Well, hello from the National Archives Public Programs and Education team. My name is Missy McNat, and I am an Education Specialist in Washington, D.C. And welcome to the June National Archives Comes Alive Young Learners Program. You can find information about our future programs on the National Archives website, address.gov, under attend an event, and on the National Archives Facebook page. Today, we meet Thomas Alva Edison, portrayed by Bob Bleson with American Historical Theater. Thomas Edison is perhaps best known for inventing and patenting the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph. But did you know that these two patents were just two of the 1,093 patents that Edison submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during his lifetime? Thomas Edison had an insatiable curiosity and imagination, and there is a story. I don't know if it's true or not, but a teacher, when he was going to school, threw him out of the class because the teacher claimed he was stupid. And the reason the teacher said this was because Edison asked so many questions. So I'm glad that our education system has changed and that students are now encouraged to ask questions in school. And to our audience, our virtual audience, whether students or adults, I encourage you always to ask questions. In the holdings of the National Archives are numerous records related to Thomas Edison. Most of them are patents. And on this next slide, we see two of those patents. One is for the incandescent light bulb, and the other is for the phonograph. And both of these were patented in 1880, just months apart. Edison was unbelievably busy. On the next slide, we see two more of the patents from Thomas Edison. One is the kintoscope, which is like an older movie camera. And the other is the magnetic electric machine that produces electric current. So you can kind of think about that as a generator. So those are just a few. The next slide, we have our DocsTeach activity for today's program at docsteach.org. And this activity features the incandescent light bulb. So I encourage you to check it out. Again, that's docsteach.org. We'll share this again at the end of the program. At the end of Thomas Edison's presentation, we will have a question and answer session with them. So please write your questions in the YouTube chat box. We have a National Archives staff member who is monitoring it. And let us know where you are watching from. This program is brought to you by the National Archives Public Programs and Education Team and the National Archives Foundation. Now please join me in giving a very warm welcome to one of the most brilliant minds of his time, Thomas Alva Edison. Are you ready? Hello. We're looking forward to this. We're ready. Can you hear me? We can hear you just fine. And I should start, right? Yes, please. This is me starting. Greetings. As you've been told, I'm Thomas Alva Edison. And I am an inventor. And I would like to show you with this time one of my most important and popular inventions, something that people use every day practically all over the world. And don't even know that I came up with it. So here it is. That's it. I invented Hello. Up to that time, people were saying all sorts of things in the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, usually said, Hoy, Hoy. And other people would say, Smith here, or who's that, or what do you want, or anything. But I said Hello. And it caught on. And it's been used ever since. So that's one of my most popular inventions. Now, it is often said of a person that he is a product of his times. I like to think that the times were a product of me. You look around now, and everything you see that you have to turn on, switch off, or look at, or listen to, and uses electricity all got started in my workshop. But none of it would be here at all if it hadn't been for my great-grandma. He wasn't an inventor. What he was was a royalist. During the revolution, he supported King George, and they lost. So he had to get out of town. He moved to Canada. Well, that made a deep impression on my father. And he decided that if there was ever a revolution in Canada, he was going to support the rebels. And sure enough, one day there was a revolution in Canada. My father supported the rebels, and they lost. So he had to get out of town. And he moved with his little family to Milan, Ohio. And that's where I was born. See, if my great-grandfather had supported George Washington, we'd all have stayed in New Jersey. And my father never would have met my mother. And I probably never would have been born. And I guess you'd have to watch television by candlelight. But that's the way things worked out. I was born in America. And as you heard, I was sent to school, and didn't do very well, was sent back home again. And my mother taught me. She had been a school teacher as well. So I grew up sort of of my own mind. I could do pretty much whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted.  And that was very upsetting to my father, who insisted that I stop that. He let me do my experiments in the basement, if I promised not to burn down the house. Well, I was what you call an enterprise young man. I wanted to make money and be able to support myself. So I got myself a job selling newspapers on the railroad train that went from Port Huron, where we moved to Detroit. I would sell the papers on the way to Detroit. In Detroit, I would buy fruits and vegetables and sell them on the way back to Port Huron, and then keep the profits, get more papers and do the same thing back and forth. I did so well, but I began to branch out my business. I bought a little old printing press and set it up in one of the boxcars of the train and printed my own newspaper and sold it on the train. One day a fellow from England bought all my papers and took them to London and sold them as the first newspaper ever printed on a moving train. And it was mentioned in the London Times. So that was my first publicity, you might say. Well, I was doing so well in that boxcar with my printing press. I also installed my chemical laboratory at the other end. And one day the train bumped and lurched and the chemical bench fell over and set fire to the boxcar. And so the conductor threw me my printing press and my chemical laboratory out of the train. And that was the end of my entrepreneurship on the railroad. What was I going to do next? Well, while I was walking around the railroad yard thinking about what to do, I noticed a little boy sitting on the railroad tracks playing with stones and one of the cars had come loose and was heading down the tracks right for the little fellow.  His father, the station manager saw this from up in the tower where they watched the trains. He came down and thanked me very much and then offered as a reward to teach me how to use the telegram. This was the new big thing. It had been invented two years before I was born. And it came along just in time for the railroad. He needed to know when the railroad was where to get where it was going and back again and all sorts of information that for thousands of years had taken weeks and weeks to get from one place to another. Now with the telegraph, you can get your information instantly. And if you were an enterprising young man and knew how to work the telegraph, you could work anywhere you wanted. So I left home and I traveled and I got jobs as a telegraph operator, eventually winding up in Boston, where I volunteered to take the night shift on the telegraph if I could work up in the attic of the office building and continue with my experiments. And one day I knocked over a bag of acid which went down through the floorboards onto the faucet desk, set fire to the papers and that was the end of my chemical laboratory and my job in that building. By then I'd become fascinated with how things work and used to take apart the telegraph equipment and put it back together again and learn how we operated and decided that I was going to start my own business as an inventor of useful things. The first thing I invented was an electronic vote counter. So I could sell it to Congress and they could count the votes and everything would move a lot faster in government. And I took it to Congress and I showed them how it worked and how fast they could count the votes and they said, get that thing out here. We don't want to do things fast. We want to do it slow and methodically and argue about it and make all sorts of deals in the meantime. So we don't want the vote to go quickly. That taught me a very important lesson. Only invent things that you're sure people are going to want. So I looked around to see which was the most busiest business that needed things that I could make. And that turned out to be the stock exchange where they had to keep track of all the money and all the prices of things all the time 24 hours a day. And they use what was called a stock ticker which printed out the numbers that the various stocks were going for. And one day while I was standing there looking at it it broke down. And they were all in a panic, all the stock brokers who can fix this? I saw what was wrong, a little spring had broken and I took a little screwdriver out of my pocket and fixed it and all they were beside themselves. They made me the official fixer of stock equipment and I began to build my own version which were better and faster and they were very pleased with my progress. I built one that was so effective they offered to buy the whole thing from me including the package. And I wondered well how much should I charge for this? Maybe I'll ask for a thousand dollars. I couldn't make up my mind to be so bold as to ask for that much money. So I said well, make me an offer. And they offered me $40,000 and I took it. And with that, we started our own laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. So there I was back in New Jersey again. If my great grandfather had stayed the course and supported George Washington I might have been in New Jersey all along or might not have been anywhere if my father had never gone to Canada, my mother. But that's for another kind of science. So there I was with my own little town factory. Menlo Park, it had a railroad, it had the telegraph. We built our first scientific experimenting laboratory and filled it full of everything we thought we might need to make anything that might be useful and people wouldn't want to buy. So the first thing we did was improve the telegraph. It turns out that the telegraph was a very useful thing, but it could only send one message at a time and only get one message back at a time and that was slowing everything down. It was becoming very popular. The telegraph was all over the country and practically all over the world. They had even built an underwater cable under the Atlantic Ocean to carry telegraph and messages to Europe, but only one at a time. So Western Union, the telegraph people were offering a very big reward for anybody who could figure out how to send more than one message at one time through the telegraph. Everybody was working on it. I was working on it, so my name Alexander Graham Bell was working on it, but I figured it out. I was able eventually to send four messages at a time. And we showed this off at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, where they