All right, folks, good afternoon and welcome on back here to close out our week this Friday, June 10th, shortly after 2.30 p.m. Eastern time, at least for those of us who still stick with me here in Cyber Group like Norman and Wendy and Bobby. Great to see you all back here, Chuck Included. Great to see all of us back on social media, Facebook, Live, and YouTube here. I'll tell you what, Fridays are normally pretty slow. The outliers of the week, Mondays and Fridays, not as much company-specific news out there. If you look back on earnings calendars normally, it's Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. And then even furthermore, for a summer, summer Fridays are normally expected to be slow, nickels and dimes type of day. This was the furthest thing from a nickels and dimes day. Unbelievable. Obviously, the markets had dropped off. We ended up seeing continuation from yesterday afternoon's move, but we are day traders here at Cybertrading University and otherwise traders just in general. So we need to follow the market. And for those of us that are able to short, well, it made some pretty easy opportunities on stocks that we traded from yesterday, like Billy and Neo and a slew of others, just DocuSign, that was specific to this morning. But that led to a nice drop off as well after the open. But aside from that, obviously here, our EDU is on the screen. Just to be transparent, we weren't even trading this one. I just kind of turned over to this right before we had started this call. But it was Redbox, right? RDBX. And folks, I mean, it doesn't always work out this way. The cookie doesn't always crumble this way. But not only were we calling this thing out at 840 Eastern time and pre-market saying, hey, watching Redbox here, folks, it was up 6% in pre-market. It was inching up, pinching up, teasing it, teasing it, teasing it. So of course, we hope for the big pop and the run after, we don't always get it. But there were so many clues. The writing was on the wall for this Redbox trade. Even dating back to Wednesday of this week, because Wednesday of this past week, or Wednesday of this week, we ended up seeing this really fail to pop higher. I don't have the chart here. I might have to go back on the five minute, but ultimately back on Wednesday, this thing really was teasing the same type of pop and it just failed to really snap over the VWAP here. Chart doesn't look that great. Doesn't look like it's near the highs, obviously back then. But it was teasing a re-break above the VWAP acting as resistance. And we were strongly led to believe that back then, if it broke out, would have led to a really extensive run. So obviously, it didn't happen Wednesday. It didn't happen yesterday. But it's a stock that we've been really familiar with over the last two months at this point, three months at this point. So this thing has just been a great sideless stock at minimum. And today, going into the open, all eyes were on this thing. It wasn't on the C2 morning watch list. That's all right. Doesn't need to be. After the open, as long as either myself or a couple of our students like Chuck and Norman had their eyes on this alongside myself and pre-market here, once it breaks above resistance, you get the chance to try and take the trade. It took a while for the real run to come to fruition. But because of our belief of what could have happened Wednesday afternoon, that led us to hold on to this runner the whole way up. And when I say the whole way up, and I normally don't have the chance to do this because, A, we don't always have a runner like Redbox every single day of the week, post days of the week we do. But in the sense of this panning out as well as we could possibly imagine, what time is this at? 1051 Eastern time, folks. I was writing this more as a joke than to be actually guaranteed. But I was saying, hey, 1425 would be an interesting top on Redbox later on today. And that was posted in the chat at prior to 11 o'clock Eastern time. So the more this goes up and up and up and up and up, you certainly anticipate for that to actually pan out and for it to come to fruition. So ultimately on my trade, I ended up scaling out at 1275. I was in from 10. I ended up getting out on the last half over 13. It was before this big shake here. So I was really happy to get out. I wish I could tell you I got back in. I did not get back in on Redbox. But ultimately, it ended up moving all the way up towards as high as 1464 broke above my 1425. But that was based off the weekly chart, looking at a really historical weekly close on the weekly chart there. But Redbox right now, even it's still showing some life volume significantly waned off from earlier today. That is to be expected. But just given the range this stock has made, it definitely looks tradeable. I'll come back to this just at the tail end of our meeting here. I'll definitely write it down on the side. But if it ends up showing even more signs of life here into this afternoon, I'll be more keen to follow it. All right. So folks, I'll tell you what, Fausto is finishing up the phase three stock course coming up at 305 Eastern Time. Obviously, he was back this morning. He had a really good open himself with you folks there between COGT, IMTE, obviously Redbox. I think after that was AERC. I mean, there was just like a royal rumble of different stocks that were running earlier today. So let's go across the top of the gainers list here and we'll just quickly scan with Redbox, obviously moving as much as it did here. RDBXW, the warrants are on the top of the gainers list here. Normally, we're not as particular about the warrants. We're normally not because they're normally pretty illiquid. Looking at level three here, it's got a pretty thin order book. Obviously, looks like a great chart moved up really well today. From a dollar up over 250, the warrants will make a bigger percent move compared to the equity oftentimes. But I'm not going to get drawn into it. I'd much rather trade the more liquid equity Redbox. All right. Come back to our EDU. I'm happy that we stepped away from it at first because obviously this thing does not look too good now. Maybe it was deserving of a pullback after how much it already ran, but just for something that normally doesn't trade this much volume across the day, it's going to be exhausted after a point in time and more often than not, if it's exhausted, it's not going to make a second wind type of move heading into the afternoon. If it does, it's just going to be a continued drop off here. Right now, the redo trade, our EDU, we're going to pass COGT, another runner from earlier today. This was really really good to us earlier this morning beginning in pre-market. It was on our pre-market list, morning watch list. And with that, I mean, hey, I was more interested in Redbox personally.  So I missed out on COGT at first. But again, you look at the chat board, you go back through the chat and you see the callouts that I'm making with students live in coaching sessions. I was working with one of our students, Allison, and this was at the time that, you know, hey, this was like kind of like at 9.25, 9.35 here. We actually had a February set up right there. And at that point we were saying, well, it should be beginning to pull back lower and lower. And if it falls down to the next support, roughly off of 8.70 to 8.80, you know, I'm going to look to jump in. So it dropped down exactly to 8.70. It doesn't look like the greatest thing in the world. But you know, right off the level that we had called out, 8.70 led to the initial bounce. And that was roughly where the VWAP was. So I was really hoping for a lot more on that. Of course, you know, I ended up getting out on that trade with 16 cent profit. I was up as much as 32 cents and things were looking good. But you wanted more and wanted more. But you know, if you're not going to get it, you may as well just jump out because similar to the, you know, redo trade for as much as this ran up earlier today and for as much volume as this stock traded today compared to what it normally doesn't do, you know, prior to today's stock trades about like a few hundred thousand shares on average per day, you know, more often than not, this thing was going to come back down. So I only grabbed like a few cents on it. It ended up slamming right back down here. It's just flat here at this point. So for the afternoon, we'll definitely pass. You know, it doesn't seem too good right now. Keep it going. MICS, it's near the highs. Don't get me wrong, but it's pretty illiquid. Trading about four or 5,000 shares per minute. That number should drop off over time as well. So I'd be pretty careful there. DRTS, pass. Red box. It's kind of on our side list here for right now. RTBX, at this point, they don't have anything on the main watch list. So that might just make the list for that reason alone. But, you know, right now, otherwise 8 ERC, you know, hey, it was looking good until it didn't look good, right? You know, it was building up pretty nicely here. It looked a little rugged actually, but trending up with higher lows, higher highs at first. And then it failed to really break above the high and break above, you know, 1150 for the most part. And then from there, obviously just now, a big snap down. This stock could still be in contention just because it ended up dropping off from like 110 all the way down to sub two. And then from, you know, earlier this week, we ended up seeing this make a huge pop and run. So, or even back from Friday last week, that could have been or one day this week. Otherwise, just, you know, really big day over day run. And for as much as it dropped off on the long term, you know, there is a chance where if we happen to see direction holds here, this actually popped back up. You know, this could really go another like two or three bucks, if not perhaps even more. The only issue is just the liquidity or lack thereof. There's like nothing really to work off of here on the book. So is it like really worth watching or is it more of like a gamble, more of like a, you know, kind of a higher risk trade? So right now at this point in the afternoon, after doing as well as we've done on Redbox and on the COGT even and the others that will jump to, you know, just, I'm not really too particular about this. Norman had called out Goro earlier, G-O-R-O, and it's pushing up.  