The peace and blessings of God be upon all of you. Thank you for having us here and hosting this far. It's an honor to be here. I'm actually not going to take too much of your time. I've noticed that usually when there's a Muslim speaker, people have a lot of questions. So maybe I'll actually open it up for some Q&A in a minute or so. You can ask me whatever you want about Islam. It doesn't have to be about fasting. But fasting is one of the pillars of Islam. So there's the same as hadith. Hadith is a saying of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. And there's different grades of these hadith. Some are strong, some are weak, some are fabricated. This particular hadith tends to be strong. Or he said, Islam is built on five. By five he had the pillars. So the first pillar is called the Shahada in Arabic. It means witnessing. So witnessing that there's only one God.  And Allah is not a foreign God. According to the Qur'an, Allah is the God of Abraham. Allah is the God of Moses. Allah is the God of Jesus. And these prophets are mentioned in the text of the Qur'an itself. So Allah is not some Arab God or the God of the Middle Easterners or something like that. He's the God of Abraham. So Shahada is to witness that he is the only one God. When I say he is the only one God, that's, again, not to say that God is masculine or male. But every word in Arabic is assigned a gender and a linguist. So sometimes it's obvious, sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's a natural gender. And sometimes the linguist is assigned which is known as a lexical gender for the word. So for example, the word for son, S-U-N in Arabic, it's shams. But the linguist way back in the day decided that the son is feminine. And the moon is masculine. Nobody really knows why that is. Maybe there's someone here that studied the history or the ethnology of Arabic words. But the word Allah in Arabic is masculine lexically. So we refer to him as him. But there's no God but him and that's the Prophet Muhammad. He's to be among him. The Muslims believe to be the last in a long line of prophets starting with Adam. Including names like, like he said Abraham, even Noah, even David and Solomon are seen as prophets. Elijah. And there's a minority opinion that there are several female prophets including the wife of Pharaoh named Asya. Whose story is not told as far as I know in Jewish sources. As well as Sarah and Hagar and Mary, the mother of Jesus who's mentioned in the Quran as well. So the Shahada is similar to maybe the Shama in its abortions. This is sort of the essence of Islamic confession. And then the second pillar is known as Salam. Which believe it or not as a common etymology with Tafila, Hebrew which means prayer. So Muslims, well they should at least pray five times a day at different times. And these prayers take a few minutes when somebody converts to Islam. It's kind of burdensome. I have to pray again, I just prayed three hours ago. But then as you age and get wiser these things become much easier. So they take a few minutes, every few hours. And then there's something called Zaka, which is also known as Sadaqa, or swataka in Hebrew. It's related to Sadiq which has a root meaning of to purify something. So Zaka or Sadaqa is a poor Jew. Most things if there's excess wealth, this is only for people that can't afford that. Two and a half percent of their excess wealth will go to the less fortunate or to the poor. And then we have the fourth pillar which is called Hajj, or Hajj in Hebrew. Or if you live in Egypt it's also called Hajj. Because the letter Jeem in Arabic, the Egyptian dialect is pronounced like an email. So they'll say like Michael Gordon, instead of Michael Jordan. So again this is for Muslims that can afford to do so, they'll make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Once a year is the obligation. If you can afford to do so. And then there's something called the Umrah, which is the lesser pilgrimage. And then finally the fifth pillar is called Som, which is exactly the same word in Hebrew. Som in fasting also known as Siyam in the Quran. The Quran says, The Quran says to the Muslims at large that fasting is prescribed upon you just as it was prescribed upon those before you. And the exigents here clarify and say, Before you means Ahlul Kitab, the people of the Bible. The people of the book, Jews and Christians. And then The purpose of fasting is given. So there's an axiom amongst the scholars of Islam that the merit of something is known by its objective. So the objective of fasting, according to the Quran, is In order for you to be people of God consciousness. The word in Arabic is Taqwa, which is very, very difficult to translate. Sometimes it's translated as fear of God. In order for you to fear God, which is the beginning of our wisdom, according to the Quran. Sometimes it's translated as In order for you to repel evil, to guard against evil. In pre-Islamic times, the word Taqwa actually meant a shield. Something to block the blow of a sword. So probably the best translation is to be conscious of God. So when Muslims are fasting, when anyone's fasting in theory, there should be a sort of focus on the inward. You're not eating, you're not drinking. There's no marital relations in the daytime, according to Muslims fast. In order to focus on God completely. And how does one focus on God? I remember God, and by guarding one's limbs. This is something that a Muslim is supposed to be doing all throughout the year, by the way. So Ramadan is really more like a training program to set the stage for the rest of the year. There are sort of wanes through the course of the year. It shouldn't, but it tends to. And then Ramadan, again, you enter into this training program. We're not looking at things that are forbidden. So it's not just a fast at the stomach. There's a hadith of the prophet where he said, there are several people. It's a rhetorical question. How many fasters are there, and get nothing from their fast, except hunger and thirst? Meaning that they're missing the point of the fast. The point of the fast is to really master the self. There's a hadith of the prophet, and there is a weakness of this hadith. But generally, the scholars of Islam will quote it, because they would argue that the meaning of the hadith is true, even though it's a chain of transmission. It may have some weakness. Anyway, it's reported that the prophet said, man arafat nafsat arafarata. The translation is, whoever knows himself knows his Lord. So the word in Arabic here, arafat, or ma'rifat, really means to recognize, recognize himself. Whoever recognizes himself will recognize his Lord. So one of the meanings here, according to the scholars of this hadith, is that if you recognize your origin as God's creation, as God's beloved creation, you will come to know that God is the beloved. Another shade of meaning of this tradition is that if you master yourself, then you'll come to know God. If you can guard your eyes, guard your ears, if you can guard your tongue from lying and from speaking ill of people behind their backs, from cursing, from even raising your voice. So we have descriptions of the prophet Muhammad, as far as his disposition goes. And all of the hadiths say that the prophet did not even raise his voice, that he was an easygoing personality, that he said, the best of you are those who are best to their family members. He said that he is not from us who doesn't honor the elderly and have mercy on our young. He said none of you will enter paradise until you truly believe, and none of you will truly believe until you love one another. And then he said, shall I tell you of something that will increase your love? And he said, yes. And he said, afshus salamu alaykum spread peace amongst yourselves. So this is the main sort of focus or point of the fast, is to really transcend the physical and also to empathize with those who are less fortunate to experience something of what they're experiencing for the sake of increasing our concern for them. Because the more empathy one has, the more compassion one has. And the more compassion one has, the more God-like as it were, or more angelic they are. Jesus is actually quoted in the Qur'an as saying, qudurah bani din, which is always the Arabic. But he said, be lordly. Be like God. Be perfect as your father in heaven is perfect in the language of Matthew. What does it mean to be like God? It means to appropriate, if you will, defined qualities that are at a human level. None of us can be God. Despite what some world leaders think. Or perceive themselves. We're not going to name draw. But to be divine, to lower his deed, is to assimilate qualities of God, such as mercy and compassion. And this is accomplished through these pillars of Islam. Through prayer, through charity, through pilgrimage, and especially through fasting. The prophet said in the hadith, quoting God, he said, all of the actions of the sons and daughters of Adam are for him, except fasting. For indeed, that is mine. And the exigence they say, what this means is, no one knows that you're fasting. When you pray, people can see you pray. When you go to pilgrimage, people can see you in your garb and you're making your circummanulations and so on and so forth. When you're giving charity, people can see that. When you're fasting, no one knows except God. So the prophet said, God says, fasting is for me and I will reward them for that. Up to at infinity. So fasting has a very honored place amongst the practices of the Muslim. That's all I wanted to say. If there's time for a few questions I can if not I'll just go through them. What do you think? Sure. Thank you. We will have time for questions of all three of our speakers. At the end of the next one I would like to introduce is Rabbi Larry Lelder. He is of the Reformed Jewish tradition and the leader of congregation Beth Eme in Pleasanton. That's funny because my congregation doesn't clap when I want to speak. Let me begin by offering greetings from the Jewish community to our Muslim friends during their holy month of Ramadan. Shalom alechem. Assalamu alaikum. Peace to you. Thank you to Mother Logan for bringing all of us together for this interfaith Eftar. Father, what would it ask us to speak about fasting and hospitality in the three Abrahamic faiths? And so I'm going to turn my attention to the theme of hospitality and some of my favorite stories about Abraham. The book of Genesis says that Abraham was sitting at the entrance of his tent at the hottest time of day. It says He's there at the entrance of his tent when he sees three men approaching who turn out to be angels only if he