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Scripture For Today: Luke 22:41 “He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down, and prayed.” What James Had to Say About Prayer pt 2Yesterday, we started to look at what the Apostle James, the Lord's brother, had to say about prayer. We looked specifically at James 5:13-18, which reads: “Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any Merry? Let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.  Confess your faults one to another, and pray on for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous availeth much.  Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth by the space of three years and six months! And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth brought forth her fruit.” We left off discussing one of the big areas Christians today fail to do, not all Christians, but enough that we can clearly see some are lagging behind in their Faith. That area was the first one James discussed, “If any among you are afflicted? Let him pray!” We learned that many Christians today do not do that! They would rather pick up the phone and have someone else do their praying for them!  But according to James, if you are going through a test or trial – which is what we discovered that word “afflicted” means (it does not mean a sickness or disease), WE – YOU – are the one who is supposed to pray for yourself. PERIOD!  That does not mean we are not supposed to pray for one another! I am not saying that at all. But God clearly wants us to be Spiritually mature enough to pray for ourselves FIRST!  When you learn to do your own praying, you will begin to experience greater and greater victories in life! Why? Because you are building and strengthening YOUR FAITH. When you have to depend on others to do the praying for you, you are putting your faith in THEM – not God! And when you habitually become accustomed to asking others to pray for you, you actually weaken your faith and become an easier target for other attacks from the devil. You will continue to need the assistance of someone – a person – to do your praying for you.  And there will come a time, when nobody will be immediately available and you will not be able to pray yourself out of a wet paper bag!  Something as simple as sneeze could end up having you fall down stairs and break your leg or your neck!  That may be an extreme example, but you understand the importance of what I'm sharing here, right? God wants YOU to triumph in EVERY situation and circumstance you could find yourself in throughout your life. He did not design you to fail. Far from it!  He designed you to be the VICTOR!  To have VICTORY in, by and through Christ Jesus! And just as Salvation is between YOU and the LORD, so is your prayer life!  So when you find yourself facing a test or trial, no matter what it is, an ingrown toenail to something absolutely horrific and dangerous, do not, let me repeat – DO NOT – go to others for prayer first. YOU do YOUR PRAYING – FIRST!  