Ahead on Early Birds, the Falcons are back at the Benz and questions about the offense. Well, yeah, they're back too. We'll get you ready for Sunday, plus Shocks in the Film Room. Lorenzo Carter tells you his favorite pass rush secrets, and we get you ready for Florida, Georgia. Georgia floor. I know. Oh, sorry, Stetson and DJ. Early Birds is right now. Grab a cup of your favorite, Joe, and let's talk Falcons football on Early Birds, presented by Mercedes-Benz. Oh, good morning, and welcome into Early Birds. He's DJ. I'm Justin. We'll get that name of that football game later today, figured out. Yeah, yeah, I enjoyed that. At some point, Falcons back in division play tomorrow, trying to get back to 500. Let's start things off with the opening drive Falcons and Panthers tomorrow here on Fox 5 in Shock. Here we are again, scratching our heads about the offense. Kyle Pitts, nine yards last week. Drake London, nine yards. When the style works, it works. When it doesn't, it's ugly. Yes, and people are starting to get a little antsy when, you know, you're not throwing a football around, because you look around the league, or you just look at the game you just played in, and Joe Burrow throws it around 40 times, and we threw it 13 times, and we got some really good playmakers on the outside. We're able to get them to football. We have to find a way to find a pass game. That's a must. Running the football is good, but we need to throw the rock to our star players, those guys. One guy not getting antsy just yet, Drake London. I'm not mad at it at all. I'm just waiting for opportunities, and when they come, I'm going to try to make the best of it. I do believe that our matchups outside with Drake and Kyle and OZ, it creates matchup promise for them. You know, I would love for them to love the box. I'd love to throw the ball a little more, but at the same time, it just kind of depends on what they want to do. All right, as we continue the opening drive, the second point is about the secondary. Falcons could be without three of their four opening day starters in that unit tomorrow. Casey Hayward on IR. AJ Terrell's got a hamstring injury. Jalen Hawkins dealing with a concussion. Reason for concern, DJ? Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's a reason these guys are starters. The reason why these guys are the guys who you want in there. Now, not to take anything away from the other guys. They're international football league for a reason. They're pretty good, but you want your guys in it. You're starting wise who absolutely are the key to your defense, and who you kind of built this defense around. So you're absolutely hoping they can be a part of it. And one guy looking forward to more opportunities? Yeah, D. Alfred. What I've been waiting for my whole life to be able to, you know, get a lot of playing time and, you know, just put the team, not necessarily put the team in my back, but just do what I can here to do. And, you know, just make plays and just help out this organization, this secondary and this defense as a whole. It's a great group of men, and they support everybody, and they believe in everybody, and they all believe in their teammates. All right, and as we wrap up the opening drive, let's talk a little bit about the Panthers, right? They trade Christian McCaffrey and respond by beating the Bucks. Who knew? P.J. Walker will start again a quarterback tomorrow. So, Shaq, what do you make of this group? Yeah, it's an interesting group, and I think they're kind of built the same way we are. They want to run the football. They want to form, and last we've had over a hundred yards. You got Tuba Hubbard, who was a physical runner as well. D.J. Moore on the outside. P.J. Walker has the ability to run and scramble. And then on the defensive side, you know the usual guys up front. So this is going to be interesting to see how they counter it with the Falcon try to do. But this is a kind of control the ball kind of offense. We'll see what happens tomorrow. There should be two teams looking for some yards through the air. That's for sure. Welcome into Early Birds alongside D.J. Shockley. I'm Justin Felder. Panthers, they also have some playmakers on defense. Brian Burns can really get to the quarterback. And don't forget, linear high school alum, Derek Brown in the middle. Yeah, those are two guys I was just thinking about. Into the quarterback having an issue. You got to make sure you know where they are. Block those guys because they can wreak some havoc. Yeah, Panthers defense, really a standout group. Well, Shock, the film room has never seemed so good. I've been inclined to believe it never would. Sweet Caroline, like Caroline. Just, just be glad I didn't do P.D. Pablo this week. No one, nobody wants to see that. All right, go war on the telestrator. We'll see you in a few. But first, Isaiah Oliver's return to the field feels extra important this week with some injury questions in the Falcon secondary. Oliver returned two weeks ago from an ACL injury, just shy of a year after that injury initially happened. Now, when we talked one-on-one this week, I asked Isaiah about the lengthy rehab and what it's really like for those of us who've never been through that kind of lengthy comeback journey. The hardest thing wasn't really like the work. It was just like how long it took. For me, at least, that was the worst part. So you do the same group of exercises like three months straight. You know what I mean? Before you can move on to something else. So it gives you a lot of argumentary just having to go through 10 months before you can play football. What's the one exercise that you could go through the rest of your life without ever having to do it again? Because that is like like extensions? It's not an exercise, but the BFR, which stands for blood flow restriction.  That, yeah, I could go without doing that for the rest of my life for sure. How's it being back so far? How do you feel the last couple of games have gone? Good, yeah. The needs have been holding up really well. I haven't had any issues, so that's always been good. Getting more comfortable every day.  Kind of a different week now with all the injuries your unit's dealing with. What's that been like? Oh, yeah, it's been tough. But I feel like we always had a really good group this year. We had a really good group. I went a lot of depth, so I think that now it's going to be able to show up and I think we'll be all right.  What does that mean? Because you think of the guy with the green dot. You think the safety is kind of lining people up. What's your role in that? So in our defense, it's a little bit different and probably a lot of other defenses. But the nickel kind of makes a lot of calls to the back end. Most people don't think of the defense. You think of the Mike Linebacker kind of calls the play and the safety kind of make all that adjustment. For Coach P's in this system, like the defense doesn't grow unless the nickel makes a call first. So that's something that you kind of got to get used to. Like when we had new guys playing the nickel spot, maybe they haven't been in this system before their first year. It can kind of be a little difficult because that's not something that you normally do. So making the nickel calls and then kind of, that kind of sets the coverage. Looking at the standings, it's way too early to look at the standings. Not even at the halfway point. But to have gone through what you guys have gone through this year and games you feel like you could have won to still be tied for the division lead, what do you think when you still see that? I mean, it's good. It's good for sure. It just shows you, you know, just how competitive the NFL is really. We know that we're able to take care of business the way that we expect to. That we'll be there in the end fighting for that division lead. I mean, that's really everyone's goal is to win that division, secure a home playoff spot. So we just know that this divisional game at home is a big one. It's time to get some game intel from shock. You're invited into the film room. So cut the lights and let's get started. Now, I know we are all excited about the run game and we're not so excited about the past game. So I'm going to talk about it in a good manner and hopefully it transfer over just on tomorrow where a big game. All right, let's talk about this big play that we had here at the Mid-Bird on the touchdown play here. Now, here's the Mid-Bird here. One thing to look at is he's in this tight split. Because he's in this tight split, it forces this corner to play off. Now, the covers they're in is called quarters. I mean, he has this quarter of the field. This guy has this quarter of field. You got half field over here. This is the perfect route combination versus this particular coverage. Once you're going to get here, Kyle Pitts is going to run a corner route which is going to take this guy away. Then you're going to get the Mid-Bird on this deep post right here versus outside leverage. This is a perfect combination versus this. Now, watch where the play gets started. He outside releases here and now, look, this safety is looking right at Kyle Pitts because that's his responsibility. And you got outside leverage versus a in-breaking route and it's so easy to hit this here. Now, watch the good job of steaming him outside. Look at this ball. It's already in the air and he's even with him. But watch where the ball plays with this. Here's the safety again. He's taking Kyle Pitts out. But watch on the back side. Watch him clear him and a nice catch and throw and ends with a humongous game. Also, a touchdown. If we can create more plays like this in a past game, more explosive plays, we got a chance to be really special on offense, but we have to throw it 13 times. It's not enough. We have to throw up more justice. And there's an example of Kyle Pitts having an impact even if he doesn't get the ball. Thanks, Shock, more to come on Early Birds. As DJ would call it, it is Florida Georgia Day. He's right over there. He's giving me a big thumbs up right now. We'll have some mimosas to get ready for the cocktail party in Jacksonville. Plus, there's a speed in my length using that long arm, getting it out there. Speaking of Georgia Bulldogs, Lorenzo Carter uses all of his six-foot-five frame to get to the quarterback. We go deep with the former dog. Next. Falcons fans score a touchdown with low-tire prices that made these tires and brakes. With the official tire retailer of the Atlanta Falcons, visit MavisTire.com to find a store near you. Early Birds is presented by Mercedes-Benz, the best or none. And brought to you by Georgia Lottery. Today could be the day. By Truist, committed to a better future. And by Home Depot, how doers get more done? I'm going to switch