Llywodraeth a Llywodraeth wedi ei sain, i'r cyflogau cyflig, Isaac Archie i'r Llywodraeth yn Gwyrdraeth Pycoro Lói Gwyrdraeth yn Niger. Dwi'n meddwl am y byddai gafodd, ond mae'n meddwl negiwn amser ac yn y bydd yn bod yn y cyflogau gwyrdraeth, mae'n meddwl i'r cyflogau. Rwy'n credu bod y Lywodraeth Cymru yn y Cynedig Y Niger, rwy'n meddwl i'r cyflogau ag ddynnu y Prif, yn y llyfr yn y Cynedig, yn y Slyfr Y Llywodraeth Cymru, y Llywodraeth Bwlu, of killings across the country. He called for investigation into the attack on the priests, arding that corporates must be brought to book. Reverend Father Isaac Archie was the parish priest as of the time of the Christmas Day bombing at Saint Therese's Catholic Church in Madala, Niger State on December 25, 2011. Well, joining us to discuss this very unfortunate situation is Reverend Joseph Hyab. He is the Chairman Christian Association of Nigerian Kaduna State. Thank you so much, Reverend Hyab. I wish we were talking on a different circumstance, but unfortunately, we have to talk about this. It is sad that we are not yet through with this tragic experience. As you know that yesterday it was a double tragedy one in Niger State and another one in Kaduna State. Because in Kaduna State a large number of workers were taken away to the worship in one of our church and then the Reverend Father of Joseph Hyab. So for everybody it is really a sad story. It is a terrible situation we are in. We thought we were almost going out and we seem to be back and even worse. I want to start by noting that the north and the northeast and of course the north central, now it is almost every part of the country has been getting one form of insecurity or security issue or the other. I mean, even in most states having its fair share we are seeing more and more of these killings. But then it is interesting to know that Mr President has flown to I think Mauritania if I am not mistaken to receive a peace award. But yet one would question if we do really have some peace in Nigeria, especially with all of the killings and of course the recent kidnappings in Edo State. Sometimes it is really sad and painful to see that people do not know what people in Nigeria are going through. Probably they are looking for money or probably they want to just have an entry point in Nigeria for organizations whose aim is not to promote understanding by just to issue and dash award. So sometimes these award ceremonies and this award presentation makes it more clear of what is going on in the country. Apart from that I know that even in the last 10 days the President himself or through his spoke persons have come out to tell the world that they are actually anchored in security and we just ask ourselves a question. Are they living in another planet? Are they really living in Nigeria? Do you know exactly what Nigerians are going through? An experience like this keep reminding us that look we have actually just been governing with propaganda, governing with forceful, governing with issue and statement that it is not the reality that people are going through. How could a labour police face such kind of debt in his house and the other police narrowly escaped when he is still in the hospital? How could worshippers leave their home and go to worship and they do not come back there in the hands of bandits? How could people just go to train station or train to pick a train and then they ended up in the hands of bandits and the President of this country will still say that he is tackling security and not only that and organisations are coming to offer a peace award we do not know what you call peace in this context. Can we really leave this at the feet of Mr President because at some point we cried that there should be a change of service chiefs and Mr President after a long time caved in and gave us new service chiefs. The presidency has issued statements upon statements saying we are dealing with this issue, the army is doing this and that. We've heard the Presidency talk tough about this situation. So I want to understand for those of you who are in the midst of what's happening because for some people it seems more like a mirage because they do not understand what you're facing where you are. What do you think the major challenge is in dealing with this insecurity? Is it that it's being politicised? Is it that because half the time the President always expresses shock at these things? Is it also the fact that maybe our troops have not been given what they need to do the job, but what exactly is the constraint? It is not enough for our government or the Presidency to think that issuing pre-statement or just coming to make a statement on national media will tackle insecurity, will stop criminals from doing their work. The fact of going is that we must take the war to them, we must show them that we have a government, we must show them that this government has won on how to protect lives and properties of citizens but when we just deal with issues of statements, statements that sometimes trigger another pain, then we've not done enough. I think generally what has been happening in the idea is that those who are working with the President think that the moment they issue a statement then the matter is over. The moment the statements are issued then they have treated the wound. Statements are not medications. Statements cannot treat any wound. I've had several times other diversity or family issues statements and even saying things that go to the exact picture of what happened. We don't know who are the source of their information and why they chose to make such kind of statement. So the criminals don't believe that these are two-clean bulldogs, we will mark and they are not going to bite. The fact about it is that if government have taken the war to these criminals, have taken the war to their camp, have taken the war to the propaganda because the great press statement, the way at which we hear stories is far, far, far outweith the reality of their dealing with them. There are no efforts from the military or no efforts from the security agencies but we are simply saying that efforts are not enough or these efforts are not back with the reality of the situation and not back with proper security details and strategies that will eliminate criminals. You've already posted all over the media that you are going after criminals.  The camps is only empty where are the criminals?  You know this whole thing as if they are taken to children or taken to people who do not understand. What we are simply saying is that we have a country and in this country there is a constitution. We have a country and in this country there is a government and the responsibility of securing the citizens of this country is sure that on government. That's why we call on the president. That's why we speak to him because he will defend the public of Nigeria. If he issues order, order must be obeyed. Whoever does not obey his order should be fired. If he issues order and things are not working even if the chiefs have just lasted two weeks if there is no result and we are sure that they are not playing, they are not doing right it's just fine. If anybody knows that you will not last one month if there is no tangible and concrete and evidential result you will go, then people will sit up. But where are we talking? Probably when they are tired of listening to us so we just won't announce the removal of one or two of them. But nothing has changed no concrete action to show that there is an effort to eliminate these criminals who are tormenting Nigerians in Zampara state, in Kaduna state, in Niger state. As you rightly said in the north east it is not yet well in the north west now and in north central and in even south east and every part of Nigeria. We are approaching elections. How do you expect people to really come out and cast their vote if we really want a democratic process where we will use leaders that we will know that we actually chose them? How can people come out of the vote where they are not secure? I'm curious, it's very easy and I'm not in any way trying to say absolve the president to you or Mr President of his duties. But then states have governors and these governors are the people in their state to responsibility so we are just talking at the beginning. There is also Kaduna, there is Kogi state there are different states that have been having terrorist activities happening over and over and one would ask what is the job of a state governor because he also is a chief executive in that area, what are the states doing to secure their people against these terrorist acts even though we have that excuse, the very quick and easy excuse that the governors don't control the military apparatus is because they all are at the center. Yes, you see I have always explained this that the agreement by state governors that they have no way to play is really uncomfortable but one of the reasons why we sometimes just don't want to go back again and be talking about state governors is they will simply hide on a section of the constitution that says they don't have the power to the police but I do know the kind of influence they pay in who comes as a commissioner of police the kind of influence and pressure they put on the DTE SSL or who comes to their state as DTE SSL by doing this to those people they are failing to do what those people are supposed to do you see, security is everybody's business the first thing is that the governors at the state level, at the local government at the grassroot level are the ones that are supposed to have the building structure against the president unfortunately, seven years ago what we say is that structures are supposed to help unite structures are supposed to help deal with criminality structures are supposed to help addressing issues like this have actually been bastardised or deliberately distorted in such a way that they cannot have a role to play so these are the ones that have a role to play they call us as they don't think they have a role to play but actually everybody when you see people can only cooperate people can only