What is going on everybody it stops here welcome back to another video so in today's video just like always We're going to be doing an overall market update taking a look at the Dow Jones the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq We're going to be doing a trading update as well Talking about what I ended up doing today on the 22nd of May in terms of my trades as well as breaking down Taking a look at some other stocks and ETFs that I personally see potential in and that I want to trade For the rest of this week for the rest of this month and heading into the June month of 2019 and before we start guys I want to let you all know that my allergies are absolutely killing me today So if I sound kind of funny just understand that my nose is running my eyes are literally, you know watering You know the grass and the pollen here in New Jersey is Absolutely through the roof today, which is killing me. So if my voice is affected I do apologize. That is the reason why though. I kind of sound sniffly So without further ado guys now that I got that little announcement out of the way Let's just hop right into it. So today the S&P 500 the SPX the 500 largest publicly traded Companies ended up closing the day down eight dollars and nine cents down point two eight Percent the Dow Jones industrial average down one hundred points today down three Point three nine percent at the close of the market and the NASDAQ here guys down about four dollars point oh five Percent here, but let me just double check and see if that if that's what it closed that or if that's what it is At right now due to this being the future. So let's see 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Where was the NASDAQ the NASDAQ was let's say about 7437 which is about 11 points higher from where we are now So if that is correct what I'm seeing here guys the NASDAQ ended up closing the day Slightly green today, but I'm not entirely sure if that's 100% correct because again This is the future, but nonetheless guys not too crazy of a day in terms of the overall Market movement today right within a point three point four red day for the SPX and the Dow And the NASDAQ was pretty much flat not much crazy movement from the previous day in terms of the NASDAQ So now that we got the closing prices here, you know what we ended up doing in terms of the indexes Let's break down some Technicles on the overall markets very quickly so we can see where we could be potentially headed What's been going on over these past couple of days? And so I can give you guys some insight here from what I'm personally seeing so we see the clear support right here on the SPX $2,800 over the past couple of days and we've noticed the SPX has gone up to nearly 2890 if we look here on the 20-day one hour we can see that we went up to nearly 2890 we might have been there for literally a couple of minutes then we pulled down from there and We're now trending down once again on this 20-day one hour chart But you may also notice that we're trending up at the same time And let me explain what I mean by that and what I'm seeing with these two little trend lines that I'm about to draw for You all know let me not clear the drawing set. Let me clear there. We go. Okay, so take a look at this We're making higher lows at the same time that we're making Lower highs right you notice what I just showed you guys here a low at 2800 We just talked about that higher low at 2820 higher low at 2835 And today with the close of the market being kind of again flat and end on a little bit of an upswing We ended up closing on another higher low at about 2853 So what that's telling us is we're on a little uptrend here But notice how we've over the past four days have also been on a descending lower high pattern Look high at 2890. We just talked about that high at 2880 is the next high high at 2866 And with the red day that we had today the high is at 2859 roughly 2860 and what that did is it put the S&P 500 in this wedge that we're seeing So for tomorrow it's very basic here what I'm waiting for which way are we going to break Are we going to break the outer or the upper rather side of this wedge this resistance? We're seeing are we going to break that if we do break that That's going to be a bullish pattern a breakout bullish pattern We may see more green in store if we do break that but let's say we break the support here Right, we notice the support the higher lows right we notice that if we break that That is going to be a bearish trend or a start rather of a of a further bearish trend here over the past You know really to continue this pattern that we've been seeing over the past couple of days and that's going to be The spx looking to push to a potential lower low Maybe if we get under 28 hundred dollars So that is the scenario that i'm personally seeing right now on the S&P 500 On this 20 day one hour chart on the five day five minute We can see it a bit better right in terms of this lower high these lower highs rather that we've been seeing We're not we notice the S&P's just been closing a bit lower every single day over the past five trading days Hopping over here to the 184 hour chart guys We noticed we talked about this in the previous couple of videos S&P held the 180 SMA support very nicely We retested it a couple of days ago and now again We're in that wedge on the shorter term charts and you can see it here on the longer term charts as well And tomorrow is going to dictate which is what i'm waiting for You know are we breaking out are we coming back and if we do come back I'm going to be looking on this longer term chart to see Are we maintaining this 180 SMA as a support here if we break that right if we break the support of the wedge And the 180 SMA on the 184 hour chart that could lead to much much more selling in my personal opinion That's a key technical break literally two Key technical breaks and we could be heading down big time if that does end up happening So those are my thoughts on the S&P 500 right now guys Let's go to the Dow Jones industrial average right off the bat. We're noticing just like we've been over the past couple of days We're still trading between the 25,500 level of support and the resistance at 26,200 dollars Putting us in a 700 point range a 700 point window that we've been trading in that's pretty That's pretty clear to see here if you guys look at my cursor right now You can see the support resistance. We've been trading in this level Now we're noticing as well We're actually under both of the moving averages the SMAs that we talk about on this channel and that are very common in the use of technical analysis And those are the 180 SMA this yellow one and the green one, which is the 50 SMA We're noticing the candlesticks over the past couple of days that we've been recovering slowly Really, they're still maintaining under that 180 SMA That is a worrisome sign to me and that's telling me that the Dow could be weak at this area Right and we need to see either a break out of the 180 SMA Resistance for this to be a bullish pattern or we need to see a clear cut rejection And you can see it a bit better here on the 20 day one hour We need to see a clear cut rejection and a break of this trend line that I just drew out Right for the downtrend to really continue But just like the s&p over the past four trading days lower highs have been being made We can see that and higher lows at the same time So we're in the wedge on the Dow just like the s&p keep an eye Are we breaking to the upside? Are we going to the downside here and what happens from there? Right, those are things that you need to take into account when deciding what to trade So that's really it for the Dow Jones nothing crazy these patterns most of the time guys, you know They're very very similar across the three major markets I know sometimes there are days where the Dow may be down 200 points while the s&p might be up Right and we saw that what I'm thinking off the top of my head right now We had a day that might have been when Boeing was going down really heavily That was a time when I think the Boeing crash that day the Dow is actually red while the s&p was green I think if you guys follow the markets on a day-to-day basis, you know what I'm talking about I think that is an example of the markets being Different towards the close and their patterns being different But for the most part I would say like 80 of the time, right? I would think the market's patterns in terms of some basic technicals are Kind of similar. They're