gears and talk a little college ball. Brought to you by Truist. BB&T and SunTrust are now Truist. Here again is Fox 5's Justin Felder. Welcome back into Early Birds. And I heard there is a big game in down in Jacksonville. There is. You got your Gator blue pocket square on there. I mean, what day is it? I'm a kind guy, so I try to give everybody love. But not today. Georgia, Florida. Florida, Georgia coming up at Jacksonville down at 3.30 today. We'll see which name was right by the end of the day. Both teams coming in off by shock. Let's talk about this one. The Gators have a dynamic, if inconsistent, quarterback, Anthony Richardson. Can he give the dogs defense some problems today? He absolutely can, Justin. He's a guy that has the ability to break off big runs. You saw it versus LSU. You saw big plays with his legs. Now what you mentioned is the inconsistency with his arm only complete 56%. That can be an issue. Georgia looking to get him in third long. But if you give this guy some confidence, you give him a chance to make some plays, he can absolutely wreck a defense. And over the years, Georgia has been very susceptible to guys who can run and move. So if Richardson finds that confidence, it should be interesting. You saw the video of Kirby Smart having fun in Jacksonville. He's had that before, but the coach also has some high praise for Florida's quarterback. He's grown a lot and he's gotten considerably better to me during this season. Like from the start of the season, game one, you watch every game in sequence and you say, man, this guy is growing and getting better and they don't just limit things for him. Like they put a lot of shift motion. They put a lot of things on top of him to handle and he manages those well. All right, Florida and Georgia today at 3.30 p.m. We'll see. So if your dogs can get past the Gators, Tennessee looms on the horizon. I don't know if we're going to call it Tennessee, Georgia or Georgia, Tennessee. We'll cross that bridge.  Is that going to be a challenge for them? You know, I think it is. Kentucky is a tough physical team, but Tennessee adds so many different things to their offense. Hooker's got 18 touchdowns, only one interception. He has continued to take care of the football, but they get Will Levitt's back who was injured had a turptow injury. Now he's back at a week off. So he is healthy. This should be an interesting ball game. Kentucky can kind of take away some of the possessions. You got a good game. You see Kentucky here running it up on Florida. Which of these quarterbacks real quick shock you like? Two guys that are mentioned as possible high-round draft picks. Yeah, this is going to be interesting. If you were to say last year, I would say Will Levitt's because he's a more pro-style. But now you're watching some of the things that Hennan Hooker can do. He's absolutely playing a pro-style offense on the next level. Yeah, Tennessee, a lot of respect for Kentucky. This is a different matchup than past Tennessee-Kentucky games. I don't believe that there was a psychological hurdle that our program had to get over. It was a preparation performance hurdle that we had to get over. We were beginning that journey last year. It was one of the steps, the hurdles for us to prepare the right way, practice the right way, and then go out and execute and let us the play the way we did on the back half of the season. Our last matchup we want to talk to you about today is our Zaxby's indescribably good game of the week. How about Ohio State and Penn State? It's that noon. It's right here on Fox 5. Maybe the last big hurdle for the Buckeyes before their season finale against Michigan. Could be an interesting one here. DJ, how do you see it? Yeah, you think about Ohio State and CJ Stroud and how good he's been this year of top the highs and ranks. They've beaten Penn State five straight years. They do have to go to Happy Valley, but I think Ohio State just has too many weapons, too many big-time players for Penn State to worry about. I like Ohio State in this one. Should be a huge atmosphere indeed. That game at noon here on Fox 5 in shock, you better hit the road to Jacksonville for... Georgia, Florida. Florida, Georgia. Come on. We'll work on it later. Come on. All right, man. All right, speaking of dogs, Lorenzo Carter has been getting to the quarterback since his days in Athens. Even back to North Cross High School, Carter had a big hit on Joe Burrow last Sunday. The Falcons need him to keep bringing the pressure off the edge. Here's Lorenzo explaining his favorite pass rush movement this week's Going Deep. There's a speed in my length, using length, using that long arm, getting it out there. A lot of times we're going against guys that are 6'8", 6'7", 300 plus pounds, so you try to keep them from getting into your body because once they get in, they don't call a lot of holding in the NFL in case people don't realize. So you're saying long arm is just kind of getting a hand what on their chest to kind of keep them away? Yeah, you got to get it on their chest, get it on that peck, and make sure you keep them from getting to you because once they get to you and grab you, it's not a lot you can do against a 350 human being. And is that kind of what we're seeing so much in these drills and training camp, like working around the corner, like once you kind of get the corner, closing that gap? Oh yeah, you got to close the gap because they're athletes now. This is a different kind of game now. Everybody's an athlete on the field, so once you beat them, you got to make sure you keep beating them because they can recover pretty quickly. Lorenzo will be trying to chase down P.J. Walker today. We've got more to come on Early Birds. Falcons hoping to put a scare in the Panthers, but their costumes were bringing some smiles this week. We go trick-and-treating after the break. You're watching Early Birds, presented by Mercedes-Benz on your official home for Falcons football, Fox 5 and Lynn. It's a sight no Falcons fan or any NFL fan likes to see if a player gets seriously injured, the dreaded blue tent. It's what NFL teams now use to initially assess player injuries right when they come off the field. Dr. Kyle Hammond explains that process in this week's Emory Road to Recovery. The blue medical tent will typically be on the field and there will typically be an examining table in there. And usually during the game it's down like this and hopefully it's down the whole game because we're not using it. But basically what we use the tent for is injury evaluations. You know, if we need to talk to a player with some kind of level of privacy and most importantly for concussion evaluations or head injury evaluations. So let's say a player comes off the field and we suspect there was a head injury or potentially a concussion. We would then bring them over to the sideline to start that initial concussion evaluation like I said there being an exam table in there and so they would sit on that exam table and then we would raise the tent to then create, like I said, some level of privacy as we do the evaluation. Not only from the other team but also from the fan base and from the stadium and from all the cameras and all the networks that are monitoring the game. So then we would go into the tent and once we get into the tent the athlete would be sitting on the exam table. I would be in here with our athletic training staff with any of my other doctors or any other medical staff that would be with me during the game and then we would perform our evaluation. Other injuries that we would evaluate in here knee injuries or ankle injury, shoulder injuries everything can be done in here on the exam table and I can have privacy, it's a little more quiet in here. It just takes a little level of anxiety off of the player, the rest of our staff. We can take our time, get a good examination and then determine if the player is safe to come back into the game or also if we need to come back here to the locker room or some other treatment or potentially take them out of the game. All right Justin, we'll be going into the blue tent after today with its gators. More to come on Early Birds, the Falcons rookies brought some Halloween fun to a children's hospital this week. That's next on Early Birds. This has been presented to you by Mercedes Benz. The best or nothing. Falcons fans, score a touchdown with low tire prices at Mavis Tires and Breaks. The official tire retailer of the Atlanta Falcons. Visit MavisTire.com to find a store near you. All right, time for our play of the day presented by Lucra, the new friendly competition app. Shock, here's the question. Who will have more receiving yards tomorrow, Kyle Pitts or Drake London? Oh, it's a good one. I think I'm a ride with number eight Kyle Pitts. I think this is the game. He has like 10 receptions over 100 yards and has a monster day. All right, you're going Kyle Pitts. I'll tell you what, Drake London, he's due to and it would be a good day's work if he gets it done. Cornerback JC Horne out of Alpharetta High School, he's a rising star. Tough to decide on this one and if you want to compete head-to-head with your friends, just scan the QR code on your screen. What is the holiday Halloween weekend? That's season it calls for time-tested traditions and for Falcons rookies, that means trading in their pads in jerseys for costumes and candy. Every Halloween the Falcons rookies they dress up in Halloween's costumes and spend time with kids at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. They continue that tradition virtually through COVID, they were back face-to-face this week shock any costumes you particularly like here? We got Luigi, is that a hot dog on the right? I'm a fan of Luigi. Okay, Luigi's a good one. We got a Cheetos bag. It's tough to tell who's who. They say it's a great day the players do to spend, great way to spend their day off. I feel good, honestly I'm a people person myself so just getting to hang out with people or hang out with kids, making that day better it brings me some sense of joy to know that I'm making someone else day better. Alright, that's always great to see these guys. Where's your outfit bro? I got a costume, saving it for Monday. We can work it out. Well let's skip the costumes for a moment and talk about the non-scary situation this game on Sunday, great segue. One more match to watch Falcons of Panthers. We talked about him early, Brian Burns. We cannot allow him to have a big game. Caleb McGarry, Jake Matthews, lock him down. Yeah, the Falcons haven't been throwing the ball much, Marcus Mariota has been getting sacked maybe a little too much. That's it from us here on Early Birds for our quarterback, DJ Shockley. I'm Justin Felder, have a good morning and a great weekend. Florida Jordan.