say what they know if the system accommodate such kind of view if the system tolerate them to say what they are supposed to say if the systems protect them when they say what they know but once the system even go after them because they say what they know then everybody will be careful if it has been done to James, Ben Stilling and Peter will no longer say it won't if it has been done to Avogar then probably Abdullae and Sherwood will keep quiet I think that is where it is let me bring Kaduna, I always want to side the table when a governor came he bastardised the traditional roller system a system that would help him check and know who is the new visitor where is he coming from what is he doing today it is a system where I just want to say yes I get time to please government but in reality they are not even doing their work so when things like this are no longer functioning you didn't know that today in Nigeria the system of government that is supposed to help Nigeria unite the people is a local government but we don't really have local government we just have some institutions named in our constitution but what they just simply do is go and see the governor to know what he wants the elevation to be done and it ends there it is no longer people because the constitution of Nigeria empowers a local government but how many local government have power they just want to dance alone so the work he is supposed to do at the local government to win the heart of people to help in the direction where there is evil in speaking out and helping to ensure that evil do not grow in their community is not done so as evil keeps growing in the local community over when the local government and eventually over when the state and now over when the nation that's why we call on Mr President because he is the commander in chief that if these people things are not going right they step up and show that you are the commander in chief we again I just want to put it out there we the people the people who have been on the receiving end of this terrorism and security those who have been displaced as a result of it also it's not enough to just wait for these people that we put in office these leaders who have not like you have said been able to do their jobs what are we doing also to hold these people responsible because I'm looking at these pictures and these videos and they are very heart wrenching and God forbid another might happen there might not be an end inside and like you said we are getting ready for an election what story are we telling these people for them to want to come out and vote in the first instance if they are not even safe in their homes not safe in their places of worship and what is the likes of Christian Association or the PFN or the joint forum of religious people doing to not just save God their places of worship but also hold their leaders responsible because it's not enough for us to complain but what actions are we taking to make sure that our leaders are responsible to us it is unfortunate that our leaders have deliberately divided us they have divided us using religious line they have divided us within our ethnic identity they have divided us using our regional identity and everything that we can think of that why instead of us uniting to fight crime instead of us uniting to challenge them and hold them accountable what you hear and what you see between Nigeria is people fighting each other according to tribe fighting each other according to religion fighting each other according to the religion that people come from so there is a deliberate way that our leaders have divided us they have planted seeds of lack of trust among us so even when you want to come to fight them and hold them accountable what you get is an attack from another party thinking oh you are attacking the governor oh you are attacking the governor because he is my religion oh you are attacking the governor because he does not come from your senatorial zone oh you are attacking the president because he is not of your identity so this is the challenge we face in Nigeria and socially speaking we must as Nigerians understand the pains that is going on but take the love courage and come out to vote so that at least we can have leaders that will know we voted for them it's not going to be easy but I have shared this in several forums where I have met with people I say look we will secure our polling unit on election day if I have you understand the pastor organize yourself in your village if you have two polling units 100 people are doing a great decision 100 people are watching around and when the 100s who have finished a great decision finishing they will come back to do a great decision they will go to watch the other group will come to do a great decision that is the way we will exchange until election is over because when we get in due to what we are seeing now then our sorrow and pains is not yet over we will have another four years of bitterness four years of wailing and whipping the way you've shown us on picture with those women so we must do something we are talking are people going to do it I'm not going to say yes or no but one thing I know is that my brother teaches me is that when you tell a man a sinner that if he do this he's going to survive and he do it he will be saved but if you refuse to do it you have solved your problem you have saved yourself by telling him as the pastor my role is to tell people exactly what you've had this said I was in many rural communities during the Christmas I went around educating people and said anybody is telling you that all is well is not well we must come out we must team up we must develop local strategy that will secure us and cast our vote and ensure our vote stand because when we continue in this sphere then we have just had change now we may have lost in the right thing is not done well we have to go Reverend Hyab I want to say thank you Reverend Hyab is the chairman Christian Association of Nigeria Cadunas State let's hope that this would be the last of it and something would actually have to you know break and give our government a reason to put an end to this terrorist activities thank you so much always a pleasure to have you here alright well that's it on plus politics tonight we want to thank you all for being part of the show tonight don't forget if you have missed any bit of the show go to our YouTube plus TV Africa or plus TV Africa lifestyle subscribe and you would not miss anything and don't forget go get your PVC at your ward or your registration centre because that is like I always say 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Why did circus jugglers play megalovania from Undertale to the Pope? We asked you what topic we should cover for our first video of 2022, and this was the most popular question we got in response. This is an understandable thing to ask, while news of the Pope's second public exposure to Undertale has been widely reported, many news outlets have specifically stated that they have no idea why this happened, and what's going on. So allow us to explain three things. Why the Pope, why circus jugglers, and why megalovania. Apologies by the way to any Catholics watching this video, as a lot of this will seem like common knowledge to you. The viral video of jugglers performing to the Pope comes from the Vatican's weekly papal audience, also known as the general audience. These take place on a mostly weekly basis, and involve Pope Francis and other leaders within the Catholic Church speaking to an audience of thousands. Tickets are free, and many believers consider this a special pilgrimage. You can bring a Bible or rosary for the Pope to bless, and you can even get him to bless your baby. But, as there are typically thousands of people in attendance, you'll have to be there very early to get the best seats. It's not uncommon for a general audience to end with a performance of some sort from pilgrims or attendees, often in the form of a traditional Catholic chant. During the Christmas period, however, it's become tradition for this performance to be more celebratory, and a little more fun. Circus troops are often invited to perform at these papal audiences, especially during the festive period, although it's not unheard of for there to be circus performers at other times of year as well. The troop that performed to the Pope this year is called Ronnie Roller Circus. They are an Italian circus troop that has worked with the Catholic Church before, performing at papal audiences in 2006, 2017, and 2018. In 2016, they partnered with the Catholic Church to give a special performance to an audience of over 2,000 homeless people. In thanking the circus performers, Pope Francis said, This is a show that puts us in touch with beauty, and beauty pulls us up always. Beauty makes us go beyond, and beauty is a way to go to the Lord. So, why megalovania? Circus troops often license music, especially upbeat, jazz, or swing-inspired instrumental pieces, to build their performances around. Megalovania is an excellent fit. There's a reason this song has become so popular. It's fun to listen to, but it's also perfectly designed to sync up with rhythmic movement in Undertale's combat. This also makes it perfect for a juggling act, which can similarly be built around the music's strong beat. It's likely that there is at least one Undertale fan among the Ronnie Roller performers who saw the potential to use Megalovania to create an engaging and entertaining juggling act. We reached out to the Ronnie Roller Circus in the hopes of learning more about the performers who took part in the papal audience, but at the time of recording this video, we haven't yet had a response. This, though, is why the Pope watched a circus performance set to Megalovania, because Christmas is a time for a fun party, even if you're the Pope, and because Megalovania slaps so hard that it's perfect for a juggling act. Red and Stripes is still sick, by the way, which is why I'm filling in for her again. I'm sick, too, which is why my voice is dying, but trust me, this was the better option for this video.


