said all these two of them. That's all I said. Out of fun. Out of fun. It's just out of fun. Out of fun. There's two of them. That's it. End of discussion. But you busted my chops about the guy being nice to me up front. The Asian gentleman. Another guy got out of it. Right. And about my red shirt. Real quick. And then I got out of it. I don't go on and on. Because you kept on like... I don't keep... You trashed any idea. No. I just said, oh yeah, you wore the red shirt. One sentence. I'm done. Right. But with the hot dog... And you kept going on the whole story. Because of all those laughing. It was... See how I make one thing a sentence? That's it. But I know you're not going to do it. But make one sentence. Get out. This is what... And this is what I told this old friend of ours. The old guy you saw in the car. This is what it's called communicating with people. This guy wants to do short bits. Beep, beep, beep, beep. And that's it. You know what you do? You do what my friend Matt does. And what everybody teases Matt from, when we got with Matt, we used to have coffee and rich. Right. He could take the shortest story and it drove people to... We used to all stand there.  But he must have really dragged it on. They said, Matt, get to your effin' point. Oh, no. The Oscar Mayer Mobile was a point. They told him, make your point. That was a fast point. He stands in the middle and says... And I told him, I said, Hi, our man got this. I said, do you notice when I tell a story about Matt? Matt. It's over. He goes, I've got to learn that. He goes, I do go on. I do go on. I say, yes you do. Don't. You mean he... You mean he digresses. You're driving people nuts. I digress. You've got to stop it. Because we had educated people down there. They were like... And is that... You know what? I used to hate music. And you know what else? You want to know something? And I said, no. Oh, wait a minute. Oh, he had the old guy that comes in. The one I called Popeye, that Bob guy. The Popeye. He and I don't get along. Well, he doesn't get along with anybody. Because you don't let him talk properly.  And he goes, you want to know what I think? I said, no. Not really. Oh, you said that to him? Yeah. I said, no, no. That's not nice. He's not a nice guy. Okay. What does he say that's bad? My God. Jimmy, I can go on. I don't know him. Everybody that comes in says that.  Okay. That's all right. I can be specific. Okay. This and that. Oh. When the air was off and I went over. You complained about everything. Oh, you said that? I said, hey, hot shot.  The cold corporate. Don't give me your. Wait a minute. He said that to you?   You're the one that called corporate.    He's right. That's what they're saying.  He complained about everything. I went.  And what happened when you got the heat on? Let's see how long this lasts. The next day was cold again.   He shot right up.  Because it's all right. It was all right for him to complain. But not for that.  And this is his neighbors told me this. It sounds just like Andrew Anderson. They stabbed you and they said he will stab you in the back. So yeah. But I'm the one that calls him out. You see? Well, you were assertive. That was good.   I complain about everything. I tell them when it's too cold or too hot. You're the one that calls corporate. What's your point? He shot right up. I love that old song. They smile in your face. And all the time I want to take you please. Backstabbing. Backstabbing. The OJs.   You know him. You've seen him. He's the one I call poppies. He almost sounds like the dude they used to pick you up once when I don't take you. And when your car was on the fritz. That's the old guy, Joe.  He lies about everything. He cannot tell the truth. And his own kids have a problem getting along with him. Well, Danny passed away, I told him. But his other son won't have nothing to do with him ever. Joe could never talk to him the whole bit. I called Darren one day. I got a call back from Darren in five minutes. Joe was just like, what? I can get Darren any time I want. He won't not speak to Joe.  I knew them both since ten and eight years old. Sounds like my father and not me and my sister. Joe, that's a lot worse than Joe. Joe's a scumbag. You don't grab a kid's shoes when the kids look at the souls to see if they really need new shoes. You don't come in on the last day or the night before. But he's close to a broken cabinet. They say, his new wife, oh Pam and I decided we're not going to pay for your broken cabinet. That's just two things. Of many. So until you know somebody, I tell people, he seems like a nice guy. I said, you've got a lot to learn. I said, you have no clue what I've known. I've known this guy for almost 40 years. He will screw anybody. His parents told him, his brother, growing up. Don't trust this guy. Okay? Wow. What does that tell you? It says a lot. I said, this guy is sick. Well, his grandkids, oh God, they can stand to be with him. Oh, they hit his guts. Pendulum, these very negative selfish... No, no, no. Is Billy's friend Joe Rizzy a complete and total asshole? No, you have to ask it, Jimmy. I'm sure it heard you. But you're the one holding it, though. Is Billy's friend Joe Rizzy a complete and total asshole? And I use that term loosely, friend.  Okay. As Billy says, is he a chronic liar? Is Joe Rizzy a chronic liar? No, I'm not moving this. So you were. No, I'm just saying to the... All right, now, these people that are bona fide natural-born selfish assholes or evil or just self-centered, self-serving, is there a negative force making them that way? Interesting. Yes. So what you're saying, pendulum, is there's a negative external force making them behave and do what they do? All right. However, are many people just born evil and cruel? However, are many people just born evil and cruel? Well, look at the price gouges in the drug company. Doesn't matter. Daddy. Don't go in your details. Oh, why? Maybe it likes my digression.  