Hi, everyone. In this tutorial, you will learn how to get the highest alphabetical character in a string using Python. In order to do that, I'm gonna create a string, for example, our string is gonna contain the name of the city Los Angeles. Let's look this string. The highest ranked character alphabetically is letter S. So, we assume that we're gonna get, as the result, this character S. If I want to get the highest alphabetical character in a string, I'm gonna use max function and I'm gonna provide as an argument this string and I wanna print the result. Let's press enter and as you can see by using this max function, we got the highest ranked character in alphabet. That's all in this tutorial. Don't forget to subscribe to our channel. See you in the next tutorial. Happy coding.


Hey, Psych2Goers! Welcome back to our channel! According to statistics, only a small percentage of you who watch our videos are actually subscribed. If you're not subscribed yet and you enjoy what you see, do consider hitting the subscribe button. This encourages YouTube's algorithm in promoting more of our mental health content to more people out there. Odds are, you've heard of the terms, introvert and extrovert. An extrovert is often categorized as someone who's outgoing, expressive, and often loves to meet new people. While an introvert is seen as someone who's more reserved and often enjoys spending time alone.  You enjoy parties, but you're often reserved. You find people interesting, yet can feel exhausted when around them for long periods of time. Well, you may just be a social introvert. Someone who's in between the spectrum of introversion and extroversion. To help you find out if you are, here are five signs you're a social introvert. Number one, at parties, you're the quiet one. So you made plans with your friends to go to a party. But when the time comes, you know you'd enjoy yourself more if you'd stayed home and snuggled on the couch with a good movie in a bag of popcorn. But you like your friends, so you go. When you do go to parties, you're the quiet one. It's not that you hate people or parties, but you just don't have an urge to talk to anyone.  When someone approaches you, you won't mind continuing the conversation, but you're often not the one to start it. Number two, you don't mind silence in the presence of others. While some introverts may feel the need to fill the silence, you don't mind it at all. You can be socializing with your friends full blast one moment, and then the next, you're enjoying the silence while in their presence. It doesn't seem to bother you at all. Sometimes it's nice to have some quiet time and still enjoy the company of others. Number three, you don't enjoy too much attention. As a social introvert, you often don't feel the need to draw attention to yourself, but you're still fairly comfortable at crowded events or parties. But when it's your birthday party and the whole room looks towards you, you know it's going to be torture when they burst out into singing happy birthday. Retreat, retreat! Number four, you find people interesting and yet exhausting.  After a long day of work and study, you just want to come home and recharge from the emotional drainage of the day. When you're recharged, you don't mind meeting new people and going out with friends, but it's often no more than once or twice a week. And number five, your energy level is connected to your environment. Is social energy affected heavily by your environment? A sold out rock concert with intensely loud music is often not your thing. Overcrowded rooms? Nope. Extremely uncomfortable in draining. A loud and busy checkout line? Not your cup of tea. A cozy evening out at your favorite piano bar with an actual cup of tea? Don't mind if you do. There can be many different types of introverts and extroverts, depending on where exactly you fall in the spectrum. But if you relate to most of these signs, odds are you may just be a social introvert. So did you relate to any of these signs? Which ones could you relate to the most? If you identify as a social introvert, would you say you're slightly more extroverted or introverted? Share with us in the comment section down below. If you found this video helpful, don't forget to click the like button and share this video with a friend. Subscribe to Psych2Go and hit the notification bell icon for more content like this. As always, thanks for watching.


Welcome to The Crimson Engine. My name is Rubidium. Today we are going to talk about every cinematographer's worst nightmare. You arrive at location and the space is very large and is lit by a variety of different lights. Some are green, some are purple, some are daylight, some are tungsten, and you have to make the people that exist in the space look beautiful, natural and cinematic. How do you do that? Well, today we're looking at the Syconic Spectrumaster C800U, the solution to many of your color problems. LEDs have come a long way in the last couple of years. Newer ones like this Lupo Superpanel 60 are very nicely color balanced. This means you can match it to daylight pretty easily. But what about the other lights that exist out in the world? Those mysterious metal halide, the incandescent bulbs, the fluorescent bulbs that were installed in the 70s in offices all around the world. How do you get those to match the colors that you're shooting? When I arrive at a location that has odd colored or strangely colored or mixed temperature lights, the first thing that I try and do if I can is bring everything back to daylight. If I can buy or rent new LED bulbs or even daylight fluorescent bulbs and replace the ones that are in the ceiling, that's always a great solution. If I can't, I will have to get the key light that I want to bring in, the lights that I want to light my talent with to match the existing lights. Now, I went to Home Depot and tried to find a nasty green fluorescent bulb, but they don't actually sell them anymore. The closest I could find was these T8 bulbs in a shop light fitting, and I went and added a quarter green filter to approximate what older fluorescent bulbs look like. Now, as you can see, that absolutely kills the vibe of the shot, not just because of the brightness, but because of the off color temperatures. And the green of the overhead is saying to bleed into the skin tones and makes me look a little off or sick. This is not what you want for your talent. So the first thing I'll do is increase the exposure on my key light and decrease the exposure on the camera so that I'm getting a better match. By increasing the exposure on the key light and adding two stops of ND to the camera, I've now got exposure where I want it and the overhead is no longer overpowering the key light. This is where my second comes into play. What I can do now is meter the temperature and the brightness of the backlight. It's telling me here that I need to add a eighth minus green for the tint and a half CTB and an eighth CTB for the color temperature. I'm recreating a scenario where we can't change the overhead lights because there are too many of them. So what I'll do instead is add a eighth plus green to the key and compensate for that in the camera exposure. Now I can meter my key light. It'll tell me that it's the same color temperature as the background and that it has the same amount of green on it. Now to adjust the camera, I need to do something a little bit different. I need to get myself a white card and add green to the exposure of the camera in order to take out the green that's in the scene. So now my depressing green cast has been totally banished from the negative. I won't actually need to color correct this in post at all, but if I do I have that white card reference. So to recap what we've done is to use the color meter to match the exposure, color temperature and plus minus green of the key light to an existing fluorescent setup. We can use the settings of our key light for all our other lights and the entire scene will be correctly white balanced. If we want to add more blue or more orange for effect now we know what our starting point is thanks to the color meter and we can adjust accordingly. That's how to use the Sikonic C800 kilometer to solve the most common and difficult problem on set as far as mixed color temperatures of lights. If you don't have RGB LEDs like the Lupo you're able to do this with gels. In fact the quarter eighth or half minus plus green that the Sikonic gives you you can buy in two by two foot panels for about $809 or you can buy a roll for about a hundred bucks. It's big enough to gel windows. It's big enough to cover the largest LED or HMI sources you want. You just have to be careful using gels on hot lights. You have to make sure that they're far enough away from the filament that they won't burn or melt. So that's color correcting in camera and with lights. Next time we're going to look at creative uses for color meter and how you can use the information that the Sikonic C800 gives you to make creative decisions and recreate infrared. Thanks very much for watching. I will see you next time.