showed off all the inventions that had been invented since the Declaration of Independence. And that was a lot of inventions. Up to the 19th century, 1800, there hadn't been that many really great inventions that changed the world for anybody could use. You might, I made a list a little bit more. They invented the boat thousands of years ago and that was useful. They invented the wheel. They're still using that. They invented the bow, which helped make hunting easier. They invented the compass so that you could get your boat to where you wanted it to go if you knew which way you were going. The printing press, that changed a lot of things, helped people learn faster. The telescope was very useful. The lightning rod kept lightning from knocking your chimney down and burning your house. The steam engine, that had began to speed things up. They used the steam engine to pump water out of the coal mines hitting you. Then somebody thought, well, if we put that engine on a big cart and we put that cart on some wooden rails, we can haul the coal that they're digging up out of the mine down to the river and put it on the partages and send it off. Well, that began the railroad. And the railroad began to change everything. Suddenly you'd go anywhere you wanted to go, anytime you wanted to go there, whether the wind was blowing or not. Well, let's see. After that, well, after that came the telegraph. The telegraph was the first invention that used electricity to do anything. And that started the whole business. Once people figured out that you could invent a thing like the telegraph, well, who knows what you could invent. So in this country, they began to invent anything they could think of, farm machinery, household machinery, business machinery. You name it, they invented it. Typewriters, a better camera, and my improved telegraph. I was in the featured spot at the exposition and everybody came to see the telegraph. But upstairs, in a little room, Mr. Bell was showing off his telephone, which nobody had thought of up to that time. He was trying to invent the telegraph and accidentally invented the telephone. Hello? So although my telegraph was very useful and won me the prize, the telephone won the imaginations of the entire country. Suddenly, you didn't have to wait for your message to go down the line on the telegraph and come back. Why, with a telephone, you could actually talk to who you wanted to talk to. And everybody jumped on that pathway. You see, once you invent something and it gets out there, everybody and every other would-be inventor says, I could have thought of that. I thought of that, but I didn't do anything. I'll try to make it better. And pretty soon, everybody was trying to improve the telephone, which was something I did. Mr. Bell's telephone wasn't very loud. You had to shout into it, and it didn't carry the message very far. So I invented a few devices that made the telephone work better, and I patented them. And well, then we set down to figure out what the best thing you could do with a telephone might be. The telegraph company wanted a method to record the telegraph messages. So no matter how fast they came in, you'd have a record on them. And so we got to work on that at Menlo Park. And we tried using one of the telephone transmitters to generate a signal that would make scratches on a piece of wax paper that then we could somehow interpret as words. And while we were doing that, it occurred to us that you could actually make impressions of words on that paper and somehow play them back, as they say now. So we got to work, and my machinist made this. This is the first machine that ever recorded sound. All you had to do was get a cylinder wrapped in around it. Then you had a speaking tube. And on the speaking tube was a little needle that would make impressions on the tin when you did this. You turned the crank, the drum turned, the needle made the impressions as you spoke. Mary had a little lamb that's pleased with white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go. Then you turned the handle back the other way, back to the beginning of the little lines here with the indentations on them with the sound refold. And you played it back. Now this one is just a model. The real one's in the museum, so it doesn't actually work. But what you would hear here when you played it back, as they say, was this. Mary had a little lamb that's pleased with white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go. Well, we couldn't believe our ears. It worked. Now, I'm very suspicious of anything that works the first time. So we kept working at it and experimenting. By George, it worked every time. Well, we announced that in the newspapers and it was a world of white sensation. Nobody had ever thought of doing such a thing before. Nobody. All the inventors said, why didn't I think of that? Even Mr. Bell said, you know, I shouldn't profit that. It's a very simple thing. And indeed it was. So simple that it went right over people's heads. The only problem was, once you played it a couple of times you wore out the little tin recording and that was that. So eventually I figured we'd have to find a way to make it more permanent.  Up to our time, if you wanted to do anything after dark, you had to have a candle or oil lamp or a gas lamp. And all of those things were dangerous. If you knocked over the candle or the lamps or turned off the gas, you would either start a fire or you might suffocate. So there was a great search all over the world for some new device to light up the world without setting fire to it. Now, I cannot say that I invented the light bulb. People had that idea for years. The problem was they couldn't make it last very long.  So the search was for a bulb that would stay lit long enough to make it practical. And that's where we concentrated our energy. We found out that you had to get all of the air out of the light bulb. So we had to go find a pump that would do that and we finally did. Then you had to find just the right wire to put inside the light bulb that would glow but not burn up. And that took us quite a long time. I had done it going all over the world, looking for vegetable products and the bamboo with all sorts of different kinds of wire, black and gold, anything that might glow. And finally we found just the right sort of thing.  So we put all that together and glow and behold, one day, we had light. Not only did I perfect the light bulb, but you might say that I invented the idea. But that's beside the point. So we had the light bulb and it worked and it lasted. We finally got it for the last couple of hundred hours, that was something that people would buy. But if they're going to buy it, well, you can't just start with a light bulb. You have your light bulb, then you have to have something at this end that you can connect to another thing like this device. There, now you've got your light bulb in a socket. Then you've got to get the electricity to the light bulb. So you had to develop a wiring system. And if it was in your house, hanging from the ceiling, you had to get the wires through the walls outside where you connected them to an electric pole. The pole wasn't electric, but the electricity went up on the wires. Then that had to go someplace where they generated the electricity. So you had to not only invent generator and the generating station. And one thing led to another. It wasn't just the light bulb. It was everything that was connected to the light bulb all the way back to where they were generating the electricity, but we did it. We had to get rich people to support it, but they did because they could see that everybody was going to want these in their home. So we made quite a nice profit, manufacturing the light bulbs and all the things that were connected to the light bulb and we couldn't make them fast enough or sell them fast enough. It was an enormous success. And of course, a lot of people said, well, that's very simple really. I could have done that. So we had a lot of competition and we had to patent our ideas just as soon as they came along. Like the lady told you, you patent the light bulb and everything connected with it. So while that was going on, Alexander Graham Bell, who had noticed that I improved his telephone, thought that, well, since we weren't doing much of anything with the photograph, maybe he'd take a crack at it. So his team got together and they invented, and I put that thing, that, which was just a cylinder made of wax and you could make the recording audit and it would last much longer and you could play it back any time you wanted to. And it was quite a success. In fact, such a success that we thought, well, we'd better do something about that if we don't want to get left behind with our own invention. So we took Mr. Bell's idea for the cylinder and we improved it and patented our improvements. And then eventually we had this, what we called the phonograph. And it was, well, it was just a combination of our cylinder, the little diaphragm with the needle that played back the sound and a nice tube trumpet here to amplify the sound. And all you did was, well, you had to wind it up. It worked by a spring, it was a big spring inside, I turned the mechanism and you set it going. And that's what you had. You could have it in your own home and listen to very creaky music, I thought. I wasn't sure it was the best possible way to have your music. After all, why do you want to listen to a tinny sounding thing like that when you can go to a theater and opera house or concert hall and hear world-class musicians playing Beethoven and Bach and all those wonderful composers? But apparently people didn't mind. They wanted to have these things in their own homes. So we sold our phonograph, Bell soldiers' graphaphone and everybody was happy. Then it occurred to me that it's very possible that I could do for pictures what we had done for the spoken words. We had made it possible for people to have the spoken word in their own homes or music. Why shouldn't they have pictures that moved? So we said to work on that. We had to talk to Mr. Eastman out in Rochester who was making all sorts of, I don't know where it was. Well, he made a portable camera that anybody could use before he came along. He had to be like Matthew Brady with a wagon load of equipment and heavy glass plates to take the pictures with. And you had to have money if you wanted to be an amateur talker. But Mr. Eastman invented a very simple portable camera and the rows of film to go with it.  And everybody was happy, but the picture didn't move. And I thought, well, let's see if we can make the move. So I told my workers, my fellows, my coworkers to show me some design and some ideas. What they came up with was they had Mr. Eastman take a lot of this film and put it all on one long strip, on a stool.  