Does the President annoy, frustrated with Marion Williamson for jumping in the race ahead of him? Did he want a clear field to run against the Republican nominee in 2024? Just not tracking that. I mean, if I had a, what is it called, a little globe here, wrist the wall, then I can tell you. But I imagine A-ball, whatever. If I could field her aura, I just don't have anything to share on that.  There's nothing like a good old fashioned Democratic Party primary to remind you how smug and condescending liberal elites within the Democratic Party establishment are. That's how Biden's press secretary reacted to news that Biden has a primary opponent, Marion Williamson, who announced just over the weekend. But here's how you answer that question if you don't want to make it sound like you hate democracy. Actually, no, the president is not annoyed or frustrated that the field isn't cleared for him because we believe in democracy unlike the Republicans and Marion Williamson absolutely has the right to run. And I wholeheartedly welcome her and anyone else's participation in the Democratic process because not only am I confident that the Democratic Party's primary voters will renominate the president again, but our administration's commitment to democracy is unwavering, unwavering. So no, we're not annoyed or frustrated that Marion Williamson is announcing that she's running for president. I mean, she could have said that, but instead she chose to smugly dismiss Marion Williamson as some sort of a kook, which isn't just me and spirited. It's a mischaracterization of Marion Williamson. And I get that nobody really took Marion Williamson seriously when she emerged on the national scene back in 2019, myself included. But it's not 2019 anymore. The more she talked, the more that she convinced me and others that she's not some fringe character worthy of mockery. She's a thoughtful person who's talking about issues that most politicians never address. She's calling out corrupt institutions that make politicians beholden to their corporate donors. She's objective and gives Biden credit when he's right, but condemns him when he's wrong. And she's constantly set up for disadvantaged and marginalized people again and again, regardless if it's politically expedient for her to do so. In a sub-stack op-ed she wrote about her experience with the UK's socialized healthcare system, she eloquently points out, quote, we can either base our economy on the short-term profits of huge corporate entities, or we can base our economy on an effort to increase the health and well-being of our people and planet. We can't do both. The former is an economic model that serves a few, ensuring that a majority of people will be made to sacrifice to shore up the piles of goodies being enjoyed by a small number of us. The latter is an economic model that serves the many, ensuring that a majority of people have a chance to get into the game, create their own wealth and contribute to an economy that serves everyone. So she took her experience with the UK's healthcare system and that made her realize why it's so important to decommodify healthcare, but then she extrapolated beyond that and acknowledged how other industries also prioritize profits over people. And in this next paragraph we're gonna read here, she explains beautifully why it is that politicians refuse to change this barbaric system. She writes, G, you wouldn't think that would be such a hard call referring to the system being changed and needing to be changed, and it wouldn't be if our representative democracy actually represented the people, but these days it does not. It represents its corporate donors, the very entities that thrive at the expense of people and the planet, putting the needs of an unfettered capitalism before the needs of the American people.  They don't want people to know apparently that there are successful capitalist economies in the world that still provide people what they need in order to thrive. And she's absolutely correct about that. Capitalism is a global phenomenon. It is not unique to the United States, but yet other capitalist countries have found ways to meet the basic needs of its citizens while the richest country on earth fails to provide citizens with basic material needs, basic infrastructure. Some areas of the country don't even have access to clean drinking water. So for her to address this, address our failures as a country and point directly to the institutions that cause this, that is something that we don't see. And that's why I think it's important to have voices like hers included. So that way these issues that are oftentimes neglected get talked about. Now let's listen to her speak about important issues that politicians and media usually don't touch because she goes on and on. And as you can see, she is focused specifically on policy substance. Let's listen. We have 500,000 Americans who go into medical debt every year. We have 68,000 Americans who die every year for lack of healthcare. We have 85 Americans who either underinsured or uninsured. We have an $88 billion total medical debt. And I think when you consider the fact that that produces so much economic anxiety and so many people's lives. We have 64% of Americans who live paycheck to paycheck, 60% of Americans who could not absorb a $400 unexpected expenditure. Healthcare alone would really take that level of despair and drop it quite a bit. You know what we all need to realize is exactly what you were saying before about East Palestine. What happened in East Palestine is a feature, it's not a bug of the way the current system works. And it's exactly the corruption. What I was talking about in that article is exactly the corruption that you and Sharon were talking about over the last few minutes. The deregulation, the fact that for the sake of short term profits, it's not just the railroad companies, it's the insurance companies, it's big oil. It's the pharmaceutical companies, it's big agricultural companies, it's big chemical companies, it's big food companies. It's a military industrial complex. It's the system itself. It's not just one industry and it's not just one incident. And as long as you put short term economic profits before the health and safety and well-being of people and animals and planets, we are going to get more and more East Palestinians. But you know, this is the thing. It's not like one particular institution. Slavery was one institution. You gotta end it with institutionalized oppression of women we need suffrage. One institution that needs to be removed. Segregation, one institution. Today, it's more like an atomizer spray. An atomizer spray of injustice. It's the racial inequality and our criminal justice system here. It's infiltration of white supremacists into our police there. It is lack of healthcare over here. It is the fact that people don't have healthy food over there. It is the East Palestinians. It is the economic, it is the environmental injustice of it all. It is the fact that we have some such high rates of chronic illness in this country. And of course, the war machine in the United States. So at this point, we need to recognize that the system is so deeply corrupt that the corruption is baked into the cake. And at this point, I don't think the system is going to disrupt itself. I mean, how can anyone listen to that and smugly dismiss her as the kooky crystal lady? She is a thoughtful, progressive using her platform to raise the salience of important issues. But Biden's press secretary in the media, they've all just collectively chosen to dismiss her in the most smug, infuriating manner possible. But here's the thing. They don't even need to do that. Any primary challenger to an incumbent president has a near 0% chance of winning even a single primary. Everyone knows this. So why the unnecessary vitriol? That's the question. First of all, I think that it's because they're just genuinely smug, miserable people. And second of all, it's because even if Mary Ann Williamson politically isn't a threat to Biden in the sense that she can beat him in a Democratic Party primary, her presence alone will unilaterally raise the standards. That's important. I mean, do you think that Biden wants to talk about healthcare when the entire health industry bet on him as their savior for Medicare for All back in 2020? I mean, when was the last time he even vocalized support for a public option? That's what he ran on as the preferable system to Medicare for All. So do you think that Biden wants to talk about these policies? Of course he doesn't. Because it makes him look bad. He doesn't want to discuss how his immigration policies are arguably as cruel as Donald Trump's. Having a primary challenger reminds him that there is widespread dissatisfaction within his own party, and that encourages him to do better. It raises the standards. That's why there's this smug condescending dismissal. It's because even if Mary Ann Williamson will have a very difficult time at beating Joe Biden, if not a near impossible time of beating him, she still is a threat to him in that limited sense. So I, for one, am thankful that Biden is getting a primary challenger. In fact, I'm consistent in my support for democracy and believe that every single incumbent politician, including ones that I agree with, like Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar, should all get primary challengers every single cycle and be forced to debate them. I don't have to support those primary challengers, but I think that robust competition matters in democratic societies and people who are small D Democrats should support that. But you see, I'm confident also in the incumbent politicians that I support. I think that they would survive intraparty primaries. So if the Biden administration is confident as well, then what do they have to worry about? Why needlessly attack Mary Ann Williamson and laugh at her? Especially if you know you're overwhelmingly likely to win anyway. It's because they don't want to be forced to address their own failures. So with that being said, I think it's obvious if you haven't picked up on it by now, I will indeed be voting for Mary Ann Williamson over Joe Biden in 2024 because I agree with her. And even if the odds are against her, I don't think that we should just automatically coordinate Biden. There's no harm in making him work at least a little bit for that nomination again. But I am curious to know what other leftists think. So be sure to share your thoughts down below and don't forget to give the video a like to help us beat YouTube's algorithm. And of course, if you're not already subscribed, what are you doing?