What I want to do now is I want to go through and provide a bit of a review in terms of where we are in the overall progression of the course. And I guess in a way you could think about this as being the big picture, putting things into perspective in terms of what we've covered and how much more is left. So I like to refer to this as being where are we. Now to give a bit of a review, we started the course by looking at properties and that is the properties of a number of different substances or fluids typically that are the working fluids of the cycles that we've been analyzing. When we looked at properties we looked at things such as how to calculate enthalpy, specific volume, quite often these were in the property tables, internal energy, and the fluids or the liquids that this was applying to, we looked at steam, R134A, as well as ideal gases. So that was one thing that we've covered thus far and it was where we started. We then went and we looked at the first law and we looked at two forms of the first law. One was for fixed mass and the other was for control volume application where you have mass crossing the boundaries. But when we were looking at the first law, we looked at the concept of energy transfer and energy can be transferred in a number of ways through work, heat, as well as mass in the event that we have mass crossing our control boundary and we looked at systems that were fixed mass or closed systems. We also looked at the first law for two different types of systems, fixed mass like I just referred to. So we looked at applications where mass does not cross the control boundary and we also looked at applications where mass would cross the control boundary and that was the control volume approach and we also looked at uniform flow processes. Other things that we looked at, we've covered entropy and we looked at entropy in two different ways. We've looked at it from the qualitative perspective. So that is what is entropy conceptually and we also looked at it from a quantitative perspective and those would be looking at things such as entropy balance or entropy generation. The next area that we went into was exergy, useful work, useful work potential, second law efficiencies, those were the things that we looked at with exergy. These together, all of these are what I would refer to as being the fundamentals to any type of thermodynamic application and that's why when you're solving and working problems with these, they can sometimes seem a little bit on the abstract side, you're equipping yourself with the equations and with the procedures and the tools to be able to study real world applications. So that was the first part and that's what all those lectures were devoted to. We then moved into what I would refer to as being the applications and the applications that we've considered thus far have been gas power cycles and here we looked at the auto cycle, diesel, sterling and the Brayton. So those were the different gas power cycles that we looked at and for those what happens is the working fluid remains a gas and it does not go through a phase change. Other power cycles that we looked at were vapor power cycles and with these power cycles the working fluid does go through a phase change and the ones that we looked at were the rank in and then derivatives of the rank in. So reheat, regen and cogen. We also had the mixed cycle as well. So those are the applications that we've looked at thus far. In the remaining lectures what we'll be doing is looking at a few more applications within thermodynamics, mechanical engineering thermodynamics that is. So we're going to be moving on into refrigeration, HVAC and we'll have to look at gas properties and mixtures before we can get to HVAC. So in a way we do go back to a little bit of the fundamentals there, HVAC, so heating ventilation and air conditioning and finally we'll move onwards towards combustion. So we'll be looking at systems whereby we have chemical reactions notably combustion and oxidation reaction typically of hydrocarbon fuels. So these are the areas that we have left to cover within the course and we've gone through two main applications gas, power, vapor and we have three main left. So that gives you an idea as to where we are in the course. We've covered the fundamentals or the basics looking at properties, the first law entropy and exergy and then we've gone into applications and we have a number of applications left. So that concludes the lecture as well as vapor power cycles.


Okay. Welcome back everyone to the second lecture today on the C314 media and technology in ministry. Let me go ahead, share the here. All right. So we closed off the last hour, previous lecture by just saying that we need to be open to new methods, the contemporary methods in media and technology in ministry. We shouldn't, you know, by default, we shouldn't look at it as evil, but look at it as a tool that we could use the minister consword to people. But, and so while doing that, what is our motivation? How do we draw about it? And what are some guidelines that we should keep in mind is what we want to do in this lecture and then we will pause. Let's go to 1st Corinthians chapter nine versus 19 to 22 1st Corinthians nine 19 22. Thank you. Somebody can read that for us please 1st Corinthians nine 19 to 22 please. 1st Corinthians chapter nine was 19 to 22. For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all that I might gain the more and unto the Jews I became a Jew that I might gain the Jews to them that are under the law as under the law that I might gain that that are under the law to them that are without law as without law being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ that I might gain them that are without law and to the week I became as I as weak that I might gain the week I made all things to all men that I might by all means save. So the Apostle Paul is sharing with us some of his motivation and his approach in reaching all people you know verse 19 he says though I am free from all men I make myself a servant to all that I might win the more so he says look I don't have to be responsible for all people but though I am free yet I make myself as a servant that means I a servant is in coming under obligation to somebody right this is I don't owe anything to all of these people but I make myself as a debtor as somebody who's obligated to them and what is my obligation it is to bring the gospel to them so that I can get them to faith in Christ that I can win them so that's the first thing is he sees that he is obligated to people although actually is free you see he doesn't owe anything in but but he feels that I owe them the gospel okay second we see that in order to reach different groups of people he makes himself relevant to them right to the Jew I became like a Jew right to those who are living by the law I also go as a person who's living by that to those who are living outside of the law I make myself as somebody who's outside the law but I'm under law to God as I'm not you know becoming a sinful person but I go as okay I come to you as you are you know so and he says I to the weak I become like weak I mean people you know they may not have much they may be poor they may be underprivileged whatever I go into their world I step into their world I come in a way that they can relate to and he says I do this so that I says I become all things to all men that I might by all means save some that means I'm stepping into people's world I'm coming to them in a way they are and I'm doing this for one reason so that I can win them to Jesus right now how do we take that and apply it to what you're saying when it comes to contemporary methods making use of media making use of technology you know how do we do that here are some thoughts one is we must speak to people in ways that they understand we relevant right so we mentioned in the previous lecture you know different generations they are engaging in different ways how they are learning where they are learning it's different and so we need to you know be relevant speak to them in ways that they can understand communicate to them in ways they can understand but of course without violating godly standards right and so and media technology helps us do that it helps us speak to people in ways they understand it helps us reach people go where people are and like we also mentioned earlier it helps us reach many more people in less time it's actually a big advantage for us to be able to use media and technology it also helps us be more responsive you know we can respond very quickly to people's needs you know and we see that happen you know nowadays if people have a need all they need to do is send a WhatsApp message so we send you know just send a message you can imagine in days when we didn't have mobile phones people will have to go and make a phone call or when we didn't have phones people have to somehow go to the somehow reach the pastor go to the pastor's house or church office whatever today it's so simple they just send an email they said you know send a message on WhatsApp or something in almost you know instantaneous and we can respond also very quickly they get the help when they need it as quickly as possible or they get the information they need as soon as possible we can be responsible and we can also be respectful meaning we can give people an opportunity to explore the Christian faith in ways that they prefer you know that without putting them in an awkward situation and I'm just thinking of the online services you know and I've met people who are people from other faiths and you know recently I met this young lady in central she said for two years she was watching she's from another faith but for two years she was watching our services online she's from a different city and she's the only person in her family who believes in Jesus she was quietly you know following our services online now because of college she's got a chance to come to Bangalore to study and because of that she's coming to church and she's serving in church right I was just thinking that that's just one example then there's another two brothers again from a different faith family they actually don't take turns to come to church you know once one brother comes the other brother is at home and but they watch online and they're following so I was looking at you know yeah the situation is a little difficult but because of technology they're able to connect they're able to be a part of the services so many like this I'm sure that we have so many so many testimonies where people are exploring the Christian faith without necessarily you know in a way that they can feel safe be safe and still explore the Christian faith elderly people example they're not able to come to church hey it's okay at least at home they're able to connect to the services or watch the service at the time and that's convenient to them so many so many thanks you know so it's it's giving people that opportunity which otherwise they may not have had so so if we if we if we can do this be relevant go where people are helps us be more responsive being respectful we can actually leverage these media and technologies contemporary methods in ministry and we get into you know how contemporary methods in each area of preaching and venue and on as we progress we get into the details but the third lesson I just want to highlight is this we need some guidelines right that means some safeguards that while we are using media and technology what guidelines should we keep for ourselves so that we don't end up doing wrong things right so and I'm just you know I just put this out based on some parts and experience here first of course is we want to be relevant that means speak the language of the people you know so you can look at it in terms of language you can look at in terms of culture and so on be relevant to the people whom you are serving right so if we are an example we are serving young people understand you know how what ways can they connect with the message to the word of god and bring it in a way that's relevant to them you know what what are they involved in you know okay so well we want to you know create videos for them okay create videos that would engage them you know create videos that address challenges that they are facing right uh don't just simply create videos create videos that are relevant to your audience um I think so that's one guideline understand the audience address