You know, maybe it's gold altogether, GDXU I see up there. There's Nugget, gold mining ETF up near 10% right now. I haven't seen Nugget. It's been a long time. We have a couple of our students like Grant inside our live trading room that focused on gold. You know, hey, it's having a great day today. Don't get me wrong. I want to focus on something that looks pretty sharp, you know, as a day trade has a really good opportunity to make a strong pop hire. Give me a quick moment here folks. Give me a quick moment here. I don't know what just happens. A quick second here. I don't know what just happened. Just play platform, just shut off for a quick moment. I just get the screen back up, which is odd too. Suck. All right, social media. You were good to go for all of us live inside the trading room. Just give me a split second. Obviously, screen went out for a moment. Let's see. I might be, oh, I need to, for all of us on social media right now really quickly. I just had the audio and video go out. So just give me a quick second. I'm going to get everything back up and running right now. They can go, at least for all of us on social media. You have the video and then for all of us live inside the trading room. Again, just bear with me for a quick moment. I don't know what happened there. I was on a nice roll for a moment, but then obviously screen went blank for a bit. So I'm going to reshare my screen. I think that everybody could hear me. Just give me a quick moment. All right, we'll go turbo here throughout the remainder of this meeting folks. I appreciate you just understanding. I don't know what happened just there, but we'll get everything officially up in just a quick moment. All right, for all of us live inside the trading room, can you see the screen? It should be good now. All right, we are good. All right. So I apologize. I lost my footing there for a second. So IMTE, going back to this one briefly as we continue the gainer side, ended up making a nice pop earlier. Hey, it's moving on up pretty nicely here trading about 29, 30,000 shares. That number will drop off, but it is pretty liquid too. So, you know, as much as I say that also look at the daily chart, this stock took a huge hit back from Wednesday of this week from 13 all the way down to sub three. So, you know, there is a chance where shorts cover and this continues to push.  If anything, this will make the main list and then just expedite time. You know what? I'll slap red box back on our watch list here for this afternoon. So, you know, those two at least will make the cut for right now. Market otherwise, as you could see the spy on the five-minute chart here, really flat. So, you know, after the morning drop-off at least, you know, not a whole lot really happening across the major indices. You know, perhaps you see some short covering into the close. If we don't, that's not a good sign. If we don't get short covering here into this close, I would not figure that to be a good sign for next week. So with that, UVXY is meddling around. This will kind of remain on our side list. You know, it's there. If the markets drop off, UVXY will go up. If the markets go up, UVXY will drop off. So, you know, for those of us that do really well on this ETF or the others like SQQQ, keep it on your list if you do well. But otherwise, let's see what's on the loser side for right now. Geez, REV. All right. So, this thing is hard to borrow on my platform here on TradeStation today. REV is, you know, hard to borrow. I don't know if I can get the shares to short it, but it's down enough to where, if it fails to break lower, perhaps we do get a dead cap ounce. REVLOT, interesting. Wow. They dropped all the way down. Let me check out the daily chart here pretty briefly. Really, across the end of last year, once it broke support from like roughly 10, there's no really no looking back. So it looks like the stock's breaking all time lows. You know, if it's shortable on your platform, then obviously respect the trend down, because this would be a pretty interesting short then in that case. So, REV in particular, I'll add to our list, Fulc, F-U-L-C. For as much down as this was before, it's actually already making a nice little dead cap bounce here. You know, the question is, how much more is there to this bounce? I'm not expecting there to be a whole lot more left on this trade. So, you know, this is what you hope to see REV do if you can't short REV. You know, for as much down as REV is, 47%.  So, you know, that's why we at least have REV on the list, but I don't know how much more this one in particular will keep moving up. Dave, I guess that's a bad name.  We were hoping for a pop on this in a run and had an all-rate entry, but obviously did not continue. So, you know, right now this thing's not looking great. The DocuSign trade for as expensive as it is, it's not worth it. It's just dead. All right, folks, not to sound lazy. And I'll tell you, there are a couple of stacks that are shortable here and the market's down.  I'll do a quick rummage through, but if there's anything else that looks good up or, you know, namely down, you know, 5% or more, type it in the chat board here. Just let me know. Stitch Fix. Stocks breaking all-time lows, if not mistaken here or otherwise, just multi-year lows at least. All-time lows. All-time lows. All right, so SFIX, I like this as a short, obviously, no historical support for this trade. So, you know, Stitch Fix we'll put on there. Just all these others at least that are easy to borrow. You got to check the volume and the price on them. LAB use an ETF. All right, open here. I thought open was breaking all-time lows like a month or two ago. I remember one of our students, Chuck, writing that. Don't ask how I remember that from a month or so ago, folks. I don't really have much of a life. So, that's where I could say at least open. Well, it was breaking all-time lows back a couple months ago. I was right with that.  The only issue is that it's pretty slow. So, you know, Stitch Fix looks a lot better right now for comparing the two. It's tradeable, but it was better out there than this. Fresh. Hello. Is this hello fresh or fresh works? Okay. Stock is shortable breaking all-time lows, but on the intraday chart, just not really looking too great. Not a whole lot happening there. All right, Bobby on red box. Bobby, you've been killing it today from market open to right now. I got to congratulate you. You've had a really good and a really great day today. Picked up another 23 or 25 cents on it. Well, we got Bobby on YouTube, Bobby C, and then we got Bobby J on YouTube. Bobby calling out TAL here. All right. Well, TAL is pushing up. Don't get me wrong. It's there. Question is, is this too slow? Because EDU should be moving up too, and EDU is a little bit thinner in terms of the volume traded, and you know, you kind of want that.  Perhaps there's a chance for this to really pop and go. Then what was the other one, GOTU, if I'm not mistaken, right, Bobby? I know what that TAL, if anything, is looking really the best. Definitely, the TAL is looking the sharpest of those three so far. EDU could become the most volatile of those three. But you know what, TAL, I'll put on our list. I like it. Trinia, that's a shame. Trinia says, I didn't find the red box traded until the end of it. I had to drive my son to school. So family comes first. We all know that, right? But it just, at the end of the day, have we not seen red box run before? Have we not killed it on red box in the past? Well, that doesn't mean that we're going to continue to kill it on red box in particular. But there's always going to be another trade. There's always going to be another runner like red box today. So that's all right. You know, it's a shame in the moment to miss the move and come back and be like, Oh my God, I can't believe I just missed that. But hey, maybe over the next 70 minutes, we're going to find another big runner coming up from this list, folks. Perhaps, we'll find out. I think that's just about it, folks. That's all I got here on social media, Facebook Live, YouTube. That's all I got for all of us live inside the trading room. Let me just check YouTube or let me just check Benzinga before we finish up. Slow down here before I finish, Tim. IMTE, we have that on our list already. It's still looking all right, coiling up, still kind of showing a trend up higher lows, needs to really pop though soon. The HYMC trade, flat, it's up 6.7% right now, but not much to it really. I'll tell you what, one that I am going to add to our list and one I'm actually kicking myself between you and I, I'm always transparent. PALT is inching back up right now. And it's not like near the highs and it's not the best one that we're going to put on the list. And I'm not in it right now, folks. The reason I even bring this up is because I called it out earlier and I usually trade what I call out. I was in this from 216.  I'll just get out, break even. Well, it actually helped. I probably shouldn't have gone against my first instinct. I had a stop set at least. Should have stuck with my first instinct like we always talk about and it's inching up a little bit more. Is it possible for this to make another pop-up perhaps up towards like 242? It's possible. It doesn't hurt us to put this on our watch list if anything. So for right now, I'll do that, especially with this holding and moving back up. I wish I could say I'm still in it, but so be it. Norman here at the end says ENSV worth watching. We've got to make sure that we have enough time to join Fausto's class coming up at 3, 305. It's not really trading a lot of volume right now. It's only 746,000 shares. A lot of that volume coming in recently off the three level, but at least for right now will pass. If there is a lot more volume coming in shortly from now, then we'll be interested. If that moves up, then I would hope to see HUSA move up and that's not really doing anything really. The nine trade, all these other energy stocks. So I think that could be a false move there, Norman, like a teaser. Be careful on that one. All right, folks. For all of us on Facebook Live, YouTube, I appreciate you sticking with me today, especially during that small little blip of a tech issue. But nonetheless, enjoy the weekend, TGIF. If you have any other questions, feel more than free to send over a quick email, joshc2trading.com. I always like to post my email here at the end of these streams. But otherwise, if you wanted to join us inside our live trading room, just go right down to the link on the yellow banner below right there to get yourself started. I know that Rich will be on the mic coming up right at three. Most of our students will be with Fausto in the advanced trading class in the phase three stock course.  And then I'll be back on the mic right at 3.30 for all of us otherwise inside the live trading room to wrap things up into the end of the week. All right, folks. I'll talk to you all soon. Take care. These amazing products and a world of knowledge for just $9. Do it.