Just don't, don't. Yeah, I'll stop pacing. I know, I know. Just accept the answer. Okay. Do you think the price gouges in the drug industry that exploit terminally ill people, are they sociopaths? That's kind of what I thought. And what about the politicians that are constantly on the take with no remorse? Are they sociopaths? No, don't. But I'm a storyteller. No, don't. You don't do that with that. Just start each one separately. Oh, it's like the courtroom when you're in front of Judge Judy. Judge Judy, you don't want to hear too much. Yeah, don't go in by the way. And by the way. You don't continue at all. All right, all right. Each one separately. And now, let me give it a rest. It's separate. He doesn't need a rest. Well, in case it overheats. He doesn't do that, Jimmy. Oh, kiddie. That's not funny. All right. Don't make fun of me. No, I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. It's like a Ouija board. Yeah. Take a light. No, never mark it. No, I'm not marking it. I'm just kidding and all that. Don't do it. Okay. Pendulum. No, you have to say that. Just come right in. You have a question. Jesus Christ. Yeah, I'm trying to teach you what I would like. I've been interested for years. Go right in. You have to go pendulum. No. Oh, no. What's your question? I'll tell you. Well, we have a dry heat wave this week. Oh, that's nice. That's good to hear. Better on the central air condition. Okay. Ask a broad question like I have. No. Billy has always said and warned us that mental illness is so much more prevalent in the world than anyone realizes. Is that true? William Morrill feels that mental illness is so much more prevalent in the world these days. Is that true? Look how big that is. Look at the friggin toxins in our food and environment. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I think it's just something to do with the human being in birth. Do you believe that for those that are religious that we are living in the end days, the end times? Was Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce, were they accurate prophets? Oh. I've been going all the time. Good to see you, my friend. Nice to see you. Have a good evening, all right? Well, thank you both. Oh, one of the books I gave you is Edgar Cayce book. It looks like a good book. Okay. We've been prophets. You know, I think he's from Missouri. He's from the Midwest somewhere. You know, he used to get... He was just a simple farm boy, Edgar Cayce. So what does that mean? No, but he had this ability, nevertheless. What you say is simple farming. Well, simple, meaning not educated, not a whiz kid. How many educators are in dominance? So you get an education there? It doesn't mean you're so genius either. So nothing says you can't be on the farm. You can't be on the farm. No, it just means you have the ability to memorize facts in a classroom. Some people use that. But they can't apply it. They get certain gifts. You just don't know. I only care about people that can apply knowledge in common sense.  You can memorize your textbook. All right, can you? Well, like they say, some people are very good testers. Others are very intelligent, but just don't test them. You know, my teachers told me in tech school that all the textbooks that people have to pay for are already outdated. Way outdated. Yeah, but these are outdated. Kids in college are paying $200, $300, $400 for an A textbook. A textbook? Are you kidding me? Talk about price gouging. You know that thing only costs dollars. So this is not counting the tuition they have to pay their student loan. Right. School art bookstore. One of my mom's substitute caregivers owes $25,000 a student loan. You know why she can't get hired? Because the companies won't hire entry level. They want to hire people that are ready to go right to work. If you think of training people on the job, they might have tremendous potential. What about apprenticeships? Remember them? They still have them. Not everybody. But I see great potential in you. You can learn fast. Right. You take a student that got high grades. Okay. You take a student with high grades. They graduated. Well, you have potential. That's right to say. Like the commercial. Pinocchio, remember that? Everybody in this room. Well, that's wrong. That's why they got the long nose. Not everybody in that room. Has untapped potential, is it? Some people have great potential. You have to recognize it as a true leader. Of course, Tony Robbins can turn around and say, oh, I love you all. You all have wonderful potential because they're paying them. If they're going to keep buying his books and CDs and DVDs, then that one goes further. That one goes further. My buddy went through all that. You can be a fantastic motivational speaker. Well, I would tell the truth. I was a motivational speaker when I was building SuperTech. I mean, actually get paid. Not like Joseph. Not like Joseph. The people from the UN overheard me. They said, I have never, ever heard a speech like that in my life. I said, oh, I'm glad. When I went to a meeting with... Plus your voice. Somebody. John Roque, maybe. John Roque. Before me. Before me with a number of big investors. One of the ladies there. She owned a brokerage firm. Right. Smith Bond. When the meeting was over, I didn't say a word. I just stood up as I'm walking out. She grabbed my arm. Nothing gets by. I said, I know everything that's going on at all times. You see... I said, I just don't give it away. You most likely have a high IQ, but school bored you. I think you were bored in classroom many times. That's why so many schools wanted me when I did the IQ test at NYU. No stimulation in the classroom. My friend showed me a psychologist when he came in after five weeks where I did it in three weeks. They come in the psychologist in this big report to tell your parents and the whole thing. They say, he gets bored. If he's not challenged, he gets bored. I got a personal... I'll bet you there aren't many on the planet complaining what I got in the middle. Dad had big files too. School doesn't want to meet with our football and those with football. Anyway, we got a personal letter on the governmental seal signed by both from Monaco, Princess Grace and Prince Reneer to attend the University of Monaco for marine biology. They saw my report from the psychologist at NYU. That was a damn good interest in marine biology. It all shows that I just didn't test well because I got bored. Archeology is another fascinating... My parents, you're getting off of the tangent again. Because I like archaeology. I know you do, but why are you getting off of it? I digress. They see your potential. There you go. And your legs back. You are very intelligent. You just don't test well because you get bored. It's that simple. You got to put some old teeth on your hands. They're dry. They're a tad bit dry. But you got it. No, stop that 66. Route 66. We get our kicks on Route 66. Just, you know, you got it. You might as well use it. Well, when you took care of your dad, you were washing your... Oh, my God. They were bleeding, remember? Oh, my God. Once the winds of November come early, my hands dry out. I've had two degrees many times. So I've had both extremes.  