What's up guys and welcome to trendy updates up SPM buzz now onto the trending news today It looks like celebrities are also breaking up You know, and we're going to be looking at the couples that that have a spark to break up rumors in Social media and coming up at number one is Amber Ray and Rapoodle We all know it's not the first time that they have a spark to break up rumors like Kimi Nekama this time round. It's quite, you know happening because Rapoodle has posted a cryptic Message right here on his Insta stories and he was saying sometimes it hurts to keep holding on other than Losing hope and clearly he shows up from that picture that he has given up This is after Amber Ray and Rapoodle unfollowed each other on social media So we don't know is there trouble in paradise This comes a few months after Amber Ray and Rapoodle got engaged and they are also expecting a baby Now we a way to see if Amber Ray is going to be talking about the same and confirm the news Coming in is Josh wonder and Ajib the couple from tiktok and these are people You know, they've not really confirmed if they are together But Kenyans have been speculating that they are no longer together because even during Valentine's They did not get to post each other and also they no longer do videos together parley Quartik talk and some Kenyans, you know, they have been saying Josh wonder has been staying alone and cooking alone in the house So we don't know what's going on with Ajib and Josh wonder But also Ajib was in an interview just the other day attending a red carpet event And when asked about if they issue single or not She said that we are here for this event That is a question that she declined it to answer and stay and put up a straight answer In coming in at number three is a diamond and Zuchu of course are from Tanzania What's the name of a sauna and you know, it was a rumor that they had been dating for a while Until they confirmed by sharing videos and pictures of you know intimate pictures of the both of them Like kissing here and there and that is why people are able to confirm Diamond and Zuchu are together like any sasa immediately after Valentine's Zuchu posted up a post on Insta stories Claiming that she does not want to be tagged in any of Diamonds song Like in your palette Tanzania kid. Oh, I'm a semi-kiki sizing it on a semi-quelly But also diamond confirmed that he is a single and now you know that leaves are saying that Diamond and Zuchu are no longer together. Let me boss me boss walk it to maybe now They're just working together at what do we love that? You know after some time time will tell coming in at number four is my ruffy and euphoria and other youtuber couple It was quite a dramatic this breakup because they all went online and definitely Washed their dirty linen. Of course everyone was defending their move And I ruffy said that he took all the youtuber logins and now she had to start a new youtuber channel I'm sure you all saw this drama and euphoria and came up to of course Alleged that and I ruffy was a cheating on him I told you it's totally and that you're lucky to learn it was quite a dramatic and that was the end of that Relationship and coming in at number five is Samido and Eddie Derita Now this one is not really confirmed if they are together But we all know there has been drama going around at this marriage of Samido and Eddie Including Karen Yammu who has sired two children with musician Samido So saying is to remember Eddie Ali is a quick a layer pal a come tandao a day after Samido and the Karen spent During a funeral and the current posted a picture of her and the Samido together laughing And the next day that is when Eddie Derita put up a post on Facebook saying that Samido has put her through a lot Of heartache and what has been built for four fifteen years is now going down the drain And of course Eddie was quick to note that she will not raise children in a polygamas of family Why was she doing what is left of the marriage when she said that but we are going to wait and see Coming in at number six is Frank Murugi the Belgian And by the time I date him Kenya and all the lady came on social media and say We are not together and this is after Frank who left for Belgium a poster that videos on Tiktok with another lover by Natalie Kanakama Rakhma And of course now Frank said that I have two wives in his defense and he says the whole time He's been spending time with Murugi But now it's time for Rakhma to enjoy time with the kids as well But it's a Murugi alone Says in Kakubali story and then she came on social media and said we are no longer together I am single let us not forget that he has a child with Murugi and So Murugi changed even Tiktok name on his platform Naka Eka Jinalaki Belgium as I say to you come I relationship with a real man in any we will wait and see Coming in at number seven is Aliyah Khan and the Clyde Cush Of course, Aliyah Khan is a dancer and Tiktok and Clyde Cush is a footballer and They announced that they were together actually two years later after being together as they were celebrating their anniversary unfortunately a few weeks after they had Broken up and according to the footballer was the boyfriend to Aliyah Khan in an interview You know, he said that they are not there's not bad blood between them They are doing a just fine, but he was also Letting the people know that it wasn't easy for him to be without Aliyah, but he is doing just fine I don't know what to call that. Is it a bad omen by showcasing your relationship? I don't know What are your thoughts guys and coming in at number eight is a Sean Prezy and Cindy keep sang Of course, we know Sean Prezy is a presenter at energy radio Just the other day he went to the branch of Uganda and since Cindy keep sang is a tick a talker And now they were dating after Cindy broke up with Shaka the young in and they got to date a Sean Prezy Who was a very close ally of Shaka the young in? Unfortunately this relationship didn't last for so long as much as they were serving some couple goals and right there on social media They haven't really been able to explain what exactly happened between the two of them But all we know is that they are not together because we saw Cindy keep sang Hanging out with one Prince Newton and I don't know we don't know what's really going on But they claim it to be together and even did a Valentine's photo shoot and like we said time will tell They are dating or they were just clouds chasing and coming in at number nine is states and Hilda and this YouTube couple Of course was having couple goals, you know reach of vibes right there on the YouTube channel But now it was rumored that they broke up because they stopped posting together But then Hilda opened our YouTube channel on our own and even started a posting Videos like me rumor has it that this couple has gone back together as much as they haven't really posted in public Allegedly they are back together So we are going to be waiting to see if indeed they are because states even did a Q&A on his social media platform Someone asked him are you single or are you dating and he said let me confirm and get back to you shortly Well, I don't know. What do you think that says or rather it means Last time not a list coming in at number 10 is a harmonize and the car Jalla from Tanzania Of course, we all know they were serving couple girls during vacation and especially walking out of the gym Unfortunately this relationship was shot lived for the second time because they broke up just a few weeks before Valentine and the clearly it's been quite a roller coaster for harmonize Namapens equally see Joey in a quaggie, but then we all know that they broke up and even harmonize released a song that says he is single again See you come home as excuse a long woman but harmonize and I say my you cause so at two you cause single map and take it Oh, mm-hmm, I don't know. I can't come and won't be a bee careful and clearly looks like harmonize right now is Careful but Kajala looks like she is enjoying her single life as well I don't know what other couple we have left out that has broken up this year Let us know down on the comments section, but in the meantime keep it trendy updates Hop on SPM buzz


Hey guys, welcome to SSU Intellect Social Decide and this is continuation of azure tutorial. So today we are going to see how we can create the azure SQL account and how we can create the azure SQL databases as well. So go to on the browser and we will try to create that. So here we are in the browser, in the top side we can search for the SQL. So that you can see the option for SQL Server, SQL databases or we can search for the azure SQL. So that option is here. So we want to create a azure SQL Server. So we can click on this. So as of now we don't have any SQL Server there. So let me click on this create and we will try to create now. Here we can see we are how to use this. So first we can see the SQL databases. That is the SQL Managed Instance and third is the SQL Virtual Machine. So these three flavors are available for the azure SQL. So let me going to use the single database and in the single database we can see the option for the Elastic Pool database server. So I am going to use as a single database inside the SQL databases. Let me click on the create. Now it is going to ask create the SQL database. So here we can see we have to select the resource group under which we want to create it. So we are having this ADF training so we can select that and we can go down on this. Here we need to specify the database name and the server name. Now I am going to specify the database name as SSU and inside the server name as we can see we don't have any server yet.  We need to enter the server name here. So SSU will be the server name so we can see all good. Now below of this we can see the option for the use SQL authentication. Use only as your active directory use both SQL and as your active directory authentication. So I am going to use the use SQL authentication. Here we can enter the login id. So I am going to write this as pvi and in the password I am going to enter some password here and again I am going to write the same password. Now we can click on OK so it will take little bit time. Now here we are having this review and create option. Now we can see the compute and storage. So here let me go on the configure database option. So here we have to select the purchasing model. So inside the purchasing model if you want to change the configuration as of now we can see it is very high configuration using and we have to spend this much amount on the monthly basis. So I am not going to use this I am going to create this only for the testing purpose we can go here and here we can see the option for the serverless. I am going to use this serverless and after that we are good with all these. Now let me click on the apply. So this has been changed with the serverless and here other information is available. Now we can see in the town side in the backup storage where we want to keep the backup locally, zone or geography wise. So I am going to keep it as geography wise and other things are good. Now we can click on the review and create. Now here we can see the product details everything that we can see the this much amount we have to spend for the storage and this compute cost that we can see in the per second. Everything looks good. Now we can click on the create it will take a little bit time to create it. We can wait as we can see it is validating here in the right side. You can see the submitting deployment it will take a little bit time. Deployment is in progress. So here we can see the SS unit tech which is in progress status is accepted. So now you can see deployment is completed. So now go back to the home and here you can see this is created. Let me click on this. So now you can see this is SSU and that is SQL Server Database. Now you can see here we are having the option for query editor preview. We can click on that. Now we need to connect. So we have to enter the password here and click on OK. So here you can see it is going to say cannot open the server SS unit tech by this IP. So it is not allowed with this IP due to the firewall setting rule for the master database. Now we need to add this. So here it is updating the server firewall rules. So it is added successfully. Now let me click on OK. So now it will be connected. So here it is connected as we don't have any table here that you can see. So let me try to create a table. So create table. Table name will be like employee and it will be having EMP ID as integer EMP name will be where care and this would be 50. If we run this so one table should be created. So go here try to refresh it again. We can see this table and if you want to insert the data in this then we can also insert the data from here like inserting to this and we can add one comma. We can add the name with Susie. Let me run this. So it is got fail due to we did not specify when this here. Let me run it again. So one rows are added. So that looks good. Now let me go and try to select this table and we will see the data in it. So select a stick from the table. Run this. So we can see we have one data like EMP ID 1 and name is Susie and in the message we can see a vector rows is one. So we have successfully configured the SQL server and we have also created the database under that. So I hope guys you have understand how we can create it. If you really like this video please subscribe our channel to get many more videos. Don't forget to press the bell icon to get the notification of our newly uploaded videos. See you in the next video.


