Jerry, hat ferox! Talk to the stables and see if everything is... You know Sergeant Alden has taken care of everything as good as anything can be cared for. Yeah, I know, but all the same, I want to take another look at Splendor. Okay then, I'll walk along with you. What you're making me is nervous as a cat. How do you think I feel? I have to ride on the team. All you have to do is sit in the stands and watch. Oh yeah, sure. All I have to do is sit in the stands and watch, and chew my fingernails and wonder if you're all gonna make the jumps okay, and if you're all gonna wheel and turn and gallop right. If you think you're nervous, you ought to be Sergeant Alden. Sergeant Alden, nervous? And how? He certainly doesn't show it. Well, maybe he doesn't show it in what he does, but well, we can tell because when we pull up on a jump or don't give enough rain or something like that, he runs out on the field to check everything. Oh, well, that's only natural. Nope, it isn't. He used to just call out from wherever he was standing, but now he runs right out and talks to the fellow who makes the mistake. Yeah, well, I guess it does mean a lot to him. If Farrokh loses, well then Edson gets the trophy for good, but we'll never get another chance at it. Look, Mr. Phillips, do you mind not talking like that? Okay, but I don't see why you have to be any more nervous than any other cadet on the team. Okay, I'll tell you why. In the first place, I just got on the team because Paul Warren got hurt. I mean, I got to ride Splendor in the pivot position. Well, if you hadn't been good enough, Sergeant Alden wouldn't have picked you for the spot. Maybe, but here's another thing. Splendor's a white horse and all the others are chestnut. He's going to stand out like, well... Like a sore thumb. Yeah, that's it.  If I make a mistake, it's going to show up twice as bad. Well, who said you were going to make a mistake? Well, I didn't. Well, then stop thinking about it. Yeah, I wish I could. Now, let's talk about something else or I'll have a nervous wreck for a roommate. Okay, let's talk about the weather. Nice day, isn't it? Not very. Well, we finished that fast enough. I didn't want to talk about the weather anyway. Say, Lee, what do you suppose Red Morrison's idea is and spreading it around that I wasn't going to ride on the team? I mean that Bruce was. Well, it's hard telling, Jerry. Of course, we can't be sure it was Red. Well, it just sounds like one of his tricks. Yeah, he sure is doing his best to make trouble between us and Bruce. Yeah, he's got something up his sleeve. You can bet your uniform on that. Yeah, and that reminds me. I saw Bruce this morning and said hello to him. He just looked at me and nodded, kind of like he didn't care if he saw me or not. Yeah, he's a funny fellow. Well, he's going to be even funnier if he hangs with Red Morrison. Say, I wonder what Major Davis's idea was in putting him in the same room with Red. Search me. Maybe he figured that Bruce would be a good influence or something on Red. Yeah, but it's not turning out that way. Well, here are the stables. You going in? Sure. Come on with me. Okay. Wonder where Sergeant Alden is. No, I don't see him. He's usually around at this time of the day. Well, can you go in if he's not around? Oh, sure. Members of the team are allowed in. This Sammy knows all of us. Sammy? Sure, you know. The groom. Oh, sure. Well, come on, let's go in there. Say, the door's closed. Probably the wind blew it shut. Yeah, I'll have it open in a second. Hey, what's the matter? Well, the lock's on the door. Well, what's funny about that? Well, this door is never locked, except at night. Something's funny and I don't like it. Oh, Jerry, for the love of Mike, you're just making a mountain out of a molehill. Well, maybe I am, but I still don't like it. Sergeant Alden and Sammy probably went over to the hardware store to buy something. No, both of them wouldn't go. Sammy's always here to take care of the horses. Well, let's sit down and wait. I know I couldn't get away to leave now. Okay. Say, look, Lee, aren't those tracks leading out of the stable? Where?  Yeah, yeah, they are. But what of it? Well, they're auto tracks. Good gosh, you're going to find something mysterious and that, too. You're as jumpy as I can. Oh, I can't help it, Lee. I guess I am, though. Sure, take it easy. Well, sit here on the grass and wait for Sergeant Alden to come back. If you say he's here every day at this time, he ought to be back soon. The other fellows will be here soon. Practice is due to start in about 15 minutes. So I've got 15 minutes to sit here and listen to you worry. Want to help me? Nope. Now you've got me doing it for myself. I don't have to help anybody. See, isn't that Sergeant Alden coming across there now? Oh, yeah. Yeah, he's alone. I wonder where Sammy is. Maybe something's wrong with Sammy. Yeah, I bet that's it. But I hope not. He's a swell fella. Well, we'll soon find out. I think he sees us. Yeah, he does. Yeah, he was going the other way, but he's coming over here now. Yeah, let's get up. Hello, Sergeant Alden. Hello, Sick. Hello, Jerry. Lee. I came out here to take a look around. The door was locked, sir. Yes, I know. I locked it. Aren't we going to have practice this afternoon, Sergeant Alden? Yes, of course, Jerry, but it isn't time yet. See, Jerry, I told you. Well, you were worried, too. Where's Sammy, sir? Sammy's gone on an errand for me, Jerry. He'll be back shortly. Oh. Hey, can I get Splendor saddled a while, sir? Oh, I suppose we wait for a bit, Jerry. There are a few things I'd like to talk about first. To you. Oh, well, I'll leave. I'll see you later. Oh, no, no, Lee. Not at all. Stick around if you want to. Oh, well, if it's all right, sir. I'd like to. Of course it is. Oh, come on. Let's sit down on this bench here. Yes, sir. Well, there we are. Well, what did you want to talk about, sir? Well, several things, Jerry. First of all, I want to know what you think of a suggestion Major Davis and Captain Gardner made about the team. Yes, sir. Well, as you know, the team is still without a captain. Usually, it's up to you cadets to elect one. But Major Davis and Captain Gardner suggested that we do it a little differently this year. You mean don't elect a captain, sir? Well, not exactly, Lee. We'll have a captain, but he won't be elected. He'll be asked to take the captaincy of the Mounted Drill Team. Well, one of the cadets on the team, Sergeant Alden? He was on the team, Jerry. But right now, he's eating his heart out because he isn't. I think I know who you mean to. So do I. Paul Warren. That's it, exactly. Well, what do you think of the idea? Gee, I think it's swell. He asks about the team every day and comes out to watch his practice. That's why Major Davis and Captain Gardner thought of it. How would you like to tell him, Jerry? Would I? Oh boy, right now? In a few minutes. You see, Jerry, we want you to tell him the good news because you're riding in his spot on the team. You know, it's pretty tough to sit in the stands and know that you can't take part in the competition. We figure that he's being captained. We'll take a little of the edge off his disappointment. Boy, that's keen. You bet I'll tell him. I'll go right over after practice. Uh, now that we've got the good news out of the way, I'm a little afraid we'll have to get on with the bad. Bad news, sir? Yes. Oh, Jerry and Leah, come with me. Yes, sir. Where to, sir? In the stable. I want to show you something. There's nothing wrong, is there, Sergeant Alden? Come along, Jerry. You too, Lee. Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Yep, I have to get the lock off first. Oh, leave the door open there, Lee. The rest of the cadets will be coming out soon. Yes, sir. Jerry, I, uh... I think you'll see what's wrong. Splendor! What? What's happened, Sergeant Alden? No, no, no. Take it easy, Jerry. Splendor's gone. Gone? Stolen? I mean... Where could he have gone? Gee, please, Sergeant Alden. What's the matter? We had to take Splendor to the veterinary hospital just an hour ago. Veterinary? Sergeant Alden, well, what's the matter? Splendor...  Well, gee, why didn't somebody tell me? I gotta see him. I took care of him once. I gotta see him. Jerry? Yes, sir. Splendor is getting the best of care. You don't have to worry about that. Oh, I know that, sir, but I just gotta see him. He's my horse. Oh, gee. Sergeant Alden, how... What happened? Just temporarily. Just about an hour and a half ago, Sammy and I saw Splendor wasn't standing in his stall. He was down on the floor. We had to take him away. But couldn't you leave him here? He'd be all right. The veterinary could have come here. No, Jerry. You see, we couldn't take a chance with the other horses. We had to get Splendor out of here. Well... Well, I can see him, can't I? No, no. It's best that you stay here. Splendor is getting all the attention he needs. You know, expert care and anything at all in the world can be done for him. It'll be done. Anything at all. Well, that sounds like he's... Not quietly. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm going back to the vets in a little while after practice. Can I go along with you, sir? Oh, Jerry, there's nothing you can do. I'll let you know just as soon as I can. All right. I see, sir, but... Well, what about the meat with Edson? Without Splendor? Well, Sergeant Alden's Splendor won't be in the meat. I know that. It makes me feel pretty badly, too. But just remember this, Jerry. We're in this together. I love Splendor as much as you do. And I'm hoping he'll come through as well as much as you're hoping it. I won't be able to ride. Oh, Jerry, you can't say that. Oh, I gotta say it, Lee. I won't be any good at all. I know it. I'll be thinking of Splendor all the time. Every second I'm riding or jumping, I'll be thinking of Splendor. Look, Jerry, I told you yesterday about Captain Hunter. Remember? Yes, sir. I told you he was killed.  He was, sir. Yes, Lee. Oh, but... Just a minute. That Hunter Craig trophy means a lot to me. You can see that, can't you now? Yes, sir. I can. Gee, yes. All right, then. Jerry, listen to this. Winning that meat means more to me than anything else. I'm depending on each and every one of you cadets on the Faroaks team. If I didn't have faith in you, I wouldn't let you ride. I wasn't putting all my hope in just Splendor. I was putting it on you, too, Jerry. Now, Splendor won't be in there Saturday, but you will. You'll be in there on a strange horse. You... You're gonna let me ride, sir? On a strange horse with only a couple of days left to practice? You see any reason why I shouldn't? Boy... Well, Jerry? What do you say? I... Oh, golly. That trophy has to come to Faroaks, Jerry. For more than just my sake. I want it here for a Captain Hunter. If I have enough faith in you to think that you can ride well enough without Splendor to bring the trophy here, then don't you think you should have enough faith in... in yourself, Jerry? I... Sir... Sergeant Alden, I'll be ready for practice in two minutes.


