Chapter 24 of Grace Harlow's plebeian at high school. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Christine Blashford. Grace Harlow's plebeian at high school by Jesse Graham Flower. Chapter 24. The Freshman Prize Graduation night in Oakdale High School was one of the great social events of the year. The floor and galleries of Assembly Hall were invariably packed with an enthusiastic audience, for the two schools united at the ceremony of graduation, and the senior class formed a mixed company on the stage. Most of the pupils attended commencement, and the freshman class of the girls' high school was always there in full to witness the triumph of one of its members, who was called forth from the audience to receive the usual freshman prize of twenty-five dollars. The identity of the winner was always kept a secret until the great night, when she was summoned from the audience to the stage and presented with the money before the entire assembly. The readers can imagine, therefore, the uncertainty and trepidation that fluttered in the hearts of our four girls as they sat together in the centre of the great hall. Anne had passed through a dozen stages of emotions, both hopeful and otherwise, and had finally steeled herself to give up all thought of winning either of the prizes. Miriam, confident and handsome, sat near them.  Her shoes all dressed up to step up on the stage and get her twenty-five whispered Nora to Jessica. Perhaps she already knows she's going to get it, answered Jessica doubtfully. Perhaps Miss Lees has told her. If Miss Lees knew it, she would certainly have told her, answered Grace, leaning over so that Anne could not hear her. But I feel sure Miss Thompson has managed it somehow, although I kept hoping all day she would send me a note or something. It may be she hated to tell me the bad news. The wind gate and ready brooks came down the aisle in immaculate attire. David followed behind, pale and silent. Did David suspect anything about his sister? Grace wondered. Certainly he had directly or indirectly been the means of bulking every one of Miriam's schemes for injuring Anne. Perhaps Miriam had told him she was to win the prize, and he was thinking of Anne's disappointment. Three boys paused when they saw their friends of the Christmas house-party. Hippie leaned over to say, Hello, girls! Can you guess what has brought us here to-night, all dressed up in our best? Not unless it was to show off your clothes, replied Nora, to see Miss Anne Pearson win the freshman prize, simply that and nothing more. But I don't expect to win it, Hippie, protested Anne. If you don't, you aren't the girl we took you for then, replied Hippie. I heard from a young person in your class that you hadn't made a mistake in six months. But just as many people think Miriam will win, said Anne, look at all the people congratulating her already. Surely enough, Miriam's friends had rallied around her at the final test, and numbers of girls and boys and grown people, too, were already prophesying victory. Just then the audience composed itself, for the exercises were about to begin. Soft music was heard, and the graduates filed out and took their seats. Immediately they were seated, Mrs. Gray, in a beautiful lavender silk gown, and a white lace bonnet, trimmed with violets, swept down the aisle, bowing and smiling, right and left. Girls cried grace-delightedly, looking over her shoulder. Guess who is with our precious little Mrs. Gray? Tom Gray cried the others in unison, just as Tom Gray himself appeared opposite them, and waved his hand, regardless of the many eyes fastened upon him, for Mrs. Gray was an important personage not only at these annual assemblages, but in Oakdale itself, of which she had always been a most generous and loyal citizen. Mrs. Gray nodded cordially when she saw the girls, but shook her head over Anne's pale, drawn little face. As the ceremonies proceeded after the opening prayer, Anne felt herself drifting further and further away. She was a little boat on a troubled, restless sea, with the noise of the waves in her head, and only occasionally did she hear someone's voice reading a graduating essay, or making a speech. She couldn't tell which. She remembered there was a piano solo, very loud and crashing, it seemed to her, and there was a tremendous humming sound. The sea was growing very rough, she thought, as storm was brewing somewhere. Then the wind died down again, there was a complete and utter silence, and she seemed to be entirely alone. I have great pleasure in announcing, she dimly heard a voice say, that the annual Freshman Prize, so generously donated always by Mrs. Gray, is awarded this year to one of the most brilliant and remarkable pupils who has ever studied in Oakdale High School. My language, in this instance, may appear to be rather extravagant, but the pupil, who has been under the eye of the faculty for many months because of her most excellent standing, has achieved a unique success in the history of their school. I may say that she has turned in a set of examination papers absolutely perfect in every detail, and it is with real delight I announce that she has won not only the usual smaller prize of twenty-five dollars, but the premium always offered at the same time but never before won by any pupil of this school of one hundred dollars for a flawless examination. I would therefore ask Miss Anne Pearson to come to the platform that I may have the honour of delivering both prizes to her. Such a shout as arose after this remarkable speech had never before been heard at a high school graduation. The Freshman class was fairly mad with joy, while hippy and ready yelled themselves, horse. Anne cried, Grace, wake up, Anne, are you asleep, child? Go up to the platform, Miss Thompson is waiting for you. Tears of joy and relief were rolling down Grace's cheeks as she urged Anne to rise from her seat. Anne stood up, half dazed, still wondering what it was all about, and made her way through a sea of faces to the platform. Hurrah! roared the pupils of the high school in one voice. High, high, high, high, high, high, Oakdale, Oakdale, High School! This was an honour usually accorded only to football and baseball heroes. When Anne reached the platform she appeared so small and plain in her simple white muslin frock that people looked at her wonderingly. It was not everyone in Oakdale who was familiar with the little dark-haired girl. My dear, said Miss Thompson, very handsome and imposing in a gray silk dress. I am happy to be the one to hand you these two prizes. You have worked hard and richly deserved them both. I am sure everyone in this house tonight is glad that your winter's unceasing labours are crowned with success, and I now recommend you to take a good rest, for such prizes are only earned by earnest and hard application, and hard work carries with it sometimes its own penalty. She placed special emphasis on these last words. You have indeed earned the right to a happy vacation. Two bouquets were handed over the footlights at this point, one a beautiful bunch of pink roses and the other of lilies of the valley. Mrs. Gray had sent the roses Grace felt sure. It was her custom always to send such a bouquet to the one who carried off the prize, but who had sent the lilies of the valley? Very likely David, Grace said to herself, watching the boy's face as Anne took the flowers from the usher. Had he known then that his sister had lost the prize, or was his faith in Anne so great? But something had happened. Suddenly the waves, which for the last half-hour had been roaring and tossing about Anne, seemed to submerge her completely. She felt a horrid sensation of sickness for a moment, and then down, down she sank to the bottom of nothing, carrying her flowers and prizes with her. She's fainted, cried someone. The poor little tired girl is fainted. A tall young graduate picked up the small limp figure, and carried her off the stage as easily as if she had been a child. The closing exercises were then resumed, the benediction pronounced, and the audience filed out somewhat silently. Grace and her friends hurried around behind the scenes, where they found Mrs. Gray in the act of placing a smelling-salt bottle to Anne's nostrils, while Tom Gray and David Nesbit were cooling her temples with lumps of ice. She is conscious at last, exclaimed the old lady, as Anne opened her eyes. It was entirely too much excitement for this delicate, worn-out child. Tom, order the carriage. I mean to take her straight to my own house, and nurse her myself. I am the only person in this town who has time to give her all the care and attention she needs. I feel like such a lazy, good-for-nothing old woman when I see all these bright young people winning prizes and doing so many clever things. How you do go on, Mrs. Gray, said David, you know very well you are the brightest, youngest and prettiest girl in Oakdale. Anne sat up at this moment, and looked into the faces of her best friends, leaning over her anxiously. I thought the boat capsized just as I was about to win the race, she said faintly. The little boat did capsize, dear, answered Mrs. Gray gently, but not until after you had won the race, and now, if you are well enough to let this strong nephew of mine carry you, we are going to take you right home. Are all my Christmas children here?" she continued, looking about her. Hippie and Reddy had joined the group just then. Yes, here you are. Tom and I can't take you all up in the carriage, but I want you to follow us, if your parents and guardians have no objections. I have arranged a little supper to celebrate Anne's victory. I am sorry she can't come to her own party, but she may hear all about it afterwards, and the rest of you shall make merry for her. Not long after, six young people strolled up Chapel Hill in the moonlight, talking gaily of the happy days they had spent together with Mrs. Gray, for Richards the burglar seemed now a sort of joke to them, and even the terrible recollection of the wolves was softened by time, and they could only laugh at poor Hippie's plight when his breath gave out and his legs refused their office. Oh, well! exclaimed Hippie, pretending to be much offended. It is a very good idea to remember only the funny things, and forget the dangerous ones, when all's said and done, but if I had had a stroke of apoplexy, just as that young lady wolf began to lick my heels, you wouldn't have been so merry over the recollection. Well! retorted Nora, we would have been just about going into half-morning by now, and that's always a cheerful thought. Grace! whispered Jessica, taking advantage of the talk of the others not to be overheard. Did you notice Miriam when Miss Thompson began her speech? No, answered Grace. I was too intent upon Anne to look at Miriam. Why? Well! continued Jessica. You remember that Miss Thompson mentioned no names until almost the very end of the speech. Yes, answered the other. I remember it particularly, because I kept wishing she would hurry and get to the point. Exactly, went on Jessica, and Miriam thought she had won the prize. How do you know, Jessica? How could you tell? Oh! in a hundred different ways. I could tell by the smile on her face that she took every compliment to herself. Lots of people were watching her, too, and I couldn't help feeling a little sorry for her, because she is one of those people who just can't stand losing. When Miss Thompson reached the place where she was about to ask Anne to step up and get the prize, Miriam half-raised in her seat. Mrs. Nesbitt pulled her back in the nick of time. I honestly believe she would have reached the stage before Anne did if her mother hadn't stopped her. Hippie told me they left before the benediction. I suppose Miriam was not equal to the mortification. I thought perhaps Miss Thompson would have mentioned her name as coming second in the contest, said Grace. She usually does, you know, but there were good reasons, and plenty, why she shouldn't this time, I suppose, and to think, Jessica, that Miriam need never have done that dreadful thing. She would probably have passed second in the class anyway, and copying the papers didn't help her one little bit. Mrs. Gray reported Anne to be much better. She had taken some nourishing broth and gone to bed, and she was at that moment sleeping soundly. So there was no cause for anything but good cheer at the supper party. And here let us leave them around Mrs. Gray's hospitable table, for is it not better to say farewell rejoicing so that no shadows may darken the memory we shall carry with us during the long months of separation? Before Oakdale High School welcomes her children back again, David will sail abroad with his mother and sister. Grace and Anne will set off for the country to visit Grace's grandmother. The others and their families will scatter to various summer resorts, while Mrs. Gray will seek a cool spot in the mountains. However, in the next volume, which will be entitled Grace Harlow's Sophomore Year at High School, or The Record of the Girl Chirms in Work and Athletics, we shall again meet the four girls and their friends. This book, The Record of the Girl Chirms in Athletics, tells of the exciting rivalries of the Sophomore and junior basketball teams, culminating in a final hard-fought battle. Again, Grace Harlow distinguishes herself by her bravery and good judgment, and again Miriam Nesbitt will do her best to thwart her at every point, and we may learn what Anne Pearson did with the prize money.