not exactly the same. Don't get me wrong. They're not exactly the same But they are kind of similar So the NASDAQ here just like the Dow this one's trending below all of the major s&m a's the 50 and the 180 It's under the EMA line right now as well. This is a worrisome sign and it's telling me The NASDAQ's getting weaker. We're selling off right and then the end this bearish pattern is still intact We're noticing the 50 s&m a crossing below the 180 s&m a that's a bearish Trend if we're hopping over here to the 20 day one hour chart We're trending under s&m a's and EMA and the EMA on this chart as well Bearish cross on the 20 day as well 50 s&m a crossing below the 180 s&m a We are also in a wedge pattern just like the s&p and The Dow Jones guys. What did I tell you? The patterns are kind of similar, right? We're noticing low at 72 90 second low at 73 60s third low at 73 80 and the low today 74 30 notice how those lows keep going higher hence why we call them higher lows Uptrend pattern and we're noticing the downtrend here high at 76 30 next high at 75 75 roughly Next high at about 74 71 and the high from today About 74 50 and notice how those highs are getting lower hence why we call them Lower highs and that is a descending pattern putting the nq the NASDAQ in this wedge That we are seeing right here. So where are we breaking tomorrow? That's what we're watching Are we breaking to the upside downside? That is what's going to help us determine the trend and what we're going to be doing tomorrow In terms of the NASDAQ here. So that is The overall market update for today's video guys important pattern today is the wedge Where are we going in the overall markets? That's going to determine a lot for us. So now transitioning into The trading update of today's video for those of you all part of the chat You saw that I talked about 3m this morning yesterday I talked about 3m and I actually uploaded a video earlier today if you guys didn't check that out talking about 3m and 3m is a stock that we talked about and broke down For it being at a level where it hasn't been at in over three years And I don't want to talk too deep into this because I did hop into a full-on video breaking this down But just to give the gist of it 3m is at a level where again, it hasn't been at since the 2016 year back here in october October 24th 2016 we notice we're seeing a green candlestick forming on top of this level that support on the three year One-week chart and we talked about over the past couple of trading days How 3m has basically been holding that support very nicely on monday We literally tested it five different times tuesday. We tested it twice today We tested it pre market hours and at the market open and we launched right off of it Completely breaking this bearish pattern to the downside that we've been seeing here on the five day five minute chart We're also noticing here on the 20 day one hour chart We're slowly breaking out of the 50 sma resistance looking to hold that as a support here And this is actually a very good sign for me to want to enter into 3m as a swing trade So let's break it down in terms of what I ended up doing you recall literally a minute ago I said 3m pulled back and retested that support today that longer term support at roughly 166 And this is when I ended up scalping 3m for a very quick I believe it was under a 1% profit literally once I saw it Bouncing off of the support again from yesterday and then the long term support that we saw I entered into a position. I believe 166 90 166 80 and like you guys can see You know once we broke out of the resistance from the previous resistance after some consolidation here That was literally only a 0.56 percent move and that's actually where I ended up getting out of this trade Got in on the low popped up And once we saw the break out of the resistance from 9 35 am eastern standard time I figured it was a good time to just sell and lock in those profits and once I noticed how We were actually maintaining the resistance as a new support as we can see On this closer term chart. Let me show you all here. It's pretty clear to see. Let me draw this trend line for you all. You can see Look resistance at about 167 75 right here We pulled back popped up and then we ended up holding that Old resistance as a new support for a very good amount of time It was about how long was this like 20 minutes, right? And then we started to aggressively pop out and then once I saw that break out I took yet again another position in 3m because of the bullish breakout here And guys this was absolutely crazy because once we did break out from there This one just kept on going if we look on the percent all the way to the top. It's not that crazy It's a 1.66 percent Move to the upside but think about if you're playing this one. Let's say with $20,000 right $20,000 10 percent of $20,000. What is that? That's a $2,000 profit and 10 percent Is 2005 percent would be 1000 and if you're looking at let's say a 2 percent gain here What would that be 2 percent of $2,000? I think that's roughly. Oh my gosh. I'll top my head. It's like two 300 dollars So it depends what you're trading with if you're trading with a smaller account value This may not be so much of an attractive move to you because if you have $1,000 you get 1 percent What did you make like a 10 like $10? I mean, that's good, right? That's good that you're that you're experiencing You know that's good that you're experiencing the practice of making 1 percent But people always ask me like how are you only making you know 1 2 percent on your trades? And it's because I'm trading with a larger account value and I'm sure just a lot of People out there, you know have these questions and they're like, how do how do I make you know good money in the stock market? Well, the whole idea is you know starting off with a small account value and then growing that account value Over time being in my personal opinion using that that conservative strategy of about 1 2 percent Per trade and it's not going to be a lot of money at first But what it's going to do it's going to teach you discipline how to be conservative and how to conserve capital Which is the most important thing and then once you get your account up to 10 thousand dollars You're making 1 percent. That's 100 bucks, right? And if you're making 1 percent on 20,000 That's 200 bucks and then 2 percent would be 400 bucks, right? So that's just how it works guys and for me, you know, if I'm making if I'm taking a position on 3 m 20 grand You know, I'm making anywhere from three four five hundred dollars on that little trade here So pretty that's pretty much it guys So, you know, I ended up just doing a quick little scalp getting in again on this breakout grabbing about another You know 0.75. I believe it wasn't anything crazy It was like 1% roughly and it was about a 1.5 percent day on just strictly trading 3 m and now to transition into, you know What i'm personally watching for the rest of this week 3 m is actually again looking to break out on this 20 day one hour chart like we like we saw earlier I want to see a break into the 170s 172 173 174 level and for us to break the 180s may before taking a potential Swing on this one and just like I talked about in that previous video You know, I think it's really offering great opportunity once we get that confirmation of the break of the resistance And for this one to really show that bullish upside that it has once we do see that You know, this could be a very big opportunity on the swing side You know on on on you know day trading on the day trading side You know, this one does offer a lot in my opinion all we need to see is that break So another one that i'm watching for tomorrow guys is the gush and drip duo Drip is actually one we talked about a couple of days ago. I'm kicking myself for completely missing this trade today guys I know some of you traded it in the group others missed out as well And it's just one of those days where I just simply missed out on one of the Bigger moves on my watch list, which again kind of sucks, but it's okay You know, I'll come back and I'll bounce back from it. And this is what I'm looking to see I'm looking to see if I could bounce back Not really bounce back from a loss, but just bounce back from Missing the trade quite frankly by trading gush If we do end up getting a pullback on drip and for those of you guys that don't know drip and gush are two ETFs They trade based on x o p x o p whenever this is going up Gush is going up whenever