1 Timothy 6, beginning at verse 13, I urge you in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless, until our Lord Jesus Christ appearing, which he will manifest in his own time, he who is the blessed and only potentate, the king of kings, and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power, amen. So Paul is concluding his letter to his young protégé, a young man by the name of Timothy. Timothy is a pastor of a church there in the mighty and powerful city of Ephesus. And he's been giving final orders to him, urging him to flee from a variety of things. And as we've been going through this chapter, we've seen the things that he told Timothy to flee from. He's to flee from pride, from disputations, from arguments over words.  He's to flee the greedy manipulation of people's faith in order to make personal financial gain. And the reason he tells them to flee these things is because ultimately in ministry especially, but in life in general, character matters. God is busy transforming man into his image. God intends us to be transformed and conformed into the image of Christ. And so character matters if you're gonna have ministry. In Romans 8.29, for whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. And so God is in the business, if you will, of transforming man's character. So you're to flee certain things and pursue others. Now that is something we need to understand because our way of life represents the kind of God that we serve. So a minister is to have a good character because the minister represents the kingdom of God. The minister ultimately actually represents God himself. And he's righteous. And because God is righteous, his kingdom is a kingdom of righteousness. That would mean those who represent the Lord and his kingdom must pursue righteousness themselves. And that's why Paul urged Timothy to flee certain things and to pursue others. The things that he's to pursue are virtues. They're not what false teachers pursue. So he tells them pursue righteousness, pursue godliness, faith, love, patience, pursue gentleness. You see, in contrast to the greedy, manipulative, self-centered teachers, Timothy, you're to be godly. As we looked at the pursuit of righteousness, that simply speaks of being in harmony with the law of God. And being in harmony with the things of the Lord results in godliness or a holy life. And it will produce love and patience and gentleness. And those virtues reveal a relationship that we have with God. And it contrasts with the character of a false teacher. So with that as foundation, Timothy will be able to fight what is called a noble fight for men's souls. That's what he said in verse 12 when he said fight the good fight of faith. He is fighting what is called the virtuous or the noble fight. You see, character gives him the platform that enables him to be effective. It creates a platform that credibility is built on. It earns the respect of those who are listening to him. So if you want to be used by the Lord, Timothy, and by application, if I want to be used by the Lord, my character counts. Character does matter. Now, Paul included his list of Christian virtues with patience. Where to have patience and gentleness. And he included in his list patience because the sense is that the fight is not over immediately. So Timothy, you need to continue to fight. You're to continue to flee the vices of your opponents and you're to continue pursuing virtue. And as you continue this warfare, remain aware that it's a fight. It's a fight of faith. You see, as a minister, you must be aware that there is a cosmic war that is being fought. You're combating the spirit of the age, a spirit of the age that denies and rejects the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That's why Jude 3 tells us to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. In his day, as is true in our own, the overwhelming majority rejected Jesus Christ. And what happened is false teachers would take elements of the gospel message, but they would add to it or subtract from it. Though the messages may be different, they all had one thing in common. They rejected Jesus Christ as Messiah. We saw in 1 Timothy chapter four, verse one that Paul referred to their teachings as doctrines of demons. In 1 John chapter four, verse three, it says every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come into flesh is not of God. This is the spirit of the antichrist which you have heard was coming and now is already in the world. So by gutting the gospel, they're eliminating its saving power. Romans 1.16 says to us, I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. It's the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes for the Jew first and also for the Greek. Colossians 2.8 through 10 says, beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit. According to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world and not according to Christ, we're in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and you are complete in Him who is the head of all principality and power. You see, the gospel of Jesus Christ is not intellectual alone. It contains elements that are intellectual and the most brilliant mind, you could have the most brilliant mind and still miss the point of the gospel because it's not simply intellectual. It isn't just a philosophic message in it. It is not a message that if you try hard you're gonna make it. It has intellectual elements and it's very deep but it's also a moral message. You need to understand, we need to remember as Christians that the gospel is a moral message. It appeals to the conscience of man. Every one of us has a God shaped hole in our heart that only God himself can fill. We have questions and we wonder and we go through life and we have trials and we can have no hope and we can have no faith and we can have no joy, we can have no peace and we wonder why and the gospel supplies the answer. The gospel says well it's because you are hostily opposed to God. It's because you're at war with God. There's a cosmic conflict that has taken place. God says something is black. You say it's white. God says something is sweet. You say it's sour. God says something is forbidden. You say that's what I want to do. There's a war that's going on and until you surrender through the gospel until you surrender you're going to remain at war with God and have no peace. So the gospel is more than philosophy. The gospel is a moral message intended to speak to the heart of man to awaken within that man or that woman the reality of a lost condition and an emptiness of soul. That's why Paul said I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. It's the power of God unto salvation to anyone who believes and therefore I'm going to go out and preach that same message. I'm not going to add to it. I'm not going to detract from it. I'm going to just give it.  Make sure that you don't compromise the faith contend earnestly for it. You see in fighting this good fight you're getting a firm grip on everlasting life. He had said that in verse 12 when he said lay hold on eternal life.  And everlasting life is more than length of days. Everlasting life speaks of equality. Everlasting life can manifest itself. Now it does so in holiness and love and peace and joy. It's really the fruit of a fellowship with God. It is being filled with God's presence with his spirit. And so lay hold of that and live in that way Timothy because that develops a credibility for you to be able to continue to minister and reach these people who are lost. And so as he's been sharing with him he moves into verse 13 and he says, I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate that you keep this commandment without spot, not blameless until I Lord Jesus Christ's appearing. So Paul urges Timothy to remain faithful to the master and to remain faithful to his message. You see Timothy, you confess Jesus before many witnesses so you must be faithful to him. He had said in verse 12 when he had said, you have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Remain faithful. In Romans 10, 9 and 10 Paul said it like this.  So what is going to encourage Timothy to hold fast to God to be faithful to his word? Well, notice what he says again in verse 13 when he says, I urge you in the sight of God one who gives life to all things in the midst of your ministry remember God is with you. He doesn't leave you nor does he forsake you. Jesus on one occasion prayed and said, now I'm alone and yet I'm not alone for you are with me. My God does not leave me nor does he forsake me. So in the midst of the trials in the midst of the affliction in the midst of a rejection sometimes the persecution remembers something remained firm and steadfast because God is with you. You need to remember that even in suffering and unto death God is your help.  So you preach a message of hope for eternity and embrace this message yourself because it's in this hope that will keep you strong in your times of adversity and we go through adversity we sometimes when we get saved we think well now it's all done no more problems is that true? No. I wish I could stand up there and say listen man all you need to do is get right with God and you will giggle yourself to sleep every night and you'll wake up with a it's not that way is it? It seems more difficult day by day because the climate is much more oppressive in rejection of Christ day by day. So he's saying hold fast to your confession in the midst of the affliction in the midst of the trials in the midst of the rejection in the midst of the oppression in the midst of all that you go through hold fast to the Lord Jesus Christ and don't let go make sure you remain tightly with him somebody said Timothy is exhorted to fight his good fight ever mindful that he is in the presence of that great being who could and would even if Timothy's faithfulness should lead him to danger and to death still preserve him on earth or in paradise hold tightly and don't let go it is God who gives life to all things hold fast to him and he says before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate so remember that Jesus witnessed the good confession now remember Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate was a Roman governor who Jesus whom Jesus stood before on the night that he was sentenced to the cross and remember that as Jesus was there before this Roman governor and he was conversing with him that the conversation a part of that conversation is recorded by John and Jesus was there and remained steadfast even before this man John in chapter 18 of his gospel verses 36 through 38 records how that Jesus answered my kingdom is not of this world if my kingdom were of this world my servants would fight so that I should not be delivered to the Jews but now my kingdom is not from here Pilate therefore said to him are you a king then? Jesus answered you say rightly that I am a king for this cause I was born for this cause I've come into the world that I should bear witness to the truth everyone who's of the truth here's my voice Pilate said to him what is truth? what is truth? and so Jesus there even in the face of a man who didn't even know what truth was a hardened man who'd been in various places undoubtedly had heard a lot of philosophies spouted standing before truth himself Jesus who said I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father but by me as Jesus is standing before him and says the ones who hear the truth are mine he said what is truth? and a lot of people to this day say the same kind of thing so Paul is saying to Timothy remain steadfast remain faithful Timothy to the end even to the point of death Jesus was faithful to the end so don't grow afraid he didn't neither should you now that was the ministry of Paul that was his mentality remember in Acts 21 verses 10 through 14 how Luke recorded this Luke said a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea when he had come to us he took Paul's belt bound his own hands and feet and said thus says the Holy Spirit so shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles now when we heard these things both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go to Jerusalem Paul answered who do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? for I'm ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus so when he would not be persuaded we ceased saying the will of the Lord be done why are you breaking my heart with your tears? don't you