You know, walk with God, and He was not for God took Him. I want to be a was not to. I want to be an empty space through which the glory of God can manifest and transform the earthly into the heavenly. I want to be a surrendered vessel so that when people look at me, they don't see me, they see Jesus. I want my words to be empty of my own motive and my own heart and my own ambition so that when I speak, they hear Jesus speaking.


The bottom line of this idea is you can carry what works for most of you. So can you remember how many black shirts or white shirts you have right now? So that is the question of your person. So our idea is, we want to track.  So at the end you go and buy the same shirt. After coming home you will see the similar shirt you have or similar color you have. And also in a shop there will be the same brand, same pattern that may be with other brands. So you can compare the other brands and check which one is very good for you. So in this case the same brand, same pattern, same design may cost less in other brands. So that time you can choose that one. So that is our idea. So what we take? We take in samples. So here for this idea you don't need to give any specific input or we are not. The application doesn't require any kind of input from the user. We take one of the information store on the device on the mobile. First we take the local storage, your gallery, your photos. And then we scan for the particular pattern. As far as we load, we will scan our, your drum storage area back, the standard photos in your social media site. So you will use that information. It's a kind of a camera app which has, when you go to a store, you just scan the barcode or whatever you want to buy. It will suggest, it will prompt you if you already have the infrastructure, apparently you got it. So it prompts you to save money. And I mean, there is a one-hundredth, I mean, I don't know, it's like reading outlets where they can understand the customers' choice or their stage. So that they, reading outlets can suggest similar product, products, which they can like, which is available in the store. And even brands can even display their ads. And we have a similar demo. I'm taking a picture of... Actually, here, say, in KC, I'm going to a shop and I'm scanning the barcode which is there. So right now I've noted some static images from the gallery. So I'll take a live picture of any person. Right now I'm taking a picture of this blue, dark blue shirt. So it shows... No, it won't take picture, it's alive. You can see, it's such like some... Say I'm really having this shirt, if you'll please. It will show that it's really having this shirt. That's it. Actually, still our knowledge case is not completely ready. So we are building up. Yesterday we started with 50 samples. So we have to build some more samples. So it may take some more time. So this is our idea. Thank you. Okay, any questions? Should we start the library part of the application? Or will it capture and scan and give it to our cloud? Yeah, we'll take... We'll extract the picture from the image using OpenCV. Store will scan the pictures. And that pictures, we'll store it in our cloud. And then based on that... Yeah, actually, to start with, when the users start using the application, it scans this non-gallery. And if it configures to the cloud storage, like when a pose and move player, where people share their own styles and stuff, from there it can scan and understand what the user preferences is. And when the user goes to the shop, it can come up with good products of the shop.


Good morning everybody. We're going to get started here and We really appreciate all the support faculty and staff coming for our medical students the We have a we have three students one from the University of Utah and then two away students who are Presenting this morning and I'm really grateful to have these medical students with us. I think they really do add a Unique element to just our training environment and the educational experience here at the Moran and we're really grateful to have them They've done a wonderful job so far First we'll hear from Annie Shepherd Child with no red reflex In a case of Coates disease after that you you know all the way the time we were here from Spencer Fuller Who's from UC San Diego? And he has a really interesting research case Of a video recording from the perspective of the patient and counteract surgery and then Brian Kirk from University of Utah is going to be presenting on presenting to us of the patient experience during sequential bilateral counteract surgery So so we really entering topics and I'll turn the time over to Annie. Thanks Annie Hi, I am Annie Shepherd. I am from the University of Tennessee and I will be going over a case of Coates disease this morning I have no financial disclosures So this is a case of a six-year-old There we go So this is a six-year-old male with the past medical history of sickle cell trait He was referred to Ophthalmology from a local optometrist for what mom described as decreasing vision from the right He didn't report any pain or photophobia It was a slow gradual onset and mom also noticed that his eyes look different in pictures much like this image seen here He has no past ocular history and is not currently on any medications On ocular exam. He had an absent by Red reflex on the right and a slightly diminished one on the left Visual acuity on the right was count fingers at two feet and was 20 25 on the left Vitrious showed some cell or pigment bilaterally in the anterior vitreous and dilated exam showed exudative lesions in the foveal region on the right and Squatic vessels with peripheral exudates bilaterally more so on the right than the left and secular dilation of vessels bilaterally Retinal imaging of the right seen here. There is a large exudate in the foveal region It was described on exam as being raised, but you can't really appreciate that on just a photograph there's also peripheral exudates you can see kind of outside of the margin of this photograph and Then on the left, there's also exudates no foveal involvement on this in this eye And you can see the vessels are overlaying overlying the exudate, which means it's deep either intra retinal or sub retinal Imaging was ordered on this patient an MRI was done to rule out retinoblastoma It showed no calcification, which was a good sign to rule out retinoblastoma But the image did show Bands in the orbits bilaterally Which was called either fibrous or inflammatory changes if fluorescent angiogram was also done This showed light bulb dilation of the capillaries and the peripheral retina showed areas of non perfusion and There was exudation in the posterior pole involving the macula on the right which correlated with the fundus exam This is an MRI not of this patient, but of a classic unilateral coats disease You see a smaller orbit on the right that is hyper dense with You can kind of appreciate some Hyper dense banding in the orbit and there's no extra ocular pathology scene This is a fluorescent angiogram. You see a large area of Non-profusion with these dilation of the vessels and on the bottom of the fluorescent angiogram You see a very tortuous dilated vessel and those light bulb dilation in the top So coats disease is also known as exudative retinitis. It was first Described by dr. George coats in 1908. It's most commonly seen in young males ages 6 to 8 But it has been described in patients as young as 6 months old and as old as 71 there's no racial or ethnic predilection and Usually it's unilateral But can be seen bilaterally if there's more going on than just the coats disease in a bilateral In a patient with bilateral disease it would be warranted to do a genetic workup Coats disease has been associated with this is three syndromes, but there has been multiple genetic syndromes that have been associated path all the pathophysiology behind coats disease is idiopathic vascular malformations Which creates fragile vessels with a thin endothelium? this endothelium leads to leakage of intra vascular contents and the build-up of exudates in the retina the The exudates are usually cholesterol and lipids and this leads to the formation of ghost cells They're commonly described as being yellow white in nature and are beneath the post beneath the retinal vessels like we saw on the fundus image the vascular hallmarks seen are telangiectasia aneurysmal vessel dilation and capillary micro aneurysms The normal presentation like I said was in a preschool age child That has trabismus or leukocorea They can also be caught like the patient that we went over having a decreased vision on screening a rare presentation Usually seen late in the disease is a cholesterol bull by Which is seen in this image here just a build-up of cholesterol Deposits in the eye and if a B scan is done of this you'll see a snow globe effect The vitreous becomes much more liquefied and the cholesterol seems to circle inside of the inside the globe older children and adults although rare Can present with decreased vision usually due to macular pathology or retinal detachment? Complications like I said are retinal detachment. These are exudative retinal attachments Glaucoma often neo vascular glaucoma and physicists bull by the differential is pretty broad but can include retinoblastoma persistent fetal vascular chair and Parasplanitis plus these other ones listed management of co-sys is mostly Centered around retinal detachment with 65 percent of patients developing a retinal detachment over five years Current treatment regimens include cryotherapy and photocoagulation or some combination But there have been new studies over the past 10 to 15 years looking at anti-veg F injections as possible additional treatment most patients I Have effective treatment if there is early ablation of these abnormal vascular chairs And that is because there's obviously less exudates if you catch it early and fewer pulls involved So the it knew studies on anti-veg F injections this first study they found that patients with codes disease had increased veg F levels in the vitreous and Their thought behind this was retinal detachment leads to retinal hypoxia which subsequently leads to the release of veg F and Unregulated veg F as we know leads