Good morning, everyone. My name is Brendan McGuire. Thank you all for being here this morning. We have a lot of lawyers here in City Hall today. That's definitely not always a good thing. But today it definitely is. We have an important announcement that we hope will bring more lawyers into this building and into the rest of the administration. And for more on that, I'll introduce our mayor, Eric Adams. Thanks so much, Brendan. And this is just really part of the continuation of what this administration stated. We were going to do creating partnerships with our public sector. And this is probably one of the most significant aspects of it. And that is bringing in legal minds to help us deal with many of the challenges the city has faced over these last few months. We have the challenges of how we dealt with the pandemic, how we dealt with a monkeypox, how we dealt with the migrant and asylum seekers. And our lawyers have been stretched thin, making sure that they can keep up with the pace of the legal challenges that we were facing. And I really want to commend the Corporation Council and our entire legal team how they have burned the midnight oil to come up with these real answers in real time. In our morning briefings, being prepared in the courtrooms and executing a very clear plan on how to protect the citizens of this city. And today we're really excited. This is an initiative that Brendan McGuire, my chief counsel, he brought this to me several months ago. I thought it was too good to be true, getting legal fellows to come in and assist us on the dime of the law firms in the city.  That's a great word. And so we're here today to announce the inaugural class of legal fellows. And they're doing more than providing a legal opportunity to our city, but it's providing opportunities for these lawyers. It's unimaginable, those who have served in public service, they would tell you the rewarding feeling of that. I spoke a few weeks ago to one of the creators of the Peace Corps where years ago people used to go away and do service and they came back different. They felt different and they treated people differently. And having young attorneys at the beginning of their legal careers come into government and provide public service in a public sector environment, it can only help develop their full personhood as attorneys. And this is a major, major investment being made by our law firms. It's an investment into our future. These attorneys, these legal fellows will be working for one year. And one of the agencies, one of the nine agencies that are behind us, each one of them are talking about the national challenge that we're facing with an attorney shortage. And they were excited about this program and we're excited about this. The legal fellows will gain valuable experience in public policy and bring the experience and perspective to their work in the private sector and deepen the relationship between the city and generation of lawyers that will be in the city for many years. Our program is part of a long-term effort. As I stated, we're bringing in tech experts and asking our tech industries to loan us some of their people to solve some of the problems that we're facing, bringing in people in healthcare professions. We are looking towards the private sector and we're asking them, do your part, be a partner with us. And these law firms have stepped up and clearly indicated their willingness to help the city during these difficult times. Too often lawyers must devote themselves entirely to one aspect of their work for the entire career. That is not here. When you work in city government, you're going to get a full taste of all of the problems that a city of this size is facing. And we want everyone to have a chance to serve the city, help the city and help the city move towards the future. So it's a win-win. We're excited about it. The lawyers will gain experience in the public service and the city will gain from their experience in looking over some of the illegal items that we are facing. We are proud that this class of fellows will provide support and our lawyers across the city because it is about giving that support all of our legal teams, all of our councils and all of our agencies are inundated with the various legal issues that are facing us. And so when you're looking out for the 8.8 million people to give you a sense of pride in your city and it gives you the level of commitment so that we as a city can do with all we state we can get stuff done. And I want to thank the law firms in general. But specifically I want to thank a long-time government employee, a private citizen, an advocate for the city. Randy just has been amazing throughout the years that I've known him and always willing, even during our transition, to step up and give his insight and foresight on how to form government and how to operate in government. And so I really thank you for what you are doing and I think all of the councils we have here and the representatives from our different law firms are stating that we are wearing one jersey and that's the jersey that states Team New York. Thank you very much, Randy. Thank you, Mayor. And thank you for your support throughout the development stage of this program. This administration is full of lawyers because the mayor values the judgment, the rigor and the creativity that a good lawyer can bring to the table. There may be some days he regrets the number of lawyers he's brought in but I think more days are better than others. He also understands importantly, I think, that lawyers are the foundation for good government in any administration. And so I just like to make three brief points about the objectives and the promise of the legal fellows program. First, every day our team here tries to view each challenge as an opportunity. And this program is an example of that. The city has never needed lawyers as more than it does today. There are currently hundreds of lawyer positions vacant and the city's lawyers at the law department and within its agencies do incredible work every day even though they are shorthanded. But we also recognize that as the legal capital of the world, our city is home to the most talented, hardest working and most civic oriented group of lawyers on the planet. And many of them want an opportunity to do purpose driven work in service of the public. And some of them are fortunate enough to work for law firms that are committed to providing them with such opportunities while at the same time helping the city in its time of need. And as the mayor said, this is a win for everyone involved. The second point is that there's no doubt that our class of fellows will experience engaging, challenging and meaningful work. As a lawyer for this city, that's a given. But what will be more valuable for these lawyers than the work they experience is the people that they experience. The collection of lawyer leaders and general councils that the mayor has assembled in this administration is second to none. And each of them will serve as a role model for our fellows next year. And I'm grateful that some of them have agreed to join us here today. Three of the five deputy mayors that the mayor has appointed are actually lawyers. Two of them are here right behind me. Deputy Mayors Joshi and Williams Isom. Each of them is a quintessential lawyer leader who have had and continue to have an extraordinary impact in public service. They're also they've also been clever enough to figure out to find jobs where they don't really have to deal with lawyers that much. We're also joined here today by Chief of Staff Frank Carone, a longtime advisor to the mayor, who similarly has applied his experiencing his experience managing a law firm in the private sector to the management here of City Hall. And the mayor's reliance on lawyers does not end within City Hall. He's entrusted some of the most challenging and important agencies and mayoral offices to the leadership of lawyers. And we're joined here today by some of them, whose agencies will host service hosts to next year's legal fellows. On behalf of Chancellor David Banks, who's a lawyer. We're joined here by First Deputy Dan Weisberg, also a lawyer. We're joined here by DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber. On behalf of Mayor's Office of Risk Management and Compliance Director Marjorie Landa, John Claude LeBeck is here. And we also have the heads of several host agencies here who I think are good on good authority are delighted that they're not lawyers. But I want to just mention them and I apologize if I forget anyone. But we have Renee Castro, Renee Campione, rather from Office of Labor Management. And we also have Deanna Logan from the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, who is a lawyer. That's exactly right. And next to her, Lisa Flores, you are not a lawyer. Yes, you are not a lawyer. And Lisa Flores. So I just want to thank this group of my colleagues here for their support of this program. And then finally, I'd just like to express my gratitude to the eight firms who have agreed to invest in this program and in the city. Firms of this caliber that are represented here today receive many, many requests and demands on their resources and on their people. And they're very careful in how they spend their time and those resources. And we so appreciate, as the mayor said, that they see the value in this program for their lawyers and in particular that they've agreed to partner with the city at this time that the cities need. And we hope we really do hope that this is just the beginning and that this will enable us to expand our relationship with each of you going forward. And so with that, I'd like to introduce, as the mayor alluded to, a real supporter of this administration and someone who from day one was a strong supporter of this program and who's also obviously no stranger here to City Hall. Randy Master of King and Spalding. Thank you, Brandon. Thank you. I'm here on behalf of all of these great law firms, but I'm from King and Spalding with my partner, Craig Carpanito to say how honored we are to partner with the city administration on this rewarding program, which reflects the very best of New York's legal community. Now, I used to have the office right down the hall here. I know the value of public service, but I also know in the private sector, we have an obligation to give back. So to be a part of this brings back a lot of fond memories of public service and how we will be able to share it with some of our young lawyers. Now, when the call came from the city administration, to participate in this program, we at King and Spalding, of course, responded to the call. But when it came from this mayor, Eric Adams, it was an easy call. Mayor, we know we appreciate the challenges ahead on crime, on gun violence, on homelessness, on asylum seeking, on issues relating to the environment and civil rights, on bringing the city back from COVID and bringing people back to the office. We, as I look here behind me with leaders of so many of our city's leading law firms, here to support you in that effort, because we, like you, Mr. Mayor, love this city. And we want to see you succeed because when you succeed, we all succeed on behalf of our city. So I see here this the first step in an army of lawyers from the private sector, an army of litigators prepared to help you address the challenges through our legal system that you face, because Mr. Mayor, we support you, we want to see you succeed and we thank you for giving us this opportunity on behalf of our great city. So thank you, Brendan, thank you, Mayor. Really appreciate it. How are you? I have a couple questions about the program. Initially, I know that Brendan did say that there's hundreds of agencies within the city for law jobs for lawyers. If after the year-long fellowship, I believe it's a year-long fellowship. If some of these fellows say, you know, I really want to work in the city and see will those jobs be available to them? And secondly, what else is the city doing to address this huge vacancy? I know people say there's low pay, some people don't like they need to be in the office five days a week. I don't know what policies it's under law for. What else beyond this fellowship is the city doing to hire full-time, not just fellows? Well, first, as you have noticed throughout the last 10 months, this administration is really equipped to manage crises. The reason you're not talking about COVID a lot, because we managed it. The reason I don't hear any more questions on asylum seekers, we managed it. We managed monkeypox. And so sometimes when you manage these crises, you don't even realize the normality of your life returning because we're doing a good job of managing it. What we don't do is just do one path. We have a crisis right now, a national crisis, not a New York crisis, a national crisis in employment. There's a transformation of post COVID, what works looks like. The entire country is wrestling with that. So we need to deal with the immediate concerns and be creative in doing so. And that is this program. It's a level of creativity to deal with the immediate concerns. Then we have a long term plan of how do we really recruit a city government, a city government for far too long, rested on their own success that everyone came to them. Those days are over. We have to now be competitive and recruit talent that we want. But while we're doing that recruitment and bringing people in, we need to deal with the immediate crisis that's in front of us. And that is how this administration function. We're going to bring on this immediate help, the Calvary. Today you hear in the bugles that they're coming in to help. But we have a long term plan to recruit. And that means going out and not just waiting for people to come to city government, but going out and finding the talent. Because they're being paid by their current law firm. Yes. What is the pathway for them? If they want to actually come to the city, they'll take a page or how does that work? So it's a good question. We're going to see how this goes. This is not designed to poach talent from the law firms. They have invested a lot in these lawyers. But the goal here is really, in addition to the short term, addressing the short term needs of the city that the mayor described, there's also a long term effort here to try to further expose lawyers in the private sector to all that city service has to offer. And to encourage those lawyers, should they choose to, at some point in their careers, to devote a chapter of their careers in service of the city? So the hope here is that this will, this first class will serve as a group of ambassadors going back into their firms and into their networks. To try to communicate to their colleagues and their friends that this is really a path that is well worth considering for a lawyer in the city. And I think that's so important, what Brendan stated, because Brendan was in private practice, Frank was in private practice. There's a calling when you get a taste of changing the lives of people on a city-wide, and in some cases a national, the rogue Brendan and Judge Hyme Radix and others, and A.G. James did around Ghost Guns, that's a national game changer. The things we're doing around asylum seekers, what Deputy Mayor William Isom is doing, people have called us all over the country to talk about how we manage. And so when you get a taste of public sector work, it's a game changer. And so there may be some who come in, go back to their firms.  