issues address challenges that are relevant and put it in a way and in a format uh that could engage them yeah so we have to keep things up but while we're doing that there is no compromise in the message our message is god's words right so while the audience influences the methods we use the audience cannot dictate the truth we deliver right the truth we deliver comes from the word of god the method we use the manner in which it is communicated yeah the audience the audience will the audience determines the method yeah because if you're speaking to a certain audience speak to them in their language speak to them in their in a way that they will understand in a way that addresses their issues and their concerns and so on but the truth that we deliver comes from the word of god that doesn't change at all and should not change the danger is then we change the message then that's a problem right so don't change the message the truth is always that it remains it as it is and uh paul mentions you know first Corinthians 1 18 to 25 we look at that passage paul says you know whether there are jews or greeks we preach christ crucified we have only one message it's about Jesus what he did for us on the cross and whether they are jews or greeks they have different expectations that jews are looking for a sign the greeks are looking for wisdom but we preach christ crucified and in that message god will address their needs that that message is the wisdom of god it's the power of god so there's no compromise in our message and we have to stay on it and then we will address this when we talk about sermons and worship and so on we look at some of the areas where the church has made mistakes and how to avoid that a third important thing guideline is we must be pure in our motivation our motivation must simply be glorify god and serve people well serve to enrich equipment and power people and so the tendency is sometimes when we're using media and technology what are the wrong motivations sometimes the wrong made motivation can be oh i want to you know become famous meaning i want to have you know so many hundred thousand subscribers or i want to have so many hundred thousand followers you know the motivation can become that that is a danger to become an influencer you know a social media superstar whatever that's the wrong motivation or sometimes the motivation can be competition meaning i want to be the i want to do better than other church i want my my my media and my social whatever that i'm doing i wanted to be just better than everybody else the motivation becomes it's more of competition right so these are the danger the wrong kind of motivations uh that could come into play when we're using media technology which we should avoid sometimes the motivation can be okay let me see how many people gave me thumbs up you know how many people liked my sermon uh i mean you know and we'll we'll we'll discuss that as well when we talk about social media and so on how to really look at those metrics and numbers but that again becomes a wrong motivation you know uh so while we are using media technology keep the motivation for a lot we want to do this to glorify you and we want to serve people well you know so okay let's do the best we can let's serve them the best best we can let's bring it as good quality as we can not because we want out to bed or somebody else everybody competing with somebody else not because we you know are trying to become rich and famous and all that no no no we're doing it because we want to serve the people better we want to be able to impart into their life you want to be able to communicate and give to them so let's do it well that should be the motivation so we need to stay in that pure motivation uh and not get caught up in some of the wrong areas another important part or another important guideline then we want to mention is sort of we need to be blameless in our conduct that means how we use these tools and how we present and how what we present it should be blameless it should not bring a bad name to the Lord Jesus it should not bring a reproach to the name of Jesus it shouldn't bring a reproach to the church so that's why we have to be careful and we also you know have to be sensitive to who we administering to and so on you know so uh blameless in how we go about doing these things and I also share as we go along simple things you know I remember you know and and and of course we made we've made mistakes and we learned from them for example um you know uh there was a time when uh there and then we had a graphic steam okay they were developed along with the publication steam and so on and uh for our I think one of our very earliest books uh foundations uh I told them I said you know I'll just design a cover that is showing foundations being laid like you know stones being laid uh and that that kind of captures the the idea of the book foundations and I left it at that then the book got printed it came and then on the book cover of a graphic design person who was working with us at that time he had taken an image and I think sometimes you might or you might have seen it which has some pebbles one on top of each other like one big pebble one small pebble another smaller pebble and so a small pebble arranged like that so what did I tell him I gave him the idea saying hey just you know uh a picture that shows foundation being laid stones among another it's a good picture for the cover put that in you know so I'd left it I didn't check usually I would check but I didn't I thought it was simple enough but he went and got another picture a graphic that shows stones being laid on top of each other and it didn't strike me I saw the book printed it was only printed covers already done everything is what you know speed thousand copies all to be in printed then suddenly somebody comes somebody I don't remember who exactly somebody come hey do you know what that image actually means I said I don't know I'm this pebble that's actually some form of Eastern religion but they use those stones on top of each other oh is it and I check oh yeah so that's you know some sort of a I don't know it's something that they use in some Eastern religion they put these stones on top of each other oh and we had printed that on our cover so I'm just saying an example this is just an honest mistake but it was a simple thing you know just an image being used for a book cover very simple thing but it had meaning and the meaning was something totally different you know so then I had to bring it back to the attention of our gravity and say this is what it means it was it was a learning for all of us and then they you know they came up with another cover to actually bricks being laid that's what I meant I meant bricks being laid somebody building a foundation not these so this is an honest mistake but I like that there's been so many so many things you know over the years we've made mistakes we've learned I still remember once again this graphic sting for some event I don't know what it was but this person had used an image of a person's hand and in the graphic this person had a tattoo it was actually a tattoo of a cross but it was a tattoo and you know it had gone we had done it whatever event it was and the promotion had happened that means the image was you know it had gone out and I get a call for somebody or message and I say hey is apc promoting tattoos I'm like you say then they send me a copy of the image look you have you know you've used this image this person has a tattoo on the hand and so they're not looking at the events they're looking at what image we used and the fact that in this graphic there was a hand and the hand had a tattoo on it and I was like oh oh had you didn't call the you know the the media team explain to them I see this is I know it's an honest mistake like we're not even thinking about this but it's going out into the public people are seeing it and they are taking this kind of a message from there that as well church is promoting tattoos and for us that's not a you know it's not something even you know involve ourselves and that's a way to immediately correct the graphic to some Photoshop remove the tattoo and you know send out the message at the graphic and so I'm just giving some small examples where we have to think you know in in in how we are using these tools even I'm just giving simple example of graphics but in so many ways we think you know what is the message that is getting out to the public now we can't just say hey I'm just using the tool and I'm just creating a video and so on what is the message getting out to the public in us using these tools is it you know is it sending a wrong message is it communicating an incorrect message is it bringing a bad name to the Lord Jesus is it bringing a bad name to the church so we need to be very careful very blameless in in our conduct and we don't want to offend anybody you know sometimes I've even got feedback on our sermon title I think I think there was one sermon or just I just I think I preach just an inspirational sermon our God is great and we have the talk our God is great our God is stronger which we sing but I just put that sermon title and I and then there was a comment that you know maybe some a set of another faith put it does it mean your God is greater than my God is you know so of course they're coming from a place where they don't understand what they're saying but that made me think right that when we are putting our message out in public that the sermon title should not turn people away but we want to draw them in so that at least they come in and they explore the Christian faith now the title was very simple our God was greater but how did this person from a different faith perceive that sermon title you know it was like hey you're telling me straight in my face my God is of no use right so why should I even listen to your message so then they it puts them in a very defensive position they want to listen to the message they want to defend their position and so it made me think you know even in selecting sermon titles we want to draw people into at least hear the message and then decide you know and so on it doesn't mean we shouldn't speak the truth we speak it to of course our God is greater but being sensitive to whom we are speaking to you know and how we speak to them becomes very very important so just different different things that we've observed and experienced the goal is to be careful be sensitive to audience be blameless in how we use these tools of media and technology and the last thought that I wanted to share with us here we're talking about some guidelines is our goal is to seek lasting fruit that means our goal is not hype our goal is not emotionalism our goal is not excitement you know so sometimes you know we can use media and technology to make things so flashy so exciting you know people get wow and sometimes we tend to be using the tools we exaggerate intentionally or unintentionally and that means we tend to give an impression of something much bigger than what is actually there you know and then that that that first of all it means that we are doing something wrong because we are miscommunicating and secondly it only excites people but the big question we have to ask is is the lasting fruit you know have people's lives been really changed so our goal is not excitement definitely our goal is not to exaggerate to create something bigger than what it really is our goal is are people's lives really changed you know so we have to be careful that when they're using media and technology and they're communicating because somebody is somewhere far away they're watching the content they don't know what the reality is on the ground they could end up getting a very wrong very different impression of what of what the actual thing is depending on how we communicate you know so and this happens so much in video videography and so on you know you know maybe there are 50 people in the hall but the way you position your camera you can make it look like there are 5 000 people you know you give an impression oh and so we gotta be careful don't do that you know just just make it plain and simple this is what it is let let what they see is what they get you know what they see is they should see the actual reality are without you know us exaggerating misrepresenting and without unnecessarily creating hype and excitement our goal is to bring about genuine change