English Video Lesson 2. Turn Your Passion Into A Career This lesson will give you listening and vocabulary practice through a video. Topic.  Think about the topic. When you see the title and the picture, what comes to mind?  Do you think you can turn the activity into a money-making career? What are the steps to accomplishing your career goals? How can you best plan for and achieve success? How will your life be different in your dream job? Take a few moments to think about or discuss these questions. Feel free to pause the video if you'd like more time. Think about the topic. What vocabulary words might you expect to hear in this video? Make a list. For example, creative, goals, proactive, dream job, matching exercise. Can you guess the meanings of these words? Routine Value Passionate Realistic Network Stretch Entertainment Path Proactive Feel free to pause the video if you'd like more time. We'll come back to these vocabulary words later. When you listen to the video, see if you can hear any of these words. You might want to watch the video twice. Once for the main idea and once again for details. Ready for the video? Get out a piece of paper and pencil so you can take notes. Click the link below for the video. Title. How to turn your passion into a career. From monkeyc.com. Stop this video, then click on the link below for listening. It's in the description. After you've finished watching the video below, come back to this one for comprehension questions. Go ahead and stop this video and click on the link below. How is a video? Take time to summarize the video in your own words. Talk to a partner and tell him or her what you learned. Feel free to pause the video again to summarize with your partner. Check your understanding with comprehension questions. In a moment there will be a comprehension quiz. Would you like to watch the video one more time? Click on the link below to watch the video again. Or wait a moment for the comprehension questions. Take the quiz. Comprehension questions. Why is finding your passion first and foremost in this process? Two. The speaker advises about the types of jobs which More questions. Three. Why is meeting others important? Four. The speaker uses the starving artist's route to emphasize. Five. The main idea of this video is... Pause the video if you need more time. Answer key. Comprehension questions. Why is finding your passion first and foremost in this process? It prepares you for the other steps. Two. The speaker advises about the types of jobs which Value your passion. Three. Why is meeting others important? It can bring you closer to your dream job. Four. The speaker uses the starving artist's route to emphasize Being realistic about lifestyle. Five. The main idea of this article is... Be proactive in following your career dreams. Talking time. Discuss talking points. Do you enjoy your present occupation? Why or why not? What would make a job more enjoyable? What are you passionate about? How do you think you can turn your interests or hobbies into a career? Stop the video and take some time to discuss these questions. Matching exercise. Would you like to try the quiz again? You can stop the video if you need more time. Answers. Routine. Common, everyday actions or schedule. Value. Consider something highly important. Passionate. Highly enthusiastic about something. Realistic. Aware of true conditions. Network. Meeting people for potential future contact. Stretch. Go beyond your usual limits. Entertainment. Amusement. Distraction. Fun. Path. Route toward a destination or goal. Proactive. Self-motivated. Taken initiative. Not reactive. Expressions from the video. What do you think these phrases mean? Turn something around. Pave or paves the way. First and foremost. Get out there. Stretch your pennies. Expressions. Turn something around. Reverse the direction of something. Pave or paves the way. Prepare or make something easier for future use. First and foremost. Most importantly, the highest priority. Get out there. Put yourself into a networking situation. Stretch your pennies. Make your money last longer. Be frugal. More speaking practice. Role play with your partner or teacher. One. Pretend you are your partner's advisor. What recommendations will you give him or her about changing careers to something he or she enjoys more? Pause the video and do this role play. Role play two. Plan the next steps you need to take to enhance your career. What items will you focus on? When will you need to take action? Who will be able to help you? Pause the video again if you'd like to discuss this one. Role play three. Talk to your partner or teacher about your career goals and progress. Ask questions for advice. Pause the video again if you'd like more discussion time. Feel free to discuss this topic more with your friends or classmates. 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For both humans and our pets, everywhere modern processed foods go, chronic illnesses like obesity, diabetes, and inflammatory bowel disease are soon to follow. To aid in your search for the best diet to feed your cat, here we discuss the links between cat food, inflammation, and how it impacts your cat's health. What is inflammation in cats? Inflammation is a natural process used by your cat's immune system to combat irritants and foreign organisms like bacteria and viruses. When a harmful invader is detected, the body's white blood cells release chemicals that increase blood flow to the area and leakage of fluid into the surrounding tissues. This leads to the physical symptoms of inflammation which include heat, redness, and swelling. Although this reaction stimulates tissue repair and protects your cat from infections, it also can be triggered inappropriately. When inflammation persists for a long time and becomes chronic, it can lead to many illnesses including feline cancer and pancreatitis in cats. Inflammatory bowel disease, IBD, is chronic inflammation in your cat's digestive system. When this happens, sections of the digestive tract, typically the intestine, become inflamed, which can be confirmed with a biopsy. System-wide inflammation can also be detected by measuring specific chemicals circulating in the bloodstream. Generally, when scientific studies discuss cat foods and habits that lead to inflammation, they measure the levels of these chemicals in blood or tissue. Cat foods that lead to inflammation. Mainstream cat foods contain processed meats, or plant protein, and refined carbohydrates that often rely heavily on additives to increase the packaged food's nutritional value. For humans, diets high in saturated fat, trans fat, sugar and or refined carbohydrates can all lead to increased symptoms of inflammation. Cats could have similar reactions to many of these ingredients, although because they are obligate carnivores, they have evolved to eat a diet that is high in protein and fats. Because of this, saturated fats are probably the least likely of these factors to cause negative health effects in our cats. Refined carbohydrates, which are quickly converted to sugars during digestion, are some of the worst contributors to inflammation in humans. Although there have not been similar studies on cats, carbohydrates have the added problem that they decrease a cat's ability to absorb nutrients from the food it eats. Hyprotein cat foods typically have 50% or more of the total calories from a meat protein source and as few as 1 to 2% from carbohydrates. Many veterinarians recommend feeding your cat wet food over dry food, with one of the reasons being that dry kibble also typically contains more carbohydrates than wet foods. And remember, just because a cat food says grain-free or gluten-free does not mean that it is also low carb. These foods could still contain potatoes and other carbohydrates that are cheaper than meat. Polyunsaturated fats, omega-3, and omega-6 fatty acids have also been studied for their roles in inflammation. Many studies have shown that having a high ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids can lead to a reduction in human and rodent inflammation. Based on these studies, a popular guideline is to feed your cat a diet that is higher in omega-3 and lower in omega-6, which is often accomplished with fish or krill oil supplementation. However, a study that intentionally fed healthy cats a diet low in omega-3 for 3 months did not lead to higher levels of inflammation. Although it is recommended to increase your cat's intake of omega-3 fatty acids, you may not have to worry about this if your cat is healthy. Finally, your cat could be allergic or have a food sensitivity to a specific food ingredient like beef, dairy, or fish. Many allergic reactions also trigger fur loss, itchiness, and skin irritation, atopic dermatitis, so if your cat has these symptoms, you should consult with your veterinarian. Once your veterinarian rules out other potential environmental allergens, like fleas and aerosols, you can try an elimination diet to see if you can identify the source of inflammation. Hello. This video is sponsored by Beemix Pets. Are you looking for high-quality cat collars at an affordable cost? Check out BeemixPets.com. Use coupon code KittenLife, to get 20% off. Feeding habits that lead to inflammation. It's not just what your cat eats, but it is also the quantity that can trigger inflammation. When too many calories are consumed, cells become stressed and this promotes inflammation. In this way, constant overeating can lead to chronic inflammation. Although similar studies have not been conducted on cats, we share these energy storage mechanisms with our feline companions. If your cat likes to overeat, it is important to regulate the portion size of their meals instead of leaving them full bowls of food. If you enjoyed this video, kindly press the like button. Also don't forget to subscribe with notifications on, so that you don't miss out on videos like this. Thank you for watching.


I was at the scene. I was coming out of work when it happened and a couple of windows blew out on either side of the street. Then up in the sky there was a bright pink cloud. Getting there is something I don't think I or anyone else in the country who was there will ever forget. Many people injured and it's just not the same street you were on a couple of minutes before the explosion. But amid the chaos you had so many people rushing down with whatever first-aid kits they had.  Responding to a crisis is one thing but responding to staff who live within the area is something that we're not used to. We're not used to making sure that our own staff are being responded to and getting the assistance they need. What do you do when the streets are full of rubble and you don't know where to start? But we thought let's start somewhere. With IOM I think we understand the intensity of the needs on the ground. It's a highly stressful situation. There's no sleep, it's 24-7 work. A lot of the work can be traumatic but it's when you walk into a house that has nothing and a couple of months later you walk out of that house with children laughing, the mother's happy, the father's calmer and happy, it's just happiness. And I think from then on that's just been what's pushed me completely. And that's being a humanitarian.