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How would you start a relationship with someone by getting to know them? Be honest. If you're mad at him, tell him you're mad at him. Don't let one bad church or one bad experience ruin it for you. Hello, hello, everybody. Welcome back to The Walk Podcast. If you're new here, my name is Sam. I post all things, lifestyle, faith, travel vlogs, all the things on this channel. It's essentially a video diary of my life and so I'm really happy that you're here. We are on episode 19 of The Walk Podcast, which is really exciting, also kind of wild. We've been at this for almost a year now, which is funny because when the podcast started around this time last year, it didn't have a name. It didn't have a direction. I don't even think I really called it a podcast yet, but it's just really cool to see how it has formed itself into whatever it is now and I'm really enjoying it. So as long as you guys will have me, I will be here making these videos and I'm glad that you guys seem to be enjoying them as well. While we're on the topic, episode 20 is obviously next and that one is going to be a Q&A. So I'm going to ask for questions over on my Instagram. I'll put it up on the screen here. It is just Sam on YT, Sam on YouTube. So I would love for you to go follow me over there if you're not already and if you have a question that you would like to be submitted for the Q&A episode, which will be in about two weeks, two to three weeks, then that is where you can submit your question over there on my Instagram story and it can be about anything. It doesn't have to be faith-related. It can be about, I don't know, asking for advice. It can be asking something about my life. It can be about faith, of course, dating, family, friends, whatever, right, whatever you guys want to talk about. I've done, I might do that like every 10 episodes or something, do a Q&A and just let you guys lead the video. So I think that's what I'm going to do. So I would really, really like for you to be a part of it. Other socials, I would really, really appreciate it if you guys checked out this podcast on Spotify. I will have the link down below. This episode will be there as you're listening to this here on YT and it would mean the world to me. If you clicked the follow button, it really helps me out. It kind of boosts our podcast a little bit. The more people follow, even if you prefer to listen to podcasts on YT because I do as well, but your support would mean the absolute world to me. And if you wouldn't mind, I think you have to listen to a couple minutes of it. If you could rate the show, I'm not going to tell you to rate it five stars, but rate it whatever you would prefer. The ratings really help us as well.  So yeah, I will have all of that information down below. So what's up guys? How are you? I am filming this on a Tuesday early afternoon. I am, I feel like I've been saying this a lot. I am tired today, but like today I am like tired, tired. I, if you don't know, she's not here, which she's very quiet, which actually makes me a little nervous, but I have a three month old Siberian kitten. If you're new here, her name is Luna. She is fantastic and she's beautiful and she is the joy of my life right now. I'm obsessed with her, but she's not the best sleeper. If you know anything about cats, cats have most of their energy in the middle of the night. She's been doing a lot better lately. We've kind of like developed a routine when it comes to sleeping and nighttime. So she's been better lately, but there was something about last night where she has never actually gotten out of bed to go play. She did that last night, which is fine. She does have one toy that is very, very loud. It's made out of pure plastic. It's one of those Kongs that you can put the treats in and as she plays with it, they kind of like pop out. She found that at like 1 45 in the morning and I hear it just like hitting the walls and hitting the floor.  So I had to get up and I had to, I kind of hit it from her. And she just, yeah, she did not want to sleep.  Hey, pay attention to me. So I didn't sleep a lot. And I had to get up early this morning to go to the dentist. I had a dentist appointment this morning just for like a cleaning. I don't know if you can tell. Do they look cleaner? They feel cleaner. They definitely, you can't tell. I know you can't tell, but I can tell. So I feel nice. I feel refreshed. No cavities. Thank you very much. But I had to get up early for that. And if you, if you know me, I work evenings. So I get home around like 11pm, 1130pm. And you know, when you have to get up for those appointments, it's rough alone. But when you didn't sleep, it's also rough. So I went to the dentist and then I got home by like 945. And I was like, I'm just gonna like sit, I'm gonna just like take a nap, right? Like a quick nap before I film, before I go about my day. And Luna was not feeling it. She said, what do you mean you're gonna nap? No, you're not.  And then eventually I kind of drifted off into sleep. And then of course when it came time for me to be like, okay, I need to get up now. Luna fell asleep. Isn't it so nice that she can sleep whenever she wants? So I'm good. I'm happy to be here. But I'm a little tired. And I have to go to work after this. And that's that's the part that's going to be challenging today. But it's okay. The life of a young mother. No, I'm not I'm not comparing a cat to a baby. I know it's different. People are gonna get mad at me. A baby is a lot more responsibility. Okay, I know that. But yeah, those of you with human children, you guys are superheroes because I'm tired. Okay, anyway, today's episode has been on my heart for a little while. And so I'm finally sitting down to do it. And I want you guys to know that I see your comments, I see your DMs and like the DMs I pretty much like on this topic, I'll answer them all. But I see your questions and like, I want to have a relationship with God, but I don't know how or I don't know where to start, or I feel like I'm too far gone, or I have hurt, like church hurt, or you know, religious hurt. You know, but I see that a lot of you are craving it and maybe just don't know how to go about it. And I come on here and I talk about Scripture and I talk about faith and I like to think it's beginner friendly, but some of it isn't, right?   Here's how I went about it. Here is a little plan that you can make for yourself to start your relationship with God, to start your own walk, right? Ooh, see that little tie in I did there because this podcast is about my walk, right? But a lot of you want to start your walk and I think that's beautiful. So that's what I'm going to talk about today is kind of how I went about it and also just ways, tips that, you know, maybe I didn't have that I think you would benefit from. So I have some loose talking points. You guys know how I do. So these are for, yeah, this is for all the people that want to start a relationship with God, but don't know where to start or feel like they can't or they feel like something is holding them back. That is what this episode is for.  I want to say with this episode I am not forcing you or trying to force you into having a faith like mine. This is specifically for the people that are, oh, I want every, you're welcome to stay even if you're not the one sending me questions and messages and stuff. I would love for you to stay. You're more than welcome here.   Okay, this is for really the people that are curious and who are asking these questions.  So it's not forcing. It's just for the people that want this information. I want it to be readily available to you. I also want to say that the journey, the walks, all the walks look different. It's going to look different for everybody. So yeah, I may tell you some things that worked for me. You may want to do things a little bit differently and that's okay. I think that's where it gets a little dangerous when it comes to like religion and stuff is like, for me, it's more of a relationship with God rather than a religion, a religion of like following rules. And that's where some church hurt can come in because you'll be presented with these rules. And it's like, if you do this even a little bit differently, you're not doing it right. And that's where I think it can become dangerous. So I want you to know that's where I'm coming from. It can look different for you than it did for me. And that's okay. Everybody comes to God. Sorry, like Linton stuff all over me. Everybody comes to God for different reasons. After different occurrences and after different situations, a lot of people come to God because of hurt, or they go through something really painful, a loss, a devastating life change. I mean, so many reasons, but a lot of people, it's true, a lot of people do go to God after pain and after suffering. So maybe, maybe that's where you are. And if that's where you are, I want to say I'm so sorry you're feeling pain. But I think that there is a solution that can help you. And that's what we're going to talk about. You guys know that my, I mean, I've been walking with God kind of since I was like 14. But I wasn't taking it as seriously, right? That was more of like going through the motions, doing what I felt I had to do, saying all the right things, going to church, volunteering, doing all the things, which is not bad. But I've said it before on this podcast, it's a lot more sweeter when you're doing it because you want to and not because you feel like you have to. And now I'm at a place where, and I would love for you guys to experience this as well. Like when I was going through my pain, I felt his, I literally felt his love like almost like wrap me up in a hug. And I saw how much he changed my life for the better. I saw how he unlocked new pieces of my life that I wouldn't have been able to get to had he not let me go through that pain, right? I felt his love, I felt his presence. And now because I know what that feels like, I want to love him back so much more because he deserves it. He deserves more love that I could than I can ever give him, right? It's like it's humanly impossible to give him that much love and have that much gratitude. But that's kind of where I'm at. And it's a really, really good feeling. And that's why I'm so passionate about it because I know how it feels. And I know how it feels to come out the other side.  I recognize how blessed I am. I have a lot of blessings and a lot of things in my life that some people may never have, right?  