in the lives of people real fruits you know fruit that will remain and so we have to be very careful otherwise the tendency always is on media technology you can make something look 10 times bigger and 10 times more exciting than what it actually is and it leaves a wrong impression and so on so example there was a time when at APC for worship for a long time you know we never used lights and LED panels nothing it was just plain and simple and then slowly we started using lights at one point our team said let's also use smoke machines you can imagine now I wasn't thought it I didn't want it you know I didn't actually think it was useful but they just wanted to try it they tried it for a few Sundays and then the response for people was why are you doing that now what are you trying to achieve by you know using smoke machine on our Sunday service what kind of what are we trying to create you know so that was a simple question and that is like you have more the easy answer we don't need it so we got rid of it okay we're going to use color lights use very simple nothing there's going to be distracting nothing that's going to create unnecessary hype and excitement simple lights just to you know make things look nice that's it you know so these are all choices we had to make as we went along and the underlying question is whatever we do is it going to help us bring lasting fruits is it just cause helping us create excitement okay we don't need that is it just causing us to you know exaggerate look bigger than what we are we don't need that is it helping us to really touch lives helping us to be more effective in serving people okay that's a good thing we'll go with that so these simple questions that we ask of and making various decisions will help us right so just to recap and then close here some guidelines that we need to always keep in mind one be relevant speak to the use the tools use media in a way that will help us reach our particular audience second and we use media and we use our tools we don't want to compromise on the message the message is still the word of God you're going to preach and teach the word of God stay true to that third the motivation why i'm using this must be pure right i want to glorify God i want to serve people better that's it nothing else i'm not competing with anybody else i'm not here for name and fame no glorify God do it well bring some benefit to the people equip them and power them enrich them do some good to the people in their journey of faith okay fourth be blameless and then use it in a way that it will not bring a bad name to the lord or to his church so be very careful be very careful because media technology once you're using it once you put it out there you don't know how many people are watching it so many people see it they they can you know they can get affected they it's impacting them so we have to make sure that we are blameless do it right do it well and finally fifth point is the goal is not to create hype not to create excitement not to exaggerate the goal is lasting fruit right our people's lives being changed yes we want to create something that's engaging we want to create something that's that's captivating we want to use all our creative talent we want to use all our technical skill all of it is good but what are we trying to achieve we want to create lasting fruit not just an excitement not just a hype you know somebody's life has to be changed somebody has to be strengthened in their faith somebody has to be encouraged that is lasting fruit so if we keep these guidelines I think it'll help us make the right choices the right decisions and it'll help us use media and technology in a in a very positive way for the glory of God and preserving people okay so let me pause here let's open up for time for questions discussions any any any thoughts you have any questions you have and from next week we'll start getting into you know various aspects of media technology that we need to cover feel free to ask any questions any discussions anyone first of one small question this is regarding using laptop or any other media for children's church I'll say for example laptop or tab or something for children's church so there is one aspect that you know the screen time of children and should we promote that or should we how do we handle this like can we use laptop or a tab in a small group of children's church or yeah so I think so the answer to that is I think it's simple in the sense that see children's church you know maybe maximum is for a duration of two hours in an entire week and there we you know if we use a laptop or you know have kids watch a video or a short short video or something of that nature on you know on a screen it's it's it's actually very small time you know we may I don't know I'm just guessing you know maximum you spend half an hour 40 minutes not you know more than that so if you look at it in terms of the whole week that's only a small part which I think is is perfectly fine there's nothing wrong with it the real issue is when they go home what do the parents do because there's obviously spending more time at home seven days a week and that's where screen time becomes an issue meaning if parents are using the phone or the laptop or the computer or whatever screen device and letting the children just consume that for hours and hours and hours that is a problem it in church it's basically maximum they're there for two hours out of which you know we may show a video or something for maybe 30 or 30 minutes or less so it's overall it's not a big thing but so so in a nutshell that's not a problem but at the same time as a community we can think of you know other skills that we also want to develop for the children we want them to develop social skills you want to develop you know their ability to think about the scriptures their ability to worship their ability to to discuss the scripture with other children and so this showing a video maybe only a small part we may show a video and say okay then discuss about the video you know what do you think about it or what was nice about it what did you learn from it so we are also spending time doing the other things of interaction prayer worship fellowship in addition to maybe watching a video so we had been doing something very wholesome videos on a small part of it and so it is not a I don't see it as a problem yes thank you nice any any other questions any other talks okay all right so today is just our introduction giving us an overall direction of where we're going to go there's a lot of ground we're going to cover some parts of this might be a little technical but I'll just share those technical details more as a point of information and learning for us I will also share a lot of what we are doing here at APC in terms of the software technology platforms we're using the directions we are looking at going and in the coming years and I hope you know you can take a lot of this and use it in your own churches and ministries okay let's close for today somebody can close and pray and then we will dismiss please anyone can pray and dismiss us father we thank you for this morning that you have given us to learn together thank you for this this course that you have given we pray your god that we would continue to learn well and to adapt this in our ministry in our personal life and we pray your god that let your kingdom be established in every area of our life god may your name alone be glorified in and through us we give you praise in Jesus name we pray amen amen thank you so much thank you everyone hope we are taking attendance hope we are taking our 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Ooh, it's pretty rough. It's pretty rough being a Ravens fan right now with everything going on with Zidarius Smith. My fault, y'all, but Bingles. Oh, Bingles, Bingles just wanna make it worse. They like, oh, Zidarius Smith backed out of his deal with the Ravens? You know what? Let's go ahead and twist that knife that much more. Cause the Bingles, ooh, that's an upgrade. The Bingles are signing Hayden Hurst. Oh man, I wasn't like hung up on it or anything, but I wouldn't have minded if Hayden Hurst would have made a reunion with the Ravens because Ravens have been missing that other tight end that's similar to Mark Andrews that can stretch the field, that got good hands, that's a play-making tight end, and that is what Hayden Hurst is, especially if he's gonna be the featured tight end for the, oh, this is a great move for the Bingles, a great move. I don't know, I didn't see what the details of the deal are yet. I did see, I believe it's a one-year deal, but this is a great move because you have, again, a pass catcher, and for my first round pick, he's a little older now, he's a little older, cause he was, I think when the Ravens drafted him, he was like 25, I think, so he was a older rookie, but he's a good player, man, straight up. I do, I missed the days when he was on the Ravens, come out with them two tight end sets, him and Mark Andrews, those were the days. But what Hayden Hurst gives you, and I said it back when he was on the Ravens, he had the best hands on the team, the best hands on the team, and he, so his catching is not a problem. He gone catch everything thrown his way, he does not have an issue with drops, he has good speed. The situation first with the Ravens, it was that he was a first round draft pick, obviously, him and Lamar both got drafted in the first round of 2018, and he was looking good, and pre-season he was looking good, and then he got hurt. He got hurt, Mark Andrews stepped in, Mark Andrews showed out, Ravens never looked back. And Hayden Hurst, he was like, man, I just, I want a shot, I want a chance, I want to start, I want an opportunity. And he knew it wasn't going to come with the Ravens because Mark Andrews had already taken over, so he requested a trade. Ravens trade him to Atlanta, where he can be the start and tight end there. He does this thing a little bit over there, but then the following year, so I guess he ain't doing his thing enough because the following year the Falcons, they draft count pits. So now Hayden Hurst got to be like, man, I cannot catch a break. So now he's going back to the AFC North, where it all started with the Cincinnati Bengals. He is going to be a legitimate threat.  So Joe Burrow got all those weapons, now they adding Hayden Hurst to that. And they've been working on their offensive line too. And I saw the report that said the Bengals and the Dolphins are interested in Lyle Collins. Whenever he does officially get released, they said it's supposed to be the table. So we'll see what happens with that. So man, Bengals like, they in good shape. They in good shape because they lost CJ Uzama to the Jets. He signed a deal with the Jets, but they are certainly getting somebody that can come in. And like CJ Uzama, he was a nice tight end, but the production, his production, it wasn't anything crazy that can't be replaced. And with them adding Hayden Hurst, that production can certainly be replaced.  But with how much yards did he have last year? I think CJ Uzama had like 450, 489 yards, something like that. Yeah, a little over 450 yards. So if Hayden got 900, he will double that.  And it's gonna be weird seeing Hayden Hurst and the Bengals jersey and Ravens going up against them. It's gonna be fun though.  I do like this. I like when other teams, especially other teams in the division because you've got to play them twice a year. I like when other teams, they really show that they trying to get better and they trying to right their wrongs and they trying to do this thing because as a fan of the AFC North, as a fan of the Ravens myself, it makes me feel like I, Ravens are hopefully watching that. So that makes them, that will force them to step up their game as well. Now hopefully Ravens don't have anybody else back out of the deal. And with the Bengals, hey, don't get too high, if Hayden Hurst ain't signed yet because you never know. He might Zadaria Smith you. I don't know. He go see, he could go get more money elsewhere.  It's just been a crazy hour, man. We got a lot to talk about. You are getting ready to see an influx of videos because some other stuff is going on in the AFC North as well, something that we were talking about this morning as far as a quarterback not ever being able to play for that team again. But we talk about that when we do. I see y'all in a little bit. We out.