doesn't know them. Now the Rabbi's asked a question the Rabbi reads the text and asks this question why would Abraham be sitting out there in the doorway of his tent during the hottest time of day? It's actually cooler inside the tent in the shade which is where one would more likely hang out when it's July in Livermore. Ah say the rabbis it is to prove that Abraham was actively looking for wayfarers so that he could invite them in and take care of them in the heat of the day. Alright so Abraham's a good guy he's a friendly host but the rabbis go further you see the text in Genesis actually begins like this the eternal one appeared to Abraham as he was sitting at the entrance of the tent at the hottest time of day looking up Abraham saw three men standing opposite him seeing them he ran for the entrance of the tent to meet them Now that is actually a rather contradictory storyline is it God who appears to Abraham or three men that is angels? The rabbis reconcile the contradiction by saying that it was both first God appears to Abraham but when the three guests show up he excuses himself from his conversation with God and runs out to greet the guests to invite them inside the Talmud concludes with the following observation greater than the reception of God is the practice of hospitality and that's a remarkable statement on the part of the rabbis but they are actually articulating a theology of relationship as a way of encountering God the philosopher Franz Rosenzweig offered this explanation the story opens by saying that God appeared to Abraham but when Abraham applies that vicious to his own world he sees three men standing before him this is the height of religious awareness to see God in the human condition back to our three angels or men, whatever the text says that Abraham went out to the herd to get something to serve to his guests it says in my car he took a young cap tender and good to prepare a meal the medieval commentator Rashi asks why the text bothers to add the adjectives tender and good obviously Abraham wouldn't serve an old tough cut of meat to his guests three words are being used young cap, which is one word tender and good, when one word would suffice what's the point of the superfluous language now Rashi this commentator was a vintner by profession and he lived in Provence so he knew something about good food he hypothesizes that Abraham wasn't simply serving veal to his guests indeed a single calf alone would have been an abundance of food for three guests no, his generosity was such that he slaughtered not one, but three calves, young tender and good each indicating a separate animal that's what the three cast otherwise wouldn't need three words why three when one would do so that he could serve each guest his own delicacy which Rashi says was tongue depending on your taste that may or may not be delicacy now Rashi being a true connoisseur is not content to leave it there and it's an extra culinary comment Abraham says so tongue with mustard I don't know how he knew that but he says it's obvious he must have served with mustard I think this is a delightful commentary every generation of rabbi seems to want to expand the description of Abraham's hospitality I haven't touched on fasting we do that too though I stand in awe of the spiritual discipline and the observance of rabbatan which goes far beyond the Jewish tradition of fasting on Yom Kippur and a few minor holidays but all of our traditions all of us share an ethical impulse the test of religion is its application to the reality of life we may think we are devoted to God but unless we are devoted to one another we cannot come close to God I thank Saint Bartholomew's Church for being our tent of Abraham tonight and enabling us to find God by meeting one another it's a pleasure to introduce our third and final speaker who is the Reverend Mark Stanger he is a candidate at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco also a clergy municipal church also a good friend and he has spent many years as a missionary to Jerusalem and he has guided many pilgrimages there I thought he would be an appropriate speaker following the Christian tradition I've never been a good student so I missed the assignment about fasting and hospitality I want to talk about living together with our differences his disciple John said to him teacher we saw someone casting out demons in your name and we tried to stop him because he was not following us but Jesus said do not stop but no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me whoever is not against us is for us with these words the first followers of Jesus show something of our common human tendency for suspicion and exclusion who is in, who is out who is worthy, who is unworthy their words were directed against a different group doing the same healing work they were committed to doing they had different competing truth claims and I have a pretty bad Christian joke so bear with me this is the way it appears somewhere on the internet I heard it slightly different and the guy says I was walking across a bridge one day and I saw a man standing at the edge and he was ready to jump I ran over and said stop don't do it why shouldn't I? there is so much to live for like what? are you religious? he said yes me too are you Christian or non-Christian? I'm Christian are you Catholic or Protestant? I'm a Protestant me too are you Episcopalian or Baptist? I'm Baptist wow, me too are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?   It's an extreme and silly example, but we know that I'll just speak for us. Christians always have and still do misunderstand each other to the point of mistrust and exclusion and even extermination. And though the followers of Jesus sprang from the Jewish tradition and we continue to value large parts of that tradition, which we have appropriated as our own, before long we became suspicious and hostile toward those who faithfully lived and preserved that tradition, Jews, to the point of mistrust, exclusion and extermination. And if you don't already know, then you can probably imagine our response when Islam appeared in the late 6th century, suspicion, misinformation. When I was young, I was fortunate to grow up in the Chicago area with Jewish people nearby and even other Christians of other denominations and learn about this. But I could see and know their goodness because I knew them. But for me growing up, Islam was an idea out there somewhere followed by people in other places, remote and not on my radar. Later in my trips to the places mentioned in the Bible following footsteps of Jesus and the other prophets, it brought me in contact with large numbers of Muslims in cities and towns, small villages in the Middle East. And I know Islam is a worldwide religion and actually Indonesia has the most, I think, the capital. But it was my exposure to Islam in the Middle East that really grew my pursuers. There I saw devotion and dedication that keeps inspiring and there's a million examples. To see a truck driver, a taxi driver stop, get out of their field where you get down, put the rug down, a quick swatoo to purify and then save them prayers. I knew a university student. I was waiting for him. He was giving a senior seminar. When he finished, he got out and on the tile floor, right in the hallway of the school building, he got down, prostrated, prayed, and gave thanks. Our driver, during Ramadan, our tour driver, was fasting for the long day, but he cheerfully brought a tray of drinks to us at lunch at hospitality. Trumped his way into fast quiet. I have a million others. The devotion to prayer, a Palestinian car mechanic, his sisters and mother all got a pass to come to Jerusalem for one day. He didn't. So he risked his life by climbing over the security wall just so he could pray for one day at the Dome of the Rock. And both devotion and hospitality, Mike Barber and his brother, one time during Ramadan, I had about a two o'clock haircut and they said, you know, we're not going home tonight. We're going to order in a comeback here at Sunset and eat with us and then we're going to work later in the night. All these things, one of them, that same Barber let me share his prayer about while he did his evening prayers where I had some other Muslim friends who asked me to please leave the room, not the end of the room when they prayed. But for both, I was impressed by their devotion. With my new Muslim friends, we didn't discuss doctrines or dogmas or history and only occasionally was I asked why were Christians worshiped as many as seven gods? We actually don't, but I understand that our belief in one god has some confusing footnotes. With them, we were able to thank God together for food, for freedom to pray, for our lives and health, for our families and communities. We were agreed that God is God and we are God's creatures. That the goodness and providence of God was everywhere to be seen, even in suffering. We all knew that we are not God. We are different from God and from the differences and though God is completely other and different from us, yet in love, God chores out the mercy. Love, affection, friendship, service to others, witnessing for justice, all of these are what let us see beyond differences. Do I have two more minutes? Our prophet St. Paul said in his new understanding of life beyond tribal religion, with bigger eyes, he said there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in the anointed one, Jesus. My teacher said that that in no way implies that differences should be ignored or dismissed, for although it's true that there is neither Greek nor Jew, we are one human family, we are all in this together. The fact is there are Greeks and Jews and Catholics and Protestants and Sunni and Shia and others. When we look for those things which unite, prayer, hospitality, service to others, spiritual thirst, casting out the demons of human suffering, making a place for healing, self nourishment, connection, flourishing in faith, this assortment collapses the differences and yet it doesn't permit us to lose sight of the fact that in the world there are differences. One can even maintain, said my teacher, that there's nothing else except differences. We are different from one another, we are different from God. We see the love difference for devoted believers, Jew, Muslim, Christian and everyone else. Our differences are a reflection of God's mysterious others. God's distance and difference from the creation from us and yet our love and care for each other and our standing with each other reflect God's overflowing heart of love and care, God's closeness to creation and to us. Ramadan, Dubai.


