Welcome to Access to Trader, the number one community for those who are committed to taking control of their trading in order to achieve success, profitability, and longevity. Thank you for joining us. Here's Dan Shapiro to help you find your edge, master your process, and own your future. Hey guys, leaving everybody. Welcome to another edition of the AccessToTrader.com weekend update show. Hope everybody is doing well. If you are brand new to the channel guys, thank you very much for giving us 15 minutes of your day. We appreciate it. If you are brand new, click like, click like, share, subscribe, get notified when there is a new update. We generally do the update Monday through Wednesday and then again on the weekend. So thank you very much once again for spending a couple minutes of your day and hopefully everybody is having a great weekend. So let's talk about some things, right? So you have rising interest rates, not a good thing. Rising oil prices, not a good thing. You got the UAW strike, not a good thing. You have a potential loom of a government shutdown, not a good thing, right? These are all things along with a whole bunch of data, PCE and CPI and PPI and core and this, that, and the third, and Michigan sentiment and every other piece of data underneath the sun. And the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 put in its worst month of 2023. Matter of fact, they came just shy of a 10% pullback from the highs to almost, dare I say, call this a bearer scenario. I don't want to say it, but dare I say it, yes I shall. So there's a lot of stuff going on here, right? A lot of stuff going on. Obviously the economy as much as the government tells you how great it is and everything is okay, you can see it, right? You can see it from just a lot of stocks, consumer cyclical names. You can see it with retail, nobody's spending money and you can see it by the stocks that we're talking about. Look at retail, right? You got the targets of the world. Again, this is nobody's spending money. You got the coals of the world, nobody's spending money. When you look at consumer cyclicals, again, these are stocks like Proctor and Gimp, right? You're talking about the most basic necessities, shavers, right? Colgate palm olive. You're talking about soap, right? Dishwatcher detergent. These are basic things. So as much as the government's selling, everything's all right, right? Everything's all right. Inflation, yeah, it sucks, but it's under control. You can see what's going on in a lot of names that are trending in the wrong way in the market if you are a shareholder of those names. And this is one of those eye-opening things that when you look at the overall broad spectrum of what's going on in the market, you can see the breadth is terrible. Despite some days, you can see the NASDAQ could be up 150, 200 points. When you look at the dynamics of the broader picture of what's going on, the market is not great. When you look at last week, okay, you have still a lot of names just getting hit. The NASDAQ 100 has been now below the 50-day moving average now for about two weeks. We talked about levels here. We'll talk about a very, very important level. They got rejected. We'll get to the pivots in a second. But right now, the market is really giving permables or investors not a lot to smile upon yet. Now we are entering the fourth quarter. Monday will be the first day of the fourth quarter. Traditionally, the fourth quarter has been strong. Traditionally, you have the Thanksgiving rally flowing into the Santa Claus rally, flowing into the January effect. Does it have to happen? Nothing has to happen. All you got to do is look at the end of 2021 spilling over the 2022. We know all those traditional things go out the window when there is doubt in the economy. There is doubt in a political geosynthetic type of environment, maybe political, which we're going to see in 2024. They have to get some work in. They really do. They have to get some work in all these beaten up groups that we just talked about. The consumer circles, the retailers now struggling, technology names. Although, again, they will have their day in the sun throughout the week. The bulls better step up. We'll talk about some levels here in a second. S&P 500, right? Dip below 4,300. That's been an area that a lot of traders have been watching. Again, we continue to close below, even though we had a couple of attempts. In the last two days, Thursday and Friday, get above it, kind of even reclaim back the correlated five-day moving average. They couldn't do it. They got faded on gaps. Again, we'll talk about the importance of understanding levels in one second. What's going to get this market up? It's a rhetorical question. I don't have the answer to that. I don't think anybody has the answer to that. Again, I look for a very, very standalone scenario. If it quacks like a duck and looks like a duck and walks like a duck, I promise you it's not a rhinoceros. If you think the market is weak, it's weak. That's the whole point. It's weak, and we've seen so much data now, whether it's financial or price-driven data, that suggests that gap-ups are being sold. Flat opens are being sold. The gap downs and goes are being sold as much. Again, not a great landscape entering Monday, the first day of the fourth quarter. Again, as we say every single day, anything could happen. Anything does happen. That's what makes the stock market the greatest reality show that's not on television. Let's talk about where we start the week. Where we start the week is the S&P, again, below the 4,300 level. Now we are building, figure out the 50. We've been long gone below the 50. We have to concentrate the big two levels coming up on this week for the bulls. They have to defend 4,264. That is the 150-day EMA. Then they have to defend 4,238. That was the low of the week, which stopped the right at... What was that? It stopped the right at the... I don't even know what that is. Whatever the supply demand zone it is, that 4,238 is definitely going to be the line in the sand because any close below 4,238 on the SPX that we go down to 4,200, again, the bulls definitely don't want that for the upside. For the bulls to get their tushies in motion, maybe start something good, we need to reclaim back at least the 4,340 level. That is the 10-day moving average. Again, if you've been watching these workshops or watching this religiously, you know the 10-day moving average is the birth of the trade. The 50-day moving average is the birth of the trend. That's why we always emphasize the importance of the 50-day moving average. When you go down to the NASDAQ 100, NASDAQ 100 got rejected. We talked about that level for the last few days, right? That 362,363 level, it got rejected there perfectly. Again, I'll show you the pivots here in a few minutes, but it got rejected perfectly. We gapped up on a pretty big move. We were up 150 points on the NASDAQ. Maybe it was even more. Maybe it could have been 200 points on the NASDAQ. We gave it all back, guys. That's not a good thing. This is what happens when you don't know where your supply zones are and they get rejected at the top of the range. If you look at what happened on Friday, you see this big gap up on data and just an absolute avalanche is selling that followed despite the market actually closing up. The Q is actually closing up to $0.26. They're up almost four or five bucks for the day. Again, not a great sign. The bulls need to defend $357. $357 is going to be the five-day moving average. Again, if you are brand new to the channel, the five-day moving average, at least for me, is the shortest term sentiment to see who has control, literally, of the short term. $357, the bulls need to defend. The bears need to defend $363. $363 to the upside. $357 to the downside. That is your ranges to start the week for bulls and bears and obviously act accordingly based on confirmation of this channel. Going into Monday's session, a couple of story socks. You've got Tesla coming out with numbers over. I think it's on Sunday. They're coming out with delivery numbers on Sunday. We talked about in the beginning of the week, Tesla was due for a dead cat bounce.  