Today is Thursday, the 29th of November. It's the towards the end of the first week of negotiations and the various negotiating tracks are looking at text produced by the chairs and discussing them. I'm going to talk a little bit about the state of the fast start finance, which is the $30 billion that the developed countries promised over the last three years, 2010, 11 and 12. Just before the COP, there were several reports produced by a number of organizations including Oxfam, the World Resources Institute, IID together with Brown University, that looked at the figures and found that they were a bit short of $30 billion altogether, that only around 20% was allocated to adaptation, and that the rest was clearly double counting development assistance along with climate finance and in some cases even triple counting loan guarantees that the countries were making as well. After these reports came out in the last couple of days, several of the annex one countries including the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Japan have come out with new figures, which collectively the developed countries claim have come up to $33 billion of which they also claim that they have disbursed the majority of the funds. These figures simply do not match the ones that the independent observers have done. And yesterday the US government met with the least developed countries and shared information on a country by country basis of how much funds went to the least developed countries. Many of the delegates from the least developed countries when they saw the figures that were attributed to their countries firstly were not aware of these figures at the country level and secondly many of them felt that allocations had been made to organizations like the World Bank or the Regional Bank or in some cases even NGOs, international NGOs that were then attributed or claimed to have been allocated to the developing countries or the least developed country when the country itself has not seen that funds. This all points to the fact that the way in which the international funding is being provided from the rich countries to the poor countries is completely untransparent and very, very difficult to unpack and follow. The least developed countries, the 48 poorest countries have always claimed to receive $2-3 billion to implement the national adaptation programs of action. They've only received $400 million or so far. Their claim is that only funds that come through the least developed countries fund will be treated as fast start finance for the least developed countries and that is far from reaching the kinds of totals that they are asking for.


I'm Amy Shearer, spaceflight historian and blogger behind Vintage Space. The moon is pretty neat. Not only did it help regulate the Earth and its early history, it holds a ton of secrets about the Earth and our solar system as a whole. Apollo astronauts started digging, quite literally, into the secrets the moon holds on the Apollo missions. Over six lunar landings, Apollo astronauts collected and returned over 850 pounds of material from the lunar surface, but only some of that has gone to science. There are a lot of rocks and museums and pieces given to dignitaries. The problem is Apollo is never about science. It was a political undertaking and a display of national technological superiority over the Soviet Union in the 1960s. And it's been almost 50 years. It's time we go back to the moon, but this time it's time we go back for science. That's what the Golden Spike Company is trying to do. Using existing technology and some hardware that's still in development, Golden Spike wants to send manned missions back to the lunar surface. Scientists and researchers from any country hoping to do in situ lunar surface experiments. And Golden Spike has the chops to do it. The company is backed by NASA research scientists, former Apollo personnel, and experts in space science. The only thing missing is funding. Through an Indiegogo campaign, Golden Spike is trying to raise $240,000. That's roughly $1 for every mile between the Earth and the moon. And there are only a couple of weeks left to get involved. Go and visit Golden Spike's Indiegogo campaign page and consider becoming a part of the next wave of lunar exploration. It's time we go back to the moon. And it's time we go back for science.


Hello, hello everyone. My name is Laura and this is my channel Laura's Little Library and welcome to today's video Which is my August wrap up So this past month in August I read 16 books and again I have that same trend where the first week or two I feel like I didn't read anything maybe a book or two and then the last two weeks. I ended up reading a ton. However, pretty much most of those books were all Audiobooks that I got from the library and I only own three of the books that I read Which is pretty sad for me trying to read all the books on my shelves, but oh Well, they brought me joy, so I'm gonna talk about them, but I am gonna start with the ones that I did read Either physically or like I own the physical copy for I think from pretty much all of these I had the audiobook with it except for the first one that I'll talk about that is my killer vacation by Tessa Bailey I gave this four out of five stars. I actually Loved it. I'm still kind of in a four four point five out of five stars This was my first Tessa Bailey book and I had been interested in her other book window shopping Which is like her Christmas smutty book and this is like her summer smutty book So this book follows a teacher.  It's grumpy sunshine. I loved the romance I mean, it's a short book and I was just on the edge of my seat the entire time just waiting to keep Reading this I didn't ever want to put it down There were a couple very small things that kind of prevented it from being a five star for me There was some inconsistency with the brother and his romantic interest because it at the beginning of the book it mentioned him Getting off of a bad big breakup with his boyfriend But then all of a sudden he's like Halfway through the book it seems like that was not the main point of him needing a vacation And it was the fact that his best friend is now gone or something like it seems like it was one thing And then it got changed But they didn't change it at the beginning of the book So I was just kind of confused on that little plotline, but otherwise it was an amazing book the smut drove me wild and The murder Was actually pretty good Like I knew it wasn't going to be kind of the main part of the story the main part of the story It was gonna be more the romance But I was very happy with the balance between the murder investigation and the romance I think that there was just enough of the murder to really give this book a plot and Like a meaning behind it and then the ending just had me laughing I absolutely loved it and I would highly recommend this for any Vacation summer read because it is so short and it's on vacation Just top-notch and then I also read people we meet on vacation by Emily Henry Finally like I said I would do all summer long I gave this 3.5 out of five stars It was not my favorite Emily Henry book and I tried to look past because it's the Friends to Lovers trip Which I don't like But I think if it's done well I can like it I just don't think this was done as well as it could have been Which is why it was such a low rating because like to the beginning of it It seems a little slow like I I didn't really like the pacing of the book too much They kept talking about this one event that ended up being way too drawn out Super predictable and I didn't quite understand why it had the effects that it did so I kind of felt disappointed and let down By what was supposed to be the big reveal I was just really easy like you knew it was coming and then it wasn't satisfying When it happened and I also feel like I didn't ship the couple very much I honestly thought they were better as friends like it's an opposite attract Friends to lovers but a little bit of a second chance But like they never dated in the first place But I honestly think they were better off friends and I don't see how they could like Get married and make a household work like it's just not something I don't think that they would last and if the romance is not a couple. I think it's gonna last I'm not gonna like it no matter how good the chemistry is in the moment in the book If I don't see a future read these characters, I don't really care I also read book lovers by Emily Henry and I gave this 4.5 out of 5 stars I love this so much more than people we meet on vacation I'm not sure which I like more book lovers or beach read because I Loved beach read when I read it but now reading book lovers. I can see how Emily's Henry's writing has gotten better She's gotten more experienced. I think that this book is technically better But I'm not sure if I like the story better than beach read So that's kind of where I feel between those two. This one's marketed as enemies to lovers, but in my opinion They're not really enemies. They're both people who take their careers very seriously and are Super I don't want to say uptight, but they're just they're so focused on being Successful and doing their job well and getting frustrated at other people when they don't But they don't really don't guess each other. They had one little meeting that was Off-putting for both of them like they lost a little bit of respect for each other But then they weren't ever really Enemies like there was no Strong hate there before it came to the love part, but I loved the pacing of this book I think it was very different than other enemies to lovers like The relationship in this was just so much better than what I wanted and was expecting and I loved the characters There was a lot more going on outside of the romance, which was fine I think it could have been done maybe a little better, but I liked it. It was just kind of Interesting there was like one main message so I was trying to get across in this book and it was very thick the whole idea of like Putting your work before your family and things like that. So That's why it's not a perfect five-star, but oh my word. I would very much highly suggest this to anyone who likes Non-repetitive romance like something a little more unique people who love Literary people in books like this is definitely one of my favorites. So with the other 13 books that I read this month That's a lot and a lot of them were very just needy ochre. They were pretty much all Contemporary romance except for like one maybe two so those these reviews are gonna be a little bit quicker Just because for most of them I just felt that they were average They didn't blow me out of the water, but they weren't bad So I'm gonna probably go through them a little bit quicker So the next book I'm gonna talk about is not one of the contemporary romance I actually read the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo and I talked about this in a vlog that I have already released kind of my summer vlog I didn't expect to pick it up I it had been on my radar is like I kind of want to read it And then I had someone in my family read it and say that they really liked it So I picked it up. I thought it was a four out of five star I ended up really liking it more than I expected to but I don't think it lived up to the hype either There were just a few elements where I was like that didn't make any sense that could have been better Or I didn't really enjoy it and like the whole relationship with her and her daughter It was just weird because her daughter would get like a sentence Every chapter just to remind us that she's there but not actually makers part of Evelyn's life as I think we needed her to be in order for her Ark the the part where she was actually important to the story for us to actually care I didn't really care because she didn't really exist until then and I don't think it's because Well, that's how it's meant to be because her mom is never there Because that's not the impression that I would get from like those one sentences I just that could have been done better But I really was interested in and I don't want to spoil it But Evelyn Hugo is bisexual in the book Which was something she couldn't really have out being a Hollywood star in like the 50s So I really enjoyed that struggle and balance of it And that I was rooting for them and then I would get frustrated with them And I'm root for her and then I get frustrated with her and it was just such a roller coaster of a book I think and it was my first Taylor Jenkins read book So I think if any of her other books sound interesting I'll read them But she's not an auto read author for me I wouldn't say and then the only other non contemporary romance book that I read this summer was Warrior of the Wild by Trisha Levinseller This is the last Trisha Levinseller book published that I have not read or I hadn't read until now I read it. So now I've read all of Trisha Levinseller's books to my knowledge. I'm pretty sure according to good reads I'm pretty sure and I loved it I think it was one of her earlier works and you can kind of tell just what's in the writing with a little amateurish But I didn't want to hold that against her. I Love this book five out of five I I don't know what it is Just the way that she comes up with such unique fun ideas for her books just makes me so happy all the time You're following this female warrior who is Ready to like claim her spot in society And then she gets sabotaged on her test and is exiled and has to do this impossible task of killing what they believe to be a god In order to regain her spot in society. So she gets outcasted.  