Hello and welcome to episode 49 of the market maker podcast and stay tuned for next week episode 50. We do have a little special something happening. I'll explain more at the end of the episode. So you're going to have to stay tuned for now. But yeah, to mark the 50th occasion, there will be something happening, rest assured. But before I begin, as ever, I've got the co-founder head of trading peers current with me. We're going to go over some of the major news of the week first couple of highlights from across the board really from single stock to macro to the celebrity gossip I've got for you this time peers as well. So going to go through that first, then we'll talk real turkey about US inflation, we'll talk about Fed pricing, we'll talk about how equities have been performing under the kind of high yields in the future. And then we'll, of course, we got to talk about Boris Johnson, another headache has emerged amongst other things. And so we'll try and break that down as to a what's going on. Are we going to have a new prime minister and then see the markets even care at this point and some of the subsequent timelines on that so start things off then couple of highlights from the week. We're all rollercoaster, really for equity markets I'm looking at my charts now that ours back down nearly 400 the NASDAQ selling off again. We've gone through a period of the beginning of the week, the NASDAQ had had five straight losses on the back of how we performed prior week. And then we had this almighty bounce and reports were the retail crowd. They love it, stepped in and bought $1 billion of stocks, apparently, on Monday alone, but helping support a little bit of that kind of more midweek bump was the power. We had kind of one of his hearings with the Senate Banking Committee, just this is kind of the formality of the approval of his next term as the Fed chair. And as much as he committed to the fact that really markets are right, right, rates are going to go up sooner, rather than later. He did push back about this idea of the shrinking of the balance sheet and that was quite critical. Tech loved it at the time. They're not loving life so much now, but very briefly had a little bit of a relief rally. Then we moved on we had US CPI probably major event of the week. CPI came at 7% talk about that a little bit more detail in a moment, and what that means and where it might go but it was the highest reading in 39 years. Plenty of Fed speak this week all queuing up for rate hikes seems like the doves are on board as well which would mean March. They would pull the trigger when tapering of course is expected to to finish at this point in time. On the other side of this, there's there's not much panic in the oil market fourth weekly advance we're heading for which would be the longest street since October. I'm kind of like what we've been talking about here is we've discussed Omicron so forth. The analyst at Goldman Sachs saying earlier this week that demand impact from that variant has been modest. So amongst other things oil still tracking higher rub around 83 bucks a barrel at the moment, and then flipping to single stocks, Ford motor. We've talked EV a lot. We haven't talked really about Ford motor and you know how much Ford was up last year percentage. I actually do because because I read your market maker email. Every day most days 130 132%. Yeah, you know, opening rate every day peers. I'm disappointed. But yeah, Ford.  I think it was 56% last year. Obviously the S&P was up 27. We're talking about 130 plus for Ford and it kind of went about its business pretty discreetly, but they this week hit a market value of 100 billion for the first time. Long story short, it's all about them going EV and a full pivot in that direction, but away from there we had bank earnings. They commenced today. So Friday we're recording this and JP Morgan reported record annual profits, best in banking, surging black rock. The world's largest asset manager has become the first to surpass $10 trillion of assets under management. Wow, I was going to say 9 trillion, but yeah, you just lose count. That's crazy, isn't it? Right. And so to put it in some context, they've grown assets by 15% in Q4. Right. And that's now larger than the hedge fund, the VC and the PE industry combined. Just their growth in quarter four. The total. Okay. I mean, that is the 10 trillion is more than. Yeah, it's just insane. Those numbers. And then to kind of wrap off the wrap up the week, aside from Boris, which we'll discuss no facts. Djokovic has obviously been in the in the news a lot. And then you've got Prince Andrew. Yeah. Yeah. That's not going to end well. I fear for Prince Andrew at this point in time. And then finally got a shout out to my main man, money made weather and also Kim Kardashian. They've been sued. Don't know if you've read about this. I haven't. They've been sued over promoting the alt coin, Ethereum max as part of an alleged crypto scam. Right. The scam. The major two points here of the scam. The main problem is Ethereum max has absolutely nothing to do with Ethereum. Right. One. And it's crashed 98% since June, which is when it was promoted by these two celebrities. Now question for you. How much was two questions? First one. How much does Kim Kardashian get paid to post on Instagram? You as well. Yeah. That is a car. That's what how many followers has she got? Second question. I don't know how you want to work this out though. So let's go first, then you might reverse it. My knowledge here on Insta's low. I'm going to start at a point that I do know. Ronaldo is the highest. And he's got 300 million followers. I think he broke 300 million and 300 million. Yeah. Is that right? Anyway. I'm going to go back. I reckon she's got 100 million. So a post, her post, that's got to be a pun. You could charge a lot for that. $10 million. She was. So in terms of followers, I liked where you were heading. Now, if I was interviewing Piers Karan, I'd be like, okay, yeah, yeah. I'm liking this. The logic is there. I said, which ruined it all. You had the job, then you blew it. So her followers, you're right. Ronaldo is up there, but she's very close as well. So she's on 279 million followers. And per post, she gets $860,000 a post. What? You think she's lowballing that? Yeah. If you're an agent, you'd be saying, look, 10 mil if you want Kimmy to... I think she's low. I'm going to stick to my gun. I think she's lowballing that. Okay. Let me... My 15,000 Twitter followers. Via what other channel could you access 280 million engaged followers? I reckon she's lowballing that. Yeah. Okay. I'll send her a message. Yeah. I'll send her a DM. All right. Hit her up on the DMs. Well, let's get straight into it and talk about, I guess it's appropriate to start with the inflation numbers that will lead us into what the Fed speakers is kind of saying and then the policy going forward. So US CPI 7% in 2021, largest 12 months gained since 1982, core prices, biggest advances, 1991. The increase in CPI led higher by prices and shelter and used vehicles, food contributed, but energy prices, which are a key driver in inflation, of course, through the predominant part of the year fell last month. But looking at the price movement of oil, that's not shocking at all. But bond markets are pricing in now 90% probability that the Fed will deliver four rate hikes now in 2022. And obviously their official communication is in their projections is three at this point in time. Thoughts on CPI first, and then we'll talk a little bit about what Powell said and what the rest of the gang at the Fed are saying. Yeah. I think whilst obviously sensational headlines, 40 year highs, you know, 7% handle. That's kind of what was expected, though. So, you know, it's still, it's still more of the same. Where the same is, oh, wow, that's, you know, inflation is high. So I don't think it changes the feds, what is already a very aggressive hawkish pivot. Obviously it kind of adds justification to their aggressive hawkish pivot, but it's too early still for inflation to start coming down, like naturally creeping back lower due to base effects. Part of the reason why it's high is because of base effects. And those base effects won't come out of the equation until we get into the spring. So it's not surprising that inflation is still rising. But, you know, I'm not trying to suggest that it's not something we should be worried about because it definitely is. But yeah, I think it's status quo where we were already in that position of inflation is high, the feds super hawkish, and we're still there. So perhaps the bigger talking point of what's happened this week is not so much the inflation figures, but it is the clarity that came by way of Jerome Powell when he kind of alleviated what felt like anxiety that was resulting in this like surge in yields where we ended last week and is still kind of dominating the psyche a little bit, it feels at the moment. But he kind of, that was because markets were connecting this simultaneous trigger policy events, tapering finishing, rates rising, and also the balance sheet reduction. But he came out and said, look, that I've got it here. He said, it tends to take two to four meetings to work through the balance sheet decision. Now, just looking at the timing of the Fed meetings, that wouldn't be much. And then there's a gap. And I think it's May is that that would be that meeting of three. If you take the middle midpoint of that. So was that the key thing for you? Yeah, definitely.  They've gone too far in pricing in the hawkish pivot. And maybe Jerome was listening in. Well, you know, Jerome friend of the pod was obviously listening in. He thought, oh, yeah. I mean, I love it when we go for a Friday afterward drink with Jerome Powell and Kim Kardashian, you know, just marriage made in heaven right there. So I reckon he was he did the right thing in his comments on Tuesday and just took that, that, that ridiculous idea off the table, which was in March, they will hike rates and they'll start quantitative tightening at the same time. I mean, that's just insanity land.  So that's, I mean, even that's crazy. But yeah, so I think that's why you got that little bit of a bump higher, perhaps on stocks. But yeah, I mean, it's a subtle difference. Look, we're still in the same jet. Basically, we're still in the same situation. Flation is still really high. The Fed still super hawkish compared to what they were a couple of months ago.  But, you know, we're closing out the week on the lows. This is the lowest the Nasdaq index has been since the end of October. So, you know, it's starting to, it's now, it's now you can say multi month lows, right? We haven't, we haven't been able to say that about stocks.  