to vascular malformations including telangiectasia microvascular occlusions and microvascular aneurysms and all of these are weak vessels and And are leaky and lead to exudate buildup So this first study looked at a two-year-old boy with code disease that was complicated by retinal detachments that were a fractory to surgery he underwent two rounds of Intervitural injections, which are eight weeks apart and he had complete reattachment and stability six months at six months follow-up and then the second study looked at three patients that had both laser ablative surgery and injections and all three patients had complete reabsorption of sub retinal fluid and They recommend that these anti-veg F injections could be a good additional therapy With the classic laser therapy as well This last study is from May of this past year and it had a larger patient population of 16 patients That were given intervitural injections They made the comment that exudations including the map in the macular area led to less vision improvement than if the macular was not involved And they also noted the patients with the more severe retinal attachment had a more robust reaction to the injections This is just a pathology slide of a total retinal attachment With sub retinal fluid you can see You can appreciate some of the cholesterol clefs and then at a higher magnification These costs become very obvious and also the appearance of ghost cells Which are which are filled with cholesterol and lipids This is a cholesterol crystal that was Obtained from sub retinal fluid in a patient with Coates disease This is it's common to find this in the sub retinal fluid, but it can also be found in the anterior chamber of these patients as well So just to wrap up the we'll go back to the patient presented at the beginning He underwent five rounds of argon laser treatment in both eyes over five months and nine months after his initial presentation his vision in the right had improved to 2,400 but like that study said he had macular involvement So he was unlikely to have dramatic vision improvement and then on the left at state stable at 2025 and you can appreciate the improvement of the exudates in both eyes and but there's still a pretty large macular involvement on that right eye I'd like to thank these individuals in particular and also everyone for listening There any questions


What's going on, everyone? Sam here with late sports cards. You've been 22, 23, opinion revolution, basketball hobby, eight box, case break number 33, pick your team style. There's a looking, oh no, that's from the last break. Let me read off the list of the names and teams. We'll do Cam Thomas, Camryn T with the sons, Cheryl F with the Hawks, Bulls, Bucks, Wizards, David S with the Raptors. We got Derek B with the Celtics, Don F, Hornets, Grizzlies, Erica E with the Jazz, Eric N, Timberwolves, Gilbert M with the Warriors, Hunter R, Thunder, Quang J with the Heat, Joel E, Pistons, Justin O, Nick's, Keith B, Magic, Luis L, Nets and Spurs, Makoto N with the Mabs, Marcus H, Rockets, Mark S, Clippers, Matthew K, Pacers, Oriole C, Nuggets, Paul G with the Blazers, Po-Wan H, Cabs, Randall S, Sixers, Roger H, Lakers, Tong-L Kings, I mean Pelicans and Von B with the Kings, and Tong-L with the Pelians. Here we go. All right, Paul up, Keegan Murray, Prime Time Performers and you'll detail for his car for me. What about Keegan Galactic? Deal. Again guys, just one group break with Spots tonight, Topstrom Sapphire Baseball, ripping a little bit later on tonight. They're on tonight. Let's get that filled on up. There's a Scotty Barnes, Jaren Jackson Jr. Again, three base on the back always, never gonna be rookies or anything. David Arati, here's a Jalen Green on the Impact to 149. Galactic you'll wash it, no detail. Are you ever gonna come to Florida anyway, or are you just gonna like, mess with us from Massachusetts all the time? LeBron, Malachi Random Group, Prime Time Performers, Steph Curry, go to the Warriors, nice one there on the Super Short Prince, congrats on that. There you go, Warriors. Get that magged up, very nice. I guess Forrest is detailing his own car now. What's that worth? Bryce McGowant, potentially, potentially. That's not Keegan Murray. Jalen Williams, Rookie Revolution, Kyrie Astro. All right Walker, there's a Trey Young on the Sunburst, the 75. The Hawks. Zion Terry, Easton Frackle, Rookie. Peyton Watson, Rudy Gaubert, I'll do it for box one. I'll do it for box, oh no. It's kind of flopped in Junior Rookie. There's Victor Oladipo for the Heat on the Auto, nice one there, congrats Miami. Jalen Terry, Jeremy Sohan, Rookie Revolution Frackle for the Spurs, base, base, base. All cards do ship, so you will get all your base. Jaren Jackson Jr., that was Malachi Random on the Rookie Revolution by the way, for the Spurs. Shade on Sharp Rookie, Astro Rookie, Tyrese Martin, base, base. We're in an Eston Rest Break, we don't make the top load every single insert. Rookie Renter, Lief R20, Oh, Shading Paji. Rookie Renter, Lief R20, Oh, Shading Paji. Where are you that techs? I got you that and it's so funny. I won, Lief. Right, I don't blame you. God, I'm just gonna do miserable. Every insert, yeah. Twicecets happen. We've got Jayne Nivy, Lipped-Off Rookie, Kyrie Irving-Astro. Ose main Jean, that is a, Paolo, nice, two, one 49 on the impact. Congrats magic. There you go, Orlando. Congrats magic. I would say just an envelope. You can throw another recap. Yeah, I'm throwing all the numbered cards. Oh, numbered, okay, cool. Cool, cool, cool. Trey young rookie revolution. Franz Wagner, auto, Blake Wesley. Nice one there too, 100 on the fractal. Rats on that spurs. Rookie auto of, we got Blake Wesley, yes, Blake Wesley. We gowns. Fractal revolution of Jabari Smith Jr. Rookie for the Rockets. Supernova LeBron. Jalen Green, Astro. Astro Palo, there you go, congrats magic. There's Rookie Revolution Palo this time. Kennedy Chandler, Groove Rookie. There's Jalen Dern. You're gonna come down next NBA season when the clown show play the magic. Chat Holmgren. Nice, Jeremy Sohan, Rookie Revolution, cubic to 50. Nice one there for the spurs. Spurs doing well now. That's Sohan. Not, there's a Sunburst. Yeah, Sunburst is 75. Patch Bulban Jr. Rookie for the Warriors. Where's Cookin' now? All on to the next one. Oh no, I don't wanna stop, sure. It's like very old stuff. I know. The movin' so quickly in between each of them. Giannis, Gotti Barnes. Shade on Sharp Rookie. Astro, Fractal Nicola Jokic. Steph, Christian Wood. Nicola Jokic, Fractal Lamello. Peyton Watson, Astro. Luka Donchich, there's KD, Astro. Oseman Jain. Kawhi Leonard, Groove. Supernova Tatum, Astro Dillon Brooks. Very smart, and there's Anthony Davis on the Impact to 149 for the Lakers. Montresil-Herald. All right, four boxes to go now. Again, guys, Sapphire, only at Break with Spots tonight. Let me drop you a link to that again. It's gonna be 2022 Top Strom Sapphire Edition at Baseball. Full case break, 10 boxers. 10 boxes, only Break with Spots. So if you want to get into a group break tonight, that is gonna be your only chance right there. Your only chance is Sapphire, and everything else is sold out. So thank you all again, Benedict Matheran. There's Johnny Davis, Groove, Rookie, Otto, Joe Dumars for the Pistons. Nice one there, part of the bad voice. Joe Dumars. Very cool. Revolution, or Shockwave is Jason Davis. B.I. Lastly, Astro Rookie, Marjon Boat-Champ for the Bucks. Therese Halliburton. Keegan-Marie Fractal. Base, base, base. Kennedy Chandler, Chris Middleton, Groove. And Monday is Monday Night's Madness with Sam and Forrest, Zach Levy. Forrest and I will be working together for the first time since New Year's. Kendall Brown. Impact, Jaylen Brown to 149. And I'll have to hear it all. Oh yeah. With guest appearances from Donnie frequently, I'm sure. Oh, that. About frequently. Yeah. Depends on what your definition of frequent is. Once, every half an hour. Oh, well then. Shockwave, Luca. There's Io to see me. I actually have to work, Sam. I can't just come in here and dolly-gag. Like Wesley. There's Jeremy Sohan, Fractal Revolution. Rookie for the Spurs. Jeremy Sohan. Chris Thops for Zing is Fractal. Kennedy Chandler, Astro, Jaylen Williams. Rookie for the Thunder. Dame Revolution. Pascal Siakam. Jamal, I'm assuming. I was gonna say it's a geek. It's not hockey. Supernova, Jabari Smith, Jr. Darius Garland. God, where'd my dad text me from? That's always scary. Toronto Raptors, City Edition, Dad. Toronto Raptors, City Edition. That's the hat I'm wearing. There's Anthony Simons on the Future Frame to 60. Nice one there for the troublemakers. Shockwave, Paolo. There's Joel Embiid. Auto, Paolo Bencaro. There he is for the magic. Congrats on that, Orlando. Very nice. Very nice, that's awesome. Congrats, magic. Yeah, that one I'm a little questioned on. Shade on Sharp, Astro. Vortex is Dyson Daniels. Call Anthony Astro and base. Paolo Rookie. There's RJ Barrett to 149 on the Impact. Magic did well though. Numbers Paolo and a Paolo Auto. I mean, don't get much better. C'mere, Steph. Friends of Dinway and Astro. Higley, I never remember what hot toys are so I would just go cartons. Many Simons. That's Donnie's Wheelhouse. You know what, I'm gonna mag it, but we won't do it. That works. Chet Holmgren, Groove, Rookie for the Thunder. This one's a reasonable man. What's up? This one's a reasonable man. Anthony Davis, Sunburst to 75. Oh, is it above 15? Yes, it's over there. That rationale, with that logic. Kade Cunningham, Astro Chris Paul, Oshai Bhaji, Donovan Mitchell Revolution, Shockwave Zion, Groove J-Dub, Jalen Williams for the Magic. Oh, no, for the Thunder, excuse me Thunder. Chet Rookie, Paolo Astro Rookie. Kade Cunningham, Trayman, Benedict Matheran, Jaren Jackson Jr. on the Groove. Two packs left on the break. We'll do a quick recap as well. Rookie Revolution, Jaden Hardy through Holiday. Mark Williams, there's a De'Erin Fox feature frame. No, Cosmic to 99, just kidding. The Kings, there you go Vaughn and Bass. Do a quick recap here, guys. We've got a De'Erin Fox, Cosmic to 99. Sunburst, Anthony Davis, Impact, RJ Barrett, Anthony Simon's future friend. Jalen Brown, Impact, Anthony Davis, Impact, Cubic, Jeremy Sohan, that's the 50. Impact to 149, Paolo. Jalen Green, Impact, Trey Young on the Sunburst. We've got Autos, Joe Dumar's Pistons, Blake Wesley Sperges to 100. Victor Olidipo Heat and Paolo Bancaro going to the Magic, nice one there. And Primetime Performers, Steph Curry on the Super Short Print for the Warriors. That'll be it for the break, guys. Thanks again for the fill. Up next, we've got number 30.