No, but I did have my own pain that was devastating at the time. And I know what it feels like to come out of the other side. And I want everybody to experience that because it's such an amazing love and such an amazing feeling. So okay, I have like three, three and a half topic points that I want to talk about. And there are things that you can do. You can start right now. It doesn't matter if you've never stepped foot in a church. It doesn't matter if you have never even seen a Bible or you've ever held a Bible. It doesn't matter. This is for anybody. Okay. The first thing I want to encourage you to do, and you can do this by yourself. You don't need anybody is to actually pick up a Bible. Some Bibles are really cheap, like really cheap. You can get a cheap one on Amazon. But getting into the word is what really is going to start changing your mentality and things. And really, it's really just about, it's not even about changing your mind right away. It's about opening your eyes to things that you have never seen or read or experienced before. And when you're reading the Bible, you're reading the voice of God. So if you're asking, well, how can I get to know God? How can he get to know me by reading his voice, reading his words, reading Jesus's words? I recommend getting a Bible where Jesus's words are written in red. Most of them are, but I do I have a Bible that it's all black. Like there are no red letters. I prefer having the red letters. That's just me. Because when you're reading those red letters, you're like, wow, I'm literally reading Jesus's words, right? And what I would recommend, and I'm going to get it, I'm going to get into what to read first. But what I would recommend going into it, do you hear Luna? I'm sorry.  When you are reading the word, read it, not to see what you can get out of it, what you can benefit from it. Read it as if you're like, looking for the characteristics of God, you're getting to know God and for who he is, for the things that he's done, the things that he said, the rules that he once put in place, things like that. Don't read it for selfish reasons. Because that'll come. You'll see how it'll change you and how it'll benefit your life. That'll happen automatically. But when you go into it, go into it thinking like, I just want to get to know God. That's how you start a relationship with him, right? When you meet a new friend, you meet a new person, you're going to ask about them, right? You should, right? It's not going to be all about you because that friend's probably not going to like you very much, right? A friend's probably not going to go anywhere. Think of it as like, I know he's not here. I know you don't see him. You can't see him. You can't even feel him physically. You can feel him spiritually, but you can't feel him physically, right? There's nothing to touch. But this is where your imagination is going to come in handy, especially in the beginning.  Imagine that it's a real person. How would you start a relationship with someone by getting to know them, by reading about them, by asking about them, about starting conversation with them? We'll get into that. So that's how I kind of want you to think of it as you start reading the Bible, okay? You want to learn more about his character. And as you surround yourself with his word, that's when you're going to start to see things differently. Me, when I started, I started going to church and doing the things and writing down my notes that I took at church and all the things. But I wasn't reading the Bible on my own. When I started doing that last July, so almost a year ago, which is wild, I started reading it every single day. That's when I saw the changes in my life happen. I started to think about things differently. I started to feel differently about things because you're surrounding yourself with his words. And that's how you get to know them. It's really, really cool. That's how you learn. So let's talk about what to read, right? I am not going to sit here and tell you that there is one right way to do it, because I don't believe that there is. I have heard so many people have different opinions, like you have to read this first, and then you have to read this next. And someone's going to tell you what I did, because it worked for me. Um, so I started with Proverbs. Proverbs is the book of wisdom. And it's 31 chapters in it. So what I do, and I do this every day, every single month, I will read that the proverb corresponding to the day. So today is, I don't even know what it is. Today is the 19th. So I would read Proverbs 19. Tomorrow is the 20th. I would read Proverbs 20, so on and so forth. April 1st, I will read Proverbs 1, April 2nd, Proverbs 2, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. If there's a month where there's 30 days instead of 31, then on the last day of the month, I read 30 and 31, right? Um, you can even, I should have said this before, do it on your phone. The Bible app is free. You get the whole Bible at your fingertips for free. That's what I was doing before I was actually, before I even had a physical Bible. So it's free if you don't want to order one right away. Although I do think there's something satisfying about having something physical that you can highlight and write notes in and whatever, but there are options, right? Which is beautiful. So I would read a proverb a day and it teaches you wisdom. It teaches you how to go about your life in a smart way and in a way that's pleasing to the Lord, right? And it doesn't take long. It takes like two minutes, two minutes. So I still do that. I do that every month, always. Like that's just continuous. In addition to whatever else I'm reading at the time, I read Proverbs 1. So, sorry, I got distracted by an alert I got over here. So that's the first thing I do. I also started reading the book of Romans 1st. And I don't even know why I started doing that. I don't know if someone recommended that to me or what, but that was one of the first books I read was Romans. And Romans is all about living a life that is similar to Proverbs in that it's about wisdom.  And that was one of the first things I read. And it was actually really good. It's like a comforting book to me now. I really enjoy Romans. It's not that long. It's not hard to understand. I mean, depending on your translation, we'll get into that next. But it just, I don't know. It's just, it's a good introductory into like, okay, what is this? What is this Christianity thing? Right? What is it about? So anyway, that's the best way I can explain it. And I want to show you, I wrote a list. Don't ask me why I started doing this, because I don't know, but I wrote down every Bible book that I've read in the order that I read it. So Proverbs, Romans, then I read Ecclesiastes, which is about what truly matters in life according to the Bible. Then I wrote, I read Nehemiah, then I read Philippians, then I wrote, I read Ephesians, and so on and so on. I didn't get into the Gospels, which is like Mark, Luke, John, and Matthew. I didn't get into those until later. And a lot of people will actually recommend that you read those first. I don't think there's anything wrong with that either, because that tells the story of Jesus from different viewpoints. And it tells you about his life and what he did here on earth. And they're beautiful books. So if you're curious about getting to know Jesus first, then read those first. I do really recommend the Proverb thing though. You can read other things in addition to that. If you want, I really recommend the Proverb a day one. Some people will also just are adamant about you need to start at the beginning of the Bible. You need to read from the inside cover to the outside cover, because they're like, they're like, it's a book, and you need to read it in chronological order, which I understand, because the Bible, there is a lot of history in it, and a lot of it does go in order. And I understand that, but I'm going to be honest with you, the Old Testament is sometimes very hard to get through. There are certain books in there that are that are tougher than others. So if you're new to this whole faith thing, right? I don't know what else to call it, the faith thing, then I just think that there are other places that are easier to start me personally.  I like the new living translation, because it's very easy to understand. It's just plain English. Some people will say be cautious of that, which for good reason, because the ones that are so close to our English are the farthest away from the original translation. And maybe sometimes things can get lost. So I am aware of that. But I think both Bibles I have are the new living translation. And it's just what works for me. You can go online and you can read samples of different translations and find what works for you. The Bible app has all of the translations, so you can just do that if you want for free. But the new living translation is what works for me. I also, last thing I have on this point is that I have an app. It's free. It's called the Enduring Word. And when I read something that's kind of hard to get through, I will go on the Enduring Word and I will put in that scripture that I'm on. And it breaks it down verse by verse by verse, all the meanings. And it'll translate it to you in a language that you'll understand or it'll give you background information. That's when you get into the harder stuff, a lot of Old Testament stuff. But that is a really cool tool just for you to have in the back of your brain. So that's a little bit about the Bible. The last thing I want to recommend is, especially if you're new to Jesus and what he did in the story of his life, watch The Chosen. I'm telling you, it's literally the book of Matthew come to life. And I would even read Matthew along with the show because it just interprets it just for your eyes to see. And it's such a great way for you to understand what he did. And it's such a, like at first I was like, I don't know if I'm going to like this. It's going to be boring. I took so much comfort from that show. It's so good. It's so well done. One of my friends who she had never been to church, she had never nothing. She came to church with me once. And then she was interested in reading the Bible and was interested in it and watched The Chosen. I didn't even tell her to watch it. She just found it and watched it. And she was like, Sam, this is so good. She's like, I cry, I laugh, like all the things. And I'm like, I know. So give it a chance. It's all on Amazon, I believe except the fourth season. The first season I think is on Netflix still. It's just so good. It's just so good. It's so comforting. The man that they picked to play Jesus is fantastic. And it just, it will give you a clear image of what his life was like and why we talk about him and what he did, the miracles he did, the healing that he did, how much love he had for people. It's just beautiful to watch. So let me just say, the Bible is pretty juicy, y'all. Okay?  