You'd have to check, you'd have to fact check that. But it may well be more than 12 months. Well, it might not last for long because one of the recurring calls from the suits on Wall Street is Goldman Sachs UBS Global Wealth Management reiterated their bullish calls. They said equities can weather high interest rates arising bond yields. Black Rocks Investment Institute recommending investors use sell-offs to add risk.  And to be fair, very short term, they were, they were right the following days, whether that will be right over the longer time period we'll see. But yeah, still seemingly keeping their heads fairly cool at the moment in terms of their view. And I guess this was what a lot of the banks were talking about the end of last year, you know, even though we'll finish 2022 possibly higher, which is the median kind of consensus on the street. That's not without its drawdowns at some point. And I guess, you know, this is a very, well, it's very minor at this point. It's nothing to get too deeply concerned about. But is that just. I want to take you back to 20 and the 2015 for a good sort of comparison because what tends to happen is when the Fed get hawkish markets don't like it. And until we're confident enough that actually the economy is solid and strong. And once we get our head to that point, then actually hiking rates is fine. And then it becomes not, oh my God, they're hiking. It just then becomes, well, how quickly are they going to hike? Right. And so we just move forwards in the kind of narrative one step. So at the end of 2015, the Fed went hawkish and they hiked. At the same time, we had other issues as well. There was a big concern around China at that point through the summer of 2015. And anyway, we had a wobble and markets sold off into the end of 2015 and the start of 2016. And then they're actually, well, I mean, back then the Fed held off a little bit on hiking more, but then as we got to the end of 2016, they started hiking and they hiked four times in 2017. This idea of four hikes in a year, everyone's going, oh my God, what? That's, but they hiked four times in 2017. It's not so long ago. And the point is how do equities react to hikes? It's entirely dependent on market sentiment, which is dependent on how solid is the economy below that. And if the economy is super strong and if we're coming out of Omicron and you're going to get some powerful economic momentum, well then hikes are fine. Stocks can go up in a rate hiking cycle. Just go and have a look. It's just we're in that transition at the moment between the Fed's hawkish pivot prior to the hike starting and you've still got a bit of Omicron uncertainty in the mix and the supply chain and the inflation stuff. So it's all kind of in the melting pot, but I think that's why banks are pretty much happy to say, look, buy the dip because they think we're going to get on to the hiking cycle and in previous cycles, as long as the economy's solid, then it's fine. And if the economy's not solid, well then the Fed won't hike. Unless we've got an inflation problem. Unless we've got stagflation. I'll just practically leave that on the table. That's your nightmare where economy's slow and inflation stays high. But if COVID goes away, I can't quite see how that works. So I don't think that's a genuine risk. Yeah. I mean, at the moment, one thing that's happening today at the end of the week is that stocks are a little bit lower, but actually oil's firmly higher. Yields at the moment haven't seen too much movement. We've been pretty much sideways for the last couple of days now. So, yeah, it's interesting. It's predominantly equities which are reflecting the anxiety to some extent at the moment. And I guess what you generally look for though is when there's a multi-asset uniformity to movement, which is then something more substantial where equities could possibly then really roll over. The asset classes are really playing that tune at the moment. Yeah. What I will say on oil, what's really interesting on oil, certainly WTI crude at least. It's the October 21 high. We're right on it and we've kind of been flirting with it for the last week or two. But like powerful end to this week and we're pretty much right on their big level to look out for, you know, let's say going into next week and let's say into the end of the month. Because, you know, can oil kick onto $100 is the question. And you've obviously got on the demand side, Omicron going away or at least proving to be milder. And so as long as economies, you know, don't lock down, then obviously demand side, that's a positive factor. And if OPEC kind of stick to their current situation and if you've got the other stuff, one offs like, you know, Libyan production dropping and that kind of situation. And then you've got the medium term to long term lack of investment into, you know, finding more supply. In the end, that's the underlying slow burner that's driving this price up. And so I'm now in the $100 camp for $22. Nice. Okay. Yeah. Well, look, I know you're heavily invested in oil infrastructure and oil pipeline. What are you talking about? Okay. Well, let's move away from there and let's talk a little bit about UK politics and Boris Johnson because it's been a hell of a week for Bojo under pressure from senior Tories, of course, after he admitted the drinks party at number 10 garden on the 20th of May, 2020, when, as you can remember, we were all in lockdown. And so being defiance of his own government's rules. The FT reported earlier in the week that MP said letters of no confidence were starting to be handed in and just a little bit of understanding of how that actually works. So Graham Brady, the chair of the Tory back bench 1922 committee, I think if you're an American trying to understand UK Parliament, even just understanding of the Lords and what are they wearing and what are they doing and just the noises that come out of parliamentary debate. But so there's this back bench and actually as unimportant as that sounds, it's very important the back benches is kind of like where the power kind of truly comes from. And essentially, then the chair of the back bench committee, there's a set number that you need to have, which is a total of 54 letters. So 15% of Tory MPs would have to then put in this call of no confidence for a vote then to happen. And as many as 30 letters of no confidence have been submitted is what they were saying early in the week. So the key figures, 54 at around 30, which is quite high actually. I'd say the closer you get, the more that kind of value of that one vote accounts for much more. There's always going to be like very out out there candidates who drop of a hat cast and no confidence. It's really the deciding ones. And as we'll talk about, it's the cabin. The cabin is key. If you lose your cabinet, you're out basically. Yeah, you have no support. So the prime minister's approval rating is falling dramatically. It's been going that way for some time. There was a you go poll that came out for the times on Wednesday night. I think it was Labour now have a 10 point lead over the Tories for the first time in nearly a decade. So it's been 10 years. It basically he's his approval rating is falling as fast. And it's almost as low as Theresa May at the end of her premiership. And one of the things that you generally start to see in politics is it's very seldom the fact that once this decline happens in confidence, it doesn't really change. You might be able to stabilize, stop the rock, but you can never reclaim former glory really. And obviously he's gone through a sequence of different events. So yeah, feel free to jump in. There's a couple of really interesting points that came out of an article of the spectator who I guess for a lot of particularly students, you might not follow the spectator. And definitely one thing I'd say if you're going into a global markets division type role, which could be quite a wide variety of positions, you really should have a base competency knowledge of certainly if you're based in London, UK political system structure and the US because obviously it's midterms that ends the year. So if you're not comfortable with the differences of the two and the structure and how they operate, just spend honestly like an afternoon on each one just reading online about it in terms of just hit wiki and stuff like that to get an understanding of structure. It will hold you in good stead because lo and behold, I can tell you what they'll be talking about at the beginning of November of this year. Yeah, it's a set political event, right? So and that will dictate lots of different things. So just a word to the wise just make sure you get that down. But going back to this article, they were saying a couple of things. What was striking about the Tory rebellion against vaccine passports, for instance, was how many of the rebels had backed Johnson in the 2019 leadership contest. He has alienated allies and his enemies as they are. They're already lying in wait for the best moment to strike. So you've already lost those because it's never fully favourable when you come in unless you're Tony Blair back in 19. Only Tony. Then you've got then you've got what is the issue. I thought this was an interesting point. The party gate. Let's call it party gate. It's not a complex issue. Yeah. And so even if Sue Gray, who's the person investigating this to find out, has he done something wrong? Is it criminal and so forth? She sets out the facts. And the response from the public is obviously very key for confidence. And it's an issue that everyone can understand because there are many things that Boris has done in his life. It's so integral to the just the complication of like Brexit and things like that. You wouldn't really understand it because it's just boring and it's just of not of interest. But when it comes to like what the media are doing, which is the Queen sitting solo wasn't there and all these different sorts of things. It's going to resonate. And that's a massive problem because this is all about optics. The ironic thing is the improving outlook for COVID, which you rightly said, he kind of called it right. Ironically, that's changing the calculus for some Tory MPs because that was a risk of calling a leadership context. Who would want to do it when there's such uncertainties, but actually we're getting emerging clarity coming, which is giving more greater conviction that look, that's not so much of an issue now because hopefully boosters and the natural way of which waves get less potent over time. Well, then that's not so much of an issue. So it's interesting how that's changed and shifted. There's now a sense that with