Hi everyone, Joe for jazby's case breaks calm coming at you with 2020 2021 Panini prism Premier League English Premier League EPL two box random club number 11 18 spots all-card ship. There's the list of clubs and combos right there big. Thanks to Josh Robert will and Vipple for getting into the action Robert loves this stuff Big thanks all the teams for existing. Let's roll it and randomize it names and clubs nine times five into four one two three four five six seven eight and Ninth and final time after nine we got Robert down to Vipple Once again for five and four nine times clubs one two three four five six seven eight and Good luck ninth and final time after nine. We've got Brighton all the way down to Fulham. All right, so Robert Brighton and Hove Albion Burnley for Robert Chelsea Newcastle and Tottenham Josh of the Sheffield United and West Brom combo Robert Arsenal Southampton Aston Villa Crystal Palace and the Leeds combo Liverpool Lester Will with Westham United Robert with Everton Wolverhampton Man City and Man United and Vipple with Fulham Let's sort by column B by team and we're gonna pause video and We're gonna see if there's any trades and when we come back. We'll have the break stick around All right. Welcome back folks. Um No deals were done. It's all good on a Friday night. That list remains the same Good luck The final two boxes of this case is in the store right now if you're watching live Jasper's case breaks comm so this is break 11 break 12 or our final two boxes of the case No word yet on when we're gonna get any more If we do get more there's a good chance that it might be Sold to us at a higher price. That's a higher price for you so take advantage of these At the earliest point possible to try to get the best price possible and of course all card chip And if you're not too familiar with soccer and you and you get like a stack of commons because everything shifts It's worth like taking a look on eBay or whatever on a secondary market and seeing like what they're going for Because you may be surprised at how even some unfamiliar names, you know How some unfamiliar names Can sell on the secondary market even if it's like You know, I'm sure there's some randos that probably sell for like five Ten bucks a card for a veteran common, you know Meanwhile, like the top tier guys are selling hundred two hundred bucks per Common, you know, so definitely it's worth taking a look. It's worth doing the the quick beat of research Stumble on a player that may be selling for better than you would think All right. Good luck There's deli alley and the auto is here. It's aron robin Chelsea player aron robin forgot that he was on Chelsea Great international career as well. This goes to Robert. There's Andre Gomez for Everton also for Robert Delhi alley will go to Robert If you're rooting for the underdog ladies and gentlemen full him Shaffield United West Brom and Westham United are the non roberts Robert will get most of this. Hopefully the polls to be nice for everybody There's Sergio Aguero nice one for man City And we got a blue Liam Cooper to 199 for leads We got Yannick Vestergaard Hyper for Southampton got Jeff Hendrick for Newcastle and we've got Keenan Davis four out of 49 for Aston Villa all these so far for mr. Robert Runkle Declan Rice for will and Westham James Tarkowski 70 out of 99 for Burnley. I feel like there are three clubs in the Premier League Right now that have very similar colors all right Westham and Burnley and Aston. Oh, there we go Aston Villa All very similar colors There's Davey proper Brighton and Sean Longstaff 89 out of 130 five for Newcastle We got a silver prism silver rookie for Fulham Vipple There you go with Anthony Robinson Hopefully turns out to be a superstar and then you'll be like I'm glad I have this cart We've got Ederson From Man City to 149 I mean even even I mean the entire Man City team has been doing great Ederson Ilkay gondogan Ilkay has been playing well everyone's playing well Just running away with the Premier League right now Meanwhile We need this guy to do more of that in Golokante Hyper We'd like Harry Winx to I think there's Christian Polisic. Let's go Team USA There's Matias Pereira 71 as 75 for West Brom Josh with the Sheffield West Brom combo Mason Mount had a nice goal against my team yesterday Liverpool It's pretty good And here is I think these stadium cards are pretty cool the Hawthorne's for West Brom Albion Josh with the silver Arena my Silver Stadium card that is It's pretty awesome There's Raheem Sterling and our last couple parallels are both Chris Wood of Burnley this one's numbered to 135 130 out of 135. All right, that was box one Here is the second and final box here in random club break number 11 and next box good luck How's the other break do I know we were down a lot of spots on that break next one is sold out nice Thanks, everyone. All right, here we go Good luck everybody. I got Declan rice and wow Bukai Osaka four out of five gold vinyl for Arsenal Bukai Osaka out of five Gold vinyl one of the young up-and-coming stars For Arsenal and the Premier League That's pretty nice The Declan rice school go to will and Weston United Might be worth getting graded Out of 149 went for a thousand Nick's thinking Nick Jaspy's thinking Nine ten That's pretty nice Robert Ronkel with Arsenal all aboard the Big Hit Express Eland Road Home of Leeds United no response from Robert Ronkel. Maybe he fell out of his chair Be careful Robert. There's Curtis Jones Nice rookie for my Liverpool Robert We got Hakeem Zajek for Chelsea Alexi Wobie to for Everton to 99 Be crazy. Yes, these guys want to go Hyunmin Sun Sala there's Saka again, and we got Matthias Berra to 1.35 Jordan Henderson Silver Liverpool captain England captain James Madison to 1.49 for Leicester. We got Dembele For Tottenham and Matthew Lothan to 1.49 for Burnley Timo Werner here, too And your autograph is gonna be Gerard Peeke flashback autographs For Manchester United Robert Ronkel. We got Reese Nelson hyper parallel Still no word from her. Do we need to do a wellness check for Robert Ronkel? There's Gabriel Jesus Silver Firmino Pogba Got Nathan Tella and Deli Ali blue 174 out of 199 Tottenham Raul Jimenez hyper Phil Foden is nice Bruno Fernandez is strong and we got Giovanni Low Salso 49 out of 75 Let's leave up the rest of these and wukai Osaka pretty awesome stuff there in the back Nice break. Thanks for watching everyone. I'm Joe for jazby's case breaks calm I'll see you next time for the next break. Bye. Bye


Lone Wolf their first gun and they're getting it done Very nice shooter. Hey there friends. Thanks for checking in today We're looking at a new pistol to the market called the Lone Wolf arms LTD lightweight Tactical defense we know Lone Wolf distributors as an aftermarket company for Glock parts everything from the frame to the slide trigger components barrels all kinds of barrels Especially those conversion barrels. I love those but you look at the parts and People rely on Lone Wolf distributors for those parts But now they are Lone Wolf arms They have their own pistols called the LTD and the only part of this gun that is made by Glock is The magazine right here Glock 19 15 round mag. We love we love guns that use Glock mags And they did not mess with the mags. They're sticking with those, but the rest is all Lone Wolf Now the frames that they use or shall I say the frames they produce is called the Timber Wolf C And this is for the Glock 19 size all right four inch barrel But they made the grip angle a little more vertical though. You've heard people complain about Glock's grip angle. They said it's too angled off You know changes the natural point of aim and if you look at this right here We put them side by side you can see it's a little more vertical and It creates a it's a more naturally pointing handgun when I took you to the range I noticed right away with a Glock I shoot low I've said that several times with this centerhold. I was on target right off the bat and it felt great And so now I had a better understanding like I've always known the grip angle was a little too slanted if you will and This kind of proved it to me you can see that the beaver tail extends a little more It does have a undercut in the trigger guard. This was done afterward all right and Stippling throughout it also comes with an additional backstrap two-slot pick rail opposed to the one-slot accessory rail there and If you look at some of the aftermarket parts of people get you know the slide stop that's extended The takedown levers those are extended both sides the magazine release. That's extended and You'll notice this this is a flared out mag well. All right. This prevents the Glock pinch.  I wouldn't be able to do this if the pin was was still in there but I'm taking it off not a bad part but it kind of Didn't allow my piggy to rest as well as it does with off So if if I pinch myself because I took it off then then that's on me But they do offer that for quicker mag changes and so forth. I'm just taking it off And that's why they made it removable check out that slide. I think they did a great job Ergonomically pleasing looks nice see the way that's cut out there lightning cut about two and a half inches of forward serrations and Angled cut wider serrations. So if we look at here We'll see the the camera may not do the justice that it deserves, but they are cut deeper for a nice Nice easy charge who would help if the man was out All right nice easy charge and the forward serrations are nice for the press checks And of course you have the lone wolf barrel there. We are as a gun community I think we could all say we're we're very confident with lone wolf barrels Okay, where they make the threaded ones a drop-in Conversions or just stainless barrels like that people love lone wolf. I love lone wolf barrels I've used them many times and that's what it has here See that stainless steel guide rod another aftermarket part that People purchase from lone wolf all the time. Okay, Glock sights and Extended takedown lever. So let's go ahead and show that now. Okay, we're looking at a Four-inch barrel, but a captured recoil spring and a four-inch lone wolf barrel and that's what we're looking at very clean Machine cleanly machined I should say and I I took it to the range I shot it very well right off right on the case and a freezing cold day I shot it very well. It felt great and I felt comfortable immediately with this handgun in my hands and You know at that point, you know, you ever get a gun and you just you just start firing it and you're hitting everything that you aim at That's how I felt with this and I Was very happy. I must say I was very happy. All right, so it's a lightweight tactical defense Let's see how much later it is then the Glock 19 Unloaded weight with the magazine inserted one pound five and a half ounces. We move that to just ounces 21 and three eighths 21 and a half And there's a gen four Glock 19 23 and seven eight so about two Approximately two and a half ounces lighter with the lone wolf LTD 15 rounds 27 3 quarters 28 and a quarter ounces loaded with 16 rounds Okay, both these four inch barrels polymer frame striker fire handguns 30 Five eighths 30 and a half ounces approximately. So you're looking at two and a half Ounces lighter, but what you are getting are all the things that people Add to their glocks and I'm pretty sure I mentioned that but if you look at the way those slides look I mean it is nice.  