But that was really cool hardcore football. People said, how are you throwing? It just doesn't bother me. My hands were cracked. They were bleeding. I wear gloves. What was the name of the old stadium in Minnesota at the Vikings plate? It was like Lambeau Field. It was out in the open. So I think Soldier Field in Chicago was still out in the open. And the Minnesota Twins played there, too. That was when everybody shared the same stadium. I don't know, I don't remember the name. Yeah, but they were sliding all over the ice and snow. Oh, that's not fair where the players were in. Both teams have to play. That's not the point. The fans have to endure that, too. Guys can't play the game the way it's meant to be played on both sides. I said, it's not fair to play in that kind of weather for any human being.  These guys make arguments. That's the way football is meant to be played.  Because they like seeing people... I said, how much have I played 37 years? You show me any football that's meant to be played in crap-ass weather. Now, why is it when the weather sucks, defenders love it more?  You have no idea what you're talking about. They just get off on watching and players slide around the field. You're not watching a real people with their best potential. And the ball is falling out of your hand. What good is that? As Dan said, bad weather is a neutralizer. Makes the better team play less. They can't do what they're great at. I mean, do you think a thoroughbred racehorse is going to... Yeah, it did. Yeah, it just did. In Baltimore, in the Kentucky Derby and all that mud and mud. The freakness is what that's meant to be. So it did. It was a great mud racer. Yeah, well, they call it the flats as opposed to the trotters. Horses like cool weather. But you're getting off on the horses. They like cool weather. Yeah, you like animals, though. I like horses. But I'm saying horses love cool weather. They love to run in cool weather. That's why the Meadowlands has the thoroughbreds in the fall. That's why, you know, they run into everything. And they don't run that off anyway. So... Yeah. I still say riverboat gambling on the Delaware and Hudson River would be a great idea. Well, there's nothing new. No. Oh, no, not at all. I mean, the flat bottom bus. But people were getting drunk causing trouble. Well, they had gambling all around the old Manhattan and everything else. And so that's nothing new. Yeah, you had it. You mean like by New York Harbor with the Statue of Liberty? But it was regular ships. And people were getting drunk. And that's why they said that's enough. No more gambling. They needed too much security aboard. Well, you stop destroying people's property.  And stop it. You want to ruin it for everybody? Consider it done. You know, last October I took the circle line for the first time in my life after seeing the commercial since I was a little kid. I really enjoyed it. Yeah, I'm sorry. No, New York Harbor, Statue of Liberty, all that. Lower Manhattan. Yeah, oh gee. All right.


Great. So I'm sharing the presentation with you before we begin our class. The course content has been divided into five sections. The first one is the Hebrew Bible, which introduces us to the Hebrew Bible of the Old Testament. And the second module we will be talking about the Old Testament, the Pentateuch or the law. There's the five books of the Bible, which is also called as the Pentateuch. And the third module takes us through the history of Israel from Joshua to Esther. And we call this as the history books. And the fourth is the wisdom books or the poetry, which gives the survey of the wisdom literature, starting with the book of Job until the song of Solomon. And the fifth and six are the major and the minor prophets, where we will be doing a survey from the book of Isaiah till Malachi. That is the last book of the Old Testament. Mr. Isaac, would you like to share something? Yes, thank you. So we will be doing a survey, not by verse to verse study. We will be going through the key verses and events and themes to see the bigger picture of the scripture at the major moments, which is in each of these 39 books of the Old Testament. And the Old Testament will have, we will be doing an overview with cover background, the introduction of the author, the date of writing, the very purpose of writing of this book and the theme and outline extra. We would be starting including the shadow of Christ in these books. Mr. Isaac, can you please mute your mic? I understand there's a problem with your microphone, but if you could mute or if you want to share something, you can type it on the chat. Okay, we will be using the following text book, the PDF version, which has been shared with you all, and we would be navigating from each book to book. And we will encourage you all to keep your personal Bible and the book throughout the course so that you can study and note down the important points. There would be two assessment in this course. One would be at the end of September, we call it as midterm, and the other would be at the end of November, that is during the end of the course, as you complete the course, the last week of November, and it will be graded. There would be a grade at least we need to get more than 35% is what is expected, but we need to get more than that so that we can clear this course or pass. So do you all have any questions as we go through it? Do you all have any questions? No, ma'am. Thank you. President Dayana, I was just looking, whether the course material has been shared in the Google classroom? Yes, it's on the Google stream. You can go and download it from there. Okay, okay, thank you. Okay, yes. Okay, there's a text message. The assessment format. Okay, the assessment format can be the presentation on the books that we covered till then. For example, if we are giving an assessment at the month of September, so from August till September, which are the books that we are covered, we would like to maybe y'all can present on each book. Okay, we