President Mohammad Abu Hari has called on the international community to support Chad to conclude the transition from military to democratic government in a peaceful manner within the set time of 18 months. He made a call in Abuja at the opening of the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of Lake Chad Basin Commission convened to discuss the recent developments in Chad. After President Idris Derby died on the frontline while defending the territorial integrity of his country, the Nigerian leader, who declared the one-day summit open in his capacity as the chair of leaders of member countries, rallied developed partners and countries particularly France, the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as other friendly and partner nations to support the transition framework. Other meeting attended by the President of Central African Republic, Niger Chad, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya and a representative of the President of Cameroon. It is my honour to welcome your excellencies to this extraordinary summit of the Lake Chad Basin Commission taking place today in Abuja. Your presence here today to attend this summit of the Lake Chad Basin Commission at very short notice goes to show the importance the member states and indeed your excellencies attach to the peace, security and well-being of our people in the Lake Chad region. There is no doubt that our region is today plagued with very dynamic and changing security challenges which have made it imperative to call this meeting. Today's meeting coming on the heels of recent rebel incursion into Chadian territory and the subsequent military engagement with the Chadian National Defense Forces which led to the death of President Idris Diaby Etno on the 19th of April 2021 have direct implications for the continued peace and stability of Chad as a nation. You will agree with me that the threat of further conflict in Chad requires quick, decisive and specific resolution to ensure the immediate de-escalation of future hostilities in the attendant loss of lives in the country.


Souffre is often referred to as one of the best experiences on the island. To add to that experience, the Fordeaux Equal Resort recently unveiled St Lucia's first historical park. The park boasts an 18th century French fortress, prison cells, a shrine, nature trails, picnic areas, kai floor, an interpretation centre, and washrooms. The managing director of Fordeaux Equal Resort, Lytton Lamontine, explains that the historical park will serve many purposes, with the main one being the education of the public. The artifacts you can see, you can see the trails, what the people did, and they can get a picture of exactly what happened in their minds, or how the war, why the war was won, by the trench. And also, we give our students, hopefully the schools, we plant them by the schools, because a lot of our students are young people, a lot of them are of that history of St Lucia. I'm not aware that that likely took place in Souffre, and I told them, so that would be with the Souffre in the world, and it gives Souffre another attraction. Echoing the sentiments of the managing director, project coordinator at Fordeaux Historical Park, Jimmy Haynes, further explains that the historical park will undoubtedly enhance the Souffre experience. It's important to know your history, because if you don't know where you've come from, it's hard to chart the way forward. It's also important to dispel mistruths and half-truths, which is the history that we were taught by the British about ourselves. So in terms of education and enlightenment, that's one of the reasons why we thought we should share what's here with the rest of the world. In tourism as well, we need to use our natural assets, our architectural assets, our cultural assets, and our historical assets. And we can use that to enhance the experience of people who visit our islands, at the same time providing employment for our people. And that's how we grow our economy and diversify our tourism industry. He says apart from the rich history, the park is a great place for relaxation and nature lovers. Member of Parliament for Souffre-Fonce Jacques Emma Hippolyte has loaded the initiative and expressed her satisfaction with the product that the Lamontines are offering. I have gone through the museum downstairs and I think it was well done. Globalized history of slavery and the war. The various wars in Souffre, especially on this site, I think that is what's important. So now we've moved in and see some of the ruins and very engaging, very refreshed, a new product, addition to the tourism product. So I want to commend them and compliment them on this new initiative. Fondue Historical Park is open to visitors every day from 9am to 4pm. Visitors to the park can choose to have a guided tour or to enjoy the sight without the services of a tour guide. Operators say additions such as a wedding gazebo, a snarket, a souvenir shop, and more nature trails are in the near future. From Souffre-Fonce Jacques Emma Hippolyte, I am Genève Gonza.


Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday. Your video on Friday reminded me that we don't talk enough about joy or the many very real reasons to feel joyous. By the way, I didn't get a haircut. I'm too busy. Let's not talk about that. Let's talk about joy. Here's the thing, Hank. I think it's really hard to feel joy unless you make room for it, which might be one of the reasons that historically humans have created so many celebration rituals. From coming-of-age ceremonies to yay-it-reigned ceremonies, we have created all of these occasions for us to come together and feel joy, or at least we used to create them. But these days, of course, fewer of us are receiving First Communion or dancing when it rains or whatever, and that can make it feel like there is no cause for celebration, and I just don't think that's true. Like at a societal level, U.S. median household income is higher than it's ever been, and the poverty rate is declining, although not as fast as it should be given our economic growth, but still, cause for celebration. And there are also, of course, many personal causes for celebration. There's love among family and friends. There are babies! And there are human accomplishments big and small. Maybe you got a promotion at work or passed a class that was difficult, or overcame your anxiety to call the dealership about that rattling noise in your car, or maybe that's just me. But at any rate, it's also worth celebrating. I'm also very pleased that this year's Black Eyed Peacrop almost filled this container. Plus, I learned how to dry oregano, which only looks illegal in 27 states. And then, of course, there are big things, like my daughter going to kindergarten, but whatever it is, I think if you look hard at your life over the last several months, you will find causes for celebration. There will be accomplishments that you're proud of, or developments that you're grateful for, and in my experience at least, if you don't pause to celebrate that stuff, it's never gonna bring you much joy. In my life anyway, the weird thing is that if I take time to celebrate, I can feel really joyful about things that from the outside probably don't seem that impressive. Like, I worked my tail off for these Black Eyed Peas, and I am super psyched about them. But if I don't take time to celebrate, I feel almost nothing about things that from the outside probably seem like really big deals. Like, when I found out my novel Turtles All the Way Down had its 52nd consecutive week on the New York Times bestseller list, I felt happy for a moment. But then I went back to feeling the kind of broad and poorly specified anxiety that tends to be my background emotion. It was only weeks later when Sarah came home with a bottle of champagne, and we toasted together in a quiet celebration that I suddenly felt overwhelmed with joy and gratitude. So here's my proposal. Every now and again, you get a bottle of champagne. You don't need the good stuff, and if you don't drink, don't get champagne. Get some fancy tea, or chocolate, or a really great cheese, or something you love. You have a friend or two over, or you gather together your roommates, or your parents, or your partner, or whomever, and you break bread, or pop champagne, or sip tea, or whatever, and you celebrate. You talk about the wonderful thing that has happened. You tell the story of how you won that game of Fortnite, or you made that student loan payment, or you got that promotion, and you celebrate it together, and then you invite people to share with you what they're celebrating. I've been doing this lately, and it has brought me so much joy. And then after we all, like, celebrate together for a bit, we go back to complaining about everything. Because, you know, it's a dumpster fire. But even so, I believe there is cause for celebration. So Hank, here's to building rituals and traditions that help us to come together and celebrate. I don't have any champagne with me, but I do have this Cherry Coke Zero hashtag not spawn. Cheers. Prost. Lahiam. Hank. I'll see you on Friday. It's a pretty good Cherry Coke Zero, actually.