it's going down gush is going down and drip is going up So we saw that 3.8 sell-off today quite a big sell-off on this ETF that pushed drip up 11 12 percent or something like that today pretty pretty crazy move in drip and we can see some consolidation on x o p At the support of about 28 65 and if we're judging this 20 day one hour chart If we do hold this support guys and we slowly start to truck up And really just complete this horizontal pattern that we've been in You know, this could be a very big bounce back move tomorrow on gush And just for that reason guys the fact that we're consolidating here potentially looking to pop back up Gush is the number one by far ETF that I am watching tomorrow. This one offers about 10 percent You know, this could very well sell off more. I'm not saying this is the bottom I'm not saying it's going to bounce here All I'm saying is I'm watching it to see if it does and I'm watching it to see What it's doing pre-market hours if we're noticing, you know, it's trending up into the 8 75s 8 70s 8 80s this could signal to me This might be a runner today and especially if we're noticing x o p is coming up aggressively This one offers about 10 12 percent if I'm not mistaken, right? You can see that 11 12 10 So that's a pretty good one gosh G us h and of course, let's say we break that support We sell off more on x o p and gush drip will continue to be a great play So for me, those are the two top ones that I'm watching, you know gush drip on the ETF side What's it called? 3m on the stock side here I'm watching also the potential sell off on the overall markets if we do get a sell off tomorrow I'm looking to play sqqq and this is one that I talked about in my four ETFs I trade during volatility video and this one's going to be good in my opinion Again, if the nasdaq in general is selling off, especially sqqq because it tracks the nasdaq 100 It's a 3x leveraged ETF. Let's say the nasdaq sells off 2 percent tomorrow 1 percent Into this longer weekend that we have or through these next two days into the longer weekend that we have You know, this could move anywhere from 3 to 6 percent to the upside if it does end up happening We're noticing we're maintaining the 50 SMA kind of in a wedge as well Which makes sense because it tracks the nasdaq the nasdaq's in a wedge Hence why the sqqq ETFs in a wedge We just need to see are we breaking out if we break out I'm going to be trading this one and on a flip side. Let's say Markets do break out to the upside. Let's say the nasdaq is breaking out to the upside TQQQ is going to be one I'm watching which is a 3x leveraged ETF It's pretty much just the inverse to sqqq. It goes up when the nasdaq is going up as well So some other things that we should go over on this video, you know, the vixx has been dropping from 14 It's at 14 75 now volatility has really died down over these past couple of days We can see in the past literally like 6 10 trading days. It's gone from 24 down to about 14 75 The price of gold right now is 12 73 90 cents in the red today Crude oil is at 61 35 right now down about 7 cents. We're noticing natural gas actually descended down More today. It's at 255. It's up 0.31 percent here. I believe after hours. We're noticing. Uh, what else here? You know apple had a bad day today down about three dollars and 82 cents We noticed facebook was in the green amazon was in the green pretty much all these other tech stocks But apple did pretty poorly. So I actually want to ask you a question What do you guys think about apple? I'm thinking it's getting to some interesting levels now where it may attract some Longs to come in me personally. There's no way I'm buying apple right now But I'm thinking people that have not gotten into the stock quite yet Maybe they're considering buying a a a couple of shares of apple here But another another part of me is thinking many people are probably scared with the slowing growth in china and the trade war Which may push the stock down even further. So what do you all think if apple gets back into the 170s? Would you consider building a position if you're not already in apple? Let me know down below What do you guys think about that? It's been getting hammered. It's down like 30 bucks here over the past couple of weeks I would love to know what you guys Think so i'm going to end off the video here if you enjoyed it feel free to hit that like button drop a Comment down below again Let me know what you guys think answer that question if you guys want to subscribe to the channel If you haven't yet already hit that notification bell So you're notified every time that I do make a video free discord down below Free facebook group down below the strive smart facebook and discord get in those communities if you haven't done so already instagram links down below All the different stuff to stay connected is down below if you guys want to be further connected I'll catch you all in the next video. Go check out the one I uploaded earlier today. You'll find a ton of value in it Thanks for watching. Appreciate all you guys. Peace out


YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on is saying Raven here with another video and another episode of NFL questions from subs The series where you can ask me any question and we answer it in a video just like this If you want to be a part of it You can send me an email to team keep it clean at gmail.com or for the patrons shout out to the patrons You can send it directly on Patreon if you want to become a team keep it clean patron you can go to Patreon comm slash engraving vids and if you don't it's still all good one quick reminder before we get into these questions Which are fire as always?  Let's do it first question on this episode NFL question from subs came from Lynetta she said a engraving how you and the family doing we're doing pretty good pretty good I appreciate it. I hope you and your family doing really good, too She said I have a question. Why does Lamar try and force Hollywood the ball and most of the time it doesn't work I'm just wondering. I think we beat ourselves to night Hmm That's a good question and a great way to start off. So with Hollywood He he can count on that's his guy. That's his go-to That's his a1 day one And and he really just has big trust For Hollywood Brown now in the game against the Dolphins Yeah, there was some times when some other people may have been available may have been open or whatnot He could have looked at some other guys, but he just I think he just really wanted to try to make a play And I think with Hollywood, I think he just he knows Hollywood is capable of making a big play And I think that's all he was trying to do because you know again with the Ravens They go for that that the kill shot so much that a lot of times they end up missing what's right in front of him So I think that's what the case was against the Dolphins because since the the the offense had been just struggling so much Throughout the entire game. So they it was like man, what can we do?  So it's like since they weren't moving the ball at all They were just hoping and waiting that something big some big because you know that spark a big play could really spark your team And really turn the game around. So I think that's why But when you look at the the way that this season has been going Hollywood is his number one receiver. This is number one guy So that would explain why he would force him the ball So much next question came from my guy, Mike He said with us doing the running back by committee lol How would you feel about Devin Duvenay taking a snapshot running back? I would be with it all day It certainly couldn't hurt it be a way to keep Duvenay involved in the game While getting some other receivers involved in the game as well if you got Duvenay lined up in the back field It just gives you another option and a reliable option An option with some speed an option that's comfortable in this offense An option that's used to taking handoffs from Lamar because you now y'all know jet sweep king Let me finish this question though. He said we don't have a change of pace running back I believe putting him in the backfield could open up other things defenses would more than likely Think he's getting the ball. He could be a better version of time. I'm going to be lol passes out of the backfield outside zone screens screens you say Now what what what kind of screens would would they be the uh the one once a month Raven screens or a dolphins type of screens Where it screens every single