You blink them fast enough, it seems like the image is standing still. Well, that's what we did. We made the motion picture camera because you pointed where you wanted after you put your film in it and you looked through the little range finder and you turned the crank and the whole business started moving. And when you had your film developed you had moving pictures. It was amazing. People were astonished. They couldn't wait to see them. We invented a device called the Nickelodeon that was kind of a tall box with a viewing port in it and you look in, turn the crank after you put a Nickelodeon plot and you could see all sorts of interesting things dancing and prize fights and scenes of nature and people in parades. Oh, it was very, very popular. My fellow said, you know, Mr. Edison, what we should do is invent a device that will project those pictures on a wall, on a white wall, where dozens and dozens of people can come in and sit down and watch at the same time, not just one fellow dropping a Nickelodeon and turning the crank. Lots of people can see the shows. And I thought, now who wants to sit in a dark, stuffy room watching these flickering images? When they could go to a theater or an opera house and see real life people doing real life things. But I was wrong. People loved the idea of going to the flickers, they called them or the movies they called them. And so we couldn't manufacture that stuff fast enough for them. Meanwhile, I had an idea that I thought was really going to revolutionize the iron and steel industry.  And they were building taller and taller buildings with steel skeletons inside to hold them up. The problem was they were running out of iron and work to make the steel. Most of the mines they had at that time had wore out. No more iron in them. Or if it was, it was too little to risk digging for. And I thought, now there, there's something I can do. I will invent a system that will extract the iron ore out of the rocks of dirt. And it will be a good use of the leftover mine. I bought an old mine of an Ogden's bird in New Jersey. And I began to build an enormous factory with enormous drums in it that were heavy enough to crush huge boulders into dust. And we'd crush the boulders into dust on the drums and then we'd take the dust and pour it down a chute. And in the chute were electromagnets that would pull the iron out of the dust. And then we'd melt the iron flakes and into blocks and sell them to the people who were making railroad tracks and girders for big buildings. And just as we got the whole thing going, and it took us nearly 10 years and a couple of million dollars to do this, just as we got it going, somebody out in the Midwest discovered an iron mine so rich that you could practically pick the iron up off the ground. They didn't need our device, our little industry. So I'd spent a couple of million dollars in 10 years building something that nobody wanted. So what do you do? Give up? No. It occurred to me that in addition to the iron for those buildings, they're going to need an awful lot of cement for the concrete to build the buildings. And not only that, since Mr. Ford had perfected his automobile, they're going to have to start building a lot of roads and they're going to need concrete for that. So I simply changed the iron ore foundry into a cement making process. When you pour the rocks in, grind it up to dust and do whatever it does to make cement solid. And then we sold it to the cement people and made a tiny profit. I even began to design houses made of cement or concrete, depending on which you burn. So I managed to, as they say, make lemonade out of the lemons that I was painted. I lost a lot of money on that but I had an awful lot of fun building it. But not everything is a success the first time. Meanwhile, time was moving on. The Wright brothers invented the airplane. Mr. Ford was building automobiles as fast as he could. And what they needed for the automobiles were batteries so that they could run the lights and start the car. And I began to spend my time developing better batteries for the automobile industry and for the railroad from two. Everybody who needed a battery could get one from us. And to do all this, we had to have a bigger place to work. So we had left Menlo Park and moved to West Orange, New Jersey. And not only did I build a nice big house for my family, I also built a nice big factory for all the things we were making. Our records, our light bulbs, the batteries, anything you could think of that we had done when we were designing and building, we had our factories right there. And it was really great to see everything working so successfully every day until the whole thing burned down. In 1914 for some reason, something caught fire. Now it shouldn't have been as bad as it was because we had built our buildings out of the cement that was coming from our cement factory. And I insisted that all our buildings were fireproof. Well, yes, they buildings were fireproof but all of the things inside, the chemicals and the wax for the recordings and all the raw materials we needed were very flammable and went up like the 4th of July. I actually called my family and had them come down to see the fire. I said, you're never gonna see a fire this big again. The whole business burned down except for one building that I think had our, some of our electronic equipment in it. Well, there I was, 67 years old and broke the whole thing gone. Fortunately, I had a friend, Henry Ford, who lent me enough money to get started again and we did. You don't stop just because you've had a run of bad luck. You just pick yourself up and get going again. We rebuilt our factories and kept on making batteries and records and light bulbs and everything else we needed and this is how it's going to be good. So, well, that's pretty much the story of my life. I had an idea for something. I'd sit down and work on it until we had a working model that we patented and sell it. Exactly what I always wanted to do. I was a happy fellow.  I am told that I can take your questions if you have any questions about anything that I might have missed. So please feel free to ask. If you're too shy to ask the first question, I can take the second question first. That's great. Thank you so much. I learned so much. So just a couple of things from our chat box. We have somebody from India watching. So thank you so much for joining us from India. That's amazing. And you've done that with the telegraph. Yeah, that's right. Right. I do want to put in a bit of a plug for the National Archives Museum downtown. We have the wax cylinder of President Theodore Roosevelt. I believe he was the first president for whom we have a recording of his voice. So that's in one of the exhibits. So I just have to put that plug in quickly. Thank you. Yeah, so we do have a question. Your thoughts about Nikola Tesla. So did you know him, work with him? Actually, we did. We hired him. He was a brilliant fellow. But he was sort of strange in a way that very, very brilliant people sometimes are. The one thing, he didn't get the jokes. We were always telling jokes. One day there was a particular kind of electrical generator that wasn't working right. And I was very upset. I said, I'd give $10,000. Anybody who could make this thing work right. Well, if the Tesla heard that, set to work and fixed it, made it work much better. And then come looking for his $10,000. And I said, Mr. Tesla, you're never going to get along in America until you can understand the way Americans joke about things. He didn't think it was funny. He quit and went to work for Mr. Westinghouse to improve the electrical transmission systems throughout the country. As time went by, I realized that one of the big mistakes I made was that I underestimated how valuable Mr. Tesla really was. But he was not funny. It's amazing the number of inventors that lived back then. So we're running on time a little bit. So just a few questions. Did you have a favorite invention, something that you prize? My favorite invention was our phonograph. I used to tell people it's my baby, and it's going to support me in my old age. And in fact, it did. But it was the only thing I ever really invented that nobody had ever invented before. Most of my other things were developments of ideas people had that couldn't make work, like Leonardo da Vinci invented the airplane but couldn't make it work because he didn't have a motor. So I improved things with the phonograph I invented. Well, that's great. So we are kind of close to being out of time.  But one last question, we ask all of our guests. And that is, as Thomas Edison, what advice do you have for young people today? Ah, I took liberty of making some notes about that. My advice is never give up. Just because something doesn't work the first time, just keep at it. You never know. It took us 10,000 tries to make the rightful work and realize that you are capable of amazing things if you put your mind to it. Work hard and don't give up. Do what you love. I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun for me. I loved it. And there's always another way. If one way doesn't work, try another way. And keep trying until you're satisfied that it either works or won't. Then go on to the next thing. Use your imagination. All it takes to be an inventor is a good imagination and a pile of junk. Well, those are great words of wisdom from the Wizard of Menlo Park. Well, thank you so much. And I do want to say, somebody said they're watching from Michigan. So thank you for joining us from Michigan and exciting to have people from across the country and around the world. So thank you so much, Mr. Edison. We've learned so much from you. And I hope this inspires people to go out and learn more. So thank you and enjoy the rest of your day. Thank you very much. Well, off the DocsTeach activity, it does look at Edison's invention for the light bulb. And so I encourage you to check that out, docsteach.org. Lots of other things there too. And then we hope you will join us in July to meet Betsy Ross. And Betsy Ross is going to answer that question for us. Did she in fact create that first American flag? So thank you everyone for joining us. And we hope we'll see you in July and have a wonderful day and a happy, a little bit early. Happy Juneteenth, which is the holiday coming up on Monday and a happy 4th of July. So enjoy both of those upcoming holidays and have a wonderful rest of your day.


We're looking forward to Mayor Steve Benjamin's third annual Father's Day Cookout. It's become an event that is very anticipated by many in the area and it's just an opportunity to celebrate fathers. It's an opportunity for fathers to share quality time with their kids, fellowship, the camaraderie. Just an opportunity to come together. And what's wonderful about this event is that it's actually free and you can play games. There'll be checkers, chess, face painting, bounce houses for the kids to enjoy. And again just an opportunity to come together and celebrate each other, uplift each other. The fellowship of being amongst fathers, being amongst dads, it's something that we all look forward to. I'll tell you for me in the third year of my kids will be there along with my niece and nephew. Something that I look forward to every single year and this year certainly will be no different. Cookout will be held on June 17th from 3 to 6 p.m. at Hyatt Park which is located at 950 Jackson Avenue Hyatt Park. And again we're looking forward to the community coming out where we're inviting all dads, we're inviting all fathers and we're looking forward to coming together, celebrating each other, uplifting each other and most importantly bringing your kids so that we can have that opportunity to share quality time with our kids.