It went from 234 all the way up to 255 in the last few days. The dead cat bounce is there. The problem is it got rejected off the 50-day moving average on Friday, which again, which is not good, but delivery numbers are due out on Sunday. I think you can see the Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon. I'm recording this video Saturday evening. Again, obviously the stock is going to react to whatever those delivery numbers are. Deutsche Bank on Friday already cut their estimates for their deliveries. Blame it on the Chinese shutdown of their plants. They don't believe that the numbers, even if they miss deliveries, is going to be effective in the stock. We shall see. I have no idea. Does anybody really have to guess what's going to happen if they actually miss deliveries? Again, we don't know, but from the surface point of view, the Tesla did get rejected off the 50-day moving average after a dead cat bounce that we talked about on Monday and Tuesday. Going into this week, again, we start the week again until the bulls reclaim big levels. You're going to see a lot of value continues to the downside, but to our credit, as traders, we do find those nuggets, those diamonds in the rough, that do perform very, very well despite what's going on in the broader market. Let's talk about Friday's pivots. Obviously, what I wanted was, if you guys were on Thursday's video, we had a nice little rally, and we reclaimed back the 5-day moving average, and we were talking about it in the webinar on Thursday night. I was like, well, hopefully we don't get a gap up because what I think is going to happen is if we can get a gap down, I think shorts will get trapped and they will squeeze them into the previous day's range. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. This is what kind of the downside wrote here. The last thing we wanted today was a gap up, and we got the gap up. All our pivots that we were looking for to make their measured moves, they already made their moves pre-market. For example, I really liked Tesla at 247 for a potential move to 53-54. It gapped up to 53-54. Again, there was nothing there for us. The meat of the bone is gone. Let's stay patient and try to find some value. We definitely found some value here. Rivian, a very, very strong move today. Rivian 23-58 needs to build. That will confirm the 50-day moving average. Here was Rivian. It took out the 23-58. Beautiful move here. It went up about a buck considering how lame the rest of the market was. Now it's striking distance. Of the September highs, if it confirms the September highs, you might get a push to 25, but it was a dollar move on a $20 stock considering how the market got pulled. It was pretty impressive. CLVT, I like this thing. Watch this thing for next week. CLVT is a slower mover name, but you guys know how much I love these earnings slow plays. If this thing starts confirming the bottom of the channel here, this thing could start getting hit. Getting hit down to the earnings low. Guys, watch this thing. Watch this set. CLVT below last week's lows for a potential move down for the next couple of days. PLTR 1635 needs to build. It rallied about 50, 60 cents. Not a big move, but it took down 1635 and went all the way up to 1680. About a 50-cent move. Nothing crazy there before. It reversed course like everything else. Here was the big one here. Here was the big one here. 6280 is, again, that the part of the PS60 works, the PS60 theory is, there's the average C, the natural pivots, the top of the range, the bottom of the range. There's also what we call the sneaky pivot in the middle of the range is that we can take advantage of. And then there's another aspect of the PS60 theory that we have bounce areas, right? Bouncing of demand and then rejections off supply. And this was a very, very big rejection. 6280s, right? That's the Q's potential rejection into supply. Guys, that was literally the high of the day. 6280s, the high for the day was 6290s. And the Q's just got destroyed. They went down about five bucks from the rejections. Congratulations for you guys who took a great, great move here. Here we were celebrating the 61 move. It went down all the way down to 57. So a great job there. Other than that, again, it was a pretty solid week. We're looking for some names to definitely follow through this week. Let me give you guys a couple of names that I am watching for this week. And then I'll let you guys continue with your weekend. So we talked about CLBT. Guys, watch this SLNO. Definitely one of the prettiest charts out there. As you can see here, it's gotten rejected at the top of the range two out of the last five days. Keep an eye on SLNO. If it finally gets above the top of the range here, maybe this thing wakes up. Game stop, right? Game stop. So Game stop, if you guys notice, there's a movie coming out or it already is out. It's called Dumb Money. I personally have no interest in watching it as much as I love the actors playing in it. We already went through it. Does anybody not know the story of Game stop, right? Listen, when it comes on Netflix, when it comes on Amazon Prime, I'll watch it, but to go out of my way. Anyway, a lot of people thought they were going to run up the stock ahead of the movie. That didn't happen. They came out and a point that I forgot the guy's name is the new CEO. I forgot what the guy, Ryan Cohen, I believe his name. Something like that, right? So that didn't get the stock up. Guys, watch the bottom of the range here on Game stop, right? Take a look at this, guys. If this thing starts losing the Bollinger Band here, it's things going to get lower. So they couldn't rally the stock into the movie. They couldn't rally the stock appointing a new CEO. Oh, what's going to get the stock to rally? You follow what I'm saying? So guys, watch the bottom range here of Game stop and let's watch Tesla. Let's watch Tesla. Let's see how it reacts to those delivery numbers or those delivery numbers baked in. If they do miss, we'll see. We'll see. Again, I have no idea. It's all guessing to the upside. I definitely want to watch if it reclaims back the 50-day moving average and to the downside, I want to see what happens when they lose the 10-day moving average. So there's a couple of names we're definitely watching. We're definitely going to see how the market sentiment and opinion and what's going to go on here with the government over the weekend. Because keep this in mind, it's Saturday night. By the time Sunday rolls around, you have your Tesla numbers and you have a potential resumption of the government or a shutdown of the government might be in the cards as well. So we don't know, right? We don't know when it's going to take place. So guys, have a great, great weekend. God bless everybody. Stay humble. Stay patient. Stay living, right? Unless we are underground, it's already a good day. So smile, learn to love life and life will love you back. Guys, God bless. I'll see you all in a minute.