would be assigning each person the particular book that you could research and present it to the class and depending on your research and the presentation, you will be assessed and graded on that. And the same we will do at the end of November. Good question. The next is, do we need to take printout of the books? See what is comfortable to you, Jeffy. Now, if you feel a hard copy is better, you can take a printout. Or if you're able to manage with the soft copy, you can go ahead with the PDF version on your laptop. Yes. Any other questions before we could begin with the introduction of the Old Testament? Any questions? Okay, do we need to have any kind of reference books or any support material? Yes, it would be good when we give you the assignments on research and when we ask you to present the assignment, you can use any other reference book. Or you can research directly on the Internet. And more we research, more we read, it is better. We increase our knowledge in that particular book. Okay, we'll be getting the hard copy of the book. If we had in-person classes, yes, we would have given you all a hard copy of the book, because we are online. As much as possible, we are trying to avoid any kind of contact. So maybe you can take a printout of the book Titus. Rebecca, today you can listen to the class and study through. We will give you the assignment maybe two weeks ahead. We will give you two weeks ahead on which book you need to prepare your assignment on so that you will have at least two weeks to prepare for your assignment or prepare before you could present that particular book. For now you can go through the class so you will have an idea like how you need to prepare and how you need to present it. Okay, if there are no questions, we can go ahead with the class. Okay, the introduction to the Old Testament survey is, the Bible is the inspired Word of God written by 40 different authors over the course of 1500 years. The Hebrew Bible of the Old Testament was written by several authors ranging roughly from 15 to 15th century BC in the Hebrew language with small segments written in Aramaic. Most of the original were written on the papyrus which lasts longer than today's paper but nevertheless decays. Finding a document older than 1000 years is a rare event. It must be been preserved in a very special way. That's what we see and we also don't have any originals at this point. What we have is only the copies which has been preserved. Knowing this we may be wondering whether the document we have are really the same as the original text. We will go through the rest of the class. I'm just reading a portion of what has been written and the history like how they retained and how did they find these scrolls. After the destruction of the Jerusalem at the exile of the Jews in 587 or 6 BC, not even a single earlier manuscript survived the Samaritan Pentateuch from the 11th century AD was thought to be the earliest surviving form of the Hebrew text. However, it differs from the Orthodox Jewish text in some 6000 places. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls provided the manuscripts dated with 150 BC to AD 75 and became the text witness to the Hebrew text. We find a fragment of every book of this Old Testament except the Esther in these scrolls. All these agree with the received text of the Old Testament except for the orthographic variations or occasional variant reading hardly affecting the sense of the text. Here we have to study on the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew Bible is also known as the Hebrew Scripture. One second, let me share on that. Hebrew Bible also called as the Hebrew Scriptures which is from the Old Testament or Tanakh collection of writings that was first compiled and preserved as a sacred books of the Jewish people and it also constitutes a large portion of a Christian Bible. The Hebrew Canon contains 24 books, one for each of the scrolls on which these works were written in the ancient times. The Hebrew Bible is organized into the three main sections. The first is the Torah or teaching also called as the Pentateuch or the first five books of Moses. The second is called the Nevin or prophets, the book of prophets. The major and the minor prophets are covered in this. And the third is Ketivim or the writings, the historic writings from the Bible. It is often referred to as the Tanakh, a word combining the first letter from the names of each of these three main divisions like Tanakh is named as T-A-N-A-K-H. From Torah and the next is Nevin and Ketivim. So this is how they have named the book as Tanakh and each of these three main groups of texts is further subdivided. The Torah contains the narratives combined with rules and instructions and the first five books that the Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. And the books in Nevin are categorized among either the former prophets, which contains the antidote about major Hebrew persons and includes Joshua, Samuel, the first and second Samuel and the first and second Kings or the later prophets which exhort Israel to return to God and are named because they are either attributed or contain stories about them. For Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and together in one book known as the Book of the Twelve, the Twelve Minor Prophets from Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Saphoniah, Haggai, Zechariah and it goes up till Malachi which is the last book of the Old Testament. The last of the three divisions, the Ketavim contains the poetry that is the devotional and the Herodic theology. It has a drama in a book of Job and Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Songs, Attributes to the King Solomon and then we have Ruth, Lamentation, Ecclesiastus, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nahumiah and Chronicles come under this particular section, Ketavim. So many Christians refer to the Hebrew Bible as the Old Testament. The prophecy foretelling the advent of Jesus Christ has God appointed Isaiah. So the compiling of the books, we may have a question, how did all these books in the Old Testament where compiled? So we are done with this, I just put this three so that we get clear of these three sections in the Hebrew Bible. So we may have questions like how did they put across all these books together? Eventually Christian church leaders cross the