They go to for the mag release and everything else and They did it right here with the LTD. So I'm very happy with it. You know, I do like I already mentioned I took it to the range Let's go ahead and roll through some of that and we'll wrap this thing up It comes in a hard case like this with an additional backstrap that is larger This one's a little thinner and I'm just going to keep that one on fits fits me just fine and one Glock 19 15 round magazine MSRP 699 And I plan to do more with it. I think it will compare so well with so many other Compact size polymer frame striker fire handguns. I look forward to that As well as many more rounds through this thing. I didn't put You know a lot around through it. I'm not sure a lot of people are these days But I do plan to compare it with other handguns and see how it lines up so far I have to say I like the way it shoots and it seems to fit my hand real nicely. It's not as blocky It's not you don't get that real blocky feel. It's ergonomically superior in my opinion and I'm going with it If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


Nematostella vectensis is a burrowing sea anemone that can reproduce both sexually and asexually. When placed in a burrowing substrate, it has been observed to divide its body into two separate parts through a process called transverse fission. This process is driven by the presence of the burrowing substrate, as well as the size of the animal. Additionally, the plane of division is fixed along the aural or boreal axis of the polyp. Transverse fission is also influenced by homeobox transcription factors and components of the TGF, notch, and FGF signaling pathways. Furthermore, the rate of asexual reproduction is sensitive to population density. These findings provide insight into the mechanisms behind asexual reproduction in this species and have implications for understanding the reproductive and regenerative biology of other cnidarian species. This article was authored by Leila Ulshaya, Whitney Leach, Norba Ban, and others.


What the city has is a hundred thirty thousand square foot facility located in the downtown that cannot fail and it won't fail SMG has been operating this facility now almost since it has been here and What's happened is the industry has simply changed the way that SMG booked acts because of the size of our facility It just doesn't work Artists now make their money on the act the show instead of making their money on the racks at Walmart So what's happening is promoters are buying these shows out and they simply can't afford To look at smaller venues because if they do what happens is the ticket price shoots up to a point to our people simply can't afford


So, I got up this morning and made my first cup of coffee, grabbed me a honey bun, and then went to my computer to read some stuff, to prepare for the day, so I'm checking out various Linux news sites, Linux forums, Linux communities, and I noticed something. Most Linux users act like spoiled children, and by spoiled children I mean they want more. They constantly want more, more, more, more, right?   It demands even more stuff, and they become like a crack addict, right?   I mean, let me ask you a question. You guys that have children and you've been around children, maybe you got young nieces and nephews, grandchildren, when a child is constantly asking for stuff and you give them stuff, is that child more likely or less likely to ask for some more stuff in the future, right? More likely. And that's kind of how we have become in the Linux community because Linux has become such a fantastic operating system, the best operating system on the planet, the most features. It does so much stuff, and you know, it's really spoiled its community, right? Because now Linux does so much for us, we demand that much more from it. And because of that, sometimes us in the Linux space, I'll include myself, sometimes we don't act appropriately, right? Sometimes we don't realize how much like spoiled children we sound sometimes making some outrageous demands. Now I don't want to imply that everybody in the Linux community that wants more out of Linux, that's striving to make Linux better, that these people are spoiled children because many of these people will point out the flaws in Linux, they'll point out areas where we could improve. And then those people are actively trying to achieve those results, you know, to achieve the desired result. Those are not spoiled children. The spoiled children are the ones that demand something out of Linux. You know, I need Linux to do this, and then they have absolutely no interest in actually trying to achieve that themselves. In many cases they wouldn't even know how to begin. They just want something and they want it now, right? Spoiled children. And while I find the people that act like this annoying, it does make me smile, though, when I see these people on the internet because it is a sign that we're succeeding. You know, the fact that we have so many of these spoiled brats out there, that's a sign of Linux's success. Because let's face it, Linux is the most popular operating system on the planet by far, countless billions of devices, everything from servers, personal computers, laptops, mobile devices, all your phones, all your tablets, internet of thing devices, appliances, hey, Linux is probably installed in your car, right? It's installed in your microwave, like Linux is everywhere. And because of that, we expect even more out of Linux. Linux was a garbage operating system that barely did anything, nobody would demand anything of it. Nobody would expect anything of it. There are plenty of operating systems out there that are much more niche operating systems that don't give you nearly the amount of features of Linux, the amount of coverage as far as Linux is a really jack of all trades, master of everything kind of operating system, where, you know, other operating systems don't have this, this spoiled mentality, the spoiled brat mentality. For example, I've never seen a net BSD user acting like a spoiled child, right? Because net BSD, much more niche operating system, it doesn't do a whole lot. It's users are really not expecting much more from it in the future. I don't see any spoiled Haiku users out there. For those of you not familiar with that operating system, Haiku is a free and open source operating system. It looks like something out of the 1980s. It's still a single user operating system, right? No one is demanding more from Haiku. Even Windows users, they don't export because Windows users, they don't get much from Windows as far as customization and flexibility. Windows is one of those operating systems. It comes to you, what you see is what you get. There's not much more to it, right? So you can't really demand much more from Windows than what's already there. So in some ways, Linux being such a massive success has also led to what some people associate as a pretty bad community around Linux. I actually think the Linux community is great. I just think it's such a unique place because of, again, the free and open source nature and just the uniqueness, especially when you contrast it from proprietary operating systems like Windows and Mac. What do we do to get rid of this spoiled, ungrateful mentality that many of us within the community have? And I'm going to include myself in this because as I'm recording this video, I'm sitting here thinking back and I have to evaluate some of my past behavior, too. And if you're watching this and you're thinking back at some of the times where you've demanded stuff out of the community, how do we correct this problem? How do we get around this? How do we solve this problem? Well, I think more of us need to start being grateful for the things we have. And this isn't just about trying to improve one's standing within the Linux community. I really think that being grateful for the things that you have is truly one of the biggest improvements that you can make in your life. And more of us need to start actively practicing this. It needs to be something that you do daily.  Actively express that gratitude to others every day. Or if you don't want to express it to others, express it in private, maybe write it down. Those of you that keep notes or a journal or a diary, make it a point, you know, once a day, maybe before bed, jot down two or three things that you are truly grateful for, maybe because of things that happened that day that, hey, you know what, this was a really great thing that happened to me today.  Unfortunately, it's all too common in humanity. All of us take way too much for granted. Some of us take everything for granted. Don't take anything for granted. Don't take the luxuries you have in life for granted. Don't take the love of your family for granted. And honestly, don't take the improvements and the joy that Linux has brought into your life for granted. All right guys, peace.