understand that for this cause I was sent into the world to proclaim the gospel of Jesus don't you understand that's my calling? and if I go to Jerusalem and they bind me and they put me in jail and ultimately I die I'm willing to do that God has not given to us a spirit of fear but a power and love and a sound mind and so Paul is saying Timothy you need to use the example of your Savior Jesus Christ who witnessed that good confession notice verse 14 that you keep this commandment without spot blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ appearing so this encourages him to hold fast to the very end as he looks unto Jesus so Paul tells him keep this commandment without spot blameless the words without spot speak of it being untainted blameless speaks of being without reproach so the command is for him to teach the message of the gospel properly it is not to be given in any form with compromise it is to be given in its fullness it is to be spoken with faith and example with a life and that allows the gospel to have its proper work there are sadly there are many who don't understand this at this time and I pray that they over time will of course when you first get saved you're not fully mature yet yes it takes time it takes days, weeks, months and years to begin to mature and to get to the point where you begin to understand some of the things that the Lord that are really transforming truths and all you get saved and you have some basic elements of the gospel and certain things seem to happen more rapidly certain sins seem to fall away and then others are besetting they seem to remain they become the things that you wrestle with more regularly and so what you have to do is you have to hold fast to these things and to walk in this truth and to grow and God's word begins to work within you and God's word begins to confront certain things that you at one time thought were okay and then you ultimately begin to realize that they're not the gospel's work is to confront and to cure moral ills in Hebrews 4 verse 12 it says the word of God is living in powerful sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow it's a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart there are things that you think are okay then you read the word of God and God says they're not and you say oh again I must be misinterpreting scripture because they're pet sins you like those sins but you know what happens man after a while the Lord begins to work in your life your delight begins to be in his law and it's what you meditate day and night on it changes you from the inside and your life begins to radically be transformed and conformed into the image of Jesus and your friends who know you the best will look at you and they'll begin to say something happened to you something occurred in you and I've been watching you and I've seen this and I respect you for it because God is real and that's what happens so Timothy if you're gonna be used by the Lord let God conform you into the image of Jesus Christ and by the way serve the Lord with anticipation of being with him because Jesus Christ promised to return notice again in verse 14 keep this commandment without spot blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ appearing Jesus said let not your heart be troubled you believe in God believe also in me my father's house or many mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go and prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I'll come again into you and receive you unto myself that where I am there you may be also Jesus promised to come and take us to be with him one day and it's coming soon somebody has asked what is the next prophecy that needs to be fulfilled before the return to the Lord for the church and the answer biblically is there is no other prophecy that needs to be fulfilled so it can happen at any moment in the twinkling of an eye we'll be gone and be with him and therefore we ought to be living as if we anticipate that and that's what Paul is saying live in anticipation to be with Jesus Christ he promised and he will return because the return of the Lord is to spur us to a godly life we're not supposed to say oh our Lord delays his coming and then begin to drink and beat the other servants that's the evil one that's the evil worker the one in anticipation is the one who's awaiting because he can come at any moment and we want to be prepared for him as he does in Titus 2, 11 through 14 it says the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly, righteously and godly in the present age looking for the blessed, hoping, glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for himself his own special people zealous for good works in the King James it's his own peculiar people so I prefer special I've already been peculiar I'd rather be special so he says Christ's return verse 15 is returning verse 15 which will manifest in his own time he who is the blessed and only potentate the King of kings and Lord of lords who alone has immortality dwelling in unapproachable light whom no man has seen or can see to whom be honor and everlasting power amen so he says he will manifest this in his own time God is going to provide an incredible future for believers in heaven so hold on prepare yourself faithfully await the return of the Lord Jesus he's returning at the time appointed by the Father so he's saying wait for him you see the key is living as if he can return today my own pastor Chuck Smith once said if you knew that Jesus was coming this evening what would you do differently today if you knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he'll be home he'll be coming to take us home at eight o'clock what would you do differently today if you knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he'd be there at that time and then he lets us think for a moment then he says then why don't you do that live as if you expect him to come at any moment and that's what the Bible teaches us to do to hold on and to wait at 1st John 3 2 and 3 it says dear friends now we are children of God and what we will be has not yet been made known but we know that when he appears we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself just as he is pure Revelation 22 20 says he who testifies these things says surely I come quickly amen and then John has to add even so come Lord Jesus come Lord Jesus he is so blessed that he actually is closing with what is called a doxology a doxology is a hymn of praise the song of praise so he speaks of the Lord in this way he says he is the blessed and only potentate when's the last time you use the word potentate we don't use it very often unless it's a wife speaking to the husband but normally the word potentate speaks of a possessor of power a ruler he's saying God is the ruler in Daniel 4 35 all the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing he does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and peoples of the earth no one can hold back his hand or say to him what have you done he is the potentate secondly he is king of kings Lord of lords he is the sovereign ruler over heaven and earth he's the king of all kings he's the Lord of all lords he is the ruler in Deuteronomy 10 17 the Lord your God is God of gods Lord of lords the great God mighty and awesome who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes third he has he alone has immortality he is not subject to death God has what is referred to as inherent immortality he is by essence of him being God he is life itself he has immortality within himself we receive from him eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ we receive that but he has that inherently fourth dwelling in unapproachable light that speaks of his shekinah glory I used to think it was his shekinah glory but it's not it's his shekinah glory just kidding he is pure he is holy in 1st John 1 5 this is the message we have heard from him and declared to you God is light and in him there is no darkness at all Psalm 104 verse 2 he wraps himself in light as with a garment he says fifthly whom no man has seen or can see no man can see God in all his fullness and glory as a human being here on the face of the earth sometimes we have said to the Lord I'd like to see you show yourself to me no you don't want that there's a man in the Bible by the name of Moses who's said exactly that Lord show me your glory and God said no man can see my glory and live no he dwells in a light that is unapproachable there's no way a human being could look at God in his glory anymore than a human being could stare at the sun from 10 feet away and survive he is unapproachable so what did he do? he took upon himself human flesh and manifested himself to us as Jesus walking on the face of the earth so that we could see God incarnate that's how it worked Moses says show me your glory God says no man can see me and live and so God hides him in a cleft of a rock and passes by Exodus 33 and 34 he passes by and he gives his name the Lord the Lord God and he begins to speak his name because it's within his name that you have a revelation of his glory and he begins to speak concerning who he is so that Moses can understand why it's not possible for him to have a full on eye to eye relationship with God there has to be something between us that causes you to survive no human eye can see God in his full glory but we will see him when we receive our glorified bodies and when we see him you know there are people who say oh when I see God I'm going to ask him questions what an arrogant thing to say really yeah you're going to put God on the witness stand right so I just want to know why my dog died when I was eight do you honestly think that do you really think that that you're going to have questions in heaven do you really think that you know the question you're going to have is how'd I get here oh it was through Jesus that makes me laugh because people every once in a while I'm going to ask God oh really really you're going to ask God you wouldn't even speak to your principal when you're in elementary school but you're going to talk to God no it's not going to be that way at all no it's not what we're going to do is we're going to fall before him and we're going to praise him and worship him forever if you don't want to worship God forever you're not saved because that's why we were created to have relationship with God the Bible makes it very clear in Revelation 7 9 through 12 after this I looked in there before me was a great multitude that no one could count from every nation tribe people and language standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb they were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands and they cried out in a loud voice salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures they fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God saying amen praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever amen that's what we'll be doing I look forward to that so much to worship the Lord and praise him for all that he has done we will see him one day and he says to whom be honor and everlasting power because he is worthy of all of our praise Psalm 41 13 praise be to the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting Romans 11 36 for from him and through him and for him are all things to him be the glory forever amen with that as what he's revealing and reminding Timothy about with that said in light of it here's a practical portion that he begins to close with in verses 17 through 19 what are our priorities to be as we await his return you see in verse 17 notice what he says command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God who gives us richly all things to enjoy let them do good that they be rich in good works ready to give willing to share storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come that they may lay hold on eternal life in light of this what are my priorities to be as I await the return of Christ it's interesting how Paul begins to close by speaking of those who are financially prosperous and he's speaking of believers here he'd already spoken about riches and the desire to become rich in verses nine and 10 remember what he had said in verses nine and 10 those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition and he went on in verse 10 to say for the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness and pierced themselves through with many sorrows so he's already addressed that he had