worldwide gathered to answer major questions including, which book should be regarded as scripture? These gatherings included the Council of Nessia, Nicea in AD 325 and the first council of the Count's Tantinople in 381 AD, which decided a book should be included in the Bible it was. So the first is is which was written they they considered over the three points first was it written by Jesus disciples or someone was a witness to Jesus ministry such as like Peter or someone who interviewed eyewitness such as Luke or so the second point they considered it as it should be in the first century AD meaning the book written long after the events of Jesus life and the first decade of the church weren't included the third point they considered was consistent with the other portion of the Bible known to be validated meaning the book could not contradict a trusted element of scripture so by this time the first century AD ended and most of the church had agreed on which book should be considered as scriptures so the they formed the Canon the earliest members took guidance from the writing of Peter Paul Matthew John the the the direct disciples who had witnessed Jesus together so they had considered these books then later the council and there were a lot of debates and agreements were largely used in weeding out the inferior books that claim the same authority and settled with which book should be included in the Bible and not and a few years later Jerome published a single published a single volume in Latin language and this edition of the Bible is commonly referred to as the Vulgate Bible note Jerome wasn't the first to select all 66 books that we know today as Bible but he was the first to translate and compile everything in a single volume now the important point here is the name Old Testament how did we get it the name Old Testament was devised by a Christian Melito of Sardis about in 170 AD to distinguish this part of the Bible from the writings that were eventually recognized as the New Testament the Gospel of Jesus Christ been presenting the history of the early Christian church so we also see that a different denomination at different books in the Bible so the different religious groups which which were a part of the Canon they had a lot of debate and agreement which needs to be considered and which should not so each one considered certain books and included in their Bible like you know in in varying order so the Jewish tonic which is also called as the Hebrew Bible they have 24 books as the Old Testament yeah 24 books and the Christian Bible ranges from 73 books of the Catholic Church Canon and 66 books of the Canon of some denomination or it's been generally have Old Testament Bible as 66 books whereas the other denominations have books of 80 and 81 included as their Old Testament book some of the orthodox churches have 80 or 81 books included as the Old Testament scriptures the second part is the New Testament which contains the 27 books that is the four canonical gospel followed up with the book of Acts of the Apostle and then 21 epistles or the letters and the book of Revelation book of Revelation so this forms the how the scriptures came together so till now do you all have any question or you would like to share add on I think I've received a message let me check no problem is like that's okay okay it happens just that we have to keep our mic muted so that you know we all can open okay if it if it all you want to share something is like you can always use the chat so that you know we can read and interact with you through that way thank you we appreciate for you to be part of this class thank you okay yes as I said said you know like the Canon decides the Canon decides why certain books need to be included maybe some scriptures in that particular book are not agreeable or that does not go well with the other scriptures in the Bible so they would have decided to not include in the Bible but whereas yeah that's how the council the Canon council decides which to be included and which not so that's how they have formed the 66 books as a general book in the Old Testament and some of the other denominations I've considered the other books anyone else anyone else would like to share okay so as we have done with our introduction of our you know Old Testament survey and okay so we can prepare for the next class and we will be studying on the Pentateuch that is the book from the Genesis onwards in the next class that is next week so for now if you have any questions anything that you would like to share you can go ahead the meanwhile I'll just stop the recording


Hey friends tonight. We are hanging out at Disney's Magic Kingdom I've been wanting to come out and wear my new 1971 Vault Spirit Jersey and it's been super chilly here in Florida. So I felt like tonight would be the perfect night We're gonna ride some rides check the wait times get some food and enjoy a cozy chilly night at the Magic Kingdom Anywho's let's go do this. I Cannot believe we're rolling into February 2022 already January seems like it just went by so quick, but I have to say I'm kind of liking how the new year is starting for me It's been great so far Whenever it's cold here in Florida. I always just immediately think of going to the Magic Kingdom I just love being able to walk around on a chilly night with a cup of coffee You know what I mean hang out with a cup of coffee on Main Street USA such a great feeling So we're gonna do that later on definitely. I Normally come out to the parks much earlier in the day But tonight I kind of came out a little bit late and it's five o'clock So it's gonna get dark out pretty fast and when it gets darker out it also gets colder out So definitely gonna be a chilly night here at the Magic Kingdom Something cool that I've been doing with my TikTok videos is I've been exploring like retro Walt Disney World and Showing off like old maps. So I brought my Magic Kingdom map From 1998 and I kind of want to show you guys some of the stuff in here because it is mind-blowing If you guys want to see more like retro Walt Disney World videos And you should check out my TikTok paging mr. Morrow because I've been showing off a lot of these old maps And I kind of think it's really cool like I said this map is from August 29th to September 6th in 1998 and During that time period. They actually had the enchanted Tiki room under