Seven before that you play corner shop and I've just realized as well that Norman Cook was also involved in that track as well multi-tall demand Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slam is celebrating his 60th birthday today. He was behind brimful of Asha as well Lots of Fatboy Slam on the show today. Hey, why not? It's his birthday Okay, it is Ivan here with you broadcasting right across the Northwest of Ireland and Football Final Dublin versus Kerry. I was joined in the show by Irish new sports


Today is the 21st of September, Sunday, and I'm in New York in the evening. I've just had a very exhausting five hours of marching all across New York City with tens of thousands, perhaps over 100,000 people from all over the world, all walks of life, young, old, all kinds of people with banners and costumes and many different kinds of placards. And I was fortunate to have a number of colleagues, alumni from the International Center for Climate Change and Development here with us, so we had a banner on ICAD and marched with that together with everybody else as part of the Bangladesh Environment Network, which is also part of the larger South Asian diaspora groups. So all the South Asians were together at the front of the march and we marched all the way from the beginning to the end. It was exhausting, but exhilarating as well. We hope that this march will get a lot of media attention, will get people talking about climate change, wanting to do something about climate change, and most importantly will resonate with the leaders who are going to arrive here in New York tomorrow and who will be speaking at the UN summit called by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday. We understand well over 100 heads of state are coming, including the Prime Minister Bangladesh. We expect President Obama to be there as well. And we hope that they will all be giving us positive messages on what they are already doing, what they are prepared to do, and hopefully that positive message will then flow into the UN Framework Convention negotiations coming up in Lima this December and leading to a new deal or a new agreement in Paris a year from then. So we are very hopeful. Today was a great march. A lot of energy. We hope that energy goes into the leaders and that the leaders are willing to take the kind of action that is needed because we don't have any more time to lose.


Skolopad wants to work with Zodway, but Zodway only works for cash. Skolopad and Zodway on the stage. P-E-R-F-O-R.M-I-N-G? Just like the nursery rhyme you just sang as you read that first sentence, Skolopad's wish for a co-concert was dismissed as childish by Zodway Way Bantu. The backstory, Skolopad and Zodway sort of came up in the industry at the same time. Apparently the attention from fans wasn't enough for both of them so a beef was formed. However it is fair to point out that Zodway Way Bantu tried multiple times to distance herself from the beef while Skolopad kept insisting it wasn't beef she was after, but professional courtesy and friendship. Fast forward to Tuesday evening. Skolopad had an idea as she was chilling in her house. She said that to demonstrate that women can work together, it would be awesome to co-headline a concert for women with Zodway in August. With that, she took to Twitter, as they all do, to tag Zodway in a mini-proposal to hear her thoughts. Only one problem, Zodway doesn't have a Twitter account. Anyway, that didn't bother good ol' Skoli that much. She knew the message would reach Zodway eventually and it did. Speaking to Chvisa Live, Skolopad said she thought the two of them, on one stage, performing for a crowd full of women, would be brilliant and iconic to say the least. I know what has been said before but when I thought about me. Me and Zodway being the headliners of a concert created by women for women would be great. I say this because both of us have a large female following. So when I thought about it I felt like we world shine so much brighter together and will invite other women to come perform too. Wouldn't that be nice? I mean we are not fighting each other moes, just building. Can you guess what Zodway said? The performer gave her reasons to Chvisa Live, explaining that besides thinking that Skolopad hasn't thought this through, she doesn't think she can afford her time. Ouch. Ah Skolopad again? I really don't want to say much here because this will end up looking like I am against that women and other women as well and that's not the case. I've said and asked Skolopad numerous times to leave me alone. It's not beef, it's just me trying to stay away from a person I feel doesn't have my interests at heart and has parasite tendencies. I really feel like I should be left alone to slay in my own lane, as I am. Zodway said it wasn't that the idea was bad, her issue was she believed Skolopad just went on a whim and doesn't actually have a plan in place. I also don't think she's planned anything. I think she just came up with the idea and threw it on social media. Does she have a budget? Does she want to book me? If yes, can she afford me? If she wants both of us to plan it what is she bringing to the table? I am a really busy woman, like, I'm going to the States next month. However, don't despair Weina Skolopad, Zodway said if you bring her and her management a plan on paper, she might change her mind. Would you pay to go to a concert where the headline acts are Skolopad and Zodway Wabantu?


Spencer, you guys will now take on the Wizards for the third time already this season. What do you remember about those last two games that allowed you guys to have the success that you did? Just coming out, staying focused with the game plan, having a certain intensity and effort and you know if we can get them out of transition and keep them in the half court, they're a much different team and you know then we have a chance to win. When you look at the way you guys have started the game I know that's been a topic of conversation. What's the style of play that you think this team needs to play at when it comes to right off the tip? Oh I mean I think we're starting phenomenal players and you know Cam Cam and Mikhail in terms of you know being able to really score a ball and do some very dynamic things for us. I think just overall as a five-man unit we just have to get some more stops and if we do that then you know we really like their scoring prowess take over and we have a chance to be a super dynamic five-man unit. Has there been in your mind a common denominator and the defense of struggles from that unit to start the game? No I wouldn't say there's any certain style I would just say that like overall we just have to be more attentive to the game plan, start faster than we are you know and then obviously in terms of the big guys and things like that keep them off the boards which you know I tend to have like the bigger guys are just fighting them you know the stewards and the market ends and the bank caros and KDs and all that stuff so. As I said I guess the way these are going now with this load management and rest how do you feel about just the way the conversation has been as far as you know should guys rest should not guys rest as someone who obviously plays this game it takes care of your body just how do you feel about where the league is going with that now? I mean every NBA team has sports science departments I think we have one of the best in the NBA obviously our job as players is to prepare ourselves and take care of ourselves to be able to play every game and then their job as sports science people is to you know try to look out for our best health for the long term and you know for this season and hopefully to play offs and into our career so it's just a mixture of both and you know we're all trying to you know win games at the end of the day when the when the most games during the duration of the 82 game season. And as players obviously you guys want to play us on it those conversations happen how difficult is it you know you want to play but maybe the team says that's interest. Yeah yeah I mean again I think we're all grown so there's a certain level of conversation at the same time I mean we are still technically employees right so like your boss tells you to do something you do it and it's not you know unless to complain I mean or anything like that it's just we just do our jobs at the end of the day and I think we have a phenomenal group of hyper competitive guys that want to win every game but also just want to do our jobs at the at the best level that we possibly can and you know that's why our unit is the way we are. As a veteran who clearly takes care of himself