the virus in retreat, all restrictions likely to be lifted later this month. It might be possible to do some, you know, change horses so to speak and who you're backing in that respect. The crucial difference between now and the first phase of the Premiership. And this was another interesting point. If you think about when he came in, you needed Boris to do two things. You needed him to get Brexit done. And you needed him to beat Jeremy Corbyn. And for that purpose, he was probably a very good fit. He smashed it on that front, on those two fronts. But that meant they were backers within the party were prepared to overlook some of these circumstances because he was the man for the job to win on those two fronts. However, they've kind of, the narratives shifted and the tolerance has gone now. And the incidents have become multiple. And then added to this argument that Johnson's departure would allow Tories. This is another important thing about the management of the party after Boris. And this is a good point. It's that if the Tories as a party now use him as the scapegoat to some degree, well, they could argue they understand the anger over hypocrisy, the sense that there's one rule for those in power. That's not for the others. Yes, we understand Boris needs to go. And so therefore you give a clean fresh slate within the same leading party in that sense, which makes sense to strategy. So, yeah, timing wise, the thing that the reason why this might not happen immediately and obviously very telling that Rishi decided not to be around for Wednesday when he was getting a grilling and PM cues about all this. And I think he tweeted at like 8pm in the evening kind of half-heartedly backing him. So the talk is obviously is Rishi going to do it. He's the favourite. But timing is key. It always is. And there's local elections happening in the UK. So I would say the likelihood is that nothing's going to happen probably until then. And I remember Theresa May, it was all going terribly and then she had the European MEPs, wasn't it? And I think the Tories came like fourth or fifth. Yeah, that's right. And when it's like an official, formal democratic process like that, there's no grey area of was I at a party, was I not? Did I, you know, was it this or that? It's like, no, you are now not a vote winner. Right. And so now you go. And for Rishi, if I think about May Bank of England might have got another hiking. The Fed have got some clarity. Omicron's now where are we at there? Perhaps better position. Economy's moved on a bit. Just wait, you know, this is all about let himself implode don't force yourself. And then it will happen. But, you know, these politicians like have they got patients? I'm not sure. They're all power hungry animals, aren't they?  You're mentioning the spectator. I won't say much on this other than the spectator. You know, Boris was the editor of the spectator before he became an MP. Did you know that? He's got a bit of a track record on lying as well. Because you know what he said to the spectator, the condition was you can only become editor if you don't run to become an MP. He said, yeah, deal. So then he became editor and then he went and ran to become an MP. So he's got a bit of a, I guess he's got a history of lying is the point. And here we are again with him lying. But as you definitely you're spot on with the fact that it's much more relatable for the electorate.  And I think you're right. Timing wise only when the evidence is at the polling ballot at the polling booths in May if that's a car crash of a regional election then yeah, I think that's your moment for Rishi to ride in. So Boris has got four months to turn it around and can't quite see what's on the slate for him to be able to do that. I mean, I think the we've got this meeting at the end of the month on restrictions and I think those are going for sure. In Boris' self-interest he'll need to get rid of as many restrictions as possible to try and get some of those more right-wing conservatives can he save the relationship with any of those or not? But yeah, you probably say the writing's probably on the wall now for Boris. So I guess a point of clarity for those that aren't familiar with how this really works. So when you hear a poll and the poll is suggestive of Labour like in its best position in 10 years how are you to actually take that because just want to make clear this doesn't mean that Labour now rides in and like the palace. This is not how it works. I'd go as far as to say that's irrelevant other than it persuades Rishi to go for a leadership challenge. It's irrelevant with regards to who's going to govern this country because the conservatives have a huge majority and the next general election is not for three and a half years. Labour will not get into power until at the earliest I think it's May 2025 right? Or no sorry no 2022 I think is when was the last general election Boris won in 2019 2019 it was a winter election for the first time winter 2024 we're mid-cycle and sure the polls are going to go up and down Labour versus conservatives at this point in the political cycle it's not relevant from who's going to run the country it's purely just down to who's going to be the head of the conservative party and can Boris cling on and somehow come back from the ashes or will step aside and maybe a Rishi might come in what a ride for Rishi I mean until he appeared I can't remember what it was Boris was so ahead at the time of I can't remember what was happening it was almost like it was a shoe in there's no point Boris turning up to some of these TV debates so he sent Rishi out and it's like who's this Rishi Sena and this was like two and a bit years ago I mean incredible it's been a meteoric rise and he's young as well I don't know how old is he and would he be the youngest Prime Minister for many a year well maybe since I think maybe he's 41 I'm not sure how old Cameron was when he came in I thought Cameron was a bit younger than that was he younger than that I think it's close gotta be close well look I mean Rishi's highly relatable as ever married into a billionaire family so just like every one of us so it's great to have another representative of the people of Britain but I guess moving back to markets Rishi coming in I mean let's just say he does in say the summer let's just pick a timeline does that have any implications for markets I don't think so I don't think it particularly because you're not getting a it's just a change in leadership like within the party right and okay I know that means a new Prime Minister because they're the governing party but from a policy point of view certainly from an economic policy point of view I mean Rishi's the chancellor so if he becomes the Prime Minister then from an economic policy point of view there's going to be no change so therefore from a markets point of view I don't really see that being the influencing factor of no actually through some of the recent COVID decisions Rishi's always kind of sat more on the looser restrictions and reopen faster side and if Omokron does prove to be more mild it's probably even more optimal in that sense because he's more coming from the treasury so economy focused so time will tell well look we'll wrap it up there and just to conclude then as I was saying the next episode is number 50 so to fulfil on our pledge to empower you our community particularly students looking to kind of find their future in finance whatever that might be what we're going to do for the 50th episode is I want to email me directly my email is a.chung c-h-e-u-n-g amplifytrading.com and I want you to tell me out of the 50 episodes you can throw in as well the additional career ones that we did what was your favourite episode and why and the one who can give the most convincing argument should we get them on the pod? let's get them on themselves what we were going to do was I was going to give you the shout out we know we have some of our corporate clients as well who listen to this podcast channel and I was going to promote you and say you're the best candidate and give me the skinny and I'll give you the shout out and get you some coverage but I think we should get them on let's give them the stage let's do it the next episode number 50 hit me on the email a.chung.com and the three of us we'll get it on let's do it and just before we go we'll know Vax Djokovic be still in the draw for the Australian Open whilst we do the 50th episode in a week's time yes or no you're a fan so I'm interested in your angle here should he play or not if he does play he'll win the whole thing yeah because purely on the basis not because he's the best player in the world I mean yes he'll win because of that but because he's the sort of guy where I would imagine he'll be angry he gets so much hate he has only I think achieved the success that he's had by using that hate in a very positive way which is to dominate his sport and he will be I'm going to say it as much as it pains me he will be the greatest tennis player that has ever lived because he's going to win more than 21 which will take him to the top of the Grand Slam the guy's going to win 25 plus and then it's not even a conversation piece so so far you've dodged the question he's going to play he's going to win do you think he should play no good there you go I just needed to I had to squeeze it out he shouldn't good come on Andy well I don't know how he did actually he got to the semifinals at the Sydney tournament first time he's won three in a row ATP level since 2019 or something like that so never know dark horse I'm not sure English sport in Australia at the moment is not going so well alright have a great weekend peers and everyone take care see you guys see you later


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In Gujarat, Independence Committee has announced the creation of a Liberation Army that will work towards eventual cessation of the Southern Russian Republic of In Gujarat from the Russian Federation. The committee's representative Ruslan Yuloy has said, We are already creating our Liberation Army. Every day we receive a large number of requests from people who want to join it. We have already formed military units. In the near future, we will openly show these armed formations to the world. We are not going to build a common future with Russian oppositionists, said Yuloy. Yuloy explained that Ukraine was not obliged to help with these processes because Ukraine is fighting on its territory and we of course understand that it is not going to depose Putin or enter the territory of Russia to liberate us. This is our task. Our task is to prepare our forces for the inevitable collapse of this state, he stressed.