Alright guys, so Justice League, just got out. I'm in the car right now. Awesome movie, number one. Alright first, let me just say, hey guys, welcome back to Come Again TV, we're all geek culture collides. If you're new to the channel, make sure you hit the subscribe button so you don't miss out on future videos. I'm Shannon and today I'm gonna be reviewing Justice League. Let me just say, you know what, I'm gonna talk about this while I'm driving home. So the movie was a lot better than Batman vs Superman. It was a lot better than Man of Steel. It was better than Wonder Woman. I thought they did a great job. The whole intermingling between the characters was very well done. The only thing I really had a problem with was Batman, Bruce Wayne. He was too humorous. Um, he wasn't dark and brooding like he should be. He was kind of, but it wasn't it wasn't the type of Bruce Wayne Batman that we're used to. Let's see here. First off, the Justice League, Steppenwolf is after the mother boxes. Three mother boxes. Way back when, before the rise of mankind and all that, Earth's heroes had to come together to battle Steppenwolf. The Atlanteans, the Themiscyrans, the Gods, and the Green Lantern Corps. Yes, that's right guys. We got to see the Green Lantern Corps. We didn't get to see any particular Green Lantern. There was no Hal Jordan. There was no John Stuart or Guy Gardner or anything like that. But we did get to see a primitive Green Lantern Corps. I say primitive, but it's actually an early, early Green Lantern Corps by Earth's standards. They joined in on the battle to rid the world of Steppenwolf. It took Zeus to use his lightning to separate the three mother boxes so that the world could be free from Steppenwolf. Steppenwolf is trying to convert Earth into another apocalypse. The Parademons, he commands the Parademons, and they come after fear. They're attracted to fear. So of course, Bruce and Diana are trying to form the league. They know something's coming. They know, you know, they have to be ready for it. It's hard to describe without getting into a lot of spoilers. I will tell you, there are two after-credits scenes. There's a mid-credits scene and there's a post-credits scene. If you check out comicbookmovie.com, you know what those two post-credits scenes are. I'm not going to spoil it for you here. I'm going to collect my thoughts. I'm going to re-review this with spoilers and everything. Probably tomorrow. Let's see here. We do get the Batman theme and the Superman theme from the original movies, but it's not in a way you would expect. It's very, you barely notice it. I'll let you know when to watch for it. The Superman theme from the Christopher Reeves Superman comes after the league brings Superman back to life. The Batman theme comes whenever the league are, I believe it's in Chernobyl. It seems to be Chernobyl. People are starting to return to Chernobyl, but also that's where Steppenwolf is gathering the mother boxes. It's when Batman's in his Batmobile tank, whatever you want to call it. You get a slight hint of the Danny Elfman Batman theme, but it's very soft and it's mixed in with other music. If you don't know what you're listening for, then you might miss it. Let's see here. Aquaman lost internet connection there for a minute, but Aquaman seems to me like a rocker mixed with a surfer. They did use the new 52 origin for Arthur Curry slightly. He knows he's Atlantean. He hasn't taken his place as the king of Atlantis yet. We do get a shot seen with Mara. Arthur Curry knows that his mother was the queen of Atlantis as she left him to be raised by his human father. Let's see. There's just so much happened in the movie and it went by so fast because with credits and everything included it had to be two hours and one minute long. That was a mandate by Warner Brothers. So they couldn't go over two hours, really. But the movie was great. It was by far the best of the DC extended universe so far. I highly recommend it. The Flash, Barry Allen. He brings a lot of humor to the movie. I know during editing I'm usually the one who puts the counter on there for every time John says um, but I'm not used to going live at all, guys. He's used to going live. I'm not. It was, it was a great movie. I really enjoyed it. It Wonder Woman and Batman are the leaders of the team. Great, great interaction between them at the end of the movie. We get to see Wayne Manor but Bruce and Alfred are planning on converting it into the Hall of Justice. They talk about putting in a big round table with six chairs and more in room to grow. Um, in fact, Diane is there too.  Like I said, the only real problem I had was Batman Bruce Wayne wasn't as broody as he should be. He had a lot of humor in the movie. Um, there was a lot of joking when Superman returns to help during the whole Chernobyl thing. He looks at Bruce, Batman, and says I thought you didn't like me and Batman is just like, I don't not like you. Um, there's a scene where Aquaman sits on Diana's lasso of truth and he doesn't know it. So that's, that's a hilarious scene. The interactions between Flash and Superman are hilarious, especially when Flash first encounters Superman and he's going at super speed trying to, I don't know what he's really planning on doing because Superman is just not right in the head. He just came back to life and so he's just kind of tripping out. There's a lot of pet cemetery references made by the Flash. Let's see. We get backstories. We don't get true origin stories on like the Flash and Cyborg and Aquaman stuff like that. But we do get a summarized backstory for each character. Great movie. I highly recommend you guys seeing it. The Avon had it playing here tonight as a early premiere, $5 early premiere, can't beat that. So I went and saw it. John's gonna see it tomorrow with his girlfriend. So Billy may get their reviews tomorrow. They'll probably go live with it. And then I'll come back probably this weekend with a full on coherent review. Sorry guys, I'm still trying to recover from my bronchitis, flu, cold, whatever you want to call it. But I'll come back probably this weekend with a full on coherent review that's actually more organized. But yeah, let me know what you guys thought of the movie when you get to see it in the comments below. And so yeah, that's it for this review today guys. Hope you guys enjoy the movie. Take care.


Welcome to English at the Movies, where we teach you American English heard at the movies. Our phrase from the movie Truth is, Make Your Case. The movie is about a real event. Reporter Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes investigated a story. They said, President George Bush avoided serving in the Vietnam War. Critics said Rather and Mapes did not prove their story. Listen for the phrase, Make Your Case. They're going to start an investigation. This is bad. They do not get to do this. They do not get to smack us just for asking the question. They want to talk to your source. Never should have asked a question. You've got to make your case, honey. You have to fight. So what does that mean, Make Your Case? Defend your position or pack your suitcase. Listen again and see if you are correct. They're going to start an investigation. This is bad. They do not get to do this. They do not get to smack us just for asking the question. They want to talk to your source. Never should have asked a question. You've got to make your case, honey. You have to fight. Make Your Case means to defend your position about something. Mary Mapes was upset about a possible investigation into her story. Her husband tried to comfort her. When he told her to make her case, he was telling her to defend her position and to fight for her side of the story. And that is English at the Movies. I'm Ann Ball. I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.


Work done by a force can also increase potential energy as well as kinetic energy So the obvious example is when you raise something up So if I have a mass then it's got a force due to gravity going down So the magnitude of that force is going to be that mass times the acceleration due to gravity And if we want to move it up then we're going to have to start it moving Which means you're going to have to apply a force just fractionally over the strength of that And if we want to get it moving we apply just a fraction bit over and we'll start moving And then if we just keep the applied force exactly equal and opposite to the gravitational force Then it will stay moving at a constant speed and it will eventually get up our appropriate distance And supposing we want to move it a total height h Then we look at the work done by that applied force So the work done is going to be equal to the applied force times the distance And for essentially that entire time that's just going to be the mass times the acceleration due to gravity times the distance And we note that this is exactly the gravitational potential energy difference that you get when you raise a particle of mass m by a distance h And it is of course possible to use work to change both your gravitational potential energy and your kinetic energy if you wish For example supposing we want to jump up half a metre in order to spike a ball over a volleyball net And we need to know how much force we need to apply with our legs to do so We'd start in a crouch Then we'd push as hard as we possibly could with our legs to go up Until we got to the point where our legs were straight And at that point we couldn't actually push with our legs anymore So how are we going to get over the net? Well hopefully by that point we have to have some kind of kinetic energy And so we're going to have to have some upward velocity left over from all that pushing And then we wait for some time until the acceleration due to gravity brings us to a stop And hopefully by that point we're high enough to reach over the net and spike that volleyball down So that's the point where we'd have no kinetic energy But we would have a certain amount of gravitational potential energy by the virtue of the fact that we had raised up by a distance h So our legs are providing a force that's going to move our center of mass by a distance d Which is how far we can straighten our legs So we could look at the distance the legs travel, combine it with the force that they apply Use that to calculate the velocity that you reach when your legs get to their full extent And then use the velocity to figure out how high you can go Or you can skip some of those steps Because in this step here your legs are providing some gravitational potential energy and some kinetic energy And then that kinetic energy is turning into more gravitational potential energy So what we could do is just say the legs are directly providing all of this gravitational potential energy So what we can do to calculate how hard you have to jump in order to get that high Is you can say that the work done in the end is going to be equal to the final gravitational potential energy So the work done by the legs on the body is the force that they can reduce Times the distance they can move the center of mass And the gravitational potential energy is just the mass of the human Times the acceleration