spoken about those with a desire that word desire is what is called a settled desire it is something you have thought about it's the result of reasoning something through it's not simply an emotional desire I wish no it's a reasoned desire it's something you're thinking through there are steps that I'm going to take to get these riches is what he's speaking about but he says the person who has those particular desires he says they in verse nine fall into temptation the word fall is actually in the Greek tense that speaks of a continual falling they are continually trapped by their desire for more so what he had said already is loving money leads to bondage greedy people are trapped by irrational and harmful lusts when you are greedy for money you'll do almost anything for it you can resort to violence and you can resort to stealing killing ripping people off to get a little bit more for yourself so here he's speaking concerning the same topic from a different perspective he's not speaking of those who want to be rich notice with me he's speaking of those who already are verse seventeen command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty not to trust in uncertain riches so he's speaking concerning those who already are rich again Ephesus was a large and prosperous city some of the church were financially well off he doesn't want those who are well off to be treated by the members of the church as if they're evil sinners I'm going to talk to you about this for just a moment I think it's practical in this moment in the life that we're living in this age in this year moving into the next year to be honest with you I want to speak to you a little bit about this here as it says again verse seventeen command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God who gives us richly all things to enjoy let them do good that they be rich in good works ready to give willing to share storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come that they may lay hold on eternal life let me talk to you about some things that I think are relevant as it relates to this I believe that America has what is called a selective conscience America seems to as a nation and I think we get a lot of the selective conscience from the press be honest with you from the newspapers we have a selective conscience there are certain things that we think are right and certain things that we think are wrong and we popularize those things through through various means and so it wasn't that long ago when anybody who had finances of any sort became the villain and they still are to this day the evil one percenters and all and you hear that quite often you hear all these people are rich in their bad and all rich people are bad there are some people who honestly believe that and that's unfortunate because that's not true but there are quite a number of people who do they have a selective conscience concerning the rich and people who work to advance and become wealthy are often targeted the liberal press seems to actually hate them because they became successful they actually worked they invented something people are using it they became financial wealthy they employ a lot of people and then the press seems to hate them and vilify them constantly they're the evil one percenters a few years ago an economist by the name of of Thomas soul made an interesting observation he wrote in an article that I read a recent study showed the median income of major corporate CEOs to be about eight million dollars a year I'll let that settle because that number million doesn't mean very much to people today million are you kidding me they ain't nothing really eight million dollars a year it's a lot of money you can eat a lot of McDonald's with eight million eight million a year is a lot of money and when you hear that number you go wow for just being a CEO the average what right does this person have to have that much money they must be greedy they must be evil I'm telling you you know this I know this I'm just addressing what we all know there are a lot of people it's wrong it's unfair you should work you should invent you should create you should employ and then you should give to me or you're greedy so we think that way about CEOs but Thomas soul went on to say this that's less than a third of what Alex Rodriguez earned baseball player and less than one-thirtieth of what Oprah Winfrey made Oprah the Oprah that one but no one is denouncing them for greed have you ever seen that have you ever seen people carrying signs saying you know Kershaw's making too much I haven't maybe you have I haven't and I began to I always get curious about these things I began to think LeBron James amazing amazing basketball player on the wrong team but an amazing basketball player you know what he made last year this year eighty six point two million dollars anybody marching against LeBron anybody no why not why not Mark Wahlberg you know how much he made sixty eight million dollars anybody in front of his mansion or one of his mansions saying unfair unfair you should let me go see your movies or whatever you do for free unfair greedy greedy no of course you don't see the bill gates who wants to talk about bill he doesn't tithe to my church he should bill could you no ninety billion dollars net worth that's a number none of us understand I don't I don't I I can't that's that number I can understand but I don't see anybody marching against bill gates a movie came out what is it the last Jedi right the first their opening weekend two hundred and twenty million dollars did somebody march against that did somebody go out with a lightsaber and Yoda didn't say a thing how come you ever think about that how come how come people don't say anything about oprah how come people don't say anything about walberg or LeBron or you name it why don't they they're making an awful lot more than any ceo's ceo averages eight million LeBron over eighty million because we like basketball it's because we like to be entertained by these people who are actors or we use products that are made by these inventors so that's okay if they're rich because their politics and the morals are like mine and that's where we have a problem here in the united states is we take money and we say money is the root of all evil but I'm selective in when it comes to and yet Paul said no it's the love of money so you have to teach people who are rich because they can become arrogant because they use it for themselves because that's what can happen when you're rich so riches in and of themselves are not the question what you do with them is what he's addressing so paul isn't writing condemnation of those who are rich what he's calling for is stewardship of their god-given resources when you read your bible you'll see this there are various people in scripture who are wealthy look in the old testament and you see men like abraham you see men like king david and and king salamon these are very very wealthy men they were god-fearers and blessed by god in the new testament you see zakeas and nicodemus you see joseph of arimathea you see tabitha and others that are wealthy and god blessed them there's nothing wrong with wealth in and of itself it's not a sin to be wealthy sometimes wealth is simply god-blessing a life in deuteronomy 8 verse 18 remember the lord your god it is he who gives you power to get wealth that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers as it is this day so what do you do if somebody has wealth while you command them command those who are rich he say instruct them in this present age not to be haughty and not to trust in uncertain riches so paul tells timothy that he needs to teach the rich concerning money because there are certain sins that accompany material wealth that should be avoided one he says they can become haughty teach them not to the word haughty isn't a word that we use very often it means conceited having an exalted opinion of themselves it's the idea of looking down on other people with an air of superiority it's the real wealthy person going into a restaurant cutting in front of other people who already have the reservations and they say hey it's me give me my table it's that attitude he said they can be arrogant they can be haughty they can push themselves in front of other people because after all you're nothing you don't make anything i'm very important and thus i had to be given better better care he said they can be haughty a rich person can be so teach them not to they can fall into the temptation of expecting special treatment they can be rude in demanding proverbs eighteen twenty three says the poor man utter supplications the rich man answers roughly and that's true he says teach him not to trust in uncertain riches you see you cannot trust wealth because it's uncertain but you can trust in the living god wealth can be gained and lost suddenly proverbs twenty three four and five do not overwork to be rich because of your own understanding cease will you set your eyes on that which is not for riches certainly make themselves wings they fly away like an eagle toward heaven proverbs eleven twenty eight he who trusts in his riches will fall rather than trusting money fix your hope on god because he gives us richly all things to enjoy james one seventeen every good gift in every perfect gift is from above comes down from the father of lights through and there's no variation or shadow of turning now all of this and i'm going to develop this with you know we get to a practical place in this all of this rest on one simple thing you set your heart on in matthew six nineteen through twenty one do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth will rust were moth and rust destroying where thieves break in and steal lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven we neither moth nor rust destroys where thieves do not break in or steal for where your treasure is there where your heart be also let's get practical he says let them do good and rich in good works willing to share many at this point even in this church right now are saying well this really doesn't apply to me anyway i'm not rich but is that true is that true i once read twenty five percent of those living in india make less than forty cents a day some of you may or may not know i spent a month in his in india uh... i went on trips to india to minister twice once for sixteen days the other for thirteen or fourteen somewhere in that area spent a month i've been in new delhi i've been in bombay new delhi madras trivandrum i've walked the streets i've seen things i've never seen before i've seen poverty in india unlike anything i'd seen in the world to that point we're driving for example on a bus and i was in the front in speaking to our guide in who pulled up in a certain area there was a woman who was seated under an awning there were large rocks on one side of her and gravel on the other and i saw her with a hammer as she was hitting the rocks and i said what is she she doing he said that's her job she works under that awning and you need to understand it's between ninety to one hundred degrees and she's under this awning with little shade with a small ball peen hammer and he says she's under that awning ten hours a day and she makes fifty cents and she takes the fifty cents that she made and she feeds her children with it and she does that every day i saw things that i've never seen before i saw traffic islands in major cities with tents cardboard shacks where the people actually live on traffic islands i saw things from the north to the south poverty poverty that i've never seen before i've seen it in in manila philippines i've seen sidewalks in residential areas where the people have built shacks out of anything they could find including cardboard and we're living on the sidewalk in front of houses picture yourself driving to your home and having the whole area your whole area with a shanty town there in front that's how they live i've seen that i've seen it in mexico i've seen it in south america i've seen it around the world are you rich if you have more than one pair of shoes you are if you have more than one pair of socks you are if you have more than one pair of pants or even a pair of pants you are we just don't see it that way you know why we don't see it that way because americans are very very rich we don't see it i had just seen a girl she couldn't have been eight or nine years old i was in manila i saw a little girl eight or nine years