Brainerd community members were able to act like a surgeon and get behind the controls of robotic surgery. Sarah Winkelman takes us to see the tool that has had a major impact on surgery in the Brainerd lakes. These are our hands and our instruments and this is our eyes. A new set of hands and eyes for surgeons comes in the form of the Da Vinci robot. It looks daunting but it actually facilitates dissection and precise movements and surgery within the abdomen and pelvis. Giving surgeons new options when performing minimally invasive surgeries. As a urologist we use it to perform partial removal and whole removal of kidneys. The bladder surgery or bladder removal and perhaps most commonly prostate removal for prostate cancer. Now unlike a traditional robot the surgeons are over here using the controllers. Meanwhile the instruments are actually working on the patient over here. One arm is used for a camera and the other three can be used for instruments and they can be interchanged depending on what procedure is going to be performed. No matter the type of operation many of the patients are off to a quicker recovery. They have less pain post-operatively in cases where patients are working, they're getting back to work more quickly. So it's really been great to see the progression that's happened with the new system. Dr. Dunnick uses the robot once or twice a week while in the operating room in Brainerd. It allows us to do some operations through small incisions that maybe in the past we would have done through more traditional larger incisions. Today some students from St. Francis of the Lakes Catholic School were able to get behind the controls of robotic surgery. It felt like pinching scissors and picking up things with scissors. It was fun but it was also really hard. A fun test but one that may lead to some future surgeons.  Reporting in Brainerd Sarah Winkleman, Lakeland News. Ascension Health St. Joseph's Medical Center has been using the current model of the robot for the past year and a half.


Okay, let's, yeah, let's just turn our variables to efficiency of 5, efficiency of 5 and looking at versus 15 and 16, okay, efficiency 5 versus 15 and 16, which says, see then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time because the days are evil, okay, see that you walk circumspectly, circumspectly meaning carefully, at the same time, you know, sure of what you're doing with a lot of thought intentionally, right, see that you walk circumspectly, so which means see that you live your life in that manner intentionally without, you know, it is the opposite of just doing things arbitrarily or and so on, not as fools but as wise, okay, so use wisdom, I think through and we know in James we read about the kind of wisdom, godly wisdom that comes from above, right, and he also says redeeming the time, okay, so we know that, you know, time, the quality of, I mean one of the attributes of time is that it passes, right, you can't really get it back, you can't set back the time, right, but he says redeeming the time, so which means, you know, walk in such a way that time itself is bent or time itself is brought back, so in other words, we know that time cannot be but walk in such a way that time is used well, right, time as a precious resource is used well, he says because the days are evil, right, so that instruction that we have for us, something for us to, you know, think about something for us to also, you know, realize that, okay, how am I spending my time, okay, not to be fearful of, not to be paranoid about, but definitely to be, to preach, you know, if you have like 1000 rupees, 100 rupee notes, you know, 10, 100 rupee notes in your pocket, will you be careful or will you be careless, right, you will be careful, of course, we will be generous, you want to give to people, you will want to take care of your need, okay, all that is there, but you will not be careless, right, we will not be careless, right, we will be protective of it, we will be mindful of it, so he's just shifting, you know, are you thinking the same way about time, okay, minutes, seconds, minutes, hours, days, years, decades, are we using it well because time has its capacity to slip by if you're not careful, right, suddenly you realize, hey, five years have gone by, suddenly you realize 10 years have gone by, right, and where did they go, so saying, redeeming the time, walk circumspectly, redeeming the time, right, so let's just pray and commit our time into God's hands and say, Lord, thank you for the resource that you've given, I commit it into your mighty hands, give me the wisdom to use it well, help me to walk circumspectly, intentionally, and help me to walk, what is this redeeming of time, teach me how to do it, let's just pray, Father, we thank you, thank you for this wonderful resource that you've given, Lord, each one of us, this wonderful resource called time, and Master, we pray that you'll give us the wisdom to use it well, Lord, give us the right perspective of time, Lord, that we may not be fearful, that we may not be, Lord, a paranoid about it, Lord, but Lord, really enjoy it, enjoy the time that you've given us, enjoy the minutes and days and hours that you've given us, Father God, and use it well, Father God, Lord, teach us what does it, what it means to redeem the time, Lord, and I pray that we will use it well for your glory, Father, help us to live in the present fully, and at the same time, Lord, that we would walk circumspectly, Lord, when it comes to things of the future as well, Lord, we thank you, we commit ourselves into your mighty hands, in Jesus' name we pray, amen, amen. Okay, so let me just share the notes, looking at leadership, what did we look at last time? Organizing, okay, so organizing is something that comes naturally to some people, you know, normally maybe, you know, naturally you're an organized person, okay, so you know where to find your things, you know, anybody finds your things immediately or you have a difficulty finding your things, your own things, you know, like your keys, your personal stuff, okay, where you need to find it, even sometimes within the bag itself, Francis is reaching for the bag, so I just, even within the bag, you know, where did I keep it, you know, sometimes just open it, just throw it there, and then you want to find it and it's all, you know, so some of us are naturally well organized, you know, that's a personality trait, you want things in place, if things are not in place, it disturbs you, right, and some of us are too stringently, you know, even if it moves, you know, by a few inches, you know, you get upset, the pencil has to be there, the thing has to be there, you know, so, but irrespective of what personal device, how we are, we need to either learn to organize ourselves and our time, you know, our people, et cetera, in the industry, and if you, if that is a natural thing to really use it well, right, to really strengthen that, so today we look at organizing our schedule, organizing our time, I think I shared a little bit about how in the ministry you can schedule your time, right, so especially if it's a church ministry, you think of the whole year, maybe the years ahead, and think of what you want to do, you know, so it means that the ministry has a plan, right, okay, this is what we want to do this year, okay, as a church ministry, this is what we want to do this year, so we think of all the things that we would like to do, all the things that we want to do, and then list it down weekwise, maybe monthwise, weekwise, et cetera, right, see, some of the things are already planned, if you, you know, if you are there for the youth missions in Hyderabad, you know, it's already planned that we will have our youth missions, I think 30th October, 1st November, you know, that, those three days, right, so we already, that's already decided, the Christian leaders conference, again, already decided for the next year, so like I was sharing, by the October of the present year, the plan is more or less put in place for what we need to do for the next year, right, for the next calendar year, so let me just share that, that document, it's a simple Excel sheet, but it kind of helps, okay, and yeah, and you'll learn more in depth about this in church administration, so we're not really going too much in depth, but is this visible, is it big enough? It is, okay, so you see there, you know, so every ministry, okay, whether it's youth, whether it's women's ministry, whether it's men's ministry, every ministry, you know, plans this out and gives a calendar of this which is put together, okay, so you see what is happening in Feb, let me just, okay, sorry, okay, so yeah, so we had water baptism, if you look at Sunday 4th, we had water baptism, we had monthly youth meeting at APC South, but there are a couple of things which didn't happen, which have been actually, the changes were made after this was released, okay, like the worship team audition orientation, worship team night, if you see 9th Feb, you know, so that flexibility is always there, right, but not too many changes, right, but these things were actually, because 9th was supposed to be a worship team shoot, so you know, that worship team night is not happening, but if you look at the weekend schools, if you look at the membership class, the monthly youth meetings, the volunteer appreciation day, women's luncheon, right, so if you're having, if your church, your ministry has all these, you know, various things that you're doing, it helps to have a calendar so that you can schedule, you know, it's just a practical wisdom, right, that doesn't mean that, you know, as far as possible, we will try to stick to this, not make arbitrary changes, right, work towards it. Now, okay, so how does this help, so this helps in getting all the different teams to work together, so we talked about, you know, organizing people, right, so we have different teams, like typically in a church ministry, you might have the admin team, we'll have the, you know, people, see when I say teams, you don't necessarily need to have four or five people in each, you know, area, it can be just one person, you know, let's say it's a small setup, right, small church, it can be just one person, one person doing multiple things