Hey Psych2Goers and welcome back to another video. Thank you so much for all the love and support that you've given us. Psych2Go's mission is to make psychology and mental health more accessible to everyone. Now, let's begin the video.  It is serious mistreatment of your feelings and emotional needs. If you or someone you know is in an abusive situation, we want to urge you to get the help that you need. We have resources provided in the description below that you can use. With that said, let's look at 6 types of emotional abuse. 1. I hold a power of corruption. Does this person force you into things you don't want to do? This looks different than having to make sacrifices in your relationship or giving into peer pressure. In an emotionally abusive relationship, this person will threaten negative consequences if you don't do what they want you to do. The art of corruption starts out with small things, like asking you to skip work or school without warning, and then will lead to bigger manipulations, like unwanted alcohol or substance abuse, the act of gambling or even theft. 2. They exploit you. Does this person ignore your boundaries? Do they seem to care only about the favors you can do for them? Exploitation is a type of emotional abuse that can be hard to notice because it can start off with very simple requests and favors. You might be happy to oblige them in the beginning because you want to seem nice and respectful. But it can reach a point of toxicity when they cross over your established boundaries and repeatedly ask you for money, connections or things. The abuser might have a hard time empathizing with you and their focus will be on manipulating you into getting what they want from you. 3. They lash out verbally. Does this person lash out at you with their words? Do they get loud and yell a lot? Frequent outbursts that involve yelling, swearing, insulting you or humiliating you is another type of emotional abuse. This is also called verbal abuse. According to the American Psychological Association, verbal abuse is when one uses harsh words to demean, belittle, or frighten you. You might use verbal abuse to deflect attention off of themselves or from discussing the state of your relationship. 4. They frequently ignore you. Do they frequently give you the silent treatment? Do they seem suspiciously dodgy about certain aspects of your relationship? When someone is frequently and repeatedly ignoring you, it's so they can manipulate your feelings. This makes you question your own behavior and whether or not you did something to make them act so coldly towards you. This shifts the attention towards yourself, instead of on their abusive behavior. This might prompt you to apologize to them just so they'll acknowledge you again. The emotional abuser, though, will continue to use this tactic when they want something or to try and deflect blame off of themselves. 5. They isolate you. Do they repeatedly make negative comments about the important people in your life? Have they even cut you off from your friends and family? This type of abuse generally masquerades as a positive notion. They might argue that they're isolating you to protect you from getting hurt by other people, or try to convince you that spending even a little time with others will take away from bonding time with them. If they're overprotective in a way that stifles your ability to grow as a person, this is a sign that they're trying to isolate you. Isolation leads to complete dependence on the abuser, which gives them another level of power over you. 6. They throw out harmful, verbal threats.  Do they threaten to physically harm you, but never follow through on those threats? If you try to leave the relationship, they can manipulate you into staying when they say something like, you'll never find someone who loves you the way I do. They may play the victim card and make you feel guilty for wanting to leave them. In extreme cases, they may even threaten suicide. This is extremely unhealthy and toxic. If you think you're being treated like this in your relationship, please know that it's not your fault. Emotional abusers are nasty manipulators and they can make almost anything sound believable. You have every right to feel supported, loved, and respected in your relationship with others. Remember that there are resources that can help you, listed in the description below. If this video did help you, or you think it might help someone else, feel free to share it. Don't forget to hit the subscribe button for more videos, and we'll see you next time.


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YouTube man, what's up man this gameplay time you guys tell me you love the gameplays And if you guys want to watch me live that link is below twitch.tv slash dub dot you can watch me play these LCQ leaderboard games This is the last term in a year is going to be the LCQ the last chance qualifier That means there's one more chance for one more person both on PlayStation and Xbox to make the Madden Bowl So if you guys don't want to play there's still two weeks left for the leaderboard You can check out salary cap ranked you probably want to be in the top 50 to qualify for tournament first Play the game. We got Michael Vic. So we're going up top to Calvin Megatron Johnson Marcus true fine actually makes that tackle and it's gonna come up to be a big tackle by him Here first play boom just play good coverage there inside the red zone I noticed he went man coverage and that's gonna come into play right here the next play as I audible to taste and hill He goes all out Blitz I think he's man coverage on the left But it's a cloud and I fired a curl right to Marshawn, Lattimore. I said first down I saw it was man coverage. I knew that curl route would beat man coverage But I went there and anticipated the coverage and do the wrong pass But we have Pete will he go ahead make a sack the croft. This is the croft I didn't tell you guys that but this is the croft is on the Seattle club champion this year He's a really good passer really one of the up-and-coming young players in the game As you see use Aaron Rodgers. These kids have really good pocket presence. That's one of the strengths They have and that's why I tend to spy every play if you watch these game Watch these plays the reason I want to spy Aaron Rodgers Not that he's mobile nice Calvin Johnson gets blurred by Sean Taylor right there Not that he's mobile, but when they step up in the pocket It's almost becomes like a delayed blitz as we see David and clowny get into Aaron Rodgers right there So you see I got a spy It's kind of like if you want to step up and get away from Fletcher Cox I can click in that right stick button and send the spy after him So it's kind of a delayed blitz rather than a spy for the quarterback and right there I go ahead and pick him off as he tries a broken play with Aaron Rodgers Patrick Willis I got full Patrick Willis on my salary cap squad 95 speed Next play from I catch him on the detack when we hit the delay route to John new Smith the tight end up And coming tight end with the Tennessee Titans man. He had a good year. He's really good budget player mad Let's get out the pocket there with Calvin Johnson running over Latin We're just a big-body beast Calvin Johnson now I don't have fast break because it costs so much cap If you guys watch me play I run fast break a lot But you can see how slow Michael Vick is it running his blast Just lab and trying to see if I can still run it without fast break and we get into the end zone right there with Michael Vick So we'll see man. Like I said, they they upped the fast break cap to 85 cap That's a lot of salad kept to be able to run blast So I took it off But the best thing about blast is the short yardage and Michael Vick did get in right there Take a seven-nothing lead Like I said there it is again just a spy make him play but Calvin Johnson with a big spin move there Just making plays at dude Calvin Johnson is the best receiver in the game If you guys don't have him do what you gotta do to get him once again that time Fletcher Cox finally makes a play You see he has a superstar center. He's really doing a good job on my power specialist Fletcher Cox But right there he finally he's kind of stepped into that pressure rather than Fletcher Cox shed We get the third and 16 Just gonna go ahead and nap there's Aaron Rodgers stepping up the one play I don't spy send forward with no spy So I'm telling you as he throws this fade on the outside I thought Sean Taylor was gonna go pick that off But I said it's just about making him uncomfortable in a pocket having a spy there it is again I send it that time. It was Dante Jackson I believe like 94 speed Dante Jackson those underneath just just not just make some Uncomfortable when they steps up in the pocket when you have Aaron Rodgers More of a pocket passer as he throws this post route to Calvin Johnson right there You don't want him to be able to step up in the pocket and be comfortable first-play dive Gets into the end zone man. How many times in this game do you tackle the runner forward into the end zone? I know it happens to me. I'm assuming it happens to you guys too, but Right there. We just tied up. I got a minute left I'll get some points here pistol ball to be on make a little move spin move, but Sean Taylor gets me Got to get some points. We're gonna try to go up top first play again here Nobody really over I'm gonna get rid of the ball That's the one thing about a mobile quarterback man. Sometimes Whatever you put out there doesn't work and you can actually get away and throw the ball away Right there. I try to go to in route his Montez sweat Did not animate did not make any plays for him right there this time we get out of the pocket We throw the corner route boom Tory Holt. So after you after you get away with throwing that in route You gotta be able to make a make up for it I want to throw this corner out at Montez sweat so bad, but not open I would live to fight another down. I have no timeouts left Right here. Just taking off with Michael Vic first priority get out of bounds So even if we run backwards a little bit stop the clock 35 seconds probably have two plays to get to the end zone Next play nothing really there gonna throw the ball away get to a second down This time he sends everybody in our favorite thing in the world pressure and accurate Makes it tough to pass in the pocket against these blitzes Vic is great on the run But if he's in the