Start to exercise that Spiritual authority YOU have – FIRST!  You may be surprised how powerful your prayer life will be!  So much so – others will start calling YOU! Amen! Let's Pray! Please subscribe to this podcast, leave us a quick 5 star review on Apple Podcasts to help us grow and be sure to visit our website for more information on our ministry: https://podcastersforchrist.com/ (https://podcastersforchrist.com). And while you are at the website, download the free resource I have for you… it is free and is called, “How to...

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本文章发布于订阅号：百车全说，订阅号阅读更加方便，欢迎关注最近，极氪001轰动面世了，价格公布的时候，很多人都惊掉了下巴，因为价格实在是太低了，超长续航单电机WE版和长续航双电机WE版28.1万，超长续航双电机YOU版36万，算上官方给出的2021年7月31日前下订可享5000抵20000的活动，等于26.6-34.5万。说实话，这台车自从发布之后，确实影响力挺大的，就连我身边从来不关心汽车的朋友都开始问我，是不是新出了一个叫什么001的电动车。所以，今天我们就来聊一聊这台极氪001，这到底是一台什么样的车？这台车哪个配置最值得买？它的竞争对手有哪些？买完之后有什么需要注意的地方？以及极氪和领克之间的关系是什么？为什么那么多人直呼真香？首先，我们来聊一聊极氪001这台车本身，这到底是一台什么样的车？就目前的账面数据来看，这台车的车身尺寸达到了4970*1999*1560mm，轴距3005mm，而且还是旅行车的设计。在续航方面，长续航双电机WE版有526公里NEDC续航，超长续航单电机WE版712公里，超长续航双电机YOU版606公里，其中后两者配备的是100度电池包，前者配备的是86度电池包，并且这车支持快充。并且，极氪还有专属的360千瓦充电桩，在PPT上也写着“5分钟，120公里续航”，虽然领克这个专属充电桩目前没有任何规模，但是有一个创新点还挺不错的，就是充电枪插入充电口，可以自动识别车辆ID，不需要另外刷卡登陆账户，值得注意的是，终身免费充电只限超长续航双电机YOU版，其他两个版本需要自己花钱充电。此外，就是这台车在早期宣传的时候，号称电池可以“20万公里无衰减”，但是在实际上市之后，由于没有使用这套电池，所以厂家就把这个宣传点给删去了，主要原因是这项技术还没有完全成熟，但是为了无衰减而研发的“负极补锂技术”和“自修复技术”却很有意思，我们可以简单的了解一下。我们都知道，电池从开始使用算起，在整个生命周期内就会不断老化，使得电池的健康度不断下降，就像我们的iPhone手机那样，时间久了就会弹出一条“电池健康度低”的提示，主要原因其实就是电池里的锂离子不断损耗，导致电池容量下降。所以，想要做到所谓的20万公里无衰减，就必须要保证动力电池在这个阶段内，锂离子可以无限趋近甚至达到零损耗，但是零损耗本身就是一个不现实的事情，所以就要通过“补锂技术”和“自修复技术”来满足需要。所谓的“补锂技术”，其实就是当电池里的锂含量不足时，通过外部导入的方式来补充锂离子，这就类似于我们车子没油了去加油一样，但是，现在的技术暂时还无法保证补锂的安全性。比如早在2016年的时候，宁德时代就已经申请了两项专利，他们想在电池的负极表面，通过静电控制的方式去喷洒锂粉，或者是在负极表面覆盖一层薄薄的锂箔，然后通过这种方式进行补锂。然而，不管用哪一种方式去补锂，都很难避免成本高、危险性大的缺点，比如喷洒锂粉的方式，就特别容易引发粉尘爆炸。而所谓的“自修复技术”，就是在电解液层面引入多功能添加剂，依靠化学分子间的协同作用，形成“固体电解质界面膜”，以此减缓电池的衰减速度，这就类似于我们想要保护汽车的漆面，减缓漆面的氧化衰老，就去给汽车贴一层透明车衣一样。当“补锂技术”和“自修复技术”结合在一起之后，一方面可以减缓电池的衰减速度，另一方面即使衰减了，也可以通过人工补充的方式进行补足，属于“又吃粽子又蘸糖”。但是，无论是“补锂技术”也好，还是“自修复技术”也罢，这些都是过渡性的技术，因为今后锂电池的成本会越来越低，容量会越来越大，即便锂电池衰减，但是放在大容量和低价格的面前，似乎就不值一提了……这就好比你走路上丢了1块钱，如果兜里本来就剩个10块，你就会很心疼，但如果你兜里踹了200万，你还会心疼这1块钱吗？并且，今后的电池还会不会继续使用锂电池都是个问号，因为随着科技的不断发展，这些科研大牛说不定哪一天就研制出容量更大、耐用性更强、成本更低、材料更新的电池，到时候锂电池都会变成历史，就像当年的BB机一样。此外，就是我在网上看到有人说这台车为啥不用811电池，我觉得可能更多是出于安全考虑，根据目前已有的信息来看，极氪001使用的是宁德时代出品的“镍55”电池包，也叫“ni55”电池包，这套电池包是由55%的镍、5%的钴以及10%的锰酸锂组成。我们都知道，电池的正极材料中，镍、钴、猛三种元素各司其职，其中的镍主要用于提升容量，钴主要用于稳定结构，而锰是用来改善材料的导电性，电池正极里的镍含量越高，电芯的能量密度就越大，但是随之而来的钴含量越少，就会意味着安全性大大降低，这也是为什么很多人提到811电池都会捏一把汗，就是因为811电池里钴含量较低，使得电池的稳定性不足。所以，这次极氪001一直在宣传，说这套电池有无热蔓延不起火技术，其实主要原因就是在这里，虽然我总觉得这个“镍55”电池本质上还是之前的NCM523电池，但至少镍55电池通过高电压单晶材料，解决了镍5系三元材料能量密度低的痛点，同时也兼顾了安全性，也算是一种进步。同时，配合着主流的CTP技术，也就是无模组技术，可以进一步提升电池包系统的能量密度。这个CTP技术现在主要有两种，一个是比亚迪的刀片电池那种，彻底取消了模组方案，直接一片一片的把电池插进去；另一个是宁德时代正在用的那种，把一个大模组用塑料散热板进行分割，成为一个又一个的小空间，然后再把方壳电芯插进去，以至于我有时候在想，宁德时代的电池包设计师，是不是之前住过胶囊公寓，然后从中获得了灵感。除了电池之外，这次极氪001用的电机分为两种。长续航双电机WE版和超长续航双电机YOU版搭载的前后双永磁同步电机，百公里3.8秒；超长续航单电机WE版搭载的后永磁同步电机，百公里加速6.9秒。其中，电机功率单个都是272马力、384牛米，所以双电机可以达到544马力、768牛米……嗯，简单的加减法。当然，这台车的驾驶辅助系统也值得说道说道。