I've done well in my life, I'm doing well financially. I want to now go back and help. And so I think the model of service, I think everyone should experience service, public service at one time. Even if they go on to do other things with their lives, public service allows you to have a full scope of what is happening in this city and participate in it. And so I'm excited about this. Not only for the lawyers, but for the other firms. We're asking every corporation to allow their employees, their younger employees in general, to cycle through government work. Are there specific areas that you're concerned about where you're seeing like a backlog or there are really strong issues that are happening because the city doesn't have enough lawyers? And secondly, I'm wondering if there's any thought of doing this program to sort of help people, for example, there are people who need lawyers to challenge their conflict rent issues and other things that have been complaints about that. I'm wondering if there's any efforts to maybe expand this program out that way to help people as well. Well, we don't wait until the problem is beyond control before we respond. We are seeing an issue and during our morning briefings, we acknowledge the issue. We put an entire team together to do an analysis around work and what post-work environment looks like. And so instead of waiting until something is out of control, we got ahead of it. And we stated that let's come up with creative ways. Let's think differently about solving the new problems that we're facing. And so city services are continuing. People are still doing their jobs of their, you know, they're working longer and harder. We're doing more with less. So we're not waiting until something gets beyond our span of control. That is why we're getting ahead of it by being creative. And we're going to go out and continue to do the recruitment. Brenda, do you want to answer that? I would just say that it's all really connected and that the idea here is because of the shortage, there's a need in a lot of areas. But I think the goal over this year is to see how well are these fellows working in these particular agencies? How can we leverage them the most, give them the richest experience possible while also looking toward the following year, as you said, to potentially expand it in areas of particularly acute need? Folks, thank you. I need some more. You just give me these low-shopping. How are you? Sorry about that. That's all good. But there's a question. Why were these specific agencies chosen in particular and why not others? And also with the lawyers getting their pay from their firms, will their wages be transparent like other city government employees? Well, number one, my lawyer would talk about the wages, you know, but they ask not, you receive not. These these agencies said, hey, we love it. Let's do it. They stated that the resources we bring to an agency, we want the agency to embrace those resources. And all of these agencies here, we told them this is the program we're going to do. Are you interested in it? And they said, heck, yes, you know, this is a great idea. It's a great win-win. And that is why they're here. And other agencies may turn on and see how well you guys and ladies reported this. And they may reach out and say, hey, we would like to be in this program as well. Brendan. Just on the wages piece and more broadly on potential conflicts between these firms, the work these firms do and the city, we have received guidance on this program from the Conflict of Interest Board. And and so all of that has been addressed. They will, they will, as you said, receive receive their compensation from the law firms and the ordinary course. But in all other respects, they will be full time city employees who will who will perform in the same way as if they were as if they were full time city employees and getting paid by the city. OK, thank you. Thanks. So a few off topics. How are you doing? Congressman Zeldin is intimated that he's still close with you, that you still converse, that he get along very well with you as governor, given that there is a good overlap between his positions on criminal justice and your positions on criminal justice. How accurate are those intimations? You know, everyone knows that I endorsed, support, campaign for, rally for Kathy Hoker.  And I am not aligned with anyone that believes we should be giving guns to teachers and others for like hell and advocated for the crime bill to be passed. Lee did not sign on to that. And so we serve together in the Senate. We've always had a cordial relationship, but we just had we have some real philosophical disagreements that Kathy is aligned with me and I think she's a great partner. And I'm looking forward to going back to Albany. We have some real challenges in front of us on criminal justice and bail reform, specifically. I know that wasn't a topic really of the summit a couple of weeks ago. But are you still in favor of something like a dangerous and a standard or putting some juveniles in adult criminal court? I've always made it clear of what we must do around the criminal justice reforms. I've been very clear on that. I have not in any way moved away from those issues. But I know as I stated at the forum that there are far too many issues we all agree on. And that is what we need to deal with. You know, when you look at even some of the issues that are playing out on Rikers, far too many of those inmates are there too long. It's just it is it's not sustainable to have a criminal justice system operate this way. How are you here? Can you tell me what you know about commissioner all just legal exposure and when you learn of it? Of when you guys started calling around from with tips, we had no idea of, you know, we got notified like you did. I think reporters were calling a team. That's when I became aware of yesterday. I know the I think that the from my understanding, the Manhattan DA is looking is going to review on some things. And when the outcome comes, you know, every person in in government should always, no matter what form of government, should always participate with any review that one of our bodies look into. We're going to take it as the days go. Thank you, Mr. Follow up on Emily's question. I have spoken to the commissioner since news broke that he's under criminal investigation. Has he told you what happened? No, my chief counsel has communicated with him. And I don't know if you guys look at my schedule, but I'm sitting up to sundown. I'm all over the place and I haven't had a chance. His ongoing service in city government. Is it appropriate for him to stay in charge of the buildings department while on your criminal investigation? I assume being on the criminal investigation comes with. Having to having a lot on your plate, having to address that in various ways, wouldn't that compromise the integrity of the buildings department to have someone in charge of the department that's under criminal program? We've got a great team over at DOB and the DOB Department of Builders is going to continue to do the great work that they're doing. We're in a debt, it's going on. Governor Opal has said that she's not going to be touching bail changes right now. And you've said that she's a great partner, you're aligned with her. But do you think if bail is important, something that you ran was a part of your campaign? Do you think those changes are important, especially in light of what's going on with increased fear of the subways, et cetera? And of course, Commissioner Sewell earlier this morning said she thought that those changes to bail and adding a dangerous to standard were important and want that to happen. So again, are you pressing Governor Opal to make these changes on bail reform and if not, why? Again, I say this over and over again. Everyone wants to talk about only bail reform. Our system is broken. And it takes a level of discipline to look at every aspect of that broken system. Many rivers feed to see a violence and the incompetency of our criminal justice system. And I align, I am aligned with Governor Hoku on far too many of those issues. And I lean into those issues that we are aligned on and I'm going to continue to articulate the issues that I think are important. I'm sorry. Listen, you know, I believe we can always do better in every area of our criminal justice system until we get the perfection that we're looking for. Standard background check revealed that he had just died or any underbred flats to City Hall. Brenda, do you want to answer that question? Sure. So Sally, he went through the same DOI background process that every other eligible member of the administration should go through. We don't comment on the results of that. But, you know, needless to say, this administration takes very seriously what turns up in those DOI background checks. And we have in the past taken action when necessary, based on what those investigations find. So. So if there was a right flag raised, he would have acted on that. I think fair to assume that this has been done in the normal course. And I don't want to get, I don't want to get out ahead of DOI. It's their investigation that they've conducted. So I'll just stop there. But he followed the process that all other senior leaders in the administration followed. Jack. May I'm wondering if you think that Eric should still be in charge at the building for the party. Is he still in charge at the building for the party? Is he still in charge of those decisions? And then secondly, I'm wondering, you know, you've been a great believer of giving people second chances and opportunities. You've talked about your own background. I'm wondering, do you think that applies in this case? I think that first of all, to peel back your questions, number one, Eric is still the commissioner there. Number two, I really think that this is really so early for us to be saying, should we, shouldn't we, should we, should we, should we? DA's office is going to do their review. And that review will determine how to move forward. Right, right. What's that? It sounds like the DA didn't get it. No, no, the DA's job is to ensure the integrity of any review that they do and they're separate from city hall. I do not expect anyone to give anyone a heads up on what they're doing. They do what they do, we do what we do. And I respect that, that firewall. That's an excellent firewall and people must have trust in any review and body. So they did what they were supposed to do. Are you going to burn it there twice? What's up with that? I'm sorry. Oh, me and Ty, you've taken care of COVID. Looking at recent data, only less than half of New Yorkers have gotten the bi-valent booster. What are your thoughts about that? And do you think that counts as being taken care of? Well, if I said me, it's we. And we consist of the Health Department, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, citizens that got their booster shots, people who wore their mask. What we witnessed was the coordination of city agencies and New Yorkers coming together, managing a crisis. I was here in the peak of the crisis.  And anytime you manage a crisis, to move it from the crisis level to the level of stabilizing, there's still going to be those that didn't do fully what's needed. People need to get boosted, people need to take the vaccine, and we need to continue to follow those safe practices that we've done. I wash my hands more than I've ever done. And so these practices are now incorporated. But what I do know is that COVID was on the front pages of all of our papers when I took office. You couldn't open to people without the conversation of COVID. I know what this team has done and what we continue to do as we manage these crises and allow people to realize the success of that. And I hear often, I'm the pilot. Anyone that's wishing for the pilot to fail, they better realize they're on this plane. We're all in this together. Right now, I'm the pilot. And we should be all praying for safe landing as we're in this plane together and not cross our fiends for something happy. Pray for me, because I got the landings. Thank you.


