We pray that you would bless our hearts and help us to be doers of your word and also to prepare ourselves for your second coming, God. We pray and submit all our class amazed into your mighty hands. We pray and declare your grace upon each one of us. We thank you in Jesus' name. We pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you everyone. Thanks for joining the class. So today what we're going to do is do a quick full review of what we have covered in this course. So this course 213, The End Times, is a foundation course for what we're going to do in our third year when we go through the books of Daniel and Revelation in detail. So it is important to remember many of these things and keep these things with you so that when we come into the third year and start looking at Daniel and Revelation chapter by chapter, verse by verse, this will be a background and help us understand that much more in detail, help us understand that better. So we're going to just quickly review. I have shared the full course notes. So you know, I've kept it updated and then I've just shared the full notes. So you can use this final PDF which I've shared for your review and preparation. So what I'll do is next week put out one assessment that will be in three parts, which will cover the whole course. It's not going to be difficult. It's just meant to help review the content and it'll be an assessment. So you'll get a grade for it. But the main objective is to help you review the full course through those questions. And it'll be an open book, open Bible, open notes, exam. So you can keep everything open, look at it, study it and answer the questions. So it's not going to be difficult. But the main thing is for us to understand the Bible, understand scripture and be clear about these prophetic end time events. So let's go ahead and do a quick review of the entire course content. Let me share. All right. So our course, really, we had five main chapters in our course. First, we established the fact that the Bible is a prophetic book. Then we looked at the Middle East and regions that are addressed in Bible prophecy just to give us a little context. Then we looked at Israel and its people in Bible prophecy because a lot of the prophecy deals with Israel. And then we spent most of our time in chapter four, which was where we attempted to give an outline of the main sequence of events. So the most important is chapter four. So all the other information, chapters one, two and three, is kind of a background. That's okay. But the main thing is in chapter four. So I really want you to review that and be very clear, understand it, that this is the sequence of events or what people call as a prophetic timeline as we can put it together. Of course, there will be variations. People have different points of view, but we shared what we can see as we journey through the book of Revelation. And then the last chapter, chapter five was a simple small chapter where we looked at what are the signs that we can point to today that are indicating to us that we are very close to the beginning of the end. That's kind of how we covered this course. So when we talked about, in the introduction, we explained why it's important to study eschatology or the things that what the scriptures say about the end times. We went through several reasons why it is very important to study about the end times. Then we mentioned about our approach in studying the end times. You know, keep things literal, only when it's necessary, clearly indicated, then it's figurative. And some other guidelines. We are also aware that there are other points of view. And so we are open to what people have to say, but we are also clear about a position that we take. So we explain the different positions that people have in where they stand. Then we, again, all these are approaches that we take in explaining or understanding end time prophecies. Then we looked at the Bible being a prophetic book. We said that there are several prophecies in the Bible which have already been fulfilled. And so it's a very reliable, completely trustworthy book, the scriptures, concerning prophetic events. So we pointed a few examples of prophetic events that actually came to pass. And therefore, you know, we can look forward, we can look at the scriptures and say, hey, everything the Bible says about what is going to happen will happen, and we need to understand them. We did a comparison or a parallel study of Matthew and Luke where Jesus himself gives a complete teaching of the end times. Many refer to it as the Olivet prophecy, where Jesus breaks it down and we divided the chapter into clear sections where Jesus is talking about things that will lead up to the tribulation. Then he talks about what will happen during the tribulation. And then after that, there's just an exhortation on being ready. So basically, there are these, you know, two main sections and then the fourth one, third one, sorry, is an exhortation. And you can clearly break up Matthew 24 into these three parts to understand what Jesus was telling us about the end times. We also listed out several end time terminology, like last day's time of the end and so on. And what we said is each of these terms have to be understood in the context in which it is used, because the same term could refer to different parts of the end time sequence depending on where it is used. So always interpret these terms within its given immediate context. That's the key. So then we turned our attention to the geography. So this is the area in which the main cities, places of interest are starting from the River Euphrates, because Abraham was called out from among here. Of course, the Garden of Eden was around here. Babylon was around here, all of this. So the River Euphrates is very important because a lot of things kind of started around there. Starting from the Garden of Eden to Babylon, Abraham being called out, all of those things happened in this area. So we also just made reference to Daniel's prophecy. We did not look at it in detail. We will leave that for the third year, but just made reference that Daniel spoke about these kingdoms and all of these kingdoms were right there in the Middle East and around the Mediterranean and part of Europe. So these are kingdoms that Daniel spoke about, which have a part to play in the end time prophecy. We talked about Islam, how Israel is surrounded by Arab nations all around. So high potential, high chance of conflict. We referenced the European Union as being part of the former Roman Empire. This is important again as part of Daniel's prophecy. And Daniel mentioned clearly in Daniel chapter two that in the days of these kings, that means when there is a loosely connected region where of former Roman Empire and all the other country people, in those days, God will set up his kingdom. So we are right there in the time when Daniel looked ahead and said that's what it's going to be like. So this whole area is of interest to us. We look at it in detail and when we study Daniel. So these are the countries today, countries that are part of the European Union. So the region countries that are around the Mediterranean are something we would look at. Let's not get the map there. Russia again is important, referred to in Ezekiel the 38th chapter along with Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Libya and Goma, all of these to Ghana and Egypt, all of these are mentioned there in Ezekiel chapter 38. So these countries are of interest to us. Kings of the east, we don't know exactly who it is, but most likely pointing to China and other countries that go with China. The valley of Megiddo, that's where the battle of Armageddon is going to be fought. So that's a region right there in the northern part of towards this region here north of Jerusalem. So that's again an interesting point or geography that we must be aware. That's where the final battle will take place and all these armies will move in to this great conflict that will take place there in the valley of Megiddo. About Israel itself, most important thing was that God had promised to give this land from the river Euphrates to the river Nile. He promised to give this land to Abraham and his descendants. So that's important and Jerusalem as a city is important to God. And the conflict that's going to lead to the battle of Armageddon is basically over that land and over the city of what's happening in the city of Jerusalem. So that's why that geography is even more important. So we gave an outline of what happened to Israel starting with from Abraham on. We know there was the Assyrians, the Babylonians came, there were the Medes and the Persians, then there were the Greeks, Alexander the Great, then there was the Celestial Empire and then the Romans came in and the Romans were there for a long time. After that the Muslims or the Arabs came in, took over and it was around this time, 690-80, that on the same place where Solomon had built the temple, the Arabs or Muslims, they established their holy place on the same temple mount. So from that time there's always been conflict about who's going to get control of that place, holy place, both for the Jews and for the Arabs. So eventually Israel declared themselves as a nation in 1948 and then in 1967 they recaptured Jerusalem as a city. But for whatever reason at that time the general, at that time in order to maintain peace, gave East Jerusalem back to the Arabs. Whether it was a good decision or not in order to keep peace, he said you can have control over East Jerusalem and we will be on the west side of Jerusalem. But that has resulted in continued conflict and many, many attempts have been made to try to bring peace and the struggle goes on. So that's kind of information we have shared here in these pages just to give you a look. So these are the regions where the Palestinians are on the West Bank, Gaza, they're trying to, they want to have their land. Israel wants it back. And then the temple mount, which we just mentioned about, has the the dome of the rock and al-Aqsa mosque. So