and works hard to take care of his body have you noticed over the years that there is there's a different dialogue with different players in other words maybe younger guys less dialogue with older guys that know their bodies better there's more dialogue of course but that that comes out to an experience fact I think in any job like if you've been in a job for five ten twenty years then you get a different level of I guess a conversation that's more ask versus more tell you know I mean versus like let's say a rookie for example I remember my rookie year after I had to be at every practice two hours early and after every practice after all the extra work I still had 99 99s where they put 90 not literally on the clock because that's the maximum time you could put and then I would work out by myself against coaches you know I'm saying and be there two three hours after and you know treatment maybe if I was really feeling broken but that might be one every four or five days versus you know you get older they ask you you know what lifts you want to do and different things like that's more conversational so that's just a product of experience question about just Nick Clarkson and Dagon sharp when you see the progression that day runs me what does it like to have two bigs play that type of position and the way that they're able to kind of be so versatile I think it's phenomenal I think it's two different looks Nick is rangy has some of the best feet in the league can play both drop and switch day Ron is a little bigger body and shoot right now the best rebound in the league right so two two different guys to bring two different dynamics but you know make our defense in our in our anchor formable have you seen day Ron just like grow as a group of the team like not just when it comes to on the court but off the court as well when it comes to just him finding you know being more vocal as a group with the team I think it's dope to see him you know being more vocal understanding different schemes asking questions just blossoming all the way around he's he's a very talented kid he even showed you can hit a three you know I mean so there's a lot that day Ron can do and you know I said it's in training camp like we had a specific game where we kind of skewed the rules to rebounding and try to you know spur more rebounding from our unit and he was basically LeBron James in that in that specific game so and he's showing you guys every night is a guy that's been around here for years I mean have you noted similarities and I mean this team's found a couple guys centers I'm going all the way back J.A. and Nick and now day-day bottom of the first round we've taken and developed into really solid players I mean have you seen similarity and their ability to do that to find these guys yeah I mean that track record is immaculate their ability to develop late first round big sis is obviously there J sign for 100 million Nick should and you know day runs probably a little bit more murky just because his game may be a little bit less sexy than those two but like he has a ton of talent and like I said he starts knocking down a three ball then you know you're sorry you're talking about like drumming with a jumper you feel me so like that's that's a pretty dynamic type of basketball player and so you know I hope he gets everything that he deserves as well. With Dennis and Dayron and Doe and Royce like this bench unit seems like they they bring an extra energy when they're on the court like when you're playing with them do you just sense a different energy from them like just their motions or actions it's just something about what they bring to the court. Yeah they're high level guys in terms of energy and defense and anytime you're getting stops and stifling another unit any any bucket that or a string of bugs that you can put together really kind of breaks just because they know they're not gonna come down and get a easy one so you know when you have those type of defenders out there it just really stifles the other team's offense.


Section 232 of the Trade Act of 1962 is a section of the law that gives the president broad authority to restrict imports deemed to be a threat to national security. I don't know how we manage until 1962 without such a law.  Like all these laws it has to pass, very controversial stuff. It's not worth it while to deal with it because then they lose votes and they get voted out of the House, voted out of the Senate and they don't want the responsibility on certain issues. They just don't want it. So what they've done over the last 50, 60 years is give more and more and more and more authority to the president to let him do things that the Constitution explicitly makes the responsibility of Congress. I'll give you one example. I'll give you a few examples. One example is war. Congress is supposed to declare war. It's its responsibility. The president should not be able to engage in military action overseas unless it's an emergency and you don't have time without getting authorization from Congress and a declaration of war from Congress. What Congress has defaulted on that and it's basically over the years given more and more and more power to the president to engage in military activity outside of U.S. soil. And again, it's undermined its own authority responsibility given to it by the Constitution. Another issue that's true of is immigration. You saw the executive acts that first Obama passed and then Trump passed and now Biden's passing on immigration. This is all Congress's job. Congress is responsible for immigration. But immigration is contentious. It's people get very riled up about it. And Congress doesn't want responsibility. It's too difficult. It's too complicated. So they've handed immigration to the presidency and they write these vague laws and the president fills it all in with executive orders. It's also true in terms of almost every aspect of regulating business. Today, Congress, like in the 1930s, Congress wrote very, very detailed laws about how they want to regulate business. Today, they write laws that are shells that lay the outline of what the regulation should look like and then they hand it over to the executive branch or, if you will, the fourth branch of government, the regulatory agencies, to actually write the content. The content is all filled by the regulators, not Congress itself. So Congress defaults on that. Congress has no power to restrict immigration, but it has taken upon itself the power to restrict immigration, right? And once it took it on, it discovered there was a hot potato and it's delegated to the authority to the presidency. All right. So one of the issues in which Congress has done this is trade. Congress explicitly is responsible for trade. Congress is explicitly, explicitly supposed to deal with trade and treaties and so on. And yet it's delegated that authority to president and does not want to vote and does not want to be engaged in issues of trade. And as a consequence, one of the powers it's given the presidency is Section 232, which basically allows the president to restrict trade based on, quote, national security reasons. Now, this is one of the worst trade laws on the book. National security reasons is not defined. Substitutive and procedural loopholes are unbelievably wide. It basically gives the president almost unlimited authority to arbitrarily impose tariffs whenever he sees fit. And you, now, lots of presidents have used it, but you saw it used more often and in the most arbitrary way by President Trump. Trump, on eight different occasions, initiated the process of using Section 232 to impose tariffs on particular goods. The most notable of these are the steel and aluminum tariffs that were imposed and then not imposed. All claiming to be national security. But it's funny on national security went out the window when he gave exemptions of these tariffs to particular parties that he negotiated something else around. And suddenly national security was no longer a concern. So, and of course, you know, at some point, the claim was, and there was an investigation. The Congress Department came back and discovered that automobiles, the importation of automobiles was a national security issue. And there was talk about imposing tariffs on Japan and on Europe, allies of the United States for the sake of national security. Luckily, that never happened. He never got to it. But that was the kind of stuff that the Trump administration legitimized as being part of what the right the Republican Party represents. And of course, the consequences have been horrific. I mean, study after study showing that, you know, we probably steal tariffs and aluminum