up and run, because I get hardcore in the ring, like ladders and thumbtacks, my punches will beat a man to death, like what Chris did to Bugs Dad, your fists love taps, if we box one round I'd have the dude on the shelf, when I hit him with the right left, right left, one, two, one, two, like one thousand two hundred and twelve.  Did you spike me? Look, if you wanted me to get off my face you should have just asked me casual, I don't need drugs to make me do the robot like I'm part mechanical. Just get me sugar in me and my dancing's magical, I'm a piñata, that's a party animal.  So when E4 raps, he is trash, he just changes the word to fit with the scheme he has. What a genius.  Every single fan of his will giggle, clap with him, it's embarrassing, his gimmick acts on stick to rap. Go tip the top with him, Ricky Cotton V, Mickey Flanagan and then out.  It was winter in Australia, so I started packing some sweaters, a coat made out of Italian leather, and an umbrella to make sure I wasn't caught out by the lack of good weather.  Turns out I'm not the most practical dresser, I've been sweatin' like Roll Paris standard together with an under 13 year old family member. I'm sweatin' like Steve Oh and in a deep water animal centre. The battle done D. It is. The battle done D, a man who makes Iggy Azalea look like a national treasure. I'm about to see him collapse in the centre, I'll be like watching Michael J. Fox practising Jenga. But to be honest mate, Speedy Gonzales should have been your proper name because you're animated, Mexican and your career progressions been underlay, so stop it mate. You're right. You're getting mad with him. I'm not one of them swank.   There's something he won't want me cryin' out and it's not something he's going to take lying down. You are up once, sorry sorry. Quiet down. Hello? Mum, yeah. It's not really the best time to be calling okay? It's currently getting a little bit awkward on stage. No no no, I did already say I can't make an empty dinner, I'm performing today. Raptor. Raptor. The ones you said you'd rather miss. Mancunian. They're not the one that battled Charlie Clips, I know we're getting clipped, right okay. Remember when we watched the title match, you're half of it. Raptor is the one whose parts we skipped. We don't think I don't know some shifty kids who love you. Clap quick for 50 quid translation. You can get shot on the cheek like an indie flick. My punch is it addin' it. My punch is it addin' it. Ninja's fist, leave him on the injured list. All my lines fire posse. Like a ginger minge. I've been called since birth like an Inuit. It's dangerous. So watch your mouth. And don't start throwing some names in it.  If you take it too far, and I've told you to save your lip. You'll see a couple swinging like an open relationship. Some man-a-like. Pedro made it. Metro page six. You're on the stove, but you're turning in the dope. You got a burner in the holster and a burner for a phone.   Like your furniture at home. We hang out a bit. But if you think we're mates, you got me labeled wrong. I only drive you round so I can park in the disabled spot. Let me put a disabled spot. It's making me sad. I want to cry. It's the only reason I'm hanging with Brad is because he drives.


College softball has started. We got a pretty cool story on day one. We got bases loaded for Yukon. They're down a run in Grace Jenkins. The catcher is up. She's already got a single on the day. Oh, one count hammers it. It's her college debut and she hits a grand slam to give her team the lead. They're pumped up about it. She's just smiling as she's rounding the bases ear to ear. Gotta love that. Little Huskies and then the foot stomp. And one of her teammates, they knew. Look, right there. Bam, I'll stomp with you. Let's move some earth. All right, now, this is not the same ending, but her sister, her twin sister, Hope Jenkins, also up 2-0 count. The score is now six to three, Yukon, and she is going to put that one right up the middle. She had a sack fly earlier in the game. Grace and Hope Jenkins, college debut for twin sisters and not only are they both hitting, Hope is the pitcher and Grace is the catcher and they're doing that dance together too. In the bottom of the fifth inning here, she had just given up a home run, trying to get back on track.  I love how they stare at each other. I mean, a lot of pitchers and catchers do that, but they're twin sisters, so it makes it cooler. Little bit of a jam here in the sixth inning with the runner on third. High strike out, loves it. Let's go, screaming at her sister. And then Grace is gonna pick her up throughout the base runner. They're doing everything in this game. I don't think you could ask for a better debut for twin sisters, if that's something you were gonna ask for. So now we're gonna go into the bottom of the seventh, one run game, trying to close it out.  That's the first out. Two outs to go, but they're gonna run into some funkiness. That one's thrown over the third baseman's head, left fielder's gonna throw it in. Third baseman can't get it. That was Hope diving in, she couldn't get it.  I mean, one of the results you could have had. Strike one, strike two, ump loves that spot.  I love the energy, let's go. And then they're gonna calm down and a wave of serenity is gonna come and they're gonna hug each other and they're gonna be like, God damn, which we're in sisters and we just are going through this together and that's beautiful.


Now we're going to look at another problem involving projectile motion. Your friend throws a dodgeball at you, but luckily you managed to dodge it. The dodgeball bounces off the ground with a speed of four meters per second at an angle of 40 degrees to the horizontal and hits a wall one meter away. How fast is the ball travelling when it hits the wall? There's a lot of information here, so the first thing to do is to draw a diagram to help keep all that information close by. The only part that we care about is what happens after the dodgeball bounces off the ground, so that's what we'll draw. We know that the wall is one meter away. We know the initial speed was four meters per second and it was travelling at an angle of 40 degrees to the horizontal. To solve this problem, it's easiest to work out the horizontal and vertical components separately when the dodgeball hits the wall. Then we can add the vector components back together and get the total velocity. We start by writing an expression for our vertical and horizontal velocities, which we can get from trigonometry. We find that vix is equal to 4 times cos 40 meters per second, while viy is equal to 4 times sin 40 meters per second. Now, the wall is one meter away from where the ball bounced. The horizontal velocity vx doesn't change, it's the same at the wall as it was initially. The vertical velocity of the wall is given by g times t plus viy, where t is the time it takes to reach the wall, since there's a constant acceleration provided by gravity. So, before we add the vertical and horizontal components together, we need to figure out what t is. This is fairly easy to work out from the horizontal motion. Since the horizontal velocity is constant, the horizontal distance x is equal to vix times t, which we can rearrange to find t. So now we can substitute this into our expression for the final vertical velocity. And substituting in our values, we find that the vertical velocity is equal to minus 0.62 meters per second. The minus here means that the ball is moving downwards. Doing the same for the horizontal velocity, we multiply vix by t and find that the horizontal velocity at the wall is 3.06 meters per second. So now we just need to add our vector components back together. Remember that because these are components of vectors, we can't just add the horizontal and vertical speeds. Instead, since they're at right angles to each other, we can add them together using Pythagoras's theorem. Thus, the total magnitude of the velocity when the ball hits the wall is the square root of the vertical velocity squared plus the horizontal velocity squared. And this comes out to 3.12 meters per second. So now we're almost there. Remember that velocity is a vector, so it needs a direction too. We can use trigonometry. The tan of an angle is the opposite over the adjacent, so the arc tan of the opposite over the adjacent will give us the angle. Putting in the different velocities, we get negative 11.5 degrees. The negative in the angle means that it's below the horizontal instead of above, which is what we expect based on our problem. So in summary, the ball hits a wall with a velocity of 3.12 meters per second, 11.5 degrees below the horizontal.