Okay, good morning and welcome to this class. We'll continue with our session here on the book of Hebrews all right, so let's pray and We will pick up from where we stopped On a request someone who is not prayed so far on this class to kindly unmute and pray That would be good. All right Any volunteers, okay, it's all right if you've prayed on this class before but Yeah, anyone can Yes, sister Father God we thank you this morning Father thank you for Settling the issue and giving us this access to the class Lord Please bless us as we gather in your presence this morning Well as a new a fresh open our hearts and minds to receive your word Lord God Father God father quicken our hearts to be in line in tune with your word and Father give us the grace to imbibe whatever truths you have to teaching us a lot God Father let them become life and flesh in us that they may flow through us in the name of Jesus. Thank you for our Ma'am Nancy, let's each one of us empower us this day in Jesus name immense Amen. Thank you sister. Thank you so much for leading in prayer We have been talking about entering God's rest and we saw how faith and patience So important for us to enter the promises of God we've understood the several aspects about the God kind of rest which is Available for every believer and it is really an initiative on the part of each believer to enter that rest That's why the term enter there because that's something that each one of us needs to do on our or rather Have that initiative to enter into the kind of rest that God is offering us so we talked a lot about that and Right after that, you know we Began reading Hebrews chapter 4. We saw there that again the writer goes on to reiterating some of those same things about entering the rest and You know to respond to the promptings of the Lord. He uses this term called as today Where he says that if you hear God's voice don't harden your heart But respond to him immediately, which is what God really expects of us here in verse 8 So I'm gonna start off from verse 8 of chapter 4 where The scripture says for if Joshua had given them rest then he would not afterward have spoken of another day There remains was nine there remains therefore a rest for the people of God For he who has entered his rest has himself also seized from his works as God did from his so we also talked about the fact that God is Omnipotent and therefore he is Not someone who requires the rest but the concept of God's rest has to do more with him finishing What he had intended to do so he finished his work and thereby he rested He offers us a Rest which is greater Than the rest that people experienced when they entered into the promised land because in this context He is talking about rest. He began talking about rest as if to enter into the promises of God enter into the promised land So he makes a reference here in verse 8 to Joshua Where he says if Joshua had given them rest now Joshua and Caleb where those two people who went into the promised land and They led the conquest of the promised land part by part now one more beautiful thing about the mention of Joshua is the fact that the Name Joshua, you know it it it is sort of Similar to the name of Jesus like in terms of its You know the meaning and it means salvation. So he's saying that the Human salvation or the things that mankind has to offer for for us to enter into rest It's not been enough for us, which is why God sent the Lord Jesus for us to complete that Work for us. So that actual rest has come to us through Jesus. So that Word Joshua is Significant because it talks about Salvation, okay, but our ultimate salvation is from the Lord Jesus Christ So then again in verse 11, he says something like let us therefore be diligent to enter that Rest list anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience There is this term called diligent We said so far that for us to enter into God's rest one very important thing is faith But here he adds the term diligent. So we can We can recognize there is also this concept of diligent faith diligence is being a nest diligent is you know sort of Making up your mind about something and working on it without, you know, letting it go So that's the simple understanding of this term diligence. Now when he says diligent faith What he means is a Consistent faith a consistent faith which does not move away No matter how things are and how circumstances are and how life situations are so we've been saying that the listeners Where in a phase of their lives where they were discouraged to the point that they could have even given up their faith and Which is why he's saying that we need to hold on to faith. We need to continue in faith and Not just, you know, faith that may come in Just some rushes or sort of, you know, some spurts, but Faith which is consistent faith, which is earnest faith, which is diligent So hold on to your faith and don't compromise it So let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest that simply means have the kind of Diligent faith, okay, which is required And if one does not have diligent faith, what are what is the risk that they run? They too Can fall? Okay, similar to the disobedience of the Israelites now He goes ahead and he talks about the power of God's word. So let's read this I would like to request someone to please read verses 12 and 13 Chapter 4 verses 12 and 13 For the word of God is living in that day Shop with an immature edged sword, piercing through the divisions of soul, and of spirit, of joints, and of narrow, and inserting the thoughts and tensions of the heart And no creature is living from the self, but all are needed with exposed to the eyes of him to run an escape account Point out towards the Powerful word of God here in verse 12. It's an oft-repeated scripture. So I'm sure we all already understand it quite well We'll try to see What are all the different aspects about the word of God that are spoken in in this particular verse verse 12? it says for the word of God is living and Powerful so when he says that the word of God is living we understand that the word of God is alive It is in other words not a dormant entity that the word of God Has life in it. Okay. So the way we can Recognize, you know what the ability of the word is that the word can Speak back to us accurately I am sure this has been the experience of all of us as we read God's word It's not that, you know, we are we are the ones who are only trying to engage with the word But on the from the other side we feel like the word is engaging with us You know in our own situation and that's the beauty of God's word. It's not Dormant, it's not inert, but it is alive and The word of God speaks to us the word of God also Answers us when we Read it carefully. We can almost you know here In the sense that okay, sometimes I know that we may not get those direct answers but God is leading us in a certain path and transforming us from within and the word of God Engages with us. So the word of God really helps us meet with God Yeah, it's beyond a set of information, but the word of God helps us You know encounter God in a powerful way. So the next thing there is that the word of God is powerful. So The word being alive and the word Engaging with us speaking to us that is understood now when we say that the word is powerful it has the ability to do wonders in our lives One of the greatest struggles of mankind is to experience change from within Lasting change We can use the term transformation of the the heart of a person the the mind of a person but God's word promises us in Romans 12 verse 2 It says do not be conformed to this one, but be Transformed by the renewing of your mind now that is something that The world cannot offer us an entire taste we can see some You know some changes here and there because of information That is available in the world, but God's word promises us Transformation through the renewing of our mind Renewing of our mind has to do with taking in the word. So when we take in the word It's powerful It can even transform a person or somebody who's given to the word over a period of time Let's say, you know or we ourselves when we observe our journey and notice the changes We're amazed by what has happened That because we have been yielding ourselves to the word of God So that is the power of God's word God's word is able to transform us God's word is really powerful That it also Reveals the person of God to us There's a place where Jesus rebukes You know learners of scripture in John chapter 5 where he says that you search the scriptures And you think in this you have eternal life, but you know these scriptures testify of me So here's the other powerful thing about the word of God. The word of God helps us know God It reveals God to us. So that's again, you know, the beauty of Studying the Bible. So whenever we read the Bible, you know We must do it with that passion of knowing God because Jesus said that these Scriptures testify of me. So we will find God. We will find Jesus will find the Attributes the character of God in the scriptures and that's the power of the scriptures We also understand that the word is powerful It it gives us faith faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God So in that sense again, like if I want to build faith in my life Let's say for healing or for Blessing or anything like, you know, serving in the ministry for growing in my walk with the Lord Any kind of faith that I want to build within myself will come from the word faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, so That is again another powerful aspect of the word There are many, you know, we can just keep listing and listing and listing but I am in a just I'm just sharing The word of God is the sword of the spirit. So in spiritual warfare the way Jesus he said it is written. It is written use the sword. So it's powerful And it helps us fight against the enemy and the works of the devil The word of God has the ability to cleanse us Jesus told his disciples.  