tariffs destroyed in excess of 75,000 jobs that still prices in the United States are the highest they are, pretty much in the world, which hurts the people who use steel, which is, you know, the 16 jobs of people who use steel for every steel job. It's been incredibly destructive to the US economy. And yet, it's funny because Trump used national security excuse to put tariffs on steel. And then the solution to the problem is tariffs on steel created, that is rise of steel prices which made it uncompetitive for manufacturers of other stuff to compete who had to buy steel. He was going to place national security tariffs on goods imported that you steal. And you can see how this spirals, how suddenly everything has tariffs and everything is national security all because you imposed one tariff at the beginning. And that's logically inevitable. It's logically economically inevitable. So this national security excuse was a major theme of the Trump presidency, using national security as an excuse to raise tariffs. And again, we're not talking about tariffs primarily in China. Those were done under a variety of other reasons. We're talking about tariffs on our enemies, our mortal enemies, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, European Union, countries like that, South Korea. Sorry, I mean, God, I try to do positive shows. I do your own rules for life. I do shows on fintech. I do shows on once in a while, I do shows on art and movie reviews.  Very few people watch them. And it's clear that the market is sending me a message. The signal the market is sending is the doom and gloom shows sell. So do more doom and gloom. Now, if you want me to change the market signal, you have to help get more people to watch the more positive shows. You have to help promote them and share them and get people interested in them and so on. And of course contribute more money in those shows. But as long as the most viewership happens when a I mean, the most views I get is when I attack the left, although I do get a lot of views when I attack the right, because all the right wing guys show up to to attack me. But the doom and gloom sells. And it's doom and gloom unfortunately is also reality. So it's a combination of those two. So one of the hopes was that by getting rid of Trump, we'd maybe step back from using section 232. There was even some talk about Congress repealing section 232 and taking it upon itself to vote, which is difficult and hard as the Democrats are discovering right now. Difficult and hard to get anything passed. But to vote on what is truly a national security threat, have a debate, vote on it, try to get past the filibuster, which is difficult. But alas, it turns out the Biden administration, of course, this was always the danger. Love section 232 and is encouraging its extended use by Biden and by future presidents. It sees it as a legitimate tool to protect the so-called interests of the so-called interests of American companies and American national security. And it's a great tool. It's power. You see, every time a president takes some power for himself, Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter. That power sticks. And the next president, that's the starting off point. So now Biden administration is talking about using section 232 on many other goods out there. And you shouldn't be surprised to see tariffs going up under Biden, even though he claimed to be, you know, everybody says, ooh, Democrats are the free trade. They're the globalists. No, Democrats have always been anti-trade, always. Publicans have been pro-free trade now. And this is what Trump did to the Republican Party. Now, everybody's anti-trade. Left and right, Democrats and Republicans. And again, not just trade with China. Trade period. We are now left and right. Muck into lists. And if we need to use the national security excuse to impose on Muck into lists, lists, views, so be it. So I if you're interested in this kind of stuff, if you're interested in trade, globalizations, the massive benefits of globalization, the massive benefits of trade, then I really encourage you to listen to, or to read Scott, Scott, Lindsey, I think that's how you pronounce it, Lindsey. He's on the dispatch. He has a sub-stack. He writes for Kato. He's very, very good. He's very, very good on these issues. I'll be interviewing him tomorrow on these issues for the ingenuous site. Go subscribe to the ingenuism, ingenuism.supstack.com and ingenuism channel on YouTube. All right. I mean, there's a lot more to say about trade. I'm a huge fan of trade. Trade is good. It's win-win. You know, Adam Smith showed the trade was good. This is not controversial. Yeah, Trump was a populist, not a free trader. And now everybody's a populist because we're left a populist too. So now we have our entire political spectrum is a populist political spectrum. And that's a disaster. That's a very, very bad place to be. What we need today, what I call the new intellectual would be any man or woman who is willing to think, meaning any man or woman who knows that man's life must be guided by reason, by the intellect, not by feelings, wishes, women's or mystic revelations. Any man or woman who values his life and who does not want to give in to today's cult of the spare cynicism and impotence and does not intend to give up the world to the dark ages and to the role of the collectivist broads. All right. Before we go on, reminder, please like the show. We've got 163 live listeners right now. 30 likes. That should be at least 100. I think at least 100 of you actually like the show.  But but at least the people who are liking it, you know, I want to see, I want to see a thumbs up. There you go. Start liking it. I want to see that go to 100. 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Welcome to another week of watch weekly Wednesday. I'm Aubrey part of the stamp and Jill creative team today I'm excited to share with you a new suite of products from the new mini catalogue that's coming out in September It's called the all about autumn sweet and it is Full of autumn goodness so fun. It makes me want fall to be here so badly So in this suite we have the autumn leaves stamp set and coordinating dies so you get these really cute leaves and the Kind of the lines that go through it. Those are kind of the images and then some really fun sayings So in the dies there's these ones that coordinate with the images in the set But also these really fun ones that coordinate with the sayings and go really well that way really cute Super fun stamp set and die to work with and there's also this ribbon combo pack. It's super cute There's the copper shimmery ribbon as well as this natural ribbon in there. They are super fun There's also adhesive backed speckled dots So you can see it has the different colors and then it just has some little glimmery speckles in there Really cute and then as always the designer series paper in this suite is this star So there's two different options. There's this specialty paper, which is this oxidized copper Paper and it's really cute. You can see it has this pretty peacock one and the copper clay that come in that and Then the designer series paper. This is a six by six paper pack. So there's 48 sheets of this For each of 12 different designs. Let me show you this So one side of it has this really pretty copper foil going through it with just these really kind of basic designs so pretty But on the other side you have more photorealism look so you have Books and leaves and leather chairs more leaves and books pumpkins. Just fun fall textures trees wood grain More trees more like sweater. Oh It's just so pretty it just looks like all things fall and It really makes me so so happy So I want to show you a fun technique using this suite of products mostly Focusing on this really pretty designer series paper and that you can take and make some cards using so I'm gonna be using this Vanilla piece with this copper foil going through it and I'm gonna stamp right directly on this piece And I'm gonna show you how cool that's gonna look The three colors I'm gonna use our copper clay early espresso and mossy meadow And I'm just going to use the three different leaf designs in the stamp set for each of those So let me open this up here I'm just going to stamp all over this piece of paper and kind of make my own little designer series paper look Using the stamp set and It just stamps right directly on that paper and just gives such a cool look. I'm also going to stamp off Just to give Some different shades there We'll come in with some of our early espresso and I'm gonna Kind of overlap on some of these Because I want it to just be a full fall