其中免费的基础驾驶辅助系统，主要包含全速段自动巡航控制、带排队功能的自适应巡航、车道居中保持辅助、前向碰撞减缓和盲区监测；而当你多花1.6万元选择增强自动驾驶辅助系统，你可以在原有的基础驾驶辅助系统上，再得到打灯自动变道、大车主动偏移、转向避撞辅助、无人场景自动泊车和遥控泊车的功能；如果你愿意花3.5万去选择完全自动驾驶辅助系统，那你在之前的那些功能基础上，还能再多出高速自主领航、城市自主领航、主动上下匝道、邻车压线主动偏移、红灯刹车辅助这些功能。换言之，你花的钱越多，这台车的智能属性就越强，而为了实现这些智能科技功能，极氪001配备了7NM的Mobileye EyeQ5H双芯片，同时还有800万像素的摄像头、250米的超长感知毫米波雷达、37个高性能感知硬件、15个全车高清摄像头以及厘米级高清地图。所以，极氪001可以说是直接把电动车的价格给干到谷底，尽管极氪001满配的前提是加钱，但是即便你选择了顶配车型，加上最高级别的驾驶辅助系统，整台车算上目前优惠政策之后的价格也就38万整，看看隔壁尺寸差不多的特斯拉Model S，长续航升级版已经卖到了79.999万，然后21寸轮毂还要花42500元去选配，增强版自动辅助驾驶功能要32000元，完全自动驾驶能力要64000元，换言之全选上之后整台车要90万……高下立判。哪个配置最值得买？根据目前的已有的三款配置来看，WE的两个版本基本上就是给你做选择题，是要100度电的电池包来满足长续航，还是要双电机带来的3.8秒百公里加速，而顶配YOU版则相当于这台车的完全体，既有100度电的电池包，也有3.8秒的百公里加速。以至于这台车其实很好选，对性能没有极致要求的，就买超长续航单电机WE版；对性能有追求，但是对续航没有强烈执念的，就买长续航双电机WE版。至于那个最顶配的YOU版，说实话我是不太推荐的，因为官方可以说把各种配置都开放了选配，以至于顶配车型的唯一亮点就是那个100度电的电池包，使得它比WE高性能版多出的80公里续航，以及终身免费充电的权益。所以，如果是我来购买这台车，我会选择28.1万的长续航双电机WE版，因为我对性能有一些执念，然后选配13000元的22寸轮毂带四活塞卡钳、4500元的氮蓝内饰、2万元的空气悬架和6000元的雅马哈音响，算上5000抵20000的活动，裸车价格29.45万。当然，如果你特别喜欢那个自动门，那就得再加15000元。除了极氪001，还有哪些选择？极氪001在正式发布之前，很多人预估这是一款接近50万级别的车，定价上绕开特斯拉Model 3，如果成真，那么极氪001将来只会面对44.8-52.6万的蔚来ET7，以及现在预售40.88万的智己L7。结果，极氪001价格一出来，显然远低于之前的预估价，但是这个价格又一头扎进了Model 3的怀抱，同时还要面对小鹏P7、比亚迪汉，以及极狐阿尔法S这些新车的正面交锋。那么，相比之下，极氪001和这些差不多价位的车又该怎么选，极氪001有什么优势或者劣势呢？以极氪001这样的价格，24.99-33.99万的Model 3绝对是绕不开的一台车，但是定位中大型车的极氪001，在级别上要比中型车Model 3高一级别，而极氪001整体只比Model 3贵了2-3万，听起来就比较划算。首先，几乎可以确定的是，极氪001的空间是要好过Model 3的，车长就长了将近300毫米，轴距长了100多毫米，但是受制于旅行车的溜背造型，极氪001的后排头部空间不如传统三厢轿车，当然Model 3也有溜背线条，所以多少也会有这个问题。续航与性能方面，相近价位下的极氪001其实是更具选择性的，因为28.1万的两个版本，直接对应了不同需求的两类人群：24.99万的Model 3标准续航后驱升级版468公里续航、5.6秒破百，哪哪都不突出，纯粹是一台为了降价而降价的阉割版；而Model 3顶配的Performance高性能全轮驱动版，虽然605公里续航、3.3秒破百，看似性能与续航都有了，但价格也去到了33.99万。这个价格如果再加2万，可以上到极氪001的顶配YOU版，续航、性能各方面都不输Model 3的顶配，同时还有空气悬挂、按摩座椅、YAMAHA音响、智能车门等等配置。但之前也说了，如果选择极氪001，最推荐的还是在28.1万两个版本的基础上再选配，因为它的增强或完全自动驾驶在顶配上也没有搭载。最后说说充电，极氪001虽然有专属快充，但是会不会普及还是个问题，在未来很长一段时间内，更多还是依靠家用充电桩或者第三方充电站，而Model 3就没有这个问题，它的优势在于非常普及的V3超充网络，只是先前特斯拉碰瓷国家电网的事情还犹记于心，所以如果哪天车辆在充电的时候出现问题，我们应该找谁去解决，谁又能好好的给我们解决问题呢？再来说说22.99-40.99万的小鹏P7。小鹏P7是中型车，但体型接近极氪001，轴距也基本相当。它的配置非常繁多，总体上可以分为后驱标准续航、后驱长续航、后驱超长续航、四驱高性能四大类，每一类底下又分出几种配置。如果追求续航，25.49万的后驱超长续航智行版有着全系最高的706公里续航，但这个配置并不推荐，因为大幅度阉割了主动安全，至少也要从26.69万的后驱超长续航智享版开始看，但是续航也变成了670公里，不过问题不大。如果追求性能，33.99万的四驱高性能智享版4.3秒破百，续航也有562公里，但是我更推荐34.99万的四驱高性能智尊版，因为它有XPILOT 3.0硬件，这种超前预埋的硬件未来可以实现更多自动驾驶功能，这么多钱都花了，干脆直接干到底。相比之下，P7的准入门槛更低，但对于注重性能的人而言，极氪001堪称“价格屠夫”，28.1万帮你完成3.8秒破百的愿望，放在小鹏P7上就要收你30多万了。在电动车的消费群体中，还真有相当一部分是冲着加速去的，他们就希望花最少的钱，去蹦掉那些百万级的性能车，然后挥挥手深藏功与名。接着是22.98-27.95万的比亚迪汉EV。与极氪001一样，这也是一款中大型车，车长稍长，轴距短些。它一共就三款配置，22.98和25.58万的超长续航版豪华型和尊贵型，605公里续航、7.9秒破百，27.95万的四驱高性能版旗舰型，550公里续航、3.9秒破百。汉EV可能每一项都不是最强的，但是定价便宜，最低配的主动安全配置就不差，28万不到就直接买到顶配了，并且汉EV与主流电动车不同，它采用的是磷酸铁锂电池，优势在于稳定性更高、抗衰减能力更强，但三元锂电池如今大量普及，稳定性不是什么大问题。比亚迪玩电动就像是一股“清流”，它走得更像是传统燃油车企的路线，技术上没有新造车势力那么激进，没有那么多花里胡哨的噱头。不过，汉EV与极氪001并非一个价位的产品，如果你的预算差了那么一点儿，那么汉EV倒是个不错的选择。最后说一款新车，极狐阿尔法S，定价25.19-42.99万。这是一款中大型车，车长4930毫米，轴距2915毫米。很多人对这车不了解，其实它不算新造车势力，而是属于北汽新能源，而北汽又是国内较早一批做新能源的车企。这车有两款525公里续航的入门配置拉低售价，分别是25.19万的525S和26.89万的525S+；再往上是定价28.19万、续航708公里的708S+，以及定价34.49万、续航603公里、4.2秒破百的顶配603H。