also, right, one person can be doing graphics, one person can be doing administration, whatever, but it helps to put everything together, everybody can work together, everybody can, you know, systematically do these things so that things are done well, right, okay, at a personal level, okay, let's say, so this we're talking as an, at an organizational level, at a personal level also, we can, you know, you can schedule your time, okay, so how many of you have the habit of making to-do lists, like every day to-do lists, okay, one, two, okay, sometimes, okay, when you have a lot of things to do, okay, so the to-do list is a great, as a great tool, you know, it's really good to help us organize our thoughts, prioritize things, right, so we might have 10 things to do, but which is the most important one and, you know, start doing that, so start planning, so we can use our time well, right, so that's, that's quite useful, okay, so we have another section on productivity planning, so something about to-do lists, I'll share a little bit more in that, right, okay, so what is the other area, fourth area where we need to organize is our finances, right, when we're looking at ministry as a leader, organizing our finances, okay, so knowing fully well that whatever money we spend, we are accountable to God, we are accountable to the people whom we are leading, so this needs to be handled well, this needs to be utilized well, okay, this is one area because of which the world will, world points fingers, okay, at the church and blames the church, blames the ministry, blames the ministers of God, and this is one area where people can fall also, right, so we need to be careful, we need to be, you know, extremely careful, not just us personally, but make sure that entire organization does this well, simple thing is how much of money is coming out, keep a record of it, how much of money is being spent, and where is being spent, keep a record of it, right, that's a simple way to start off, you know, it can, for example, it can start in a simple, you know, notebook where it is, where it is written, you know, if it's a church every Sunday, okay, so much of offering came in, so much is being spent, you know, you spend so much for tea, so much for coffee, so much for, you know, bills, keep a record of it, one record of it, write it down on which, on what did you spend it, and have a proof of it, okay, it's not enough to just write down, okay, I spent on this, you know, but what is the proof, proof is a receipt, or proof is a, you know, transfer made, you know, if you made a UPI payment, you have that, so, you know, keep a record of it, so you can be transparent, and you'll also be, you know, confident that this is what I spent on, this is what we received, okay, again, the in-depth details working of it, we will learn in church administration, but basically, we need to make sure that our finances are organized, you know, again, this could be a strength for people personally, right, you know, how much you spend, where, what, etc., but if not, this is something that we need to learn, you know, budgeting, spending, making a, keeping a record or tracking expenses is important, right, so, when we do this, we know how we are allocating our money, where we are allocating our money, okay, and when we budget, we can plan, okay, where the needs are, where the need is, where do we need to spend, how much, etc., are we spending too much, should we need to reallocate, right, should we need to reprioritize things, if this is too much we are spending, so maybe we should need to cut back, and all those decisions can be made, only if we track, if you don't track, if you don't keep a record, then how can we make those decisions, right, it's as simple as that, so it's important to track down, especially to make those strategic decisions about spending, etc., because we know, okay, God wants you to do this, and it will require so much to get it done, okay, when it comes to time, when it comes to finances, and which is a good thing, you know, this is, it will require so much, so it's not about how can I spend so much, no, this particular thing that God wants you to do requires so much, so, you know, so do I, do you have enough of it, how do you know only if there is a track of it, record of it, right, so simply put organizing your finances, any questions, organizing time, organizing finances, okay, so right from the start, it'll be good if you keep a track of it, if not also to make those changes so that it's kept, you know, make sure that it's done well, so yeah, like if it's a, yeah, so right from the start, I remember seeing one of those notebooks, where it was written by hand, Sunday, right from the first Sunday, what is the offering which came in, and what was the expense, so from that, to Excel sheets, to using software like Tali and so on, so yes, but it's not impossible, see, initially maybe you're the only person, you're the Asher, you're the worship team, you're the, you know, pastor, everything, initially yes, then there will be some people whom you can delegate it to, some people who are called, who are maybe skilled at this, trustworthy, loyal, so you can let, give them, you can monitor it, you know, check that, so yes, it does require time, it does require, you know, space and all that, so when you, and the thing is, you know, we can always, when we reach a stage of growth, we can always outsource it to an auditing firm, which can take care of it, and, you know, takes care of all that complexities, but it's very necessary, important, if you make a mess of this, then it's going to affect, like we said, you know, the administrative side impacts, influences the spiritual side, has a bearing on the spiritual side, the spiritual aspect has a bearing on the administrative organizational aspect, so both are equally important, so you cannot afford to miss out on either, right, so so okay, I think Anand's question is, you know, if, yeah, yeah, so the thing is this, you know, so maybe people have questions, okay, why are we spending on this, or can't we do it in a different way, etc., so yeah, so right from the start, if you have this in culture, you know, in place, saying that, okay, this is how we are doing it, and this is, I mean, this is how we're doing it as an, you know, this is the money that we are spending on these things, these are the priorities, so that's why the vision helps, right, so our vision, if you're saying, our vision is this, to be the voice to the nation, to be, you know, to be salt and light here, and to the nations and so on, so you know where the focus is, right, so allocation of funds also flows into that, no, so it's in line with that, so everything ties in together, and I don't know if you've seen when it comes to church, if you've seen the records right from the start, it's there on the website, financial records, audited financial reports, let me just share that with you one second, okay, I'm just opening the website, let me just share that, okay, about us, and this little shuffle here one second, okay, accountability, yeah, I think under accountability, okay, I'm just checking on accountability, okay, so you see that, right, financial year 2001, 2002, okay, let me just share the screen, sorry, yeah, okay, so just tell me if it's on the screen, okay, so these are the financial years, right from 2001, so 2001, February 18th is when church started, no, so right from that time, what is the income, what is the expenditure, so it's audited and so it's not just the hour record, so it's done by the external auditor, right, so like whoever wants can take a look at it, so it's there, assessment year, this is what, so you can see like how much has come in, how much has gone out, so when things are transparent like this, so something like music equipment, so you can see, you know, it is just about three lakhs or something for the entire year, and you can see, oh, yeah, I just opened the thing, okay, can you see now, okay, so yeah, okay, cash at bank 3.48, so I think that will be the budget of Bible college for, I don't know, at the present time, no, it's, okay, so you can see, you know, books, 2006-47 for printing of books, stationary printing, I think, sorry, 86,000 was the printing and travel and conveyance, and then this is it, right, so, okay, so trustee signature, auditor, external auditor charted accountant, signature, so everything is put, okay, so when we do this, see what happens is, everyone who's giving to church, okay, so everyone also understands that this is, they're transparent, they're not taking over their money and running away, or taking the money and, you know, spending it in a wasteful manner, so that's the thing, and of course, you know, people are always welcome to, you know, based on this, they can check this and always write to the accounts, so we've not had anyone write and ask and think, it's all there, yeah, yeah, exactly, so they know, you know, it's not, it's a good place to give, it's transparent, etc., so people, well, the question is this, you know, like what prevents us from not doing it, you know, we can ask ourselves, you know, what prevents us from not doing it, are things need to be, you know, refined, you know, some more, is there any gray area there, what is it that's preventing us from not doing it, you know, so when we do it, see, now again, it's visible for all, okay, people within church, it's visible everywhere, right, whoever's on the net can see it, so that's the other side of it, everybody can see, the government can see it, right, yeah, whichever government is in power, for again, everybody can see, but it's, it's transparent, this is what it is, so yeah, it's, it helps us, it's one way of saying, okay, we are accountable for every money that comes in, accountable to God, first of all, and how do we, you know, kind of make it practical and relevant that we are accountable to God when we are accountable to people, right, so this is one way of making it, yeah, so, so the thing is to start when we are small, when the organization is small, to do it in a small way, right, okay, any other questions apart from this, sorry, okay, if not, we'll continue, okay, so we are just moving on to the next topic, again, in leadership, about developing leaders and