scene here Come in with my mossy meadow love love How that all just comes together And kind of makes your own little designer series paper there and it looks like it all just goes Let me show you a few other designs. I've made using this paper Okay, so you can see on This one I just used kind of those branch looking stamps on that green Here's on that copper clay color with the pretty peacock and then the moody mauve So you can just take the stamp set stamp right directly on this Designer series paper side that has that foil running through it. It just gives it a whole different look So much fun. Let me show you the card. I made using that technique so fun so cute I've loved playing with this stamp set. Let me show you just a few other ideas. I've come up with using it Using this suite of products I'm thankful to have you as a friend With a grateful heart you can just do something super simple just using that designer series paper Here's another really simple one just using the stamp set There's another one. I love that designer series paper in the back with the pumpkins. It looks so fall and Then with a grateful heart So fun. I love those dried leaves So cool. I've had so much fun playing with the all about autumn suite of products I'm so excited for the new mini catalog coming out in September If you're interested in these products, make sure to click the links below if they're not available yet Just keep checking back. Thanks so much for watching


Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I think so far everyone's heard so many great research. So my name is Cindy Lin and I work at the Brain and Mind Center that belongs to the Sydney University. So first, what an honor to be here tonight to receive this award. I have received this award in 2007, 12 years ago.  So clearly there's a lot of neurodegenerative disease that share these symptoms. And these are the problems that are affected by patients with Kennedy's disease. It has, the Kennedy's disease was first published and described by Dr. William Kennedy, who's a neurologist in from United States and in 1968. So just two years older than the Brain Foundation, which was started in 1970. So it is known, it's also known as the X-link spinal and bulbous muscular atrophy. However, it's extremely rare, one in 40,000. That's why I inherited neurodegenerative disorder. However, it caused a very slow, progressive weakness and wasting of the muscle and affects the nerve that controls breathing, swallowing, and talking. Therefore, as you can understand how Brain Foundation has branches horizon that this Kennedy's disease is not on the cloud. So now I'm adding that into the Brain Foundation avenue. Okay, so by knowing this disease onset can actually range from as young as 18s to 64 years old. However, the diagnosis of confirmation can be delayed up to five years, because it's extremely rare and extremely difficult to diagnose. That's why our project is actually designed to address this issue by establishing a comprehensive central, meaning using functional MRI and peripheral assessments to investigate this disease. So the funding will provide us to basically to the fees of feeding these extremely rare patients to do the MRI scans, as well as assessing their peripheral nerve function, because neurodegeneration can occur from the brain, the spinal level all the way down to peripheral nerve. So our team, over 20 years of experience in neurodegenerative disorder, I would like to take on this project that will be able to comprehensively assess this patient. So I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the sponsors for your generosity and continuous support for the Brain Foundation, such that we have the foundation to further very important research. And finally, I would like to acknowledge my co-investigators, Dr. Susanna Park, Dr. Zanuja, Demata Asai, who's currently in Oxford, and my family, and we are all big family, especially to my husband, who's here tonight. Thank you very much.


had been stationed at the recruit depot since 1921, when most of the buildings were of Sergeant Johnny R. Mamalito Sr., one of the original 20, here aboard the depot in 1942. Sergeant Mamalito helped create the code that the Navajos developed in Camp Elliot, now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. He became an instructor teaching other Navajo Marines the Navajo Code. Later, Sergeant Mamalito participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima, where a Marine Signals Officer stated, had it not been for the code-talkers, we would have never taken Iwo Jima. Corporal Manning continues the tradition of a long line of Marine Corps Bulldog mascots dating back to 1921, when Brigadier General Smedley Butler appointed Sergeant Major Jigs as the first Bulldog mascot for Marine Corps Barracks Quantico. He's being escorted by the Office of Communication Strategy and Operations, Corporal Max J. Noel, and plays an important part in the making of United States Marine. Lieutenant Commander Ulysses L. Ubalde, Chaplain Corps, United States Navy, will deliver the graduation prayer. Ladies and gentlemen, please rise. Let me pray. Father, we ask for your blessing on all Marines here and upon the departed who guard the streets of heaven. Today is a special day in the life of these new United States Marines. As they graduate, we pray that they would be strong and courageous, believing that you have called them and are always with them. We ask that they would be bold to stand for what is right, even if it means standing alone. Equip them for every purpose and journey you have in store, so that they would live as mighty warriors in this life for your purposes. We pray that when they encounter various struggles and difficult times, when they experience loss and things that go their way, that you would teach them greater perseverance through it all. Build deeper character, strong faith, and use any hardship in their lives for ultimate good, turning it around for blessing instead. We ask for your powerful boldness and courage to face every challenge set before them with a confidence and peace that can only come from you. Rise up greatness within their lives, greatness in this generation. May they be willing to stand strong and true, passionate for you, believing that you have designed them for purpose and good works which you have planned and prepared in advance for them to do. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord let His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. And may the Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace. Amen. Thank you. Please be seated. The Commanding General, Marine Corps. D. Ho. San Diego welcomes you to what is a historic event in the life of a Marine. After graduation from boot camp, approximately 40 weeks each year for the past 100 years, new Marines have departed San Diego for service with units of the Marine Corps around the globe. The primary mission of the Recruit Depot is to provide basic training to recruits enlisted west of the Mississippi, which represents approximately 51% of all applicants in the Marine Corps each year. The Depot is also home to recruiter school and drill instructor school. All our inferture are geared toward one end, producing America's finest fighting force, the United States Marines. This morning, Company E, Second Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment will form and march in the parade. Following the pass from review, the graduating Marines will return front and center of the review stand for final dismissal. The staff for today's parade is comprised of Marines from the Recruit Training Regiment. The Commander of Troops is Gunnery Sergeant Matthew R. Burns, Company First Sergeant, Company E, Second Recruit Training Battalion. The parade adjutant is Sergeant Kyle D. Stanich, Drill Instructor, Company E, Second Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment. The marching units are now being called to attention and the adjutant's command, sound adjutant's call, will begin today's parade. It are 467 of the graduating Marines from Company E. Among the 467 Marines are two Marines who displayed outstanding performances in two individually graded events. Private Jake R. Collins from Platoon 2115 is the Company High Shooter scoring a 344 out of 350. Private First Class Eduardo Torres Martinez from Platoon 2115 is the most physically fit Marine scoring a 295 out of 300 on the physical fitness test and a 300 out of 300 on the combat fitness test. They'll be receiving awards from the Marine Corps Association and Foundation. Present today is the Company Honor Graduates Recruiter, Sergeant Staff Sergeant Anthony Kessley. Also present is the