play because we're Ravens. I guess Ravens are very they are very extreme team They an extreme screen team because they either do one a month Or like they did in the dolphins game They do one every single drive. Well one every single third down actually, but anyway It's all about balance In moderation. He said All running backs haven't done enough to put fear into defenses Offensive line hasn't helped with that either lol would be another way to get a playmaker the ball Him out of the backfield manned up against a linebacker Good luck with that Empty set consists of a running back out wide Be an easy way for him to get open against a linebacker just my thoughts That last part that you just said I I love that because When he said all empty sets consists of a running back out wide. They also Was just I told y'all it bugs me so much to see it. They also consist of a full back out wide I just that Wow, that is very frustrating when that happens I because I just feel like like almost like it's just a waste And it's it's so frustrating to see Um And it's like you're really having pat and and and like sometimes if they go empty backfield Sometimes patrick carter be lined up on the inside, but there are a lot of time when he'll be lined up Out wide he'll be lined up like an outside receiver. It's like Like what do y'all think that this is gonna do? What what what do you think that this is going to do? I uh, it's it's it's just so cringy man. I hate it. Um But yeah, when you put it like that like instead of a patrick carter a la vie on bell even a davante freeman Lining up what because they do a lot. They send them guys out a lot when they go to to that empty set That could be devin duvenay and oh a receiver Actually being lined up and then you would have your other receivers on the field too I would love that. I would love that so much Oh, and he said anyway in your voice illa well Hope all is well with you and the fam keep up the good work And keep that heat coming like always appreciate you mike But yeah, I think I don't think there's one ravens fan that would be Against this option. I don't think there will be one Because yeah, uh davante freeman. He's he's been doing this thing overall. Um, and he has been Our best running back that's been given opportunity um And he's he's had the most burst Out of all of them. Um, that's been given opportunity and it's crazy because I remember when we signed davante freeman I was looking at some of his film from last year. I was like, oh, yeah, he still got that burst He's still got that burst I know there were some giants fans and um, that were like, no, he doesn't he really doesn't And now he's shown that he does so that's been good for davante freeman. Um, la vie on bell. It's just Oof Uh, it's it's been rough Overall, it's been rough. Like I said, he got a couple plays in there, but overall it's been pretty rough So devon duvenay again, and then we think about the rpo.  I would love it I would love it so much. He's already built like it on the back You just do it. It it could it could not hurt It could not make anything any worse than what it is right now in the running game Next question came from my guy calm city. He said, how's the family brother got a ventilator? It's all good. We all had to after that game He said how many weeks do you come out running the ball well and take the back out to switch up What's working the offense and the slow starts must be a focal point in practice because they're killing it In a in a bad way. Um, the big plays on the defense This year and ball tomorrow are unacceptable. I'm done for now. I feel better. Take care fam Again, he just had to get it out. He had to get it out and yeah, the uh, the slow starts we've been talking about those all year long Now for the most part the ravens have recovered from those slow starts, but They've been games with them slow starts bit them in the butt. They bit them in the butt And it's just not to say you can't overcome it because again if you win the game Okay, well the slow start is sucked But you got over it But it it will be it will make stuff just so much easier for the team If they got off to hot starts now as far as the difference Yeah, the the big plays have been just crazy this year They've given them so many big plays and they give up big play like Every game like against the dolphins. They gave up like three of them um against the the vikings, of course, uh, justin jefferson And dalvin cook then against the bingles It was the uh the tight end being wide open twice for touchdowns and and then the uh jamar chase um It just like so they they've given up big plays all throughout the year But then uh even recently like you would think all right, maybe early in the year They were giving up some big plays. Okay, they might fix no So whether it's a miscommunication thing. It's just people overthinking assignments people missing the set. It's just It's been bad. So ravens they just They they the fixes are still like again now now it's crazy because none of us are talking about tackling anymore None of us are complaining or worrying about tackling anymore because tackling has been fine but it's still the misassignments so And of course the slow starts So it's like we fixed one issue But then another one said it taps us on the shoulder. So hey, what's up bighead next question came from my guy Makai and appreciate you being a patron as well. He said what's up in grave? But do you think the loss to the dolphins was a fluke? I mean it was a few days after a tough overtime win. No, it wasn't a fluke at all Dolphins were the much better team that night throughout the entirety of the night. So no no fluke ravens got beat no excuses Yeah, I know I know I heard. Oh, yeah, the the ravens played what 93 snaps against the the vikings a couple days before And they um, and then they had an overtime win. Okay. Yeah, that's cool Yeah, that's a tough game. It was and ravens end up winning But the dolphins they also had a game on sunday too against the Texans that they ended up winning No, it didn't go to overtime. They didn't eat overtime to beat the Texans. They took care of business and regulation But they they had a game just a couple days before and the dolphins looked 50 million times more prepared than the ravens did and then the ravens were So there are absolutely no excuses for the ravens getting crushed like that and it wasn't a fluke at all And I really think this week really over the past couple of weeks It's just been trapped game city over the past couple of weeks But certainly this week too. You see the bucks Tom Brady Mike Evans and all them they lost to the washington football team Um, they were the the raiders. They lost to the Anyway, um, there was another one to the the brown That wasn't really a trap game the browns game in the patriots because patriots not they're not a sorry team But you see the um the Steelers in alliance They had a big win in the overtime and they tied So it is trap city next question came from a boy brandon m and shout out to you before being a new patron He said ain't graven. I'll be attending my first ever ravens game next week against the bears Oh them bears that should be fun. Hopefully Uh, do you think we will fall into another trap against the bears our performance against the dolphins was pitiful? Do you think our terrible performance will carry over next week against chicago? All right one thing about the ravens As as frustrated and as crazy as they can be and as stressed as they can make us When we watch the games The trap game twice two times in a row No So I I fully expect them to bounce back against the chicago bears Um, I I I expect them because they ravens to they love to do this It's the lamar ravens the flack already they love to do this stuff to where They can look like the worst team on the planet one week and it's like whoa What's that? What what did we just see? And then the next week it's like, oh, they they a whole another team They show us a whole another side a whole another face. It's like, whoa, what would y'all that last week? so I expect them to take care of business against the bears, but at the same time a expected unexpected with this team expect unexpected with this season But no, I expect them to bounce back and I expect them to really just make a lot of uh, a lot of um Questions that will have been asked this week and have been asked really over the past couple of weeks I expect A lot of those questions to get put to rest against the bears Like questions on if the raven should