delegating, okay, now this is, most of this material is from the book, House of God written by Pastor Ashish, okay, so raising up leaders, developing leaders, delegating leaders, okay, so we see when in Galatians actually, Paul refers to the leaders, you know, he goes from obscurity, you know, he writes in Galatians 1, verse 18, right, so after three years, he goes to Jerusalem, visits Peter, remains with him 15 days, and then etc, you know, he writes about that, and in chapter 2, verse 9, he says, and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceive the grace, etc, so he's talking about James and John and Peter, and he's referring to them as pillars of the church in Jerusalem, right, so which means he's referring to them as leaders, leaders being pillars in the body of Christ in Jerusalem, right, so it is important for us as leaders to develop other leaders, okay, so that the whatever we are building as leaders or whatever work that we are leading as leaders can be strong, okay, so we have others who are carrying responsibilities, you know, I'm sure you had the, you know, you've had moments when you think that, you know, I wish there were other people who were helping me in this particular thing, I seem to be, you know, carrying a lot of things, a lot of responsibilities, I'm doing this all alone, I wish there were more people, so that is exactly, you know, what other leaders can do, they can shoulder the responsibility, they can come alongside and help in carrying the vision, carrying the responsibilities that come with it, carrying the load of work that come with that, right, so we need to raise up leaders, well leaders need to be encouraged, readers need to be, like just like how, you know, Barnabas did, Barnabas actually took Paul, you know, out of obscurity, he was doing his work but he took Paul, he brought him to meet with the others and so in a way, you know, he kind of raised him up or launched him into the leadership position that he was called to, right, in similar ways we see that Paul raises up other leaders, right, who are the other leaders that he raised up, Paul, Apostle Paul, Timothy, Titus, then Antifa, Onesimus, and then what about John Mark, John Mark also, you know, like, even though initial start was not so good, but you know, yeah, he says, you know, bring John Mark for his useful for me in ministry, all right, so, you know, these are people he intentionally raised up, okay, so it's a good model, good example for us to follow in order to raise up leaders, okay, so the question is, okay, what do I look for in a potential leader, okay, when we say potential leader, this person has the ability, has what it takes to be a leader, okay, so two things, you know, does that mean that I should not raise other people as leaders, well, we can always nurture them and when they have these potentials or when they have these traits, these characteristics, we can raise them up as leaders, okay, so we're going to look at a few things, right, what to look for, your first thing is personal life example, which means that they've come to a place of living out what they believe, okay, so which means that, you know, spiritually, their spiritual walk with God, it is consistent and, you know, we're not saying that they are spiritual giants, right, but they are believers, they're spiritual disciplines of, you know, maybe being in the Word, spending time in prayer and other things, you know, it's consistent, right, they are walking and they're living a life of consistently, you know, following Jesus and having a good testimony among others. If you look at, you know, in the book of Acts, we see that they chose some people for the work of distributing to the saints, right, so what are the qualities that they looked at the apostles, okay, so we see in Acts chapter 6, right, sorry, yeah, so they were people of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom and they appointed them, right, over the ministry, so we see that, okay, this is what they had, they were people of good reputation, you know, how can you have a good reputation, but how does one get a reputation, let's say, correct, okay, sorry, sorry, what, code of honor, see something that is seen repeatedly, say, I don't meet you once and form a reputation, I can form an impression, you know, this is my first impression, I don't know, you know, I might have a first impression, but reputation is something that is built over time, it is still something that people observe, right, it need not be who you are, right, it need not be who you are, in the sense, I might have a good reputation of you, you might, you know, you might have a good reputation as a great person, like Paul, like in the church at Revelation, is a church in Ephesus where the Lord says you have, you know, you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead, right, so you can have a reputation which need not be a real indicator of who you are, but we are looking at this, we are looking at observing, people are also saying that, hey, yeah, no, no, it's not, it need not be two different things, right, it need not be, a good reputation need not be two different things, but again, it can be also, yeah, so, so which means that I have a reputation for being a, you know, like people outside might say, wow, wonderful husband, wonderful father, see how lovingly opens the car for the wife to get in, which need not be the truth, you know, because my wife should testify and say, actually, you know, he's a great husband, so which need not be, but it can be the same thing also, so that's why I'm saying reputation need not be the same as the person because we see that example in, you know, in Revelation also where the Lord says, hey, you have a reputation for being alive, but actually you are dead, right, so okay, but anyway, personal life example, reputation, you have a good reputation with others, you have a good testimony, etc., which means that it is something done repeatedly, something consistent over and over again, where you build, you know, you have a reputation, so when as a leader, you know, you want to, as leaders, you want to raise up other leaders, personal life example counts, right, is it consistent? Do they have spiritual? It's a good thing to look for in people to raise them up, right? Second one, spiritual and emotional maturity, okay, to be mature, what does it mean to be mature? Not going up and down, balanced well, okay, mature means grown, fully grown, right, so it's the opposite of, you know, whenever you want to find out some, you know, what something is, it's also good to study what it is not, it's opposite of being childish, right, childish, irresponsible kind of thing, so a mature person is grown, is, knows how to take care of oneself, okay, so emotions, emotions are not, you know, all over the place, they know how to, they are self-aware, okay, also it also, you know, it's good to know that, okay, a person mature is, does not have a need, right, you know, let's say a special emotionally mature person is secure, okay, so what do we mean by that? It means that if a person has a need, you know, a very desperate need for approval all the time, okay, what does that mean? Approval, need for approval, you know, yeah, I want people to always tell me, I want to hear, okay, I'm good, I'm great, I'm doing a good job, you know, whatever I do, you know, and so which means this person is insecure, if the person will not receive correction, right, if you say, okay, actually this is not good, you need to change it, that's it, the day is gone, the person is shaken, broken, right, so secure, and also you can do things so that your, you know, your fame and personal fame and popularity and so on, you know, what am I getting out of it, right, what are the people thinking about me, right, so emotionally and spiritually person doesn't have or as good, as grown beyond this is dead to those things, right, so, so like I said, you know, these are things that, well, some qualities that people may not have, they might be growing into it, right, so which means we wait for some of these things to be found in them, some of these things to be strong in them, and then we raise them up as potential leaders, okay, okay, alignment, what does alignment mean, what does it mean to be aligned, yeah, in line with, in line with, aligned to the vision, teaching, culture, values of the ministry of the church, right, so you're leading them as, you're raising them up leaders to be in that ministry, like, hopefully, or you can just raise them up as, you know, leaders wherever, you know, wherever they are, so in, you know, whether it's in the ministry that you are leading or the ministry that they are going into, are they aligned to that vision, are they aligned in line with the vision, okay, so that's what, that's where a lot of conflicts, a lot of breaking away happens because the person actually is not in line with the vision, the person has a different vision on the inside, so they reach a place of, they are appointed as leaders and suddenly you realize that their vision is totally different, they don't want to do the things that you have actually raised them up to do, you know, they want to do something else, so they break away and then, and then you decide, I'm not going to raise up any leader hereafter, you know, we come to that conclusion because I raised that person, I invested so much and this person did this, therefore, never again will I raise up leaders, everybody will be under me, you know, so that kind of an attitude, you know, it's sad but that we see that, right, so yeah, so you align to the vision, align to the teaching, you know, the state, the doctrine of the church, you know, what you believe in and also the culture, culture and the values, okay, okay, responsible, I think that's self-explanatory, a person who's responsible has a sense of responsibility, which means that whatever tasks are given, handed to them, will they do it well, will they do it on time, will they carry it out fully, okay, suppose, you know, they're supposed to open up the church and keep it ready, etc, and then you come and then you see nothing is done, okay, you know, that means that person is not, they've not told you, they've taken off somewhere, you know, they've just gone, which