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Oh, that's a frustrating day. I had a long lunch because I got here fried rice for lunch. Time for the end. We've only got where the wall is to put the course and bricks in. Window height. We're only three, four courses out yesterday. But we're at window height now so we'll get that set up at the break. We'll get it set up now. We'll have a quick break and then get cracking again. We'll get all this up to 20 courses and then we'll jump on the inside on the blocks. Oh yeah, we've been to Fairwoods today as well. Picked up some more cement, some sand, because the tonne sand's not coming until this afternoon. And some cement. So we've got enough materials to get us going for the morning. And hopefully that sand arrives soon. Hello Christmas. Our red stuff's getting very dirty. So there you go. There's our window. 2.4. Well, they're about slightly less than 2.4. The lintel's come with 2.7 lintel. Big rascal. Big price tag. So there's our lintel. 2.7. As you can see, brickwork's looking nice. The joints look huge compared to the house, but the house bricks are definitely bigger than these. These face bricks are only 63mm. They look like they've got massive beds, but they haven't the small bricks. But they do make a nice job. They're not really smart. Anyone who lives in a red row home will recognise these bricks, although I don't think many bricklayers live in a red row home. We can't afford it. Pillars up for one more than that end, just because we can reach it better. And we're going to take up another 2 to get to the top of the profile. Then the profile's obsolete then. We can take that down and we can drop inside and get on the blockwork and start getting some insulation in. Get some blockwork up and work out the cuts. I'll get a few cuts done. I'll just cut here into this bush, so the bush catches a lot of the dust. I'm not cutting it wet because we need the blocks dry. It's alright if you're cutting the load and you're going to be sat there for a week while they dry out, but we can't do that, we're going to use them straight away. As you can see, it's a lovely day. Plenty of sun on the house. Everything's drying out nice. There are very nice bricks to set these, even though they've got a frog in them. We don't do a lot of frog brick up here. So we're used to that. I'm just going to get that water out of the cavity. I'm just going to get this sand from the mix. And then, like I say, two more courses on the two pillars. And we can jump inside. We're going to have a look at the bond, tracing the bond to get the cuts worked out. It's not a lot of cuts. Obviously that's the block on block. Straight up. So that can be thrown up today quick. This side here, there's two cuts per course. And then the same here, two cuts per course. Because of the way the bond works, we'll cut a hundred mil off the end. And that's our throws the bond this way, and the three quarters will throw the bond that way. Just trying to keep the cuts to minimum. Nobody likes cutting. And yeah, the pillars work nice, so there's no small pieces. The other thing is, as you can see, our little forest of tie wires that we never put in. That's our last tie wire to now. So the next one after that is going to be three, and then one. So we're going to put a row in this one, and then a row in the one above. Because this is going to be our coursing course up here. So we've put the course and course in the window. Because obviously, if you put it below the window, you've got to put all these in. But if you put a window height, then we've only got where the wall is to put the course and bricks in. And I'm just going to cut the course and bricks down out of the full block. It just looks better. And it's quicker. Even though I'm cutting them with a sheet, with the cutter, it's still quicker. Laying them. Better bond. So a better row round. So I'm going to get this all jointed up. We'll have to get some mix in, and then I'm going to start doing some cuts. So we're catching a bit. Didn't record anything then. But there you go. That's how I was recording. First course down. Bond set out. A few cuts done. You can see the insulation. All the tie wires. I removed the camera and put it back on time-lapse. Someone's getting low. Yeah. It does, doesn't it? Yeah, fill us up. It always does. Once the block's going. Just a quick one for any people who haven't got the glasses on while they're watching this video. I don't know if you can spot those. They're called tie wires. It's hanging your coats. Yeah. People get attached because it's that much of them. We thought we'd gone by something. Google it and see what we did with them. I think that's right. Well, I hope it's right. We're in quarter three. We're not going to need any more mix, are we? No. There you go. The corner's up. Alex can just blod away on that side now and get that block work up. I've got it up to the course and height. The course and height is 0.07. The tie wires change there. I've got to cut the insulation down. Because you've got to put another course of tie wires in there. I think. Yeah. Because if you don't, it's too far between the next tie wire. So anyway, there's a window opening 30mm back to get the cavity formering. I should really cut that down a bit really so it goes in there too. You have to get one in there. It's easy to push down there. Yeah, that's the height. We're going to top that off and then this is ready for the trestles going up. While Alex is doing that, we're going to go in this corner, paste the bond round, and start getting this corner up. And then tomorrow, when I'm on my own, I'll probably get on that and then see where I get up to. So yeah, I'll put your nails for a bit while I get myself organised. Time for the one there. And then we've got the big one. We don't use this very often, but it comes in handy when we need it. As you can see, our flood light. I've used this about three years. I've used it the third time I've used it. So it doesn't get used often, but it's really useful when it does. So that's it. Alex has got the wall up. That is now scaffold height. The course and brick course is on. So now that's just one, two, three, four, two course of block, two lintel height, which is lintel height, and then probably another course of block on top of that for wall plate height. That's outside after lintel height. I'm going to pick up somewhere in brown wheat vents so we can match, match the house. So everything matches. Yeah, there you go. That's up. Don't forget this is a flat start. I think I loaded the blocks out this morning. So corners up, finished, windows set out. A couple of blocks to go in there to get that front finished. And then I'll do this without the light. And I got the corner up to one, two, three, four, five. But that was doing the cuts as well. So I've been over there doing the cuts with the saw. So yeah, it's tidy up. Joint up and go home. It's just turned four o'clock and look how dark it is. Well, you can't really pick up on the camera, but it's dark. It's pointing to the garden. So I'm going to set you up somewhere where you're not being dazzled by the light and we'll get jointed up and tidied up. That's where we brought the big light. It's pitch black at the moment. It's very cloudy, so obviously it looked like we would have had it gone. But for the most part, we tidied up. We just need to get the jointing done. But there you go. Looks like we've actually done some work today. So that whole side is ready for scaffold height. And Dad's got this corner started and set up. So it's just a case of running the line in up to window height and then getting these pillars up. And then it will be scaffold height. Long day. It's dark, but we've got our light. Like I say, all that's got to get done now is the block working is jointing. I've got the break stone for the elf. But we'll catch you next time because it's getting a bit too dark and awkward to film as jointing. A bit trust us we're going to do it. We'll show you in the daylight, but until our next last little snippet before the last part of this video we will catch you. Happy Saturday the 16th. And it's daylight. Just getting the trestle set up. Alex is only here for the morning. He's off out this afternoon. So he's just come to get me all set up and help me get sorted. I was volunteered. I was volunteered. He was asked. But he did a stream last night. He was up till half past two doing a stream on switch. So he's a bit tired. But it's a big help coming in because I can't turn these days down. Not in the forecast. It's so bad for next week. So we're going to get this up, get it loaded so I can claw down with this today. And then he's going to get me in the position where there's a mix in and he can go get a bit of stone on and get a bit of bad feeling for me. And then there's just a straight panel running in. So that's the plan. So let's get this scaffold up. Alex has nearly got the mix in. This is going to be hard today. Even if he shows me boards right to the top I'm still going to get up and down to load myself out when I've used it up. But there you go. Profiles are up as you can see. That's the last lift we need on them. We'll easily get the pike out of them. So yeah. And we've got an extra three course on this side with as you can see. Because it's just pillars we've just reached up for that. Obviously it's a bit more of a reach here on the grounds of it. A bit more down there. So I'm going to concentrate on this wall today. Just get as much as I can done. We've been struggling to use two mixes today because these bricks anyone who knows using the bell mixer you get about 110 to 120 bricks per mix. We're getting 150 plus these frog bricks because they're only shallow frog believe it or not, frog bricks taking less water weird but true. And then the fiber lights they don't take much either. We put about 70 or so in yesterday and we just had to throw a bit of mix away again because obviously it's pitch black as you've seen for the video. So once that's in I can get up here before that goes we're going to bring some more stone out. This under the window can be finished off. We're just going to finish it with limestone chippings and then customers can decide what to do that after. This is a water feature that doesn't work anymore so that's a big job to get rid of that but they said keep the pebbles so we can try and get the clay out of that clean though. We're just going to put some down here we'll keep it back and once we've finished with the brick work we can brush it all forward nice and clean because obviously if you leave it like that it's coming in snots and mortar and when we leave here we'll leave it like that clean white stone and the same round here stuff down yourselves that again we'll stone that up up to the bottom of the flags before we leave we've got to put about three of these flags redone we've dropped and we've got four broken flags to replace so I think I'm going to be coming in here tomorrow as well judging by the weather and then weather check, weather turns again on Monday so again we just, alright people keep saying stop working weekends I'm going to pee down for the rest of the week I've got plenty of time to stay