Maybe you've heard of the legend of Granny Bird and her prize-winning jam, but I bet you haven't heard her secret. Those who have know the best thing to do is... FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Alrighty, so a very special thank you to Dustin Young from CarowindsFansOnly for allowing us to use his footage and always giving us footage for Carowinds Construction updates. So CarowindsFans only got a huge construction tour at Carowinds, so they got really up close and personal. I'm going to try and cram in as much knowledge that they got from today into this video as possible. It is a little shorter of a video, so I'm just going to get right into it. So Dodgums, Southern Star, Yo-Yo, and Plants vs Zombies will not be included in Blue Ridge Junction. It will be re-themed at a later time. The new Blue Ridge Country Kitchen will have more seating on the right side of the building. The porch will remain and possibly be on the right side as well, but they're not fully sure. The games in front of Copperhead Strike will be removed and the arcade will get a makeover. The coke stand and icy station will be torn down and a new building will be built to combine them. Windseeker is now closed for the rest of the season, as it's now a Christmas tree, as noted earlier. Intimidator will not be re-themed. They actually extended the contract with Dale Earnhardt, Incorporated, and it will get a new paint job in the next few years. Locker building for Copperhead Strike will be located near Dodgums, and there are blue and white markings. Not sure on the exact height, but Steve said the loop is about 70 to 75 feet tall. The highest point is the top hat at 82 feet. Copperhead Strike and Mountain Glider will both be open for Winterfest 2019. Caroline specifically asked for a coaster that can run in the cooler weather, and Copperhead can do it. Track is scheduled to be completed by mid-December, but they hope to be done earlier, depending on whether the footers will be completed by then. If they get behind, they will make up time on Saturdays. Testing will start in January. But yeah, hopefully you guys enjoy this footage, so he gets really up close and personal and gets some really awesome shots up close with the track. So again, a huge thanks to Caroline's fans only. I'll link them down below and at the end of the video. Definitely go check them out. Copperhead is off to an amazing start. So they're already starting station work. This is very different from Yukon Striker. So as you can see, the station platform and building structure is actually going up. The loop is going up. The launch is done. The brake run is put in. The only difference is I don't think they have any electrical whatsoever, whereas Yukon Striker's electrical is going in full force. Yukon Striker theming isn't starting yet because the contract was just signed from what I understand, and they are going forward with that as of about a week and a half ago, two weeks ago. So that's interesting. Not much else going on. Again, they have a lot of work going on. They just announced Mountain Gliders. I believe the name is. It looks beautiful. I was actually really impressed with how they could make just a simple flat ride. Looks so beautiful. I really want to see this theming at Cedar Fair in general, and I really think Carolin's may actually have the better theming package. I have to wait and see what Canada's Wonderland has under their belt. I know they said there's some secrets that they're holding and waiting for. So we'll see. But I'm definitely really enjoying what Carolin's has to offer. Now, this is we're going to ask for your guys to help. So again, I'm not, my home park is not Carolin's. I'm in Canada. What is this building to me? If it looks like the hotel, it looked really small, though. So I'm kind of shocked. Is this the hotel for anyone that can help me out? Let me know. But this definitely looks like the hotel for Carolin's that's being built. So that's pretty far along as well compared to Wonderland. They haven't even dug ground yet. And then here's some shots of track. So hopefully you guys really enjoyed this update. Thanks again to Carolin's fans only. Hit that like button, subscribe if you haven't and share this video for others to enjoy. And as usual, thanks for watching guys and have a good one. Bye.


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we discussed the following question which says solve the following quadratic equation x minus 1 upon x plus 2 plus x minus 3 upon x minus 4 is equal to 10 upon 3, where x is not equal to minus 2 and 4. So for the given quadratic equation we need to find the value for x such that x is not equal to minus 2 and 4. Let's see the solution now. The given equation is x minus 1 upon x plus 2 plus x minus 3 upon x minus 4 is equal to 10 upon 3. Now first of all we would take LCM on the left hand side. So in the denominator we get x plus 2 this whole into x minus 4 in the numerator we get x minus 1 whole into x minus 4 plus x minus 3 whole into x plus 2 this is equal to 10 upon 3.  So we have 2x square minus 6x minus 2 upon x square minus 2x minus 8 is equal to 10 upon 3. Now let's cross multiply so we get 3 into 2x square minus 6x minus 2 is equal to 10 into x square minus 2x minus 8 this further gives us 6x square minus 18x minus 6 is equal to 10x square minus 20x minus 18 this gives us 10x square minus 20x minus 80 minus 6x square plus 18x plus 6 is equal to 0.  Now taking 2 common on the left hand side we get inside the bracket 2x square minus x minus 37 is equal to 0 that's we have 2x square minus x minus 37 is equal to 0. We know that for a quadratic equation ax square plus bh plus c is equal to 0 the value of x is given by minus b plus minus square root b square minus 4ac upon 2a therefore using this for this quadratic equation we would get the value of x as minus b that is minus of minus 1 which is plus 1 plus minus square root b square that is minus 1 square minus 4 into a that is 2 into c that is minus 37 upon 2 into a that is 2.  So this is our final value for x this is our final answer. So this complete c-session, hope you have understood the solution for this question.


Yes, welcome back. Anyone wants to raise any questions regarding all the things that we talked about up to John chapter 12 verse 36. If not, we'll move on into the last portion of John chapter 12. All right. Okay. Yeah, so the last portion of John chapter 12 is like a summation, you know, it talks about the what is the outcome of all that ministry which Jesus had done over the three years. Some people responded, some people did not. And it just basically summarizes their response. So if we could maybe read out verses 37 and 38, please. John 12, 37 and 38. He had done so many signs before that. They still do not believe in him so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled. Lord, who has believed what he heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord have been reviewed? All right. So over here it's referring to Isaiah chapter 52 and Isaiah 53. Because Isaiah 52 is that chapter where it talks about, you know, how lovely are the feet of, you know, what was it? Yeah, Isaiah 52 verse 7, you know, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messengers who, you know, bring good news. And it talks about the watchmen who are, you know, declaring what God is going to do. And after talking about all these wonderful things that God, you know, plans on performing, Isaiah 52 verse 10 talks about how the Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes. You know, and whenever it talks about the arm in the Old Testament, it's talking about strength. So the Lord has, you know, bared his strength. He has shown it to everyone. He has declared what he's going to do. And all of that is mentioned in Isaiah 52. And then coming to Isaiah 53 verse 1, it says, but Lord, you know, after all that has been declared and told, who believes us? You know, so that's those are the words used over here. Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? You know, so a lot of people reject what has been openly, you know, told to them. That is one response. The other response we see is in verses 42 and 43. So if someone could read out that, John 12, 42 and 43. For the last many, even of the authorities live in him. But for fear of the Pharisees, they're not confessive so that they would not be put out of the synagogue. For they love the glory. It comes from more than the glory that comes from God. So the other response is that there are people even in, you know, in the higher levels, the religious leaders who know their scriptures and they see that what Jesus is saying is true. It does match up with whatever is mentioned in the Old Testament scriptures. And so many of those people also believe in him, but they do not come forward unlike Nicodemus. Nicodemus, you know, once he's sure that this is the Messiah, he's very plain and open about it.  But these people, they don't want to reveal that they trust in him because for them, their position is more important. And the praise of their fellow people is more important to them than the praise of God. So we see these two responses over here. And then, you know, now we are moving into the very last portions. So we come into John chapter 13 and it begins with the supper that Jesus has with his disciples. So John chapter 13, if we could have someone read out, you know, it's a very familiar passage. So we'll just look at some main things and then move on from there. John chapter 13, verses three to five, if someone could read out, please. John chapter 13, three to five. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he had come from God and was going back to God rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments and taking it out, tied it around his waist. Then he poured out, poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. Thank you. Yeah, so it says over here, supper being ended in another version, it says, and during supper.  But the I think what is being indicated over here is that now all the arrangements for the supper have now been finished completely. Okay, so it's all laid out. It's all ready on the table. And once everything is ready and the meal is going to begin. That is when Jesus gets up and he begins to wash his disciples feet because it makes no sense if he were to do it halfway through the meal. I know when everyone is eating, so the impression that we get is that all preparations were going on. The table was being laid out. All the arrangements were being put in place. And now it's all finished. It's all done. It's all ready. And once the meal is just about to begin, that is when Jesus rises up and he begins to wash their feet. So I'm assuming that Jesus waits because he's waiting for all the 12 to arrive. He doesn't want any of them to be left out. So he waits patiently until all of them have arrived and all the arrangements are now done. Everyone is now seated over there at the table and they're about to begin. And that is when Jesus gets up and how involved with what attitude does he get up. He knows that all things are under his power. If he chooses to back out now, you know, at this point of time, if he just chooses to back out and not go through with the crucifixion, he has the power even to do that because all things have been placed under his power. And he knows that he is from God.  