means that that person does not have that characteristic yet of being responsible, right, so you cannot trust, you cannot, it's like this, you know, if something cannot take the weight, will you put more weight on it, you know, if that table cannot take the weight of your laptop or, you cannot put weight on it, so you will think twice, like at home I have one chair which is slightly shaky, so when guests come, we move it out of the way, we don't want them to sit there, you know, and that'll be a catastrophic, right, so why is it that you move it out of the way, because you know that it can't take the weight, so therefore, you know, responsible being responsible, if the person cannot take the weight of responsibility, then they cannot be raised up as leaders, right, okay, reliability, yeah, exactly, so the thing is, you work with people till they reach that place, you know, you're always nurturing, okay, nurturing people to, for these qualities to be in them, but to raise them up as leaders, as these have to be there, in some level at least, right, otherwise, yeah, to raise a leader, see, so what are we doing, we're going to raise them up as leaders, we're going to, you know, spend time with them, raise, you know, and then launch them into leadership positions, right, that's the whole objective of, now this may not be a long-term thing, so having said that, you want to see these qualities in them, okay, now, for example, they might be, you know, maybe reliability is an issue, you know, maybe they're 50% of the time they're okay, you know, maybe, or maybe 70% of the time they're fine, but you need to increase that further, that's fine, but what if it's zero, right, so then if you can't, they're totally unreliable, you can't even see them as potential leaders yet, right, they have potential as a leader, but then this quality is not there, because they need to be nurtured to that place and then make them as leaders, right, yeah, very many work. They are not willing or they are not willing to work, like the way how we work and the vision, what we have, is it, can we consider it like they have a different vision and they have a different from God, it can just be that they are, you know, they think creatively, they look at, they look at problems differently, look at solutions, you know, give different options for solutions, it's just that they are being creative, now that is different from, you know, I totally don't agree to the way this ministry is, you know, whatever you are doing, it's very different, right, I'm not in line with, you know, whatever the objectives of this ministry is, or wherever we are going in whichever direction we are going, no, I'm not part of that, I don't want to be part of that, I'm going to be thinking, you know, I want to do something else, or I feel that, you know, as a church, we need to be doing something else, right, so then it's very difficult to work together, yeah, so maybe, see, it need not be morally wrong, it need not be ethically wrong, it need not be unscriptural also, right, whatever they are thinking, whatever they are saying, so, yes, we can say, okay, they have a different call, they have a different, you know, emphasis, what is calling them to do something different, so rather than constraining them and, you know, putting them, it's better to release them, say, okay, encourage them, say, go ahead. No, just ask you one more thing, like, see, when there is a person which is, which we raised as a leader, and when he, when he wanted to take half of the congregation, and he, he went out and he, he started a church with the, the remaining, the half of the congregation, and how we can see that, and then, is, will God accept this, and, and I saw many pastors that they were developed after they separated this congregation, and they became a big church other than the first. So, what is the motive of that person even planting another church, right?  Yeah, so, so the thing is, like, as we are raising up them as leaders, they need to see certain qualities in us also, and we need to kind of inculcate saying, hey, if God has called you to do this, do it, right? But when you leave that place where you are serving, leave that in a better way than when you entered it, right? So, God is calling me to serve, okay, I'm going to leave it in a better place, leave it in a better state than when I, when I first came, you know, I'm going to serve so that something is done well and I'm going to leave. So, if you're going to leave in a way where there is a lot of strife, a lot of division, and, you know, these kind of things, then, you know, then it's very sad, you know, in the body of Christ, there is a, there's a lot of people talk, there's a lot of gossip and there's dishonor, you know, rather than being glory to God, we are actually bringing a lot of shame and, you know, dishonor to the body of Christ, to the ministry and so on. So, that should not be, you know. So, even when we are raising up leaders, so these things, we should talk about it openly, you know. Hey, if you want to, so if a person is, you know, going to very tightly hold on and say, hey, this is it, we are the church, there is no other church, we are the church that's doing the greatest job on the planet, etc. And if you're constantly talking like that and then we are going to hold tightly to our leaders and not release them, then these things are bound to happen, right?  So, yeah, so the thing is, when you leave, you need to really draw people to that particular ministry, wherever, whichever place you're leading, saying, will you be faithful here?  Well, God is going to help. What's the point in taking half the, you know, people from here? So, yeah, the motive of the person leaving, the motive of the person even raising up leaders, all that too many factors are there. So will God bless the work? That's your second question. God will bless it. Yeah. But the thing is, whatever we are showing, you need to understand that, you know, if you're not careful, if you're not changing our ways, you know, it's going to happen. It's just going to happen. Yeah, reverse, because, because this is going to be a mentality, right? This is what you did. This is there in your DNA, and you're passing it on to the other leaders, it'll happen. And in order to not, for that not to happen, you're going to be looking at them suspiciously all the time. You know, when you're going to break away and go, because that is what I did. You, I'll be careful, you know. So I'm not going to fully trust you.  I'm not going to be transparent. And the other person also builds up other leaders like that. So it's a very, you know, very damaging thing to the body of Christ. You're setting a legacy that's, or setting a trend that's very, but yeah, just like the Corinthian church, there's so many things happening. Yeah. But when we know the truth, we don't, it's best, you know, we don't let those things happen. You know, in our, the way we raise up leaders, we raise them up well. And in a healthy manner, so that they are also free to do what they want to do. Yeah. Okay. So we looked at responsibility, reliability, we're almost done. Okay. Okay. We'll look at the other characteristics like excellence, continuous growth, few other things, those 11 things, right? We'll look at it in the next class. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you. God bless.


Hello and welcome back to another episode of Physics Partner. Today, we are going to explore the fascinating world of solar eclipses and uncover the physics behind this amazing celestial event. But first, we must ask ourselves, why is the 2024 solar eclipse so special? Let's find out. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth, casting a shadow on the earth's surface. This mesmerizing phenomenon captivates people around the world as they witness the sun being partially or completely obscured by the moon. The alignment of the sun, moon and earth must be precise for a solar eclipse to occur, making it a rare and magical event. There are three main types of solar eclipses, total, partial and annular. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon completely blocks out the sun, revealing the sun's outer atmosphere known as the corona. A partial solar eclipse occurs when only a portion of a sun is covered by the moon, creating a stunning crescent shape in the sky. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon is at the farthest point from the earth, creating a ring of fire effect around the edges of the sun. The physics behind a solar eclipse is truly a marvel of nature. When the moon blocks out the sunlight, it creates a shadow on earth known as the umbra. Within the umbra, the sunlight is completely blocked, creating a temporary darkness on earth. The size of the shadow and the duration of the eclipse depend on the distances between the sun, moon and earth as well as the size of the moon's shadow. On April 8, 2024, the new moon covered 100% of the sun's disk as viewed from the narrow path of totality that is scratched from Sinaloa, Mexico through the US to Newfoundland, Canada. The path of totality was 100 to 123 miles wide and within this path, a totally eclipse sun was visible. Totality could last twice as long as in 2017, depending on the observer's location, making it the longest totality on land from over a decade. All of North America and Central America experienced a solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. For most of that region, the spectacle was solely a partial solar eclipse, though of varying obscuration. This accessibility made it a major event, drawing eclipse chasers from around the world to visit the path of totality. NERSA scientists took full advantage of their eclipse to collect data and study the earth, moon and sun in different ways. One area of specific interest was the sun's corona or outer atmosphere which could be viewed during a solar eclipse in a very special way. Total solar eclipses are relatively rare events and the next total solar eclipse visible across the contiguous United States won't occur until August 2044. This rarity added to the specialness of the 2024 solar eclipse. The 2024 solar eclipse was special due to its path of totality, duration and the scientific opportunities it presented for researchers.