不过，这车最大的看点在于上海车展刚刚发布的华为版，38.89万的华为HI基础版与42.99万的华为HI高阶版，一方面有3.5秒破百的性能，另一方面是它采用了鸿蒙OS系统的智能车机，并且它的自动驾驶也是与华为的，在量产车中均是首次搭载。所以，单是冲着智能属性这一块来看，极狐阿尔法S其实就已经站在了台阶上方，尤其是华为HI高阶版的自动驾驶，网上有一段7、8分钟的路测视频，可以称作完全的自动驾驶了，它应对“中国特色”路况的能力非常强，比如堵成一团的小街小巷、对面迎头冲来的压线车辆、横冲直撞的电动车，都不是什么问题，基本上只要设定一个目的地，双手离开方向盘，车辆就会自动到达终点。但是，目前看来极狐阿尔法S虽然自动驾驶很强，可价格我觉得还是有下调空间的，所以这车的风头现在完全被极氪001盖过了。极氪001还有什么要注意的地方？首先，极氪001全系标配无框车门，理论上无框车门的密闭性是劣势，行驶时传进驾驶室的风噪和胎噪会比一般车门要大，毕竟凹造型也是要付出一点代价的。当然，无框车门已经不是什么新奇玩意了，技术成熟且运用车型非常广泛，况且全车隔音是一项系统性工程，车门结构的先天劣势完全可以通过其他方面来弥补，这台车的噪音控制到底怎么样，等实车交付之后我要去好好体验一下。其次，极氪001的顶配车型搭载了“智能感应自动门”，这个电动门还挺高端的，会自动感应开启和关闭，同时内置雷达，可以实现防夹、防撞以及开门角度速度记忆等功能，理论上在停车场立柱旁开门也不用担心车门被撞。很多人担心它的可靠性，实际上诸如特斯拉Model X的鸥翼门、奔驰EQS的那个电动门，都是由电动控制，技术不成熟是不敢随便乱用的，即使在极端情况下被困车内，也可以通过车门上的手动门把手打开车门。最后，顶配车型上配备的空气悬挂，这一般是豪车才有的配置，但很多时候它也非常娇气，有可能到了一定里程之后就会出问题，所以一定要定期检查、维护、保养，做好气罐的水汽分离，同时注意避震器上的气包是否漏气，早发现、早修复，万一到时候彻底坏了，维修费用可是相当高昂的，随便就是上万的修理账单。不过这个空气悬挂是真的香，目前还不清楚这套空气悬挂是用高度尺记忆还是气压记忆，但是不管用哪种方式进行高度设定，都有办法能够基于这套原厂空气悬挂来玩儿“低趴”，如果再原厂选配个22寸的大轮毂，或者自己优化升级一下……啧啧啧，太美了。极氪是一家什么样的公司？简单来说，极氪由吉利汽车与吉利控股集团共同投资成立，它与领克属于一种兄弟关系，都是吉利旗下的子品牌，就连设计语言也都是高度相似的，只不过领克着眼于当下，主打15-25万的燃油车市场，而极氪定位高于领克，同时注重的是未来的新能源市场，主打纯电车型以及无人驾驶出行车。所以，极氪的第一台车必须要有创新，以至于他们将极氪001做成目前非常小众、但热度很高的旅行车，其实也不算很奇怪。实际上，极氪001的原型车就是领克的ZERO概念车，之前车头挂的还是领克的车标，一度被认为是领克的首款纯电车型，如今突然被归为极氪品牌，我觉得这说明吉利对未来市场的新能源布局发生了变化。毕竟，领克的品牌调性已经定性，超过25万的领克车很难让人买账，但现在高端自主电动车越来越多，不像自主燃油车还有一个20万的价格天花板，在电动车这块愿意花几十万买国产的人并不少，吉利一开始就给极氪起了一个比较高的调子，也给未来的新出车型留下了充足的定价空间，同时也算是品牌上的一次向上突破。音频图文更新在订阅号：百车全说每期抽三条留言，每人赠168元的“芥末绿”燃油添加剂一瓶点击订阅，每周三，周六更新会有提醒新听友可以搜索：百车全说2014，百车全说2015，百车全说2016，往期300多个小时的节目可供收听

Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; (Neh. 9:6-7) 45 Now, and many times, names are in the Bible. We don’t notice it no more, today. We…You’ve often heard me scorn this name, of children calling…or people calling their children “Ricky.” Now, Ricky is a horrible name! See? And it’s a…you mustn’t call them that. If you got a child named Ricky, for goodness sakes, change it to something else. Ricky, or—or Elvis, or something like that…Ricky means “a rat.” See? And so you—you go…And—and what you call a person, that impresses that. A little lady, the other day, had a little boy out there called “Ricky” and his name’s Ricky, James Ricky. And because it was so popular (Ricky), they called him “Ricky.” I said, “Change that name!” 46 I notice some people setting right here now that’s got a little grandson, and his name is…the one—one little boy’s a sweetest, pleasant little fellow; and the other one is Ricky, and that’s what he is. You just watch him, his nature’s just like that. And he…I said to some of his grandparents, or someone, I said, “Tell the mother change the name of that boy, just change that name over and watch what happens to the kid.” See, you people don’t want to believe that. We think we’ve lived too long for that. 47 If there isn’t something in a name, then why as long as Jacob was called Jacob, which means “supplanter, deceiver,” that’s what he was? But when he wrestled with the Lord all night, and the Lord changed his name, and about…when he was about sixty years old. He changed