Okay, so Samsung finally has an OLED TV. No, I'm not wrong. Yes, they do have an OLED TV. And honestly, it's about time. Now, this is actually Samsung's QD OLED TV. It is calling it Samsung OLED, but I am truly impressed because Samsung is bringing the full width of their QD OLED technology here, as well as also some really incredible pricing for it, especially compared to the competitors out there. Now, you're wondering, okay, what is QD OLED? I've kind of heard that name before. Well, you've heard it here on this channel. We cover the Alienware QD OLED monitor, AW3223DW, whatever, that's kind of the name. But that was an amazing monitor and I absolutely love it. It has so many great features, especially with that QD OLED panel. But honestly, go check out that review. We'll have a link for you here. Now, what makes QD OLED special and why is Samsung having an OLED display? Well, QD OLED brings in a ton of features and new technology allowing you to have something that's totally different. When you compare it to an LCD or an OLED, you can see the differences within the panel framework of what makes it different just in terms of just how many layers in there with its BP panels, QD panels, all that fun stuff. But you're looking at this TV and you're going, why should I care? Well, it brings a ton of features. Number one, of course, is those true blacks. That is what an OLED is known for and you're going to get it with this TV. But because you're getting those true blacks, of course, normally with OLED, you don't get the brightness and you do with QD OLED. This can go up and pick brightness up to 1500 and you get that maximum range of true blacks and also peak brightness with this TV. Now, this TV is powered by Samsung's QD neural network processor, so you're getting that QD 4K processing in there, something that Samsung has done, of course, with all their TVs in the past. So you should see a lot of those features built in there. And in terms of other things you see, of course, you get some nice color volume because QD OLED gives you better color volume range across the board. You're also going to get, of course, better viewing angles no matter where you sit. So if you're sitting center stage like I am here, or if you're sitting to the off side, you will be able to view this TV with the best picture quality possible. Now, we got to see it at Samsung's demo, so we only got to see demo cycles, we didn't get to see any footage, so I apologize, I don't have that for you, but we will be getting this TV in-house to showcase more. Now, the TV has a ton of features in there. It's got Wi-Fi built-in, but it is Wi-Fi 5, for what I'm seeing. It is super thin, by the way. Oh my God, this thing is impressively thin. I can put my wallet there and you see how thin my wallet is and see how thin this TV is altogether. Of course, it's got multiple HDMI ports, support HDMI 2.1, as well as also has a refresh rate of 120Hz. So of course, your gaming, especially with your Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, will meet the test that you wanted to. Now, Samsung also has an updated remote control in here that allows you to do a lot of things. Now, besides the normal functionality of jumping into your favorite streaming services and also being a very compact remote, it's got three charging options. You can charge via USB Type-C. They're no more replaceable batteries. You've also got solar charging with your indoor lights, whatever lights you have in the house, as well as also radio waves. So it charges with radio waves and indoor lighting, which means it will constantly be powered on and you most likely never have to charge this bad boy. That is pretty cool. Now, to top it all off, there are two sizes. It's a 55 and a 65 inch. And guess how much it costs? This 55 is 2,500 and the 65 is 3,000. That is almost $1,000 less than its competitor out there. So we'll have to see how good this TV is and if it's worth picking up. But I'm excited to see more. Let me know what you think because this is gonna be something that's gonna change a lot of people's mindsets. So this is Thunder E-Sane. Thank you and always enjoy entertainment.


Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com, coming at you with a one box break of 2019, Bowman Draft Baseball Sapphire Edition. This is one box random player break number 13 from jaspyscasebreaks.com. Big thanks to all of these folks right here. Now at the end of the break, I'm gonna re-randomize this original list of names, and the name on top is gonna get a, yeah the name on top will get a spot in that top transcended baseball break, Hall of Fame edition that drops on Friday in a couple days from now. But let's do the break first. Everyone gets 10 names from this big list below, so let's multiply this list by 10. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and 10. And let's roll it and randomize each list three and a six, nine times. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and ninth and final time. After nine times, we've got Josh down to George, and nine times for the players, and ninth and final time. After nine, we've got Grant all the way down to Tony. Now obviously I'm not gonna read off all these names to preserve the old pipes here, but I will show you the list as is. And then I'll alphabetize by your first name so you can see, keep track of what players you have. All-card chip in this, a lot of value in this Sapphire laying on this, especially if you hit some of the parallels. Let's just slowly go through the list here. There's everybody. All right, so we're by Call of May. So Adam, I think Caleb, I saw earlier. Connor, Craig, Donald is, should be here. George, John, Joseph, Josh, Peter, Rob, Tom, Richard. There you go, there's the box right here. No autos or anything like that, but the parallels could sell for a boatload of dollar-dollar bills if you get the right rookie, if you get the right player, the right prospect. All right, any trades? You know, we're watching the NFL draft as well. Callie saying the fastest one. I mean, it's a very Al Davis-y kind of pick for the Raiders. I mean, everyone seems to say that CD Lam and Jerry Judy are better. The wide receivers, maybe the Raiders didn't want the better wide receiver. They wanted the right wide receiver. So hopefully Ruggs is the right one. So we'll see. Well, just watch, Rex. You'll figure out what this breaking thing's all about. If you just watch, or someone will explain to you in the chat, I gotta preserve these vocal chords. All right, looks like no one's trading. So TWC trade window closed. Let's see what's inside here. Do I need to use some more top loaders, regular top loaders? Are Rogers' days are numbered? He's not getting any younger. Every player's days are numbered. What is he, like, 35? How old is Aaron Rogers? You know, it was an interesting pick, that's for sure. I think they traded up for it too. All right, all of these will be sleeved and top loaded before they go out to you. Even just these regular cards can contain a lot of value. There's a James Beard to 99. Let's see who got the beard. That'll be for George. And we've got Jordan Grochans. Wow, one out of five Jordan Grochans. That is hot. And he was your 12th overall pick in the first round, so for the Blue Jays in 2018. So that's a, and I've heard his name being tossed around a bit as a pretty important prospect for the Blue Jays. And that's John Hyanga. There you go, John. All aboard the Big Hit Express. That's nice, always nice, having out of five Sapphire, first rounder. Got some Cody Hoseys back there and everything too, but great break, nice one. Congrats. All right, now let's go back to this list right here. Let's roll it, let's randomize it, nine times. Name on top, just one spot for transcendent, right? Yep, name on top, after five and four, nine. We'll get a spot in Transcendent Baseball Hall of Fame Edition, after nine. Ninth and final time, after nine. Wow! After nine times, John gets the out of five card, the Jordan Grochans, and gets the transcendent spot.  Thanks for watching everybody. There will be other opportunities to try to get into the transcendent, so keep trying if you want. Thanks everyone, congrats again John. We'll see you next time, JaspeysCaseRakes.com. Wow.