these two, the dome of the rock, al-Aqsa mosque are places of, holy places for the Arabs, Muslims. But this is sitting on the place where Solomon's temple used to be. So the Jews wanted back. So that's where the conflict is. The Jews are able to come to the western side, the western wall and pray there for now. So and then the Jewish settlements, they're reclaiming part of the land for themselves. They're building their homes and reclaiming these areas for themselves. So good to have a little understanding of this geography and history. And, you know, we are part of the church and God is working both in Israel and in us as the church, the kingdom of God is being extended. So we need to, you know, have some understanding of what's going on with Jerusalem, Israel and so on. So we outlined here, you know, some of the things that will happen in the future, which we covered once again in the next chapter. So in chapter four, we gave an overview of the events. This little diagram, this sketch, gives us a high level, high level outline of the way things are going to happen. So we said first, the thing we're looking at is the rapture of the church. And we explained, we gave reasons, six reasons why we believe in a pre-tribulation rapture of the church, that the church would be taken out of the way before the Antichrist is revealed. But really important things that should take place, the Antichrist will come or will come at the beginning of the tribulation. There will be the Antichrist and there will be the temple, the temple worship, temple built and worship restored. So that's kind of the beginning of the tribulation. And then after the church will take place, the church will be in heaven and I'll be mentioned some of the things we see in scripture of what will take place in heaven. There'll be rewards, there'll be mansions that will be ushered into, of course, there'll be worship going on. And it'll all culminate with the marriage supper of the lamb. Then we journeyed through the book of Revelation to understand what is going to happen starting from here. So this was Revelation chapter four and five, where he said we get a view of what's happening in heaven. There's worship in heaven and the Lord Jesus comes and He opens the scroll meaning from this moment on, all the prophecies will start being fulfilled. So that's at the very beginning of the seven year tribulation. Then from Revelation chapter six verse one all the way to Revelation 19, which ends up in the battle of Armageddon, is an outline of what's going to be happening here on earth. So Revelation chapter six, we read about the seven seals starting with the Antichrist coming in and a lot of things happening here on earth. Revelation seven, we see the 144,000 Jews. We're going to be servants of God. Revelation eight, the seven trumpets. Revelation chapters eight and nine, the seven trumpets are being blown. Revelation 10 is a parenthetical chapter. John is given a book to eat saying you have to prophesy some more. Revelation 11, 12 and 13 bring us right to the middle of the seven years of tribulation. Revelation 11 talks about the temple being desecrated by the Gentiles, Jerusalem being trodden underfoot by the Gentiles. That's the time the Antichrist will break his seven years of peace treaty. He'll break it in the middle Revelation 11, but God will have two witnesses who will be prophesying from here the middle of the tribulation till the end of the tribulation. So for the three and a half years. Revelation chapter 12 talks about how Satan is going to go all out to try and destroy Israel specifically and everyone who believes who has the testimony of Jesus Christ. And he's going to use the beast that is the Antichrist and the false prophet. And that's going to go on for the next three and a half years. Revelation 13, it's read about the Antichrist and the false prophet, who the Antichrist establishes a global economic system. You cannot buy or sell unless you have the mark of the beast. And this false prophet, or called the second beast, establishes a religion where he's getting people to worship the image of the beast. This will go on for the next three and a half years. Then we come into Revelation 14, which is again a parenthetical chapter. It shows us the 144,000 Jews that's somewhere in the second half of the tribulation. They are up in heaven. They are worshiping God. Then Revelation 15 and 16 are the seven bold judgments are being poured out on their very, very bad, terrible destruction happening. Revelation 16, the river Euphrates dries up and the nations are stirred. Nations all over the world are stirred to start moving towards Jerusalem. Revelation 17, Mystery Babylon, the false religion set up by the false prophet collapses. And it is rejected. Revelation 18, the global economic system set up by the Antichrist, the beast, that collapses. People lose money. And it's like the buildup towards the battle of Armageddon. Revelation 19 is the battle of Armageddon. There's the marriage supper of the lamb and then Christ comes riding on a white horse with all of the saints. And there's a battle of Armageddon taking place.  All the believers who died during the tribulation are raised up and Jesus rules and reigns on the earth for 1,000 years. That's Revelation 20. So Revelation chapter 20, Isaiah chapter 65, Zechariah 14. You read about these 1,000 years. Nations will be taught to serve the Lord. Satan is bound, he's taken out of the way. All demons are taken out of the way. And there is a change in the very nature of things. The ox and the lamb, they lie down together with the lion. The child can play with the serpent during these 1,000 years, the change in the very nature of things. At the end of the 1,000 years, Satan has lost for a brief period of time. We don't know what the duration is, but the Bible says for a short time and he makes one final attempt to go against the city of Jerusalem. But God destroys him and banishes him to the lake of fire. Then every person who ever lived is raised up and there is the great white throne judgment, Revelation chapter 20. And the book of life is opened and that is the final judgment. Those whose names are not in the book of life, they are forever sent into the lake of fire. At this time, all believers are taken out of the earth into heaven and everything, the heavens and the earth are renovated. The heavens and the earth that we know now will be completely cleaned out, destroyed and there will be new heavens and new earth. And heaven, the holy city of Jerusalem, will come down and be placed here on earth and God himself will be the light and the life on earth. And that's Revelation chapters 21 and 22. So this is the sequence of events that we went through in this particular chapter. I will just cover the next chapter and then of course we'll open up for any questions that people may have. So we went through all of this. I'm just moving through these pages very quickly. These are things we already covered. And then we said, what are the signs of the times? This is the next chapter chapter 5. What are the signs of the times? Times that tell us that we are really close to the end. So we outlined some important signs. Israel being formed as a nation is important and them taking over the city of Jerusalem is important. It's the beginning of the end. So that's the first sign. So we have seen it happen because one generation will see it. Jerusalem becoming the center of conflict and Jerusalem is almost in the news every week. That's again an important sign. The Temple Mount being ready to be rebuilt and the possibility of having 10 leaders emerging from 10 nations that were part of the former Roman Empire, which is now part of the European Union. The possibility of a global currency and identification system. This is so possible in our day and time. It can happen. Fulfilling Revelation 13. Looking at Russia, China, Iran and Turkey. These are named, as we mentioned, they're given by name in Ezekiel 38. And to see how these countries are aligning themselves is very useful. It's very important. And whenever there are peace talks, it's very interesting that most people say, okay, you know, divide the land, give the land to the Palestinians, the European Union and others. They are supporting a two state solution. So that's interesting because Joel chapter three says that's going to be the reason why nations come to battle. They're going to divide the land. So there will be some nations who oppose it and there will be some nations who support the dividing of the land. And that's going to give rise to this global conflict. So it's something to look at and see what's happening along with, of course, the Temple Mount, which is again a second reason of conflict in Jerusalem. Another sign, very important sign, is the church itself is coming to maturity and Jesus is coming back for a church without spot of wrinkle. And that's amazing to see how God has brought the church to where it is over the last 500 plus years. The gospel is reaching has been preached to all the nations. It's very important sign. There's increased persecution and opposition to the church. That's another sign. There's a rise in global spiritualism and small spirituality. And you can see all kinds of things being promoted globally, trying to replace the knowledge of God, knowledge and travel explosion. Again, this is a big sign because never before in history has there been such an explosion in information. We are living in those times that Daniel spoke about in Daniel chapter 12. Then there are some what we refer to as generic signs, things that have always been there, but they're increasing wars and rumors of wars, hate and terror, climate conditions, weather and weather conditions, earthquakes and so on, famines, pestilences, the model, the poverty of man. So the 17 signs are all telling us we are very close to the rapture of the church, the coming of the Lord on the beginning of the final seven years leading us into the millennia. So we keep our eyes open. We keep seeing what's happening and we understand, okay, when all these things are happening, we understand, we're really, really close. So I hope you followed with me on this quick journey through the entire course content. I would encourage you, I've given you the full thing and hopefully someday, you know, my goal is to expand this into a book and add all this information so people can read it and make it easy to understand. And then along with this, when you study Daniel and Revelation, you have a very good understanding of the end time Bible prophecy. Any questions? I'd just like to leave the next half hour. If there are any questions, we can use that time for questions. Are things clear? Any doubts or any things you want me to explain? Be happy to. Okay, so if there are no questions, we have completed this course and I, you know, you have the full PDF. And of course, when this comes out as a book, you will get an email from us and telling you to go down with the book and make use of it. Happily use the notes, preach it, teach it wherever you can as often as you can. So all you have to look out now for is next week. As soon as I put up the assessment in Google Classroom, you will be notified through the classroom.  