his name from—from—from Jacob to Israel, “a prince before God,” and that’s what he was. Why was Abram called…had to be called “Abraham” before the baby could be born? Why was Sarai called “Sarah” before the baby could be born? Why was Paul…or call…his name was Saul, but when he met Jesus, He changed him from Saul to “Paul.” When Simon was changed from Simon to Peter, which means “little stone.” And—and all their names were changed, is because what you are called is something about it. When you speak something, it identifies itself. I don’t want to get in there, ’cause that’s coming up next Sunday night, see, identification of a word. And, but now, we find these things so true. 63-1222 - "God's Gifts Always Find Their Places" Rev. William Marrion Branham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order your own copy of the Family Altar at http://store.bibleway.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appreciate what we do? Consider supporting us: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/support

In this episode we reminisce about the magical and memorable Disney Celebrations of the past including The Year of a Million Dreams, 100 years of Disney Magic, and The Happiest Celebration on Earth. Limited time magic - or just a marketing campaign? We'll discuss! Things to look forward to: - Cheryl singing every celebration theme song - A discussion about bringing Walt back to life-- yikes - A side rant about the sorcerer Mickey hat - Molly mis-pronounces Innoventions several times - We "You up?" Bob Iger via fax

August 2020, Salinas Valley State Prison. Despite years of CA Dept. of Correction(CDCR)implementing policies that break up families (obstructions and obstacles to family visits) and price gouging by phone companies contracted by CDCR, the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH)denies parole to those who lack outside connections, or knowledge of how to find resources, that may - or may not - be available to them. If the state refuses to care for the people coming out of prison - those who have served their time and are seeking to reestablish and reintegrate themselves into society, setting them up for failure, communities - We - You & I - need to step up and help meet the need. Otherwise people can be held for life (a civil death sentence), and high rates of recidivism, homelessness and crime, are only to be expected. Contact Impact Justice: THE HOMECOMING PROJECT to see how you can help by offering space in your home for 6 months, with rent and support, to a returning citizen. (If you become a host, please tell them that you were referred by California Prison Focus and we will receive $200, through their incentives program.) Prison Focus Mailbox is produced - and letter read - by the Chief Editor of Prison Focus newspaper. You can listen to the complete song, Abolish it, and more from Min. King X aka Pyeface on itunes - which is another way to support California Prison Focus. You can also visit www.prison.org to support CPF or to get involved.