due to gravity Times the total distance that you've gone And the one possible mistake you could make here is you could forget to include the distance that you moved in each step added together And from there you can rearrange to find the force that you need And now let's do our usual checks We have here a length divided by a length so that cancels And so this is a force we know that's a force so force equals force the units are good Now let's look at the various limits In a limit that we don't have to actually jump up into the air to reach over the volleyball net at all H goes to zero and in that case we're going to have D cancelling with D And so we're going to have the force required is just going to be whatever force we need to overcome gravity To raise our body mass up from a crouch up into standing So that's a good limit And the opposite limit where we have to jump high into the air but we have almost no distance to crouch in Then what's going to happen is that's going to be zero and this is going to get very small So our force is going to go infinite Does that make sense? Well if we can basically not crouch at all then we're going to somehow jump up into the air with a tiny figure of our legs And yes that's going to require an extremely large force So we've seen that conservation laws are very useful for doing certain kinds of calculations on closed systems Where there's no external forces or external interactions acting on the system But actually even when there are external interactions on the system We can often use the work done to include that into our energy calculations And we can still use conservation of energy or energy considerations to calculate things as we've seen here And remember just as external forces can cause work that increases potential and kinetic energy They can also go in the direction such that they decrease kinetic and potential energy And you just got to use your common sense to make sure you're getting the sign right


Hello friends, welcome to SS Unitech. My name is Susheel Singh and this is continuation of SIKO Server interview questions and answers. So today I gonna discuss about Pivot Operator and Dynamic Pivot Operator. So first of all we need to discuss about the Pivot. So what is Pivot? Pivot is a SIKO Server operator that can be used to turn unique values from one columns to multiple columns in our output. Basically it's a rotation of table. So what it mean? Let's move to another slide where we will understand. So this is our slide as you can see we have input table and it contains five columns. First is ID, second is customer ID, then mobile and then date and then duration. In our output we can see we have only four columns. First is customer ID and then the mobile number and we can see it's available in our input. But next two columns are coming from date. We can see we can turn unique values from date column in our output. How we can achieve this output? So let's move to SIKO Server Management Studio to write the query and get the output. As I am using SIKO 2014 you may have another version of SIKO Server. But query would be same for all the versions. First of all we need to create the table. So I gonna create the table. Table has been created successfully. And then I wanna execute insert statement and insert some record on it. So three are affected and we can select and we can check. So data is available as I have displayed in our slide. First of all we need to write the pivot operator. So for using pivot operator we have to specify pivot and then open bracket. And inside the bracket we have to use that column by which we want to aggregate the values. So we want to sum of these durations. Then for which column we want to turn the unique values we have to specify over here. So called date is our column. And then we have to use in operator then again open the bracket. And inside the bracket we have to specify the values. So here we can see we have two unique values. First is 24, 3, 18 and second 25, 3, 18. So we have to specify over here. So 2018, 3, 24 and then 2018, 3, 25. We have to specify in our selected statement as well. We want to get four columns. First is customer ID and then the mobile number. So we can see mobile number, customer ID and then two columns. And we have 24. So we have to specify 24. And now we can execute. We are getting some error. So we have to specify alias name for this pivot operator as I am using pivot. Now we can execute and we can see. So here we can see it's not going to return as we want in our slide. So in our slide we can see we have only one row by which we are getting exact same output. But here we are getting three rows. So why it's not going to return as same output as we want? Because in our table we have an ID column and this ID column is not used in our output. If we don't want to use ID column in our output, so we have to remove this column from our selected statement. So we have to select only those values which are going to use in our pivot operator. So we have to use only four columns. So first is customer ID, then the mobile and then the call date and then the duration. So we have to use duration. And then we have to set in a derived table and we have to put an alias name for this derived table. And we can execute this query. And now we can compare between our slide and in our output. So here we are getting same output as we want. So I hope you have understand how we can use pivot operator. If we have a scenario by which date column values is going to increase on daily basis, then how we can write a query by which there is no need to put changes on daily basis. So let's move to other slide where we will discuss. So here we can see we have input table and it contains six columns. First is customer ID, then the customer name, then the mobile number, call date, start time. Then the duration of that call. And in our output we can see customer ID name and mobile number is also present in our input table. But we want to turn the unique values from call date column in our input to our output. In our output we have 2318 and 21318, 22318. And in input table we can see we have 20, 21 and 22 these three unique values in call date column. So how we can write a dynamic pivot by which we can achieve this output. So let's move to SQL Server Management Studio where we will discuss how we can write the query. Now I want to execute this creative statement table has been created successfully. Then I want to insert some record on it. So we can execute this query and here six rows have been inserted in our table. So we can execute and we can compare between slide. So these metadata are same. So first of all we need to put unique values from this table to a temporary table. So we can choose distinct keyword and then call date into our stamp. So unique values will be inserted in our table. So now we have to declare a variable declare at the rate. This is the column name. So we have to use at the rate call and this is backer max. Here we can see we have to use a loop by which we can create the column dynamically. So we have to use while exist. So I am going to check the values whether these values are present in our temporary table. Then this loop will be executed and here we can and so here we need to select the first row. So we have to use top operator top one and then from this temporary table and we need to assign in our column variable. So column variable is equals to at the rate column. Then we need to concatenate. So first of all we have to specify our bracket. Then we have to cast and then called it is our column name as wirecare 20. And then again we need to close and then put comma. So it's going to set the values in our column variable and then we need to delete top one from temporary table. So it will delete our first row and now I want to select and we can check. So table has been created already. So we need to so here it's going to return null value because we have to specify blank at the starting. But at this time we don't have any value in this temporary table. So we have to drop and recreate and then we need to execute and here we can execute and we can see it's going to return the value. But here we can see we have extra comma. So we have to remove that comma. So we need to select values from left of this variable call and then we need to check the length and we need to subtract one and it will set the value. So we can execute and we can see comma has been eliminated. So we have to select as well. So now we can execute and we can check. So here we can see our column is created successfully. So next we need to write a dynamic SQL by which we can put the pure operator. We need to declare one more variable. We can call as SQL and then worker max. First of all we need to in slice as blank. So first we know how we can write pure operator. So we can write select from then our table name. So what is our table name dynamic pure table is our table name. So we have to specify over here. So this is our table and in our select statement we need to select only three columns as we have displayed in our slide. First is customer ID. So this is customer ID then the name and then the mobile number. So these three columns are going to select over here and then we need to concatenate. So we have to use plus and then add the red SQL. So this is our dynamically created columns. As we have discussed we have to select only those rows which are going to used in our pure operator. So we need to eliminate those rows which are much part of pure operator. So we have to use all these three columns and then the call date and then we have one more column which is duration. So duration. So these columns are required. So we have to use only these columns in our selected statement. So here we can see we have done almost. So we need to use pivot and then brackets. And here we need to put some of duration and then we have to use for and we have to specify call date and then in we have to use bracket. And inside the bracket we have to use our column. So this is our columns and here we need to use an ideas name. So I am going to put these values in our dynamics SQL. So this is and then we need to put plus sign over here and over here and space and then command and plus then again plus plus here. We need to set and then again plus sign and then I am going to set these values in our SQL variable select and we can check what values are present in our SQL variable. So here we can see we have this statement we can copy we can paste we are not getting the column names over here. We have to use at the rate column. Now I am going to execute and we can copy paste it over here and now I am going to execute as we can see we are going to get the output. So first of all we have to use execute this dynamics SQL and then we can see now we can see we are going to get the output. I hope you have understood how we can get the output by doing dynamic rate operator. Thank you so much for watching this video. If you like this video please subscribe our channel for many more videos and press bell icon to get all the notifications for new videos. If you need these scripts it will be available on my Facebook page you can copy from there. Thank you so much for watching.