And of course, it will help you to view everything we have covered in this course. And with it, we are done. And I look forward to, you know, studying Daniel and Revelation with all of you in the third year, we will build up on what we have covered in 213 BC 213. We'll build up on that in our third year. Okay, thank you to all of you for being on this course. I hope you found it useful and, you know, helps you gain interest in studying Bible prophecy. Let's take a moment to close in prayer. Somebody could pray with us and we will close. Let's pray. Jhe heavenly father we come to you under the name of Jesus. And thank you for this day. We thank you for the class that we have today. We thank you for everything that we learned throughout this course Jesus. We thank you for Pastor Ashish. We thank you for blessing him with your knowledge with your revelation that he can teach us all these prophecies in the Bible. Everything about your coming Lord.  Help us to not to forget anything that we learn and help us to understand more about you Jesus. Help us to get deeper into the world. We thank you for this course. We thank you for our college. I thank you for all my classmates. We thank you for every single thing that you revealed to us throughout this course Jesus. We give you all the glory and Jesus. Amen. Amen. Thank you everyone. It was a good time joining through this course with each of you. Thank you. Enjoy the break. During the summer, just a little advertisement here. From May 15th to July 15th, we have a short-term Bible course happening here in Bangalore. We are covering 18 subjects, 18 topics, but it's going to be in a very condensed way. This is mainly for people who don't have time to go to attend classes. All the classes, it'll be full day 9 to 6, and those will be also on Google Classroom. So in case you want to attend, you're most welcome to attend. You can just connect to the classroom. We will send an email out. Information will be on our Bible College website as well, just if you want to learn. 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Hello everybody hooded cobra commander 788 here and the five-year anniversary of this channel is coming up in just a couple weeks I will have a special review that week and I want you to be a part of it There will be a special GI Joe toy review followed by short clips from friends and viewers That means you I want to include your video clip with your anniversary message in the anniversary video If you want to participate, here's how first record a video clip of a minute or less Second send that video clip to me at the gmail address you see on your screen right now Large files won't work. That's why it has to be a short clip or you can upload the clip to YouTube and Send the URL to me at that gmail address and I will download it You can record any special anniversary message you want. Remember it is a five-year celebration I do ask that you keep it family-friendly I don't know how many clips I will get so I will not be able to edit them However, you send it is how it will go up. Please participate if you can I really want you in this video five years is a milestone and I want to make it special You all helped me get here So I think you should be part of the celebration the deadline to get your video clips in is April 12th And the anniversary video will go up on April 21st So get cracking and start recording your video clips now. You don't have a lot of time And I can't wait to see what you send. Thanks for five great years. Let's celebrate together


Good morning, everybody and Merry Christmas. It is Christmas Day today. I am so excited I am at the Magic Kingdom. It is four o'clock in the morning The park is set to open at 6 a.m. And it's supposed to hit capacity by noon So I decided to come out and get an early early rope drop. Let's go do this Nobody else is out at this moment. Look at the bus stations are just empty Buses just lined up Monorails just sleeping. Well, they're actually changing tracks. If you see right there, how cool is that? It has been a very long time since I've done a rope drop and what better day than on Christmas Day itself One of the busiest days of the year at the Magic Kingdom I'm telling you it feels so surreal just being here and like usually you just hear bus noises and Just people enjoying their vacations. It is a ghost town It's so crazy And this is something you certainly don't see very often. Nobody here And I guess I was too early for my rope drop adventure on Christmas Day because Security isn't even in place yet. So they actually asked me to come wait over where the bus stops are for the resort guest and Then once they all get set up, I'm gonna go in and I might be the first one in Magic Kingdom on Christmas Day Do you know how great that makes me feel? It is five o'clock now and the music on Main Street just turned on Hopefully they're gonna let us in very soon. There's only one other person here First one here. Look at this. I don't think I can oh I can oh I'm running. I'm running. I don't want to be there I'm so excited well I'm here So I got to the turnstile and now I'm just waiting, but now a lot of people are coming. I'm so excited Look at everybody ready for Christmas I Am just so excited. Literally. I cannot contain it. Actually. I've been waiting here since 3 34 o'clock, so it's definitely worth it. Oh boy. I'm so excited I'm stopped right here All right, can we just look in oh Thank you. Oh time's got yes very important Here I am just one more step and I'm gonna be in the Magic Kingdom Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday tomorrow and fantasy The thing is so now both sides are actually lined up right where we're at so it's gonna be a race It's gonna be a race to the castle And look at they're dropping off money. You see the guard a truck Lots and lots of eager people behind me ready to celebrate the holidays look at this It's slippery Okay, that was worth it Wow awesome, isn't it look at this guys Christmas morning So I really want to get a very cool time-lapse. I'm sorry everybody's jogging I feel like I need to keep up with them And just think in just a few hours This park will be so busy that they will have to stop letting people in Everybody's lining up to get to their favorite lands like going over to fantasy land or tomorrow land I'm just here for the castle and Main Street. I am so happy I got to see these beautiful Christmas lights on Christmas Day Unfortunately, I have worked tonight, so I won't be able to be back here for the nighttime, but wow I'm happy I got to see it and those lights too Look how many people are lining up to get an early morning So as you just heard the actual morning show is gonna happen at the castle in just a minute So we're gonna head back up that way But I just wanted to come back down and walk down Main Street again before it really gets overcrowded Like I said, it is so surreal that in just a couple of hours This place will be so busy that they will not let anyone else in There's even a line for Starbucks Huh the line for Starbucks is actually longer than some of these photo pass spots But you do need to have your Christmas coffee. I mean that's very important Look at this. Isn't it awesome? It's unbelievable. I mean you can do this multiple times But it's very rare that you're actually like this on Christmas Day and at 5 30 in the morning Right now the only two sounds I'm hearing is that water falling and the Christmas music That's pretty awesome. I Can't believe that I can say that I was the first person at Magic Kingdom on Christmas Day I mean, I know does that sound like corny? I feel like honored I really feel like honored like I accomplished something today I have to say the run-in was a little intense now I didn't like run full speed But there were some people that were running like full speed and it was very slippery You can tell they were just washing the floors right before we actually got in so you gotta be careful if you ever do this don't slip and It's beginning Around every corner bursting with the joy and inspiration to make your dreams come true So now that we are actually open for business here at the Magic Kingdom I'm gonna head on over to Tomorrowland and we're gonna see if any of those Christmas overlays are running especially on Christmas Okay, so the Tomorrowland Speedway has the Christmas overlay on I'm gonna bet That it's happening on Space Mountain Wow, I am so excited. I really hope it is So you can see like I said that Tomorrowland Speedway is all lit up for the Christmas overlay We're gonna risk it. We're gonna get in line at Space Mountain So I am pretty sure we just got confirmation that there is the holiday overlay on Space Mountain. I am so pumped. It is my favorite overlay out of any of them It is hands down my favorite and Danny and Adam first time on the holiday overlay This is gonna be amazing Yes to the moon We're blasting off soon fun