But here I am telling you that it's good. The book of Genesis is like a whole novella in and of itself. There's drama, there's cheating, there's violence if you're into that. There's like, it's good, but you're also learning a lot too. So just, it really comes down to like picking a translation that I think works for you too. Okay. So I talked about the Bible a lot, but like really that's where it starts. That's where it starts. The next thing I want to talk about is prayer. And I feel like when you say prayer, it makes it seem like it has to be this fancy prayer with big words and, and, you know, that you have to be good at it. Let me tell you right now, there is no such thing as a bad prayer. There's no such thing as a wrong prayer. There's no such thing as like doing it incorrectly. I mean, it just, it's not a thing. I want you to think of prayer and this comes back to like your imagination.  Think about it as talking to a friend. There's a song, I'm going to give you a little homework. There's a song called Talking to Jesus by Brandon Lake. I think I've talked about it before. The first time I heard it, I cried like a baby, but it's all about talking to Jesus and what that's like and what that looks like and how amazing it feels. It just feels like you're talking to a friend. I sit here usually in this very spot and I pray and I just talk out loud and it's like a conversation. I tell him what I'm feeling. I tell him, you know, if I'm happy, if I'm sad, if I'm nervous, if I'm anxious, if everything, I'm just, it's like I'm talking to my bestie because that's what it should, that's what it should feel like. It's just having a conversation. There's no, I know, like for me, I was raised in a Catholic church at a very young age and I know that there are like, I don't really remember them anymore, but I know there's like, the, oh, I don't want to sound ignorant. It's like the, okay, I don't know. I don't know, I'm not going to try to remember what the prayers are called, but I know that there are different prayers for, they all different names and you just like recite them word for word the same thing every time. I am not going to sit here and say that that's bad. I'm not, but for me personally, it doesn't work. I don't get anything out of it. In my experience in the Catholic church, it was kind of like going to church, doing what you got to do and then you leave and you don't talk about God until next Sunday. You don't think about God until next Sunday. You go about your life and do whatever you want to do and that's it. It's very different. That's more like religion, whereas now more, I feel like I have an actual relationship with God. So I'm not going to, I'm never going to knock anybody's religion. Like I said, I did, I did my communion. I, you know, my grandmother, my nonna was Catholic. She sat there with a little prayer cards every night and said her prayers. You know, I'm not going to say it's bad, but for me, this is just what I found that works better. And just like I said, just talk to him like he's a friend and be honest. If you're mad at him, tell him you're mad at him. If you're sad, tell him you're sad. If you're anxious, if you're nervous about something, talk to him about it. He's there. I promise you, he's sitting there with open arms. You just have to invite him in. You just have to invite him because he's there. He's waiting. He's kind of like in the background like I'm here. Just talk to me. Like I got you. If you want to be healed from something, whether it's psychological, whether it's emotional, whether it's whatever, ask him to heal you and he will. He might not do it right away.  No, not at all. I would be doing you a disservice if I said that because sometimes he will let you go through it. Some of you, I'm sure are going through things right now and you're like, well, how, if there's, if there's a good God, how would he let, why would he let me go through this? It's a very good question and it's a valid question. I have a friend in my life I've talked about before who is going through a lot of health issues and it's like, why me? And I'm like, I wish I, I wish I could tell you, but what I can tell you is that nothing bad, and this is the truth, nothing bad comes from God. Only it says in the Bible only the good and perfect things are from God. So the bad things, sickness, violence, disease, whatever bad thing you could think of, my mind's going blank, all the bad things, none of it is from him. He may allow it to happen because in everything there is a lesson. I promise you, he never wastes, he never wastes a battle. There is a reason for everything, everything. You're not going to see it right away. You may not see it for years, but I promise you that there's a reason. So nothing bad is from him. Okay, I promise. I always, I always like, I don't know why you're going to think I'm weird for this. The example I always hear or like see in my head about this is like, you know how vampires aren't real? But you know, like the idea of vampires, the old traditional like, folktale was that they couldn't enter somebody's house without you verbally like inviting them in. And then once you invited them in, then they could come and go as they pleased, but they just needed to be, they needed to be invited once. That's how I think of like, God in our lives. Like he just needs to be invited once because he's not a God that's going to force himself on you. He's not going to say, Hey, you need to talk to me. Hey, you need to love me. He's not, he's not like that. He wants you to want him. So you just have to invite him first and then he's there. If you ask him for his presence, his presence will be there. Promise. Okay. And I also want to say too, this is where a lot of people have a hard time because I see it all the time. And I've, I've experienced it myself. You have to be able to lay your pride down.  I need you. I can't do it by myself. I need you. A lot of people have problems with that, especially men. If I'm being honest, especially men, they have a hard time. Not all men. Not all men. Please hear me when I say that. But a lot of men really do have a problem with that, where they have a hard time humbling themselves. They have a hard time going to church and hitting their knees. They have a hard time going to church and lifting their hands above their head and surrender. They have a hard time doing that. Women do too. Again, like I said, I've experienced that. But you have to be able to lay your pride down. So that's a hard one that may take time, but just keep that in the back of your mind. And pray often. Pray when things are bad. Pray when things are good. If I'm having a good day and I'm driving around this past Sunday, the sun was out. It was warm. I had plans to go see my family and then I had plans to go see my friends. I had just gone grocery shopping. I left church. Like I was just in a good mood. And I was like, thank you, Lord. Thank you for that. I feel so blessed. Thank you for this day. Thank you for these blessings. Thank you for the people that I have in my life. Pray when things are good too. Pray often. And see him in the good things. I think we're going to get to that a little bit later. But if you really are asking, how do I get to know God? Like I said, exactly how you would start a relationship with a friend. Read about him and talk to him. It actually gets kind of fun. I remember like the first two weeks I started doing it and like really reading the Bible. It felt like a chore. It did. It felt like a chore, to be honest. I think what is it? You have to do something for two weeks or 21 days or something like that. And then it's no longer a chore. It just becomes part of your routine. I experienced that where then it got to a point where I was like excited to wake up in the morning and like read my Bible. I got excited to pray and talk to God. So in the beginning, it might be hard for you to work into your routine. Trust me. No, we all have jobs. You all have responsibilities. Some of you have families. Some of you have kids to raise.  I don't know. That just kind of, I don't know if anybody's experiencing that, but that kind of just dropped on my heart. So maybe I'm speaking to somebody. I don't know. But we all have things that we're dealing with. I know. But like anything, you make time for things that are important to you. And I'm even speaking to myself right now because with Luna and all the things I have going on, sometimes it's hard to find time. Or if I'm sitting here and she's clawing at my Bible, sometimes I just want to close it and just not do it because I don't have the patience, right? Don't let those things be distraction. Don't let those things hold you back. Okay. So do it for, do it until it becomes routine. And I think you'll like it. That's how I found a lot of peace that way. A lot of peace that I, a piece that I have never felt before. And it's a really, really good feeling. I don't know. I'm, I feel like I could like cry. Oh, okay. Moving on. The last big one I want to talk about is what I believe comes next. I kind of tried to put these in order, but there's no real order. Like I said, there's no right or wrong way to do it. But three is find community. You guys have heard me talk about this for a long time. Um, I prayed for a long time for friends of similar faith, friends that I could go to church with, friends that I could pray with, friends that I could read the Bible with, friends that I could, you know, I prayed for it for a long time. And it took a long time. And I have that now. And I still believe that there are people I haven't even met yet that are going to be, you know, friends of mine. Or like, you know, my future relationship when that comes, you know what I mean? Like there are so many people I think I haven't even met yet that, you know, like I've said, one of the things I've learned this year, you haven't yet met everybody that's going to love you. And I think that that's so true and such a beautiful promise to hold on to. Having that community is so important. And I know people in my life and my personal life that say, I don't need to go to church to love God.  