at home while it's raining we've got to work while we can especially coming up to Christmas we're over 10 to 10 16th of December so about nine days off I'll get you set up somewhere oh yeah first thing I want to do is set the laser up on this profile lining up with the lintel and then put my tape on this side I'll line up with the lintel height and then we can measure out from that I want to make sure that I've got the lintels on and I've just got a message from Danny about our steels he's got the calcs ready so I'll reply to him in a minute here's my tired boy he's a trooper though coming out and helping me I couldn't exactly say no could I you could but you had to deal with mum's wrath it's not, this isn't like I say we're working around the weather I wouldn't be here at myself if I could help it I need the rest but we'll just have to rest when it's raining next week oh yeah have we asked mum to throw the little ones in I could perhaps put them up there so I'm not clowning at the block work bit easier anyway waffling again let's get this laser set up and get my tape on this profile I can get the line up and get cracking there's our laser and here's our line so it's pretty close so I think that's it, we've got to bed down a little bit so mix is almost in and that's the thing I'm just going to brace some stone around while it gets started that black tape, that's the top of that tape for my level now so we've got all our levels to work off now so that's our datum, that's our little height to get everything level and then it's going to be two course above all the way around and then a pike on the front which I've got a lot higher than that one so right enough talking let's get up there and get some brick set afternoon now with his mates his mum came and picked him up so now I'm going to cry on with this lot going to up first get back up there and get this motor used up as quick as I can and then see what time it is I might do a small half mix or I might just get all the cuts done for what's left at the top, a lot of cutting to do so I might get that done instead I'll see it's half 12 now let's see what happens the frustrating day you have all these ideas when you turn up for work think what you want to get done and then it doesn't work out we've got one, two, three courses left to go on there I'm just talking to Neil about heights and wall plates and stuff so obviously this is the last week before Christmas now so I've got Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday lousy weather forecast it said okay tomorrow but there's not a lot we can do we can top that off get the block work up get this bit up to lint light but that's it, we can't do anything else because we haven't got the steel so Monday I'm going to go straight to GM first thing in the morning and get the steel ordered because Danny our structural engineer has kindly rushed through the calculations for the steel and for the ridge I sent him straight to us do we come in tomorrow on a Sunday and get it all ready we could just try and get it coming early dark this has all depend on whether the house is coming or not you might tell me to get stuffed so yeah I'm going to finish off tiring up before it gets dark which he's doing quickly now get everything else covered up I was going to try and get some cuts done today it's very awkward this up and down like I say let's get all the water up for me let's get them down to put the line up that's enough talking I'm going to go home I'm going to relax I had such a stressful last couple of weeks it's been awful but having had a chat with Neil now it's took a lot of pressure off so I think I just want to go home and watch a Christmas film with Christine so I don't know when you're going to see us next could be tomorrow could be Monday who knows but I'll see you when we see you


Pow! This is everybody wants to get his brand man, Shawn. And I'm back with another episode of AXE Brand Man where I answer questions that you ask in the comment section below. So make sure you keep those questions coming. Just make sure you remember the golden rule that the quality of the answers that you receive are dictated by the quality of the questions that you ask. It's the mat work. We're gonna do these things every single Wednesday. And of course, I might be back with my daddy cap because I got kids. And let's go ahead and hop into question numero uno. Eddie Augustine says, great video. Appreciate it. Here is my question. Is it worth promoting to cheaper countries to get cheaper marketing and then go perform in these markets? I want to make sure I answer this correctly. Are you saying, hey, if I'm in somewhere in the United States, is it worth performing in Italy for a sake, right? For example, we've seen people build audiences in my agency or in Brand Man Network in Italy and get cheaper ads, right? So that's what you mean by cheaper ads?  I think the answer is yes, right? If that's what you're saying, should I build a fan base cheaply and then go performing to that fan base which means you're probably going to make money from it? Now, how feasible is that for you? That's the real thing, right? How hard is it for you to go get over there and start to curate that fan base? Quick story, I met Russ before he was Russ. He didn't even, if I think of the timeline correctly, he was not on SoundCloud yet, right? Dope performance, it was two dudes that night really dope performances. And I was like doing interviews with artists. I walk up to him and I'm like, yo, can I catch an interview with you sometime? Man, let me get your number with you. Whoa, would love to talk to you. And he was like, yeah, that actually never happened though. We actually never had to interview. But he was like, yeah, man, yeah, I appreciate the feedback and everything. I'm actually going to go over to Paris to perform, right? And like this weekend or something, I'm like, whoa, for me, that was mind blowing at the time. First of all, he was already, he was at the show that maybe 10, 20 people were at. Nah, I'll give you 20, 30 people at, but it wasn't really about the artists because there was like multiple artists there. And the fact that he was going to Paris early on, it was interesting, right? But what I found out later on that became a big part of his strategy where he really hit Europe first. He saw his music was popping in Europe, right? And he got over there to nurture that fan base. Do shows actually got paid for shows. And that was him early on. He built up that way. If you look at somebody like six, nine, he built up in Russia really early on.  And he did a tour in Russia, popping before he really hit in the U.S. He didn't have a movement like they had a movement on social media in the U.S. His music and touring was all happening in like Russia, Eastern Europe. So you can go, you can go check. I did video about that early on before he really, really blew up. So it's very much so worth it. I also interviewed Ryan Leslie. He went over back in the days before heavily using social media and he built his audience in Europe cheaply, right? And part of the cheaply was not, I'm just running ads. He was, it was just cheaper because people didn't get as much attention from U.S. artists at that time. And that's still a thing, right? And the fact that he gave just a little extra real person effort and stayed with people at the shows to talk to him, allowed him to build a fan base quicker than so many other people, all right? So the answer is yes, man. I wanted to give you context and answers, but I'll say this to end it. There's a lot of record labels. Whose strategy is to simply start building some artists out over in Europe, right? Until they can get the bigger budgets, but you have to validate one, the product and the artist. Two, as long as you have a base, you're good. Doesn't matter how cheaply you built the base, right? You can figure out how to monetize it later. And oftentimes you can use that to, as a springboard to go to the U.S. or whatever the major market that you're trying to get attention to, but you'll be better off, right? Than the artist who's just trying to perform in that major market and doesn't have an audience, right? And you might not be popping. They're superficially popping in the major market. You're not popping in that market, you got a real audience. You'll be good, bro. Like you will be happy. We go through the exact same thing because we have artists all over the world where there's marketers who are only moving and shaking in whatever their city is and they're trying to climb that ladder. Meanwhile, oh, we got a client. We got a client. We got a client. We got a client, right? Use the world. It's out there. So number two, Kaiel, I'm hoping I'm saying that, right? Correct me with pronunciation below, man, but he says finally someone is saying this, don't understand people who want you to post five picks of artwork before the song is released. It's actually a comment, but I wanted to add context to this. I talked about in the video that especially when you're early on, nobody's checking for all this stuff that you do pre-release. They really aren't. So get to it, release the song and then do things after you release the song. So every ounce of attention that you do create whether it's a new post or a new ad and all or whatever it is, it goes back to your funnel which eventually goes to your song. Like it doesn't, it doesn't make sense to get somebody's attention. I'm spending $100, $200 on an Instagram ad teasing this song that nobody knows about and the song's not even out. And then when the song finally comes out, I have to hope that I get their attention again, which means I'm probably gonna have to pay for it. All right, go ahead and have it there and available. So when you have people's attention, you can squeeze every little bit of it out there. There is and maximize it. That's it, right? So those people who say, do this amount of posts before and they're not considering your audience, right? Your level of fan base. If you don't have a fan base to actually organically post and create any type of suspense, it's not gonna do too much for you. A lot of these people are just giving you something to do, right, and making you feel like you did something. So they maybe, you know, get paid for giving you those answers. So I would actually avoid a lot of that advice who says you have to do X, Y and Z before you post without consideration. Next question. Can YouTube promotions help? Are they reliable? Yes, yes, yes. David. Yes. I'm just gonna put YouTube like this though. All right, you have your funnel. YouTube promotion is usually the tip top of the phone in most cases. You're not gonna see great action in terms of driving an amazing amount of engagement in a lot of cases.  