fact I do not like the front Adam's taking the front I feel like if you're gonna lose your hands, I'm safe We can sit here and listen to the music That I get so excited about today Riding Space Mountain the holiday overlay is one of those things literally pure joy. I love it so much So we made it over to the Tomorrowland Speedway Christmas For the holiday overlay oh boy Here we're gonna take it nice and slow because this is all the pretty stuff right here They're playing one of my favorite songs from the Osborne lights Speedway and Space Mountain We might as well do the other holiday overlay they're offering today on Christmas The teacups isn't it crazy we have done two rides in just the first hour Normally these rides during a party would probably take you an hour alone just to do Space Mountain But we got a bolt on it now the third overlay within our first hour. All right, this is great Nothing like a full tea cup, huh? Never go full tea cup Music in the lights So I want to say thank you to Matilda Who actually seen us waiting in line in the Astro Orbiter and brought us some Christmas snacks? How sweet is that? It's been a long time since I've been on the Astro Orbiter or in an elevator Three please thank you Why are there multiple okay, I see one two Don't fasten open your hands arms feet and legs inside and please Supervised younger pilots. This is great. It's a little dreary out right now, but honestly it is 7 10 a.m We have gotten so much done today I'm excited to see the castle though before the lights get shot off actually as we're in flight They might make your rocket ship fly higher. Oh boy. Oh Oh It is now 7 20 a.m We have done four different rides three holiday overlays and it's just so amazing Today is a great day. You know people usually say never go to magic kingdom on Christmas Day But if you get here early enough, it's the best thing in the world Look at all those birds Someone drop popcorn This is still Christmas guys, it might only be 7 30 a.m But I was expecting a lot more of a turnout than this I mean look at that. There is nobody on the pathway up to the castle Just more of an empty magic kingdom now like I said, it's not gonna be like this for long come around 10 a.m Or 11 a.m Compacity and things are starting to look a lot busier here Just a few hours ago. We were walking in this way and nobody was here Look at the toy soldiers up there. Oh How cool is that? And they're just playing music. I love it And with that I think I'm calling it a morning because it's still morning I only came out just for a little bit Christmas Day I have to go to work tonight, but it was well worth it such an amazing amazing day Adam thanks for hanging out Danny 702. Thanks for hanging out. Make sure you check out both their channels Seriously, Merry Christmas. Love to let you live. We'll see you next time. Bye


I'm John Mueller, a search advocate at Google. Part of my job is to help folks like you grow their web presence through the help of Google Search. In this session, we'll talk briefly about Google Images, other places where images are shown, and go through best practices for images. Let's start by taking a look at Google Images. Google Images helps users to visually find web pages for a wide range of tasks. Whether it's kicking off a do-it-yourself project, cooking a meal, styling an outfit, or, as we've recently seen, learning how to cut your own hair at home during the quarantine, Google Images shows users the relevant images and web pages from across the web, so it's as easy as possible to find what you're looking for. In the Google Images results, we show a preview image, attribution, and a headline from the page. Users can expand the preview to find out more about the image and the page's content. If a result is deemed to be a product, a recipe, or a video, which you can specify with structured data, we show that information to the user. Where appropriate, we give users information about an image licensing opportunity. And, of course, there's a big button to visit the page directly. There's more than just Google Images, though. Image previews can also be shown for traditional web search results. They may be relevant to a user's query or representative of a web page. For example, an image of a recipe might be shown. Additionally, there's Google Discover, a neat way for users to explore content about topics they're interested in. In Discover, a relevant preview image may be shown for your pages. In some, preview images can be shown directly in Google Images, they can be shown as relevant results, or as additional context for additional pages in Google Search, and as previews in Discover. Before we get too far, I'd like to encourage you to take a step back and think about what you'd like to achieve with your images. Getting the images index is rarely the goal. For example, consider these questions. Do users try to search visually for your content? And if so, how might they be searching? What preview of your site's content would they find compelling? And do your pages have an image that's particularly relevant for that page? It's useful to consider these questions from the start. They can help guide you to including your images in a way that's relevant to your site's goals. For example, if you publish your poetry and decorate it with generic floral clipart, it's unlikely that users would be searching for flower clipart in order to read your poetry. On the other hand, if you created those graphics and you want to provide them to others, then that might be a legitimate search query. 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not this is sort of assuming that it is at market rate but then they wanted to increase it by the amount that child care workers pay would go up because of the minimum wage some child care workers now are getting paid less than what would be the equivalent of $15 an hour minimum wage so then we go up for that amount the second part of S23 is to change the sliding scale and this sliding scale is the percentage of that amount that you would get and it would move it to the right so that in other words every time we can just change those brackets so let's say the minimum wage bill increases the minimum wage by $5,000 over five years and we'll say it doesn't equally so every year we change those brackets up $1,000 so that if you were at the 95th percentile before we were going to move those brackets up so that when your income goes up you're still at the 95th percentile it does it little bit by little bit so what is the breakdown of the money? what's the breakdown of the money because part of what we pass I'm not sure where part of what we pass was dependent upon the money we had to work with so one of the things that we're interested in is how does this impact that money that we had appropriated it was astoundingly similar so I'll just show you this is what they did so the gray bar on the top is added to the chapter financial assistance program and at the low end it's added because of the provider thing going up and then in this valley where you expect it to go down it's actually going up for the two reasons one is the provider fees gone up and the sliding scale has changed this one is showing you yours and I want to make sure that I did this one part right I scaled when you got to 50% instead of dropping to 10 I went down to 45, 40 you want to do that alright and I had to sort of go between 100 and 95 by whatever yours looks pretty similar when I overlay the two I was blown away like how close they are sorry I'm just kidding and so here's the difference right around so you go at 100% at the 100% federal poverty level you go down to 95% at 125 and doing it the incremental way keeping up with the minimum wage change it would stay at 100% this one here 125% federal poverty level it's teeny tiny dollar-dollar difference but to the people affected you know it's important and then they're pretty much the same yours is more generous in this area which is really important because it's in the valley that's where people are still losing and in terms of the money it comes down to estimates I actually estimated higher costs for the S23 even though it doesn't but I imagine it's just an estimate here I think that they're really close so in terms of what they do and in terms of the money they're like so similar I couldn't believe it the issue to me is like what happens if they both pass also part of our question is that piece 1 despite what happened in previous years that piece in the minimum wage bill needs to get r-ok and we have passed and whether we go to the senate and try to change things or whether we go over across the way and go you know we spent you know or is there something that meets both of us I mean you know to have two things pass so if they if they both passed we're trying to figure out what is the difference and then making an assessment of what is the more appropriate in terms of the if the goal is our goal is supporting child care and when people do better you know to ensure that they still have available affordable child care and that is what we try to do if what is in there is a better way of doing it then we'll talk about that what we passed is a better way of doing it and it comes to basically the same I mean we're trying to understand the interplay I think the big difference is that you do it in a big jump and the the bill that goes with the minimum wage goes step by step in other words it does it gets to that red line in five years and we do it next year yes so what would happen is yours would benefit more people immediately because it would happen in the first year but theirs is pegged to the changes in the minimum wage so that when somebody gets an increase in the minimum wage you know their they're health homeless essentially but it also means that there's income coming in each year because the minimum wage brings in more income because people pay more in taxes and because they don't need Medicare and whatever Medicaid they've moved up Medicaid anyway so in a sense that it can pay for itself step by step by step but the other