pocket, he might mess up a throw I know you guys have gotten pressure and accurate this year Happens to all of us and it happened to me right there causing me to throw an interception Right there's the fletcher cops going after it and that's gonna be the end of the half We're gonna get to the half time. I feel alright. I feel good I feel like I do two picks inside the 20 inside the 15 yard line So even if I don't throw picks there that's six points So I could be up 13 to 7 or I could at least have 10 But because of those interceptions were we're an entire game It's a really good player and I got to do my best job to really keep him in front of me He does a great job of passing and this patch you trips. He runs out of New England It really spreads out the spreads out your defense It makes it tough to cover all these people But the biggest thing I want to do is not give up any of those post routes not give up any big plays as you see The stats throughout this game and he's gonna be about 10 for 11 Really finding these gaps with these drags and these hitches underneath and really just don't want him to get plays over 10 yards. I feel like Fletcher Cox sending the spy everything will eventually as right here Well, he got you got four yards scramble, but just keep everything in front of me You know, I realize some of these kids are really good at passing when you play somebody that's really good at passing Once again, we send that spy Sometimes just don't give up a big play and you'll be alright as he throws a little out route right there Like I said 11 completions for 30 130 yards So that's like what 13 yards a carry and there we get burned now if you guys watch befriending the bot I Talked about deep blue zones in the first episode right there What I did is I did not change my deep third into a quarter and so he got burnt So if you don't know why that happened What happened there and what causes people to get burned on the outside and how you can burn people on the outside Check out that befriending the bot series of the breakdown everything right there I do I do the corner route kind of right at his user because I knew he would drop back to stop that deep post route Man right there. I had the deep post again But uh, yeah, I'm doing pretty good to taking one get there thought about a Laquan Treadwell. He's a 10 cat wide receiver Michael Vick boom corner route over here Tori Holt good money good get it Tori Holt man He's a free card and he really is a pretty decent go up the scene, but Dion is too fast One thing that you guys realize about these cards cards in the game man Dion Sanders all these 99 speed 99 zone whatever maybe they're really fast I thought the four verticals I could hit that seam right up the middle But he closed on that once he clicked on it really quickly Once again a throw underneath just not a big play and I'm okay with it because I have shunt Taylor I have P willy have all these guys underneath that can make tackles make plays for me as we're getting to the fourth Quarter now first play the fourth quarter.  I'm gonna send this by P. Will a Cause the fumble man if your quarterback gets breathed on an open field especially with Patrick Willis He's gonna fumble ball in first play in the pocket in the pressure Vic Standing like a man finding Tori Holt for the TD to tie the game up man 14 all Pretty much the start of fourth quarter. So I just got to get off the field here. Hopefully get the ball back and make some plays To put some points on the board take the lead of this game Brandon Wilson 22 cat punching most certain face First in 10 we get the sack start sending a little bit of pressure man. I love playing coverage man But you mean you got with the best players as we drop it interception the next play Taylor mace But the best players man, you got to mix it up what you do offense defense right there He goes out route bad animation gets him to a fourth down He's gonna go for this and fire the ball right at P. Will a and what does P. Will he do whoop? I'll go this way. I'll go that way and I'll put up seven take it to the Baja 21 14 switch this game real quick Patrick Willis forcing the fumble catching the pick He's just an absolute animal man. I feel like the card has been out a long time still 95 speed I still want to say he's the best middle linebacker in the game.  They will your defense will be very good That's why I had Dion Jones and Patrick Willis fourth in inches He goes to the flat route and Dion can't jump in in time does get that possession gets two minute warning up by seven Those are underneath there Taylor Mays goes for the strip does not get the ball out We're feeling good. He needs a touchdown anytime somebody needs a touchdown nice playmaker right there Just the perfect spot, you know playmaker to pick up a cool 40 yards on that one right there We have minute 20 left so everything underneath right there my man Brandon Wilson again two sacks for Brandon Wilson second down Anthony bar. He's gonna go to the wheel route right here. This is why we keep Taylor Mays punch him in the face third and 12 here we go Goes will route the Chris Johnson lad them where I go for the strip and gets them an extra four yards Gets him to a second and two right or fourth and two right here throws over Dion Jones's face and Johnny Moren holds on timeout one timeout left 40 seconds left I'm gonna man up the running back. He's gonna actually find this guy in flats right here Come on ladder more get over there make a tackle on big Calvin Johnson get him to the two-week calls timeout Second and goal again.  We're covering the hitch is sack right there Anthony by Time is running. He know huddles 13 seconds left. We're gonna go ahead with the cover to again Only rush to I'm on Fletcher Cox tries to thread the needle almost gets me right there Johnny Moren one more play fourth down He's gonna snap the ball look for the running back. I man them up with everybody tons of people right there incomplete GG's in the chat man That's how you hold the door at the end it gets really tough because he got the ball back with three minutes left man It gets really tough to move the ball But with the clock with the runoff and everything so we were able to get a stop and hold the door with our back Up against the end zone GG's in the chat hit all them links below


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Welcome once again to another edition of the Red Brown and Williams Real Estate Show. I'm Shannon Deskins along with Jennifer Brown Day. And there's no question at this point now that Thanksgiving is behind us. We are in the Christmas season. We definitely are and it's so strange. It seems like we just did a show talking about how warm the weather was and all of that. And now we're getting ready for Christmas. Speaking of Christmas, we're going to show you some things today that could be the most perfect Christmas present ever. We were just talking about that a minute ago. Absolutely. There is no better gift than the new house. There you go. We're going to give you some options and then you can decide for yourself if that's something that you want to do. The first one actually, let's talk about a commercial location that you guys have. And this is in Johnson County. It is. And if you're looking, there's just one picture on this listing. So if you're looking at the pictures as they rotate, it is the same picture, but it is a very impressive picture. Because this picture shows 350 acres of land without any restrictions in the Johnson County area. Right. And then it's commercial property. But when you say you have over 1700 feet of highway frontage on US 23, anybody who understands anything about commercial property, your attention is definitely your interest is peaked. Absolutely. And the great thing about this is, yes, it's commercial location. But with this kind of acreage, you can do commercial. You can do a residential subdivision. You can look at, there are so many options with what you could do with this property. You can tell from the picture, there's a lot of it that's very, very usable land. So anything that you would have in that area that you want to put in Johnson County, this is a property definitely to consider. And we say Johnson County, we're only two miles past the Painesville city limits. This is a really popular location because like you said, you're just outside of Painesville. You're not yet into Lawrence County or anything, but you are very conveniently located. So it's another one of those properties that if you have somebody that works in Floyd County, somebody else works in Lawrence County or towards the Ashland area, this is a great location. Right. And we said again, 350 acres, it's listed as commercial, but there is so much space that you can put an entire subdivision in there. This is one, I'm assuming there are signs out by US 23. There are. Absolutely. This is one that will be very easy to find. But if you want to actually take an agent out there, somebody would be more than happy to meet you at the property, give you more detail and you can just call our Painesville office to get that set up. All right. Let's give that Painesville office number. Okay. That number<PHONE_NUMBER>. Okay. Now the next one is also out of the Painesville office, but this get back into residential. Now this is a home for sale. It is. This is a house for sale and this is on Court Street in Painesville. If you're familiar with downtown Painesville at all, extremely convenient location. You are right off Third Street. You turn on to Court Street. You're very close to Painesville Elementary, very close to our Lady of the Mountain School in that area. This is one that in downtown Painesville, you've got everything within walking distance. Absolutely. You really do. Shopping, restaurants, schools, anything that you could want to get to, absolutely. Right. Now this one is three bedrooms, two bathrooms. It was built in 1950, so this is one you're going to get the charm with. Absolutely. And you can actually tell through the pictures, you've kind of got that 1950s kind of Cape Cod style house to it. But this is one it's been very well maintained. They've got a den, a living room, a kitchen, a sitting area.  