I liked her. I didn't like the the romance interest too much I think he was someone who kind of had to grow on me But I think that You know, Trisha's lovin sellers come a long way with romantic interests since then. So Yeah, I I did like all the characters overall. I love the plot. I read it so quickly I was just so in trans by it just the aesthetic of just living in a woods and being a warrior that focuses on like hammers and axes and like those the non Sword and dagger or bone arrow type weapons. And if your main character uses something other than a sword A dagger slash knife Or a bone arrow I instantly have just a little more respect and I'm just a little more excited because it's interesting. It's not as Done. So I was excited about that part of the element as well Anyway, I'm gonna move on before this video gets too long then. Oh, oh my word Here's another non Rom-com book that I read. I actually read these hollow vows 3.5 out of five stars for me. I think it was all right I'll probably pick up the second one, but I'm in no rush to do so I like face stories and I thought this one was interesting But I read this at the end of arcus and it's the middle of september and I've already forgotten Most of it and pretty much all of my feelings on it. Like there was a love triangle in it Which I didn't hate but I didn't love Yeah, I don't know. I honestly can't remember enough to really tell you about it. So oops, sorry I read last chance books two out of five stars Not a fan. A lot of these books I'll talk in the vlog So I'll have the vlog link down below if you want more of the thoughts But I didn't like the characters. I didn't like the plot. I didn't like the switch from enemies to lovers They're about rivaling bookstores.  Just there was so much wrong there It was not great. I wouldn't recommend it I'll put it at five. I read four aunties on a wedding by jesse q sotanto This is the sequel to dial a for aunties and I loved it I rated it 4.5 out of five stars I was I don't think it was quite as good as dial a for aunties Which was a five out of five for me Um, I don't I just went a little too far into the I kind of can't believe it like a little too whimsy But also not like but why the time it got to the end. I was like a little more tolerable of it But like I don't know I would still highly recommend it though like it was so funny So much was happening. It was crazy And I still have the thought of like I could definitely see her writing like a third book or a companion or just Something else like this and I would pick it up as fast as I could I then read the layover which was three out of five stars It happened. There was nothing I particularly liked about it, but there's nothing wrong with it It was just a fluffy adult contemporary romance to get me through That day or the next day. So I mean I had travel in it, which is always fun I feel like it would probably be a better book to read while I was traveling because of the atmosphere of it But being at home during the summer. I was just kind of like Okay, it's happened moving on. I read this summer job and this one was also three out of five stars I liked this one just a little bit more though. I If the main character frustrated me But that was the whole point of the book was like one little lie leads to a ton of miscommunication leads to a big blow up But the atmosphere around it and just the premise of it of like someone posing as her friend to take a job in Scotland as a wine expert That was fun. Like the beginning like the first half was amazing. The second half was like, yeah, you expected it What else was gonna happen? But I just It got me so interested in wine and I've always had an interest in Scotland as well as Ireland Just yeah, so Like I I enjoyed what the book was trying to be I just wish it had been a little more unique or interesting I read The Wedding Crashers Again, three out of five stars Uh, I wasn't liking it for most most of the book the ending kind of made it up for me a little bit It went back to being a cute it started off as a cute book Then it went into some other like kind of I don't know how to describe it because it wasn't deep but it wasn't cute anymore And then the ending was super cute so And I don't know if I would Really recommend if it's the book that sounds good to you. I would say to pick it up But if you Are trying something new with adult contemporary romance, I would not suggest this book to Put you into it I think there are much better adult contemporary romances to read than this one if you're not a fan of the genre already I read set on you two out of five stars not a fan Everyone in the book was an influencer except for like one character and there is just a lot of like Really, this is not realistic. This is not something I'm interested. The characters aren't making any sense What's going on? That's a little weird. Okay, I guess so those are just kind of my reactions So not one I would super recommend and same with the next book. I read after it how to fake it in Hollywood Also two out of five stars. This is a fake dating And I generally like fake dating like I read a lot of enemies to lovers in fake dating because that's what I like But none of them are really hitting it for me like for a while. I thought This book was going to be really good. I was like it might even reach 3.5 stars in the beginning because the fake dating didn't go off the way that other fake datings happen, but Then it just went downhill From there and I just I didn't really care. Again, I didn't care if the couple ended up together or not I just didn't see much of the future But and I think coming up of the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo, which is another Hollywood romance focus Like that one was much better Than how to fake it in Hollywood. I feel like Hollywood was the More contemporary fluffier worse version of it I don't know though just my thoughts and feelings. Don't don't shoot me down for these if you have a different opinion Good for you. I'm happy for you These are just my opinions Then I read Salam with love and this was three out of five stars for me This is about a girl who goes to visit her family for Ramadan And she kind of sees the differences between how her family practices Islam versus how her cousins practice Islam And there were some really cool elements in it. Like there were some elements. I very much enjoyed, but there were also elements where I was like I'm confused I don't think I like it How does that work? Like I'm trying not to give spoilers, which is why I'm just purely giving reactions with like Zero context, but like the love interest I liked him But he felt way too like flat like a 2d character like there wasn't much to him And so because of that at a hard time getting on board with romance and then it was just weird That in relation to the other romance. I had just I was very expressive when listening to this audiobook at work Like I was sitting there cleaning gosses going Hey so Take that with you. Well, I think it is one that I would still recommend though Like it was pretty good. It was it was all right. It was like a three out of five stars It's maybe slightly above average. It was enjoyable. Then I read by the book by jasmine gillary And this was 3.5 out of five stars. It's a beauty in the beast modern day kind of retelling and it's part of this series each book is written by a different author and they do a different Uh fairy tale in like modern day. So like if the shoe fits is the cinderella one I haven't read it By the book was beauty and beast and I was interested in this book because I read Jasmine Guillory's royal holiday and I liked it. It was a very cute Um, like adult christmas romance. So I thought I love beauty and the beast the characters are bookish Like she's trying to be an editor. He's supposed to be writing a book So I thought this could be great and it was pretty good. It was it was really good It was definitely better than a lot of the Contemporary romances. I had been reading but I loved the little knots to beating the beast that were in there like her talking to Various objects, even though they don't come alive And just like her similarities to bell but still being her own character and having her own goals and ambitions It was just kind of interesting how that was done and I would recommend it I don't know if I'll read the other ones if I have time I will but Yeah, it's just a cute little fun read and then the last book Finally that I read this month Highest rated contemporary romance outside of like the ones that I own like the Emily Henry Four out of five star was weather girl Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm I wanted to read that initially this past spring because it was it seems like a very rainy day type reads I wanted to read it in spring when it was rainy But then all of a sudden I forgot I had a hold on it and it came in from the library and I was like, oh Yeah, sure. I'll read it And it was so Cute I I very much enjoyed it. I loved our main character and our love interest They were just adorable like pure cuteness I feel like some elements could have been tightened up here and there like some parts the writing could have been better But overall I just very much enjoyed it. It is about two co-workers. One is our weather girl She does the weather on the news Um, and she works for her childhood idol She's super excited about it except that she doesn't get the relationship with her idol that she was hoping for So she's a little bit bummed about that, but that's because the two people that owned the station were married and got divorced and they Cannot Be professional in the office It's it's insane. So she our main character teams up with this guy from sports who kind of know each other and figure out They're like the only two Jews in the Uh company so like when they're at the Christmas party, that's a holiday party, but everything is Christmas and they're like They decide that they're gonna get their bosses back together To make their work environment better and it's a cute premise I love how they go about doing it the ending just blew my mind Surprisingly, like I wasn't expecting it from an adult contemporary romance like this Especially after all the kind of drabby ones that I've read. So like this It made me so happy. I very much would recommend it for like a rainy day Like maybe a fall or spring day Anyway, those are all 16 books that I read in august. I believe Yeah, that seems right. Sure. Let me know if you like this video. You can feel free to give it a thumbs up I have bookish social media linked down below. 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