TranscriptionDiane Dayton  This is changing the rules, a podcast about designing the life you want to live, hosted by KC Dempster and Ray Loewe the luckiest guy in the world.KC Dempster  Good morning, everybody. It's a beautiful day here in New Jersey. I'm KC Dempster. And here with me is Ray Loewe, the self proclaimed luckiest guy in the world, and we have a very interesting guest for you but I'm not going to spill the beans just yet. It's It's a gorgeous day we have no humidity, bright sunshine, blue sky. All is good. So we found that through our lives, people have always been giving us rules. First it was our parents then it was our teachers and maybe if we're belongs to a church, it's the church. And then as we get older, it's our employers and and, you know, the list keeps going. And the rules are probably instituted initially for a positive reason. They're meant to control us, but in a positive way. And they were meant to give us structure and guidance and to keep us safe. But over time, a lot of these rules lose their significance to us and they can actually become restrictive. So this podcast is designed to help us build our own set of rules, those that are important to us and work for us and we all need that. We need rules that are relevant to us. And when we change the rules to our rules, they we become free for you to be be ourselves. Good morning, Ray.Ray Loewe  Thank you, KC and I am really the real luckiest guy in the world this this, you know, self proclaimed stuff is for the birds. And and by the way, the weather report was wrong. It's going to rain later.KC Dempster  Are you trying to rain on my parade?Ray Loewe  And our guest is going to show us how it doesn't matter. So anyway, this whole thing about changing the rules is one of the major mindset part of a group of people that I call the luckiest people in the world. And, you know, I started studying the luckiest people in the world early in my adult life. And I've just continued year after year and, and and why and I think it's because secretly I want to become one of the luckiest people in the world. I like the way their life comes together. And these are the people that always seem to have it together. And they have this aura of luck about them. Now, to be clear, these are not the people that are winning the lottery necessarily. I mean, they're lucky too but but I don't think they have the same depth of luck that the people that we're talking about have, and people aren't born lucky. They have a series of mindsets that they learn. And I'd like to take a minute right now and define the luckiest people in the world as I see them. And they are those people that personally designed their own lives. They step in and take control of their own lives. And then they live their lives to the hilt. And they use this set of mindsets to do that. And changing the rules is one of the mindsets. We're going to talk about another one today, and there's a whole sequence of them and the luckiest guys, luckiest people in the world again, are not born lucky you they kind of learned as they go.So, um, let me uh, without introducing our guest, because I'm not allowed to do that yet. Right. Okay, sayKC Dempster  yes. Because we're following rules today.Ray Loewe  Yeah, we're following somewhat anyway. So we're going to talk today about a mindset that I think is extremely important. We've talked about it before, it's happiness. And, you know, I think most people in the world would rather be happy than not, I certainly would, uh, and I think I want to hang around with those people that are happy. I don't want to hang around with those people that are miserable all day. Long. But the luckiest people in the world have found a way they have a system kind of, and they've created the power to be happy for themselves. And that's what our guest is going to talk about. So I think what we need to do is to take a short break. And then when we come back, I will let you introduce our guest. And then I got a whole bunch of great questions about how to be happy, why it's important, what we want to do with it and all those good things.Diane Dayton  You're listening to changing the rules with KC Dempster and Ray Loewe the luckiest guy in the world. We will be right back with more exciting information.KC Dempster  Welcome back, everybody. We are right back and I have the pleasure of introducing gentlemen that made me laugh the minute he came on to this Skype call because he had a red nose on. I'm introducing you to john Freeman, who in his serious life is a financial advisor, but in his true life It's an even bigger red nose he is a professional clown. Welcome, john.John Freeman  Good morning. How are you guys doing? We're doing.Ray Loewe  We're much happier since you've been on the line. How's that?John Freeman  works that works. I'll pick it up.Ray Loewe  So I've known you for a long time. And let me relate an experience that I had with you A while ago to kind of set this off. JOHN and I were in a coaching group together and we've had these long drawn out sessions they took all day. And by the end of the day, you were pretty well wiped out and drained and any happiness it started at the end of the day was still kind of there, but it was kind of tucked away. And john came in during a break and he passed out a red nose to everybody in the group. And all I can say is when people came in, everybody put that nose on, and it changed the whole demeanor of the group. It was absolutely incredible how the group morphed, so So john, tell us a little bit about how you got involved in this clown stuff.John Freeman  During the getting ready for this, you asked me about being a professional clown, quite professional clown means I got paid once. I think it was about a buck or 50 cents. About 30 years ago, the church we were in, started a clown ministry for for kids, which my daughter got involved in, and I couldn't understand why they didn't open it up for adults, but they didn't. So about 15 years ago, I saw a flyer that talked about a free conference for people that are interested in magic or clowning or balloons for ventriloquism and face painting. And I said, Well, I've always kind of had an interest in clowning. So I went and I got hooked. So I've been doing it off and on. Sometimes pretty seriously, sometimes just occasionally 15 years.Ray Loewe  Okay, now, we cheated. We You went to one of our cocktail gatherings with a small group of people and you let it spill that there are actually what four different kinds of clowns? So tell us a