He's aware of all that knowing all of that he chooses to go ahead and do what he has been called to do. Okay. So being fully aware of his Godhood, he gets up and he serves his disciples and for the disciples, this would have been a highly shocking thing. Because in those days, even a teacher, a master did not have the right to ask his disciples, his followers to wash his feet. He could ask them to go bring food. He could ask them to go and arrange transport. He could ask them to, you know, go to the next village and deliver a message. He could make many demands from them because they are his disciples and he being their master deserves their respect. So the master could, you know, make many demands. But one thing that the master was not allowed to do is to ask his disciples to wash his feet. I think it's mainly because the kind of, you know, world that they were living in, no paved roads, things would have been messy. All their transportation was not cars and, you know, bikes, but animals and, you know, dung, donkey dung, cow dung, what not. So they were not exactly walking through very pleasant roadways, pathways.  So even a disciple was not supposed to be asked to do something like that. The master would have to do his own cleaning, you know. So here the master is not making a demand on his disciples. Rather he is getting up and doing something for the disciples which no master ever does. Something which, you know, not even a disciple is expected to do that the master is doing over here. And that is why this would have been highly shocking for them. So I'm not sure whether Jesus starts off with Peter or Jesus, you know, covers a few of the disciples and then comes to Peter. But when Peter's turn comes, he's just too shocked. He's not able to handle this whole idea. And so we have verses 6 to 8 happening. So if someone could read out verses 6, 7 and 8, please. Peter said to him, Lord, do you watch my speech? He was answered him. What am I doing here to not understand? But afterwards you understand. Peter said to him, you should never watch my speech. He was answered him. If I do not watch your... No, we'll get to that later. So we'll just maybe look at verses 6 to 8 now. So over here, Peter's responses. Lord, are you washing my feet? Now, if you look in the Bible Hub and we look at the actual literal translation, you have the words you and me together placed next to each other. So if you were to literally translate it, it's like as if Peter is saying, Lord, you, me, you know, or other mine. Lord, you, my feet washing. You know, it's like literally that would be the translation. So the huge contrast, the gap between you and me.  You are Lord. You are the Messiah who was promised me. You know, who am I? I'm just a disciple. I'm just a human. I'm nobody. So you, my feet washing.  And so Peter, you know, responds in that way. And then Jesus makes this very important statement. He says, what I'm doing, you do not understand now, but you will know after this. And then he says, if I do not wash you, you have no part with me. Now, I'm not sure whether Peter fully understood what was being said.  So he didn't quite catch what Jesus was saying. But this is a very important point that Jesus is making over here. He says, if only if you allow me to wash you, then you can be a part of me. So, you know, it's something that we need to kind of grasp. Of course, it's talking about how he's going to clean our, you know, he's of course talking about how he's going to cleanse us from our sins. And because of that, we know we are because we are forgiven cleansed from our sins. Therefore, we can enter into God's family and be part of his family. That of course is there. But also the point is at the very core, you know, the core foundation of our relationship with God is not based on our serving him because I'm doing all these things for God. You know, I'm involved in the ministry. I'm helping the poor. I'm talking about him with people that I meet. There is this relationship that has been formed between Jesus and me. It's not based on all my serving and doing. Rather, this relationship has formed. This relationship has been initiated because Jesus chose to serve me. He chose to clean me. He chose to cleanse me. So at the core of the relationship, what exactly how did this relationship get initiated? How did it come into existence? It's not out of the acts of service which you and I do. It's out of the act of service which he did for us, which literally places us in a very humble condition where we would literally go to him and say, Yes, Lord, I admit that I'm dirty and I need to be cleaned. And Lord, only you can do it. I'm too helpless to do this on my own. And we just go there and humble ourselves before him and he chooses to serve us and clean us. And that is how the relationship is born. And then out of gratitude, out of loyalty, we choose to serve him. So it should never be turned the other way around because the Pharisees were doing that. They were very proud about their service of God. They were so happy that they were tithing in such a detailed manner and they were very proud about all the additional laws which they had added to the Sabbath. And they would not walk a certain number of feet because that may be considered work. And they were very happy about all these things that they were doing for God and they thought that established some kind of relationship with him. But they were not willing to admit that they are blind, that they are dirty, that they need cleaning. No, they are the ones who are doing something for God and so they are great. But what did God expect?  They have no hope without him. They have to admit that they are dirty and unclean and wait upon him for his free service. And he out of his mercy and grace will grant them what they don't deserve. He will just freely cleanse them and accept them. So it's a very humbling thing and that is at the core of the relationship that we have with the Lord. And so over here, in a sense, Jesus is telling Peter, you need to humble yourself and accept what I am doing because you think that you are sitting over there offering your love and loyalty to me but you know, you are nothing. And if I don't act out of grace towards you, you can have no part of me at all. And so Jesus serves us and does something for us which we could never ever do for ourselves and because of his act of service, only because of that, we are in fact even in a relationship with him. So our gratitude should be so great that he, being God, has done that for people like us.  So if we could read out verses 9, 10, 11, please. Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus said to him, the one who has bathed, does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean and you are clean. But not everyone of you, for he knew who was to betray him. That was why he said, all of you are clean. Okay, so over here, everything that Jesus is saying, he's saying it at two levels. On the one hand, you have the physical service that is going on, washing their feet, their feet are in dirty state. So he is humbling himself and doing that, but there's also something else happening at another level, the spiritual level, where he's also indicating how he's going to cleanse them from their sins. So we should continue to read these verses in that sense. So Peter's response is saying, oh Lord, if I can only be a part of you, if you are going to be doing this cleaning, then please go ahead and clean even my hands and my head. And Jesus says, no, no, no, anyone who's already taken a bath, they're already clean. So it's just only the feet that need to be cleaned now and then. But they're already clean because they've already finished taking a bath. And then Jesus says, but not all of you are clean, for he knew who would betray him. Therefore, he said you are not all clean. So obviously over here, he's not referring to a physical bath. He's not trying to say that, okay, Peter, you have taken a bath, you're clean. On the other hand, Judas is sitting over here and is not taken a bath. So he is still unclean. Not at all. Jesus is definitely not talking about that. He's saying that all these disciples sitting over there are already clean. But one person among them is not clean.  What happened? What led to a spiritual cleansing? We see that through some other verses. Some commentaries point out the similarity between this passage which we are looking at right now and John chapter 6 verses 63 to 64. John chapter 6, 63 to 64 and this passage are talking about the same thing. You could maybe say that they are kind of parallel passages. So if someone could read out for us, John 6, 63 to 64 place. The spirit gives life. The flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. And there are some of you who do not believe. Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.  Because if you believe them, then you can be a part of me. And he says, yet there are some of you who do not believe. So there are someone among them is rejecting these words which are full of spirit and life. And Jesus of course was referring to the one who would betray him. And then John 15 which we will be covering in the next class, maybe the class after that. So John 15, 3 if someone could read out. You are already exceeding because of the word which I have spoken to you. So it says you are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. So the 11 disciples heard these words which were full of the spirit and life and they chose to believe in them and by doing that they were cleaned. So on the other hand one among them he refused to believe and so he remained unclean. And so there are two levels of meaning being brought out over here even as Jesus is cleaning the feet of his disciples. Then we move on to verse 14 and then we will connect the whole thing. So if someone could read out for us verses 14 and 15 please. Okay so Jesus says I have done this for you now not just as an act of service but also as an example. Just as you know I am laying down my life for you. You also would have to lay down your life in the same way I am now serving you. You also must serve one another. So everything that Jesus is doing is an example to be followed. So here Jesus says I have now set an example for you and you should do as I have done for you. And so again over here it's talking in what Jesus is saying is you know in two levels. At the physical level you are expected to serve. You are expected to help one another. But at the spiritual level you know in the sense of the spiritual cleaning that has happened. Again God calls upon his disciples to do that for one another. You know to not clean one another but in the sense of you know building one another up. You know helping each other to remain in the Lord in that sense. For instance let's just look at two verses and you know that would make it more clear. Okay, Ephesians chapter 4 verse 2 if we could have someone read out. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 2. Is someone reading out because I am unable to hear but I can see that blue outline. So I think you are reading brother. With all loneliness and gentleness with long suffering bearing with one another in love. Yes, yeah, in Elisha I could not hear you. I am so sorry your voice did not come through. Yeah, Ephesians 4 verse 2 it says be completely humble and gentle. Be patient bearing with one another in love. Okay, so over here that word that is being used for bearing that would be the Greek word aneko. Okay and aneko the word bearing doesn't just mean simply being patient with someone. It also means holding up someone you know you're bearing them you're holding them up in that sense. So it's used in two senses. So when you come across a brother or sister who is with whom you are not compatible. You are unable to kind of you know gel with them and you are finding them very irritating and difficult to be with. You would have to be completely humble and gentle be patient bearing with them in love. Now I always thought of this phrase bearing with you know them in love meant I would have to grit my teeth and say okay fine this person is a sister in the Lord and so I have to put up with her. And then I just grit my teeth and will myself and say okay fine I'm just going to bear it and not going to say anything I'll just bear it. But no it's not at all talking about the horrible negative way of bearing. It's talking about how you reach out in love and you try to help them you know whatever it is that's actually troubling them and making them be that particular way. You try to lift them out of that you try to an echo you try to know bear them to lift them up and you know to make things better for them. So there's such a great difference right the negative attitude of just gritting your teeth and saying oh what a nuisance but I have to put up with them. And the very positive way of you know where you are building the other person up by saying okay what can I do to try and cheer this person up and help them. So that you know they are not so miserable and bitter and angry and all of that so there's a huge difference. Now all of this also would be acts of service you know and we'll just look at another verse and then you know we'll kind of wrap up this whole concept. James 516 if someone could read out please James 516. Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed the prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. Thank you. Yes here it says confess your sins to each other does that mean that you know I go and confess to another sister and then she says I forgive you in Jesus name. I mean does it mean it in that sense or over here you know is it saying that you open up to someone that you trust and you know share your weaknesses with them. And then you admit to them very openly where you have fallen and then you know you pray for each other to grow stronger.  So all of these also would be acts of service towards one another. So the ceremony that we have you know where people give us gloves and they give us tissues and they give us one nice clean bowl of water. And they say go ahead and do the feet washing ceremony doesn't take any effort at all. In fact nowadays it's like very highly hygienically done. So in fact I don't know whether it has any value at all but Jesus said I have set an example for you that you should do as I have done. And so he is talking about how the physical level you literally go out of your way to help and to serve in you know not just in posh ways. But in ways where you would actually have to put in effort where you would have to make a sacrifice to actually help that other person. So he's talking about that kind of service which costs you which you know and not it's not talking about just a ceremonial feet washing which takes no effort at all. And he's also talking about at a spiritual level where you are caring for each other trying to lift one another up.  So he's talking about people who confess to each other openly and admit their faults and pray for each other so that they can you know grow once again in God. So these would be the kind of feet washing that Jesus would really admire and appreciate. Okay so throughout this passage we see that there's a physical level of service where you actually bend down put in the effort make the sacrifice humble yourself and serve. And there's also the other spiritual level where you are strengthening someone building them up you know being patient with them so that they also can be brought up to the level where you are in the Lord. So you have both of these levels of service being talked about over here. Alright yeah this one person here who has written the chat that they are unable to open their assignment. As far as I know most of the students have been able to access their assignments. Sometimes if you have not finished the you know the portions earlier portions where you have not watched the previous videos completely then the next portion does not open up. So if you have already opened up all the previous portions and completed them and now you have come to the assignment. And if it is still not opening then maybe you could contact the technical team. Or you know just simply put it in the in the in the discussion group you know generally where you write your. That would be what the stream page right yeah maybe you could put it in the stream page or I was told that people can directly contact the technical team because there's some email that they can send them. So they can take care of that for you but generally the I'm not sure I mean I'll try to find out I can maybe tell the technical team that you are unable to open. I don't know I'm kind of new to all of this so I'm not too sure about the technical side but I can inform them that yeah. Simran Simran is unable to open and if they can help in any way and if possible from your side also if you could just send an email to the technical team. Following whatever instructions they have given I think they've given some email ID that will help them to you know directly talk to you and contact you. Alright yeah we'll move into oh yeah verse 17 maybe we should look at verse 17 before we move on to the next passage. Verse 17 Jesus says now that you know these things you will be blessed if you do them so just simply knowing about these things is not enough. We don't get blessed through our knowledge we get blessed by acting on our knowledge by putting it into practice. Okay so that is a very important point for Jesus makes over here so we will now move into the next portion maybe we can look at verses 18 to 21. When I'm doing this classes and I'm teaching you know I used to teach earlier at a college online I was teaching online and everyone used to keep their cameras on and I could see whether they are in the class listening or not. This is a very different setup for me where I have absolutely no clue whether anyone is even listening or not. So all I can do is hope that you are there that you are present and that you're watching and listening. Especially sometimes when nobody even responds for the Bible reading I really want oh no no you don't need to like switch on your cameras but I just kind of wonder sometimes is anybody there at the other end or am I just speaking to myself. So yeah thank you so much and yeah you don't need to keep it on because you know it affects the what the internet speed so I totally understand that. But it's just like an assurance to know when someone actually reads the Bible passage I know that okay at least they are present at least they are listening so it helps a lot. Yeah. Oh yeah thanks Sasha. You're listening. Yes. All right. So now we are in John chapter 13 and if someone could read out verses 18 to 21. Yes. I do not speak concerning all of you. I know that I have chosen. But that the spirit. Sorry. But that the scripture may be fulfilled. He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me. Now I tell you before it comes that when it does come does it when it does come to pass. You may believe that I am he. Most assuredly I say to you. He who believes who will not whomever I sent receives me. And he receives me. Receives him who sent me. When Jesus had said these things he was troubled in spirit and testified and said. Most assuredly I said to you. One of you will betray me. Yeah. So here Jesus says Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified very truly I tell you one of you is going to betray me. So Jesus is troubled in spirit. He is very concerned about what is going to take place next. And so the disciples may think later or Jesus was not aware of what's going to happen. He was not aware that Judas was working against him. So they should not think that so they would Jesus wants to assure them that he is all knowing. You know these things have been revealed to him by the father. So he says even before it has happened I'm already telling you so that you can believe me. Believe that I am who I am that I have been sent by God and I am aware of these things and everything is moving according to schedule. Okay. So a lot of people raise this question to say why after knowing Judas heart from the beginning after knowing from the beginning what kind of a person he is why why did Jesus choose him at all. I do have no answer to that. One thing could be that you know Jesus was giving him one more chance you know in spite of knowing his heart in spite of knowing that here is a man who has no repentance who has no love for the things of God in spite of knowing that maybe God was giving him a chance so that you know one day you know Judas would have to admit and say yes I was given full opportunity you know to change to have a different attitude. So God gave him a second chance. On the other hand maybe Jesus was just willing to show his love towards Judas by allowing him to be part of the inner circle and experience things which you know the rest of the people did not. So he was given that privilege just out of love so it could be that and some people say you know Jesus needed a traitor so that you know the crucifixion will happen and so he just went around and you know he looked for a traitor and he saw a person with a traitor's heart and he thought okay fine this guy will do and so he chose him. I don't think that the Lord would you know go about things in that kind of with that kind of an attitude. So he is a God of compassion of love. So I at least would like to believe that he wanted to give him a second chance that he wanted to show that he is a God who even loves those who reject him. Okay so they are given every opportunity to change their ways and if they still choose not to then you know that is it's upon them the judgment is upon them. Yes thank you so much for the responses and I was just kind of puzzled because I mean not many were responding to the Bible passage readings I was kind of wondering why and thank you for all the chat messages. Okay so we come to verses 22 to 30 it's a rather large chunk so we will not read all of those verses but let's just touch upon one or two verses verse 22 where it says the disciples stayed at one another at a loss to know which of them he meant. And then you have Peter asking John and saying you know find out who it is and so in verse 25 you have John asking Jesus Lord who is it and in verse 26 Jesus answered it is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish. Then dipping the piece of bread he gave it to Judas the son of Simon is carried as soon as Judas took the bread Satan entered into him. So even as we read this wording the wording just sounds so similar to the you know Holy Communion passages which we generally read and in fact you know this is a representative and this is the Holy Communion passages which we read from Corinthians they are basically based on this particular event right. If we which is the passage which actually talks about that Matthew 26 Matthew 26 21 to 28 you know again we're not going to read that entire passage but if you just quickly go in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 26 21 to 28 over there. Very clearly the whole you know Holy Communion wording is used. Matthew 26 verse 26 it says while they were eating Jesus took bread and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to his disciples saying take and eat this is my body. So you know we understand the significance of what Jesus is doing over here for Judas. He takes the bread he dips it in the broth and he gives it to him and says you know take it. So even here in this last moment you know Jesus is still reaching out to Judas and saying you know here partake in my body be a part of my flock be one of my you know sheep. But this is a sheep which does not want to hear his voice and so in this last minute when Jesus is still reaching out to him and you know and hands him over the bread. It's like literally he is saying you know participate in my body you know be part of my flock and then what what happens when Judas takes