difference is that it if this were passed all in the first year and then the second year we could also have an income out change then it would be then the minimum wage workers would go backwards I guess I'm not clear as to what you're saying we're not saying jump I mean we're not making any comment on the rest of the minimum wage bill this part in terms of how those two paragraphs in the minimum wage bill in terms of fussing with the child CC FAP what I just heard you say is that what is in H531 in fact makes it is a stronger benefit for families right now are you suggesting that in the out years it is a less strong no I'm just suggesting it's more of a problem it's more of a work disincentive for the people getting minimum wage increase in other words because it's going to have it all in one year and then it's not going to be moved so that somebody will end up somebody will end up instead of being here they'll end up here but then it's not going to change so the next time the next minimum wage so they wouldn't be worse off as the minimum wage changes up to $15 after $15 that's anybody's guess but this is also at 531 the resources that are in 531 right now are year one of a multi-year improvement effort for a program that will essentially I believe numbers are great will almost virtually eliminate that dip as we move out so I don't know this is just the first blush of it but it seems like 531 is a better for families than the language that's in S23 even though I understand what you're saying there is a small space there at the just as it starts to take that little dip where there are some families who might not be as well on some of those other families but what you were pointing out standing so I just want to clarify say your line at the top is S23 in 5 years yes so actually I could put some lines on whatever to get to that point Carl I hate to be so ignorant but I'm looking at S23 is that synonymous with the minimum wage bill there's an amendment to the bill it is synonymous with what is sitting across the hall right now in your discussion so it is the minimum wage bill it is what is your situation so I just wanted to clarify Teresa said 531 by itself is better than that paragraph right what demonstrates that to you in the visual you see the red line that red line is after 5 years do you see the pink area that's next year so in 531 we've raised families they're already above that level they will get that increase increase in being better off financially better off in one year as opposed to taking 5 years and in places it's higher and in places it's higher in that little valley you can see is not only comparable but brings families up plus the cliff you can't really call that cliff after 531 in all reality suck me I should speak for myself it's a bunny slope it is a bunny slope so if they both passed I want to say that they're both not going to pass in the same way this is why you are here this is why we are having this discussion so that there is not a dueling responses to something that this that is the response that there's not dueling responses right I mean but the whether this may be impossible in my vote the best solution would be if we first went to 531 and then in the subsequent years we did a 5 year increment the way that they're doing it in S23 with the money from the minimum wage so it's just it would start with 531 and then it would just move with the same sort of logic over 5 years have you seen the multiyear proposal so did you graph that I haven't graphed it but I think one of the one of the really important things about that is thinking about so right now we have a sliding scale and it's pretty much always been based on getting from 100 to 0 in x amount of time in a straight line and if the way that we're thinking long return is turning around and looking at not as a way to phase out the society but rather a way to phase in the co-pay in a way that makes sense for families I think that's huge progress and I think that's part of the proposal and I realize that these are all interim steps we're not perfecting it in any of these proposals clearly we're going to need to have more conversation and I'm really sorry that these conversations took place separately and that the goals are separate and I sort of can't believe that this is happening when we all work for the same state and let's come back to it in terms of where we're going and Riva I guess I would like you and Deb to sit down I mean Deb is making some statements that I don't know whether you would agree or not agree with in terms of what the goals are and what can happen and so that we can and what we may be facing with is that there are very different goals that we can restore than there are here and it's too bad we didn't know that ahead of time and maybe we can find our way around that so we'll take this up again thank you thank you very much we have those graphs up they're on our webpage so you can look at that thank you so I will see you we're on the floor tomorrow at 8 or so or something we have the hearing at 5 please know that the information that I have said to both the guide page and that has been also translated to Mary on Bairsworth is that that as I said I expect people to act as if they were in church that displays the actions that will indicate support or opposition to what someone is saying when they testify are not allowed are not within the decorum of the house if you're coming in with pink, blue, purple sweatshirts or buttons that's a whole different thing but there was an incident there was a controversy in the gun hearing around waving of the American flag at certain times during the testimony and so we are not the message that I'm giving people is the displays of things that during one person's testimony to indicate support or opposition are not within the decorum of an open hearing and no signs or posters oh right no signs or posters I mean I said that before I mean just like people have flags on their table they have flags on their table on your thing but people don't wave the flag when the vote is supportive of what they want nor do they so that's so I just want and folks if there is anyone who thinks that that really I am really off base I would like you to please talk with me about that but that is what I will be I mean this is really just to maintain a respectful setting I don't think there will be as many people as there were last time there were people last time who were very concerned about not the well of the house but room 11 where the overflow was and there were people who were upset that they couldn't hear and they thought this was on purpose and they accused me and the sound people of turning the sound off when certain groups were testifying and then there were others who hold a different perspective who felt unsafe because of all of the outward displays of support or not support for when people are saying so I'm just trying to make a setting where everyone feels comfortable no matter what they are saying about Trump's opposition 5 that they feel safe and okay to say their piece because that's what we're here we're here to listen to them and to hear and I don't want folks to feel like it's not safe in the wake of the gun hearing I got calls from two constituents one was a couple here who attended another was a 15 year old young woman who testified and they both were surrounded out in the parking lot afterwards and I was going to go talk to about this this weekend but I also wanted to express to the Capitol Police if there could be a little more presence outside I mean I don't think that we'll have that issue with this group but I do think it's you know something is another issue when we get that group together it does tend to get okay thank you and I understand that there is children no they're youth in state colleges are in the cafeteria or something like that I have an answer to your question which question? the question about the education investment plan so two years ago we put a question on our application asking if someone had invested in it in a child education account such as Vermont higher education investment plan anything that qualifies and if they say yes we deduct what they tell us from their monthly income three people have marked yes in two years so that's the take up is we've had three the other policy change though that is a little bit helpful is if people get a raise within their 12 month eligibility period their their financial assistance does not change for the entire 12 months if they lose income so they go backwards we reconfigure right away and have them pay less but they are guaranteed the same for 12 months so we've had three people take it up so do you publicize when I sign up and so you know I filled out my thing and I said no I don't have the do you tell me by the way if you get a raise see us about that I'll check if the if the eligibility specialist do that they are community people and they're generally pretty helpful in trying to maximize benefits for families but I'll mention that to Anne if she would send something out reminding them okay thank you see you all tomorrow


Well it was perfect conditions at Bemidji Town & Country Club today as Bemidji hosted their annual Invitational. Bemidji coming off a disappointing performance finishing 9th out of 11 teams at the 8AAA sectional tune-up. Today they'd be hosting 14 other teams at their own home course. 89 golfers squaring off on a beautiful day at the Lynx. Riley Fenson playing in the one spot for Bemidji, tapping in on 18 to carton 89. David Forte, the long birdie pot, a lot of break on this one, able to snug that one up near the hole for his par. He would shoot a 90. Dylan Henner is playing out of the five spot. He had a quality outing shooting 87 on the day. Jordan Anderson with a tough lie out of the sand trap rolls it up nicely. He would make a par and shoot a 92. Roy Golden, the top scorer for Bemidji with a 79. The team finished middle of the pack 8,000 to 15. The winner is the boys from Crookston, Ethan Maxim.  So Crookston taking the top spot for Bemidji there in the eight hole.


a fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust in the heart of Ohio Silver, the lone ranger. His faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the mashed rudder the planes fought crime and criminals throughout the early western United States. It was his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness, which brought law and order to the lawless frontier and made possible the winning of the West. No greater champion of justice can be found in the pages of history. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver, the lone ranger rides again. The walnut grove had gathered around young Hank Evans in front of the harness shop. The boy was standing beside a spirited Mustang. Every time the horse pawed the ground, Hank cringed with fear. The laughing crowd refused to let him leave, and before long he was on the verge of tears. Go on Hank, let's get right to critter. The best horse from this side of the paycard. Right in the car boy. Come on kids, climb the barn. You have to ride him. Let me be, please leave me be. But suddenly a buggy rounded the corner and headed down the main street toward the harness shop. Inside were a middle aged woman and a much older man. When the driver saw what was going on he cracked his whip, drove straight for the crowd and yelled at the top of his lungs. Get up there, get up there, run them loophers down. Come on mom, I can make you ride that horse, I'll bet you.  Climb up here beside me. It's time we was getting you home. I can't help it if I'm not scared of horses, can't I Pete? Is it my fault? Is it because I'm just a coward like they claim? Is it Pete? Is it? If I'd had the sense to be scared of horses when I was your age, I wouldn't be all crippled up like I am today. Oh now son, you forget all this. Of course you can't help it. We know that. Folks that would make fun of you on account of it ain't worth paying no attention to.  Yeah, bum. They would tease me for most an hour. They wouldn't let me go. Now son, just don't think of it no more. Put it right out of your mind. Gee ma, I try to but try hard. Uh huh. But sometimes, sometimes I... Yes son. Ma. Sometimes I think I'd rather be dead. Oh there, there now.  Pete, you better go on then. Yeah, bum. Get up there.   Don't blast it. Why can't I be laying this foot for them?  Almost the same moment, many miles distant from Walnut Grove, the gang of outlaws were spurring their mounts after an Indian mounted upon a powerful paint horse. Get up man. Come on.   Come on.  A well and desolate country scarred by a jumble of ridges and rock wall canyons. No trail had ever marked this wilderness, but the Indians seemed to know exactly where he was going. He headed for a canyon whose entrance was smaller than most, and as the outlaw leader guessed his purpose, he shouted to his men, Boys, we've got him. That's a fine canyon he's riding for. Now he can't get away from us. He's trying to hold us off there. We'll ride him down. Throw some more lead at the farmers. I think I'll win him. He's still going. Come on, fellas. Get up there. What's the matter? Look up above there. This is the trap, I tell you. Look at that mask man way up there. A little ranger. Then that must have been tunnel we was chasing. I don't like the looks of this. Neither do I. Back, fellas. Swing your horses around. Head back. Hurry. Come on. Get up there. Get up there. Get up there. Get up there. Get up there. Get up there. Get up there. Get up there. Get up there. You got a side there with no way of getting out.  The son had a stock of mass fellow just right so I could see him out. They had been sitting in jail and sat at 24 hours. Boys were leaving this district and were leaving Prado. Alright, come on. Get up there. Get up there. When you saw the outlaws turn and ran away, the lone ranger descended to the floor of the canyon where his great horse Silver was waiting. He mounted in road for nearly a mile until he reached a brush-covered hillside secret exit by which Tonto had planned to escape from the canyon. Then a few minutes later he was on it. They saw me. They got away. The one thing I feared that led was the only place in which I could let the fuse but it didn't offer good cover. Tonto know once in there wouldn't have mattered if they had discovered this exit. One of us could easily have kept them prisoner. I think Tonto you're wounded. Hit not bad. Here get down let me have a look at that we're right catch a mouthful not bad get down. Not bad that was bad enough so that you won't write again for a couple of days on me all right very old friend but you're not you couldn't last a dozen miles in the saddle in this condition but I'll go make camp right here I'll get way let them I can always pick up the trail again sooner or later where would I find another friend as loyal as you chemo subbie we take no chances we do no writing until you're well Coler and his outlaw gang did not stay in the district each day found them farther from the scene of their narrow escape until at last they arrived in the open cattle country and well what are we going to do now this is bad country first to dog on much lower on I say we ought to cut south and head for the border to we know for sure the loan rangers give up that's where you're wrong that mask fell into law Rio don't mean nothing to him you just assume crossover to get us is not but on the other side of the border he couldn't call on the law to help if that arm break can't get somebody to help him he does without it you mean you'd be scared of just him and the Redskins sometimes it pays to be scared it was just the two of them back there in the hills with it yeah but it doesn't of us if you hadn't seen the mask fell in time we'd have been caught just the same that's just one of his tricks besides which the black couple euros over south when the mask man or pards we'll do better here there's no place to hide out now well is there a bull that boys if you was the mask man would you figure fellas like us would choose a district like this to hide out in well of course you wouldn't you look for us to head for the border like Joe just suggested don't just save you what you're getting at you don't know a lot tell you when you want to make a good hideout head for the last place anybody'd expect outlaws to go like he just so we're here but if you figure I feel safe on account of it your local it had the rest of it yet no we ain't only stopping here in a cattle country but we're going to put up all snug and comfortable ranch house I know of you mean you got friends here well then how much house I'm thinking of is a place where there's just a kid is mana and a handyman that stays with them all year round what is ball roundups finish they kept on a crew get in but 15 to 16 and handyman is so old and crippled up he couldn't make trouble for a stove in cat that's where we're going right and just take over right again but I don't look for us there huh come on let's get there and make ourselves at home get a bit Mrs. Evans stood in the open doorway of her kitchen and called her son and old Pete Pete Hank what do you want my stuff was ready come and get it here that Pete come on you betcha what were you two looking at we saw some horsemen horsemen a whole bunch of them and don't reckon they're stopping here though likely what is it had been laid off from what one of them outfits over north ma'am what do you got cooking smells so good just to do Pete you and Hank sit down I'll fill your plate go ahead. I'm so hungry I could say them follows a stop and look yeah my if they want to get on the ride on you can be expected to feed all them ma'am they're coming to the back door if you can't care Hank I'll see what they want. I'm going to do it.  Hold up not exactly that man just come to visit for a while no get out of here you can't get. You'll get the same I'll show you the old Gloves gun boys get back.  Give me that.  We're here we're staying here and while we stay you'll take our orders recollect that and maybe you won't get hurt. The curtain falls on the first act of our long range of story before the next exciting scenes please permit us to pause for just a few moments how to continue our story several days passed after the encounter with bull colors gang before taught I was able to ride again and when the Lone Ranger and the Indian left their camp in the hills they found the outlaws trail hard to follow when they reached the cattle country they lost it completely and this district is too well traveled on us we have a stroke of luck we won't pick up the sun until they're out of it again where you can go to the border perhaps oh at least that's the logical place for them to head with bull leading them however it's difficult to tell he shrewd that's why he's dodged the law all these years he never does what anyone expects not right for all we know they may have doubled back and be riding for the hills we left may have broken up and scattered making their way across country posing as cowboys meeting again somewhere we don't know about they may have done none of those things they might have stayed right in this neighborhood it's possible that bull is friends among the ranchers who'd hide them out then then get away no they won't escape how fine I'm trying everything we can think of it one thing fails we'll eliminate that and go on to another we'll catch up to them again if it takes us the next 12 months we decided to go after them to the result we'd never stop until they were safely behind bars and we won't what we do now the only thing we can do what that we couldn't distinguish the trail here so there's no use looking for it can only hope they stayed together and that someone saw them which means we'll have to make inquiries at each ranch as we come to it that's not hard not hard to me but it'll take time so the faster we get about it the better there's a ranch ahead of us come we'll see what they have to tell us meanwhile the outlaws were making themselves thoroughly at home in the Evans ranch house either Hank or his mother nor Pete were permitted to leave the place alone a member of the gang was unknown to the law went to town and supplies were needed and passerby's were turned away in a manner that did not arouse their suspicions the outlaws enjoyed themselves but then on the other hand young Hank was very desperate careful son stand away from the stove while listen yes I made up my mind to something while when it comes dark I'm going to make a break for it I want to get to town some home but why if I don't you've been told enough not to try scheming things without knowing it don't you come with me ma'am you tend to your cooking and don't get full notions trying to trick me I'll be the worst for you please let me go you're hurting me you skunk so pay for that mister take this old fool outside make him chop some kindling sick of hearing them hollering all the time the kindling's been chopped he done it a full break and bust him one of the opens that yappy is again sure and ma'am you hustle up with that grub savvy it's all around any longer and your kid will get another lamp basting like you got yesterday