fire g-roll or not if they should fire wink or not Some people even ask if they should fire harbore or not um, but I just I uh, I think against the bears they they look like The ravens that we've been waiting on now. It would be against the bears now, but Still, it's it's better to take care of business than not to as we saw in miami Next question came from my guy, jordan. He said a engraving I've been listening in the strong opinion sports podcast today when the host zack mentioned something very powerful Shout out to my guy josh Hoffman because he put me on to strong opinion sports like the year and change ago And I love his videos Anyway, uh, he said zack mentioned that some of the things joe burrow say come off as cocky or arrogant He also implied that lamar who's very humble isn't smoking cigars It's vastly different a different personality wise and will get criticized for acting all high and mighty the way joe burrow does But instead joe burrow gets a pass One of your thoughts on this and if you think it has any relationship to the way lamar jackson is viewed by the league slash refs Thank you. Oh, um again With lamar jackson Same thing we've been saying he's not your traditional quarterback So he's not going to be viewed or treated as a traditional quarterback Um, and that's just the the way that it's going to be for the entirety of his career He's not going to get the same calls that the guys get He's not going to get the view that are talked about the same way other guys get He's not going to get those same passes that a lot of other guys get and that's just the way that it's going to be Unfortunately next question came from my guy tron j and i'm giving him a pass this one time because I'm sure his head was hurting and he sent it to the wrong email And that's it was after the dolphins game But anyway, he said What's good fam? This is the day of Miami game I'm sure you remember because I'm the one that thought I messaged you on twitter first lol Hope all is well with you in the fame. I'm pretty sure we all know what levion game was about before seguan into the league He was my favorite running back even though he was with the stealers lol But we know the patient running, but I think we forget the part He was one of the best running backs that can catch in the league I'm sure you remember his stealer days, but since he's been with us I haven't seen him catch a cold and I don't want people To say he lost speed because to be real levion was never fast to begin with lol So my question is do you think we're going to see that levion bill in the second half of the season? Or is that it? I personally think that would open up or offense that much more But I like to hear you take on it piece bro. Appreciate it So do we do we think we're going to see levion bill catching some passes? in the second half of the season um Maybe a few who in here and there, but like my god mike said in the previous question I would be all for the devon duvenay like really taking a bigger role out of the backfield um, because this could give you Fresh not even fresh legs, but just faster legs Reliable hands, uh that potential explosiveness Out of the backfield like because think about this Say for instance, um You have You got levion bill and levion bill runs like a little five five yard route Then turns around waits for the ball. Lamar throws it to him Say for instance duvenay does the same exact thing at the running back position runs a little five y'all route turns around Lamar throws it to him Who do you think has the bigger potential to turn that five yards into 10? Or turn that five yards in the 15 Who has the bigger potential with that yak? And obviously the nfl is not all about yak It's all it's about securing that ball first making that catch first, but both of them got good hands so I ain't worried about that but Who who would be the option to really turn that into something more It'd be duvenay every time be duvenay every time For levion for it to be levion bill again everything in front of him the blocking it had to be perfect Duvenay has the the the bigger opportunity to create something out of nothing with levion bill he It's just not him to create something out of nothing Because in order for his something to be something then he needs some perfect blocking set up in front of him but that's Ravens and perfect blocking. Oh, those two don't go together this year Um, so I mean but back to his question back to my guy tron's question Uh, yeah, I I would expect because again with levion bill the ravens are infatuated with him They love him so much I think it's that respect from the past and it's also that the oldest guy is a big household name that we got for super cheap But they love levion bill you could tell that by how they use him Even with stuff isn't working. Hey levion. I'll take this. I'll take this hand off. All right. We got you my friend So You should definitely expect to see him get involved in the passing game a little bit more In the second half of the season and the last question on this episode came from my guy dominik He said what's up, man? I just got finished watching the game against the dolphins terrible Dolphins look like they found a way to stop the ravens offense blitz the outside like no other and play Coverage, do you think other teams will follow in that same trend and do you think the ravens will be able to adjust to that? Well, they better They better But dolphins one thing that they have that a lot of teams don't have I mean some teams do but they have a really really good secondary And in order for you to be able to play like that your secondary they got to be on point um, so with that being said Other teams will try it but and you know for sure other teams are going to try it because the dolphins literally shut the ravens Offense down ravens offense couldn't do anything like nothing at all So, you know other teams are going to follow soon and be like oh, oh really because you see you saw what the uh, what the lions did Lions they sold out to make sure the ravens were not running the ball and ravens didn't even have a good running game that game Um, but the ravens they passed all of them like crazy. So they're like, oh man The broncos they tried to sell out to stop the runner and they the ravens didn't have a good running game that game They ended up barely getting over 100 yards on that last play But they didn't have a good running game that game But again, the ravens were airing the ball out, but that was a really good secondary too. So Dolphin show like hey It's all they're secondary ain't better than the broncos, but they show like hey, we we got it. We got this And so other teams are gonna definitely probably even the lions. I mean not the lions the uh, the bears I'm gonna hit the lion tigers bears.  We ain't making playoffs. What a guess what we gonna try to ruin ravens chances So I would not be surprised if bears start running the same stuff So ravens are probably gonna they're gonna need to show like right away this weekend If they can counter that or not


So, I'm Master Diver Sean McConnell, a company Master Diver from MUDSU2, here in support of exercise sea breeze 2021, working on the sunken MV Bervesnik in Odessa, Ukraine and the military harbor. So, it's been a few years since US Navy divers have been here in Odessa, Ukraine in support of the sea breeze exercise and in 2016 when this yacht was sunk, the planning began for coming and trying to salvage the yacht. The significance of the yacht is it's an old Soviet Union yacht that has been stationed here in the port in the way of the Ukrainian Navy's access and movement and when it was sunk in 2016, it's became a navigational hazard for the ships and the movements for the Ukrainian Navy. We rigged and we cut the superstructure of the yacht and utilizing a hundred ton crane lifted an eight ton project out of the water so we can dispose of it properly utilizing Ukrainian Navy and the significance of that is to go forward and plan and rig and prep for the ultimate lift of boiling the whole yacht off of the ocean bottom. We were able to accomplish that by bringing in the Ukrainian Navy divers who have seen the project were able to assist us in the surveys and able to give us detailed descriptions of what the outside and inside of the project looks like prior to us doing our own surveys and ultimately rigging it for the lift. So overall the experiences gained here between Mutsu-2, UCT, NEDU and the Ukrainian Navy provide unique opportunities for future partnerships.