the bread. It says in verse 27 back in our John chapter 13 John chapter 13 verse 27 one last invitation that is being given to him. He has already finished making up his mind and so the bread which is supposed to bring you literally into a relationship with the Lord rather drives him into a relationship with Satan. It's such a shocking and terrible thing. Yeah the questions about his repentance. The conspiracy regarding whether one of the Luke person having washed his feet was she a concubine. Well we are aware that you know Jesus did not have any concubines at all. It's only the you know the stories which were written about him almost 200 years later which come up with all of these theories. So you know about him having gone to China not to China to Japan that he went to Japan and he got married over there and all of these. So all of these stories began to be written in in those you know ancient works which were written about 280 long after Jesus death. So what would we say is the historical accuracy of all of those writings. They you know in the early church time when the first writings were written. No such stories were written during that entire era by anyone and a lot of hostile accounts were written about the Christians right at that time about how these are troublemakers and their master claims to have risen from the dead. They could have easily put in another line saying that here is this man who had a lot of concubines but nobody ever wrote such things. These were all stories which were written almost 200 years later and so they have almost no historical backing at all. So we would not even go you know with such stories just to just quickly touch upon that. But then the other question was what about Judas you know did he really repent. Now I do not know because he does feel sorry for what he has done and he admits that what he did was wrong. So he admits he did wrong and he is sorry for what he has done. But he instead of you know coming back to the disciples and you know asking what to do next or even going just to God and falling down on his knees and crying out for mercy. Like the tax collector you know who comes to the temple and he says Lord I am so unclean you know I am a sinner have mercy upon me. He does not do any of that he just goes ahead and kills himself. So did he you know get into a relationship with God. No he felt sorry for what he had done. He admitted that what he had done is wrong but he did not go back and re-enter into a relationship with God. He didn't he kills himself which is a tragedy could have actually you know gone back and the Lord would have forgiven. But then he had crossed a point where he could think logically because now Satan had taken over his mind and Satan definitely was not going to allow this particular you know person to escape. So he probably would have confounded this mind and controlled it to such an extent that this man would not even have considered the thought of returning. So he just kills himself. So no he never re-entered into a relationship with God. Of course he never had a personal relationship with Jesus but he could have gone back to him and you know reached out to God but he does not do that. We don't see that written anyway. So yeah now we have people raising their hands. Ouch no do we if we get into the whole Judas thing then we will not be able to finish our portion. Okay what else can we develop on that's really important. Just give me a minute and I'll just think about it. Fine okay yeah alright maybe we can you know we can deal with the rest of the chapter in our next session. So yes we can handle a few questions.  Yeah right now we have Brother Albuquerque his name is on the screen. So yes please go ahead yeah. Oh we don't have questions is it? Sorry I was in mute. No my question is actually about the bread that was dipped by Jesus and he gave it to Judas as Harriet. I'm just trying to understand this is from Jesus. So how was it that you know that piece of bread Satan entered into Judas' Harriet. You know I'm just trying to understand that if you could explain that please. Oh I mean my personal understanding is that he actually dips the bread and gives it to him. It's like one last opportunity where he is you know Jesus is saying even now if you wish to you can take you know and in Matthew wording it would be take and eat this is my body. So he even now in this last minute he is being given an opportunity to come and join the flock if he wishes to. So the minute he refuses to do that that's it now he's now with no open meat for Satan. I mean now Judas has made his choice and so now he completely comes under Satan's control. Satan's control to such an extent that there is no chance of any repentance anymore because now he's no longer able to exercise his free will anymore. You know it's like now completely under Satan and he Satan literally drives him to suicide at the end of it. So he's completely lost but I believe that even in this last minute he was again being given one final chance if he wished to to accept. So he eats the bread. We have a lot of people coming on Sundays and sitting at the you know communion and they eat the wafer. They drink the grape juice but in their heart have they eaten it. In their heart have they truly participated in that grape juice and in the blood which it represents. Are they really in the covenant with him? Because finally it comes down to that right? The bread and the grape juice are representing the covenant that Jesus has formed with us. We do this in remembrance of what he did on the cross in establishing his covenant with us. So if a person has really not entered into a covenant relationship then what they are doing by eating and drinking that juice is just a outward ritual. And it has no spiritual implications. On the other hand if a person who has genuinely entered into a covenant relationship is remembering that covenant even as they are partaking. There is such power in that because they are remembering what God has achieved on the cross for them. And they are saying wow this is going to happen in my life believing that and reminding myself of that. Now I am eating this wafer reminding myself of what Jesus did for me and the victory. You know the enemy has been disarmed and the enemy has been made a public spectacle of and now this he has no hold over me. Because now I am in the covenant and Jesus is going to fulfill all of those things which I need for my life. So you are remembering all that he has done and you are taking it. Then the eating and the drinking has significance. Judas who had been putting on an outward ceremony throughout makes his final act of outward ceremony where he eats the bread. But it is just bread that he is eating because it is not backed up by any cleaning that has happened in his heart. When the words which were full of life and spirit were spoken to him he rejected them. He chose not to believe them. So he never became clean. So when he took that bread and ate it all he was doing is just eating bread. It was not backed up by a previous cleaning and commitment and belief. Yeah I think that would be it. Yeah anyone else there are no other questions. Yeah. Oh yes please go ahead. I thought you were... Yes. Thank you. In question seven after giving Judas the bread you just told him what you are supposed to do go and do it. So one thing we understand that if Jesus didn't give up his life no one had the power to kill him. Not even Satan or not even the high priest and his army. So what's the relationship there to Jesus allowing Judas to give him bread and allow Satan to come into his life. And him Jesus giving up his life so that the word can be fulfilled and the world can be saved. Because there must be a relationship. Judas does not have the power to betray Jesus. As a high priest cannot kill Jesus but Jesus giving him income up. That cannot take Judas's life without him surrendering himself to him. So what's the relationship now that we have? So bring everything together. I'm not sure I caught all of that. The sound is not very clear. And you know if you could maybe put it more concisely just in one or two sentences. Okay. Yes please go ahead. In question seven it says that after Jesus gave him bread he gave it to Judas. And when Satan came in he told Judas go quickly to do what he's supposed to do. He write huh. So Judas could not didn't have the power to betray Jesus if Jesus didn't give him permission.  Not the death has power over Jesus because he was God and he was perfect. So can you? Yeah from the very beginning right from Adam and Eve God has always given people the permission to make a free choice. So just like Adam and Eve were given a free choice. The Pharaoh was given a free choice. A lot of people down the ages were given free choice to decide whether they want to live in accordance with God's word or to betray him and go against him. So in the same way over here Judas was being complete. And when he made his choice then Satan came and you know entered into him. So he literally became not just demon possessed he became Satan possessed. And once he or Satan possessed or demon possessed. Yeah it's true to an extent you don't really have complete free will anymore because you're completely controlled by that demon or that or Satan or whatever. So he would have lost his free will to an extent but he made that free choice to allow himself to be possessed. You know so God from his side gives all humans the freedom to make their choices freely whether they want to stand with him. So the 11 disciples chose to stand with him. Judas chose not to stand with him. When Judas chose not to stand with him he allowed himself to come under the power of Satan and Satan took possession of him took full control of him. And yeah in fact he would have lost his free will at that point of time because now he has yielded himself to Satan and you know yeah so maybe something of that sort. Alright so yeah we'll you know just close with the word of prayer. I think that's yeah not receiving the washing of the word.  And the more you harden your heart the less you will be able to hear the warning from the Holy Spirit. And you could get yourself into a lot of trouble when you stop listening to the warnings. So yes when you refuse the word you tend to harden your heart and hardening of the heart can be a dangerous thing because you lose the sensitivity. And you don't realize you're getting into danger and it can harm us. So yeah let's just close very quickly with the word of prayer. Lord we just thank you so much for the various things that we could touch upon in today's class. Thank you a lot for the lessons that we can learn from the life of Mary who was so faithful and the words of warning that we can learn from the life of Judas who in spite of having experienced your love in such a real personal way chose to reject you. So I pray a lot that we would be like Mary a person full of gratitude and loyalty and who was willing to give her very best because she was so grateful for what you had done for her. And we pray a lot that we would be like that rather than Judas was completely ungrateful a lot for the privilege that he had been given to be part of the 12th, to be able to perform science and wonders along with the other 12th, to be able to be a part of everything that Jesus was personally sharing with his inner core circle. And even after enjoying all of that there was no gratitude a lot. And I pray that we would not be like that we would be sensitive to your word which is full of the spirit in life and we would respond to it and we would live according to it help us a lot to be like that. Thank you Lord in Jesus name amen. Yeah, so sorry I've taken up your time. I will finish immediately. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.