It's powerful. It's doing a work in us while we may just think that okay I'm listening to God's word. I'm taking in God's word. What can it do? It's doing a lot It's doing a lot in us building faith cleaning us up and you know Transforming us making the kind of making us the kind of people that God wants us to be Provided we yield to the word and Jesus also said in John 15. He said That you know, if you abide in me my words abide abide in you Then what is the result? You will bear much fruit. So blessing if you want to term it as being fruitful or being useful for God or You know, if the word prosper doesn't offend us then we can use that term the word Prosperous us Spiritually the word prosperous us in in every area of our lives and these are the blessings of the word of God you know with the word we can Build down Build up all that is there in Jeremiah chapter 1 verses 9 and 10 again We can see the the creative power of God's word At work. So these are all some of the features of God's word that we can recognize when we say that his word is Powerful and what else do we read in this scripture? We see here that He says sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow And is a discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the heart. So the word of God is able to Help us Distinguish that's what it means distinguish between what distinguish between what is What is coming from the spirit what is coming from the soul? Okay, so the word of the more of the word of God we take it to ourselves It helps us divide The actual truth of God's word from you know other thoughts or worldly patterns worldly ideas And that is the meaning so in in a in a certain way You know, you could say that it does that diagnosis analysis and diagnosis of okay This is the condition of the heart It exposes the thoughts and intents of our hearts. We may think that What I'm thinking is right But as we engage with the word If those thoughts are fleshly then you know the word it's almost like we're reading the bible And the bible is hitting a torchlight at our hearts and saying, you know, this is not okay or that is not okay This is what God's word says and so you need to align yourself to What God's heart is all about so the hidden things get exposed and sometimes that is The most uncomfortable thing for many of us because we know that if we start engaging with the word It'll tell us the truth and sooner or later You know, we will have to face that conviction within ourselves and overcome Those ungodly or unfruitful Okay, I got disconnected there for a moment. Let's resume We were talking about the power of God's word and we said that God's word is also able to expose our thoughts and Intents now coming to verse 13 As there is no creature hidden from his sight But all things are naked and open To the eyes of him to whom we must give account Okay, so we had some aircrafts flying over us. We couldn't Speak louder than their noise Okay, we will Try and understand what this particular verse is saying So it simply says that nothing is hidden Okay, before God, he's on the ship. That's another attribute of God and so Absolutely everything is open to him Okay, and it also says that we must give account to God and That is Something that we are all aware of that there will be a time when we have to Give an account for the lives that we have lived And the things that we have done now moving ahead. We'll we'll talk more um But this the the next section is about the Lord Jesus at him being the High priest So I want to request someone to read from verse 14 to verse 16 and I also want to encourage us. Please don't get distracted. I know we've had quite a few interruptions today, but Things are fine now. So let's keep the focus versus 14 through 16 And if someone can read it, that'll be great Hebrew chapter 4 verse 14 to 16 Seeing then that we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens Jesus the son of god let us hold fast our confession For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses But was was in all points tempted as we are yet without sin Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace That we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Amen Amen. Thank you We have been repeatedly told about the qualities of Jesus and how he is greater than anything that the Believers have seen or experienced thus far. So the writer talked about how Jesus is deity. He talked about how the Lord Jesus Has embraced humanity fully and then in chapter 3 we saw how he Spoke of Jesus more highly than Moses now here He is giving us an emphasis on the fact that the Lord Jesus is a great high priest Okay, a great high priest. He has passed through the heavens And he goes ahead and describes, you know qualities of the Lord Jesus. He's passed through the heavens Jesus the son of god And he also goes on to talk about the high priest who can sympathize with us. He can sympathize with us simply because he has experienced the the same Things that we are going through now. Now one of the one of the important Things for us to recognize is that in his humanity the Lord Jesus was not exempt from The afflictions of the world one of which is temptation now satan Comes with the methods of his workings that we have Talked about in earlier courses his devices his vials One major way in which he tries to afflict mankind is through Temptation and when one gives him to temptation They fall into sin But look at this. We are told that Jesus is someone who was at all points tempted that is simply saying That as a human being all the temptations, you know, which were possible They came upon Jesus now being tempted it in itself is not sin Temptation can happen but yielding to temptation. So we usually say That the first thought is not a sin because sometimes satan can plant that first thought in our minds But when we go along with it and think the second thought aligned to what satan is Suggesting that's when we are sinning. So temptation can come away. Jesus was tempted As we are but notice what the scripture says yet without sin because Even though satan presented many ideas to Jesus he Fought against the devil, you know, I'm sure he would have said, you know, it is written It is written the way he did it in the wilderness When satan was putting thoughts in his mind. So Jesus was tempted in every way yet without sin How is it helpful for us? It is helpful for us because the Lord Jesus who is the great high priest He is now our representative. And so he is able to judge us based on the human experience Okay, he's he's not disconnected to the human experience Since he's had that human experience. He knows the challenges. He knows the struggles and That is why the writer is encouraging the believers and in a in a sense What he's trying to say is your discouragement is not a surprise for God God understands But don't let this challenge lead you into sin Instead, he says you come to God. You approach God. So in verse 16 He says let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace That we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. So we have now a sympathizing a sympathetic high priest Who represents us very well and this must give us courage to enter God's presence You know in James there is this scripture where James, right? He says when we lack wisdom, let's ask God He gives to all abundantly and he gives without reproach reproach is when Somebody gives us but they give us With a sense of con condemning us where they say, you know, you don't deserve this I should actually not be giving you but because I'm so gracious. I will give you look at what you've done So that is reproach where One is put down, but when we look at Jesus our high priest One of the things that gives us great confidence is He sympathizes with our weaknesses You know that should be all the more an encouragement for us to not hide our faults to not hide Our shortcomings to not hide, you know, those weaknesses those gaps where But we come before him saying God, I know you understand That this is how I feel. These are the challenges. These are the struggles and you know, uh, receive the mercy and grace Which God has to offer and uh, so beautifully You know, we can talk about every word here. Uh, it says throne of grace throne of grace grace is unmerited favor Where we don't really deserve that favor Uh, however, God is giving it to us. So he has a throne of grace from which we can receive unmerited favor and you know mercy is like Um forgiveness though we deserve punishment instead of punishment. We are given mercy So we have a great God who is able to release mercy. He's also able to give us grace in our time of need So when we go through discouragements, the best thing to do is to run to God Because we understand he sympathizes with our weaknesses Uh, he has a throne of grace. He's able to give us mercy He's able to release grace in our time of need and uh, he's the writer is actually encouraging the believers to have the right approach and he's saying come boldly again It's it's like a lot of encouragement packed into a few words there boldly is Without hesitation freely with a sense of assurance where we can lay aside All our anxiety like Philippians 4 6 it says, you know, don't be anxious about anything but in everything with Thanksgiving make your request known to God so we can make our request known to God and God is there to hear us God is there to answer our prayers. So let's pause for a bit. Is there anything you want to add or talk about? Uh, I know we touched on so many things But yeah, feel free Uh, Avni, did you want to say something? No, ma'am. Oh, okay. Sure Okay, no problem. Uh, yes, Christopher I guess thank you pastor. I wanted to just uh, try to understand how, um The word rest in these verses um and you know, uh the encouragement to you know to seek the crest And and you know be part of the rest uh, how it relates to God's rest on the seventh day And also the the word or the word of God. How does that all relate together? I just wanted to understand that Okay, so uh, Christopher you're saying How does the rest which is given here relate with God's rest of the seventh day? Right Yes, yes, and also how how