old in front of a mcdonald's in the mcdonald's they had armed guards with m16s in front of the mcdonald's and she was standing in front asking for change so she could eat and that was everywhere that we were as we were ministering everywhere then i went to my room i sat down i turned the tv an american commercial was on where they had a cat eating cat food out of crystal cat food out of crystal pampering our pets well i'm watching a baby who can't even afford a 75 cent hamburger do you wonder why americans are hated throughout the world the things that we have and take for granted are you rich yes we are is it a sin to have finances no am i saying that no don't misunderstand me but we can be in a church service just like this saying that doesn't apply to me i'm not rich bill gates is rich now by proportion we are very rich you know in zambia ninety four percent live on under two dollars a day in nigeria ninety two percent mali ninety percent tanzania eighty nine percent verundi eighty seven percent niger eighty five percent madagascar eighty five percent central african republic eighty four percent zimbabwe eighty three percent they all live under two dollars a day compared to the majority of the world the average american is wealthy we are we are but there's something in us the eyes of men are never satisfied how much is enough a little bit more it's in our nature it's something we're aware of we just had christmas my baby girl gets christmas presents one of them i'll leave her unnamed gets christmas presents before you know it she's wanting to open the other ones what did they get that's in us it's bound up within us we have to learn to be generous if you think that we are naturally generous you don't have kids because we're not now some kids are amazing in their generosity that's a fact we know that some are not all because within us is a desire for more it's just part of what we are by nature so that's why he says command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty nor to trust in uncertain riches we have to be trained we have to be taught we have to learn to do good and to be rich in good works our finances are to be used for the benefit of others that's what he means by being rich in good works in titus three fourteen let our people learn to maintain good works meet urgent needs that they may not be unfruitful he says be ready to give willing to share ready to give means we are to have generosity that rises from real concern i have friends of mine minister friends of mine that that the lord has used wealthy people in their churches or in the christian world to do much good through their generous giving that's what he's teaching raul has told me my friend raul reese from golden springs has said you know somebody donated a million dollars so we could make a movie great glory has many people who don't are donors because he does great work in evangelism and that's a great thing when you have the church aware of eternity and the generous members who support it and that's what paul's talking about let them do good that they be rich in good works ready to give willing to share why do you do that verse nineteen finally storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come that they may lay hold on eternal life this is a faith that anticipates being in heaven the rich are not to be concerned about getting a return on their investment in this life being generous is not a financial strategy that pays off instantly instead look ahead to heaven that's where you receive your ultimate reward and because a believer has an eternal perspective we of all people are to be the most generous we are the ones who say this person has a need and i will meet that need the way the early church was in acts four thirty four and thirty five nor was there anyone among them who lacked for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them brought proceeds of the things that were sold laid them at the apostles feet and they distributed to each as anyone had made the church cared for believers because the spirit of generosity is in the church but you have to be taught to give you know i can speak on a variety of things very easily but every time i speak on giving even if it's the only time i have to somebody in the congregation or listening online saying that's why i hate churches they're always asking for money i never speak about it unless it's in the passage but i believe what god is saying don't you i believe in what god is saying i believe that god will bless a cheerful giver i believe that i believe that the church is supposed to support one another and i believe that we're laying up treasures in heaven and that one day as we enter in we receive our reward and it's not that long from now that some of us will enter in and i do pray that there is something waiting for us that we laid in advance


Mr Corbyn to quit his party, including from the Home Secretary, Sadie Javid. Some argue it's another blow for a party shrouded in negativity, which seems to be the centre, centering rather on the leader himself. Joining us to discuss this from Westminster is Michael Walker from Mavara Media and writer, Benedict Spence. Hello to you both. Thank you very much indeed for joining us. Benedict, to you, first of all. What do we make of these latest comments from the Labour leader? Well, I don't really think it changes anything. I mean, we already knew that he took part in this wreath-laying ceremony. He had admitted as much in his article in the Morning Star in 2014. To then come out this afternoon and say as he has that he doesn't think he took part in the ceremony, I mean, it's just preposterous. The photograph of him taking part in the ceremony was already in the public domain.  Michael, I mean, we can see him with his hand on the wreath and he says he wasn't sure if he took part in the wreath laying itself. Bit of awks. Well, I think we need to take a step back and look at what was the context of this ceremony. So Corbyn was invited to Tunisia in 2014 by the president of Tunisia to go to a conference, which was bringing together different voices from Palestine to try and create unity among the Palestinian parties and the Palestinian factions so they could better negotiate peace with Israel. The main part of the ceremony was commemorating 45 people or 45-plus people who were killed in 1985 by an Israeli airstrike on the offices of the PLI, the Palestinian Liberation Organization. They were the official representatives, the internationally recognized government in exile of Palestine at that period in time. It seems that what happened was as part of that ceremony there were also wreaths laid for other members of that Palestinian movement, in this case this guy was a terrorist. Corbyn seems to have been unsure whether or not he was laying a wreath on that guy's grave. I mean, what's key is why was he there? He was there to commemorate the death of 45 people who were the recognized government in exile who were bombed in 1985 by Israel. I think that's something we should actually celebrate. Benedict, is that a reasonable wrap up for you then? Well, no, not really because I mean in the article itself he states that he knows that he is also commemorating the deaths of three people killed by the Mossad in Paris in the early 90s. And to then talk about him being at an event to promote unity amongst the Palestinian peoples. I mean bear in mind that Hamas and other militant organizations have gone to war with fatter in the past and done appalling things to members of their own side. I don't really think that you can then say that this event was in any way promoting peace given that he was commemorating people involved in the worst kind of violence. If he actually wants to talk about some sort of unity, why was he at this event? But as far as I'm aware, has never been to an event honouring the people who were killed at Munich by these terrorists. It just doesn't really stand up to scrutiny for me. Michael, I mean, we've heard from the widow of Josef Romano, who was a champion weightlifter.  Ilana Romano says that Mr Corbyn is a danger. I think obviously that's incredibly tragic and I send my condolences to that widow. I think as I've said before, we need to look at why Corbyn was at this ceremony. The ceremony was not to commemorate specifically some people who committed a terrorist attack in Munich. This event was to commemorate primarily the 45 people who were killed, 45 civilians, part of a government in exile and to take part in a conference which we're trying to bring together different factions in Palestine. I think the comment made previously was completely incoherent, the idea that why would you have a peace conference between two groups which have been fighting each other? I mean, that's precisely why you have a peace conference. The point is that Hamas and Fatah have been at war. If you both speak at once, then no one can hear what you're saying. Just finish your point, please, Michael, and then we'll bring in Benedict. My point there was that the idea that because Hamas and Fatah were at war, it was illegitimate to turn up to a peace conference that was trying to bring them both together. I mean, that's why you have a peace conference. That's why Jeremy Corbyn was there and that's why he was talking to two different groups that have a very complicated, difficult past. As everyone who's been involved in any peace negotiations before would know, you have to deal with it. You made your point, Benedict, go. That is certainly true, but what he completely fails to address, as he often does, is the fact that this isn't an individual partnership. Hamas has been involved in the murder of Fatah members, which you couldn't really say has been reciprocated in the same way, but back onto the original point, which is why he was there, looking at the broader context of why he was at this ceremony. He knew that these people were being commemorated. He's being photographed laying a wreath on the graves of these people, and I refuse to believe that he wasn't aware who they were. He was stood in front of their gravestones. He must have known who they were.  You can't just say that because he was there as part of a broader thing, there's nothing wrong with pulling out of that or refusing to be photographed in front of that grave specifically. Presumably there were plenty of other memorials to other people murdered in other cases. Why specifically this one? Michael, I mean, if he didn't know, he should have known, surely. Jeremy Corbyn was attending a ceremony organised by the PLO, organised by the Tunisian president. This was not a fringe event. It was an intimate event which was trying to bring together different parties in Palestine and commemorate people that had died in the Palestinian liberation struggle. Some of those who had died were civilians, and some of those who died were terrorists, and, yeah, he should not have been laying a wreath at that grave, but I really don't think that's the primary reason he was there. And I think the reasons he was there not only are legitimate but should be celebrated. There's a reason these stories aren't being written about any other politician, which is that Jeremy Corbyn is incredibly rare in that he genuinely cares about international politics, and he genuinely cares about people who are oppressed. There's a reason why Jeremy Corbyn is there and Ed Miliband wasn't. It's because only Jeremy Corbyn is really genuinely interested in peace in the Middle East and the liberation of the Palestinians. Might as well say something. If you're involved in international politics, you know, sometimes you'll find yourself in a room, or in this case a graveside, with people that have done dreadful things. Absolutely. But why lie? Why lie about it? He started off by saying that he didn't know who they were. He obviously knew who they were in the first article that he wrote in The Morning Star in 2014. He's lied about it, and then even after the photograph has come out that you can see on your screens, even after this has been published, he has come out and says he doesn't think he took part in the wreath laying ceremony. Now, actually, what does this say for a man who wants to be Prime Minister of this country, that he is there at an event honoring the deaths of three terrorists involved in the murder of Israeli athletes in the Munich Olympics? And not only has he not just come out and said, yeah, I was, he's then lied about it, even though it's now in the public sphere. Can this man be Prime Minister? Is he fit to be Prime Minister? I don't think he is. Of course, that's for the voters to decide. But I think a lot more people would probably respect him a bit more if he'd just been honest about it, if he'd just owned up to it, rather than continue, as he has, to try to backtrack and to try to cover his tracks. Michael seems like a reasonable point, no? To be honest, I haven't compared precisely the two different press statements. I think the first one was saying that the reason Jeremy Corbyn was there was to commemorate the 45 people who were killed when the PLO was bombed. And what's emerged now is that he was also at the wreath ceremony where it was laid at this terrorist's grave. I think the idea that you can look at that picture and it's patently obvious what grave he was at is ridiculous. I mean, I look at that grave, I don't know who he's commemorating at that point. And so I think the idea that you could find out afterwards that it could emerge afterwards who you were commemorating at each different grave that you visited. Remember, this is the national cemetery of the Palestinians in exile. So this has everyone who's died, who's Palestinian in Tunisia for the last 50 odd years.  