primary marksmanship instructor with a Platoon High Shooting Average of 222 out of 250 for Platoon 2111, Sergeant William R. Culmerauer. He is comprised of subjects required to produce basic Marines who function effectively in garrison, are trained in rudimentary individual field and combat skills, and practice the personal and professional traits which distinguish them as Marines. Examples of these traits are discipline, the achievement of a state of discipline which assures respect for authority, instant and willing obedience to orders, and the self-reliance to maintain or improve those traits which accept a Marine. Very bearing, consistently demonstrating military presence and personal awareness as well as the proper wearing and maintenance of uniforms, esprit de corps, acquiring the common spirit of the Marine Corps that inspires enthusiasm, devotion, pride, initiative, teamwork, aggressiveness, determination, moral courage, integrity, camaraderie, and the burning desire to work with and for others toward excellence in common goals. For 246 years, Marines have fought and won whenever and wherever the nation calls. In the harshest conditions, over the most brutal terrain, and against the most formidable enemies, Marines defend the ideals of freedom with grit and tenacity. Though battlefields change and capabilities evolve, history proves that true victory comes from the individual Marine with steel resolve, the drive to overcome any obstacle, and the warrior spirit to fight on against all odds. It takes that steadfast faithfulness, sempervadellis, decor, country, and each other that abounds throughout our storied legacy. Marines today remain in combat, for deployed throughout the world, confronting every challenge with courage, loyalty, and faithfulness. Their resolve to be most ready when the nation is least ready, to defend freedom any time and anywhere, to stand ready to aid those devastated by natural disasters, to pay tribute to those who have forged our proud legacy, and to honor the families and loved ones who faithfully stand beside us. For the Marines of Company E, today marks the end of the 13-week recruit training cycle. They have marched countless miles at Camp Pendleton and on this parade deck, and have been trained, as are all Marines, as basic riflemen. In addition, due to an intensive physical training program, their strength and endurance have doubled since their arrival aboard the Ruger Depot. They are Marines, qualified to take their places in the ranks of the world's finest fighting organization. The platoons are now being aligned from left to right in order to get them into their exact positions for the parade. The next portion of the ceremony will be our national anthem. We welcome veterans and members of the armed forces to join us in rendering appropriate honors with the military salute. For guests who have not served in the military, it is proper etiquette during the national anthem to place their right hand over their hearts, and for those in the audience wearing headgear to remove it. Will the guests please rise for the presentation of the colors? Our national anthem, please be seated. Following the command, parade rest, the parade adjutant will give the command sound off, which signals the band to parade forward of the assembled Marines while playing military marching music. The parade adjutant now presents the assembled command to the commander of troops. Sir Center March, all unit commanders and guide-on-bearers march to the front and center of the formation. Historically, it was at this point that commanding officers would issue orders and instructions to the unit commanders. Following this, the unit leaders would face about, return to their units, and pass the information along to their Marines. Throughout our nation's history, millions of men and women have earned the title United States Marine. Many with help shape our history join us here today. In keeping with the tradition of once a Marine, always a Marine, we would like to recognize them. At this time, those in the audience who have served as Marines, please rise. Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for their dedicated service to corps and country. Thank you. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the battalion commander for second recruit training battalion, Lieutenant Colonel James R. Smith. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of Brigadier General Jason L. Morris, the commanding general of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in the Western Recruiting Region, as well as on behalf of Colonel Joseph W. Jones, the commanding officer of the Recruit Training Regiment, welcome to the graduation of Company E. I'd like to begin today by recognizing a few groups vital to our mission accomplishment. First and foremost, to you, the friends and families of these new Marines. Thank you for your love and support on their journey to this momentous day. You laid the foundation, which allowed them to take the initial steps towards becoming a Marine. Your love and support sustained them during their training here and will continue to be a source of strength in their new vocation. Welcome to the Marine Corps family. To the friends, excuse me, to the families of the Company E. Staff, seated to the right of the reviewing stand, no one knows more than you the time and dedication it takes to transform a civilian into a Marine. Sergeant Major and I are deeply grateful for your sacrifice and your support, which enables these drill instructors and officers to perform this critical task. Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for the families of the Empire. I'd like to recognize today's parade reviewing official, Master Gunner-Sherron Corrus, whose impressive bio you will hear shortly and who currently serves as the training team chief of the 8th Marine Corps Recruiting District. Master Gunner-Sherron, it's an honor to have you. Thank you for joining us today. You know, making Marines is truly a team effort and at the forefront of that effort are Marine recruiters stationed across this great country. These men and women work tirelessly to identify, educate, and inspire the next generation of Marines. This Legion of Recruiters is represented today by Staff Sergeant Kessley from recruiting substation, Katie, Texas, who's responsible for guiding the Company undergraduate, Lance Corporal Fuentes, into our Corps. Our other partner in this endeavor are the instructors at Weapons Field Training Battalion who teach the critical combat skills necessary to fight and win in any climb and place. They are represented by Sergeant Colmerauer, the primary marksmanship instructor for the Company's high shooter, Private Collins. Ladies and gentlemen, round of applause for our recruiters and our combat instructors. Well done, Marines. The last group I'd like to recognize certainly need no introduction for everyone knows the distinct campaign cover of a legendary Marine Corps drill instructor. And from the moment your recruiter arrives, there's a drill instructor with them 24 hours a day, seven days a week tirelessly instilling the qualities and a spree to core of a United States Marine and leaving an indelible mark on those they lead. Trust me, your Marine will never forget the name, the face, or that gentle loving voice of their drill instructors. These Marines behind me are on average 19-year-old high school graduates and three have college degrees. They come to us from every state and territory in the Western recruiting region and nine countries around the world, as far away as Vietnam, American Samoa, and Columbia. And when they raise their right hand and swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, they differentiated themselves from 99 percent of their peers. Upon arrival here, these drill instructors forged them in the fires of martial discipline, honing their minds and their bodies in the mold of generations of Marines who have worn our cloth. They proved themselves capable of carrying heavy loads, long distances over rugged mountainous terrain with minimal food and sleep to be where they're needed, when they're needed to accomplish any mission. You may have noticed some change in your new Marine.  