from the bet MGM studio this is the OTP with Amy Wells I'm Mike Keith will introduce this guy in just a minute if he needs an introduction but thrilled to be joined through the technology and power of zoom Chris Johnson wait there is CJ so we're gonna talk about the 2008 Tennessee Titans the team that had the great 10 and 0 start 13 and 3 season one of the best in Titans history Chris Johnson was a rookie that year and we remember his spectacular season this guy also had a great season this is Mr. Monday night Keith Bullock and it's important now by law we have to introduce him as Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer Keith Bullock oh yeah that's right I appreciate that that was a great time last year I was very surprised when I got that induction also it was right behind Javon Curse who was another great Titan so it was Javon myself I feel this guy right here CJ 2k should be on his way do I have any juice to get him in there you actually don't know he's trying for I know it's not Keith can't do it no but I actually I know someone who can do it who Brad Willis and executive director of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame yeah and I mean it's a good time he's here here could you come over here for a second look at you actually have juice I do well the director's has the juice you know anytime you're surrounded by Tennessee Sports Hall of Famers like 2021 inductee Mike Keith 2023 inductee Keith Bullock kind of gets you thinking about who's next and so CJ 2k we'd like to invite you to join the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2024 appreciate it I appreciate it I appreciate it I'm a loss of words that I like says I appreciate it well we appreciate you I mean that's the whole thing is we we're really not going to talk about the 2018 no this was a little bit of a trick I'm a big boy I can't wait to see your birthday car I can't wait y'all treat me good man oh my Brad Willis it is a special class that you have introduced so far it is and we're rolling it out Chris you're part of a 12 member class that we're very excited to have celebrating this summer July 20th in Nashville just you know Tennessee is such a rich sports history and when we look back at some of the great titans that have been inducted we started talking about the 2008 season and your record-setting 2009 season and just you just set the NFL world on fire came in with such an explosive plays we really can't think of a better representative for the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame than than Chris Johnson so welcome to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame we're excited to extend you the invitation and really glad that you're part of this great great group congratulations bro thank you so much man thank you thank you I love Tennessee I love the city the organization everything I'm so excited for this and he belongs yeah no absolutely you know I remember when he did get here in 08 and in practice you like where's the speed where's the speed and then I never forget that Oakland Raiders preseason game when that hole opened up like the Red Sea and some people got speed some people are fast but Chris Johnson always show he had the juice so that's my guy well the amazing thing about Chris Johnson six years with the Titans one thousand yards rushing in all six seasons and he missed one game in those six years crazy one game and you were held out of that game the season finale in Indianapolis when the Titans had already clinched in 2008 so technically you were never not available to play CJ and I know for nearly 8000 yards rushing in 32 100 yard games and the 2000 yard season all of the things you're very proud of but that durability was something you're really proud of too yeah yeah for sure and that's one thing I always pride myself on it it's like no matter what you do you could be the fastest guy in the world you can be the strongest guy in the world but if you're not available none of that none of that stuff matter and I always proud of myself on being able to be available being durable and being there for my team when they need me I can remember my yeah my last year with the Titans week two I tore my meniscus and I had a chance to either go get surgery and miss the next eight weeks and come back healthy at the end I can sit there and stay there and fight with my teammates and try to make a play out run and you know I decided not to get the surgery and pay my last year my whole last year with a torn meniscus and it's just all about being available and being there with your team and the perfect guy in that way in terms of durability reliability and excellence to follow Eddie George really yeah absolutely you know I think I said it last year like our Mount Rushmore of running backs is uncomparable to any other organization you know they'd have a tough argument when you think about the running backs obviously starting with Earl Campbell then you have Eddie George then you have Chris Johnson and then Derek Henry who just finished it up you know these guys paved the way for what it means to be a Titans running back and it's great to have CJ 2k you know in this situation now this is a brotherhood that he's about to be a part of people who are in the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame men and women but it's it's a real big deal to be a part of this group of people what does he have to look forward to? Oh man he just did the hard part you know Brad is gonna get in touch with him let him know everything that it entails the next hardest thing is maybe you decide who all you're gonna invite you know I think the Tennessee Sports they have a do a great event they have a great weekend they have everything laid out for the inductees so I'm saying all you got to do is show up the hardest thing is probably for him deciding who he's actually gonna invite because it is a great time and don't worry man you get in touch with Brad he's gonna make sure you know you got everything you need so it's gonna be a great win for you. That was sad, that's for sad. The Titans have quite a wing now Brad Willis of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. They do absolutely just within the last you know several years Jeff Fisher, you, Javon Curse, Keith Bullock, Steve McNair, Frank Wiecek, Blaine Bishop, Eddie George, I mean the list continues to grow and Mr. Adams I mean it's it really is quite the collection of Tennessee Titans and you know I really want to thank Keith for being a part of this Keith you know representative of the Titans organization in 2023 I kind of feel like it's like the best actor in the Oscars showing up to give the best actor award in the next year but I really appreciate him being a part of this and his class was a great class as well. You've been the executive director now for how many years? Four and a half years. I think one of the things that has stood out to me getting a chance to host the dinner for several years and I bet you agree with this is how many of the inductees come back every year for the dinner? It really is and it's turned into a great event just for you know the sports community in the mid state and the entire state actually you know we look forward to people coming back every year getting to celebrate the new class but also giving a tip of the cap to those who have been in before because it really is a great as you said brotherhood a great family and we're really glad that that CJ is a part of this that you and Keith are a part of this and you know we continue to you know have a great relationship with the Tennessee Titans in that respect. I was thinking about a CJ game and I was and I go back to this when Chris November 1st 2009 against Jacksonville where you and Maurice Jones drew sort of had like a two man game for for a while. Maurice Jones drew Rush for a hundred seventy seven yards. Don't remind me. He had two long touchdowns and Chris had 228 yards rushing. My guys. Two long touchdowns set the franchise record that day and that was the day where it became apparent and I said this in the postgame I said now this guy's starting to knock on the door that if he gets hot down the stretch 2,000 yards is not out of the realm of possibility. Do you remember that day against the Jaguars who of course are from your home state? Yes, I definitely remember that day because I even remember that week. That's probably like one of the the fast the fastest meetings that we had. The team meetings where you come in on on Wednesday and Jeff Fisher just put it up on the board and he was like a and in a day which every one of you guys have the most rushing or that's who gonna win this game and the meeting was over. No pressure then I just know it's gonna be a yeah it's gonna be a heavyweight fight right there like it was going back and forth back and forth and I ended up on top and you know winning that game. But I'm glad you took one for the team that day because the defense definitely didn't show up. For you as you watch the combine again this year and you see players going after what technically is John Ross's record because he broke your 4 to 4 to 440 not easy to say. Do you watch that? Do you watch those guys going for the low figures and could you have gone below 4 to 4?  I used to watch it every year. But after my record got broke, I stopped watching. I stopped watching it and then like it's not just because it got broke because I kind of feel like it was some funny business going on with it because like when they did the side by side I beat John Ross but his time still beat mine but at the end of the day would make me so like you know records are meant to get broken and you know I'm proud of these younger guys and stuff like that but with a lot of people don't understand what makes my 40 yard dash so special is I ran my 4 to 4 at 200 pounds. You look at all these guys they're like 160, 165, 170. I'm 30, 40 pounds heavier than these guys so that's why I'm proud of them but it's so good. So yeah, so yeah. Did you ever time below 4 to 4 at any other 40 that you ran at any point? Yeah in college my junior day before my senior year I ran a 418 when the scouts came I ran a 418 on that day or whatever and that's kind of what helped me get on the scene a little bit right there before my senior year but yeah it was pretty fast that day. We ran it inside on a track. And you know what's impressive about him is this was not a track man running. This was a football player, a legitimate football player because I know and they show some of the track guys and how fast they could run the 40. I get it but those guys are step over step over step. It's not it's not cutting. It's not anything like that. It's a it's a whole different sort of training and for him to run that fast. I've never seen anything like it. Yeah like I said I was I heard about him you know we got the fastest guy in the draft and then like I say that one game he just turned it on and then ever since then you know CJ was must see TV one of the most electrifying players and dynamic that's a word that's used a lot when you think of dynamic players CJ 2k is a dynamic the dynamic player that you I really think of when it comes to Titans offence. Well and that's the thing when you think about Titans offense when you think about the Tennessee Titans