The best that you'll get a lot of times from YouTube ads is achieving an industry average comment and a like ratio. And then on top of that, you will receive subscribers and you have to do enough of them to know how the ad is performing in terms of, I got this many subscribers on this song and I got that many subscribers on another song. We've taken people from zero to a thousand subscribers off of like eight, no, $1,000. About $1,000, right? We've seen that happen, but we also spent $3,000, $4,000 and only seen somebody's subscribers go up like 300 people. You get what I'm saying? So that's something that you can gauge and that helps, right? Then move down to funnel, but for most part it's gonna be a top of the funnel thing, which means you're just looking for a little bit of views and awareness. They might not even click into your video. They just see the ad. They see the ad and that's it. So they just get used to hearing the song. Maybe they hear it three times and then go click over or maybe they just hear it there, but then they see a Facebook ad because you're targeting something similar on that platform and now I'm starting to make connections. But don't expect much out of a YouTube ad promotion. In most cases, I wouldn't look to start there, right? Unless you have a music video and then you're running a campaign that includes other platforms. But when anybody says, hey, I got a video and if I have to just put it on one thing and I have to run some ads, I'm just gonna run YouTube ads, which were Google ads and then do nothing else. I'd say good luck to you because it's almost as good as a playlist campaign, right?  All right, so that's my answer to that, David Dot. Last question slash conversation to engage because Corey actually answered this guy at the profit. He said, how would I create a pixel if I'm driving people to a link for my single Spotify? Corey says the right answer, right? You can either have that intermediary link atoned in smart URL or you can create a landing page that pixels it and make it look like a smart URL or even do a quick little redirect. You can do all those things. But here's the truth, right? The profit says, look, I might lose people because I have to click again. That's the reality because you had somebody go, all right? You had somebody who could have went, all right, to the song from your ad, but now you added this extra barrier in between. Yes, that's the reality. However, if you can get people through this, the quality of the data is going to be so much higher. Number one, and if you're spending money, it's worth having that quality data. If I spend $1,000, right, I might have gotten short-term 200 more listens from just going straight from the ad to the song. Adding that intermediary link, I might have lost 200 people, but having that quality of data from people who are willing to go through those hurdles, right, is going to be better. I'm having that quality of data just from a standpoint of being able to pixel it, period, because what am I thinking? You're running an ad straight to Spotify with the fact that you can't collect that at all, but it's just not even worth it, right? Last tip, though, a lot of these smart URLs, Tondins, Hypedits, and those, that category of type of links that they have, what you'll find is at first, right, they have to click into their link, but a lot of them are starting to have a capability where once you get that data and they've ran through that link before, the next time somebody clicks on your ad, they'll go straight to Spotify. That was what they chose when they clicked your link earlier, right? Or they'll go straight to Apple Music. So now you're not even receiving any of that friction of that click-through. You get what I'm saying? So even doing that one time again, it's far better to invest in doing the right action short-term because it's going to create better action long-term. You're going to save money long-term and eventually you'll start going on, you know, when you see the graphs, matter of fact, let me just erase this. This is getting messy. When you have the graph, right? Long-term, it might look like this, but you're collecting the data, you're making the right actions, and now everything hits that curve, right? Where these other people are doing like this, right? I go straight up. Ooh, but guess what? I got to start from scratch next time, and I got to go straight up, and I got to go straight up so nothing builds on top of each other. And you're just starting at the same point again and again and again, right? No strategy, none of the right actions, not getting real data, nothing that can help you inform and become sharper, cheaper, and create more fans, right? So yes, you need to do the pixel situation if you're running ads. Otherwise, honestly, you're wasting your money, all right? That's it for this episode of Ads Brand Man. Again, make sure you ask any questions in the comment section below, and we're doing these every Wednesday. If you have any feedback, any comments, make sure y'all add those things as well. And oh, my bad, my bad, my bad. 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$1 million per Bitcoin. I know that sounds wild, but that is what the Bitcoin proponent Samsung Mao is expecting to see as soon as next year. The next crypto bull market, he says, will be fundamentally different from previous ones. I don't believe there's always going to be the same cycle every four years. It's basically supply shock multiplied by demand shock, and that gives you price shock. In this video I asked Samsung about the rationale behind this price prediction and why this may be a good moment to accumulate digital gold. Before we get into it, if you enjoy our content, consider leaving a like and subscribing to our channel. I'm Giovanni, your host, and this is a Cointelegraph interview. According to analysts, the interest from retail investors has been still stagnating despite this spiking price. What is your take on this? What do you think is driving this rally? I don't think this rally is a very special rally. This is a rally for ants. The real rally is when we go to $1 million, and that is when the spot ETFs are approved and we have tens of billions, maybe hundreds of billions of dollars in flowing to Bitcoin in a very short time frame. I'm talking about weeks or days to weeks. That is the real rally. To answer your question, the driver I think for this uptick in Bitcoin price movement is family offices and institutional buyers. Maybe not in the US, but more in Europe and other places around the world. What we've been hearing is that a lot of family offices have started allocating to Bitcoin in three to $5 million chunks. This is what is sustaining the demand right now, but I think that's going to change when the spot ETFs are approved because then you unlock the US institutional capital. That has been waiting for a long time to get into Bitcoin. So $1 million for Bitcoin. You recently doubled down on these expectations for future Bitcoin price. Would you mind to tell us what are the main catalysts that are going to drive Bitcoin to $1 million? What is the time frame you are looking for in terms of Bitcoin reaching this milestone? So I said it is highly possible that Bitcoin does reach $1 million after spot ETFs are approved. For me, for my prediction, the catalyst is that unlocking of a torrent of capital to pour into Bitcoin in a very short time frame because it also looks like all the ETFs are going to be approved on the same day, if not in a very short time frame. So what you do is you're hitting a very limited supply of Bitcoin on the exchanges and available for purchase with a torrent of money. So it's basically supply shock multiplied by demand shock and that gives you price shock. So this is why you can go really high all at one time. And we've seen Bitcoin go up 20X in about nine months back in 2016, 2017. So it's not unheard of that Bitcoin price appreciates by 20X. I think when you said I'm doubling down, I was critiquing or commenting on biology's prediction earlier this year about Bitcoin going to $1 million. But his prediction was predicated on banking collapse and money printing. But my theory is that money printing is sort of like boiling the water very slowly. You crank up the temperature very gradually. So it's not a shock to the system. And it takes years for that to kind of permeate the economy and people to understand that money has been printed. One million run up with the ETFs is a shock to the system. It's not that slow boil where you heat it up gradually. It is cranking it up to thousands of degrees all at once. And this is why I think you can run up to one million. I have a counterargument here concerning your prediction because you were talking about Bitcoin potentially getting to one million. So 20X from 50,000. You mentioned the fact that that is possible because it happened in the past. But as we know, every cycle, Bitcoin appreciates less than in the previous one. So in the last cycle, Bitcoin went from around 10,000 to 67,000. So that's like a 67X. This time, if we follow that logic, we should have less than that. So maybe four or three X. So don't you think that one million looking at from that point of view is a little bit too much? Yeah, that's a good criticism. So I'm not saying we will go 20X because we did go 20X in the past. I'm just saying there is a precedent for that. But I don't believe that the past will predict the future. So I don't believe there's always going to be the same cycle every four years. I think that's just a coincidence. But to counter your counter, I think things are very different this time. When we ran up to 68, 69, there was no major source of new capital. And Bitcoin was not ESG compliant. So BlackRock filing is essentially them giving a blessing to Bitcoin saying Bitcoin is green, Bitcoin is good for the environment now. So there's these two new things that are at play here. We're now green and there's new money coming in. Before there was not money coming in. And I think it is true. All things else equal. If there is no new money coming in, there's no change in the perception of Bitcoin. It will become harder to have that big multiple. But things are very different now because you have a massive amount of capital trying to allocate into Bitcoin. What would be the time frame that you are considering in this one million sort of benchmark? Are you looking at like one year, three years, ten years? It's going to be days to weeks, I think. So the run up in 2017 was nine months to 20X. And again, without any new sorts of institutional capital or institutional capital at all. So given that we're going to have billions and billions pouring in all at once on ETF approvals, I think it's going to be a much shorter time frame. Early this year, sort of new element was introduced in the Bitcoin space, which were ordinals. So ordinals for those who don't know are sort of NFTs minted on the Bitcoin blockchain if we want to simplify how they work. We talked earlier this year and you were saying that ordinals were basically, you were saying that this was not like a permanent trend and that it was just like a hype of a few months and then they would have just disappeared. But we are almost at the end of the year and we see that this trend has not gone down. It has been actually increasing. Have you changed your mind about ordinals? Not really. I mean, the way I look at the Bitcoin network and all the things around it is on a very long time horizon. So I said that they're not interesting. I said that they're probably disappeared in a few months and they did for some time. And now it seems like