Gunsmoke. Brought to you by L&M, the modern cigarette that lets you get full exciting flavor through the modern miracle of the pure white miracle tip. Live modern. Smoke L&M. Around Dodge City and in the territory on west, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with the U.S. Marshal and the smell of Gunsmoke. Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, the transcribed story of the violence that moved west with young America, and the story of a man who moved with it. I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal, the first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancey job, and it makes a man watchful, and a little lonely. Looks like the Kinsman's is at it again, Mr. Dillon. What? Jeff Kinsman and his wife standing by their wagon, are we on it? Oh, yeah. Yeah, she's after him about something, isn't she? I'd clarify, Jeff, I'd leave her at the ranch when I come to town. Well, she's bigger than he is, Justin. By God, she just bodies. Maybe you lost your pride, Jeff Kinsman, but I sure am. What kind of a man are you anyway? But are you sure he'd done it, Kate? Of course he'd done it. He does it every chance he gets.  I just wanted to be sure. There he comes, now. Ask him about it. I sure would. That's that dollar she's talking about, Mr. Dillon. Yeah, I guess they're not such good neighbors after all. Look, he's carrying a rifle. Yeah, it says sharps 50. It looks brand new. Well, I guess there won't be no trouble, Jeff Kinsman ain't armed. Mrs. Kinsman, I want to settle something with you, Dolliver. What's wrong, Jeff?  What? You stop trying to fool with her. But, Jeff, are you going crazy? You tell her, Mrs. Kinsman. She done told me.  I don't know. I like being accused this way. Put that gun down. I'll learn you to like it. Are they going to fight, Mr. Dillon? And as long as they aren't going to shoot each other. There. Now what are you going to do, Kinsman? I'll show you.  You put that knife away. I ain't armed. All right, hold it, Kinsman. This is my fight, Marshal. Not with a knife. Now drop it. Go on, drop it. No. Don't drop it. But I won't use it on him. Not till next time, my woman.   I'll fight you any way you like. I see you bought a new sharps rifle, Dolliver. Never mind guns. You men subtle this some other way. Sure. Only he better remember I got a sharps rifle at home. Now look, Kinsman, and you too, Dolliver. If there's any shooting out your way, I'll know who to come for. And it won't take any time at all.  And I wouldn't put salt on an old crow like her anyway. Jeff, you hear what he called me? He called me a coward. He called you? By heaven, Jeff, what things are coming to when a woman's got to put up with that? Just come on. I never heard of a man getting by insulting a lady right in public twice, and each time worse than the other. He's no good, that Dolliver, and you ain't much better. I swear he's going to have them in fighting yet, Mr. Dillon. That trouble ain't about over. That's the worst kind of trouble, Joseph. You never know who's guilty or what. Only with L&M can you enjoy the full, exciting flavor of today's finest tobaccos through the modern miracle of the L&M miracle tip. Through the pure white miracle tip, L&M tastes richer, smokes cleaner, draws easier. No other cigarette, plane or filter, gives you all the flavor you want. The rich, exciting flavor you get only from L&M. So light up, free up, let your taste come alive. Live modern, smoke L&M. Make today your big red letter day and start to live the modern way. Live, live, live. A little more coffee, will you, Mad? Yeah, sure. That's enough of this restaurant's coffee. At least it's hot anyway. Yeah, at Dolliver. Well, all I know is that he's a bachelor, and I never yet saw him shy away from a pretty girl. Yeah. K, I want to ask you a question. Would you call Kate Kensman pretty? She might have been, once. That woman's lived a hard life, Matt. No. In fact, it was Ed Dolliver who told me about her. She was married before, you know. No, I didn't know. He died, pneumonia or something. He was a buffalo hunter for the Santa Fe Railroad. He used to take Kate right along with him, just like she was a man. Uh-huh. And maybe that's why she demands so much respect now. Matt, I don't think objecting to being called an old crow is exactly demand and respect for any woman. What's that? Oh, it's Chester. He looks pretty excited about something. Yeah, excuse me, Kitty. I better go see what he wants. I'll see you later. Sure, Matt. Yeah, what is it, Chester? Miss Kensman. She's waiting right over there. Huh? Is there something wrong? You better hear it from her, Mr. Doon. Huh. You coming alone today? Yes. Sure. Hello, Miss Kensman. What can I do for you? It ain't me, Marshal. It's my husband. It's Jeff. What's the matter? He's dead. He was murdered early this morning. Ed Dolliver done it. How do you know it was Dolliver? I'll show you how. I left Jeff right on the prairie where I find him. Well, Chester, go get Doc. We'll follow Miss Kensman out to the ranch. There he is, Marshal. I ain't touched him. Just throwed that canvas over him. Uh-huh. Miss Kensman, how'd you happen to find him out here? I heard the shot. I knew Jeff didn't have his rifle with him. As we ever did, it can't be accused of ambushing him. There's no cover anywhere around here. You're forgetting Ed Dolliver has a new Sharp's 50-inch of Doc. Oh, yeah.  I'll take a look here. Marshal, if you take a good look around the way I did, you'll see something. What? That little clump of switchgrass out there. A man could hide behind that. Clear out there? Why, that's more than 1,000 yards. It ain't too far for a Sharp. Uh, Chester, right over there and take a look, will you? Don't pay much, Doc. Yeah, what is it? There's only one bullet in him. It's not very far in. What do you mean? Oh, it was enough to kill him all right, but it was pretty well spent. Whoever fired it was a long ways off. I told you. What was Jeff doing here anyways? He was putting out bait for wolves, Doc. Poisoning them. We've been bothered lately. Where do you want to bury him, Mrs. Kinsman? Well, right back at the house. There's a place he liked. Well, I guess we can conduct a service or something, son. Why don't you get Ed Dolliver? I hear he reads the book real good.  I can tell you right where he is. No. It's noon, ain't it? He's sitting on his front porch like he does every day at noon. He always sits there for an hour doing nothing. I see. I wonder what he's thinking. What? I mean about having gone out and killed a man because of me. Must be working on his mind pretty strong. Yeah. But you know something? It was one or the other of them. He comes to that in all because of me. Oh, no. You mustn't feel guilty, Mrs. Kinsman. It wasn't your fault. Oh, I am guilty, Doc. Just being a woman, men fight over just makes me guilty. How'd you find anything, Chester? I found this laying on the ground right behind that clump of grass. Oh, what is it? A shell from a sharp 50. It don't look good, does it, Marshal? Now, Oliver doesn't. There's one thing might have worked for me. Oh, what's that? My new sharps rifle. Supposing it hadn't ever been fired. You could tell, couldn't you? Easy. Where is it? Ain't no use, Marshal. I was shooting it this morning, trying it out for the first time.  No. No, I... I got no alibi, none at all. You're not even so much interested in trying to clear yourself of this, Dover. Well, I figure sometimes if a man raises too big a holler about how innocent he is, it kind of works to make people think he's guilty. Yeah, sometimes, maybe. Uh, can you think of anybody else who might have shot Jeff? No. I'm the only one, I guess. Yeah. Oliver, I want you to tell me the truth now. Do you have any interest in Miss Kinsman? I wouldn't be proud of it. I can do better in her, Marshal. A whole lot better. Yeah, you got a pencil and some paper around here. What? I want to write a note to Miss Kinsman. About what? Well, never mind. Just get it for me, will you? Whatever you say, Marshal. Uh, Chester. Sure. Now, when I get this, uh, written, I want you to write over to Miss Kinsman's with it. Sure. But where are you going? Well, I'm taking Oliver into dodge to lock him up. But don't you tell her.  I swear, I don't understand. You will, later. Yes, live modern. Smoke modern. Smoke L&M. Enjoy a modern cigarette. L&M gives you the full, exciting flavor of today's finest tobaccos. No other cigarette, plain or filter, gives you the flavor you get through the modern miracle of the L&M miracle tip. Through the pure white miracle tip, L&M tastes richer. Smokes cleaner. Draws easier. So light up. Free up. Let your taste come alive. Live modern. Smoke L&M. Make today your big red letter day and start to live the modern way. Live, live, live modern. I should have stayed away from that window, Chester. Mr. Oliver was doing all right out there on the porch. Oh, that was it. Oh, yes, sir.  Ah, that's good. Most noon, Mr. Dunn. You getting hungry? Well, I didn't have no breakfast to speak of hardly. And now that you mention it, I don't guess I'd mind setting down to play the hot meat and maybe a loaf of sourdough bread. See, maybe we could rummage around in this cupboard here, son. I will eat while we get through here. Yeah, sure. But when'll that be? Yeah, not too long, if my hunch is right. And if it ain't? Yeah, you've been hungry before, haven't you? Come on over here. Well, I just can't hardly see nothing out of this little hole. There's a bigger one on your left there. Oh, yeah, I can see fine now. I got an idea there isn't going to be much to see anyway. You can't never tell.  I got them tied up back to the house I told you, Mr. Dunn. Okay. Hey, look at Mr. Oliver. Got him. Knocked him right off of his chair. Yeah. You see that puff of smoke out there? Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's a good 1,000 yards. Well, that's some shooting, but whoever it is, it's pretty well hid. Yeah. We'll wait a minute and then we'll go out back and get our horses. We're going to have to ride awful fast. We'll make it. Well, what about Mr. Oliver? Leave him. He was hit square. Come on. There are horses in the barn here, Chester. Nobody in sight yet. Now, let's hurry him. Time up most first two stalls. All right, sure. There's black on the inside of a cow in here after that blazing sunshine. Your eyes will get used to it every while. I don't see nobody coming. Now, she'll be along directly. I wasn't too sure we'd beat her. Mr. Dunn, what exactly did you tell her in that note you wrote? I just that Edd Oliver had a good alibi. Who'd you say it was? A woman. A woman?  I just said that Oliver was going to bring the woman into dodge tonight and prove it. Well, I'll be darned. You keep an eye out here, Chester. I'm going to take a look around the barn. No, you wait, Marshal. Stand right where you are. It's her. She'll be just back here.  I can't see a thing in here. No use, Miss Kensman.   Well, I'd be dead. That sharps isn't a repeating rifle, you know.  And Chester'll take you if you do. I heard what you told him.   