all come quick look up the trailer the mask man the mask man and Tondo well I'll be coming here you know what we are they come in after they are it now hold it for us wait by thunder they don't know where here they can't look what are they heading here ain't they just would they be riding up plain sight like that if they suspicion we was anywhere's around now they wouldn't look at him not even trying to hide themselves my golly bull you're right I bet I'm right but Joe at all of you get your irons ready get back from the windows this is just a chance we've been waiting for you can't come here you ain't gonna shoot them fellas are you you ain't are you to you they won't have a chance your bright kid a gun right they won't have a chance unless you do like I tell you you won't need it what are you your answer in the door whatever they want you ask them to step in and keep this in mind one peep body at a warm and you'll be the first to get blasted I get over by the door and wait for him to knock all right boys stand ready we'll see what we can learn here we haven't had much luck so far I haven't seen a sign of them maybe then come this way perhaps wait what matter I thought I saw someone watching us from the window and roll back quickly I thought you feel something strange about this place me no savvy maybe we'd be wiser to have a look around first before we announce ourselves I nonsense most likely just my imagination anyway we're here whoever's inside knows it come they're in there and we have to keep me go man never got out I thought they was right behind you but they wasn't look there's one I was seen that the lone ranger and tanto had found shelter the outlaws stopped firing and took stock of the situation why didn't you get that kid when he yelled out I never figured he did I didn't need to get away from us where's Pete this mark there they are there in the kitchen behind the stove I've seen him trying to follow the kid and I had them all good thing you use your head that much anyhow we'll have to use them to get out of here using for hostages dirt go bring them in here sure that was a mask man and she knew when they started past the door you almost got go ahead get them too and get winged on all you get it's good boy and he was trying to reach the kitchen we have to pass by that door we can't close it on the car it opens the wrong way it opens outwards we can't reach it if we don't get Pete and the kids mom were trapped you know then we're trapped oh we ain't hmm just wait a little dark then we can grab him without being seen the lone ranger but also thought of that possibility thank you come here but keep out of sight what is it thank you know your mother and Pete are still inside you know that we can keep bull from reaching them as long as it stays light enough to see but in just a couple of hours you'll be getting dark yes then you'll have to ride to town and find the sheriff you'll just have time I can't but neither can tando be the one of us leaves it'll give those fellas a chance to escape tando has to watch that side of the house while I watch this thank you have to go take tato's mom no I I can't do that don't ask me I just can't matter why I just can't that's all don't ask me to please don't I don't understand I'm just a yellow coward what's this I'm a scared of horses that's what I've tried and tried and I just can't do it but why Hank a boy like you brought up in a ranch where there are horses I I seen a wild horse kill my brother oh and and after that one through me and I was almost killed and that explains it when when I when I try to ride them I just get all twisted up inside I just can't at this time you must know no no I just here come along we'll get back out of sight this will do yes no I just can't please no I could go I would but you know that I can't more depends on this in the capture those outlaws your mother's freedom depends upon it those fellas escape take her with them it'll be days before she's free again please please no I want to but I can't get going just approached and slowly deepened all the while the outlaws have been waiting the first opportunity to slip past the open door the kitchen where Pete and Mrs. Evans cowered behind the protection of the iron stove several attempts have been made that abruptly ended when the lone rangers bullets sent the outlaws scurrying for cover but finally hold it fellas listen we can't get past that door now we never can this darkness is ever gonna get we've got to make it yeah they're like I tell you how's that this time I'm gonna try it as soon as I start you fellas get to open and fire and I'm making all the noise you can try to keep that mask on raise attention once I'm past there where as good as out of here all right it's all right here goes go on make some noise me but the Russianist boy why a ball on the back to places around it with me doing that kind of violence or we feel a lot of your cover trying to make a fit of it and you'll end up who'd hear we're 10 to your one pull up with your hand you will I had it isn't but it ought to be zero get these fellas out of here right all right boys round them up and make a mark last the first to run for it. I never expected to get out of this alive stranger how the sheriff could hear which one you wrote for him you and the red skin neither then how do you think I wrote the town what's that thank you say you did he did Pete think it wasn't so bad after all was it gosh at first I was scared stiff but but Scott was traveling so fast I didn't dare drop off and well then then all at once I wasn't really scared no more honest I wasn't it was just like I'd never been scared and that's something for you to remember in the future son yeah before you much older you learn that a man meets many things that frightened face them down you'll find the never have so bad as they see I could have told you that thank you if I thought of a team I just think nobody'll ever be able to make fun of me again wonderful time gosh wait till I show him in town you have just heard of the copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated


So we're talking about pushing past the intermediate plateau. We all have students who have been taking English classes for a while and learning English maybe for a number of years. And they're at this position where they kind of plateaued, having done well early. And they will know there are other students who are up there, but they're not so sure how to get there. And they may become a little bit frustrated. They may become a little bit sort of demotivated. And that's what our talk is about. So I'm going to ask you to think about these quotations. Something is fun until you're really good at it. Until you're good at it. What could it be? Maybe, yes. Your children do not excel at school. Someone is not doing their job. Teachers. Yes. They're people who, something less, live more. Surprise. Okay. I'm sorry. Actually, these ideas come from a woman called Amy Chuang. If you can get rid of that for me, Peter, if this needs to happen, then I'll do that. If you hold on to it, you can drag it down from the top of it. Put it like that. Very nice. Okay. Thank you. She is this tiger mom person. And she said, nothing in any order, okay. So nothing is fun. And it's the parents who are not doing their job. People who sleep less live more. Not stress. Not stress. So it's a little bit different than what we might have been thinking about. And I got all this information from English file. It's the intermediate course. It's from that intermediate course book. For some students that I've been experiencing are doing now for the second, if not the third, time over. So they might be short on motivation.  So I need a tiger mom. She's going to help me in many ways. She'll push me to study. She'll manage my time for me. She'll punish me if I fail. You know, I need that. She'll force me to stay at home and study. She'll give me no choices about the other activities I do. She'll never allow me to do extra activities that I like. She'll decide what I focus on, you know. She'll take all these decisions for me and then I'll be a much better learner. Yo Amy. However, most people react badly to these kind of things. I resented myself when people do this for me, I think my students do as well. But the students, it's a young girl, you know, she wants to make something of herself. It's the daughter of Amy, but she might say, I want to get to the next level, you know. So maybe I need to have some thought about this. And I decided that it would be interesting to think about learning strategies with my students so that they could figure out how they might try and get themselves into the upper intermediate category and move on. So instead of thinking about language, we've got an analogy, like climbing a mountain. I want to climb a mountain. How can I ensure that I get to the top and I don't slide back down? I just ran this with my students like a regular, I guess it's a kind of a discussion, and the students came up with these things. We kind of brainstormed it. Now it might be a little hard to read, so we go through them one by one. Said daily targets, they said. Write down your goals. Know why you're climbing that mountain. That's important, you know, things, and this was something one of my students said. Get help when you need it. Get some walking sticks, tools, you might say. Get some expert advice. Focus on what you're doing. You know, if you're climbing that mountain and you're putting the carabiner into the rock, then you need to focus on that task and do it properly. Take pride in what you've achieved, they said. And they also said believe in yourself, which is important, and find other ways of doing it if what you're doing is not working. So that seems important, too. Okay, this is all about climbing a mountain, but I think it can relate to English language learning as well. So there's a woman called Rebecca Oxford, and she's got this seal or a window seal. It actually stands for strategy inventory of language learning. So a list of ideas that you can use for strategies for language learning. They're direct strategies and indirect strategies. And the direct strategies are things like memory, cognition, and compensation. Memory is, as you can imagine, trying to remember words and phrases that you've learned. So you can create mental linkages or associations in your mind for cognition. You analyze what you're doing, come up with reasons for why we use the present perfect in this situation, etc. And compensation will be maybe guessing intelligently or finding other ways of doing it. Okay, so we've got indirect strategies. These are more Latinisms, I think. If it's metacognitive, that means it's planning your learning, evaluating your own learning, maybe. Thinking about what you've done, have you done it well, have I reached the goals that I've been planning. Effective is like about your feelings.  