there's some new capital coming in and people are minting stuff again. So it's really just like any altcoin project. They have ups and downs and they're quite volatile in terms of demand and interest. And it's really just group people pushing for adoption. I don't think there's any real usage of it. It's just, if you look at ordinals, it's what BSV people, they're building all the software. It's a lot of people from Ethereum and other blockchains that want to do these types of things. It's not really the Bitcoiners that are interested in this. It's just some people saying, you know, this is now on Bitcoin and now it's interesting. But I think I said before in the last interview, they'll move on to something when there's something new because they have to find something new. You make a fundamental distinction between Bitcoin and everything else. Ethereum was there when I entered the crypto space. Quite battle tested as well. It has been through several cycles. BlackRock, which has filed an application of an Ethereum, of a spot Ethereum ETF. So from that perspective, it seems that it's more like Bitcoin and Ethereum in one basket and then everything else. What do you think about this? Yeah. Okay, so let's dissect this a little bit. BlackRock is not necessarily a force for good. Now, I think we have to separate the two things. I think in general, I'm excited that they are in and they're giving Bitcoin the credit it deserves as an environmental technology where we can remove things like methane and flare gases through mining, but they're not the savior of Bitcoin. And we should not say anybody is the savior of Bitcoin. What they're doing is good for Bitcoin, but they don't really understand. And I think that is why they're filing for an Ethereum ETF as well, because they're still in it for the money. Maybe they're going to do some other shitcoin ETFs. Who knows? I don't discount that, but I only care that they're doing the Bitcoin one and they're doing it first. Okay. And so the fact that Ethereum has been also withstanding so many cycles up and downs doesn't really mean much for you in terms of making a difference here. Not really. It's just the best at security, the best at decentralization theater. They were the first to establish that model where we have a Swiss foundation and it's decentralized, but the fact is they launched it as almost a security. I think the problem is so much time has passed that the regulators are not going after them. So they're kind of lucky in that sense. And there are other lucky ones too. I mean, what was the other one? EOS, they paid a small fine and they're sitting with billions of dollars. So it's just a sign that the regulatory system doesn't work that well. If you're in first and you're the first to scam, you get off scot-free. So I'm really excited to see if your prediction is going to materialize. We're going to be in touch in the next months in 2024, which is definitely going to be exciting for Bitcoin and crypto, regardless of the exact price prediction. But I'm sure we're going to see some big movements. So yeah, thanks a lot again for being on our show and see you next time. All right. Thanks, Giovanni.


The more you feel that one is with the other, the more you're also sensitive about the other. So it's not caring about the other, but much more sensing the other. That is what the whole thing is about. And when you sense the other, your environment becomes less and less troublesome to you. It just does. It becomes less troublesome.


Okay, could somebody pray? Do you have an extra mic? Yes. Could somebody pray and then we'll start, please. Thank you for this wonderful morning that you blessed us with Lord. And as we're gonna dig into your word today, Lord, in the subject of Christian apologetics, there are people who would learn something new today and that Lord, as we're learning more about you, any word, I pray that it would impact us and that we would increase our knowledge in it and that we'll be able to apply it. And thank you, Jesus, that we have a good time together in this class. Amen, pray. Okay, once again, good morning. All right. So we have been talking about the person of Jesus. Of Jesus. We looked at the uniqueness of Christ. Why is Christ unique? We went through nine reasons or nine statements on that. We looked at the resurrection of Jesus and then we looked at why we say salvation is only through Jesus. Okay. So today, we want to focus on two things. One is how do we share Christ with a person who comes from the Hindu faith and how do we share Christ with a person who comes from the Muslim background, right? The intent here is not to put down other religions or philosophies that we are not condemning. But what we are saying is, when we share Christ, we need to understand their backgrounds. How are they understanding things we are saying, right? And then we need to communicate Christ in a way that will bring them to faith in the person of Jesus, right? So they need to be very clear what the gospel is and what we're inviting them to believe, to our faith. So let me just share this on the screen. This is lesson number 13 in your notes. It's page 75 and let me share this. All right. So sharing Christ with a Hindu. So just to draw a contrast or at least to understand some of the key beliefs from somebody in a Christian faith and somebody from a Hindu faith. When you talk about God, as believers, we are referring to the one eternal triune God. For somebody from the Hindu faith, they have many gods and goddesses, numerous, right? So each family, maybe even each individual, sometimes it happens at a community level. They embrace a certain set of gods and goddesses. So say, okay, here we worship these gods and goddesses. So there's so many. The number we don't know is about some 330 million gods and goddesses. But what is interesting is they also have this concept of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. It's kind of parallels our trinity. So we have to be a little careful because when we are talking about trinity, we also have, you know, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. So they are thinking that is their frame of reference. But when we say, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, we are not meaning the same thing. We're talking about the eternal God. And Triune God, one Godhead. But in their minds, they could be thinking like this. So we have to be very careful how we talk, how we communicate. When we talk about man, we say by default, man is sinful. But they essentially, let me talk about the religious philosophy, essentially say man is part of God. So there is something of divine in man already. So sometimes you'll hear some of the speeches or writing, discover the God in you, you know, the thing. So it's like, there's something already of God in you. So we have to be again careful. Scriptures, we have the Bible, they have the Vedas, Aramayana, Mahabharata and so on. Jesus Christ, again, here we have mentioned this before. When we say about Jesus, we're talking about God who became man, incarnation. But they will also have similar thing. Oh, we also have many avatars, many times God came. So you only once again, you came for us many times, you know. So that is their thinking. And also, Hinduism is more like a philosophy where you can embrace anything. So many Hindus will say, Jesus is also one more God. So I'll take the photo of Jesus, keep the Bible, add it to my collection. They don't mind. They don't mind. Generally, I'm saying, of course, I'm not talking about the radical Hindus, but generally they don't mind. So if you ask somebody, Hindu, do you accept Jesus? Yeah, I accept Jesus. But in what way they're accepting as one of the many gods? For them, it's like, yeah, one more God. Do you respect Jesus? Yeah, of course. So we have to be careful because that is not the way when the Bible is telling us to believe in Jesus, the Bible is telling us to accept Jesus. It's like, no one else, he is the only Lord and God.  So we have to be careful. Life's purpose for us, it says, OK, to know God through a personal relationship, God establishes a relationship with us, then we grow in that knowledge. Whereas here it is of attaining something through your good words, through a process of enlightenment, you attain something and eventually you should escape the cycle of reincarnation and experience Moksha and Nirvana, which is being united with God. So heaven, for us, heaven is a real place where God dwells, for us to go be with Him. In Hinduism, it's more of a process of escaping the cycle of reincarnation and becoming one united with God. Hell, it's a place of separation. But in Hinduism, it's being here on earth and being trapped in the cycle of reincarnation.  So again, we have to talk, think carefully. When we say born again, you must be born again. Yeah, I was born again 100 times. But they're thinking born again in a different way. Say born again, we are saying you're receiving life from God. For them, born again is a cycle of rebirth. Very different things. But the term seems almost close to each other. Actually mean very different things. So when we say born again, we have to be careful. So essentially, with this understanding, we have to be careful what terms we use and how we speak to somebody who's coming from a Hindu faith. Because we may use terms, but it is understood differently because of their background. It's understood, so we have to make it very clear, very simple how we communicate. Some other things that we must keep in mind is things about the caste system. It is true that for many, many, many years, there's been attempts to so-called abolish the caste system, but it's still part of their thinking. Generally, they would like to marry somebody from their own caste and things like that. It's still there, so probably things like that. We mentioned about reincarnation, yoga. So yoga itself is a form of spiritual exercise. So it's not just breathing exercise, physical exercise. It's a little spiritual thing and then different kinds of yoga with the intent of bringing certain kinds of spiritual benefit for the individual who's practicing those things. Karma, it has to do with actions, deeds, you do a lot of good deeds. Those are your actions, which then will determine what happens to you. Dharma is the goodness or righteousness you get from doing those good deeds. Avatar are human forms of God, Vishnu. So how given this background, so I'm not saying we should try to understand Hinduism fully, at least you have the main ideas, have a main idea. So given this background, how will we share the gospel? Clearly, without getting them to misunderstand what we are saying. So the first thing is that the existence of sin and evil, they will readily agree. Yes, there is sin. There is something called doing evil. Hinduism and Islam or Muslims will agree to that, that this is evil. This is sin. This is something that does not please God. They will agree to it. But when the Hindu is thinking about sin, he's thinking more about in the context of how it affects me in my karma. When we think about sin, we're thinking about how it affects our relationship with God. Different. So when we sin, we feel sorry because