some square dancing. So why don't you just grab a partner and come out to the center, come out to the front of the stage here. We might have to move the chair a little to the side. So we're just gonna do a couples dance. You don't even, you're all ready for a square. I love that. I love that so much. I think we're just gonna start with, just grab a partner. We'll just do a mixer. So let's get in a big circle with your partner. I'm a little concerned about the chair. I kind of feel like we should move the chair over. Everybody can come closer. Okay, big giant circle. Okay, so is everybody having a partner? So what we're gonna do is we're gonna, we're gonna circle up with a couple next to you. Lost and Found doesn't, so yeah, make a big circle. We'll circle left, we'll circle right, and then you're gonna, you're gonna couple up with a couple next to you. Lost and Found go in the middle. So just, you and your partner find another couple and join hands four. There we go. Okay, reach, you're gonna reach right hands across for right hand star and turn your star. Right hands. You just grab the right hand with the person across from you. Yep. And then the other way back with the left hand star, switch hands and turn your star. And then you want to turn your star. You got it. And then you're going to swing your partner. That's, I mean your corner. That's one who's not your partner. Swing your corner.  And then you're gonna find a new couple. And we're just gonna do this a few times. So keep your original partner and move on to the next and find another one. But let's start in a great big circle. Ready? Yeah? Everybody feel good about it? Looking great. All right, so we're gonna have four couples make a square. So we're gonna have couple number one with their back to the stage. Do you all want to get in a square?  You want to try to make a square? Let's see. I'm not dancing. We need one couple. Okay. We need one of you. So maybe we can make another square. Why don't we try? Can we get two more couples out there? Two more couples. If you want to dance with the girls just to help. You want to swap or something? We still need two more couples. You don't have to leave. We need two more couples. We can't get one more couple. There aren't, I don't mean to be too forceful. Improvise over there. I don't know if this would work for you all. Do you just want to improvise over there? Sorry. Okay, so couple number one has their back to the band. Raise your hand. All right, couple number two is to their right. Raise your hand. Couple number three is facing the band. And that leaves us a couple number four. All right, so the first couple, you're gonna join hands just no, just one hand. There you go.    Couple number three is gonna make an arch. You all can sort of like improvise. Just practice along. And then couple number one is gonna go under the arch. The partner on the right is gonna go right around the circle. The one on the left is gonna go left around the circle until you get home. And then you're gonna swing. Swing your partners at home. And we're gonna try a break figure. It's a common break figure. So you have your partner in one hand. And you have your corner is the person next to you on the other side. So you're going to, do you know a left-hand Allaman? You're gonna put palm to palm with your elbows down. Yep.  It's just hand to hand.  And you're going to now hold, stay where you are.  Give your left hand to the next. Right hand to the next. Left to the next until you meet your partner. And you're gonna promenade until you get to your original home place. And then couple number two is gonna do the same thing. You think you got it though? You want to practice with couple number two? Or you think you got it? Okay, couple number two, you go uptown. Bring that couple home with you. Back uptown. They make an arch and you go through. Traditionally, it's lady on the right, gent on the left, if you want to do that.  And then you're gonna look, let's practice the break again. You're gonna look for your corner with a left hand Allaman.  Looking so good. You all are naturals. Look at that.  I might tell you to swing. Good. How's my square over there? Are you all okay? Thank you. That's all that matters. We'll switch it up next time. So we're just gonna get your partner across from you and make two big lines facing your partner. Alright, so bring your lines right up to the stage. Bring the head couples right up here.  Everybody form one big line. So it's gonna be like a partner.  Does that make sense?  Yeah, that's the idea. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, it doesn't matter. So we're gonna do long lines. We're gonna go, you're gonna hold hands in your long lines.  One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. Now you're gonna go forward again.  So just that's what we just did in the Allaman. So it's, oh, yeah.      So everybody face me. The two lines face me. And the top couple is gonna peel off. So you're gonna walk and turn around and go to the back. Yep. Everyone follow them.  One fun thing. So before they do that, they're going to sashay down and sashay back. I forgot the most fun part.  Do you not? You want to show us how to do it? Just back? Yeah, you hold two hands across. You're gonna sashay. So from here, you would have sashay back and forth and then peel off. Okay, you got it.  Okay, everyone's gonna have to do it once. Virginia. So find a partner and let's square the sets. See, we can get four couples in a square. We have to get at least another square. These two are dancing. Right? You two are dancing? Okay. So form another square with these two. So do you want to come over here where it's flat? You all want to shimmy down over there? Like make one square here, one square here. Okay, come over here, this new form of square. Yay. Let's do divide the ring. All right. So couple number one as you're back to the band. You remember who you are, right? Yeah, that's you two. You're gonna be our lead couple, couple number two to the right, couple three facing the band, couple four. So couple number one, you are going to swing.   The one on the right go right. The other one go left around the circle and swing when you meet at the head and feet. So the head and feet couple can swing. So the feet, yeah, there you go. The feet couple are across from the head couple.  So now the head couple is gonna go and you're going to go but the person on the right is gonna go between couple two and no, you're gonna go between couple two and three and the one on the left is gonna go between couple three and four. So why don't you do it? Go ahead and do it.  So yeah, the next hole. Yeah, you got that. Swing when you meet at the head and feet. And now it's going to be, now you're gonna cut away two. So you're gonna go to the right. You're gonna divide the couple on the right and divide the couple on the left.   And then couple number two will do the same thing. Do you want to practice a couple number two? Want to try that? So couple number two, are you all good? Do you want to practice it? Are you all good over there? Okay, I think we're good. So we're gonna do that same break figure. So you've got your partner in one hand, you've got your corner in the other. So you're going to look for your corner with a left alamand. Back to your partner, pull by with your right hand.  You just kind of help each other. So when you meet your partner, you'll swing and promenade. Sorry, I was watching this square over here. Sorry. Let's try it one more time because I bet you all can get it. I bet you can get it.  So let's just go real slow. So so alamand left with your corner corner. Maybel look to your corner and now when you get back to una and maybel, you're just gonna look at each other. Maybel and una, you're gonna swing back to una and now you're just gonna join hands and pull by each other. Take your right hands. Yep, that's it. That's it. Yep, but you're gonna keep going in that direction until you see maybel on the other side. Yay and then swing your partner. The other option is to it'll be fine, right? If you get confused, you just go home. Go home and start swinging. Yeah. Everyone moves. Everyone moves. There you go. See all walks come dry with. Yeah. Did I tell you that? And then afterwards. So much for coming out to this beautiful festival here in Hubbard Park. I'm with the Summit School. My name is Katie Trout and I'm helping to coordinate this event. We've had a lovely day of workshops and thank you to Jennifer Johnson here who called the square dance will hold for us with our three headlining performers Jake Nadine and Sammy. Right now, you might be wondering what is going to happen. This is kind of an open time period where we encourage people to get your instruments out and jam. We set up a couple tents for shade and and the old shelter is fair game too. And the Le Bon Crepe, I believe they're called, is our food truck for the day and they are going to start serving crepes momentarily. So if you're hungry, please visit them. They're very affordable and delicious. At five o'clock is when the evening concert begins so we have a little time here five to seven. So stick around and enjoy this beautiful afternoon. Thanks again for coming.