Stress less, like you just said. And also think about what do you enjoy? Do you enjoy listening? Do you enjoy reading, etc. And socialists working with other students together, both inside the classroom, but maybe also outside the classroom. Okay, so this is Rebecca Oxford's ideas. And I went back to my students and didn't think about Rebecca Oxford, didn't introduce them to her ideas. Just ask them, do you have any learning strategies that you would recommend? And they were into this conversation. It just, it somehow took off in the classroom. And we're working in pairs here, and they have loads of things to say. And they came up with recommendations that we then collected on the board in that way. Again, it's a bit hard to read. Some things that we've already heard, short and medium term goals for yourself. Strategies to improve your listening, maybe. Come up with ways that you can do it. Accept your mistakes. And then learn from them. That's the key thing, you know. Repeat, revise and review. So it's this whole cycle. Take notes, take notes effectively in a way that suits you. Do things that you like. Again, it could be reading or listening or music, for example. Use apps to learn. So more tools related to the previous talk. Use music again. Manage your study time. That's a meta cognitive strategy. Managing your own time so that you're using it effectively. And then reward yourself. Hey, I'm going to have a chocolate biscuit now. Okay, so that's what they said. And I asked them to share experiences of using one of these learning strategies with each other, you know. So again, we went back into pairs. And we came up with these brainstormed ideas. This is what they came up with after having a conversation with each other. And they're saying things. I'm going to go over this side now. They're saying things like notice chunks in language. Notice phrases. Like for example, all day long. Or the whole day long. They're different, you know. So where do I use the, where do I not use the? And notice it. Try to remember it for yourself. Try to figure out meaning from context. That's important because it gives the people an opportunity to, actually, I'm going to be reading a book and I'm not going to understand everything. Do I need my dictionary every single time? So they figure out a strategy for this. And you know, some learners, like hanging onto their dictionary, can they let it go? Try to express the meaning using different words. So circumlocution. Say it in a different way. Take notes, of course. Surprising how many students just don't really want to take notes. Don't take notes. Or to review those notes. So you write it all down. Do you ever look at them again? Okay, so lots of ideas. And I gave my students this homework test. They were going to think about something that they were good at, something that they use, a strategy that they use. And I wanted them to prepare a little talk because this was our Friday progress test. We wanted them to do some speaking. So this was what we were going to do. And the topic was about strategies and they had to focus on one of the learning strategies. Okay, I kind of cheat on those things because before they do the talk, I always get them to tell their partner what they're going to say in their talk. You know, be like all of us who's talking today. We'd say, well, what are you going to say before you? You know, it gives everybody a chance to become more comfortable with it. And then I cheated again. Instead of getting them to talk in front of the whole group, I said, okay, now we've got five people together. Can you share with your ideas? So they did that and they shared their ideas and people took notes from each other. And then at the end, they kind of thought, yes, I think this will work for me. Yes, this is something that I will try out. I'll just give you an example of one of the things that somebody came up with. This is something that we had developed in the class together. It's using an app called Quizlet. And it's a flash card app. If you like, I'll show it to you. If anyone's interested, I'll show it to you later. And you can download the app onto your smartphone or your laptop or you can just use it on the internet. And so the guy says, I can't stay, I'm in a hurry. That's one side of the flash card. Instead of a picture or instead of a Portuguese phrase, that's what he's got. And the missing word is, I'm in a hurry, right? So we all know. So basically he's got on the other side of the flash card the word in. And he can use the app to try and match flash cards maybe to write down the words that are missing. And the interesting thing is that he's now deciding, ah, I'm going to take that word out for myself. He has rationalized it. He's going through some cognitive learning strategies but it allows him to take notes in this way and also to review his notes. And because it's an app, you can share with each other. So it actually ticks a lot of those strategy boxes. So my main point I think is that the students are at this plateau. They probably need strategies to help them to go onto that higher level that they're trying to retain. And they need to think about what strategies work for them. And I think by facilitating conversations in the classroom about that topic, students can help themselves and help each other to get there.


This is TFNN the tiger financial news network TfNN headline news update Welcome folks. We had the Dow. Dow industrials finished 482 higher Nasdaq down 33 S&P's up 30 gold contract that down $23 trade at 1637 an ounce We had silver up 43 cents $14 69 cents an ounce light sweet crude up 66 cents 24 dollars 67 cents a barrel notes and bonds the ten year down four ticks 137 10 the 30 off one full point at 177 30 and King dollar King dollar down 1128 ticks trading at 100 point 9 110 Euro and 108 the yen is at one of 15 point 16 and the British pound is at 118 to 1 us dollar. Well, you know when take a look at the S&P is what you have out here folks This volatility continues bottom line. You got to sell down coming right into the close That that being said bottom line is that this market might take still wants higher price We sold down in 10 minutes from 2550 getting down into this a 2454 and what the catch is here is that the Cudlow came out 12 minutes before the market closed and the bottom line is that they get a glitch inside the bill that Supposedly they're gonna fix tonight. I do expect what you're gonna see out here Is that more than likely it's gonna be fixed and you're gonna still see these futures go higher? As we move into the night tonight, so it's gonna be pretty wild It's pretty wild how news can drive that market and until this thing is signed guess what it's not signed And that's what the market is saying out here so that gives the Congress men and women as well as the Senate is a good slap in the back of the head When you basically just took off so many many points in the marketplace coming right into that close gold gold contract rate in the 1637 Old folks wants to take out. It's all time high of 2011 what I expect you're gonna see here You get it. We had the big surge out here yesterday. You're gonna see a sideways move You're gonna build some cause that baby wants to go King dollar King dollar is backing down now We had some back down inside the King dollar today And you had some velocity behind the move So I expect King dollar next move in King dollar. We're at 100 point 914 I expect what you're gonna see here at 99 910. That's the number. You're gonna be looking for inside of King dollar Have a great night folks. Have a safe night come visit us tomorrow morning. Tommy kicks us off 830 in the morning great show. Please tell your friends either go to YouTube and search tfnn Or just come to tfnn and hit that button. Have a great night folks. Have a safe night We look forward to speaking to tomorrow


Despite this, many persons living with disabilities in Karno state are breaking all barriers by utilizing their abilities to thrive as the 2022 Persons with Disabilities Day is commemorated. Steven Emnok has more in this report. We will ask the construction of playground equipment for schools, among others. Before you buy a tricycle in Karno, you must go to Chadi or Cameroon. Before you finish your tricycle, you will take six months before do that. But we sit down now. Now, in six hours, we are making for you. We are making a tricycle for you. One hour, the one is cotton iron. Two hours, the one is like welding. Three, one hour again, phanta to come and do the one is put where wheels. And then the one is combating the tricycle. That is six hours. The reason why we sit down, we make by ourselves. The noise generated from this workshop can be unbearable for people, but not for those working here. The hearing is impaired. Forty-year-old Mufayi Hanesou has been working in this workshop for the past five years. And through this craft, has built a house of his own, has a car, and adequately provides for his wife and seven children. And also, I can make something that is a machine that can process rice. Also, I can be able to make these hinges. This is hinges. I don't like begging. I need to work for myself. I have been doing it for many years. I have been doing so many things so that I can feed my family. So, this is it. So, this is my business. This is the only thing that I have been doing for many years. And I have people that are working under me. So, I don't want to beg. So, I need to work for myself. And if I want to beg, I will wait for somebody. If he gets it, he will give me. But I'm just being for my work. And many people are partnerizing my business. Leah Ahmed has difficulties seeing objects from afar. But she is determined to pursue her goal of being a chef despite her disability. I have passion of baking. Baking, that is what draw my interest in this business. At first, I never go to any catering classes because of the passion and skill I have. I use through YouTube any channel of cake, something, anything concerning baking. Or any program that I see, they bake or they cook anything. So, on my own, I will come and say, Tom, let me practice it. So far, what I do in Dainese, some people say, Halima, because you have to go through, carry the thing closer to your eyes. But all those things does not discourage me because I do love baking and cooking. The first day cake I made, at first, it was not that good. I started discouraging Halima. But first, you cannot make it. So, with that, I say, okay. But even if I carry the thing closer to my eyes, why won't I use it? I say, no matter how very slow I am, I know more definitely I will do it. The current state governments recently signed the 2021 PWD bill in Sulawu. And the implication of this is that PWDs in the state have their rights upheld and protected by law, thereby ensuring that they have equal rights and opportunities as anyone else. Government considered it important to give PWD in the state where they are interested. So, that's what happens. That's what brings this along the way, that was passed by the current state house of assembly, and also assented by His Excellency the Edict of Goro recently. With the Disabilities Commission coming into being, many PWDs are hopeful that a future plan will be provided for them in current states. Steven Enoch plus TV News.