I mean how does it relate to uh, you know Getting that rest or how how does it relate to the word of God? Okay, uh, so Uh, as far as I I'll answer your second question first as far as the word of God is concerned um It's it's an encouragement. I don't think it's flowing in line with rest because as you can notice, uh Even in one given chapter there are Different themes So now we did Hebrews chapter four. We talked about rest initially Then we talked about the word of God and then we uh, uh, just now we talked about Jesus being the high priest So how does it relate and connect? Actually, you may not there may not be an exact connection It it it's not flowing in that sense These are separate subjects that he is addressing just to encourage the believers. Okay, so that that is The answer to your second part of the question now talking about Uh rest and uh, how does this rest relate to God's rest? See God Rested not because he was tired But because he finished what he needed to do and when he rested on the seventh day He seized from his work. He seized from his labor. He seized from his striving Now that is related to our faith When we are living our life with faith, we are seizing from our striving in works Okay, so that is the great that that is the the very direct interpretation of uh The the rest that is being talked about now. We have of course tried to expand it the rest in all its fullness and see you know many other things that rest means rest, you know in terms of receiving God's promises and Seizing from the laws and all those things but here primarily God seized from his works and so when we become believers we have salvation we seize from our labor Which tries to earn God's favor that is the primary meaning of rest over here Uh, and I think you know, um both are the same right like seizing from striving seizing from works God seized on the seventh day and when we are now in faith. We also seized from our Works to earn salvation. Uh, does that make sense? Christopher? Ah, yes, uh, but just uh, just just trying to understand the that relationship of uh, sorry relating the you know the word at the wrist that um that caught uh You know hit on the seven day Uh, he's going through the verses again Uh, the very next paragraph is talking about, you know, I mean as in verse number and verse number 11 So let's let therefore be diligent to enter that rest Less than even for according to the same example of disobedience And then the next one is saying the word of God is believing and powerful. So what you mentioned was that Now in a way, they are related are they unrelated? Subjects or topics um I'm just thinking is there's something between between verse number 11 and verse number 10 Okay, so, uh, verse number Verse number 11 and verse number 10 Okay So, uh, see, uh, I just shared that it's about living a life Of faith Okay, living a life of faith So when we live a life of faith We are able to experience rest in God now that may not necessarily mean that We don't have anything to do down here on the earth But whatever we are doing we are doing it in faith. So it's it's uh primarily to seize from our striving And to live this life in faith that is entering God's rest and uh when it comes to Yeah, that that would be the link because for between verses 10 and 11 Uh, if you're looking for a for a link between verses 11 and 12 As far as i'm concerned, I don't think there's like a direct link there but The author may have spoken about the word of God because the word generates faith Because in verse 11 he's talking about diligent Enter the rest or diligent faith is what he's talking about And where can you get that faith? You can get it from the word. So An indirect link or a uh a small connect there can be You know, uh Sort of pulled pulled out of those verses Is that okay? Okay, sure. Thank you Thank you and thank you everyone. Uh, we will take a break for 10 minutes and we will continue From hebrews 5 right after that See you soon


Hi, it's Cory Doctor from Electronic Frontier Foundation. I'm here with Kyle Wiens from iFixit, and we're back at the US Copyright Office 1201 Exemption hearings at UCLA Law School, and Kyle you've talked on several of the categories But all related to repair and iFixit obviously are the kind of great repair shop in the sky for so many people I wonder if you could talk about your general impression of the of the hearings now that we're in the final stretch We've been here for three days. What do you make of it all? Well, this is it feels like we have to go through effectively a lawsuit in order to be able to fix certain things We've been having discussions about repairing tractors about repairing modern vehicles where like on a Tesla the onboard diagnostic port doesn't give you much so you have to get into the wireless telemetry and It's a it's a very tedious very legalistic process to just get the ability to tinker with and repair stuff I was really struck today when you were talking about the Example of data that is inside a car telemetry from inside a car that's generated by the owner of that car driving that car and The gentleman from Harman who was arguing against an exemption to allow people to access that and Harman is making these telematic systems Are there in yeah, and he said we don't own that data and you said no no I own that data. That's my data It's my car. I'm driving it and he said no you don't own it either right the manufacturer owns it That's their perception is that the manufacturer owns it and that's what the manufacturer going to claim And it's okay. Where is your car right now? How fast is it going? What's the what's the RPM of the engine and they're saying that the manufacturer owns that absolutely incorrect? It strikes me that When we when we talk about repair in the context of copyright We get at the true nature of 1201 what what 1201 has become maybe it was envisioned as a way to Stop people from jail breaking their DVD players What it seems to have become as a way to force people to arrange their affairs to benefit company shareholders It's all about control. Yeah 12 12 of 1 fundamentally and and everything that we're doing with with right to repair with what this is We have to go and ask for permission to do something with the thing that we own and the the the flow of control has passed beyond If you know if I have a chair if I used to have a car without electronics I can do anything I wanted with it I could turn into a race car if I wanted now if I want to turn my car into a race car I have to go and modify software and I have to go and get permission and the copy of that to do that Yeah, it seems like in the old days We had this argument that we made that you bought it you own it and that should be the end of it And and as that argument has fallen on deaf ears We've come up with all of these other arguments, you know recycling creates jobs or repair creates jobs or repair creates Let's people get more value out of their goods or it lets people customize things or let's people who have disabilities Customize for their uses But I mean fundamentally isn't the answer to this this is mine and if I want to do something weird with it It's none of your damn business. Exactly. It's it's about ownership I mean and that's I mean you that Aaron prison house keys new book the end of ownership And this is what we're seeing the moment you put software into it. You move from a Personal property law where we can do pretty much anything We want with the things that we own to now intellectual property laws this morass of complications that involves legal treaties and interpretations and case law and yeah It's it's incredibly confusing and frustrating Aaron's been following that tweets From the thing and commenting on them with things like that is the dumbest thing I've ever heard It's helpful having the legal professor yeah Well Kyle You've been a really effective spokesman for the right of people to do weird things with their stuff Even if other people don't understand why they want to do it You've been great at both articulating why someone might want to do something that someone else can't understand but also at Articulating why it's no one else's business even if they can't understand and I really have to thank you for it It's been great to watch you do your thing in action today I know that your normal milia is you know with your sleeves rolled up in a Yes, strange for me to be in effectively a courtroom But you're doing well on that in there and I really want to thank you for for what you did for all of us


We all strive to live up to the character and the identity that comes with the names Greg and Adam. We are here to unveil the new identity of this post club. If the installation was a body, I would say that mine would be the Cascom headquarters right over there, but the heart would be this club. Today, this club welcomes all, and this club will continue to be the heart of this post. A gathering place for an extraordinary community, staffed by a team of dedicated, tremendous professionals and named after two American heroes. Change has come to our nation, change has come to this installation, change has come to this club, and I look forward to the formal renaming of this club to the Greg Adams club today. All right, sir, ready to pull the top? Okay. Well done, sir. Well, thank you very much. It looks good. You've done an incredible job of preparing for the change in the name that will take place next week, and also for this change in the name of the club here at Fort Lee. So thank you very much for all of the work that you've done, and thank you for being here this afternoon. Thank you very much. Good to see you. Fine. How are you? Good, sir. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Thank you for coming. Yeah. Hello there. How are you? Fine. Thank you, Roger. Yeah, we've talked. Yeah. Right. Oh, I'm going to make it. Okay. Sir. Fine. Nice to see you. Okay. I made it. Sir. Hello, Allen. This is now the Greg Room. Right. Okay. Well, so we have an Adams Room and a Greg Room. Yeah, and it looks so nice. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This is a great honor. And I want you to know how much I appreciate this occurring. And your great support for this moment in history. Thank you very much.