You don't need to go to church to love God. But when you're not going to church and surrounding yourself with that community, I believe that you're not unlocking the full potential that you could if you were just by yourself. And I know it gets dicey because a lot of people have real church hurt. I know. I have a little bit of church hurt. Where sometimes in my new church, sometimes I sit there and thoughts creep into my head and I'm like trying to fight them away because not every church is the same. Don't let one bad church or one bad experience ruin it for you. Because just like just because one guy hurts you doesn't mean that all men are bad.  Just because one church hurts you, it doesn't mean that every church is going to hurt you. I promise. I have experienced it. And now I'm in a church where it's actually like it feels really good. Not that my bad. My last church was bad. It wasn't. But growing up in church, sometimes you see things that maybe don't sit right with you. So don't let one bad experience ruin it for you. Because when you're in church and take it from someone who was going to church, I went to church for a month not knowing anybody. I would show up. I would go in. I would sit. I would sing. I would listen to the word. I would do all the things. And then I would leave. And I wouldn't talk to a single soul. I think that's how it's going to start. That's how it starts. It's not like you just show up to a new church and all of a sudden you have friends. That's how it's going to start. It's okay. It's okay to go alone. It's okay. A church should, it should be one of the safest places for you to go alone. It's okay. I have brought that same friend that I said that never really went to church and never really experienced any of that and whatever. I brought her to church once and we got in the car afterwards and she said, why was everyone so nice? And when you're in a room of believers who genuinely, like I'm talking about the genuine ones, when they genuinely love God, it's impossible to love God and not love the people he created. So when you're in a community with people and you're just like, I want to love up on you. Like are you good? Like what's going on in your life? Really? Like how are you doing? Do you need anything? Like that's what it's like. That's what these people are like. And I started volunteering at church in, I think it was like late September, early October.  Like I would go on a trip and I wouldn't tell anybody like when I went to Seattle. I came back and they were like, so how is Seattle? Like they genuinely care. Those are the people that you're going to meet. People, they're just, it's different. There's nowhere else I can think of that you go and people are that inclusive. People are that loving. And yes, you get a couple of bad eggs everywhere you go. It just is what it is. Nobody's perfect, but it's just different. It's just different. And when you're, when you're in a community like that, even if they're not your best, best friends, right? They don't need to know everything about you yet, especially if it's a new friendship. But when you're in those situations, you have people that can pray for you. You have people that are going to hold you accountable. If there's something that you struggle with, you can reach out to them and be like, Hey, I'm being really tempted with this. I'm struggling with this. And they will walk with you through it. They will call you. I've actually never experienced it. And when I started gaining friends at this church and they would call me all the time and they would text me all the time, it would kind of, I would kind of be like, Oh my God, why do they want to talk to me all the time? Truly, that's how I felt. It was like different. I had never experienced it before. And it's because people genuinely care. They genuinely care. And we live in a world where everybody is just doing their own thing all the time. It's me, me, me, me. That's how the world is. It's me, me, me centered. Again, not to say that these people that you're going to meet at church are perfect. They're not, they're not. So please don't go in thinking that they're going to be because that's going to end up, that's going to hurt you. That's, you're going to give yourself church hurt. If you put your, if you put people up on a pedestal, take it from me because I've done it.  Whoa, don't put people up on pedestals.  They deal with temptation. They deal with sinful thoughts, maybe lustful thoughts. They deal with, you know, self centeredness. They deal with doubt. They're, they're people. Those are just random things I threw out there. Not every pastor struggles with all those things, but I'm just throwing out examples. Don't put them up on a pedestal. Yes, they're in a position where they're going to be held to higher accountability because they're in a position with higher responsibility, but they are just human. That's why I love about my new pastor is that he is, he'll be upfront with us like, y'all, I'm struggling with this. And he has, he has his accountability partners, other men that will, that will call him, that will pray with him, that will hold him accountable. Hey, don't do this, you know. And it's just really beautiful. And that again comes to laying your pride down. It's really, it's a really important thing that you have to do. And also you have people to pray with. You know, the Bible says when two or more are gathered in my name, I am there. So when a church full of people are singing or praying together or whatever, God's there. Like it's, he's there. He says that he would be there. He's there. So you're going to really experience him, you know, not to say you can't experience him when you're home praying by yourself. You can, I have, but it's different. It unlocks something different. My church says like this is saying that they always say like relationships are oxygen and it's true. And this past Sunday, one of our pastors preached and he was preaching on like, well, he was preaching on like the power of our words, but he was preaching on like confession. And he made this analogy of community and he was like, in the middle of a safari or whatever, what zebra, just a random example, but what zebra would be safest from a lion that's coming to get you. And this is in this example, like the lion is the devil, right? What zebra is going to be the safest? It's the one that's in the middle of the pack because you have so many people to, to protect you from what's coming after you. Doesn't mean that the zebras in the middle are perfect at all, but they are the safest because they are in the middle of that community. And that's, I thought that was so powerful. I can't take credit for that. That was, that was our pastor, one of our pastors. And I think I'll always remember that example because it's so good. And I will say too, like for me personally, being in church like helped me discover passions that I had that I didn't even, that I didn't even know, you know, I work in television now. I work in news. I wouldn't have gotten into that had I not served on my media ministry and my old church growing up. I wouldn't have found my love for that. Now at this church, I'm a greeter. I also volunteer and I like serve hot breakfast to people in need. We're doing that once a month now. And I have learned, I'm not saying that to like toot my own horn. I'm saying that because I learned that I actually have, I have a heart to serve. I love serving people. I love making people feel seen. I love, even if it's just giving them a smile, you know, maybe they, maybe no one smiled at them that day. Maybe nobody was kind to them that day. And I unlocked all of that because I got involved.  Take it from me. I did it by myself for months. I went into, and I'm actually, I will say for someone who grew up super, super shy, which I kind of grew out of that. A lot of people don't even like believe that I was once shy, but I was. I didn't talk to anybody. Even like through most of college, I was very shy. You know, I went into a building where I didn't know a single soul. And now I have so many really good friends and I've become involved in, you know, and I get to hug so many nice people every Sunday. And it's just, it's just so, it's so life changing. And I really want you guys to experience that. And I know, listen, I don't know why I feel like I really need to harp on this. Like I know church hurt is a real thing. I know it is. But don't let one bad one ruin it for all the other ones. Okay, try, try, try your best. And then lastly, I just want to say after all of this, really like be attentive and look at the way your life starts to change. Because I believe that it will. Not to say your life is going to be perfect. My life isn't perfect. There are still things I'm anxious about. There are still things that worry me sometimes. I am not perfect. I sin every single day. But I can see night and day how my life has changed in just a year, year and a half. So I believe yours will too. So really take notice of that as your life starts to change. And remember that every good and perfect thing is from God and just thank him for the good. And I believe that you'll get to a point to where you can thank him for the bad because that's what comes when you come out the other side. So this is just this was like a very general basic. I don't even want to say Christianity 101 because I'm not here to like, I don't know, like I said before, there's no right or wrong way to do it.  And like always, if you have any questions, my Instagram DMs are open. I also read I read every single comment you guys comment below these videos. So just let me know. But yeah, I think that's going to be it for episode 19. Thank you guys so much for being here so much for watching and just supporting me with this whole podcast journey. Remember next episode is going to be a Q&A. So like I said, go over to my Instagram and you will see when I post the Instagram story asking for your questions. And I would love to hear whatever you guys want to talk about, even if it's not a question, but it's just a topic. I would love to hear what direction you want to take the next episode in because it's really up to you guys. So thank you guys so much for being here. As always, like I said, thank you for watching and I will see you in the next episode. Bye guys.