remarks and answers to questions at a barbecue for the press in the live Oak Tree Grove of the LBJ Ranch December 27th 1963. Secretary Rusk is going to Houston to meet Chancellor Earhart and before he leaves he'd make a very brief statement to you and then Secretary Freeman is returning to Washington and he have a statement for you and then when they shall have concluded and you've eaten all the barbecue you want why I'll tell you some of my secrets. Secretary Freeman spent the morning riding over the ranch with us and seriously considering buying one of these heifer cave but we haven't agreed on the price yet. I'll let him tell you all about it.  As you know he's the new assistant secretary in charge of Latin America and the State Department special assistant the president and we'll take the oath of office at January the 3rd. He will also take over the duties now performed by Mr. Moscosa who will receive another assignment and I'll go into more detail with that later but Mr. Mann will become the coordinator of the Alliance for Progress. The job now held by Mr. Mann by Mr. Moscosa and it will give us better coordination there and also will save us some money and we'll go into details with that a little later but I want you to meet Mr. Mann before he leaves. I think you want to I want to extend a welcome to the newspaper man from the Federal Republic of Germany. We're very happy to have those of you who have been able to come early and we look forward to meeting others later tomorrow. We hope that you enjoy our barbecue and soft drinks and we'll see you when you've concluded with your meal. That is we have no more that we're aware of now. First we have the announcement that I've invited President Adolfo Lopez Mateus of Mexico to meet women Southern California on February the 21st and 22nd 1963. This invitation the president followed an invitation to President Mateus myself to receive honorary degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles. The invitation for the honorary degrees was extended by Governor Brown president of the University of California Board of Regents and the Board of Regents. University plans to hold a special convocation in the morning of February 21st following lunch in Los Angeles which is currently in the state of planning. Two of us will fly to Palm Springs, California where we'll meet on Friday afternoon and evening February 21st and Saturday morning February 22nd. President Lopez Mateus has accepted invitation and they will make their own announcement in due time. Federal civilian employment was reduced by more than 1,000 during November and stood 3,500 lower than the end of November last year. Special significance this is that if federal employment had grown at the same rate as the population and 400,000 new employees would have been added instead of then able to make a reduction 3,500. If federal employment grown at the rate of state and local government employment 100,000 new employees would have been added. So you can see that we're trying to at least set a good example. This reduction was achieved mostly by not replacing employees going off the federal payroll, failing to fill vacancies. Overall there were 2,470,571 regular employees of the federal government at the end of November 1963 of this total 42% work in the Defense Department, 24% in the Post Office Department, 7% in the Veterans Administration. All the rest if you don't mind I ask them not to take pictures while we're going on. Just please. All the rest of the work the federal government has done by 658,000 employees. Major reduction in the federal workforce were made in the Veterans Administration of Tennessee Valley Authority. These reductions were partially offset by seasonal employment increases in the Post Office and increased requirements of NASA's manned lunar landing program. Federal government must be a model of competent and efficient management with economy that watch word and an end to waste is our goal. Secretary of Defense McNamara's recent announcement relating the closing and reduction of activities 33 defense installations taking in line with my announced goal of economical operation of all agencies the government has resulted in mail it's about five to one supporting the action. A telegram from James E. Bent president of the Greater Hartford, Connecticut Chamber of Commerce says that the directors of chamber passed resolution which said in part that the Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce commends president for his action work and reduce spending by all departments of government and commend Secretary McNamara for his courageous step in ordering the closing of unnecessary military bases.  A Rock Hill South Carolina man cabled closing unneeded installations a brilliant move. Thomas Nelson corresponding Secretary of the Queen Anne Democratic Club Los Angeles said that the club at its monthly meeting hardly endorsed our action. We are heartened by your courage and leadership.  A Houston Texas man wrote I want to congratulate you on the economy moves reported in yesterday's papers. And New Brunswick, New Jersey businessman wrote that this will be painful but with the support of president I feel sure you will accomplish your objective. I want to point out that before these installations were closed the secretary gave us his judgment that every person employed at any of the installations could be offered another job if he's willing to move at some other defense installation where there existed vacancies have not been failed or whether where these combined installations would need more people. So number one everyone could have a job at some other installation. Number two the secretary felt that he could not justify spending a single dollar on any of the 33 installations. Good many of them were archaic they were performing work that could be better performed if consolidated and combined elsewhere and no additional expenditures could be justified. At my direction secretary has now appointed a board of top department of defense officials to step up the study of military installations which been going on since 61. Secretary named assistant secretary defensive installations logistics Thomas Morris to head this board with the assistant secretary for installation logistics from the three military departments and naming the board Secretary McNamara said since early 1961 we've been conducting review of military installations and view of our president's direction to get maximum efficiency out of every dollar spent we're going to intensify this effort. So I'm asking assistant secretary Morris and the representation of the Army Navy and Air Force to apply themselves more vigorously this task so that we may have the maximum results in the earliest possible time. Secretary Morris is base utilization division composed of civilian installation experts commissioned officers and three departments will of course carry the bulk of the load as they have done so admiring the past. New board will supervise studies to identify additional unnecessary installation which should be reduced to close during the next several years. While each installation change is a matter of serious concern to the individual affected we're confident the national interest we cannot properly justify maintaining any installation which does not truly contribute to a strong defense in the most economical manner. So you'll have these releases and you don't need to copy all this material I want to review them with you briefly in case you have some question I'll try to either refer it or answer it. I do want to point out that there is a mistake in Pierce Allinger's girls that he brought down here from the east coast. They say office the White House Press Secretary LBJ Ranch, U-Texas, H-U-E-T-E-X-A-F. He didn't misspell Texas but he did misspell high and I don't want any of you to follow the announcement literally correct all mistakes before using please. Another observation I want to make is I gave Pierce that jacket he has on today because it's too large for me to wear. Are too small. Mr. Moscoso will be appointed U.S. Representative of the Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress and the U.S. Representative on the Meetings of Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Pan-American Union. He will act as Special Advisor with a rank of Ambassador to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Mr. Mann. Mr. Mann will assume Mr. Moscoso's responsibilities for administering the Alliance for Progress. His first job will be to explore all the possibilities for increased efficiency as well as operating economies which may be obtained through the exercise of this combined responsibility for the work of Inter-American Affairs. These changes design to facilitate better use of United States resources, both private and public, promoting economic development, social progress, and Latin America. United States Assistance Program supplements self-help measures taking in other American republics. Those are five little announcements that we have to make and we'll make others from time to time. I spent the evening working on the briefing papers for the meeting tomorrow. I will join you in welcoming Chancellor Earhart at Berksford Maribas in the morning at 10 o'clock. This morning I had a chance to take a long walk with the Secretary of State and Assistant Secretary of State and other folks who missed me. I had breakfast with Mr. the Head of Central Intelligence Agency, Mr. John McCone. He brought me up to date on affairs around the world. I asked him to, I directed him to seek an appointment with President Eisenhower and to review with President Eisenhower some of the matters that he briefed me on this morning and to also bring him up to date on the action we had taken on some suggestions that he had made prior to the time I appeared for the joint session of Congress. Mr. McCone left shortly after 10 o'clock and the secretaries came in and I had a private meeting with the Secretary of Agriculture which we discussed a more comprehensive farm bill to be considered the next session of Congress. We'll talk about the results of his meeting with the farm organizations and talked at some length about my talks with Chancellor Earhart with regard to the common market area and our export of agricultural commodities and our access to the common market area. I talked to Secretary Mayn at some length about many ambassadors for Latin American nations, about some of his devotees and personnel generally in his new organization. I talked to both Secretary Mayn and Secretary Rusk about the reorganization of our various aid programs and attempt to effect efficiency and economy and discussed with them the work that's being done under the direction of Mr. Ball, Chairman of the group, and Mr. Gene Black and Sergeant Shriver and the group that studied reorganization of our whole relation with other nations in the field of economic