we have offended God. When a Hindu says, okay, tomorrow I have to do two more good works. I have to compensate for it. Now I told the lie, it's okay, tomorrow I'll tell two truths. Compensation, right? So that is the thing, karma, I'm thinking, okay, I know there is sin. I know there's evil. But the Hindu is thinking by default. Okay, how does it affect my overall karma, net result? Not thinking about how it's affecting my relationship with God. Very different how we perceive sin or a believable perceive sin and how a Hindu perceives sin. We agree on the concept of sin. We agree on the concept of doing wrong. But what impact it has, that is quite different. So for us, we need, as we begin our conversation, our emphasis must be on how sin affects our relationship with God. Same thing when you talk to a Muslim, we'll see in the next lesson. That also is important, hey, our sin is not just affecting us. Of course, we will suffer the result of our wrongdoing. But it's affecting relationship with God. That you have to make them understand, make them think about. There is a God who loves you, but our sin affects our relationship with God. Second, so that leads us to a discussion on forgiveness. How are you going to be forgiven for this? We agree that our sin has its consequences, right? We agree that because we sin, there will be consequences. But the Hindu is thinking in terms of, well, if somehow my wrongs, the wrongs I have done outweighs is more than my good. I'll just get another chance next time in next life. Next time when I come, I will try to do better, reincarnation. But we are saying no next tense. It is appointed unto man once to die, and after that the judgment. So Hebrews chapter 9 verse 27 is an important scripture to remember. Say, hey, the Bible tells, this is where the Bible is different. The Bible says it is appointed to man once to die. After that comes the judgment.  You die once, then there is judgment. You have to stand before God. God is going to judge you and what will happen to sin. Even one sin on judgment day is enough to dismiss us from the presence of God. Because God is perfectly holy. So we have to bring in that concept, right? Sin affects a relationship with God. The consequence of sin is not that you're going to go on in the cycle of reincarnation, but you have to, when you die, you can be judged. And even one sin will prevent us from getting into God's holy presence. God is absolutely holy. So they'll accept that as well. God is absolutely holy. One sin is enough to get me away. So then we bring the issue of forgiveness. How can we receive forgiveness? How can we receive it? And that is where we have to introduce the uniqueness of Jesus, that there is no way any man can wash away our sins. So in the Hindu philosophy, there is lots of ideas on how you can wash away your sin. One is you go dip in the river, or you go on some pilgrimage, or you do some sacrifice, a lot of different ideas.  Your sins will be forgiven. But then that's why we have to say, look, see, every man, every man has sin of their own. We're not saying they may not be good or they may be bad. They could be better than others, but every man has sin of their own, whether it's a guru or God. So this is where Jesus, why is Jesus unique? Because he's not man who tried to become God, but it is God who became man, very different. Not some man who's trying to be good and good and good, and then attaining enlightenment. It is God who became man, and he was sinless. That's how we can say he was sinless. It is not man trying to become God, but God became man. He was sinless. So that's where everything becomes different. Everything becomes different. And then we talk about the death, the purpose of Christ's death. He paid for all our sins. The sinless one took all our sins on him. And the judgment for the sins of the whole world was put upon him. He died, he buried, he was buried, he rose up again. And today if you believe, the Bible says forgiveness is free. And you can have forgiveness here and now. You don't have to hope that you keep coming through the cycle of reincarnation, then sometimes you'll go something. No, you can have forgiveness here and now. And God brings us to a personal relationship. We come into a personal relationship. And very important, it is God who works in us to change us. Because even in the Hindu mindset, this you must change yourself. And you must gain knowledge and you must do works and you must change yourself. That is the Hindu mindset, right? But here it is, we are saying God works in us to change us and make us like him. So these are the main points of difference. You with me? Yeah, so very simple. So we won't confuse them with Trinity. Don't confuse them with being born again. If we use those terms, they'll get confused. So you don't even use those terms. Don't say Trinity, don't say must be born again. When you're speaking to a Christian crowd background, you can say you must be born again because they have that. When we're speaking to a Hindu crowd or a Hindu person, avoid using those terms because it's very confusing. Just make it very simple. Focus on sin, relationship with God, punishment for sin. How you can receive forgiveness? Why Jesus is so different? And how Jesus can change your life here and now? Very simple. They will understand. They will see the difference. Clearly, this is very different from my Hindu faith. Very different. This is so good. Any questions? Yes. Francis, Nikhil, question? Also in my school time, I'm sharing like this. Turn off my not friend. He's a group of friends. A group of friends? Yeah. All are Hindu background. So most of these things I shared. But last one topic came like this. So you are saying our God is not God. You only your God is like, I got afraid. Hey, OK, now he's going to beat. So like, at that time, I said like this, I'm not saying your God is not God. What I'm saying? Yeah. What I'm saying about my God is what I can do, like in case like the situation is happening, like, OK, you're saying like this. So how to overcome like in case like most of the clouds are coming, OK, you're saying and like it's going to be an argument or anything. So how we can say in a proper way? Yeah. So I think from the beginning, so I mean, if it, yeah, let me see this. From the beginning, we start with the term God. So like God, we agree, we believe there is a God and it should not be as though us versus them or Christians versus Hindus. It's not like that. God is there. God who created all of us. God created all of us and now we are all sinners. We are all so we are saying, look, we are talking about us as a common thing. So if we start like that, God created all of us. We are all sinners. We have all done things. So when we use that, you know, making say, look, this is applicable to all of us. So from the beginning, they will think that they will understand that this message is for everyone, all of us.  Hey, no, no, no, that's not the point. The point is you and I are same.  How are we, you and I, sinners, going to find the God who created us? So I'm not saying my God or your God. I'm saying the God who created you and me. So we can say that. So the moment is, hey, you're saying my God and your God. No, I'm not. I'm saying I'm talking about you and me. I'm talking about all of us. We, us sinners, how are we going to find the God who created you and me, all of us? So now we're not saying my God or your God, the God. How? I'll leave it at that. And of course, the moment it comes into some sort of us versus you kind of thing, you just have to keep quiet. We don't want to get into a fight and a debate and things and that. So we leave it like this. And then if there are individuals or people who have sincere questions, they're not fighting or they're not taking it as a us versus you argument. But more of, I have a sincere question about why Jesus was born in Jerusalem, why he was not born in Mumbai. Sometimes they have, why not here? Sincere question. They're not asking it to challenge us, but generally, why you have to bring God from Jerusalem to here? Sincere. Then we have, we can explain, you know that.  Because if he was born in, I don't know, Bangalore, somebody's staying somewhere to say why he was born in Bangalore, why he was not born there. So that question can come from anywhere. God had to choose one community, one place to be born. And it happened that he chose Israel, Jews and Israel. I mean, if people ask sincere questions, good. If they come to fight and argue, just leave it. Good. Another question. Go ahead. Same situation also. Adam and Eve, that is one of the whole witness boy is there. So we both are fighting. He's saying, right, I'm saying, right. He directly came and said, Jesus is not there. He's saying all false and all. So in practical terms, we are going to do ministry. So in case that decision is happening, they are saying wrong, we are saying, right, Jesus is not there. And if anybody wants to receive Jesus, these kind of things are coming to their life. So how we can say and correct them? Yeah. So that's a very bad situation, especially when you have somebody like, say, from a Jehovah's Witness, the example, the Hindu person will not know the difference between Jehovah's Witness and us. Both Christians, you yourself are fighting. What's wrong with you? But he doesn't understand that the Jehovah's Witnesses are actually a cult. It's not the genuine Christian faith, right? And he won't understand that. So that's a very bad situation to happen. If it does happen, say, hey, I am stepping out of this. If any of you are interested, you can come and meet me separately, we'll talk.  Because the Jehovah's Witnesses will not accept that Jesus is God. The very basic thing is gone. I just don't need to fight about this. So just say, hey, please excuse me. If any of you are interested, you can come and meet me personally, somewhere else. We'll talk. But I am not interested. I will not continue in this. Just leave it and go away. Because it will not go anywhere argument. And then they'll watch. They'll laugh at us. Yeah. Who was five? How can we actually debate or clarify on that? Meaning there's one God, one mediator, between God and man, the man Christ, Jesus. So you can say, yeah, that is true. That means it's talking about the meditorial role, the role that Jesus played as a man when he became a man. That does not take away from the fact that he was God. You're just saying, this is what he did as a man. As a man, he became the one who can connect us or bring us back to God. But who was this man? He was God who became man. And as a man, he's bringing us back to God. So as you see, that is very clear indication that he is God. Because only God can bring us back to himself. If he was just man, then he's like any of us. Then he is no better than me or you trying to reach God. If he was just man. But if he was God who became man, then he definitely could be the mediator who was taking man to God. But it's really focusing on his role as the redeemer, the mediator. That doesn't take away from who he was as God. And what he has been after is ascension. He is seated at the right hand of the father. He's God. Any questions from online students? Yes. Sir, the name, because most of the Hindus keep this name. And each name has different meaning. Vishnu, the sustainer. Shiva is a destroyer. So most of the Hindus, they'll keep the name after coming, after their salvation. Also, they don't change. But whatever that the name itself, it's a meaning. When Jesus also given a name, what name you have to keep for the child? Say any particular about changing the name and... Shiva means destroyer. That will affect on their life. Because David says, I will never confess any other God in my mouth. But what about this? So the question is, should somebody change their name after becoming a believer? This is my opinion. I don't know if there's a chapter in verse 2 used in responding to this question. But I think this is just my thought that it really doesn't matter. That you just keep whatever name. But you're looking it as a label, not as a definition or a description of who you are. It's just a label. Meaning, you call me, this is my name, it's a label. But who I am, is who I am in Christ. That's my identity, that's where my life comes from. And that will not be affected by what label I put. I can ask John, Mary, Sue, whatever label anybody puts on their name. It's just a label.  