little bit about this history and what went on and then and then we'll get into how you make people happy.John Freeman  The the main for those of you that don't like clowns usually don't like a white face clown. And I always blame it on Stephen King movies. But a white face clown is the top of the pyramid for clowning. And the exception of that is the ringmaster of a circus. He's technically a whie face clown but they're always not made up. But they're the boss. They do everything. white face clown as a clown, extremely popular Europe and Mexico. They're very elaborate. The white face clowns we see here United States mostly are like Bozo the Clown and the scary clowns of Stephen King, but they also can be like my daughter who is a little balloonist? That handed out balloons to kids and in white face. So literally everything in your face, your neck is on white. And today's world is a lot less makeup than what 15 or 20 years ago was. But they're they control. They're the bosses of the clown. Some of the ringmaster so you don't mess with a white white face could tease another white face but the other levels cannot because they're at the top of  the pyramid. The next level is called a auguste, which is August with an E stands and for fool. That's what most people relate to because this is Carol Burnett, the Red Skeltons most clowns are, they're tripping over their own feet because the big shoes or just because they're clumsy. And they're in bright clothing or unit clothing but they're they're just fun. And so a lot of people like being fun and being happy. So a lot of clowns are auguste that's really the bulk of it. Count them as the least expensive get into as the most fun because it used to be just nuts. The lower level consists of the hobos and the tramps, and tramps are normally quiet. A lot of times our minds think of Charlie Chaplin, who never said anything in costume. And hobos. The legacy of Red Skelton when he's doing what he had actually had seven different characters. The hobo and the tramp, basically, he has white around their eyes and whitet around their mouth. And that's because they started around in United States both of this around the depression time. And during the Depression, a lot of men rode the rails and if you want to get a rail car once you usually get into it right behind the coal train Which means you got coal all over your face so they wiped their eyes to see and their mouth to eat and so that's why the eyes are white in the mouth are white because the coal dust. then I have my personal costume and I have I am an auguste character called Huckleberry and then I have a hobo and I also have a tramp and a fourth character which I think is hilarious but kids don't like I have do a female character in a gray wig with pink curlers on top. And it came with a butt, and I usually use that as my boobs, and of course, they're always adjusting their boobs. So the kids don't get that. That look adults think its hilarious.KC Dempster  Yeah, so so would your female character be auguste or would she be a tramp or hobo?John Freeman  Auguste, okay. I could make into either character, but it wouldn't work as well. Because think of a worse house dress your mother or grandmother ever wore. That's what you want to see me in. Yeah, I actually have fishnet stockings and I have little brown yarn that can stick in there for long hair if I really want to be over the top.Ray Loewe  So, so which one is your favorite?John Freeman  I prefer I prefer the tramp. But I they have me mostly as as a hobo. And if I if I really if I'm doing a lot of kids stuff, I'll come into my neon tux. And I'm an auguste character, which is a very bright looking character the do a lot of that in Mexican churches because they like to bright colors. And so it attracts a lot of attention. And so that's their favorite my favorites just rather be in the in the sideline, so the hobos and tramps fit my clown character better but I don't get to play very often.Ray Loewe  Okay, now Is there a difference in mood when you put on a different costumes? I may not do anything inside you?.John Freeman  Yeah, it's a start off with the nose, the nose. This is just a red foam nose. And they come smaller, but this is a big one. And KC's just smiling great big right now and Ray's just looking at me like I'm  crazy. But I carry these with me. And Ray and I used to meet in Chicago. And a lot of times where in the airport, you're sitting around with people that are just not having fun. They're waiting and grumpy and I pulled out red noses. And in the kids would look at you and some would want some. Some parents would say are you really nuts, but the fun people really thought they were great. So I handed out lots of red noses at O'Hare airport Yeah, this is a professional red nose. You'll see it'ss and I'll see ya is big. Then you have a little smaller nose. That's right there. So a lot of noses nowadays are just covering little peak here. A lot of women will have that here. This is cute. But when people think a clown to think of a red nose, they go to the eyes and the mouth for the red nose is is a signature piece of the clown thing. I'll be by getting dressed up if I'm dressed up in the auguste character, which is the neon tux and just think of bright yellow greens, oranges, pinks. In a full tux vest on etc. You're just you're there you're gonna be happy because people say "Oh Wow! It's a clown!"  Next start talking costume being a tramp. The mood changes Because tramps are sad. So what's the different Ray? What's the difference between a hobo and the tramp? In the answer is a hobo never had money at the depression. A trap had money and lost it. So the tramp's are melancholy. And hobos are happy because they're just, they're out of work, but they were out of work or poor before.KC Dempster  So Emmett Kelly, he always looked sad, but he didn't he wear white face.John Freeman  No, he was he had a he had a great black beard. All right. And there's only one picture of him smiling in costume, and that's for his granddaughter. Ah, for bet he basically sued the newspaper for printing it. Hmm. But if you go into a into a museum that has a lot of old black and white clown stuff, they may have that picture.Ray Loewe  Okay, so so when you dress up first of all, how long does it take you to put on all this clown gear when you when you get moving?John Freeman  If you do full makeup, it's 40-45 minutes. I've had a good friend of mine the clowns a lot that he's an auguste and he's, he does everything blended. And he's literally