new management. Isn't that so cool? cool attractions for summer days and it tells you the park hours and also wow look at the parades and fireworks Spectral magic fantasy in the sky. Oh The Disney magical moments. This is the good stuff right here. And you know what? I think we're gonna head over to Adventureland kind of got me all Thinking about the enchanted Tiki room, but not the under new management one Let me know in the comments if you ever got the chance to actually see the enchanted Tiki room under new management With Zazu and Yago. I think that is such a cool thing. I never got to see it And I know a lot of people didn't like it and it didn't last too long But it's it's fun to hear your feedback. So let me know in the comments what you thought So that kind of inspired me to make my way into Adventureland and do a couple of attractions over there I said last time I was here didn't spend enough time in there. So maybe we'll get maybe one or two rides done. I Think it would be fun to ride Aladdin's magic carpets because of Yago and then maybe do the enchanted Tiki room I mean, we have to see what the wait time is for Aladdin's magic carpets. I don't want to wait long Sometimes they do have a short way, but we'll see. We'll check it out Here is a look at some of the wait times jungle cruises 75 minutes pirates is 35 Oh the magic carpets of Aladdin is only 25 minutes on a mansion 45 minutes I mean, it doesn't seem like it's a too busy kind of day. Honestly. It's actually really awesome Once again Mickey at Town Square Theater only a five minute wait 25 minutes, I could definitely wait to do the magic carpets of Aladdin. I really do like this ride. It is fun It's kind of like Dumbo One of my favorite things about riding this ride is you can actually control like if you go up or down and also the tilt of the Carpet so Dumbo you just control going up or down, but this one has two different controls and I like that That wasn't bad at all. It actually was really quick. So I'm happy. I'm happy with riding this It's something I've been wanting to do for a while There it goes except for this one carpet right here, I guess it's not so magical Looks like the camels aren't spitting much water these days though This one over here is not spitting nothing and that one just kind of looks like it's drooling It looks so funny doesn't it? Oh I love it. Oh here comes the not magic magic carpet They also give you a sign numbers for this too. So we are number nine our lucky magic carpet is number nine That's it right here There we go. This is the one you can sit in the back the back controls the tilt and then this one controls Going up and down. So I'm not too sure which one I want to do. Oh, well, you know what we can reach We can reach behind us. Oh Wow, I like my spirit Jersey to the color kind of magic But we're ready got our seatbelt on and ready to go on a magic carpet ride a whole new world Also take a look at all the genie faces right there and a boo ahead of it. That's really awesome I never noticed the genie. It kind of blends in but here we go. We're ready There's our little camel friend Oh Wait It started off pretty fast there, and I wasn't expecting that Oh, we're going all the way up. Wow. Look at it. It's like the golden hour right now Now we're gonna tilt back. I think we tilted this way. There we go Magic carpet ride Oh, no, we want to be up Let me share this whole new world Oh, this is too fun. Look at we're really tilting here. Oh, we're coming in coming in for a landing. Oh This is such a fun ride. I really really do love it a little bit like a creaky though It's definitely a little creaky got a little bounce to it, too Well, that was a lot of fun I really do like riding that ride it gets me all giddy and happy I have no idea why maybe because they do like play like Aladdin music So you're flying on a magic carpet, and I don't know it really does like make me feel happy Now let's head on in to Walt Disney's enchanted tiki room and this one I feel like I haven't done in a while it says zero minutes until next show so I think we're just gonna head right on in I Really wish we could have seen it like under new management like in person. I wish I could have I've seen videos of it online, but I've never actually got to see it in person It was before my time, but I probably thought it was magical for the short stump that it was here Looks like we got a full show today, and that's always good to see a lot of people coming out and visiting the enchanted tiki room It makes me happy now There have been times that I've been in here and there's only been like 10 people and believe it or not That has happened many of times before but not today like we're hopeful. I Like to sit in the back row because I like to get an up-close look at these guys right here They can be terrifying, but also very fun Look at that Somebody needs to wake somebody up because the show is about to start looks like some of the birds are sleeping Wake up You Ladies and gentlemen now we present direct from the islands a musical Well, what did you guys think I always get joy whenever I go to the enchanted tiki room I wish I could find y'all go though of since we were talking about under new management I was thinking I'm like is y'all go in this area at all anymore, and I've really been looking around I don't see them anywhere. So the only time he was in there was under new management now I can't find him anywhere Something else that's really cool And I think we're gonna actually go over there right now only because I keep looking at the map is Where the 20,000 leagues under the sea attraction and Mickey's two-town fair where that actually used to be you can see it on the map Right here, and there's the nautilus in the water And I think it'd be cool if we go over there and I'll show you what took its spot I'm sure some of you know, but I bet there's some people that don't know Can we also chalk that up to a thing I wish I could do the 20,000 leagues under the sea attraction That would have been so amazing. I have a lot of props from that attraction at my house I have the seaweed there's a porthole, and I really wish I could ride it I know I can go to Disneyland and do the finding Nemo one But I would have I would have loved it on the original 20,000 leagues under the sea attraction that would have been great Now that we're leaving adventure land I