I've had that affect my whole life. I'd get on the bus as a child, and people would just stop and stare at me. I'm not exactly sure why. Hey, welcome, another day of symposium. And of course, we shift topics today to leadership and ethics and leadership in the profession of arms. So I think this is an exciting new thing that we're doing here, so I'll be very interested in getting your feedback on that. So far, it's been a great week, plus or minus some of the technical challenges that we have, but the opportunity to have a future warfighting symposium that emphasizes the thing that we do, which is warfighting and, of course, the desire to prevent wars if we can, those constructs of peace. There's a lot of things going on. We discussed emerging technologies. We discussed cyber and space, and you'll have some of those touch points across your curriculum. But in the past, we've not taught some of these topics. And yet, your strategic environment is so greatly influenced by the changes that is occurring around us in this exponential rate of change. And I was excited to see the space lecture being a scientist, a political scientist, to see this idea of being an Alpha Centauri in just really what's half of a lifetime away. And it's almost impossible to get your mind around the distances and traveling at 20% of the speed of light. And I think it's just a reflection of the extraordinary things that we must try to grasp as we move forward. Now these four days have really been about a kickstart for your thinking. We stumbled into this methodology a year ago when we realized that as part of some futurization initiatives that we wanted to add some more of this future stuff to the curriculum. And what we learned is by having a week like this, you kind of get inculcated into the college. There's no papers due on Friday that we've told you about yet. But it gets us started on that journey. And you're already making friends as I walk around and see the great student body that we have here. So this is part of your journey. It's part of the intellectual capital that you're going to develop, part of the strategic thinking skill set that you'll take away when you get here. I've had several faculty and several students approach me about the choice to have General Petraeus here the other day for part of the future war fighting symposium. He is a convicted individual, just got off probation, actually. But the world has indeed embraced him. He's on the board of a number of extraordinary universities and colleges, Harvard, University Southern California, International University as well. The senator from the great state of Rhode Island came to hear his presentation because of his extraordinary renown. And in spite of those mistakes that he made, and he would have been happy to talk to you about them if you chose to ask him, he would have told you how conflicted he is with the challenges that was before him and the mistakes that he made. He might have talked to you about the Bathsheba effect of not being in the right place at the right time, like King David in the Bible, and what he's learned from that experience. But as we look at the presentation of a General Petraeus, hopefully we were able to exploit the experience that he had, even with the reservations that we might have about his personal mistakes. There's an idea that, how dare you, which is one of the notes taped to my door, but how dare you have a convicted criminal come to the college on leadership and ethics week? Well, first I would say there is no leadership and ethics week. There is leadership and ethics all the time. And it's one of the pieces that we focused on in modifying our curriculum so that we actually teach leadership and ethics year round instead of a small subset of one of the trimasters. The other thing I would say is that when you look at a General Petraeus or some of the other folks that we'll bring in, and they're just folks you're going to disagree with, some of them might be convicted in some way. You will see all of the personal faults that are possible across the range of humankind. But what I'd ask you to do is embrace the idea of what we do. We explore ideas. There can be no safe space when you're dealing with intellectual ideas. It's part of our own development. Absolutely OK to disagree. Absolutely OK to ask questions in a courteous and consistent manner to find out what somebody's actually thinking about. That's part of the journey that you're on. But I respect the concerns that people have about some of the leaders that we will bring here to have this conversation. I encourage you to use your voice, the most powerful tool that you have, and one that we will help to develop alongside your writing skills, alongside this new thinking critical toolkit that will give you by the end of this education. There are many threads that run through this academic year. Warfighting is first and foremost among those, hence the clever title of future warfighting symposium. We've been tasked to increase our lethality at the college. We've done that with three additional weeks of warfighting in the curriculum. There'll be the constructs of peace discussion because there are many warriors in this room, and I appreciate that. People scarred from the choices that were made at the policy level and that you had to execute in the killing of other human beings. It's a challenge. It's why we have these discussions about leadership and ethics and what this means to our professions. The profession of arms, yes, but also the profession of the interagency, of the whole of government, of the global maritime partnership in which we must work. We'll have other threads, and they're defined by the core courses that you take, strategy and policy, national security fairs, joint military operations. You'll do all of those. There's a new decision-making sub-course within the National Security Affairs Department. But the newest thread is what you're doing today. It's teaching of leadership and ethics year-round and what's amounting to a one-credit course in our new College of Leadership and Ethics. We've assembled an extraordinary team of people to help you in that journey. Now, there are some who will say, hey, I'm already a leader. Why do I need leadership and ethics? And what you'll see in this journey is that leadership must continue to evolve. The principles, the ideas, the very ethical challenges that you'll face as you get more senior. We hope to give you, in the course of this number of leadership and ethics events this year, an opportunity to embrace that, to make changes within your own thinking, to develop additional desired leader attributes, as they're called in the joint world, to be the better individual, the better teammate, and the better leader for the future. So with all that, it gives me great pleasure to introduce our Dean of the College of Leadership and Ethics, Rear Admiral Peg Klein. Good morning. Good morning. There are for the folks who are standing, if you don't want to be standing in back, there are seats. So please come. This is a great time, kind of like before the seventh inning stretch, for you to make yourself comfortable, or more comfortable, and in the humidity. So yeah, we can't do anything about the humidity. The temperature is great. Oh, can I get rid of this? Yeah, humidity. OK, so the humidity is not going away, so we'll try to keep the temperature down. All right, so welcome to Newport. It is fantastic to have you here. I want to talk to you today on the heels of the past three days that you've spent talking about things. So here's Newport, right? And so we're having a team meeting, and I won't say how many dove chocolates they had to open before we got to a meaningful one, but this is an actual wrapper. It was less than 10, actually. So we weren't consuming multiple. The leadership and ethics department doesn't spend their free time opening and eating dove chocolate. But you've spent the last three days. In reality, let me back up. You have spent the time before you were here. Let's just go back a year in very challenging, command-or-staff positions. So by a show of hands, how many of you are coming here more or less directly from command? Wow. Wow, well, congratulations on your successful accomplishment of leading future generations. And so staff, how many of you came from staff? I would kind of assume it's the rest of the audience. OK, all right, well, that's wonderful. So you came here likely. First of all, the weather is usually fairly different here than it is, even just 10 miles from here. Today, it happens to be very similar, and then it's kind of muggy up and down the East Coast. But we're thrilled to have you here not so much to provide a source of entertainment, not so much to just fill your minds with thoughts, but to challenge you. We think that you've spent the last three days talking about things. And it's pretty interesting that while you've spent a lot of time talking about things in the future warfighting topic, today we're going to immerse you in the future warfighting topic of you, your brain, your mindset, your intellect, your heart, your soul, your character. Here's a way to think about the topic of you. You've likely spent some time doing PT, right? OK, so when I ask for a show of hands, it's not because I probably don't know the answer to the question. It's just that I know that sleeping with your eyes open is a thing and that you likely cannot sleep while putting your hand up and down, right? I mean, maybe. OK, so those of you who follow some kind of physical fitness regimen, your hands please. OK, wonderful.  Those things are incredibly important to your health and to your future service and to your lethality. But what about your character? Again, a show of hands. I won't call on you yet. How many of you have tried to measure your character? You step on a scale to do that? I've tried to step on the scale. It still gives me my weight by the gravitational force of the earth. And I can only change that with physical fitness. I've not been able to change that with character development. So it's incredibly hard to measure. So oftentimes, we shy away from it. But just like measuring is not just quantitative, measuring can be qualitative. Measuring your character can be a qualitative exercise. How about self-awareness? How you relate to others? Then how do you think about your thinking? Again, something not measurable? How you learn? How you think? How do you understand how you think? How you learn? How you relate to others? None of those things are measurable. But I would posit that just because they're not measurable doesn't mean they're irrelevant. And they are worth contemplation. It turns out that while there may not be a numerical scale to measure these non-physical things through the advance of neuroscience, we know much more than we did even at the end of the 20th century, just 18 years ago. This understanding of how our brain works, and we'll talk to you throughout the course of the day about different authors and economists and neuroscientists. OK, there's no quizzes about the neuroscience unless you'd like to help us do an elective about neuroscience. But we have so much more knowledge about how humans think than we did a short 18 years ago at the turn of the century. It has allowed us to understand.  