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Thank you So I'm very happy to be here, and I'm happy that you are here, too And I hope that you'll be making a lot of friends here at work and pure op 2017 a few words about myself Among other things. I am a product manager for captain form, which is a WordPress plugin for building forms and This plug-in is almost two years old now And it has been launched by one to three conic form which is a platform with almost ten years of experienced in the market and I joined one to three conic form back in 2011 And although this hasn't always been the case I'm currently a lover of data driven decisions so two weeks ago I attended an event called F up night and In case you are not familiar with the concept It's an event that takes place in various cities across the globe in which people who have achieved something tell the story of how they failed in different occasions and That got me thinking about the various times when such failures happened or happened to me and Then I found this cat to express how failing felt so I was Preparing really hard to take on a new challenge and then taking the aim with great focus and finally shooting right off target and Most of the times there wasn't something romantic about the failure There wasn't some deeper layer to explore and I was left staring at the ceiling and wondering What's the level of intelligence? I'm really at When I joined one to three conic form. There were just the co-founders and myself. I Wasn't making coffee. I Was writing blog and documentation entries testing stuff doing support and Occasionally making coffee because I was a nice person not because I had to and Now the company has 76 employees we have grown quite a lot and received two investments in the process and Transitions they haven't always been that easy. There was a lot of trial and there were a long good the way So speaking of failures, I am proud to show you today some of the ways in which we failed Back then in the beginning We developed many integrations with third-party services in order to help users Automate their processes but there were so many third parties to choose from and We made quite a few choices based on what one of us had heard on What one specific user was looking for? We never based our decisions on the phases of the moon, but from time to time that seemed like a close call So currently we have Hundreds of thousands of active users and there is still one third-party app that is being used by the great number of two people We spent six months Implementing a complex piece of interface that was amazing It gave you quick access to all of the features in that section It had a beautiful design and it was highly intuitive for myself and for my colleagues Because users on the other hand they were puzzled and nobody knew how to use it So we had a scratch six months of development and come back to the drawing board We did custom work Without fully understanding the user scenario and it was like spending a week preparing for your holiday Only if you find out the night before that it won't be at the seaside But at some lake in the mountains so there is still water involved, but things are quite different than what you had assumed So we ended up doubling the development time Now despite such occasional failures We were doing a good job and our product was already growing fast but such situations were causing us a lot of frustration and We understood that we have to change our approach in order not to waste resources and to make things work even faster And that's when the user centered approach came into the picture At first we were like Sounds interesting. How do we implement it? Well, you focus on the user Right, right, right, right. So what does that mean just to be extra sure? Well, it means that you have to place the user at the center of your efforts Got it. That makes it crystal So basically we had little idea of what we were doing, but we started reading and Asking for advice and it was at that time that we found out about Validating assumptions before acting on them doing a bit testing launching minimum viable features and using other techniques to get user feedback And our feeling of frustration magically disappeared it didn't Actually, it amplified because we were collecting a lot of user feedback and it was throwing us out of our comfort zone We were used to having our way of doing things and suddenly we had to Analyze and filter so much user input and take it into account We used to have assumptions that we were confident of and that were completely Contradicted by our actual users behavior We had to deal with difficult users whom we had asked for feedback and for a while the simple term of Users was making me feel unsure about my life choices and I was thinking why Why do we need to do this because we're making enough money already? But by that time the user centered approach was no longer Optional because with all of the competitors that the product has in this day and age One can't afford not to put the user first so we kept pushing and kept letting this Diverse mass of users rearrange the way that we saw the world and step-by-step everything did fall into place and Today, I'm sure that I wouldn't be able to do my job or to be happy about it Without taking the time to really listen to the people who are using my product and whom I dearly appreciate for explaining most of my failures and For keeping me from failing multiple times in the same way So here are three of the ways in which ever since then Users have made me a better professional and a happier person They have given me the gift of building solid roadmaps the gift of teaching efficiently And the gift of working in a happy team about a gift of building solid roadmaps the roadmap is your Products journey from point A to point B and C and so on and each of these points Represents a new feature that you are going to implement or a new opportunity that you are going to take now often in the early years of a product this road map is not really a road map but rather an open field where there isn't a specific trajectory and The choices of what goes inside your product and in what order may not be backed up by data and may be based on personal assumptions like This one for example, it reads ice cream if you follow the letters But sooner or later You realize that you can't pay your developers with what those two users pay to use your third-party Integration and as much as we'd like to we do not have unlimited Resources and here's where the concepts of value and effort come in What is the value of an item on my road map and what kind of effort what kind of? Resources does it require? In order to assess the value of a possible new features Here is a list of useful questions that you can ask go How many users are we targeting with this feature? Is it just one lonely rider or are we addressing a wider segment? And if we don't have this information, how can we obtain it because as I was mentioning before Investing resources into a personal assumption can easily end up as wasted resources What is the profile of these users what types of businesses do they have and why are they using our product? So the user profile is relevant to the commitment of these users towards your product and to their average lifetime value How much will users pay for this feature is it a feature that comes in cheap But addresses a wider segment or is it an expensive feature that? addresses only the fewer enterprise level users Does this feature match the scope of our product? Because trying to be a Swiss army knife that can solve any type of need Remotely related to what you set out to offer is usually not a good idea and you might end up cluttering your Product so if you want to build a solid product try to stick to the Initial promise that you made to users and when you do decide to take on a new and different challenge for your product Planet carefully beforehand Can we extend this feature in the future does the feature have perspective? Because usually the healthiest features that a product can't have are those that leave room for further Development based on user feedback Now in terms of assessing the effort here's another list of useful questions How many developers do we need for the implementation? Is it one or two or the entire dev team? how much time will the implementation take and At this stage it is best to already try to split the feature into its sub tasks Even if roughly so as to get a better understanding of what ramifications it has What other departments are involved because usually it is not only the development team that is involved though How easily can we promote this feature? How easy is it to express what this feature does? And what kind of maintenance will this feature require? So every resource that is invested into something is not invested into something else that might be more valuable to our users Now after you have answered such questions always having the user in mind you can start to Prioritize possible new features based on the value versus effort ratio So in this case so feature number one comes in first because it provides the greatest value It also requires a reasonable amount of effort Feature number two comes in second because it requires less effort the feature number three and Provides the same value and feature number three comes in third for obvious reasons So by following this steps you have a good chance at building the most valuable roadmap for your product Generating ideas which means collecting all of your Personal assumptions and all of the feature requests that you receive Validating them and finally Prioritizing them based on the value versus effort ratio and referring to users at each step Moving on to the gift of teaching efficiently Several months ago. I was trying to get one of our sub products listed into an app directory And I received this message. I'm gonna read it Alexandra Thanks for the note. So the app in SR is that an SC app or an MC app I assume it is not your current HX listing out because we still need paperwork for that app to get submitted in SC as MS app in a X So After I read this message, I wasn't sure I could spell my own name anymore I had no idea what those abbreviations meant and I felt angry with the sender because he knew what those letters meant And instead of using full words. He was being so cryptic but I had a strong interest in Understanding this message because I had to get our app listed. So half a day later. I finally made sense out of it And I felt like this Yeah, but users on the other hand they don't have The time or the patience to work so hard through something they don't understand and they always have the option to move on to a different product and Users they come in all shapes and sizes Their product know-how is different. They might already be Experienced with your product or they might just be starting to get familiar with it They have a different set of technical skills. We once had a user who was Convinced that we had stolen his wedding photos from a personal folder on his computer Which wasn't by any means possible Terminology is often a challenge. So some users do know that The term of sandbox