want to see what the wait times are like over in fantasy land and it looks like Dumbo's 15 minutes the filler magics 25 7 doors mind train is 130 minutes. Oh, and we need the poos 50. Wow. We got busy quick Looks like we're losing daylight here, so we're gonna have to hustle along I do want to get something to eat too, and I was thinking about maybe oh you want to get something to eat He wants to get something to eat too, but I was thinking about getting one of the 1971 meals I don't know if you guys have seen them before, but they're at the different quick service locations And I thought it'd be fun since I'm wearing my 1971 spirit jersey have a little 1971 meal, too Back in 1998 they opened up the brand new Pecos bill cafe where they sold cheeseburgers hot dog baskets and wrap sandwiches The best food in the west brand new Right now we're coming up on the carousel and we're gonna use the carousel as kind of a focal point to show you guys Some things on the map that used to be and I kind of I'm really excited about this I feel like I should do this to almost every part like bring a map from the 90s or the earliest date and Just point out cool stuff and that's what I was doing the tiktok videos about I was basically just like going through the maps Because I have so many of them and it's pretty amazing just to look back at what used to be So if we were standing right here to where the carousel is To the left of it would have been Dumbo. Dumbo would have been right here And then right behind Dumbo would have been the 20,000 leagues under the sea attraction and that's where he It looks like seven doors mine train is like you see how it is right here on the map It's pretty crazy right there is the carousel There is Dumbo and then here is the 20,000 leagues under the sea pretty mind-blowing and then down over by the big top area That would have been Mickey's toon town fair and I think that is so like special really really cool stuff right there Also back in 1998 there wasn't Winnie the Pooh There was actually Mr. Toad's wild ride isn't that so awesome and inside the ride as you're going to Owl's house you can see Mr. Toad in there actually signing over the deed and I'm gonna show that on the on the map too I'm now fixated on the map. I am like hooked about this Right here at the Hundred Acre Woods and you can take a look at the map see there number 26 I think it is yet number 26 good old Mr. Toad's wild ride. I love it That is so cool. Also number 28 Which would have been Mickey's fill her magic was a legend of the Lion King presented by Kodak Isn't that like oh, I love it Now I think we're gonna actually go head on in to cosmic rays starlight cafe grab ourselves that 1971 meal and maybe listen to sunny eclipse I can see him in there right there the hardest working man in entertainment I Feel so fancy getting the 1971 meal while wearing my 1971 spirit jersey and walking around with a 1998 Park map There it is the 1971 meal a barbecue chicken and kale slaw sandwich and it comes with waltz chili cheese fries a Funtland beverage and a 50th cake pop all for $19 and 71 cents All right, here it is the 1971 meal I did this with a cake pop it actually comes a Individually wrapped but I wanted to make it a little fancy and we've got front row seats for sunny eclipse look at them up there This is gonna be fun First things first, let's try the pulled barbecue chicken with kale salad It might be a little loud, but we don't turn down sunny eclipse. So here we go That is so good and the kale salad or the kale slaw really doesn't have any like dressing on it It's just kale. I think but I like it. It's very good The bun is not holding up though. It is like falling apart in my hand. So it's a little bit messy So we're gonna try it again here I'm not the biggest fan of this sharp cheddar cheese, but we're gonna give it a go because it's waltz cheese waltz chili cheese fries Well nostril Donald Duck and Goofy were in here a few minutes ago, looking for Pluto Man, I've had a few million miles to art And what? Did you know that a comic is the star of the tale? Come to think of it, Mickey Mouse is the star of the tale too So let's go Why didn't I start playing that too? We used that in my planetary to break the enemy It's time to try the cake pop and look at it. It's got a little gold dust on it. So here we go. We're gonna bite into it The cake on the inside is really really moist and I like the flavor of the chocolate coating. This is really cool It's a little treat It's a little added dessert for free because you pay $19 and 71 cents for the sandwich and fries and drink And this is just included Now we're all finished. We're gonna head out, but we got to say goodbye to sunny. Bye, sunny I love you Wow, I can't believe it's like completely dark now things have changed so quickly and we were only in The cafe for maybe like 20 30 minutes like we weren't there that long So maybe we'll hang out in Tomorrowland a little bit. Maybe ride people mover or I would love to do carousel progress There's a lot of great things that we can do It doesn't look like there's much of a line to ride the tea cups And I really believe the tea cups at night is almost like a different attraction. Look at how beautiful it is over here I think we're gonna go do it. Look. I kind of got excited. I'm like little spontaneous No weight might as well and it is so beautiful at night. I Just checked to see what the temperature is and it's 49 degrees. So it's a little bit chilly I'm glad I'm wearing my spirit jersey. I can't believe it's dark out already Like I said, it goes by so quick it gets dark super early in Florida And now we're about to go for a little spin on the tea cups Get it a little spin. I'm not gonna do much spinning though I kind of like just to sit back and relax some people go crazy and all in but I kind of just Stationery I'm the stationery cup whenever I'm out there. I Think we'll take this cup right over here. This one's closed at the moment I got a little tarp over it, but this one's good.  