First year at UGK, we went to a very small town in Louisiana. This was in the first year at UGK, we went to a very, very small town in Louisiana. And we got to the Ramada Inn, that's how long ago it was, got to the Ramada Inn with the doves on the inside. So it was nice. Okay, it was a nice one. It was nice, and now, you know what I'm saying?  And they gave me some crack. They gave me some crack.  I thought y'all might want to go hang on the cuts and slaying some shit while he was here. And then they gave y'all some crack to sell. That's a nice hotel. Like, just for us, you know what I mean? Till we would feel more comfortable. Right. Damn. You go a couple niggas back.  You a real nigga, bro. Get out here and sell these crack footage, show me. You said it outside. And I'm in 2A, bro. I'm in 3A. Damn. Got to be fair, it was like a quarter slab, so I probably would have made about $3.54. That night? That night.  This again, this first album, first year. You know what I'm saying? So, Nick, could have used that little extra dollar, but not that case.


All right let's see what you know about Moodle. I'm going to start with a quick quiz. Just five questions. Are you ready? Where did Moodle start? Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom. What can you answer? How many registered users? 5 million, 50 million, 150 million. How many registered Moodle sites? 1,000, 10,000, 100,000. How many registered countries? 30, 130, 230, and how many languages does Moodle support? 10, 100, 1,000. Well how did you go? Could ask you if you managed to get five from five. In any case it's the perfect segue to the present day. Moodle is the world's most popular and loved learning management system. But you may be wondering well how did it get to where it is today and where is it going? Let me share with you the Moodle story. Let's start from the beginning. Back in the 1970s, a clever young kid by the name of Martin, Martin do Yarmus attended School of the Air in remote western Australia. Australia is a vast continent and Martin's nearest school happened to be hundreds of kilometers away. The internet didn't exist and Martin attended what was known as School of the Air that was schooling delivered to the home via radio wave. For Martin it was a very early insight into distance learning. Fast forward to 1999, Martin begins creating the Moodle software as part of his PhD research project at Curtin University. In 2001 he made his first foreign post using the Moodle software. In the following year he released Moodle as an open source software system. This is version one. And in the same year in his own words, so you can see what I'm working on, Martin launched Moodle Tracker. This is a software bug tracking system. By 2004 the first international Moodle Moots were being held in the United Kingdom and in Germany. And at this days there was only around about 1,000 registered Moodle sites. So Moodle as a project was very much in its infancy. In the following year the Mojito established itself as the official Moodle Moot beverage. Incidentally that was at the Spanish Moodle Moot. And in the following year Moodle Docs was launched. This is Moodle's online help documentation site. By 2008 Moodle and Martin were receiving their first of many accolades to follow. This particular award was the Google O'Reilly open source award in the education enabler category. By 2010 Moodle Core version 2 was released. And in the following year Moodle Mobile App version 1. By 2013 Moodle HQ launched the Learn Moodle MOOC. This is a massive open online course for educators wanting to learn the basics about Moodle. By 2015 Moodle HQ had launched its low cost hosting service referred to as Moodle Cloud. In the same year Moodle Mobile App version 2 was released. And Moodle Core version 3 with a big focus on the user experience. We also said hello to Atto. This was Moodle's new HTML and text editor. 2016 was a milestone year for Moodle in many respects. Importantly it achieved 100 million registered users. In every country in the world had a registered Moodle site. We also saw the launch of the Moodle Users Association. So their aim is to help drive the Moodle project. Members vote on projects to be developed by Moodle HQ and for inclusion in Moodle Core and naturally member fees fund the development effort. In the same year we said hello to Boost. This was Moodle's new default theme. Modern, clean, web responsive. And as Leonardo da Vinci once said, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Moodle Mobile App version 3 was released and it was becoming a very good metaphor for the desktop experience. In fact virtually all standard activities were now supported by the app. And HQ launched this branded Moodle mobile app service. So this was a commercial service where any organization could have its branding applied to the standard Moodle mobile app. And Moodle Desktop was launched. So the perfect solution for accessing Moodle courses via your desktop, laptop or Microsoft Surface device. Some big news from Moodle in 2017 when they announced their investment partnership with our friends from Education for the Many and this has enabled Moodle to accelerate its growth and certainly take things to a whole new level. Moodle also opened a new office in Barcelona, Spain. I don't know about you, but I am seeing this Spanish connection here with the new office, the mojito and in fact even the mobile app development team situated there. So here we are back in the present day. 2019 we've got approximately 150 million registered users. Phenomenal. So where to from here? Well Moodle HQ is focused on what it refers to as five key growth projects. So continuing to approve Moodle Core, Learn Moodle, Moodle Net, Moodle Foundation and the expansion of Moodle Surfaces and partnership programs. So let me talk to each of those just quickly now. So firstly improving Moodle Core. So we expect more of the same here and this has been a fairly recent phenomenon but we're going to see a continued focus on improved usability, simplicity and accessibility within the Moodle Core product. So who doesn't want an improved learner experience? Watch out for sector specific improvements. So Moodle Workplace is a new version of the Moodle Core product that we know and love. Expect to see this land at some stage this calendar year. Analytics Driven User Assistance. So this has landed already. It's in its infancy and you may be familiar with it as learning analytics. So the idea is helping educators to make better and more informed decisions about learning in a timely manner. Learn Moodle. This is Moodle's latest curriculum to learn to teach online and it's referred to as the Moodle Educator Certification Program. In fact the program is aligned with UNESCO's digital competencies framework for educators. Thirdly Moodle Net. This is currently undergoing an extreme makeover and may eventually replace what we now know as Moodle.org. So Moodle Net is aiming to become a well-designed social media platform for educators. Fourthly the Moodle Foundation. This will be launched by Moodle HQ in Europe possibly Brussels and its focus will be on driving research into open source initiatives. And lastly look out for the further expansion of Moodle services and partnership programs. Moodle has started as one man's vision. Martin, he planted a seed and we all nurtured it and helped it grow. The Moodle project highlights the great potential of humanity. Moodle and powering educators to improve our world. How are you going to use Moodle to improve our world? Thank you.


a fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hardy high old silver, the Lone Ranger. With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the masked rider of the planes led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. The stories of his strength and courage, his daring and resourcefulness have come down to us through the generations, and nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver, the Lone Ranger rides again. Leadville was on the western rim of the Tomahawk Basin. The main street was lined with cafes, and on Saturday night all the cowboys from the surrounding country came into town to celebrate. The townspeople were used to fights and gunplay, but on the night the Tomahawk trail crew returned from Clarksville, the violence reached a new high. A burly cowhand called Wolf was the leader of the crew, and when the bartender of the last chance refused him a drink.  Nobody's going to tell me that and get away with it. Come on boys, let's take the place apart. In less than ten minutes the last chance was a wreck, and Wolf and his men moved on to the next cafe, but the sheriff and a group of hastily appointed deputies met them at the door. Where do you think you're going? We're going inside. You're going to mount your horses and hightails out of town, Pronto. Hey, listen to him. Wearing that tin badge makes him think he's tough. The first one that moves stops left. He wants to play. I mean it. Get out of town or you'll end up dead or in jail. How about it, boys? Get him. What are we waiting for? Slap leather, Sheriff. Move it through here. It's the boss, Ben Steele. Quiet down, boys. What's going on here, Sheriff? Your men have just wrecked the last chance, Steele. Now they want to start on this place. Is that right, Wolf? We're just having a little fun, boys. This is my idea of fun. You're fired, the whole lot of you. What's that? You're fired. You can pick up your pen and your war bags at the ranch. Head back for Santa to where you belong. You can't get rid of us that easy. Your foreman promised us we'd be kept on. That's what I intended to do. I've got my regular crew and I can get along without you. You're not the kind of man I would at the Tomahawk. I'm warning you, Steele. You better change your mind. Got a chance. So you want us to go back to San Antonio? I don't care where you go as long as you leave the basin. Sure, we'll leave the basin.  