Christ. That's the real person. So that's my personal thought that there's no need to change the name. If somebody wants to change, they feel like I want to take a name of David, or Isaiah, or Ezekiel, or Jeremiah, or something. You take that name, if they feel they want to. They want to keep their whole name, it's fine. It doesn't matter. It's a problem with changing names. If you especially have a lot of documents, you're going to change the name of all the documents. That's a big headache. David. He's a DSP, David. I'm not following him, so I don't know if he's changing. David. David. I've read it. And I was thinking the lady, she's not following us. I'm just going to say, I'm just going to say, in Korea, if you change the name, you can change the name. Hmm, here is very confusing. Here are a lot of paperwork, if you want to change the name. Then you want to change your name. I think she tried for 10 days. Any other questions? Fine. So that's talking about when you're sharing with the Hindu, right? The goal is keep it very simple, so that it's not confusing to them. And you're addressing the main thing. The main. Now, when we share Christ, or when we are sharing Christ with a Muslim. Yeah, yeah, a lot of people, especially during my early days when I was sharing, at those days, of course, we should do a lot of one-on-one evangelism. So that's when, then after that, you started doing all this from a big stage and preaching to crowds and all this, that's a little different. So one-on-one, and I think it's just keeping it as simple like this and not getting complicated. Because after they come to the faith, then they will learn about Holy Spirit, all the actual, the triune God, and so on and so forth. And even the different names of God, of the Lord Jesus, the titles were given to Jesus. They will learn all that, they will understand. Somehow the understanding comes. So some of the Hindu friends that I've led to the Lord are actually serving God.  So it's wonderful to see that happen. And but it's very simple, nothing complicated. Just like I was sharing, share the gospel, would you like to receive Christ? Yeah, then as soon as you receive Christ, I give them a New Testament and say, you start reading the New Testament. Then they will start learning about the life of Jesus. And of course, we lead them into the baptism of the Holy Spirit. And what I noticed is after they make the commitment to Christ and they start reading the New Testament, some of these questions about this confusion about Trinity and all is not there.  I want the Holy Spirit to work in my life. So it's fine. And now even in church these days, when I see, like of course what's happening these days is these are people who are from the Hindu faith, but they already believe in Jesus and then they come to church. Even that's amazing because they understand, they receive the truth about the Father, Son, the Holy Spirit or all the different titles of Jesus. Oh, they understand. This is who Jesus is. There's no confusion that just because there are, you know, example, 10 different titles of Jesus doesn't mean there are 10 different versions of Jesus. That confusion is not there. But we know it's the same Jesus says that he has different titles. He's called the good shepherd, the light of the world, the bread of life. All right. So I think in my experience, the best thing is keep it very simple, like how we shared this now. Just say that, that is enough. So is there any particular things that when we are sharing to urban people and rural people, the people who are educated and non-educated, is there any particular points to touch when we are sharing on the first time? Now I haven't done like too much of rural, I mean the village areas, the times when I used to do villages, it used to be mainly in crusades, like meetings, you know.  And of course everything is being done through an interpreter. So in those meetings, the emphasis is on the healing and some miracles. We present Jesus, again similarly like this, present Jesus as the one who died for us. So simple gospel, very simple gospel message. And then present him as the one who heals and delivers. So somehow in the villages, that to them is the sign that what we are saying is true. In the city, urban context, it's more of, if I understand what you're saying is correct, I will follow. So in the urban context, we have to explain it very clearly, start like the whole starting from a relationship with God created us, some relation of some, if they understand that very clearly, okay. In the rural context preaching in the gospel crusades, it's been more of, this is who Jesus is, but here's the evidence, which is, okay, we'll pray in his name and they'll be healing and deliverance. Then it's a sign for them that I will follow this Jesus. So that's what, now even in the urban context, science and miracles are important. There are people who will respond to that, but it's important for them to understand, logically, what we are saying. Okay, any questions? All right, so what are we going to do? Okay, so let's now just look at the next lesson. Okay, so Chaya, there's a message on the chat. Sometimes when we send verses to any of our family members to comfort them in times of need, they get encouraged, but when we tell them it's from the Bible, they don't want to accept. How to deal with this? Well, we do have to tell them from where the source is. That is, it's from the Bible. If they don't want to accept, then I think we shouldn't force it, like don't force it on them because then it will push them further away from receiving, you know, or being open. So I think if people say, hey, I don't want it, then I think we should respect that and just don't keep, don't continue sending Bible verses or things. If they have told you, I don't want, it is one thing, I mean, maybe they are interested, but just that they may not accept, you know, they may not immediately respond to the Bible. So if they're open to receiving it, they don't mind you sending the scriptures, Bible verses, then you can continue sending it. But if they tell us, tell you directly that please don't send me Bible verses, then we must respect that request and don't send it to them. Okay. So it really depends on how that response comes. We need to respect people and if they are willing to continue receiving the Bible verses, but just that they're not willing to go to the Bible, that's okay. You just keep sending Bible verses because at some point they may get interested and say, okay, can I read the Bible? So it really depends how they're responding. Okay. So let me talk about sharing Christ with a Muslim. It's a little challenging because, again, we have to keep in mind that there are different kinds of Muslims, the different kinds of Muslims. See, right now, think of what's happening in the Middle East, you know, this war between Israel and Hamas, which is a group among the Palestinians who are militant. They're all Muslims and this has been going on for a long time. So since 1948, they've been constant fights. And there's a book that came out. It's a book, it's the titles called The Son of Hamas. It was written by the son of, I think it was the very first or the earliest among the earliest leaders of the Hamas group. So we're going back to the early days, so 1940 and the 50s on. So this young man was the son of one of the leaders of the Hamas militant group, Son of Hamas, forgot his name. And he shares in that book how he encountered Jesus Christ, how he came to faith in Christ. So for him, he was looking at all that the Hamas were doing, that all the activity, terrorist bombing, killing, all of that. And he was then and during that time, there were people in Israel, like he used to walk around and then the people came and give him a new testament to faith. He started reading a little bit quietly, secretly. He's the son of the leader. And the book describes a lot of things, but he began to see the difference. In the Jesus and the violence that was, that's kind of almost encouraged in Islam. I saw the difference. And eventually he came, he gave his life to Christ secretly, but then he had to leave. So he escaped into, he had to leave, I think he's somewhere in the U.S., but his life is very, he could get killed if people know where he is and what he's doing. Because he's become a follower of Jesus. But what I wanted to say is that difference, it's not easy for people to see. Because one is both, so Christianity came out of Judaism. And Judaism, Islam and Christianity kind of trace their roots back in a similar way, not exactly the same way, but in a similar way, all the way to the Garden of Eden, Abraham, and all the way into the Garden of Eden. So it's almost looking like, hey, Islam, Christianity are almost the same. And in Islam, they are very, I'm talking about the traditional Muslim, is very, what to say, I'll use the word trained in their faith, very strong. Now there are modern Muslims who do not like what is going on, the militant part of Islam and all that. So they are slightly different. They are more open. They agree, hey, we shouldn't be killing people and all those things. They agree to those things. But I'm just saying that the traditional Muslim is pretty well trained in their disciplines. So they will ask questions like, you're saying Jesus is the Son of God. How can God have a Son? Who was God's wife then? They're trained to ask those questions. You say Jesus rose from the dead. How do you know he rose from the dead? The disciple just stole his body and put it in the tomb. They don't believe in the death and the resurrection of Jesus. So they're trained to ask those questions. So it's a little bit more difficult when we share in Christ with the Muslim, but there are some key points, key areas, and how we can present the message of Jesus and how they will open up to the Gospel. So take a break and when you come back from the break, we will highlight those key areas and how to share Christ with a Muslim.