in general time after time after time Chris Johnson's name comes up. We still see his jerseys all across Nashville. When people talk about their best Titans moments their favorite Titans games nine times out of 10 their Chris Johnson plays their Chris Johnson moments there are so many things that he's given to this organization and to the state of Tennessee in general CJ knowing that that's your legacy has got to be special right. Yes definitely special with me like with like a lot of people they talk about the 2000 yards the 2500 but like like you guys boy like with what gets to me is like when I come back in that Nashville and like me and boy go out to eat or whatever like people still treat us like we're playing for the Titans still today. Know what I'm saying like it's crazy like to be retired for so long and still be able to come back there and still get that same treatment from the fence the city of Nashville the like where are we going to stores the restaurants or wherever we at they still treat us like we play for the Titans and like that's one of the best things and people always ask me like like I played for Tennessee I played for Arizona I played for the Jets and they asked me my favorite place and it's always Tennessee because not just the team but the city the organization all of that like they treat us so well. Chris Johnson is with us Brad Willis from the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame joins Keith Bullock Amy Wells and me on the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans get a quote today at FBHP.com our friends at Farm Bureau Health Plans have been in business for 77 years. Chris I do want to ask you one thing about 2009 not only did you rush for 2000 yards but you had 50 catches for over 500 yards you average over 10 yards a catch which for a running back is unusual put up the huge total over 2500 total yards the record I think it's the greatest year in the history of running backs statistically I mean you did it so many different ways is the 2500 plus what you're most proud of about that year? Yeah for me it is like it is because you have eight guys that have rushed for 2000 yards you have nobody ever in history to have over 2500 total yards and we're so crazy about it. We're so crazy about it why I do kind of understand why a lot of people kind of don't talk about or kind of realize it because even when I did it I didn't even know I broke the record like I just knew I rushed for 2000 yards that day I didn't know that had the record for the most scrimmage yards until the day after when I was doing the interview about the 2000 yards and I forgot who I was having an interview with and they brank it up and I was like for real well I broke martial fought records so it was kind of crazy I didn't even know I did it when I did it but like for me to do that and for like when people talk about Hall of Fame and all type of stuff is like I don't see how I can be left out when I have the when I can say I had the best season for a running back in NFL history no one has ever done what I've done um like you say 50 catches 500 yards and to have 2000 yards on top of that is it's amazing. That's why you put him in the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame right? Yeah we could have done it just based on that but there there was so much more and I want you to go back to East Carolina for a second wasn't there a moment in your college career where they thought let's move Chris Johnson to wide receiver full-time. Yeah it was a moment so when I came in my first two years I started at running back and then my third year I um like I think it was the second game of the season I ended up hurting my toe I had turf toe so when I can't I missed like four weeks and when I came back um they they wanted to move me to receiver because um the running back that we had in he was having a pretty good year within those games that I was out and when I came back they wanted me to move the receiver in. When I think about it today how today's game is and you can play 15, 16, 17 years making 15 million dollars a year hey I should have gave it more thought. Yeah but at the end of the day like back then when I was coming in like to the draft and stuff the game of football was different it was the running back the running back in 25 30 touches a game the game didn't change so like at that time I knew I was a running back I knew that that's what I've been um practicing hard all my life for and that's what I wanted to do so you know the rest of that year I played some receiver and I played some running back and then came back my senior and they moved me back to running back in that that's where it went. Somebody made the mistake when you were drafted of saying to the late great Mike Heimerdinger that oh you're you're bringing him in to be a gimmick back to be to be you know to be a guy who lines up all over the place he goes I mean he was hot because Heimerdinger was the guy who stood on the table for you there were a lot of people who were for you but Heimerdinger was certainly at the top of the list and he said oh no he said this guy is a that every down weapon in the backfield Mike Heimerdinger believed in Chris Johnson and it took that didn't it?  All right Chris Johnson who is the first person that you are going to call and tell that you are being inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame on July the 20th um my mom great I'm gonna definitely call my yeah I'm gonna tell my mom you know my mom and dad you know they've been behind me since I was in Lulee all the way through high school college making those long drives from Orlando all the way up to Greenville North Carolina so I'm definitely gonna call my mom and my dad and let them know. All right so I'm wondering will Lindale White be the first former teammate you call? Well my first former teammate is right here I'm glad I was able to be a part of it man you deserve it but I'm just wondering if you I mean we got Smashing Dash you know do you call him and yeah yeah it definitely yeah I'm gonna definitely let him know and definitely bench y'all those two guys for sure. All right Amy Adams Stronk the Titans controlling owner and Chris Johnson have a special relationship don't they? Absolutely Chris it seems like you're around all the time and every time we see you in Nashville Amy Adams Stronk is kind of around you guys have really gotten to know each other throughout the years right? Yeah yeah we have a whole lot man I tell people a lot of times I wish like um you know as R.P. the the bud Adams but like at the time when I was there you know he wasn't really around because you know he was going through his health issues and stuff like that but I I could have wished like she was there because um I really feel like I would have probably stayed with Tennessee a lot longer if Miss Amy was there because me and her I feel like we would have established a relationship um when I was there like I couldn't even really tell you many people from upstairs I didn't have a relationship with anybody so even when I was going through the things I was going through as far as like you know contract negotiations um and those type of things about staying with Tennessee or leaving like I really I really had nobody that I could have had a conversation with Jeff Fisher was gone um he the one brought me in there by Jaime Dinger was gone um so I didn't really have anybody that I could have a conversation with or sit down with or that I didn't even have anybody phone numbers to have those type of conversations with so I feel like if she was there I would have been a lot longer and I would have had a better relationship with the upstairs mentioned that Seat Geek is the official ticketing partner of the Tennessee Titans now whatever you're doing in Nashville whether it's Titans tickets or another event Seat Geek is the place that can take care of you Seat Geek so Titans fans can fan all right CJ one more before we let you go on this special OTP give us your thoughts on the pairing of Tajé Spears and Tony Pollard for 2024 in the Titans backfield all right man I think it can be dynamic if um if Tony come in and do the do the things that he was doing in Dallas especially when he was there with Zeke um and if Tajé continued do the things that he was doing when he got those opportunities to come in the game um both of those guys are talented guys both of those guys have some speed and can definitely be dynamic so if we can get a nice one two punch with those guys um especially with us again um Kevin Ridley in there I think we'll be okay what do you think yeah I think so I think it gives um the defense a lot to to worry about I also like the moves that they made at center getting a veteran uh linemen to kind of anchor that CJ just mentioned Calvin Ridley so I think coach is putting together a nice offense that um gonna make defenses be on their toes even um game one of the season okay Chris Johnson we're gonna wrap it up here so sorry to trick you I'm not sorry I'm not sorry I got it yeah I got me good but I pretty say that I pretty said it well we're very proud that the Titans are involved in the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame induction dinner Brad will us tell everybody again when that's gonna go on in some details that's right July 20th at the Omni Nashville downtown 2024 class it'll be a great group 12 inductees including Chris Johnson uh a list of of honorees from across the state amateur athletes and it's a great weekend a great event really looking forward to it you can find out more about it on our website which is TSHF.net and we're super excited to have Chris Johnson a man of many titles NFL pro boulder all pro record holder we would refer to him as dynamic CJ2K and now Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer congratulations thank you so much all right you're excited about Scott Hamilton being at the dinner too well mostly Chris Johnson yeah also Scott Hamilton he's also excited but there are a lot of great names in this class and a couple more to come I think right yeah so more to come keep an eye on what Brad Willis is doing 2023 Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer Mr. Monday night I'll be there for uh CJs too thank you very much for Brad Willis for Keith Bullock for Amy Wells and for 2024 Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer Chris Johnson I'm Mike Keith thanks for joining all of us for the OTP