First we go to the ranch and get our money. After that, you follow me. Nobody ever got away with Double Cross and Wolf Garnet and Steele won't be the first. Remember that! The lone ranger and tanto were camped on the wooded hills to the west of Leadville. Torn morning, the masked man stirred in his sleep. Then when Silver winnied, he sat bold upright. What is it, boy? Are you awake, tanto? Do you hear anything? You put here to ground. Oofbeats, that right. Many men ride in hills. I wonder if it could be a posse. Tonto not known. There haven't been any rustlers or Indians around the basin. You'd better follow them and find out. I'm good, I.D. Here, Silver, here's count. The great white stallion and the paint fought it to their masters. Quickly the lone ranger and tanto saddled them. Before they were mounted, the thunder of hoofs had died away in the distance. It was a dark night and the faithful Indian had some trouble in picking up the trail. It was hard to lose, though, and they followed into the hills. At last, the lone ranger raised his arm and a signal to rain up. The sound of many voices reached their ears. Dismalding, they led their horses through the trees to the top of her eyes. Below them, they could see nearly a hundred men. Some of them were gathering firewood. Others were setting up a rope corral to their horses. At last, a campfire flamed up through the night and as the lone ranger and tanto watched, Their fire is getting brighter. I can see their faces now. Yes, and all the other men from the tomahawk I wonder why they're camped out here. Them, gunmen and them plenty bad. We were right at the carry ranch, Kimosabi. Jim may be able to help us out. Ah, Pawn Silver. Get him up, Skull. The lone ranger and tanto held their great horses in check until they had put a safe distance between themselves and the camp. Then Silver and Skull were given free rain down from the hills over the rim of the basin across the level range land. As they thundered to a stop in front of the carry ranch, Jim carry himself open the door and walked down the steps to meet them. They saw the story of the men in the hills and Jim told them of the fight between steel and his men in town. The wolf threatened to get even, Jim. That's the way I hear it. Serve steel right for hiring a flock of gunmen. They turned to rustling or attacked the tomahawk ranch. You and all the other small ranches will have to help round them up. Help bend steel? Yes, you've got to. When he's trying to drive us out of the basin? For your own protection, Jim. Wolf and his gang may start with the tomahawk, but they won't stop there. Your ranch is closer to the hills, there's a lot of garbage and janks and the others to help steel. You know what he's done. He stayed inside the log, but he's just as much a crook as Wolf. That dog eat dog, I say. It won't stop there. Masked man, this is one time I can't string along with you. You'll regret it. That can't be helped. I was hoping that you'd at least go to steel and tell him where Wolf is. Warning that he's in danger. I won't set foot on his land. There's up to Tano and me. If it was anybody else, it'd be different. We'll see you later. It gets light now. Yes. There's no one up yet, though. He'll not like you, Kimosabi. Better have gun ready. He won't try anything when his men aren't around. Open up. This is a friendly call, steel. Friendly? You'd like nothing better to see me at jail. That's true. And what do you mean? I don't like the way you've been fighting the small ranchers. There's something in your past you'll never be able to live down. You were one of the leaders of the Black Arrow. That isn't so. It can't be proved, and for that reason, I'll never make the accusation except to you. But in spite of all that, I'm willing to call it truce. Is it so? Right now, you're staying within the law. There are men around here who won't. Who? Wolf and the others you fired last night. They've cleared out. They didn't go back to San Antonio. We can show you where they're camped in the hills. And you're a business man. What's that? I can take care of my cattle, my rage. And I don't need any help from you. Well, that's the way you feel about it. That's the way I feel. You and me are enemies, see, and you'll never get anything on me.  We understand each other, Steel. Adios. And keep away from my ranch.  Is that it, big boy? Come on, Silver. Get him up to the count. What's the matter, Kimosabe? Kim made count of plenty of men. We found out something easy, boy, easy. More than that. There wasn't any surprise to him that Wolf and his gang were camped in the hills. That's right. Steel may have arranged everything. Fighting town and firing the men, all of it. Why him do that? We'll have to wait and see, Tonneau.  Get him up to the count. Yes, Tonneau. It's dark. They can't be seen back there in the trees. They're cattle, too.  Yes, Wolf. I recognize his horse right away. Those are Tomahawk cows. Huh? Well, that's the beginning. Well, can we follow him? No. Steel doesn't want our help. He's sure to want the sheriffs. You'll have to be in Letville tomorrow morning, Tonneau. Things are going to happen. As Benjamin Steel reigned up in front of the sheriff's office the following morning, he dragged a hide from his saddlebag and carried it into the office with him. Morning, Sheriff. Howdy, Steel. What's that you got? Throw it on the floor and see if you get a good look. A hide? What are my cars? I can see the brand. There's more to see. Scratch the message and hide with a knife. Look close. What's this? I'll read it for you. It says 300 tonight. Back tomorrow for a thousand. What's it mean? Rustleys. I killed one cow, skinned it, then drove off 300 more. They'll be back tonight for a thousand. Wolf. Wolf and all the rest of those guns shooting ombrings are fired. They're out to get even. A nerve. I'm saying they'll be back again tonight. I'll round up a posse and go after them right away. Old word, Sheriff. There's no telling where they camped out. We can't let them get away with this. You will save your posse for tonight. They've got a lot of men working for me. But they've got a lot of land.  Yeah, that's the idea. We'll lay low and wait for them. Get out to the ranch as soon as it's dark. Kino, Steel. You can expect us. Justice Jim Carrey rose from his desk that night and started for bed. He noticed his daughter, Abby, looking out the window. What are you looking for, Abby? Nothing. That must be his middle name. I don't care. I'm worried. I don't like Ted riding the range at night when there's rustlers on the loose. Maybe he's got back from the bar room already. That's impossible. They could have gone straight to the bunkhouse. Was that saying good night to me? I'm not saying it's likely, but he could have. I almost wish he had. He'd be home safe anyway. The boy had a lot to talk over with Aldrich. He might even stay the night. But then he should have told me before he... What's the matter? A guy over to the west. It's a funny light. Moon couldn't be riding so late, could it? It's already set. The bar room's over there. The hills are beyond. Don't let your imagination get the better of you. Pa, here's Ted riding up now. He looks to be in an awful hurry. We didn't know those rustlers were going to have to steal the cattle tonight. I think that... It is them. You can see it in his face. Wolf and his gang? Where are they? The bar room. I'm going back there. You've got to get the sheriff as fast as you can. The lone reindeer yard again. Oh, he's already there.  Now he's helping Aldrich fight the fire. That's what we saw, Pa. Fire. Keep backing that wall, Ted. We'll be coming down in a minute. Yeah, you saved the house anyway. Yes, man! Here comes Jim with the sheriff and his posse. Nothing more to do here. We can start after Wolf. Yes, sir. Which way do they go? Follow the trail. He'll be back here any minute to lead us. Kerry said you knew where the camp was. They may have changed it. Here comes the engine now. Hold, Scott. Open the hole. Which way, Kimosabe? Straight into the hills? No. Then start that way and make big circles the south. Then ride for Kerry Ranch. My place? No, he's not following him all the way. But he thinks so. Kerry, what about your daughter? She's there all alone. Come on, we've got to get out of there. Look out. Look out for that wall. Let's go, Silver.   Get him up, Silver! Paul's on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Lone Ranger, Tonto and the Sheriff's men raced across the plain. Their first sight of the Kerry Ranch came from a pin point of light. Kerry identified it as a lamp set in the living room window, and hope sprang up at the outlaws that left the ranch house alone. But when they rained up in front of the door... I hope there's some many horse around here. Yes, Tonto. Heby, are you all right? Heby? Why don't you answer? There's your answer. It looks like a cyclone's hit the place. Heby, where are you? Look, here's a note on the desk. Oh, so what are you crying over? What has he got there, Master? Well, let him read it. You've taken your daughter a prisoner. No. Don't try to follow us or she'll die. We want $10,000. Get it together, Pronto. We'll send you word in a few days where to take it. Let me see that. A ransom note. Steel's behind this. What makes you say that? He wants this ranch. How can Kerry raise $10,000 without selling it? I can't. But Steel and Wolf Garrett, you're making them out to be partners and that just don't make sense. Yes, it does. He had me get a posse together to catch Wolf. He made sure that nearly all the men in the district were riding his range tonight. The outlaws attacked the bar M. That drew Kerry and his men away from here, and Wolf circled back to take the girl a prisoner. That's just the way it worked. But you can't prove any of that. Not unless we catch Wolf. I won't let you try to. You're afraid for your daughter? Sure I am. You can't blame me. I'm going to follow the instructions in this note to the letter. I'll raise the $10,000, even if I have to sell out the steel. And when I get word from Wolf, I'm going to pay off just like he says. Now, listen. None of you are going to interfere with that. You can't go after Wolf until I get Abby back.  