and military assistance. In due time we'll have more thorough announcements about that, more complete with regard to military aid and Latin American assistance as well as whatever may be recommended in the way of consolidations on the entire aid program. I think that's all I have to say this afternoon. I'm going to take a ride horseback and then I'm going to study briefing papers until I go to bed tonight and I'll see you all up in the morning. Meantime if you have any questions that are burning and need an answer and I can help you I'll be glad to do it. Yes it will be the budget for next year, the steps that we have taken with regard to effecting economies and the federal government, the ceilings that we placed on each department, the new targets, the goal that we'll have, the economic conditions that we anticipate for next year, the general intelligence developments from information from throughout the world. President, with as you've indicated popular support for the closing of unneeded military installation running so strong, your opposition? Yes I think that each congressman and senator that represents his area be expected to express the hope that we'd give very careful attention to the economy of that area and the effect and impact that closing installation would have and a good many of them have done that but they've been very reasonable and very prudent and most of them have taken a position that if they could not be justified in the national interest by the executive department that they did not want to see them continue to operate when they were not needed. The point I want to make about that is there's every congressional district in this country that has a defense installation must understand that they're going to be reviewed from time to time and we are not going to be just satisfied with the status quo. When Mr. McNamara came in, this administration, we had 6,900 bases. We cut out 400 of them, we still have 6,700. That's not bad arithmetic, that just means we've built some missile bases in addition to the ones we already had so we must constantly, we must constantly review these installations and combine them and consolidate them if we are to operate at peak efficiency and we want to save every penny we can, every place we can so that we may have some much needed funds to fail unfilled needs, educational needs, health needs, poverty needs generally and we think it's much better to curtail the production of unneeded military armaments and take the money saved thereby and put in educating your children and following the form of course or taking care of the health of your citizens or providing security in old age or medical aid or things of that kind so we're combing with a fine-tooth comb every department and every individual agency. After meeting with the cabinet the other in a three-day study we came back with recommendations to the budget that reduced it $731 million and eliminated more than 10,000 jobs. I have a cabinet officer coming a little later in a week to tell me how he succeeded in reducing his request by 5,000 jobs. The Secretary of Agriculture told me today that he's very proud of the fact that he had reduced his request by in excess of 4,000 jobs so we're trying to have the cabinet set a good example in the hope that the people down at lower echelon will increase their productivity and without increasing expenditure. Mr. President, does this briefing of President Eisenhower indicate a continuing relationship between you and him? It means that the President of the United States is going to keep the ex-presidents of the United States fully informed and seek their council advice from time to time. I've had extended conversations with Mr. Hoover first with his son who talked for him over the phone right after I took the oath as president. Later with the President Hoover personally and just Christmas Day I had another conversation with him. He has given me some very constructive suggestions on the operation of federal government that grew out of his experience. We are studying those suggestions, we're applying them where they appropriate. The Hoover Commission reports have been very carefully evaluated since I became president. President Truman has given me his suggestions on how to increase efficiency and affect economies and operate the federal government and General Eisenhower has spent a good deal of time working with me and I found all of them to be very cooperative and I'm very grateful for it. How important that part will the East West relations play in your talks with Chancellor Erhard? The most important part. There's nothing more important than East West relations and as I have said on other occasions and I won't take an opportunity to repeat we the most important thing in the world all of us is to live in a world of peace, to learn to live together and we're going to go down any road that can possibly lead to peace and express the hope that all the other leaders of the other nations will do likewise and we believe that there is progress that can be made and we're going to do our best to do our part. We have no doubt that what the Chancellor will have the same feeling and what other world leaders have the same feeling. I once said that I'd serve with over 3000 men in the Congress in 32 years that I've worked and served there and I don't believe I've ever seen a man either Republican or Democrat that ran on a platform of doing what is wrong. They all want to do what's right but sometimes their ideas about what's right and wrong differs some and I don't think that I know any leaders of the world that wouldn't prefer peace for their people. Now the job is to how to secure it, what road to follow and we're going to be constantly genuinely searching for that road. I wondered if this tied in with your knowledge of the information on this subject and if you found it. I'd probably talk much more fully after the visit rather than anticipating it ahead of time although you know our administration wanted great links and made great sacrifices past the trade bill last year and we are very hopeful that we not only will continue to have increased opportunities for trade in the industrial field but that will also have access for agriculture commuters. No I don't think so. I might say that the Senate asked me if it made any difference what day they took up the bill and I told them it was a matter for the Senate to determine and I'm sure if Senator Goldwater had been around that he would have known that. And I made no special request of the Senate about their holidays. They determined when to have them and I'm glad that they and their wisdom are determined to go ahead and try to complete some unfinished business and I believe the people of this country want us all to of course they understand when we have to be aware on account of sickness or something but I think they generally speaking they want us to get our work done and that's what I want to do. I imagine when we get caught up with all these other things I don't want to I wouldn't if you got plenty of time on your hands I wouldn't mind visiting with you about it sometime in the near future. I have felt for some time that we ought to constantly appraise our expenditures and evaluate them and try to bring them modernize them and they've been a very strong report by the Committee on Foreign Relations for all of whose members I have great respect for and I did consider that and recommended but I have some definite views of my own and I communicated them to the committee I pointed in on how the Alliance for Progress should be handled on how military aid should be handled and on how the development loan funds should be handled and they're considering my views and and all other information they can get and they'll come up with the recommendation and if they're close to my views I hope they'll be we'll probably adopt them.


Hey everybody, I'm Lance Coyke, and today we're discussing how to stay fast, how to be quick, how to develop quickness, speed, power, all these different physiological adaptations that you might be searching for. So yesterday, we talked about ordering your exercises. We talked about doing your speed exercises first before you fatigue yourself with more strength-based stuff and and, you know, maybe even more hypertrophy-based stuff as well. Now outside of that, what I want to do is I want to be able to fully recover between my sets. If we are training speed, we need to think about what is it that makes something fast? What makes something powerful? And the key here is the time element of this. If I try to move heavy weights really fast, that is certainly something that I can train, but that is not power in the purest sense. Power is force and time, okay? So I need to be able to do this stuff quickly if I'm going to be building my power up. And if I just, you know, if I do set after set after set, which I have to kind of do, if I'm going to get any sort of training adaptation, if I keep going, but I don't rest quite enough, then I'm actually going to start slowing down. And so if I'm throwing a med ball for my practice and you know, I get on my third set and I've only been resting 30 seconds because then I feel like I got a better workout in, but the ball is going, you know, 0.8 the speed that it was going before. I'm not training power anymore. I'm training conditioning. It is a conditioning workout. So you have to, I just need you to be aware of that. This is one of my pet peeves. This is why we're making this video.  Don't say that you're keeping people quick because that's not what you're doing. You're not making people quicker. What you're doing is you're resisting fatigue under some base level of quickness. It's not going to be your max quickness. It's not going to be max power because you have some fatigue. You won't be able to access max power. So if the goal is to increase your vertical jump, then you don't want any fatigue, none at all. Okay. You need to rest at least a minute after, you know, very short jumps, at least 45 seconds. If you're only doing like one peak jump in general, you need to rest more than you think you have to. You need to take a lot more time. Like once you feel like you're ready to go, you should probably take another minute or two. And that will allow you to just give that drive. I keep thinking of this neural drive, all these contractions, they start from the brain, right? And so I need to be able to say, hey, go, go, go, go, go. And all of that descending drive comes from the brain. So stay fresh. Make sure that you're resting longer than you think you have to. If your goal is to develop max power, max speed, highest jumps, throwing balls harder, like all of that requires very, very short, very, very intense bouts of exercise. And if you start to notice yourself slowing down, then maybe it's time to stop because you're no longer training speed and power than your training conditioning.


Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Colin Lauver. And I'm Liz Wade. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. This programme is about a very famous artist. But it is also about his mental illness. It mentions suicide. If you are thinking about suicide, please call a crisis centre in your area. You have probably seen this painting before. It is a painting of a night sky. Stars shine over a small village. The moon glows yellow. But this is no ordinary painting. Swirls of white and blue fill the sky. Each star is as big as a sun. It is clearly a real sky. But the way it is painted makes it a mystery. There is some kind of magic in that sky. But you do not know how it got there or why. This painting is called The Starry Night. And it is by the artist Vincent van Gogh. He lived during the 1800s in the Netherlands. Some people say that van Gogh was a genius. He influenced many artists who came after him. But van Gogh was also unwell.  He died without much money at a very young age. Few people knew about van Gogh when he was alive. But today he is one of the most well-known artists in the world. Today's spotlight is on the life and illness of Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh was born in 1853 in the Netherlands. His family was wealthy. Many of them were art dealers. Some were Christian preachers. When he was young, van Gogh did not impress many people. He had mood swings. Sometimes he was very happy. And sometimes he was very sad. These emotions were very strong. They often annoyed family and friends. He was not able to control these emotions. And the people who loved him did not know what to do. As he grew up, van Gogh did not know what to do with his life. For a time he was an art dealer. But he was restless and quit after a year. Then he wanted to become a preacher. But the church did not accept him. He often lived without much money. And he sometimes lived on money that his parents gave him. Van Gogh did very badly when it came to practical things. But he soon discovered that he was very good at making art. He began to draw and paint constantly. He believed painting was his calling. He believed he was born to paint. Van Gogh had a brother named Theo. Theo was an art dealer in Paris, France. He believed his brother was a great artist. So he funded Van Gogh's art. Later Theo invited Vincent to live with him in Paris. Living in Paris was very important to Van Gogh. That was where many other interesting artists lived. There he was able to talk to and learn from them. It helped him become a better artist. There he created his own style. But Paris was also where Van Gogh's mental illness really began. He had always been very emotional. Often he was very depressed. He abused alcohol. He especially drank an alcohol called absinthe. But in Paris things began to get worse. Sometimes he would become terrified for no reason. At other times he would lose consciousness. He would forget where he was. After a few years Van Gogh tried to leave Paris. He found a house in a town called Arles. He hoped leaving Paris would help him get better. Instead it made things worse. Paul Gugain was a famous artist. He lived with Van Gogh in Arles. Van Gogh admired Gugain. He wanted to work with Gugain. But Gugain began to dislike Van Gogh. They fought often. Van Gogh told his brother Theo. Our argument is at times full of energy. Like with electricity. At times we end up with tired and empty heads. It is like an electric battery after discharge. Soon Gugain told Van Gogh that he was leaving. This changed something in Van Gogh. No, Gugain was very important to Van Gogh's plans. He did not know how to deal with the change. Later that day he approached Gugain with a razor blade. Van Gogh did not hurt him. But Gugain felt threatened. He left soon after. That night Van Gogh began to hear voices. Even though he was alone. They tortured him. To make them quiet he picked up the same razor blade.  Then he went to a brothel. He gave his ear to a prostitute. Then he disappeared. When the police finally found Van Gogh. They put him in a mental institution. There doctors tried to treat him. They believed that he had epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disease that causes fits. During these fits people lose control of their bodies. But it can also give people hallucinations. Where they see and hear things that are not there. Soon Van Gogh began to recover. He stopped drinking alcohol. And he started taking medication. He left the mental institution. And he began to paint again. During this time Van Gogh made some of his most well known paintings. Like the painting described at the beginning of the programme. He painted similar things to other artists. Like flowers and fields. But the way he painted was very different. He did not just paint these things. He painted what he felt about them. And he used colours in ways no one had seen before. People began to recognise his works.  He had several mental breakdowns. He went back to the institution several times. He hallucinated and feared being poisoned. And he was often very depressed. He did not feel like a success. He wrote to his brother Theo. I am so angry with myself. Because I cannot do what I should like to do. At such a moment I feel that I am lying at the bottom of a deep dark well. I feel completely helpless. Van Gogh's mental illness was very painful for him. One day it became too much. He went out into a field with a gun. He shot himself in the chest. He did not die. Later that day he went to his friend's home. He was bleeding from the chest. Van Gogh died two days later. He had committed suicide. He was only 37. After Van Gogh died his paintings quickly became famous. Museums began to display them. Art collectors bought them for a lot of money. Newspaper editors called him a genius. He influenced other famous painters like Henri Matisse. Today Van Gogh is one of the most well known painters in the world. But for all this we will never really know what illness Vincent Van Gogh had. Some scholars agree that he had epilepsy. Others believe he had bipolar disorder. People with this disease have extreme periods of depression. But they also have moments of high activity or mania. A manic person often feels afraid of imaginary things. He may hear people speaking that are not there. Both of these diseases seem to describe Van Gogh. But there are many other theories. Many people even think he was such a good painter because of his mental illness. They believe his strange colors were because of madness. Or they believe his swinging emotions pushed him to paint. This may be true. But these things also pushed him to his death. He felt so strongly and loved what he did. He fought through many years of difficulty and changed the world of art. But Van Gogh did not see this. He died thinking he had failed. Before he died he told his brother If I could have worked without this terrible disease what things I might have done. Mental illness can be very serious. If you or anyone you know feels suicidal please find help. There are many options for help. You can call a suicide hotline in your country or talk to a friend and ask them for help. More than anything you should know that you are not alone. You should know that you can get better. Have you ever seen a painting by Vincent Van Gogh? What was your experience like? You can leave a comment on our website or email us at contact at spotlightenglish.com You can also find us on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The writer of this program was Dan Christman. The producer was Michio Ozaki. The voices you heard were from the United Kingdom and the United States. All quotes were adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight. 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