But I think Benedict's point is that, you know, if he wants to be the leader of this country, he should know. He should know which grave he's posing in front of with a wreath. So Jeremy Corbyn was a backbench MP. He was someone who was deeply involved in the Palestine liberation struggle and he was there in solidarity with that movement. There you go. You say he's, but if he was deeply involved then he should know whose grave it was, no? I mean, I think that's asking quite a lot of someone who is a backbench MP who is there in solidarity as part of a parliamentary delegation. I'm sure that now he's a leader of a political party and he's aiming to be Prime Minister. There will be plenty of people researching every specific place he ever stands. But in those days, there wasn't. He was someone who would turn up to many a demonstration because he believed that the people he was there to support were subject to some kind of injustice. And that means sometimes he's going to have stood next to people with complicated past, sometimes people with horrific past. I think we'll look at his history and say that on the whole he has been someone who fights for just causes. Backbench MP, leader of the opposition, man on the street, who on earth takes the time to go to an international event outside his own country and layer wreath at somebody who he doesn't know who it is. Who on earth does that? Well, I've already explained the reason why he was there. So he was there because he was invited by the president of Tunisia to take part in a meeting which was bringing together different factions in Palestine to try and make it more possible to come to a peace agreement with Israel. Now, I agree that's not a normal thing that British citizens do. That's actually why I have so much respect for Jeremy Corbyn and why I think his supporters and the general public see him as an unusual politician who stands up for what he believes in. He has a deep interest in all the liberation movements around the world in a way that not many politicians do. And I think we should celebrate that, not see that as a reason to have a cloud of suspicion over his head. OK. Guys, we're almost out of time. Brief thoughts before we end. Do you first spend it? What should happen next? Well, I don't think anything should happen next. I mean, from my perspective politically, I think he should resign, I thought he should have resigned a very long time ago. From his perspective, why should he resign? This isn't going to affect any of the people that are going to vote for him. They're still going to vote for him anyway. It's entirely up to him whether or not he decides to act on this. I don't think he will. OK. Michael? My advice to the Labour leadership in the press offices would be to stop taking this in a sort of case-by-case basis. So there's going to be plenty awkward pictures that keep emerging over the next three years. I think what the Labour Party should start to do is say we are proud of Jeremy Corbyn's history for standing up for the oppressed around the world. Yes, that means he's sometimes been in complicated company. But on the whole, we know that this is someone who, unusually for a British politician, has spent his life devoted to achieving international peace and justice. OK. Good to talk to both of you. Thank you very much indeed for joining us on Sky News. Thank you. Let us know your thoughts on that or indeed any of the stories that we're covering here on Sky News this afternoon. You can tweet me directly if you would like to at K-Burley. Now around 20 white nationalists marched outside the White House last night a year on from a deadly rally in Charlottesville in the US.


My name is Chip East with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, and today I'll be talking to you about grafting tomatoes. Why graft tomatoes? There are several reasons to graft tomatoes, but my number one reason is to increase the resistance to soil-borne diseases. For example, grafting a non-disease resistant heirloom onto a hybrid rootstock would be an excellent way to increase disease resistance. Without grafting crop rotation and choosing a disease-resistant cultivar could help as well. You need to select your rootstock seed based on potential problems such as nematodes and fusarium wilt. Those could be avoided from grafting, but other diseases such as early blight and bacterial spot will not. You need to select heirloom varieties based on your market factors. If your heirloom varieties do not make more money, it may be better to grow a disease-resistant hybrid instead. Grafting requires a lot of additional time, and you need to take that into consideration and plan for that. You should construct a healing chamber before the grafting process begins. This chamber should hold the humidity at 80 to 95 percent. The temperature should be between 70 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. We should exclude light and we can set this up in advance before the grafting process begins. The black plastic over this chamber will exclude light in this example, and it's hard to see but there's water standing in the bottom of this. There's plastic with water in it to keep the humidity high. The hard part of this is keeping the temperature between 70 and 80 degrees. Sanitation is very important when grafting tomatoes. We're grafting to hopefully avoid diseases, so we don't want to spread diseases while we're doing this process. A razor blade has been a good thing to make the cuts with. The only special equipment other than the healing chamber is these and you can get silicone grafting clips, but there are other grafting clips available. The pictures I'm going to show are these silicone grafting clips and they come in different sizes depending on the plant material, which one you would use. What time of day is best for this type grafting is whenever the water stress is lowest, maybe early in the morning or late in the evening. Inside, under a shade, maybe out of the wind. All those are good examples of places to be when grafting tomatoes. The sign or the desirable tomato is cut at a 45 degree angle. The rootstock is cut at a 45 degree angle. Place together and held with a grafting clip. This is just an example. We have it laying down normally. The rootstock would just remain in the pot or cell pack and we would hold our razor blade at an angle to make the cut. Try to do a 45 degree angle as possible, but the stem diameter is the most important thing. The rootstock and the sign need to have the same size stem. You would think we could plant the seeds at the same time and there would always be the same size stem, but sometimes the rootstock might grow faster. So we might have to plant one of the varieties a week or two early than the other. Here you can see an example of the sign held in place to the rootstock with the use of that silicone grafting clip and you can see that 45 degree angle or as close to it as possible. The newly grafted plants will go directly into the healing chamber as soon as possible. For two to four days, exclude light and give them high humidity. If you have to water water under the bottom, do not wet them on top. They look pretty stressed, but after a couple of days they start looking a lot better. After two or three days those grafted plants should start looking a lot better. Then we start introducing them to a little more light. We do this by opening up that healing chamber that would lower the humidity and give them a little light and we just open a little more each day for several days. Don't allow the plants to become stressed, but we do want to start preparing them to go into the field. We can give them more light, but don't put them in the full sun for several days. After about two weeks, the plants would be ready to go into the field and do not bury the grafted union when you plant them. If you bury the grafted union that plant can root out above the graft and become infected by these soil-borne diseases. One potential problem is the plants succoring below the grafted union. Remove those suckers from below the grafted union as soon as you find them. If you have any questions about grafting, grafting tomato plants, you can contact your local extension office or you can call me direct.


What is going on guys welcome back to the channel and I appreciate you being here today I am back with another top 5 insane fortnite sniping plays and guys waiting to see that number one spot absolutely incredible but guys do you want to win some vbox if so I am giving away 2800 of the little beauties to be with a chance of winning them simply subscribe to my channel if you're new around here hit that bell button to turn notifications on leave a like on this video and drop a comment down below but guys let's get straight into the top 5 In at number 5 we have a clip sent in by Gerard87 who submits this great hunting rifle snipe at a staggering range of 251 meters yes isn't the longest snipe I've ever seen but it's definitely the furthest hunting rifle shot I have seen if you hit further you know how to submit it 4 we have a clip sent in by SrambyVision who hits this epic shot at 291 meters damn nice work here In at number 3 we have a clip sent in by Migsman who almost breaks that 300 meter mark damn so close In at number 2 we have a clip sent in by OnlineGamer who hits what's gotta be the nastiest long range shot I have ever seen I actually challenge you to submit better This is just nuts smashing through that 300 meter mark too taking it do that within midair just crazy sorry about the audio guys it doesn't really take away from the epicness though In at number 1 and the winner of this top 5 is your boy Mitch who submits the most insane sniping game winnig kill I have ever seen just absolutely crazy guys check out his channel and all the rest of the submitters within the video description Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god what no way no way dude oh my god what no freaking way dude no way I can't believe it But guys that is the end of this top 5 if you enjoyed it leave a like really just help me and my channel out if you're new out here and enjoy what you see be sure to subscribe If you have any amazing Fortnite clip to send in send it into the email address linked at the top of the video description but guys thanks as always for stopping by and hopefully I will see you on that next one