Jim. We won't do any good to argue. I'm not arguing. I understand how you feel, but where's Ted? Ted? Well, he's gone. He must be outside. I wonder about that. Hello? Uh-huh. Ted, come out here. That's right. Where did he go, Kimusabi? Him get on horse right off that way. For the hills.  He heard what the note said, but right as he got here. Don't blame him too much. You can't expect him to think twice at a time like this. What the note said? I know it did. He thought if only one man went after them, they'd never find out. And there might be a chance of rescuing Abby. The same thought came to me. He's no match for those crooks. You're right. But, tunnel, I know where the camp is.  Go to it. Get him quick so he can't mess things up. Come on, tunnel. Ah. The lone ranger and tunnel followed the trail left by the outlaws and Ted until they reached the rocky ground at the beginning of the foothills. Stay, boys. Get over the hole. And the trail's gone. Ah, plenty dark and plenty hard to follow. I know you could do it if you had more time, but... Kimusabi. How Ted followed trail? That's true. He couldn't have. When it came to the end here, he must have ridden on desperate, hoping to find them someplace. Ah, plenty dangerous. There's only one thing for us to do. Head straight for their camp. That's right. Come on, son.  The lone ranger and tunnel reached the spot where they had seen the outlaws before. Easy, boy. Easy. Oh, he's gone home, tunnel. Gone, tunnel. Ah. Now, the proof is steel and wool for working together. He warned him. We knew where the camp was. Ground, plenty soft around here. Ah, plenty man. It's easy to follow where them go. Even at night? Ah. It's up to you, then, Kimusabi. That's our only hope. The trail led farther and farther into the tangled hills. At last, just as dawn was breaking, they came to the opening of a canyon nearly half a mile wide. Here, Tonto dismounted. Ah. New trail. It come from east. Was it maybe the outlaws last night? Ah, that's right. Then turn here and go into canyon. Narrow's down as it goes on. Tonto know this place. Walls of canyon come close together. Only room for one man to ride through. Then canyon open into valley. There's a high wall all round. Only room for one man at a time. Then another place. I had a good hideout. I want a closer look at it, Kimusabi. Yeah, boy. Come here. Sounded like Ted's voice. Blacky. I found the trees over there. Come on, sonny.  I'll stay on steady. If I can only grab hold of the stirrup, maybe I can... Ted! The mask, man. Tonto. Easy, boy. You've been wounded. Yeah. I guess I must have fainted. Ah, counter-fixed. Well, I'm all right now. Couldn't have been much. Ah. It left shoulder. Yeah. What happened, Ted? I don't know. Just riding along here and something hit me. I heard the shot. Blacky bolted into the tree. That's all I remember. Must have been one of the gang they left behind to guard the trail. I didn't see anybody. They came this way. Are you strong enough to ride? Sure thing. Once they get in the saddle. I'm there. Not due for now. Now, we're going on. I want to look at this canyon. Because I'm pretty sure we'll be coming back here soon. Isn't there any chance of getting Abbie away from them? We can't let ourselves be seen. You know what they threatened? They wouldn't dare. I'm afraid you're wrong. Human life means nothing to them. Then maybe we'd better ride straight back to the basin. We'll be careful. When the ransom is paid, there'll be a showdown. It'll help you into your saddle. Meanwhile, in the outlaws camp, Wolf was cutting the ropes that bound Abbie hand and foot. It's about time you took these things off me. That's right. Morning. Time for you to cook us some grub. What? You, you're the cook. I am not.  You mean that? You can't scare me. All right. You don't eat yourself. We tie you up again. Think about it, Sam. Aren't you hungry? I... All right. That's better. Fire's already going up to it. Have one of your men bring me some water. The spring ain't far. You get it. Oh, the lazy no compote. Never mind. A talk move. Abbie started toward the spring where Wolf's horse was drinking. And as she walked, a plan developed in her mind. She looked toward the opening of the valley. The guard was dozing. And as she neared the spring... They're all here for sleep. Even Wolf's. It's worth a try anyway. No, boy. Don't go away. Steady. I'll just stand up on this rock. Steady, boy. Get up there. Keep us up, Abbie. Narrow open and up ahead. Gosh, but it's narrow. Quick. There's someone coming. Behind the tree. No, wait, masked man. It's Abbie. Ted, right on with her. Back to the base and get the sheriff. Oh, those outlaws will be coming after. They're coming to the opening one at a time. I can hold them inside the valley. They're coming from the rock. Ted, I can't stop it. Don't try. Keep riding. Get up there, Blackie.  Here we go, then. That valley's a fine hideout, but it's a fine trap, too. Come on, Silverman, let's go. The ranger and tanto urged their mounts toward the narrow opening of the valley. There they dismounted. Silver and Skult were ordered back out of danger, and the masked man and the Indian took cover behind the rocks. Just in time. Wolf had ordered half a dozen of his men into the saddle, and now he rode in front of them toward the opening. The moaning sun flashed from the six-shooter in his hand. The lone ranger took careful aim. The lone ranger's bullet found its mark and the six-shooter dropped from Wolf's hand. The outlaws rained up. They were unable to see who was holding the pass against them, but Wolf was determined to win his way through. He ordered the others to open fire. The bullets whined past the masked man and the Indian, but they stood their ground, only when the outlaw started forward once more to the open fire. Another gun dropped from a nervous hand. Once more, Wolf and his men were forced to rain up. Again, they charged. Again, they were turned back again and again. All through the morning, the lone ranger and tanto held the pass. Later that day, Jim Carrey swallowed his pride and rode to the Tomahawk Ranch. Benjamin Steele was waiting for him. Sit right down here and state your business, Carrey. You know what my business is. It's a sad thing about you, Dotty. If you thought so, you wouldn't be smiling. I always believed in looking to the triple-sat of things. You'll get a back of course. I hope so. Of course you will. Didn't I hear the lone ranger and tanto went after him? They went after Ted. None of them have come back. That is too bad. Do you suppose Wolf and his men have killed them? I don't know. One thing's sure. Nobody else is going into those hills. I'm gonna follow the instructions in that note to the letter. You mean pay ransom? Yes. That isn't wise. Honest men shouldn't give in to outlaws. You do the same thing in my place. Only you wouldn't have to sell your ranch to raise the money. Are you gonna have to do that? I won't bother to answer that. My land and buildings are worth five thousand dollars. My cattle's worth another fifteen. You offered me two thousand for everything once. There's no sense in doing that again, because there's no sense in my selling unless I get ten. I understand. Well... And I'm prepared to be generous. You will? I'll give you ten thousand. You can afford it. You'll probably get a split from the crooks. Are you suggesting that Wolf and I are partners? You can take it or leave it. I'd order you out of my house, but I still sympathize, so I'll ignore your remarks. As a matter of fact, I have a bill of sale already made. Yeah. I'll just sign here, Carrie, and I'll give you the money. Hand it over or get this over quick. Here's the payment. Oh, don't! Abby! Don't sign that paper. They told me what you were up to. How did you get away? I watched from my chance and took it. The loan rangers stopped them from coming after me. What's that? He and Ton are holding back the whole gang. But the chevon is men are on the way to help. Let's go after them. I've got something to attend to first. Here, Steele. Here's what I think of your bill of sale. Here, the loan ranger and Tonto were relieved with the sheriff's men, and the masked man and the sheriff discussed ways of capturing the outlaws. They don't realize you're here yet, Sheriff. When they do, they won't try to get out. It's going to be a siege. Who are we ready for? Can't have much food in there. Are you sure there isn't some other way out? Tonto says no. I'd have found it long before this if there were. Hell, I hope that Wolf will tell us the truth about Steele when we finally get him in jail. Him or one of the others? Wolf's the leader and Steele wouldn't trust more than one man. What? What's up? Here comes Ted. What is it, Ted? They want to surrender. Are you sure? Yeah. We yelled to him there were more than a hundred men out here and we could hear them arguing about it. Doesn't sound like Wolf to give up. I think he's dead. What's that? Whether it was a shot and after that, we didn't hear his voice. Killed by his own men. They won't admit it, though. They'll say one of our shots got him. I didn't say you could prove it. Well, we'll send the whole bunch under jail for 20 years anyway. Tell them to come out one by one and wait for the sky while they're doing it. Kino! I'll go over there with you. Kimusavi. There's Steele. Him right this way. Yes, I see him. Ah, plenty of bad Wolf. Get shot. There might be others who can tie this plot up to Steele. Him will smile. Wolf, come over there. Wolf, come over there. Howdy there, Spam. You did a wonderful job holding those crooks away, you did. Did you hear the news about Wolf? Yes. He was the only one who knew about you. Is that it? Yes. He was the only one. You can't beat my luck. Luck has been known to change. You is better than that. Just be careful, Steele. Your first mistake may be your last. Steady, big fella. Yep. Hold, silver. In a month's count. I've just heard it's a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.