So this is one that really has a lot of potential if you need an office space or if you need two living areas, something like that, this has the opportunity for that. And this is one of those that people are scratching their heads by looking at the pictures. This is one of those listings where you're going to have to go in and literally see it to appreciate this space. Absolutely. And it does have an off-street parking, which is a big plus in this area, and a one-car detached garage. This part of Paintsville, downtown Paintsville, you don't see that a lot. Some of the homes have where you have to park in front of the home on the street. So this one actually affords some off-street parking. Absolutely. All right. The price on this one is 100,000. It's been reduced. So you know right off the bat, you've got a motivated seller. So hopefully if this is something you're in the market for, you can give the Paintsville office number a call. But we just gave that a minute ago. So let's give the website so people can see everything that Red Bren and Williams has to offer. Okay. The website is rbandw.com. Okay. Now for the next listing, we're literally just going to go down the street from this one. This one is also on Court Street. It is. This one, you're going to go all the way to the end of Court Street, and you're actually going to take a left on Twin Oak Drive. So it's a little bit different address, but technically you're still right there on Court Street. But it is a great location. The awesome thing about this one is you have all the convenience that you did with the other house, but this one is a very private location. You kind of go back there to the end. You take that left. So you have a private yard. You have a private home location. Very few people even know of this home that's back there. Right. And you're looking at two acres of property, which you don't see very often when you can technically say this home is in downtown Plainsville, but it sits on two acres and it's a private location. So, and the home is a large home. You're looking at nearly 3,300 square feet, and that's above grade. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms. There's a ton of space in this home. It is. And this one has, the basement is all finished, has a fireplace, family room, living room with another fireplace, has a huge workshop, two-car garage. So if you have hobbies, if you need extra space for some kind of, you know, you work out of your home or something like that, this one has that kind of space. Now, this is one that you need to schedule to actually go and see this piece of property. I'm assuming there's a sign out there, but it's kind of private where it's located. So you probably recommend somebody go with you for a showing on this one. Absolutely. This is one that I would recommend setting up a showing. So if you have an interest in seeing it, this is Teresa Preston's listing. She's out of Paintsville and you can call her at 205-789-0. Okay. Now moving back toward Pike County, we'll show a couple of your personal listings. This one is one in the Middle Bowls Edition on Cedar Drive. Yes. This one sits very convenient in Pockville. It's in the Middle Bowls Edition. If you're familiar with that area, right off 23, extremely convenient to downtown. The great thing is this gives you that old neighborhood feel that is really so popular, especially if you've got kids or anything. This is a great area. And then the house itself offers so many opportunities depending on what you're looking for. The great thing about this one and what I think is going to end up selling it, you've got a master bedroom and two bedrooms on the second floor. But you also have a master bedroom set up on the first floor. So it can be a guest bedroom with a full bath or it could be if you have an in-law, a mother-in-law suite. It kind of blocks off itself. So it gives you the opportunity to have those two master suites if need be. And then even if they're not living with you full time, you know, we talked about we're in the middle of the holidays and people will come in for a week or two at a time. This gives them the illusion of having their own space within your house. So it's also great for that. Right. And this one, it sits on nearly half an acre, which you don't find a lot in neighborhoods. But you can tell by that front picture. This one has a large, large front yard, which actually you can see from US 23. If you're going north on US 23, you can look over to the right as you go over the Bulls Edition. And this one's right over there. Yes. You can see it very easily. And you can also kind of tell it's got a really nice size backyard. If you wanted a pool, plenty of room for a pool. Has a really pretty brick patio out back, perfect for entertaining or anything like that. And you can see the hardwood flooring and the kitchen. I love that kitchen view because you've got the recessed lighting. It looks like they've got all the updates, the countertops and things like that. Absolutely. They've put a lot of time and effort into the updates that they've done. Like you said, the hardwood flooring, the granite countertops. They've got the living room, which is not a picture that's shown with a really pretty fireplace. So they have all those updates in there. And this is one of those listings where we're limited to four photos and you're like, this is one I wish I had room for 10. Absolutely. I'd show them all. Right. This is one definitely that we want to get a hold of Jennifer to get your showing scheduled on this one. This is your listing. It is. This is my listing. So you're more than welcome to call the Pockville office to set up a showing. That number<PHONE_NUMBER>. The price on this one for everything you're getting, $449,000. So the neighborhood, the setting, the home, everything. If that's the market that you're in, definitely give Jennifer a call and she'll get you scheduled to take a look at this one. Like you said, a lot of selling points in that home. Yes, absolutely. Okay. Now we'll end the show with a few other options for residential, but these are basically blank slates. This is land and lots for sale. Yes. We thought it would be better to kind of merge them all into one just because it's harder to spend time on land. So we're going to go kind of fast and then there's pictures for each of these. And we have one that is a brand new listing. This is on Deskins Hollow. It is listed at 55-5 and it is a half acre. Right. Now this one for those of you not sure where this is, Deskins Hollow is in one of the fastest growing areas of Pikeville, around the Pikeville Commons areas. You've got all the shopping and the dining and that area just continues to grow. Absolutely. It's a very convenient location right now. So this is a great location and like you said in one of the fastest growing areas in town. Right. So we've just crossed the railroad tracks there and it's behind there. You've got a sign up I'm assuming, but this is one that's kind of complicated.  Absolutely. We've got maps at the office. If anybody is seriously looking in that area just give us a call. We can send you all the information. Okay. Now the next is another popular area and that's in Cedar Creek. This is phase seven. It is. This is the lots that we have left in phase seven. So we actually had the entire subdivision we've got about half, a little less than half left available. So if you're looking to build, this is a great location. You're right up past Cedar Creek assisted living up on the hill. And we have lots. They range from about a half acre to a little over an acre. And then we also have prices ranging from the 87,000 range up to right over $100,000. So this is when there's a lot of difference in some of these lots. But if that's the area you want definitely call us and we can give you specifics on individual lots. And I personally love this area because Cedar Creek in general is a popular area. But this one is kind of sits above it and back in the woods. So you're getting that convenience to Pikeville and all of that. But yeah, you've got a private setting. Exactly. All right. Now the next one we've got some lots on Toley Lane. Now this is between, I guess right around the line of where Pikeville becomes Coal Run Village. Yeah. Right behind Ray Jones Law Office. It's that whole area back there. Correct. You're technically in Coal Run. Like you said, we've got two lots left back there. You probably will not even know this is back there. We do have signs right there on US 23. So if you've seen the signs, you know, one day if you're looking for a lot, turn up in there and look. It's absolutely a beautiful hollow. They only divided it up into a couple lots. So it's not going to be house on top of house. You've got space. A lot of them are really big. The yards are big. So you've got two lots. One of them is a little under an acre. One is just over an acre. They are $80,000 each. And again, it's just a great location and something that if you aren't familiar with it, definitely take a look. Right. If you're in the market to spend $100,000 on a piece of property, definitely give you a look because you're not, like Jennifer said, you're not going to realize they're back there. But they're so convenient to use. So you're out of the Pikeville Coal Run. But yet, you're getting all of that space. Exactly. So all of these are out of the Pikeville office, correct. So let's give you your Pikeville Office number. That number<PHONE_NUMBER>. As we said earlier in the show, we gave the website. That's rbandw.com. Anything they have and more are out there. So if any of these are kind of in the market that you're for, and you want to look at more options, you guys definitely have those, because you have four offices. We do. We have four offices and are more than willing to help. Okay. Now as we mentioned in the beginning of the show, it is Christmas season and you've got some tips.  So I wanna step out and let her talk about that. Listing your home during the holiday season can be even more stressful than typical. Anytime you list, there are a couple things to keep in mind, but some are especially important during the holidays.  Second, remember to declutter. During the holidays, we tend to pack in the gifts and decorations, but also remember that a potential buyer needs to be able to see the home and walk through easily. Thirdly, we all know around the holiday season the weather is very unpredictable. So take precautions to keep exterior walks, driveways and steps safe and clear for any potential showings that may occur. And as always, the agents of Reverend William's real estate services would be honored to assist you with listing your property. Just give one of our four offices a call. Thank you for joining us for another episode. See you again soon.