refers to a testing environment Whereas others may think you're taking them out on a picnic party The cultural backgrounds are different some users are very Passionate about the way in which they express themselves They could write essays to describe their needs and they will use three exclamation marks to emphasize each key point and Then there are users who can express the exact same thing in three sentences in a calm and condensed way and using only full stops and Finally users are different people and lead different lives on Live chat we have users who must go because they are going into a meeting and Users who need to leave because their baby is crying in the other room so there is quite a lot of diversity and Don't worry because you will not be able to make everybody equally happy But what you can do is try to understand your users and try to make the greater part of them happy enough by putting yourself into their shoes and embracing their diversity and Here is another list of questions to ask in disrespect Do I really understand what this specific user needs and if I don't how can I get a better understanding? What is the minimum information that the user already has at this point? So I can know what to build on further Am I using the simplest words or interface elements to explain things because nobody likes unnecessary complexity? Are we working towards the goal and a logical way without skipping steps? And have I managed to establish a pattern for the future? Because patterns they allow users to come back to them later on and they allow us to educate them and Growing user retention which is essential for the success of a product It means teaching users how they can get value from our product and achieve their objectives using get them And coming back to my example with the interface in which we invested six months of development What we did different the second time was test and validate our assumptions using specialized services like usability hub or direct interviews with our users which made the feedback loop a very quick one No, and we also refer to all of the communication that we had with users on On that topic so each step forward was being backed up by data and was proving reliable So it only took us two months the second time to build a good solution that people knew how to use The failure from the first six remains one of the toughest lessons that we had to learn about Not taking the time to understand the user perspective about not putting ourselves in the user shoes And about not speaking the same language Because being a good teacher means Communicating valuable information in a way that relate to the person who is receiving it And the more you let yourself dive into the user diversity The better you can understand your users and the quicker you can find Solutions that will be helpful to the greater part of them And finally the gift of working in a happy team This is a gift that users have given me in a more subtle way So before we turn to the user centered approach. We were all Great people doing great things, but quite separately from one another And when we had to put our work together sometimes something wasn't clicking and We realized that the bigger picture was not available to everybody or was understood in different ways The context was missing or was different and in a team Understanding the context is usually what gives purpose What exactly are we trying to achieve? Why are we doing it and with what constraints? Apart from that as a team leader the pressure is sometimes high between keeping your Clients happy on the one side and keeping your team happy on the other and I spent quite a few nights trying to figure out What I was going to do in order to deliver what was expected of us and at the same time to not let the pressure get to the team and Eventually, I realized that I didn't have to find separate solutions for the two issues But that I could easily let one issue be the solution to the other So our clients scenarios could become the strongest drive for the team's good work So every endeavor started to have a well-defined Scenario attached to it and a human being attached to it who was counting on that scenario to work out As a brief example Who are we doing this for? Harvey and what does Harvey do? Well, he's a successful lawyer and What makes him successful his brains and his efficiency and Why does he need our forms to automate contract generation and spit up his work? So we can't affect his brains, but we can help him on the efficiency side of things How will custom PDF templates the thing we are working on help him He'll be able to design contract in any way he needs to So with such questions answered the team had a tangible purpose Helping Harvey succeed them and also while answering such questions other ones were popping up like what degree of Flexibility should these templates have and constructive debates were starting on what's the best way to roll out the Implementation now so the team was directly involved in discovering all of the relevant details So our performance was better and the team was feeling better Because knowing the details makes things predictable Predictable things make us feel safe Filling safe makes us comfortable which in turn creates a good environment for speaking up and Finally speaking up helps us feel valued though so our team got more united more productive and proactive because The goals that we had started to be very explicit and they will were built around The people at the other end of our product who were counting on those scenarios to work out So it was not only about being involved But about being involved for somebody else whose lives we could impact in some way you And now there are days when I'm a bit under the weather not really in the mood for anything and then somebody from my team comes and asks So is half Harvey happy with the feature is he already using the form does he need anything else from our side and I can see the Enthusiasm in their eyes and that overwhelms me in a positive way and makes me Think time and time again that user scenarios really do bring us together and help us do great work together as a team And I keep hearing how I shouldn't let work become family But I believe that I'm already doomed because this is what we look like nowadays when we are Celebrating a company achievement in this case one successful year of captain form So I believe this brings me to the end to sum it up Users have shown me how to be a more confident road map planner by welcoming their feedback and using it to Evaluate and prioritize items on my road map They have shown me how to be a better teacher by embracing their diversity And they have shown me how to be a part of a happy team by Discussing user scenarios and letting them bring us together So I would like to encourage you to listen to your users as much as you can Just stay responsible towards your product to stay kind towards the people who are using it and To stay in love with your daily activity Because beyond all of the failures in the world there is just so much light and you might just be doing a wonderful job Thank you Thank you so much. That was such an inspiring talk just before lunch. Are there any questions in the room? anybody There is one question there. Could you walk to the mic? There's a mic or you can say to me and I'll repeat it. Hmm. Yeah, so The slide with the team once again Oh Please yes, okay This one this one. Okay. Yeah, sure, please Thank you All right, anyone else question. Yes, please walk to the mic. Hey, my name is also Alessandra. So nice to meet you Nice to meet you. I have a question. How are you handling for example user feedback when they Request a feature where the value versus effort is not that good. How are you communicating with them? Basically letting them down Yes So we try to be very Direct, but of course not in a rude way. We don't want to set to expectations that we cannot match afterwards So especially when you get to establish a Bit of a relation with a user and you like what he's doing and you want to help him You have the tendency to say sure we'll not be able to do it this week But just wait until next weekend will get it done for you But unfortunately, that's not how it works and we have a very long list of requests and as I was saying personal assumptions and If it doesn't match the ratio then we cannot implement it and we will tell the user that Sorry, there is nothing we can do at this point if we have a workaround then we help him Set up that workaround But if not then it just remains an item on our road map and possibly it never gets done But the thing is that if we communicate Quickly with users and if we are honest then Usually we don't receive an aggressive reaction back We don't receive bad reviews or stuff like that. They understand. That's just how it goes All right. Thank you any more questions Yes, please come to the mic if you have a question if you think of a question just walk to the mic and You can ask your question when she's finished answering the former question Hi, a lot of what you're talking about is based on user feedback and I'm just wondering how you guys collate that feedback Particularly with user scenarios. How do you come up with these? Okay, so how we collect user feedback about the user scenarios Usually they come from direct interaction with users. So we kind of Get involved in in their scenarios Of course, it can't be all of them as I was mentioning before But we try to you know to identify the scenarios that might be more representative for a larger segment not that just particular user So that's how we how we identify user scenarios and about the other feedback Of course, it comes from direct communication as well, but it also comes from Service that we place on our website It comes from reading a lot on the internet We read not just about our product what about competitor products and we kind of get a feel of it and Information that we collect from the web is also valuable feedback that helps us validate certain assumptions And I can go on afterwards Thank you All right, and this is an ongoing process. You just keep going back and it's collecting information and then Just keep moving Yeah, so it's kind of the the basis of our state of mind. Yeah Awesome. Thank you very much. Give her a big applause. Thank you