working three, four days a week. It still takes him 40 minutes. Yeah, they take it takes 15-20 minutes, to get it off.Ray Loewe  So so if you're in a bad mood when you wake up in the morning, the concept of putting on full clown gear is not necessarily going to be what you want to do with the red nose work. So isn't thatJohn Freeman  To be honest, take that a little more seriously. I have done early morning gigs. And you don't want to get out of bed and shower. As soon as you start getting into it. Your mood changes because you know you're going to be this other character. So automatically you're in that character and one of the rules of clowndom  is once you're made up, you're in character 24/ seven. So like one time I went to an ice cream parlor after I worked. And I wanted to take my hat my wig off because like 95 degrees out, I couldn't, because you would break the rules of clowndom. And people just think it's strange. If you're partial, you have to be full. But you're driving down the street with your hat on and your makeup on and red nose, either people, some people, we've actually had some people that just don't get it. And the people that don't get it, Ray, are having a hard time being happy.Ray Loewe  Yeah, and to some of them, you actually transform some of them. Yeah, but you can't get all of them, right.John Freeman  No, no. And as you find that out, whenever you do a gig, you're looking for the people that want to want to enjoy the show and want to enjoy you want to have fun, and they will occasionally pull their buddies around. It's really really funny when you do a kids one And the other parents in the way back the room and they're drinking coffee or some other drink they're not supposed to drink in front of kids, and they're ignoring you, but all sudden, they start getting pulled in. And I've been at some shows that I've had people go out get their, their husband or their wife back in from the pool, come back in and see the show, because that's how much they enjoyed the change.Ray Loewe  So two quick things. Does it make you happy to make other people happy?John Freeman  Yes. Yes, very much. So.Ray Loewe  Okay, so part of the process is in making other people happy, you become happy. That's a win win. And the other thing is, I think I'm gonna let this out. The size of the smiles is directly proportional to theJohn Freeman  size of the note.This red nose here, brings on a great big smile on KC's face here. right here, which is just Just curious. I was okay. But it is not as much fun.Ray Loewe  So unfortunately john, we're at the end of our time over here, so we're gonna have to cut you off. But But thanks to john Freeman for being with us today and making us happy at least okay. And and john is very definitely one of the luckiest people in the world. I may have to put on his clown outfit to make it work, but whatever works, right, again, thanks. Thanks for being with us. And, KC, what do we have in store coming forward?KC Dempster  Well, I just want to remind everybody of what we said earlier, the luckiest people in the world aren't born lucky but they do live exciting and fulfilling lives. And it's because they make the commitment they they choose to be lucky. And it's not enough to make a one time commitment. You have to do it continually. It's it's a journey, and sometimes life events might derail you and we reach out with a rope of hope to them through our podcasts and some of the other things that we have to help them get out of that that Limbo of feeling unlucky. And so we love meeting new lucky people and sharing experiences and learning from the experts and adjusting their lives and Ray tell people how we help them to get lucky.Ray Loewe  We're just we're just going to scrap everything, you know, we're going to give out clown noses to everybody. I think after the show, I just think it's fascinating that you know, you can put on a nose it just changes your demeanor of the whole day. And, wow. Okay, so so john Freeman, one of the luckiest people in the world, again, has just figured out how to transform himself into happiness. And I think it's a really important lesson that we all need to have and we're going to get john he doesn't know that yet. But, but he's going to be at our our friends connection conference, the next time we do it. We're gonna hand out clown noses, and I have no idea what we're going to do, but it'll be a lot of fun. So, we'll see you guys next week, right?KC Dempster  Yes, join us for a great podcast when we're gonna have another one of the luckiest people in the world. So we'll see you then. Thank you for listeningDiane Dayton  to changing the rules, a podcast designed to help you live your life the way you want, and give you what you need to make it happen. Join us in two weeks for our next exciting topics on changing the rules with KC Dempster and Ray love the luckiest guy in the world. 

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We pray for the President of United States, the Vice President and all the different people in Congress, as we pray for those that are in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of the government. Every mayor, every governor, every judge every yes every one in authority. Every parent, every father, every mother, every, Yes, yes, yes. All leaders, every educational and and governmental, and church leaders. Yes, yes, yes. Yes. Yes. All of those. Oh, oh. We don't know what to pray. Oh, but, Oh, God, we thank you. We thank You, Father. We thank you, King. Oh, King, King , King of the universe, King, of the kingdom of God. We You teach us, that You lead us that You guide us to pray out of Your heart. Not what we see, not what we feel, not what we want, not out of our nationality, or out of our need, or out of our wants, or out of our bent, or our past, or our hurts or our emotions. But that we pray, we stand with Your heart, Your desire. What You have for that person. What You have for that office. What You have for that nation. Transcribed by https://otter.ai --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/communion5779/support

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EPISODE 84 - We ❤️ You!

Happy Mothers Day you guys!!! What kind of day are you planning to tell your partner to surprise you with this year!? Did you order a gift for yourself? Help your kids make you a card?! Or are you leaving it all to your baby daddy and kids to fuck up? This episode we chat about our hopes and dreams for Mother's Day. Thank you for listening Mamas, We ❤️You.