You can't prove I did nothing. You proved it. It had dollavers a while ago. That's pretty good shooting at a thousand yards, Miss Kensman. Too good for a woman, Marshal. There ain't nobody to believe you. I didn't believe it myself when we looked at Jeff yesterday. I was quite some shooting, too. Get out of here and leave me alone. I remembered something late, Miss Kensman. What? Your first husband took you out buffalo hunting with him? Yeah, you can shoot all right. As good as any man. This rifle's aimed right at your chest, Marshal. You know, Miss Kensman, I feel kind of sorry for you. Sorry? You liked men fighting over you. You needed for them, too.  That ain't true. Oh, yes, it is.  But you knew dollaver wasn't interested, so you shot Jeff yourself. That way, at least people would think they were fighting over you. No. My note about dollavers alibi being a woman destroyed all that, didn't it? You just couldn't take that. Marshal. Here, give me your rifle. I'm glad I killed him. But you didn't kill him. What? I sent dollaver to dodge for a day or so. What you shot was a couple of grain bags dressed in his clothes. No. Yeah, that's true. I hated Jeff, but I hated dollaver even worse now. Like I say, Miss Kensman, I'm sorry for you. Jeff was a good man. Now there's nobody to fight for you. In a moment, our star, William Conrad. What's your hobby? Some folks are bird watchers, some are stamp collectors. Others like spectator sports. But here's a hobby that should fascinate just about everybody. And that's sky-watching to help the Air Force spot unidentified planes. Just a few hours a week in your spare time is all that's necessary to follow this exciting and vital pursuit. All you have to do is volunteer for the Ground Observer Corps, a civilian component of the Air Defense Command. You'll be trained and supervised by officers and airmen of the United States Air Force and planes in your filter area. Men and women from teenage up can help cover the blind spots in our radar system by sky-watching for two hours a week. That's all that's needed to keep up the 24-hour schedule of the Ground Observer Corps. Besides doing a necessary job for America, you'll be varying your daily routine with a different kind of hobby. Get your friends and neighbors together to join you as volunteers for the GOC. Find out from your local civilian defense office how you can be a Ground Observer for the USA. This has been a public service message by CBS Radio. And now, William Conrad. You know, on the frontier, it was usually land or water that were fought and died for. But next week, a man dies because of a clabbered building. And that was the West. Gun smoke, produced and directed by Norman McDonald, stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal. Our story was specially written for gun smoke by John Meston, with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey, sound patterns by Tom Hanley and Bill James. Featured in the cast were Jeanette Nolan, Harry Bartell and Paul Dubal. Harley Bear as Chester, Howard McNeer as Doc, and Georgia Ellis as Kitty. Join us again next week for another specially transcribed story as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, fights to bring law and order out of the wild, violence of the West in gun smoke.


Today Christmas Day. We'll be looking at Luke chapter 2. Let's begin reading at verse 8. I'll read verses 8 through 14. We'll get into our morning Christmas morning celebration service. Luke writes, Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields keeping watch over their flock by night. Behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them and the glory of the Lord shone around them. They were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, Do not be afraid. For behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior who is Christ the Lord. This will be the sign to you. You will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. Christmas. Traditionally Christmas is a time of celebration as we all know it's a time of giving gifts. It's a time of joy of singing hymns, attending worship services and spending time with our families. And Christmas for many is a time of wonderful fellowship. It's a time that you make some wonderful memories. It's a beautiful time of the year for many people. Well that's because the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, is intended to bring us great joy. Jesus' birth is wrapped up in a story. It's the story of redemption. God sent his son into the world that he might seek and that he might save the lost. And when somebody is sought out and somebody is found, then you're going to have tremendous joy. You might even, as the writer C. S. Lewis expressed it, you might even be surprised by the joy. I know that when I came to faith in Christ almost 45 years ago now, that I literally was surprised by joy. I didn't realize that coming to faith in Christ would be such an exuberant moment in my life. That the weight of my sin would roll off of my shoulders. That the things that I had been doing that harmed so many others. The way that I lived that broke the heart of my mother and my dad and ashamed my brother and my sisters. I didn't realize that when I came to faith in Christ, that joy, inexpressible on occasion, joy that sometimes still to this day will overwhelm me, that that sense of peace with God, the sense of being loved by God, the sense of having the relief of being able to put my head on a pillow at night and not be concerned about who I have harmed or who I stole from or who I owe something to. I can do that now. I've been doing that for a long time where I can put my head on my pillow and with a clean conscience I can say goodnight to the Lord in prayer and wake up in the morning next to a woman who has faithfully loved me for many years. That comes through Jesus Christ. He brings joy. He gives us joy. In Psalm 32 verse 2 it says, Blessed or happy is a man whose sin the Lord does not count against him. So the Christmas season is above all things a time to receive forgiveness and a time to experience the joy that God gives to us. And we the church need to be careful. We need to be careful to preserve the true meaning of the birth of Jesus Christ and we need to be faithful to present his birth in its spiritual context. As we present the story of Christ in his birth, we must remember that his birth is an actual historic event. We must be very careful as a church not to reduce the story of the birth of Christ to a child's fable filled with myth and sentimentalism. We need to teach our children, those of us who are parents, we who are grandparents we need to teach our grandchildren that we're not celebrating just a mythological story just a fantasy some good feeling story to make people happy once a year. We need to be very careful to center our attention on who Jesus Christ is and what Jesus Christ has done. I was mentioning last night in our Christmas Eve service perhaps some of you were with me. How that when my children were born and began to be raised how that we would set apart Christmas Eve. It was our family night that I would have my babies in the front room and we'd be seated there together and we would give them a present and each one of them was given an opportunity to open one of their presents. And so they would hold their present all excited because they're going to be able to open it up. But I would have them hold on to the present and I'd say before we open up this present we're going to speak about the greatest present. And I would read this passage Luke every time and I'd read concerning Jesus Christ the son of God the savior of the world and I'd say the real present that we receive is God's presence in our life because we as sinners we need to know what the greatest gift is. And listen you know for you young parents when you're raising your kids be very careful not to get them to mix Santa Claus up with Jesus Christ because Santa Claus is mythological Jesus Christ is real and they need to know the difference and if we pour into them sentimentalism and good feelings and all the kinds of things that can blind the children from the reality they will run the danger of growing up thinking that the story of Christmas is mixed up with the story of a man named Santa Claus. Now I'm not speaking against Santa Claus because you know I don't really care. You know I don't. What I care about is Jesus Christ and I wanted my children to care about Jesus Christ and to not mix up the ornaments and the gifts but to always know that God has given to us a gift and the greatest gift that he's ever given to us was his son Jesus Christ in life through him. You see that's the Christmas story and that's what we pour into our children. Christmas it's a celebration of God invading human history it's a celebration of God providing salvation for a lost world. Christmas is a celebration of the incarnation God with us. In the Old Testament book of Isaiah written over seven centuries before the birth of Christ Isaiah the prophet wrote in Isaiah chapter 9 verses 6 and 7 for unto us a child is born unto us a son is given the government shall be upon his shoulder his name shall be called wonderful counselor the mighty God the everlasting father the prince of peace of the increase of his government in peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon the kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this he is our wonderful counselor our mighty God the everlasting father he is the prince of peace and so we celebrate the giving of the gift of God's own son by God giving us Jesus he's demonstrating to us he's revealing to us openly what love actually is because love needs to be demonstrated we can use the word the society that we live in has dumbed it down has actually voided its content we have made the word love something that God didn't intend it to to be communicated as somebody says I love you so they sleep with their girlfriend that's not love that's lust but what we have done is we have confused the word and it's become a sentimental phrase real love needs to be demonstrated in a real way and God demonstrated his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Paul says in Romans 5 Christ died for us love is shown Jesus said I love you and I love you with a everlasting love and so what we do is we love him in returning in 1st John chapter 4 verses 9 and 10 it says in this was manifested the love of God toward us because that God sent his only begotten son into the world that we might live through him hearing his love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins the word propitiation is a word that simply means and it means something deep I shouldn't say simply it's a word that speaks of God's righteous anger being satisfied God has wrath towards us because we're sinners and he rightly has this wrath but God is intended to satisfy his own wrath by giving to us Jesus Christ who is the one who satisfies his wrath he has done that because we cannot do that that's Christmas we cannot make God happy we actually grieve him but he sent his son Jesus Christ so that we might be washed clean from our sin his wrath is satisfied and now we have peace with him that's the Christmas story the Bible tells us here in Luke chapter 2 verse 8 that there were in the same country shepherds who were living out in the fields who were keeping watch let's begin very briefly by saying very few scholars believe that Jesus was born in December if that's a given sometimes I see people who want to undermine the celebration of Christmas by pointing