Welcome back to my Monday motivational post. But before I begin today, let me ask a question. Do you know how to differentiate the anger from anxiety? Why I'm asking this question to you is, the line of difference between the two is very thin. Was there an occasion when you mistook someone's anxiety for you as an anger and felt bad about it, got upset and even broke the relationship? You must listen to today's story in order to get the clarity and perhaps see your relationship with the people you live and deal with. Lord Krishna as a child was fond of eating butter, ghee and other milk products. He used to eat them with great delight at every given opportunity. He was quite mischievous too, stealing butter, ghee and all of them along with his friends from other homes in Gokul. The residents of Gokul often complained about this to Krishna's mother, Ishwara Rama. Added to all of this, one day Krishna's friends and his elder brother Balarama came home and told her that Krishna had eaten some soil too. She became very upset and very much concerned too.  Have you eaten the soil? Show me your mouth. Open your mouth. Everyone around thought Ishwara Rama was very angry with Krishna but Krishna thought it otherwise. He saw a mother's anxiety in Ishwara Rama but not any anger in her. He thought she was perhaps worried that he might develop some kind of stomachache due to the eaten soil. That's why he told his mother, Oh my mother, please don't worry. I'm eating some butter and ghee also in order to digest that. But Ishwara Rama said, No. Open your mouth. Show me your mouth. She insisted that she would check his mouth. And you know what Krishna did? He did not become upset. He was rather happy that his mother had so much of concern for him. So he gave her a beautiful gift. He opened his mouth and what Ishwara Rama could see there was not even a trace of a soil. But the mighty universe including 14 different worlds. Let me present to you what happened there in the form of a song. Mother, I ate butter and ghee. Mother, please come and see. Oh my mother, please don't worry. Oh my mother, please don't worry. I'm eating some butter and ghee. Show me your mouth. She insisted that she would check his mouth. Oh my mother, please don't worry. Oh my mother, please don't worry. I'm eating some butter and ghee. Oh my mother, please don't worry. Krishna knew and felt his mother's love for him. So even though Shepet was angry with a stick in her hand and a frown in her eyes, he did not think so. He was rather touched by his mother's love for him.  We do come across such situations wherein our near and dear ones express their feelings sometimes with a raised voice and maybe even a stern warning and very unfortunate. Sometimes we see people taking extreme steps when such things happen. But tell me, is it not what they do that is for our good? If they don't do it for you, who will? Please understand the difference between the anger and anxiety. It will do a world of good to you. Thank you for watching this Monday Motivational Post. We'll be back again next Monday with another Motivational Story. In the meantime, take good care of yourself.  Remember, you are awesome.


Next question is from Matthew Garcia. What are the best body weight exercises to build a stronger core and when to program them? You know what I'm gonna do right now? I'm gonna give my favorite advanced core exercise. This is advanced, so you need to be really strong and have good stability, but I'm gonna give one of my favorites away. This was an exercise I saw Bruce Lee doing back in the day, yes. And then, so Bruce Lee, I was a huge Bruce Lee fan when I was a kid. Enter the dragon, return to the dragon. You know, return of the dragon, excuse me. Chinese connection, like, great, I loved him. And he was really muscular for that era and he did all these exercises. He did dragon flags, which were really cool. And then, here's what solidified it. Rocky did it in Rocky IV. That's the one where they're doing the montage where he's getting ready for the Russian and he's doing them on the thing and all like that. Anyway, that exercise, you know, if you're strong enough and have the right stability, nothing builds my core. Literally, I'll do seven reps of that and nothing will build, there's a picture of. And there's lots, so most people won't be able to do this, but there's actually, you can do like a regression to this.  So your knees are just slightly bent and kind of, yeah. Or you can even do like where your legs are straight, but you know what I'm saying, right? Where you kind of roll the spine up and then keep your legs. Instead of maintaining that kind of tension. Yeah, instead of maintaining it. Like, the dragonfly is really advanced, but there's definitely variations of this to progress you to get here that the average person could actually do that I agree have tremendous value. Now I'm gonna back out and I'll give you some of my favorite, one of my favorite basic exercises. I love reverse crunches. It's one of my favorite exercises. I would have clients often start with it because it was harder to turn into a reverse crunch into a hip flexor sit up than a forward sitting crunch or sit up. So I'd have people lay on the floor or on a bench. They would anchor their upper body, bend their knees, tuck their knees. So everything's kind of nice and tight. And then just roll their pelvis backwards off the bench. And it's a great way to really work the muscles of the core.  And just because I can, you know, you can sort of highlight the connectivity between like each one of your abs and like really focusing on bringing that stern down towards your belly button and getting that, you know, that sensation and that crunch and feeling there in the core and really isolating it. And then another one, well, I was going to bring up levers like for like an extreme version of what you're talking about with the dragon flags, but you can do that with a pull-up bar and sort of work your way up with that again to your point, you can bend your knees and you can kind of slowly, it's more of an eccentric type of a move where you're really stabilizing your entire body. The other one that's really a lot more simple than that is the hollow body position. And that's basically a lot of people do planks and they're familiar with planks and that isometric position in terms of like stabilizing the spine, getting your core activated. Well, you know, flipping on your backs.  It just helps to kind of connect the entire body at once. So if I can, if I have that ability that translates so well to basically any position I put you in.  The other one that I'd add in there because and I thought for sure you were gonna steal both from me, Justin is to, I like a cable wood chop, you know? Cause you can load it quite a bit. Very functional. Yeah, the rotational strength unit, the anti-rotational strength that comes from it, very functional, I just, there's... And rotation is rarely ever trained in core workouts. So those would be like my two favorite or I like what you did with the Dragonfly or like a regression of that, like those. And then where do you program it was the rest of this question? Well, typically either on a day it's on its own or at the end of a workout. Here's why. Now I know if you have a weak body part it's important to prioritize that body part and work at first in a workout. The problem with the core and doing that with the core is you need it to be stable for almost everything that you do. It's not a great idea to start a workout with core, fatigue your core, then you go on to work out your legs or your back or upper body and the risk of injuries tends to go up. So typically at the end of the workout two or three days a week, maybe six sets for core I would incorporate some rotation, don't neglect rotation and some kind of a, you know, rolling forward or rolling back extra. Physioball crunches are another really good one. You got to do them right though. Active planks is another really good exercise but something that targets the abs so that you're bringing the rib cage and the pelvis closer together. So that's any movement that does that. So that could be a crunch or reverse crunch could be a perfect sit up. And then something with rotation and the cable chop is a gray or bands, you know that rotation is so important. And if you watch people's core workouts they almost never include rotation either A because it's not a popular way to train your core or B because they're misinformed and say and they think, oh, if I work my obliques I'm going to get a bigger waist. Got your bid.  Please train your obliques like you train the other muscle. They're very important and the stronger and more defined your obliques are the better your core will look. Hey, if you enjoyed that clip you can find the full episode here or you can find other clips over here and be sure to subscribe.


Good morning and welcome to Let's Stand Around and Talk. The only morning show where we answer your questions about the popular web series, Red vs. Blue. He's Griff. I'm Simmons. First build. Nice. Today's question comes from Driftage Mixer, who asks, you guys obviously spend a lot of time playing Halo. Are you any good? You know, over the course of making the show, we've technically amassed well over a full decade of time played. Oh, and that's in all kinds of games. Halo, Halo 2, Halo 2 Anniversary, the list goes on. So we can safely say we know what it takes to be a professional gamer. That's right, dedicated. Here. What? First things first. You want a top of the line gaming chair. These puppies will run you between $204,000. Unless you want it in red and gold, that'll be an extra grand. I don't think. But that's not all. You'll also need blue light gamer glasses for clarity and a gaming headset fit for a helicopter pilot. That's not what it takes to get good at a game. Well, of course not just that. You also need a tall can of gamer fuel. The only energy drink to be consumed while sitting down and doing nothing. It's also available in a powder and IV injection. But what about actual skill? This is America Simmons. Skills are only good for resume fluff and world record books. What you really need to get ahead is toless gamer socks. Don't have any? Well, thankfully, they come in all sizes down at Griff's Gamer Gear, located at the corner of 45th and Lamar.  You think I'm Griff from Griff's Gaming Gear? The best place to find the hottest gamer items like this game frame, lay-and-play twin mattress, and quarter-inch staple gun for gamers? Nah, that's a different Griff. Wait a minute, bring the question back up. Aha, Driftage Mixer is just an anagram for I am Dexter Griff. I don't know what you're talking about, Simmons, but I wish I was getting some kind of kickback because they are selling like hotcakes.  I promised we wouldn't do any sponsored segments unless we both agreed to it. Oh, so you could have the whole segment dedicated to your pyramid scheme, but you draw the line at gaming cookbooks? It wasn't a pyramid scheme, it was a Ponzi scheme, and we just need to scam 12 more idiots into signing up under us and the rejuvenation helmets would basically pay for themselves. That venture is the whole reason we gotta sell all this gamer garbage. We're burning through our budget. I'm surprised we're even still on the air. Wait, wait a minute, are we still on the air? Oh, hey, we were just joking about all that scheme and scam stuff. Uh, yeah, just another joke from our pro gamer joke book on sale now. That's about all we have time for, so until next time, have a great morning and an even better day.