What's going on in front of my family? Welcome back to another video. It's your girl Denise. If you guys are new to the channel, make sure you hit that subscribe button and join the family. So guys, Isaiah took forever to get up this morning so he is in the bedroom getting ready so I have to make this intro very quickly because we are about to go to his mom's house. Now on the way to his mom's house, I am going to prank dad as, and I'm basically going to be telling him he's not enough for me and we are going to get his reaction. Yeah guys, I'm basically going to tell him that and I'm just going to drag it like I always do because you know I know how to push those buttons. So guys, if you are ready for today's video, don't forget to smash that like button. Comment team Denise in the comment section below because this one's going to be a banger and let's get it guys. What's going on, Evan and Pham? Welcome back to another video. If you guys are new to the channel, make sure you guys hit that subscribe button, turn on your post notification bell, leave a positive comment down below for a chance to get a whaaat. Or a chance to get a shout out in the next video. That is right guys. So, babe, I gotta acknowledge it. All right, having wore a hat. Here we go. Having wore a fitted hat since middle school. All right, let me know what you guys think. No, I'm not bald underneath. I just got a fresh haircut not too long ago. But what do you think about it? I like it, but this isn't the first time you wore a fitted hat. You've been wearing them often. Yes, but just not on camera. This is the first time they see it. Is it? This is the first time they see it, yes. Oh, okay, all right. So, I have a couple already. I have another one coming in the mail tomorrow. Okay, they look really nice with the colored brims. You know, I got a little collection going, but I'm really excited. I wanna get like 50 of them. Yeah, this has become a new obsession. Every five seconds, he's looking for new fitted hats. And I'm like, oh God, here we go. Like a new thing. I don't see the problem. I don't see a problem with it either, but. That's right, you don't, you don't. Guys, we are currently on the way to my mom's house. It's gonna be kind of like a chill day today with my barbecue over there. My mom might wanna go out somewhere. I feel like we're supposed to be going out somewhere because Janice got really dressed and looks really, really good today. Usually you don't wear jeans. So. I was gonna say, the one day I wear jeans, everybody thinks that it's something crazy because I always. I feel like you and my mom are like planning on something. You guys are planning on taking me somewhere that I don't wanna go. Nobody is planning on anything. I feel like you guys are planning on something and I'm not looking forward to it. So. Oh goodness. What all I being said guys, we're gonna hit the road now. I think I wanna get something to eat before we go though. What are you getting? I don't think that concerns you. So we'll see you guys in a few. All right, you ready for the big reveal? What big reveal? The reveal of where I'm gonna eat. You were so anxious to know. Yes, it's a big reveal. You were so anxious and eager to know. I really didn't care that much. Yes, you did. Why are you lying?  I'm not.  I'm not lying. I really don't care what he eats.  The place I'm going to, I know you're gonna judge it. So this is why I didn't wanna tell you. You know, you're gonna figure it out anyway when I pull up two of it. Um. Let's hear it. I wanna go to Ronald McDonald. This is exactly why I didn't wanna tell you. McDonald's really. Yes, McDonald's really. Yes, bro. It's cause it tastes good. It tastes good and I'm craving it. All right, I want some nuggets and I want some fries. I don't see the problem. Why is it that every single time you can have anything in the world and you choose McDonald's? Bro, it tastes good. I like being satisfied when I eat. And I'm tired of people coming at McDonald's crazy, bro. Like, yes, it's not the best, healthiest food you can eat. It's really not. We know that, but let's not act like McDonald's wasn't there for us when we had like no money.  I understand that, but at the same time, it's just like why you, you're not in that situation anymore. It tastes good. I know I'm not in that situation anymore. Thank you God. But it still tastes good and I like to be satisfied when I eat.  You're not enough for me. I'm not enough for you? Yes, why are you screaming? Lower your voice.  I'm not enough. You're at two different levels, like, ew. Yeah, I know. You're here, you're here and I'm here. Since you wanna make that comment. No. That's exactly what it is. Definitely not.  Make it make sense. How is it that situation? How is it that make a big sense? It makes a lot of sense to me.   So you're saying that I'm not enough as a boyfriend. I'm not enough as a person, like as if I don't deserve you. That's how I'm taking that. Exactly. Exactly. Because I want McDonald's. No, it's not. So make it make sense. Make it make sense. I'm making it make sense. Make it make sense. Because that makes absolutely no sense. That was probably. How? Your reasoning behind it is absolutely just horrendous. That makes no sense at all. You're always trying to eat nasty stuff. What does that have to do with you?   Like, what do you want me to tell you? I don't know if you're getting so worked up over this situation.   What sense does that make? That's like you. It makes a lot of sense.  I don't like pliables. So you're not enough for me. Make it make sense. That makes no sense at all. It does make sense to me. That's kind of really insulting. And if it's like that, then why are you with me? Because I don't know. Why are you with me? Sometimes you're cool. You're free to leave. I don't know why are you with me then because I eat McDonald's.    Oh, so what is it then? What is it? Since I'm not enough, I would love to hear it. What is it? Because it's just like everything. Like you always want to be doing like the things opposite from what I like. What are you talking about? Like why can't you just have a salad? I don't want salad. I don't like salads. You need to get with salads. Honestly. All right, now you're gonna call me fat. I'm not calling you fat.  I'm just saying. I'll have you know, I lost 12 pounds since December. Okay, good for you. So that means my eating habits have changed tremendously. Yeah, but then you always go back to McDonald's. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Let's not act like I've been on this healthy kick for since December. I haven't, all right? I've still been having my crappy meals. All right, and obviously whatever I'm doing is working if I lost 12 pounds.  That's not true. All right, bro.  All right, bro, so tell it to my gut. Tell it to the gut because I lost 12 pounds, so it can make sense. It's just your mindset. That's all that it is. It makes sense. Your mindset is disgusting to me, and that's why I feel like I just need better. You're just not enough. You're just not enough. Because everything I do for you is not enough. No, it's not. I need so much more. You know what, so how about we test it then? How about you go a whole week without my help, without anything, as if I don't exist, and let's see how much you realize that, like, damn, he was there for me. I really had a good boyfriend. I'll be fine without you. All right, so I want to test it then. So how about you just... I don't need you. I don't need your negative McDonald's energy. All right, so how about our upcoming trip?  Yeah, that's fine. All right, so go ahead. Let's do it then. Fine. All right. Okay. Yeah, it's funny, really. And then, yeah, uh-huh. And if I make a comment like that to you, don't, no. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. Janice, I will run this car into someone's house. Oh my God. Don't touch me. Let me see those McDonald's fingers. No, no, bro. Let me see those fingers. Oh, stop touching. Give me, let me see those french fries. You're trying to be funny after you made a serious comment. It's not funny. It's really not. It's a prank. I'll eat an inch of it in the house. It's a prank. It's a prank. It's a prank. It's a prank. It's a prank. I'll slam on the brakes. We could do a driving craze park. No, no, no. What if there's somebody behind? There obviously wasn't. I check. Oh my God. You're crazy. You want to do a driving crazy park four? No. Because we could do it. Oh, baby. We could do it. We could do it. We could do it. We could do it. Oh my God. Don't do that. I don't think you want to do it. Say Tima's there. I'll do it. No. Say Tima's there. Okay. Yeah. Oh my God. Yeah. It was about time. I got it on camera. Oh my God. There was no one around, obviously.  How would I hit, bro? I wasn't looking. No, you know how much my car means to me. I would never put my car in a dangerous situation. Oh my God. No. However. Team Genese. Team Genese, not Team Isaiah. Team Genese. You just said Team Isaiah. It doesn't matter. You can't take it back. You can't take it back. Whatever, bro. I win. I win. Okay. I'll talk to you guys when we park, because now I'm scared. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, friends and family. So that is it for today's video. I hope you all enjoyed. That was just crazy. But it is time for today's post notifications shout out. Today's post notifications shout out goes out to Nunhua. Thank you so much for your love and support. Isaiah and I love you. And if you guys enjoyed today's video, don't forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe. Turn on those post notification bells so you know if I win whenever we post a new video. And with all that being said, you have anything to say? Guys, yes, there's something I want to say. Guys. Go ahead. So the real W here was the fact that we finally got Team Genese to say Team Isaiah. It's because you won. So we won. We won. We never lose. This is your prank and I still win. No, it's not. I got you. That's the point. Like I got you riled up and I did what I had to do for Team Genese.  I wasn't gonna. Yes you were. All right, bro. You were trying to scare me. All right, bro. Okay. We'll catch you in the next one. Love you in front of fail.


Well, just the sort of weather the fans were hopping for this evening, it's absolutely ideal. I'm Derek Ray, with me for commentary is Lee Dixon, and we've got Premier League action coming right up. It's Arsenal up against Tottenham Hotspur. Yeah, thanks Derek as always. Pleasure to be here. I have to say, the atmosphere is fantastic in here. I'm anticipating a really good game today, hopefully we won't be disappointed. And this is the Arsenal starting 11. Ben Lano is the goalkeeper. Granite Jacker plays alongside Danny Sevallos in the centre of the park. And the main forward here is Alex Lacazette. Vonshafanez. Corner given to Spurs. And now the delivery. Now the pass not finding its target. Kane. Well, not really a shooting moment. He's going to be especially proud of Lee. Well, he did have other options, but he thought, you know what, I'm just going to have a go. And I think if we analyse what William can do, he's said. And a warm welcome on what is a glorious night for football. Perfect playing conditions. I'm Derek Ray, joined on the commentary box by Lee Dixon. And very much looking forward to bringing you action from the Premier League. It's Arsenal up against Tottenham Hotspur. Yeah, the talking is over. The game plans are set. Now it's up to the players to go out and earn their corn. There's nothing the managers can do once the first whistle goes. I think, Derek, we're in for a cracker. Oselso. Spurs get the advantage from the referee. They've all backed with Arsenal now. The defenders will certainly have done their homework, Lee. And on that basis, must keep more than a weather eye on Lacazette. Well, I love watching him. He's got quick feet, quick mind.  So his defenders normally stand off him. And then he's got more time to pick the pass he wants. And he normally finds the best one. Making high pressing work for them here.