No spin here. Maybe we'll just do one little tiny spin. There we go. That's good for me How you doing there cup? It's so funny seeing it not spin round and round Hey, I'm not doing that. What the heck? Oh There we go, isn't it so nice to sit back relax and it will spin a little bit, but not too much You don't have to go crazy. I love it though Oh, oh, we're spinning we're turning around now This is the way Oh And that is that's very fun Oh, that was loud The fireworks are at eight o'clock and it's enchantment so I'm not too sure if I'm gonna watch them It's not like we're seeing fantasy in the sky or wishes or happily ever after wish I do wish I could have seen fantasy in the sky now. That's the fireworks that they have in 1998 that would have been pretty amazing I was super tempted to go grab a coffee But if I plan on riding the people mover I can't get a coffee because they will not let you bring that on there So if you do plan on doing the people over no food or drink no coffee or anything like that Because I love drinking coffee and doing the people mover, but we're not back to that level yet So if we do get a coffee, we have to get it after we do an attraction So we have to make a decision here. I Say let's go ride the people mover then go down to Main Street, USA and get a coffee from Starbucks, I was gonna get a coffee over here at joffreys But first we'll do the people mover and then maybe a pistachio latte It is really starting to get chilly out though Like I said, I feel like it's different in Florida Like I remember walking around and like negative like 10 degree weather in Pennsylvania But like it drops onto the 40s 30s or 20s here in Florida and I feel like I can't handle it I really feel like I can't handle it Doesn't really seem like there's any line for the people mover either like I bet you're will probably only wait about five ten minutes You still need to wear your mask when you're on the people mover because you go inside space mountain other than that It's basically an outdoor attraction and it's gonna be cold Look at this. We got lucky. We got the first car So that one's gonna take off and then we're gonna lead the pack leave the pack that one's 16 number 16 Sitting down relaxing on the tea cups and now the people mover This is life. I wish I had a coffee. That would be like a hundred percent better Here we go, we're taking off in a second here. This is my favorite part right here The Tomorrow Land Transit Authority people move your quiet and carefree highway in the sky It is indeed Coming up on the castle there Everybody should be staking out a spot for enchantment But there she is Wow, what a beautiful thing, huh? Cross galaxy express Only at the TTA Wow looks like space mountain is only a 30 minute wait That's really an awesome wait time right there All right, it looks like we're heading back in now heading back. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah We got a couple minutes before enchantment starts So I think we're gonna head down get a coffee and maybe watch the fireworks by the exit like far far back So we don't get caught in the crowd. I think that sounds like a plan It doesn't look like there's a lot of people like staking out spots for fireworks The fireworks are like less than 30 minutes. So usually you really can't get through here There's people like crowded up to these lines. So it must not be that busy today I bet you a lot of people went home because they were too cold. I don't blame them. I Hope that means that there's not a lot of people in that Starbucks. Oh Oh Maybe so we might get lucky here. Oh, no, it's too cold of a night people definitely getting coffee 17 minutes to get through this line. I think it is for possibility 17 minutes of the fireworks. I Think I'm really gonna try the pistachio latte again But a lot of people and my friend actually told me that you need to ask for extra Pistachio, so we're gonna see if it makes it any better Wow, look at this fancy Star Wars life day coffee mug here for Starbucks 1999 I think I'm gonna get it Family joy and harmony and look at Chewbacca on the front there. This is really really nice Also, it's really awesome to point out that they still have the Irish cream cold brew and the pumpkin cream cold brew available So you can still get your pumpkin fix even though the holiday season is way over. Oh, I think we're up. That's us Did not get the Starbucks mug I mean, I probably would have gotten it if I could drink out of it But it's dirty and you have to wash it first But I wouldn't it be fun to just be able to drink a coffee on Main Street with a mug I think I'm gonna start doing that. I bring my coffee mug when I take like Gracie for a walk in the morning That's why I always end up spilling it all over the place because I don't use a lid I just use like a regular coffee mug. I kind of like the way it feels, you know Look at me. I'm holding a pretend coffee mug in my hand right now Actually, it looks like I'm fighting somebody We got nine minutes to go nine minutes to go You notice just two minutes before the fireworks, there's nobody in my know This is the time you want to come get it why there's nobody here and then bada boom bada bang two minutes to spare That's good, that's what you needed those extra pumps Let's see if we can tuck in here and see the fireworks show a little bit Looks a little bit crowded as we get down. Oh, the music just stopped. I think it's happening There's silence in the air Yep It's also really cool to come see all the projections on Main Street too. Just sit here and listen to music and drink coffee It's just that cool. Oh never mind my favorite parts coming up That's the way You They're open so we better get going so we don't get stuck in a huge line to get out of here But I had an amazing night tonight actually had an amazing just over all day And I'm so happy I got to come here close out the park sit down at the bench and watch enchantment That was magic actually that was really really amazing I don't know why I've never thought to do that because you can see the fireworks above the Emporium and Wow, I mean this was a great great day. I hope you guys like the little map I think I'm gonna do that a little bit more often and maybe do it more when I make videos I know I really want to make a bunch of kick-tocks with those maps because I've got like thousands thousands and thousands of maps and it's just so cool looking back and seeing what Disney was then and Things I wasn't able to do and also things that I remember and I want to share it with you guys So I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it the pistachio latte is much better with seven pumps We'll see you next time. Bye


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