Hey, Bolo Buddies, thanks for watching. Alright, in this video, I am gonna show you guys something that is absolutely incredible. I went to an estate sale last weekend and I want to share with you what I picked up because it just blew my mind. So I have over 70 of them that I picked up. Let me show you what they are. Huge money Bolo that one of my members found. Hi, my name is Terry. I go by the name MindfulRecycle on my YouTube channel and in my eBay store. Oh my goodness, I'm gonna let her tell you about it. She went into an estate sale and listen to what happened. When I got into the estate sale, I was probably one of the first 10 people in and walked all through the house, actually went into the room where these items were and walked back out because I hadn't seen them, walked around the house, picked up a whole bunch of other stuff, finally went back in that room and noticed all these bins on the bottom shelf in this room. There were probably about four or five bins. So I just sat on the floor and started looking through and I looked up a comp on one of them and one of them sold for Hey, Bolo Buddies, thanks for watching. Amazing, right? Alright, let's get $200. Okay, we're back. How incredible is that? Can you believe it? A dollar each?  Just just incredible, just incredible. Alright, we are gonna start with some of her sales. What are these selling for? What are they actually selling for? Are they actually selling or are they just sitting in her store? I'm gonna show you. Alright, let's get our screen share up and we are gonna start with the lowest and work our way to the highest. Alright, but first of all, these Bolo's come from Terry Mindful Recycle. She is incredible. If you are not subscribed to her channel, you are missing out because she is one of the biggest Bolo finders that I know. She is incredible. She sources a lot of the state sales and man, oh man, can she find the good stuff? So this is one of her hauls. And I'm just gonna show you what sold so far. So the first item she sold is this one right here. And this one, she just used keywords in the title. It says vintage hallmark stationary writing letter set 70s child strawberry ice cream. Now this is a lower dollar one that only sold for $49 plus shipping, but $49 is still incredible in my book. Okay. Wait until you see the biggest one. Oh my goodness. Alright, this one sold for $79 and she put this up for auction. And remember, she's got so many more to list. So I'm gonna show you what's currently listed at the end of the video. And I know she's still listing stuff. So make sure you heart or follow her eBay store. I'll link it down below so you guys can follow these items. This is a hallmark stationary child picking flowers with bluebird 1970s $79 plus shipping on this one. And this is raggedy and an Andy hallmark stationary. Bob's Merrill 1974 new old stock. These are just incredible. I mean, look at this, you guys. Oh brand new. Oh my goodness. What a find. You know, I would like to say that finding this many at one time is a once in a lifetime find. I don't think this will ever happen to her again. So $79 plus shipping on this one. This one is Mary Hamilton hallmark stationary writing letter set children painting. And you know what I think I have a it's not stationary but it's a album a photo album. And I just put it in my money pile. I think I'm gonna list it now because it's this Mary Hamilton. Wow, incredible. This sold for $99 plus shipping. See, I just learned about one that I have sitting here waiting for me to list. Here's another Mary Hamilton. And this one sold for $102 and 50 cents. So yes, people collect stationary. It is definitely a thing. So be on the lookout. This next item is vintage hallmark stationary mice tea party with mushrooms again from the 1970s sold for 107 50 plus shipping. This is a hallmark stationary puppy and kitten snuggle up together 1970s new old stock that's what NOS stands for if you did not know that this sold for $128 and 50 cents plus shipping. Betsy Clark definitely a Bolo if you see Betsy Clark you definitely want to give it a look up look up comps but more than likely it's going to be a Bolo and you're probably want to get keep it in your hand while you look it up and definitely probably take that one home with you especially if it's stationary this sold for $199 plus shipping. So they are 1970s hallmark stationary brand new in the pack. And when I was looking at the estate sale, I noticed a Holly hobby and there were also Betsy Clark in here and so I picked them up did a comp on them and just started throwing them all in my bag. Here is another Betsy Clark up in the treehouse $199 plus shipping just incredible all sealed. Can you believe it? Can you believe it? I just I just can't even believe it and the price she got him for oh my goodness. Here's another Betsy Clark this one she put up for auction it sold for $239 and 35 cents plus shipping. It's 70 sheets of paper 70 sheets of paper for $239 and 35 cents. How awesome is that comes in the nice little collector's box. The next item is another Betsy Clark vintage hallmark stationary children waiting for the mail and this one sold for $249 plus shipping so just to give you an idea of the types of photos she showed you know that the packaging was in good condition so lots of photos I think that's really important when you're selling stuff for over $200.  Okay. American Greetings, urchins, I think that's how you say it kids Alina. Oh, cut your Rick K U C H a R I K stationary set boxed new old stock from the 70s sold for $610. Alright, Terry's gonna tell us why this sold for so much money right now. So this one sold for $610. I have already shipped it off but I'll show you a screenshot of this and I think it's sold for so much because the artist was also the co founder of the Care Bears and so probably pretty sought after. Anyway, it's been really exciting selling these and I have probably close to 60 more to sell $610 plus shipping. Alright, let's go over to Terry's eBay store and I've already filtered it to stationary so we can see what else she has listed so she has 11 results so that means she still has plenty to list and I would tell you what with these prices I would be motivated to get these items listed ASAP so she's got this one up for auction $79 this one's a buy it now at 124 50 99 buy it now and this is just you know Hallmark stationary so not all of these are Betsy Clark and they're still going for big money the vintage Hallmark this one's vintage Montags or Montags not sure how to say it $79 she has on that one and you can see some of them she's researched and did a buy it now and some of them she's doing auctions so little girl picking flowers Hallmark $99 auction style here's a Betsy Clark she's got it 149 plus shipping and you can see she's got buy it now there is no best offer happening on the she knows what they are worth here's another Betsy Clark at 199 199 right here auction style I'm so excited to see what these other ones go for make sure you're subscribed to her youtube channel because she is going to give you updates on her what sold videos of what the other items are selling for this is just a sneak peek at some of her solds so again she is Terry mindful recycle she's incredible she's a great great person and you guys are going to love her channel so go and subscribe to her and again heart or follow her eBay store down below and subscribe to her channel alright you guys thank you so much for being here let me know in the comments did you know about this Bolo what are your thoughts do you think that she scored like super huge I mean what an amazing find right I am so so excited for her and I just wanted to share this Bolo with you guys because I thought it would make a great video and I want you guys to go and follow her because she's incredible alright you guys leave me a hat emoji or just put hoot down in the comments thanks for watching


Thulai Fongolo on being objective in the face of challenges Media personality Thulai Fongolo has encouraged followers to be unbiased and impartial when making life decisions. One of the best lessons I've learned is to always be objective and take everything with a pinch of salt, Thulai said on Twitter. The former generations, the legacy star warned fans to be cautious of others as their intentions could be deceptive. Don't believe everything people say. People will mislead you and shift your perspective into making decisions that are based on lies and deceit, she tweeted. The model knows a thing or two about not believing everything said about her. Last year the star was rumored to be dating former President Jacob Zuma's son Dujizane. However, she denied the claims, saying fans were reaching. Speaking about her love life, the star let her followers in on her rules of engagement. The star said if she were dating, she wouldn't date a man who is active on social media. Guys, I know I'm posting this on social media but I really don't want a man on social media. I'm always just laughing at the sh asterisk tea that guys do on social media, they just, arg man, no, tweeted Thulai.


Hey. Hey. Hey! Aren't you forgetting something? I'm talking about yours truly. Single-use, lightweight plastic shopping bags, like the ones you get with groceries and takeaways, are done from July 1, 2018. So next time you head out, take me with you just in case you need to make any last-minute trips to the shops, and let's do our part to keep Queensland beautiful. Yeah, nice one. Okay, so where are we going? Oh, look. Okay. Bye-bye.