Hello, dear viewers, and welcome back to part 2 of Signs You May Have a Toxic Parent. It's common sense to distance yourself from toxic people, but what if those toxic people are your parents? When you see them every day, it can be extremely difficult to get any kind of break. Even though you may not have had a choice to be brought up by the parents you have, you do have a choice in how you choose to react towards them. Also, here are six more common signs that could signal that you have a toxic parent. 1. They're manipulative. Toxic parents are masters of emotional manipulation. They have a way of twisting the truth so they look good while you look and feel awful. This can range from embellishment of a tale, outright putting words in your mouth to even exposing a secret of yours. They may also make false promises to get what they want out of you. This manipulation also allows them to exploit you as their love only extends as far as your usefulness, like a tool. Once you no longer provide a use, they stop putting in the effort of appearing to care. You may stand up for yourself to stop the manipulation, but then they might take you for a ride on the guilt-trip train, telling you you're a bad or ungrateful son or daughter for abandoning them. In reality, they're just angry that they weren't able to take advantage of you. 2. They blame you. Some parents are so toxically irresponsible that they blame their children for everything that they perceive has gone wrong in their lives. They then use this as an excuse to lash out at you for things that aren't your fault. They didn't get the career they wanted, well, that's because you were born. They're fighting with their spouse, maybe a divorce is imminent? Well, it's because they can't agree on how to raise you. You're such a problem. Did they lose their favorite pen? Well, you must have stolen it. You can see how ridiculous and toxic it gets. 3.  Don't take this the wrong way. Sometimes they're just guiding you onto a more annoying, but sustainable, productive path. That's not toxic or bad. With the toxic parent, this manifests as them ensuring you're always miserable if they can help it. This happiness blocker doesn't have to stem from severe situations like abandonment or beating. Just them putting a damper on everything is enough. If you dread seeing them or sharing any happy news with them because you know they'll just stomp on it, then you understand this is toxic behavior. 4. They're unstable. Instability in most situations is not positive. Toxic parents are no different. These parents may have weak boundaries of their own, lacking the capacity to stand their ground in several aspects of their lives or give guidance to the child. This results in waves of lashing out at the child for problems stemming from the parent's overly permissive habits.  5. They're overly critical and mean. Imagine, you feel good about finishing a paper. The toxic parent's response to you is to see a small error, so it's terrible. You start over double checking for tiny errors, and now they tell you, the paper you used is not white enough. Why did you change it? It's garbage. The critique given is also usually not constructive. Quite often, they'll also be mean about the perceived failure, preying on insecurities, calling you names or highlighting your flaws to prove you're not good enough. Watch out for this red flag.  And 6. They're severely abusive. Here is the most blatant and obvious sign of toxic parenting. When a parent, these people whose very roles are to nurture, support, and guide you, and they abuse you, they're toxic. The abuse can be physical, verbal, or emotional. It's all unhealthy and toxic, and you don't deserve that. Do you relate to or recognize any of these behaviors? Do you see or observe them in other situations? We know they're your parents, and from that status alone, you may feel they get a pass and forgive them, maybe change them, or even start over. Those of us with toxic parents have been there, we get it.  You're not required to sacrifice your well-being for them.  You're not to blame for their problematic behaviors, nor is it your responsibility or ability to change how they think or behave. We can only control how we react and change ourselves. If you'd like to know more about the specific dynamics of a toxic relationship between a parent and child, Psych2Go has created a playlist and uploaded videos on toxic father-daughter relationships, toxic mother-daughter relationships, toxic father-son relationships, and toxic mother-son relationships on our YouTube channel. If you haven't watched part one of this video, you can check it out by clicking on the link in the description box below. Thank you so much for watching and learning with us. Now, go remind yourself how awesome you are, and we'll see you next time.


All right, one of the most common things that I get asked is how do I develop lucid dreaming superpowers? You know, the people want to do the fun things, the flying, the telekinesis, the time travel, all of this stuff. How do you actually do that? Let me just start by telling you one basic tip or trick that you can use which is going to help you massively in terms of like developing powers, controlling the dream more, and all of that sort of stuff. So the first tip that I want to share is that you need to change which type of energy and effort you're using. If you're used to doing things physically in the waking world, right, you're used to, if something's not moving, you push it harder, you use your muscles. If you're not running fast enough, you run faster, you use more of your leg muscles. If you're trying to like pull open a door that's just not working, you really get behind it and you use your muscles, you use your body. And that's, that's fine in the waking world, you know, that works. But in the dream world, you don't have muscles, you don't have a body. You don't even really have anything physical in the dream. And a lot of people forget this and they tend to try and use their dream muscles to, to open a door that's not opening or their dream legs to run faster, to escape that chasing nightmare, whatever, whatever's chasing you. The dream doesn't work like that. Okay, the dream is not a physical space because it's a manifestation of your mind. It's an illusion. And much like in the matrix, you need to learn that you can bend or break all of these rules that you may have carried into the dream through from your waking life. So let's say if you're being chased by something, don't try and run faster because by using physical effort to do something in a dream, whether that's running or lifting something heavy or flying, you're missing the point and you're actually holding yourself back, literally holding yourself back in the dream, because your mind will assume that if you're using physical effort, there'll also be physical resistance. If you try and push something really heavy, your mind knows that the more you push it, it also pushes back and there's resistance to it. You know, if you're trying to run faster, faster you run, the more tired you get, you know, the harder it is to keep running at that speed. And so your mind eventually says, okay, well, at this point, he should be feeling tired. So, and so you feel tired and so you aren't able to run as fast in the dream or the thing catches you. So what's the answer then? It's not using physical effort. That's that's a mistake. What you need to do is use mental effort, use expectation and belief. And that inner lucid dream is far more effective than anything you could do with your dream body, right? Or your muscles, which are, they aren't there. You know, there's nothing physical in the dream.  So you can decide anything, you can control anything really. You know, as long as you believe it and you expect it to happen, you can do anything in a lucid dream. You don't need to rely on your muscles because they don't exist. So that really is the most important tip I can give you. If you're trying to fly, for example, a lot of people will physically flap their arms as if they were wings and they wonder why they fall down or they can't fly for very long. And it's just because you can't do anything using physical effort because you don't have a physical body in the dream. You need to change the way you approach it and just do it slightly differently. Now that is just one of the tips that are in my lucid superpowers guide, which I haven't actually mentioned for a long time. But I have this ebook guide that I've spent a lot of time writing called Lucid Dreaming Superpowers, which I'll put a link in the description right now. But here are just some of the things you'll learn in that guide. So you will learn things like in a lucid dream that is telekinesis, mind reading, shape shifting, super strength and super speed, flying, you know, secrets about how to move objects and move through surfaces, the types of sound waves you can use that will actually talk to your brain and subconscious, the fundamental approach to mastering any superpower, whether that's flying or whatever it is, the fundamental approach to actually mastering it and learning it. How to fly, teleport, time travel, all of these really exciting things. What I would say, there's also a bit on dream hacking as well. This is a very good high value product, right? I've spent a lot of time on this ebook. If you are interested in it, go and check the link in the description or just Google Lucid Dreaming Superpowers. And my site is howtolucid.com, as I'm sure you know. And that's it for now, guys. I might share a couple of other tips on superpowers and like abilities and things like that, because that's the stuff that really excites me, the advanced lucid dreaming. I think that's what a lot of people don't really talk about these days. They just talk about how to have your first lucid dream, you know. But what about if you're already there and you already can lucid dream? By the way, if you're watching this and you have not had any lucid dreams, you've not been able to do it at all yet, and you're watching my videos and you're just wondering like, when will it happen for me? I would strongly advise you go through my bootcamp. Again, the link is in the description, but it does guarantee that you'll lucid dream within 20 days and it's very effective. There are reviews on it. There are testimonials, but it's been created specifically for you, the people who find it really hard to lucid dream, who haven't been able to have one yet. So hopefully this has been helpful, guys. I'll see you next time. Leave a comment letting me know what you think. Thanks for watching, guys, this video and this channel was supported by my Patreon followers. Please consider giving just a dollar a month to support this channel or just click the links in the description. You'll find links to various lucid dream products, articles, techniques and tutorials. If you did enjoy this video, please click the notification bell and subscribe and I'll see you next time. Why are you still watching this? You should have clicked one of my related videos by now, right? Or subscribed or gone onto my website or something like that.


The Brainerd girls hockey team also hosting the Cardinals tonight. First period, Brainerd got on the board quickly. Cheyenne Abair pushes this one in and gets the Warriors on top 1-0. Alexandria tied the score up in the second, but Brainerd comes back 2-1 here. Then Abby Thielen buries the puck. She's assisted by Lindsay Booth to push the flying Warriors up 3-1. And then Abair made the first goal and then she'd make the last one as she finds a way to get around the goalie, push the Warrior League to 4-1. That's what they win by is Cheyenne Abair with two goals in that one. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.