And it's allowed us to validate some thinking that occurred in the last couple of decades, but that we didn't really have good, hard science to confirm. So we now understand to a greater degree, which we knew before, we could infer before, that people are complex. So working with people is a complex operation. Bring in emerging and proven technology, add to that people, and our voracious appetite for information where you have people making a living or a hobby out of providing information. The information cycle sometimes changes our behavior or our planning. And we find ourselves in a really dynamic operating environment. You've heard over the last few days, it's more complex. It's more dynamic. We evolve faster than we've ever evolved. You have or will lead in this environment. So how do you tackle it? So we talk about things. You've spent a considerable amount of time talking about things. And if you're in the Navy or the Air Force, your entire career has very much been very focused on things. Well, we're going to shift your focus to people. And here's why. A colleague of mine posted this article on LinkedIn just a couple days ago. And I can't remember what country Rody is from. He works here. Rody is from South Africa, if I remember correctly. Rody wrote this great leadership article, but it was enveloped in a framework of change. GE, a company that started doing leader development 100 years ago, has a leader now who is very focused on bringing GE out of the challenges they've had. But GE, if you've read the headlines over the past year, none of the GE headlines have been positive. So GE leadership has been working in the background of the five big companies in the US, which are all technology that GE is not best known for. So Apple, in the past week, exceeded their valued at more than $1 trillion. The first time in commercial and financial history that that's happened, that flipped 20 years ago. I don't remember the year that Steve Jobs came back in and rescued Apple from near destruction. This all happens in days and weeks and months. And our planning cycle is not sufficient to give you the tools to handle that. The planning cycle is a great framework to help you and your team be on the same page. But I would argue that it is not sufficient for you to lead into the future, because the enemy not only gets a vote, but the context of the environment of change also gets a vote. And we want to help you think about that today. So this isn't your father's or your grandfather's leadership course. We're going to walk you through some things today. We're going to help you think. I'd say toolkit, but toolkit sounds so 20th century. I don't have a better word for it, right? But we're not pulling out hammers and wrenches. Maybe we're pulling out, as General Alexander did for his staff, maybe he's pulling out a piece of software that helps us learn how to ethically hack. It's those kind of toolkits that we're talking about, not a hammer and a wrench. So that's the context of which you're walking into today and that you're going to spend the next 10 months thinking about and operating in this environment. Because as you'll see at the end, this is about you. And while we want to bring you, we want to set a beautiful table of things for you to choose from, it will be your choice to take from the junk food or the nutrition. And I would offer that there's no junk food at the Naval War College. I don't mean to compare one curriculum over another. What I mean is you can spend time on your phone. You can spend time kind of keeping up with things. Or you can be present and listen to what people are trying to help you do for yourself. That's the junk food part. OK, so learning. General Petraeus made a great point about this year or 10 months being all about building intellectual capital. And I think that your time to learn is not necessarily more things. And we'll talk about that more in one of the later sessions. But it's not about just learning more. It's learning how you think. It's learning about your learning. And it's not learning style. Do you prefer to read or listen? Those things are important, but there's so much more. Do you learn better in small snippets? Do you really need to learn? Oh, by the way, neuroscience says that multitasking really screws with your learning. So those of you like me, so I'm a recent convert. Perhaps I'm a recovering multitasker. And I'm at least through the first step of recognizing that I have a problem. But multitasking screws with your ability to absorb knowledge. We'll talk more about that later. But it's that kind of understanding that we're here to share with you and the team of professionals across the War College. They want to invest in you, which is why you saw one of the bubbles up here about investment. But it's learning about how you think. There's another really important part of leadership. And that's learning how you interact with others. Learning about the world around you, right? The parts of the world that you haven't been exposed to. Let me take a quick aside. Just so you know that our empathy is real, there are three of us in the College of Leadership and Ethics that are pursuing our doctoral degrees while we share and learn with you. So when we talk about learning, this is very real for us because we learn to help you learn, but we also learn on the side. And so I have this amazing cohort at the University of Pennsylvania that helped me learn. And one of the blocks that I took there, because it was part of our sequence, was about leadership. And I really had to suppress the urge to say or even think. Because when I think, you can pretty much see on my face actually what I'm thinking. Like if I'm not happy, like it pretty much, you know it. It's like everything is right here. Some people wear their emotions on their shoulder. Mine are right here. It would be great if somebody would invent glasses that let me see you, but you not see how my facial expression actually changes. But I had to suppress the urge to when we came in the leadership block to go 35 years of experience, what are you going to teach me about leadership? Now I was probably the oldest person in the class. The youngest person in the class was in their 20s. And there were about 30 of us. And they came from across the globe.  Because my leadership experience is in a very hierarchical organization. The Navy, when I was in uniform, not this uniform, a different uniform, frequently told me what I was going to do next. I mean, it started at the Naval Academy. Like here's what time you'll march down the stairs. And here's what time you'll be in your seat. And that squashes some, while there are distinct advantages to doing that, it squashes some creativity. So it was an amazing journey. I spent a year and a half going to class about one week out of every other month, going to class and learning from these people. And learning what I need to do better to lead people in a multi-generational world. The Department of Defense is comprised of five generations of people. So if you are leading civilians and uniform personnel, sometimes we call them people, but like personnel makes us feel important. If you're leading civilians and uniform people, you could find yourself leading five generations of people. If you think you've got that mastered, come see you would love for you to teach an elective about leading in a multi-generational world. So it's really important to learn about the world around you that you've not yet been exposed to. Unbelievable, incredulous as it may be, there are experiences ahead of you that you will continue to learn from. As one of the folks will tell you later on, part of the reason we can compress a master's course in far shorter time than Harvard does is because of your wealth of experience. We're able to compress into 10 months your ability to get a master's degree. You'll learn about the other services, and hopefully you've been doing that. You'll learn about other government agencies. You'll learn about history. You'll learn about strategy. You'll learn about decision-making. You'll learn about you and how you lead. So hopefully I've given you some ideas about, hey, I get that I'm a good leader, but I get that it's a continual journey, not just to be continuously better, that's also good, but your leadership is a journey. So learning and interacting and thinking relating. Right in the academic world, we learn, we think, we reflect, we write. Well, I added a couple of things in here because in your classes, you're gonna have other people. So it's not just a you and the professor experience, right?   And unlike a safe space that's talked about in the academic world outside these four walls, you will have a psychologically safe place where you can say to somebody, hey, I'm not sure I got this right. I'm concerned that this is a vulnerability that I have and you can share that vulnerability and people will share in return. It's that kind of psychological safe space that your leaders, that your facilitators, that your professors will create for you so you can ask those questions that you might not feel safe asking your commanding officer or your ISIC. So reflecting and writing and relating to people, practice your relational skills. It's a really safe place to do this. So after learning, I've put up here investment. You are, we are invested in your improvement. We are invested in your development. The President of the War College set this day aside so we can talk about leader development. But you have to also make that investment. And these are the topics that I'm introducing for you today. These are the topics that we're gonna go through. We've had a change in the schedule so that Admiral Moran normally would have been between Admiral Harley and myself but his jet was delayed for weather so he's accommodated his schedule to come up here. This interaction with you is that important that he will be back here at 1600 so you'll have a nice break for lunch and a couple breaks throughout the day so you're not gonna be sitting here until 1600 waiting for the four star. We are invested in you. Admiral Moran said this is important enough for him that he's investing in you too and when weather got in the way he arranged his schedule so he could still come talk to you because it's that important. But these are things we're gonna offer to you, threads in a way that you can pull through the year to help you think about your character, your self-awareness, your professional military ethics, the other PME we'll call it, critical thinking and mental complexity, all these things that are so important. As I imagine Vice Chief will share with you this afternoon, leader development is critical to war fighting. The business world figured this out long before the military, the department of defense as an enterprise did. We know that executives, senior executives who participate in leader development programs are more productive. Their bottom line is better than their counterparts who don't invest in leader development. So we know from this, from other scholarship that's written across the department that your leader development is critical to your war fighting and therefore critical to your lethality. And so every once in a while, just as an example, you'll think, well, doesn't everybody think as I do? And so there are assumptions built into that. We're gonna pull some of those. Do you think your character is fully formed? So we're gonna ask you all kinds of those questions. We're also gonna help you understand that your intellect and the investment that you're making isn't just your mind, it's your heart and soul. It is the emotional side of you that is connected that you cannot just operate on intellect alone. Just like you can't rely on strength, you have to have endurance as well. Mind and soul are connected. And that connection is something, again, we don't know how to measure. So we don't often talk about and we certainly don't grade you on your performance reports. But it's that emotional component is very important for you to think through and in peers with your peers talk about it, understand how it can connect. It's that important that in the Navy leader development framework, the chief of naval operations brought out the fact that character and competence are intertwined. Oh, by the way, General Schwarzkopf said this in 1991 in his retirement speech at West Point, Aristotle talked about character and competence being intertwined. So we know now, understanding the brain more than we did, certainly in Aristotle's time and I would argue even more than we did in General Schwarzkopf's time, we now kind of understand what parts of the brain work when emotion is activated. So character and competence, you don't become really competent in the long run unless you understand your character. So you, this is it. You get to write your narrative. Throughout the course, we are gonna spend time exposing you to some of these topics in the last bubble. We're gonna spend some time helping you think about your thinking, helping how you relate to other people and each of us will give you a strand to pull on throughout the year. You'll pull on these strands, some of them will resonate more than others, some of them will be more continuous than others, some will break up and you'll listen to something or you'll talk to somebody and you'll realize that you need to pick that strand back up. Each strand is brought to you based on scholarship for your development. I can't emphasize that enough. You get to write your story.  So write that narrative. So when you graduate, part of that story will be that you'll be more lethal, more effective, more capable, more thoughtful. Each of these strands that we present to you today and throughout the year will make you a better leader. If you're a better leader, you will understand that developing your team to be a better team is part and parcel of that. So what's your narrative? That's why you're sitting here today. You've been sitting for a little while, been sitting for about 35 minutes.  So I'd like to introduce Professor Meyer, who's gonna talk to you about character in the profession of arms. So thanks so much.


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