Okay, recording is on. Welcome back everyone to our last session for today. And let me just see there was a question in here. What is the difference between calling and... What's the difference between a calling, vision and purpose? Then there's another question. Is there any difference between a mentor and a spiritual father? Okay, so let's just quickly answer these questions between a calling, vision and purpose. Now, generally, these are related, but they're just different aspects of what God wants us to do. So when we say calling, it means that God has a plan for you. And a calling is, you can think of it as an invitation.  Would you like to come and serve me? Or would you like to come and do this for my kingdom? A calling is an invitation. It is not something God will force you to do.  He won't do that. He invites us. That's why we are coworkers with God. That means we say yes to God and we work with Him. He won't force us and He invites us. So that invitation is a calling and we say yes to that call. So when you receive that invitation from God, you say yes to it. You're saying yes to the calling.  What is a vision? A vision is a picture of a future that God wants to see fulfilled. It's a vision.  It's a vision for your life. So God gives you an invitation. He also gives you a vision, a picture of what the future would be like when you do it. And then in order to fulfill that vision, you should have some objectives. I'm going to do this. Those objectives or those assignments are what we call as purpose. I'm living for this purpose. And it's, of course, all aligned. It's aligned to God's calling, to the vision. You have a purpose. This is why I'm living here. So they're all connected. They're all part of the same thing, but they're just different aspects of the same thing. This is what God wants to work through you, work through your life. I hope that's clear. Mark is ready. Next, is there any difference between a mentor and a spiritual father? The difference is the kind of relationship we share. A spiritual father will be a spiritual father or mother. Can you use any gender? Is a mentor, but not every mentor is a spiritual father or mother.  They give some input in your life for a particular thing. That's a mentor, a coach, right? But a spiritual father has a relationship where they're journeying with you. Typically over an extended period of time, they're journeying with you. They're pouring into your life. So they serve as a mentor. But what does a spiritual father do really?  That's a father or a mother. A mentor helps develop a certain skill, certain capability, certain learning in a certain area. That's a mentor. So that's the big difference, right? A mentor gives input in your life for a particular thing to enhance your skill, your learning, your experience.  That's a different kind of a journey. So that's the main difference between a mentor and somebody who's a spiritual father or mother. I hope that helps. Any other questions from people in class? People online? Everyone's happy? Okay. So let's go to our last session and we'll be done. So we're talking about following Jesus today and in this orientation week. As you get ready to journey through this semester, through this year, this is our goal. Our goal is to follow Jesus. Jesus. So in following Jesus, we said we must follow his lifestyle, meaning how he lived, he must live. Live like him. Walk as he walked. Live as he lived. So we follow Jesus in lifestyle and we also follow Jesus in ministry. I mean, in the service that we do, in the work we do, we follow Jesus. And if you examine the ministry of Jesus, of course, there will be a lot of things that you and I can say about the ministry of Jesus. I just make these four points just to emphasize certain things that ministry for Jesus, number one, it came from his place of intimacy with God. It came from that. So ministry was not, oh, I have to do some work. Otherwise, my father won't give me food to eat. It's not like that. Ministry was not a job that he was doing. It was from the place of intimacy. He was doing ministry. I think a great verse on this. There's a lot. I think if you study the Gospel of John, you can see this come out so powerfully. But I'll just reference us to one verse in John chapter five and verse 19. It comes out so powerfully in John five verse 19. Jesus said, most surely I say to you, the son can do nothing of himself. But what he sees the father do, for whatever he, that is the father does, the son also does in like manner. Verse 20, for the father loves the son and shows him all things that he himself does. And he will show him greater works of these that you may marvel. Notice what he says in verse 19. He says, to put it in simple terms, look, I'm not doing this ministry by my own self. I'm not doing this work. My ministry is not just my own. I'm not doing it of my own self. The son can do nothing of himself. But I am doing whatever I'm seeing the father do. The father is showing me, I am following. That means it's coming out of that place of relationship with the father. And that's what I'm doing. I want to encourage all of us. That's what ministry must be. It must not be something we do of ourselves. See, we can do a lot by ourselves. We can. Look at the world around us. People have done so many things, big things. They've gone to the moon and come. I understand that, you know, it's God who's given us the brains and the intelligence and all that. But there's so many people, they do things on their own. Godless people, they build big businesses and do this and that and all kinds of things. So we can do a lot of things, but those things don't matter for God. What we have to do is to do the will of the father. Jesus said in John 15, without me, you can do nothing. Actually, you can do a lot of things, but all that you do without him amounts to nothing. It won't last till eternity. But if you and I want to do things that will last for eternity, then it has to come from him. Without me, you can do nothing. Jesus said, I do nothing of myself. But what I see the father, what the father is telling me, that's what I'm doing. So the essence of it is this. The ministry must come out of our relationship with and let it happen. Let it be a flow from your relationship with God, let it come. Now we must work hard. I'm not saying we must not work hard. You know, the Apostle Paul said, you know, I've worked more than all the other apostles. First Corinthians 1510. He said, I've worked more than the other. Yes, we have to work hard. We'll talk about all of that in the future. But everything is coming from God. He is guiding us. He's directing us. He's giving us the strength and we are completely dependent on him. That's the kind of ministry we want to have. The Psalm has said Psalm 127 verse one, unless the Lord builds the house, the labor in vain, who build it? Of course you can build the house by yourself, but that amounts to nothing. That will not last for eternity.  It'll have fruit for eternity, unless the Lord builds the house. Our work is useless. Right?  I'm submitting it to you. Now to use it to do your will, what you want me to do. Yes, I will use my energy. Yes, I will use my strength, but it is to do what he tells me to do. Out of that place of intimacy. So position yourself like that. That way there will be no need for competition. That person is doing so much fine. That's up to him. I must do what God wants me to do. We're not competing with each other. God is not asking me, did you do better than that person? He's asking you, did you do what I told you to do? That's it. Right? So there's no competition here. We're not competing with other churches, other ministries, other people. No, no, no, no. Only thing is it will come, whatever I do, it must come from God. It must be born of God. It must be birthed of God. Right? And that's how Jesus did his ministry. The son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father to whatever he shows me I'm doing. Okay. So ministry, keep it like that. Otherwise, sometimes ministry can be driven out of jealousy. You learned that earlier this week. Ah, he started Bible college. I will also start Bible college. Even to America. I also go to America. Why are you doing this? It is ministry, but it is birthed out of competition, jealousy. That is not ballot. It won't last. So don't do anything out of being motivated. Don't do anything in ministry, being motivated by competition, jealousy, all that. No, no.  Jesus said, I don't do anything of myself. Only what I see the Father do, whatever he shows me, that's what I do. Second thing about ministry is Jesus spent a lot of time teaching and preaching. Yeah. You can see four gospels over and over again. Every day, morning, night, afternoon, he was teaching and preaching. He spent a lot of time in teaching and preaching. The Father, the words of God. So part of our, what we do in ministry must involve the teaching and the preaching of the word of God. It may seem, you know, why are you spending so much time teaching and preaching? Well, that's part of the ministry because God works through his words. And if we can put the word of God into the lives of people, it will change them. It will empower them. It will strengthen them. So we put a lot of effort into the teaching and the preaching of the word of God. Jesus did that. He spent a lot of time. He went from city to city teaching and preaching in the cities, in the towns, in the villages. He was teaching, preaching the word. The teaching preached the word of God. Get the word of God out to people. That must be our focus. So the focus is not to promote myself or promote our ministry or promote our name. No, no, no. Just teach and preach the word of God. Be happy. However, the word of God goes out. Be happy because that word, the word of God will change people's lives. Get the word of God out. Jesus spent a lot of time doing that. Then, number three, Jesus spent a lot of time doing the Father's