Hi, I'm Lavi and this is Olli. We are attempting a new Guinness World Record to become the youngest pair to circumnavigate the globe by motorcycle. After riding 3000 miles across Europe, we are now ready to explore the roads of North Africa. Click the subscribe button to follow our journey around the world and let the adventure begin. Good morning world, welcome back to the channel. It's day number 94 on our round the world trip. We are here in Dakar Senegal and we've been staying in this little room up there in this beautiful area in the north part of the city called Joff. We have a really really short but very exciting day today. Yeah, let me show you guys where we're heading today. Okay, so we are here in Dakar and today we are going to be making our way to the south side of the Cape Verde Peninsula right at the bottom here to the container port. Yesterday is the day, the final ride here in Africa with Bumblebee. Sad and happy at the same time, but we gave Bumblebee a really really good scrub yesterday, so check that out. And Chris, you will be very proud of us when you see the chain. Yes, we thought we would give Bumblebee a nice wash and give that chain a really good oil so that Bumblebee can be ready for the next leg in South America. It will be really interesting to see what we have to do now at the port and we will take you with us. We have just five miles to go, so better hit the road, let's go. Here we go. This is an exciting one. Here we go. I'm ready for you. Good morning. All right, we're ready to fire up. Rock and roll. Rock and roll then. Well this windshield is so clean I can actually see through it for the first time in ages. Amazing. Don't drop the bike. Yeah, and it's actually, it is quite sandy on this road to be honest. Yeah it is. Okay, okay. So we have to join the main road in a minute. That means we have to slide left over this amazing junction which is just sand and potholes. Yeah I don't really understand why they build such a lot of nice apartments and nice houses around but then they don't put any focus on the roads to connect everything together. I mean look this is like a major a major junction here and it's just covered in sand. Yeah. Okay, straight? Yeah. Well we have Bumblebee pretty empty with gear. We're just left in the panniers everything that's going to stay on the bike in the container so Bumblebee feels really light today. Yeah it feels like a different bike when it's not loaded. Yeah it's amazing how much difference it can make loading up the panniers here. Absolutely. That's the reason it's always good to check every item what you have on your trip and think about if you really need it or not. Yeah because even though you don't have to physically carry it because the motor is doing all the work it still makes a big difference to the way the bike is handling the way that you ride really. Yeah. You can feel it today. So we're taking all the electronics, all the valuables and a couple of other bits and bobs. We're taking that on the plane with us and the rest of it is being left on Bumblebee and it'll hopefully all be there in Brazil when we pick her up again. That's the idea. Back in the busy streets of Dakar the busy exhaust fume covered streets. Whoa look at this bike. Nice. Honda Africa. Yes. Cool.  Yeah it was a really crazy experience here in Africa. We saw a lot of amazing things, a lot of scary things. I will definitely miss it but I'm super excited as well to reach another continent. Yeah but I don't think I'm going to be able to relax until we actually get Bumblebee in that container because this whole shipping container to Brazil has been like this whole mythical thing over the last couple of months. It's like does it exist? Are we going to be able to do it? Because of course we had issues with the shipping where we were supposed to do roll on roll off but then it was changed to a container and then we had to pay like an extra two or three thousand euro. So it was always a little bit oh we're driving down the coast of Africa but are we actually going to be able to get Bumblebee off the coast and onto the next leg? And now finally we just have a couple more miles and then we'll actually be there at the container port with Bumblebee ready to drop her off. Yeah super super exciting days. Wow it's crazy. It's crazy. Yeah Dakar has been like so far ahead of us for such a long time when we were just coming into the south of Morocco and we saw that sign that was like Dakar 1400 kilometers or something. Oh my god we still have a long way to go but now look we're here we're in Dakar we're right coming up to the container port very shortly. Yeah this is absolutely awesome. We have to turn left in 0.3. Okay perfect thank you. Wow look at this junction. Yes here we go. Here we go. We're getting here.  Okay should I um. I think you'll just have to lift it up for me my love. Okay. Gonna lift up our own barrier here at the port.   So here we are. This is it. This is the container port. Just put Bumblebee about here. There we go. CMA CGM terminal container Dakar. Let's talk to them and see if it's real.  I feel so good to take off those trousers for the last time. Here in this heat I tell you. Wow. This is our container right here. Wow into the container port. Okay there we go. Bumblebee's new home. Oh he has to go over the ramp there. So that's it. Bumblebee is in the container ready to go.  But for now our job is done. She's in the container and we can make our way out of here. Say hi. Goodbye. Okay that is us leaving the container port on foot out our beloved Bumblebee. Merci. Au revoir. This feels very strange. Goodbye. I hope she will be all right because we had some small complications. They wanted to send us away and said like oh come tomorrow because the guy who's fixing the bike in the container is not here today. And then Lavi was like no no we can just put it in the container ourselves today and then tomorrow they can fix it all properly. That's fine. Just to at least get it inside the container you know. Yeah exactly that we have peace for our mind to know Bumblebee is in the container. Tomorrow the guy will come fix it on make it secure shut the door and then apparently the day after tomorrow it's already on its way with the boat on its way to Rio. Yeah just like that it's going to be on its way to Rio. That is so awesome. Yeah it's incredible. Thank you so much to Dudu Faye here at the container port for helping us out and making sure that everything is working and that we could drop it all off today. We really appreciate it and everything seems to be sorted so it's amazing. Yes we will make our way now back to our room to our accommodation. Apparently we have to take two buses which we're gonna try to find now and yes that's it from us today and that's it from season two. We hope to see you from season three on in South America and also if you like the video please subscribe to our channel share the video with your friends and family and comments below. Don't forget to like. We will see you next time.


This is a wonderful and exciting day for all of us. The opening of our brand new Leslie C. Quick Junior Recreational Complex. Five, four, three... This is a tremendous addition to the facilities here at Fairfield. To help us fulfill the mission of the university is a place that educates the whole person. New technology, new equipment, even an indoor track, and it's incredible. I personally love the Cardio floor. I think I'm going to be up there a lot. We literally just opened today and look at how many games are already going on. I love the spinning room. I love the openness of the space. I love the energy. For everything we're trying to accomplish with healthy well-being, we now have a facility that can back that up. It's the best thing that's happened at campus in a long, long time. World knows. We're going to check out Tech's every nook. This is awesome.


game of the season and we got a couple arms out there and got another look at guys like Castro yeah I mean that's the biggest thing is wanted to get a few guys in there prioritize getting a few guys in there you know obviously in Domingo making his last start you know get him stretched out enough but not overdoing it so yeah that was that was the biggest thing and just to kind of get through this have some guys you know a couple guys get some more bats but now another now now it begins for real no where's that out there yeah I said go get them ready that's what they want no yeah yeah not today you got plenty of them all year and hopefully hopefully we got a lot left now in the postseason what is the plan for Herman in the postseason we'll see I mean could fill a lot of different roles you know obviously he's pitched really well for us here since he's come back and feel like he could be a guy that you know could fill a lot of different roles I know 10 days ago or so the plan was to have him ready is there time for him if you just don't throw today to go through the whole long tossing bullpen maybe a live VP to be back for the eat through yesterday yes yeah I think that was like seven or eight days London yeah that's the hope I think he's scheduled for a bullpen potentially as early as Friday so I mean it's got to go well and progress well but you know so far to this point everything's gone according to plan so that's the hope how tough is that to make decisions on guys like homes guys like Perlton Perl just throwing lives now having not seen them face hitters in an actual game situation heading into the most important time of the year yeah wandi's easy he's you know I think we're more prudent on it and knew he'd be ready you know in theory before the postseason and not too worried about it he's pitched a lot this year he hasn't been down long he's gonna get some excuse me some live looks and then clay I'm not worried about it as long as he gets to that point to where he can get back as again it would be a short time that hit that he's been down so as long as he's feeling good makes it through his progressions we'll take our chances from DJ and these games back to you feel good about what he's had into the postseason physically we got to I mean this this time in between will be important as well I feel I do feel like he's he's still guarded against it a little bit you know even yesterday you know I mean it tributes how good a hitter he is he throws out a couple hits and a walk and I feel like is you know you know still there to where you know he's picking his spots and I do see him favored a little bit but we'll see you know he's he's gonna be able to get some more strategic treatments leading up to the playoffs and hopefully that's another level of getting them in a position yeah I mean we'll get plenty of looks this week I mean the biggest thing is him getting in there and seeing live pitching and he's been standing on bullpens you know he's had five or so at bats each day so and and now we'll get eyes on him you know through the weekend and early next week so optimistic and feel like physically he's in a pretty good place to be that kind of guy considering the ups and downs of the season how does 99 and 63 sound to you a good AL East champs I mean that's what we hope for in the regular season you know we put ourselves in a good spot now you know and so you know I guess I guess first mission accomplished in that regard but yeah it's it's it's rewarding when you go through a full season and all the work you put in in the offseason and spring training excuse me and and you do go through you know face times of adversity and it's always a grind it's always hard it's always hard in this division I think especially this year and to be the team that was the best in our division you know there's some there's some satisfaction in that but you know our you know our group wants you know we want to win it all and that's that's what we're focused on now and now we start really preparing for that yes except for a handful of guys and some rehab guys getting treatment yeah it'll be an off day some combination of lives I don't know if we'll necessarily inner squad as opposed to more live at bats and stuff for pitchers and hitters