that fact out well that fact is well known of course very few scholars believe that Jesus was born in December why? well notice with me it says they were living out in the fields they were keeping watch over the flocks by night normally that was done during warmer months December 25th didn't officially become recognized until the reign of Constantine in the 4th century the date of the birth of Christ was made to coincide with the Roman festival of Saturnalia Saturnalia was a pagan festival it celebrated the return of the sun after days of constantly increasing darkness believers Christians didn't have a problem with this because gifts during that time were given to the poor and Christians have always believed in redemption we redeem things that's what we do so there was no problem in redeeming a pagan holiday as for the celebration of the sun's victory Christians saw that as a symbol of their own belief you see in the Old Testament book of Malachi chapter 4 verse 2 it reads for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings and so in Luke chapter 1 verses 78 and 79 that portion speaks of the tender mercy of our God by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death and guide our feet into the path of peace and so they saw that as a picture and they were able to say this is what really did happen the sun is shining and that sun is actually Jesus you see the fact that Jesus was born has always been more important than when he was born now there had been 400 years of silence since the closing of the book of Malachi in the Old Testament at precisely the right time God begins once again to work amongst men Pauling Galatians in chapter 4 verses 4 and 5 said when the fullness of the time had come God sent forth his son born of a woman under the law to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons when it was the right moment now we look at our society right now and we're looking around and we're saying things are changing rapidly things don't seem to be going up they seem to be going down and I don't care how many politicians say it's going to be the glory days in the future without Christ that's not going to happen we know that we know that we're living in some pretty rough times dangerous times even as the scripture says we're living in perilous times and so we're aware of that we're awake but when Christ was born there were perilous times then also and Rome was conquering Rome was powerful there were things going on at that time that were terrible but it was the right moment God said this is the proper time and in the midst of the darkness the light was shining Jesus Christ was born and that's what happens they were performing their ordinary task which was watching over the sheep they would keep an eye on these sheep in three hour shifts they would protect them against predators they protected them against thieves it's interesting to point out that the glory of God is revealed to shepherds who are in a field these are people who are doing their ordinary tasks but I've discovered in some of you that God invades the ordinary an angel of the Lord stood before them he stood in place above them now we remember that Mary and Joseph traveled from a northern town of Nazareth it was in the north and they came down south to Bethlehem just outside of Jerusalem according to verse 7 here in chapter 2 they had tried to secure a room in a home or a hotel but there was no room for them in the inn two words are translated in one word speaks about a hotel but the other speaks of an enclosure where travelers would drive the cattle for the night it wasn't a hotel with a stable outside it was a stable and so what's being said here is there was not even room for Mary in a stable Mary gave birth in the open there was no one there to help her no one there to attend her there was nobody there even to help place Jesus in that manger and in her moment of giving birth she was without assistance there was no midwife there was no other woman she was alone in many ways except she wasn't alone because Immanuel was there God with us she wrapped him according to verse 7 in swaddling cloths laid him in a manger with her own hands now people during that day were wrapped in strips of cloth twice once when they were born the child would be great would be gently washed with salted water would be wrapped from head to foot leave in a portion of the face uncovered so that the baby could breathe his body would be held very straight with the hope that he would grow up to be free from crookedness of the heart that he would walk tall before people the parents would spend a time in prayer they made their commitment to God and then they unwrapped him but the second time they were wrapped in cloths it was for burial in Jesus' birth we have a picture of not only his birth but also his death because he was born that he might die he is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world the bible again in verse 7 says she brought forth her first born son not simply in chronological order but in preeminence in importance that's what he was and the angel of the Lord according to verse 9 stood before them and the glory of the Lord shown around them so they received this birth announcement they're watching their sheep the sheep that were intended for temple sacrifice they're in the same fields that David would be in when he kept watch over the sheep and as this happens they see the shekinah the glory of God and their hearts begin to tremble in fear undoubtedly these shepherds were aware of the sacred stories of how God had dealt with Israel they had heard of the miracles they knew of angels who visited men they knew of the legendary leaders of Israel from Abraham to Malachi but now the book comes alive there's an angel standing over them and they fear for their lives and that's why in verse 10 we read it says do not be afraid I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people you live in a world that lacks joy you live in a world that is under oppression you live in a world that has been in darkness for hundreds of years but I'm bringing you good news and this good news this good news is for all people Isaiah 52 verse 10 says the Lord has made bear his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God he says in verse 11 there is born to you this day in the city of David a savior who is Christ the Lord a savior has been born because we need salvation the Bible says all have sin and fall short of the glory of God Ecclesiastes 7 20 says there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin Galatians 3 22 says the Scripture has confined all under sin that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe when we make Christmas about ourselves and gift giving we're failing to understand why God would even take upon himself human flesh when we have a philosophy that states all men are by nature really good and they learn to do evil we're missing the point of what the Bible teaches concerning our human nature those of us who are parents know that our babies when they're small can get so angry over the smallest things that if they were big they'd kill us on the spot if they had teeth they'd gnaw on us we know that because wrapped up in the child is rebellion human nature unchecked can do the most evil thing now not all people do what they ultimately can do in terms of have the potential to do not all become as evil and do as much evil as is potential there are some who stand out who do there are some very evil people we see them but we very often say well that's the exception and in many senses it is but we have to ask ourselves what is restraining them what is restraining them from doing what they want to do because the bottom line is we all by nature are sinners and we all do sin we sin through thought we sin in word we sin in action and we do that because that's natural for us to do that we all need a savior I don't understand anybody who would argue that we don't we all need help I don't understand those who think that you can talk somebody out of their sin nature you can't you can take a monkey and you can put him in a tuxedo it's a well dressed monkey but it's still a monkey he needs a nature he needs to be changed and sometimes we dress ourselves up in good works appearing to others to be good but in reality we know our own hearts we go to bed at night and we know we are not what we ought to be and the Holy Spirit takes God's Holy Spirit to awaken us and to be able to identify to us what the problem is the problem is not my education or lack thereof it isn't my economic opportunities the problem is my nature the problem is who I am intrinsically what I am that's the problem and how do you solve that problem you take them to college and you educate them you just make them a better educated pagan you give them religion you give them theology you give them philosophy what they need is forgiveness that's what we needed that's what we needed when I heard the gospel clearly for the very first time that I actually listened to it and the Holy Spirit had opportunity I was open to hear what God would have to say I actually said God speak to my heart and when he did as mentioned earlier I was surprised to see myself for what I was there at that Maranatha concert they're listening to the Christian music and hearing the people speak and then that still small voice that you read of in Scripture spoke to my heart through conviction and I still remember the conversation almost 45 years ago where the Spirit of the Lord spoke to my heart unmistakably saying to me you're uncomfortable and my response was yes I am and the next thing I heard in my own heart was why and my response was because I'm not like these people and then the next question was what makes you different and my response was I'm not a Christian for me that was unbelievable to even admit within myself and I assumed to be having a conversation within myself to myself when in reality it was the Spirit of the Lord speaking to me and it was the first time in my life at the age of 20 that I actually admitted even within myself that I did not know God because I was the kid who was raised in Catechism I was the kid who made my first communion I was the kid who made my confirmation I was the kid who would argue with Protestants I would argue with Protestants even when loaded even when smoking pot and I would say to them you're wrong no this is what you should believe I would argue that because I was convinced within my own heart like many of you that I was a Christian you could not argue me out of that you couldn't I had people try to argue me out of that and I'd say you're wrong no I'm a Christian I know who Jesus Christ is he is the second person of the most Holy Trinity he was born of the Virgin Mary he suffered under Pontius Pilate he was crucified he died he was buried he rose again the third day ascended into heaven he sits at the right hand of the Father one day he'll return I believe in God the communion of saints the resurrection I believe all of that because I was taught that the apostles creed when I was 7 years old and I believed it in my head theoretically so when you would argue with me I knew enough to be able to argue with you I knew enough to be able to say you're not right about that but if in my quiet time I ever thought you know Jesus