I got it. We load a think tank with heat rounds. Boom. Intelligence explosion. Way back in episode 65, I summarized a famous argument by philosopher Nick Bostrom about the possibility of a runaway artificial superintelligence. According to Bostrom, it's only a matter of time before we develop a computer program that has human-like, general problem-solving ability. And if we throw a few more processors at it, it's a short ways from there to a program with superhuman abilities. A little bit of software that can puzzle its way through any arbitrary problem faster than any human. Turn that program to the task of improving itself, and soon we're stirring down the barrel of something orders of magnitude smarter than we are. Which may lead to a sort of disastrous, be careful what you wish for situation if we haven't designed it exactly right. Making a simple request of an unfathomably brilliant, silicon-based intelligence might have all sorts of unpredictable consequences. More or less the way a poorly phrased wish might leave you wishing you'd never found a magic lamp. I want a million bucks! Bad move. The rogue AI scenario is a fantastic, yet plausible premise for a sci-fi apocalypse. A simple program set loose by a naive coder that rapidly claws its way to godhood, devouring the planet in a fanatical attempt to satisfy some mundane request. The fantasy is so gripping that it has moved many to dedicate significant thought, time, work, and money to solve the so-called AI alignment problem. Intelligence funded by Alarmist chew through millions of dollars every year in the name of developing a theoretical basis for friendly AI. Celebrities like Elon Musk and Neil deGrasse Tyson have articulated concerns about the potential for an artificial superintelligence doomsday scenario, and a number of folks have scared themselves so badly with the Roco's Basilisk Evil AI thought experiment that they've had nervous breakdowns. It's clear that many find Bostrom's reasoning about the feasibility and potential dangers of superintelligence compelling, but in order to touch on every topic he wants to include in a pop philosophy book that has less than 350 pages, he kind of has to start in the middle of things, skipping over some questions and assumptions that don't lend themselves to a rapid-fire argument about the timeline and importance of aligning AI with human values. With all the enthusiasm and anxiety that has built around Bostrom's imagined futures, it might be worth acknowledging the foundation that he's reasoning from, the premises we have to swallow to get to the good stuff. Those assumptions are certainly plausible, but the way people have gotten wrapped around the axle about an inevitable AI apocalypse, it might be worth picking some nits and thinking of ways they might not hold. For example, to launch his case for the imminence of strong AI, Bostrom invokes an idea called technological accelerationism to suggest that superintelligence will be necessary at some point to maintain the historic trend of increasingly rapid technological change. The speed of innovation and production during the Industrial Revolution wouldn't be possible without automation. The speed of today's world wouldn't be possible without computers. And it's hard to imagine how that hastening process could continue without something that can think faster than humans. We've talked a little about various reasons to be suspicious of the tech-drives-history narrative, archeological bias for artifacts over cultural, natural, or social factors, false starts of technology that was ultimately very influential but didn't take the first time around, the much larger historical influence of boring constants like access to arable land or squishier cultural factors. Bostrom's argument doesn't really hinge on this point. He explicitly says the exponential curve-fitting deal is the weakest reason to expect and worry about superintelligence, but it's worth noting how it's a point well-suited for convincing a sympathetic audience. Folks who are predisposed to thinking of history in terms of technological progress will find themselves nodding along to a familiar tune, but people new to or unconvinced of the notion may find this whole chain of reasoning bizarre. How are you measuring growth? How are you linking it causally to technology? Why must that trend continue? How do we know AI must be the facilitator of that process? Futurists and sci-fi fans might not even think to ask these sorts of questions, but they're not trivial to answer. Another potential point of contention in the runaway superintelligence scenario is weirdly how optimistic it is. In his book, Bostrom cites a poll of expert AI researchers guessing how many years it would take to develop a human equivalent general artificial intelligence, the immediate precursor to superintelligence. He points out just how little time these experts think we have to figure out how to control such a thing, and chimes in with his own opinion that they're overshooting the mark that is likely to happen sometime in the next century or so, at which point superintelligence is right around the corner, but he doesn't really go into one of the assumptions baked into the poll. How many years would it take without significant negative disruption?  In March of this year, researchers at the conference of the Swiss Federal Institute for Nuclear Biological and Chemical Protection had a disturbing thought. They developed a machine learning-based tool to help them discover new drugs. After being trained on a library of known medications, the algorithm iterates through a list of untested molecules and gives each a score based on two criteria, how well they interact with parts of the human body that are favorite targets for disease, and how unlikely they are to have toxic side effects. This is a great method for narrowing the list of candidates for new drug trials, but the researchers also realize that if they simply flip the sign on the drug toxicity, the same program could be used to find highly bioactive, highly toxic substances. After training the model on VxNerveAgent and running it for just six hours, they obtained a ranked list of 40,000 candidates for new chemical weapons, a list which included several known agents of chemical warfare, as well as numerous pesticides and environmental toxins. In order to get within spitting distance of a human-level artificial intelligence, it seems like we'd need to pass through several intermediate states where more powerful AI programs like the chemical weapon generator are developed and refined. Activities like policing, facial recognition, user engagement maximization, and surveillance already use machine learning algorithms to expand and enhance human capabilities in those areas, sometimes with disastrous consequences. As these sorts of programs increase in power over time, and as we bring more and more of them into existence, it's plausible that a large number of new opportunities for disaster will present themselves. In that scenario, to get to a point where we need to worry about an intelligence explosion, we'll have to have successfully navigated a number of good old fashioned problems, politics, warfare, greed, pollution, terrorism. Each turned up to 11 by whatever power, dumb, single-purpose AIs have to offer. Bostrom doesn't find this possibility sufficient cause for concern, saying software that uses AI and machine learning techniques, though it has some ability to find solutions that the programmers had not anticipated, functions for all practical purposes like a tool and poses no existential risk. You know, just a tool, like bioweapons, nukes, or PFCs. Again, this might be perplexing to folks who aren't already bought into Bostrom's premise. Why aren't we concentrated about a human using machine learning tools to deliberately or accidentally destroy humanity? Why is our perspective so rigorously constrained to the possibility of an omniscient machine-god? It seems reasonable that Bostrom might have only wanted to write about super-intelligence and skipped over anything that was even slightly off topic. But again, if you're the sort of person who would buy a book called super-intelligence with a cyber-owl on the cover, you might overlook the omission of more pedestrian apocalypses that don't involve super-human AIs. Speaking of which, the last assumption I want to look at is right there in the title, intelligence. Intelligence is notoriously difficult to define. We know that a rock, a dog, and a philosopher have different capabilities when it comes to interacting with the world, but drawing a tidy box around a subset of those capabilities and saying this is what makes a philosopher smarter than a dog is squirrely and prone to weird circular justifications. It might seem like a nitpicking language problem for pedants, and fair, guilty is charged. But when you're talking about an intelligence explosion and what that entails, you're magnifying something to incomprehensible proportions, and how you define that something is going to determine what conclusions you reach. Rocks and dogs don't struggle to get out of bed because they're crushed by existential despair about the ultimate meaninglessness of existence in an uncaring universe. They don't develop technologies that might potentially kill them. They don't engage in self-destructive behaviors and suffer because they feel powerless to stop them.  That's obviously not the sense Foster means, nor the sense his readers are probably here for, but we aren't really treated to a deep analysis of what intelligence is. He's pretty much content with whatever lay definition his audience decides to extrapolate from. Despite his warnings not to anthropomorphize artificial superintelligence, we might wonder how many of those readers might be conceiving of intelligence in a particularly narrowly defined way, and whether they're imagining an AI god in their own image. Now, I don't want any of this to come off like a critique of folks who find the runaway AI problem interesting to think about. I certainly do. The thing that I'm trying to convey is that the problem itself and Bostrom's framing are shaped in a way that makes them particularly convincing to folks with a certain way of looking at the world, perhaps to an extent unwarranted by the strength of his assumptions. Maybe for those who have found themselves despairing that the AI apocalypse is nigh because his reasoning and conclusions are so compelling, it might be worth taking another look at our starting point and wondering if it's in the right place. Isn't that what AI alignments all about? Are there reasonable grounds to question Bostrom's framing of his intelligence explosion? Are there maybe more pressing catastrophes we ought to be worried about? Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think. Thank you very much for watching. Don't forget to blah blah subscribe, blah share, and don't stop thunking.


This review presents five representative remote sensing applications in agriculture, including biomass and yield estimation, vegetation vigor and drought stress monitoring, assessment of crop phenological development, crop acreage estimation and crop land mapping, and mapping of disturbances and land use slash land cover changes. The paper provides an overview of the main agricultural challenges and existing operational monitoring systems before describing and illustrating these applications in the context of global challenges facing the agricultural sector, such as minimizing environmental impact while increasing production and productivity. The review concludes with key recommendations. This article was authored by Clement Atzberger.


Good morning traders, Patrick Malli here with another tip mail chart tip. I'm going to draw your attention to potential opportunity in the Euro dollar on the daily time frame. We've been moving higher here in what could be an ending diagonal to set up a interim corrective phase. What I'm looking for now is a close through the weekly pivot coming in at 21.96 to set up the three-way corrective move to ultimately test back into this 120 support area. We've got a monthly range of support coming in at 1.1975. We're watching for bullish reversal patterns here to re-engage long positions looking for the next leg higher in terms of the euro. As always, traders, plan the trade, trade the plan, most importantly manage your risk. Until next time, thanks very much.


The study aims to explore cultural factors related to patients and their caregivers that have influenced the pilot implementation of a connected health program in the home health care department at King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The results revealed two categories, culture-related factors including language and communication, cultural views on using cameras during consultation, non-adherence to web-based consultations, and family role and commitment, and caregiver characteristics in telemedicine that includes their skills and education and electronic literacy. The study recommends exploring the use of interpreters in digital health, creating awareness among the local population regarding privacy in digital health, and actively involving direct family members with the health care providers. This article was authored by Abdul Aziz A. Al-Odani, Marwa Mazin Hasuna, Fatima Arkadri, and others.