works. When I say the Father's works, I mean the healing, the miracles, the deliverance, the supernatural. So that's number three. Maybe I'll just change that. And I'll just say doing the supernatural, doing the works, the miraculous works of God. Jesus emphasized that a lot. And we need to do that. The challenge in the church is that we kind of gone away from believing in the super... I'm not saying everywhere, but in some parts of the church, we've gone away from believing God for the supernatural in healing and deliverance and the miraculous. But we need to maintain that because Jesus maintained that. For Jesus, that was very important. I'll just reference a few verses here. If you go with me to John chapter 10, John 10. And we look at a few verses. John 10, we look at verse 24, 25, and also verse 37. John 10, 24. Then the Jews surrounded him and said to him, How long do you keep us in doubt if you are the Christ? Tell us plainly. Jesus answered them. I told you and you do not believe. The works that I do in my father's name, they bear witness of me. John 10, 25. The works that I do in my father's name, they bear witness of me. And then verse 37. If I do not do the works of my father, do not believe me. Verse 38. But if I do, though you do not believe me, believe the works that you may know and believe that the father is in me and I in him. So in verse 24, the Jews came and they said, Hey, tell us, are you the Messiah? Just tell us plainly. Yes or no? Are you the Messiah or not? I already told you, but you're not believing me.  They are proof that I am the one whom the Father has sent. I am the Messiah. The miracles, they are proof. And then he says in verse 37, if I do not do these works, if I don't do these miracles, don't believe in me. Think about that. I mean, it's how important were miracles to Jesus. He said, if I don't do the miracles, don't believe me. But if I do the miracles, even if you don't believe what I'm saying, believe me because of the miracles. Right? So the miraculous, the signs, the wonders, the healings, the miracles, the deliverance, that was very important in the ministry of Jesus. To the point where he said, if I don't do miracles, don't believe me. But if I'm doing miracles, even if you don't believe what I say, you believe me because of the miracles you're seeing. It's a miraculous, the supernatural is important. And Jesus made it very clear that as believers, we will do his work. So we want to press in and we want to do the miraculous like Jesus did and say, God, I want you to heal me, to heal, use me to heal the sick, to cast out demons, to do the supernatural, to do the miraculous. And pray for people and see, have them experience the work of God in their lives. Right? So that's number three, doing the Father's works. And also, in the ministry, Jesus raised other disciples, he disciple other people. That's very important because he didn't come and say, okay, I'll do everything. I'll finish my work and go. He came and then he raised disciples and he told them, go make more disciples. Teach them to observe whatever I've taught you, you teach them. So he raised up other people. And this is what ministry is all about. It's about raising up other people. Pouring into their lives and saying, you too can be a disciple. You too can serve God. You too can do what I'm doing. Right? So, you know, when Jesus raised up his disciples in John 14 verse 12, he said, those who believe in me, the works I do, you will do. And greater works because I'm going to the Father. And think about that. Which pastor will tell his congregation, congregation, I'm serving you. So that one day you will do better than me. You will have, you know, you will become better than me. That's what Jesus telling his disciples. You will do greater works than me because when I go to the Father, I'll send the Holy Spirit and he'll help you do bigger things than me, greater things than me. That's the heart of Jesus. Can you imagine, he's telling you and me, you are going to do greater than greater works than me. Because I'll send the Holy Spirit. I mean, that's his heart. And he wants disciples to see even bigger things. And that should be our heart when we raise up people. People in our congregation, in our churches will do better than us. They'll be stronger than us. They'll be more anointed than us. They will go bigger places than us. Not that, oh, I must, you must always be below me. No, it'll be great if you supersede me, you do better than me. That's the heart of Jesus. When he raised up people, that's how he raised up people.  When you serve people, then if you're going to be a pastor, you're going to be, that when you serve people, the goal is to make them even better than you. They help them have bigger, whatever, greater than you. That's what he said. You'll do greater works than me. Because the Holy Spirit is going to come to you. So in ministry, keep these four things in mind. First, for us, ministry must come from a place of intimacy. Two, we must preach and teach the Word of God. That's important. Don't neglect that. Number three, we must do the supernatural. Pursue the supernatural. Signs, wonders, miracles, healings. Number four, raise up people, raise up disciples so that they can be better than you. They can do more than you. That's the kind of disciples we must raise. She has wanted that. And that's what we must pursue in ministry. Amen. All right. Any questions? And now I want to, I want us to just pray together for a few minutes, but let me pause here and see any questions from students online. Okay. So we are going to pray. I just want to pray together with all of us. Why don't we stand up to our feet and those of you who are online. Thank you for joining. We will pray together. And next week classes will start from nine o'clock. All right. So we'll have the regular semester happening. We will follow the time table. So please connect to your, those of you online, please remember to connect to your respective Google classrooms using the class codes. Okay. So this whole week we were on the main audit, but from Monday you follow the class time table and you connect to your respective classes using the Google class codes. And so the regular classes will start from Monday. So now I want us to just pray. I want us to pray together. And I want you to pray in your heart saying, Lord, I want to follow Jesus. I want to be like Jesus. I want to grow up in all things to become like Jesus. Help me to keep my eyes on Jesus. I want to live like him. I want to have a lifestyle like Jesus. I want to have a ministry like Jesus. That's it. Right. And train me. Train me. Right. Jesus said, if we have properly trained, we are fully trained. We will become like him. And we are all going through that training of God in our lives. I want you to pray and say, God, please train me so I can become more and more like Jesus in my lifestyle and in my ministry. I'm just going to pray with all of us together and praying with all of you. Those of you online and those of you who may be watching this sometime later on the e-learning portal. We're praying together and let's just stand before God and say, God, this is my prayer. Father, we just want to thank you, God, that you would call each one of us to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ, to become like Jesus. That is your calling on each of our lives. Father, I pray in the mighty name of Jesus for every person standing here in the classroom, for every person joined in the online classroom, for every person who will watch this in the e-learning portal, God.  That God, you will take out of our lives things that are wrong and God, that you will sharpen and smooth out all the rough edges, God. And sharpen our skills and sharpen our lives and make us better and better so that we can become more and more like Jesus. We invite you to your work in our lives. We invite you to do a powerful work, a deep work, Lord, by the power of your spirit, by the power of your word. And I take authority over Satan. I take authority over every evil work that may have touched our lives, our bodies, our minds, our spirit in any way and to be in the name of Jesus. By the authority of Almighty God. Satan, I declare your hold over our lives is broken wherever we are. You have no place in us, no claim in us, no hold over our lives. We are the sons of the daughters of Almighty God. We are the servants of the Most High God. We are disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our spiritual and body belong to Almighty God. And they are consecrated. They are holy ground. They are heaven's territory. They are God's property. And we are here to be ambassadors for Christ. We are here to walk under the anointing of God that destroys Satan's yoke and removes the burdens. We are here to push back the works of darkness. We are here to advance the kingdom of God. And Holy Spirit, thank you that you empower each of us. That you work in us and you work through us. Thank you Holy Spirit for your presence. Thank you Holy Spirit for your work. Thank you Holy Spirit for your revelation. Thank you Holy Spirit for anointing our eyes, opening our eyes, opening our ears, for speaking into our hearts. Oh God, thank you. We honor you, we praise you. And God may your guts be on every person in this classroom, on the online classroom, in the e-learning portal. Holy Spirit, may your hand be great and strong and heavy on each of us, changing us, touching us. Thank you God. We bless you. We honor you God.  So we were going to end our session here. You'll have a break and then we'll come back for the worship time. It's about 12 o'clock. Those of you online, we end here. Sunday morning, 9 o'clock. Sorry, not Sunday morning. Monday morning, I'm sorry. Monday morning, 9 o'clock Indian time classes will start. Please join. All the lectures will start next week. God bless you. Thank you for being part of the online class. Amen.


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