Christ it didn't matter to me it didn't matter to me because I knew that one day in my heart of hearts I knew one day I'll marry a good Catholic girl I'll be like my dad I'll work a 5 day work week and mow the lawn on Saturday drink some beer on Sunday I'll stay home my wife takes my kids to church that was my plan for life that's what I was going to do I'll go to church for weddings I'll go to church for baptisms I'll go to church for funerals I'll go to church I'll never deny that there's a God there is a God and then when I'm real old I'll stop sinning I'll start going to Mass every day I'll do my rosary I'll die and my wife will pray my soul out of purgatory that's a fact that was my hope that was my eternal life good works when you're too old to sin I used to say that when I get older and I can't sin anymore I'll become religious that's what I said I didn't know that there's no sinner like an old sinner you don't stop sinning you refine it that's what you do right you don't stop you refine it that's the first lie you ever told maybe there's one person who lied in this room I remember the first lie actually not the first lie the first time I stole something I do remember that I was about 5 years old my dad took me to a supermarket it was called Shoppers Market it was in Norwalk there was a can of bird seed it had a green parakeet on it it was a yellow can we didn't have a parakeet so I took it I put it in my pocket I stole the bird seed and went home with it because it was just a good looking bird I liked it my mom was doing the wash she found the can of bird seed she said what's this doing in your pocket I stole it she took me to Shoppers Market took me to the manager had me hand the bird seed to the manager and confessed that I had stolen it I still remember that I got busted but I got good at stealing later and I started using my stealing to support my habits and I would steal from pretty much anybody if you had money and it was out and you were my best friend you might be losing a couple bucks if I was there I would have some wine in front of me and you walked out of the room finders keepers I would drink it I had the habit I became a thief I would steal just to support I'd go to J.C. Pennies and steal town craft t-shirts and I would sell them to friends and I'd buy drugs with it that's what I did that's what I did so you get caught stealing bird seed and you eventually got caught burglarizing a jewelry store it just keeps going forward and you keep getting better I would walk into stores I'd see a jacket that I liked I'd take the tags off that's before they put the little electronic gadgets in it and I'd put the jacket on and I'd walk out of the store I walked into one store one time I went to a clothing rack and I filled it up with the clothes that I liked and I'd put my hand underneath all the clothes and their hangers and I walked out between two people who were at that counters I walked out and I dragged out all this clothing that I stole I walked right in front of them I was very good at stealing I stole a lot and I got very good at it so you don't turn away from it you refine it I was a liar I used to make up stories I would watch people as their eyes would get big and I'd just I used to say it was fishy and I'd just isn't it weird I'm a pastor now lying and stealing do you trust me? I hope you do because I came to the point through the conviction of the Holy Spirit of knowing I am a sinner and the Christmas before I got saved my dad gave to me a Ouija board for my Christmas gift a Ouija board so that I could contact spirits but it was the Holy Spirit two days later who contacted me and I took that Ouija board and I burned it in my parents' fireplace and I said this boy is going to serve the Lord not Satan and that's what we did that's what God does God changes you and God brings us peace and we give to him glory he is Christ the Lord he is Christ he is the anointed one when it speaks concerning his name it points out that the savior of the world in his prophetic role is his royal and he is priestly he is the anointed one prophets, kings and priests anointed with oil when they were installed in their offices and Jesus is the anointed one and finally he says to us verse 12 this will be the sign to you you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths lying in a manger suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying glory to God in the highest and on earth peace goodwill toward men glory to God and then peace to the glory of God Christ who is our peace has been given to man Jesus is not simply bringing peace Jesus is incarnating peace he is our peace and the only way to have any peace is to have him in a manger in the manger of your heart that manger is where the animals would feed it was a feeding trough it was polluted by their filth all around there in that area would be the the what they would be leaving behind stinky dirty animals who would relieve themselves around that manger they would eat there and they'd robber and that's what the Lord was placed in you would have thought that he should have been in the finest we can't call it a hospital but the finest place to be born but he was placed there in a manger which reminds us that where his presence is all the uncleanness must flee our hearts are like manger's polluted and filthy but when Christ becomes a center of it it changes it into something that's holy men are in a state of hostility with heaven and with one another the carnal mind the bible says is enmity against God and man by nature wars against his maker but now you can have peace with God because you can be reconciled to him and that comes through Jesus Christ one last thought let me remind you of and then we'll close with prayer there is a spiritual war that is becoming very obvious we Americans have been isolated from its reality for a long time but it's a war that's been going on for many many centuries the war is spiritual in nature and it's ideological in terms of its expression and there are those today who will say that Christians and members of Islam worship the same God I see that sometimes on bumper stickers bumper sticker theology and bumper sticker philosophy is very often extremely shallow and I see that the fact of the matter is there is a war going on and the war is for human souls the church has been given by God a message the message has been called terms of peace it's the gospel the gospel is referred by the apostle Paul to being the gospel of reconciliation the word reconciliation speaks of reconciling or bringing to peace two warring parties and what you and I have been given as Christians is what is called the gospel of reconciliation to what God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself and what we have been handed are terms of peace God who is at war with man because of man's filthy sinfulness sinful man at war with his holy God when he hears the terms of peace gives to God an unconditional surrender God's terms of peace is not a negotiated peace God's terms of peace is unconditional surrender and he says I have won you have lost you need to reconcile with me and that comes through the gospel and the church has been given the message of reconciliation so we say God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself God took upon himself human flesh dwelt amongst us we beheld his glory the glory of the only begotten son of God full of grace and truth he is given to us a message Jesus according to Ephesians 2 14 is our peace and we received crisis lord and savior now we've been delegated to go out with this message and what we have today are Christians who are saying things like I'm a Christian and I love the Quran but the Quran says that Jesus Christ is not God's son that God has no son so how can you love a message that undermines the gospel message you can't Jesus said either you're for me or you're against me but there's no neutrality who are you going to serve and that's why Joshua would say as for me in my house we will serve the lord that's who we serve we need to understand that today we cannot be lulled into sleep with this desire to have peace with people you cannot have peace with people if they hate your God you can't they crucified Christ they will persecute you fast to the truth gear up it's a time for war be ready no I'm not saying let's go out with bazookas and take them out I'm saying let us take the word of God live it and give it and see God move and be glorified because of Jesus Christ who is the prince of peace he will give to us peace in Christ that's how it comes it's a time for us to wake up let us not reduce the gospel to sentimentalism it is a powerful declaration of God being with you he is for you and if he's for you who can be against you hold fast to him don't back down hold your line he is lord and I will serve him with all of my heart to the day I see him face to face that's what God has called us to do that is Christmas a savior has been born Jesus Christ


Hi and welcome to the session. Let us discuss the following question. The question says if the first and end term of a GP are A and B respectively and if P is the product of N terms proves that P squared is equal to AB to the power N. Let's now begin with the solution. Let R be the common ratio of a GP. The question it is given that first term of a GP is A that means T1 is equal to A and nth term of a GP is equal to P that means TN is equal to B. Now TN is equal to B implies A into R to the power N minus 1 is equal to B. Now it is also given in the question that P is the product of N terms. So this means P is equal to T1 into T2 into T3 and so on up to TN. Since A is the first term and R is the common ratio therefore T1 that is first term is equal to A, T2 that is second term is equal to AR, third term that is T3 is equal to AR squared and so on TN is equal to A into R to the power N minus 1. Now this is equal to A to the power N since A appears N times into R to the power 1 plus 2 plus so on up to N minus 1. We know that sum of N natural numbers that is 1 plus 2 plus 3 up to so on up to N terms is equal to N into N plus 1 by 2 therefore sum of N minus 1 natural numbers that is 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus so on up to N minus 1 is equal to N minus 1 into N minus 1 plus 1 by 2 and this is equal to N minus 1 into N by 2. So now this expression can be written as A to the power N into R to the power N minus 1 into N by 2. So P is equal to A to the power N into R to the power N minus 1 into N by 2. We have to prove that P squared is equal to AB to the power N so let's now consider P squared. Now P squared is equal to A to the power N into R to the power N minus 1 into N by 2 whole square and this is equal to A to the power 2N into R to the power N minus 1 into N and this is equal to A to the power 2 into R to the power N minus 1 whole to the power N and this can be written as A into A into R to the power N minus 1 whole to the power N. Now we know that A into R to the power N minus 1 is equal to B. So we will now substitute B in place of A into R to the power N minus 1 in this expression. So by substituting B we get A into B to the power N. So P squared is equal to AB to the power N. Hence we have proved that P squared is equal to AB to the power N. This completes this session. Bye and take care.