Hello and good morning to EuroPython 2021. I'm Marc, I'm the chair of the EuroPython Society and I would like to take you through the opening of this conference. This year has been a very exciting year. We have the second year doing the EuroPython Conference online. Hopefully next year we will do it in Dublin in person again. But this year has been exciting because we sold so many tickets. So we have more than 1,900 tickets registered from over 86 different countries. So this is really, really good. And lots, lots more than we get for the in-person conference.  Please do visit their sponsor rooms. They are waiting there for you. And you can ask them questions and they will have lots of things to tell you and to show you and to also give out some swag and codes and so on. We'd also like to welcome all the special new EuroPythonistas, so everyone who has not been to a EuroPython conference before. We all want big family and this is essentially the conference of the attendees. This is not, we are organizing it, but it's essentially what the attendees make it to be. And we hope that everyone will feel comfortable, will feel at home. And we'd like to ask our regulars who often come to this conference to help all the newbies to feel at home as well and to show them around. EuroPython 2021 was started, the organization was started six months ago. It was six months of hard work. We wouldn't have been able to pull this off without the fantastic team of volunteers that we have. So a big shout out to them as well. And maybe next year you can then thank them in person. EuroPython is run by the EuroPython Society. This is a non-profit organization. It was founded in 2004. It runs EuroPython, but in the last few years we also extended the scope to support the European Python community. And if you, for example, need financial help and you have an organization in Europe where we can provide some grants maybe, then please contact us. It's all volunteer driven. No one gets money for this. No one is paid. We don't have any staff at the moment. So yeah, these are all free hours that people invest into the organization. So what does EuroPython 2021 offer for you? We have lots of events scheduled. We have more than 100 talks for you. We have six great keynotes. We have a complete data science mini-conference basically embedded into the conference. Most of the talks that are data science related happen in Room Parit. But there are also keynotes and there were training sessions in the last two days which were data science related. So there's a lot of content in that particular area, topic area. We will have a hallway track. I'll come to that later. We have a recruitment session on Thursday. If you're looking for a job or you want to, you know, look around what's available, then please come there and then the sponsors will show you what's available. We have posters, interactive sessions, open space, lightning talks, sprints and hackathons on the weekend, Saturday and Sunday. We are going to start with a keynote by Pablo today after the opening. But we also have five other keynotes waiting for you from these very fine ladies and gentlemen. And this is going to be very exciting and very much looking forward to these keynotes. We have lightning talks on every single day. So Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. These are five-minute talks, very short.  It's basically up to you. You can schedule the lightning talk on a Google sheet that we're going to announce. And these are usually lots of fun, these sessions. So, yeah, looking forward to that one as well. If you want to run a session on your own, we have open space. Open space is completely self-organized by the attendees. Again, we have a Google sheet for scheduling things. You can just walk into the room, silly walks. And then, you know, at the time that you scheduled your open space session and then you can start your session there. There's a jitzy widget you can start and you can share screen. You can have, you know, talk to people. It has audio video. So that's fun as well. If you have something to show or if you want to go into more depth, maybe you're doing a talk somewhere and in one of the other rooms and it overruns and then you can continue here in open space. We will have social events and an after-party. Social events are scheduled for today after the keynote, tomorrow after the lightning talks and then on Friday after the closing session we're going to have an after-party. We're going to do some games, music, some beer tasting, some cooking. But of course, you know, we're open to new ideas as well. So if you have anything that you want to run, just let us know we can make it happen. We can give you a room and then you can run your session there. So how will we run EuroPython 2021 online? This year we have chosen a different system. Last year we used Discord for the conference. This year we're using a system called Matrix and it has a front-end called Element. Matrix is completely written in Python, so it fits our conference. We have integrated the chat, the conference rooms into Matrix as widgets. So you can watch the streams directly in Matrix and while you chat you can look at the stream as well. The Matrix and Element system, they also have a built-in JITSY system. JITSY is another conference system. It also does audio video. It's very easy to use. It usually works pretty well. We have that for the sponsor chats. We have that for the open space like I mentioned and we can also enable it in other rooms if needed. For interactive sessions and social we're going to use Zoom because Zoom basically just scales better to higher numbers of attendees. JITSY is good for about 30 people and Zoom scales up to 300 easily. So let's have a quick look at the conference platform that we're using, the Matrix and Element client. On the right you see the typical picture. Here on the left you have the list of rooms. On the right you have the chat. We have the sponsor exhibit in here. We have the training rooms in here. The conference rooms are in that list and the sprint rooms as well. Now these are quite a few rooms. So if you want to let's say focus more on what you actually want to attend there are two ways to do this. One is you can go to the different, let's say the sprint rooms for example if you're not interested in those right now but only on Saturday and Sunday you can make them low priority and then they move into a different category and you can close that and you don't see those rooms anymore. And later on you can get them out of here again by just unticking this. And the second way to do it is to use the filter up here. So let's say you want to see or you wanted to see in the last two days just the training rooms then you can go here and then just type training filter down to the training rooms. We have links in some of the pages. We'd like you to not share those links unless we say that it's okay to share them publicly. The links are mainly going to in some cases to zoom rooms in other cases to the YouTube streams that we have. And so we'd like to ask you to keep them within the conference. Like I said, we have embedded streams of all the different rooms into Matrix. They can be used to replay past sessions and we're also going to share the YouTube links to those. Again, please don't share those. You can pop out these windows by clicking on this small icon that you see here in the upper left. We have a EuroPython lounge. This is a hallway track. It's a very fun thing to do to walk around in there. It's run on Wonder Me. You can enter it from the lobby hallway and we'd really like to invite you to join here and to try it out. It's really a lot of fun. We have a sponsor exhibit. The sponsors are waiting in those rooms for you. Please don't be shy. Please visit them. Please say hello. They really like to get in touch with you and they have nice things for you. Like I said, it's the widgets there are run on Jitsi and you can talk to them in person. We also have a virtual swag page which is up on our website.  You can pick up some quizzes, coupon codes and other free stuff on there. And of course, we have a code of conduct. So we'd like to ask you to all be nice citizens and to be friendly to each other, to be professional and to not spam. And if you want to read the full code of conduct, we have that on our website. If you have any things to report, then please report to one of these contacts. So we have Anders here. We have myself and we have Naomi who are on Matrix but we're also available by email and by telegram. Right. And that's all I wanted to say. I wanted to remind you that this is the 20th edition of EuroPython. It's been a long ride, a good ride. And we hope you enjoy this conference just as much as the past 19 ones that we had. It's time to celebrate and we would like to take you for a ride maybe next year we can then actually have some champagne or something. Right. So that's all I wanted to say.