And moms and dads, I guarantee they know how to make their beds. But the truly important change is the one that's taken place within. For they've been immersed in our core values of honor, courage, and commitment. And by virtue of standing here today, they've embraced them as their own. And it is because of this, because of the journey they've undergone, because the moral, mental, and physical development that they have displayed that I am pleased to present 467 young men who can forever proudly claim the title United States Marine. And if you'd excuse me, I'd like to address the nation's newest Marines. Good morning Marines. Sergeant Major and I are incredibly proud of you. We've watched you learn, strive, and grow these past months, and we are pleased to welcome you to our ranks. When you stood on our yellow footprints, you affirmed a commitment of selfless service to our core. These drill instructors fanned a flame inside of you, and now we trust you will keep it burning bright. You can be justifiably proud of what you've accomplished here. You earned your tan belt in our martial arts program. Some of you learned to swim for the first time in our water survival training, and many overcame a fear of heights on our obstacles in our confidence course. You learned weapons employment to deliver precision fires on targets of a staggering distance of 500 yards.  And every Marine past and present expects you to display those attributes in your future trials. And so having completed the most grueling recruit training on this globe, you stand ready to carry on our Marine Corps tradition as America's naval expeditionary force and readiness. As you go forward on the next leg of your journey, I implore you be safe, be smart, and make good decisions.  You must always be worthy of that legacy and protect what you have earned. So on behalf of the Marines, sailors and civilians here aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, let me offer you a traditional naval parting of fair winds and following seas. Congratulations Marines. Semper Fidelis, welcome to the Corps. The position in the reviewing area is today's Parade Reviewing Official, Master Gunnery Sergeant Andrew Corris, Training Team Chief, 8th Marine Corps District. He is accompanied by Sergeant Major Christy Valdez, Sergeant Major, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Master Gunnery Sergeant Chief, 8th Marine Corps District. Master Gunnery Sergeant Corris enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in March 1993 and underwent recruit training at 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Charlie Company, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. After completion of Marine Combat Training, he attended MOS School in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Upon graduation, he was designated an 011 Administrative Specialist. Master Gunnery Sergeant Corris has served in a variety of challenging billets in numerous commands to include, canvassing recruiter at Recruiting Substation DuPage South, Illinois, staff non-commission officer in charge at Recruiting Substation DuPage North, Illinois, instructor for the Basic Recruiter School Marine Corps Recruiting School San Diego, California, operations chief for Recruiting Station Chicago and Marine Corps District, training chief for the Western Recruiting Region, and chief instructor at Marine Corps Recruiting School Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. Master Gunnery Sergeant Corris currently serves as the training team chief for the 8th Marine Corps District, Fort Worth, Texas. Master Gunnery Sergeant Corris' personal awards include the Meritory Service Medal with three gold stars and Louis IV Award, the Navy Emering Corps Commendation Medal with two gold stars and Louis III Award, and the Navy Emering Corps Achievement Medal with two gold stars and Louis III Award. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Master Gunnery Sergeant Andrew Corris, who has completed their recruit training here in the past 100 years and have departed San Diego for combat and conflicts around the world, including places whose names are immediately associated with marine courage and dedication, names such as Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Husson, Inchon, Chosen Reservoir, Quezon, Hue City, Lebanon, Granada, Kuwait, Somalia, Volusia, Ramadi, Marja, Sangen, and our most current operations worldwide. This parade deck is rich in history and tradition, and no marine trained here ever forgets its sights and sounds. Please rise. Once it passes, you may be seated. Sergeant Parker Shortle, Chief Dr. and Dr. Staff Sergeant Carlos A. Nunez, your graduation pamphlets, you will find the Marines Hymn. The Marines Hymn has a history dating back to 1859. It is a long-standing tradition for Marines to face the direction of the music and stand at attention when it is heard. It is now directed that all Marines present and who have served honorably. And ladies and gentlemen, you are all encouraged to join. Sing the words of the first verse as Marine Ben San Diego performs, anchors away, followed by the Marines Hymn. Will the guests each year recruit training provides thousands of America's finest young men and women with a basic knowledge and skills and function in a profession characterized by its own set of high values and tough standards. The most important thing we do in the Marine Corps is make Marines. The individual Marine is the Corps. That is what we do here. For the Marines graduating today, the long arduous journey of the last 13 weeks is but a small step into the future of the Marine Corps. As they prepare to fill the ranks of our Corps, they do so with unquestionable support for the high ideals and standards of the United States of America and the United States Marine Corps. Although Company E compares for their final dismissal from boot camp today, their initial training is not over. Soon after graduation, ladies and gentlemen, at this time, we would like to introduce to you the Marines responsible for ensuring the success of the difficult transition required to become a Marine. The company commander is Captain Garrett A. Buck. The company first sergeant is Gunnery Sergeant Matthew R. Burns. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in a round of applause for the company staff of Company E. The next portion of the ceremony will be the traditional function of retiring. The guidons for crew training and are being retired to symbolize very such guidons which identify the pride to each individual member. Note that the honor of carrying these guidons bestowed upon those Marines who displayed outstanding leadership qualities, motivation and character and were selected as the Platoon Honor graduates. The Platoon Honor graduates compete for the titles of series and company honor graduate. They are considered the top Marines graduating today and have demonstrated the highest potential for future leadership and responsibility in the Marines. We'll now be returned to the drill instructors. I'll be presented a plaque by the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Smith and the battalion Sergeant Major, Sergeant Major Valdez. Ladies and gentlemen, please hold your applause until all honor graduates have been recognized. The honor graduate for Platoon 2,109 is private first class Joel J. Villarreal from New Braunfels, Texas. The honor graduate for Platoon 2,110 and the series honor graduate is private first class Joel R. Fussell from Valberg. The honor graduate for Platoon 2,111 is private first class Karen L. Parks from St. Louis, Missouri. The honor graduate for Platoon 2,113 is private first class Kevin Nguyen from Houston, Texas. The honor graduate for Platoon 2,114 and the company honor graduate is Lance Corporal Tomas A. Fuentes Malta from Katie, Texas. Lance Corporal Fuentes Malta is also the recipient of the Chesky Puller Award for his outstanding meritorious performance while in recruit training. And the honor graduate for Platoon 2,115 is private first class Jensen L. Caleb from Round Rock, Texas. Ladies and gentlemen, the honor graduates of Company E. The company first sergeant will now give the command to the senior drill instructors to dismiss their platoons. Needless to say, this will be the most welcome command they have received throughout recruit training.


Alrighty! Thank you for joining me for this video! If you have clicked on this because someone has shared it, welcome to my channel! I am making this video for a very important reason today. I am sure if you are from Ontario or Canada, you have seen some of the clickbait titles on some social media platforms claiming that the rides could be unsafe at Canada's Wonderland or rides stuck upside down, rides stuck with riders dangling 136 feet in the air, one of those clickbait titles, and you've probably questioned, are the rides at Wonderland safe? Well, I'm here today to explain why they are extremely safe, and I'm going to go into about as much detail as I possibly can, because I don't work for Canada's Wonderland and I don't have an engineering degree, so I'm not going to be able to describe it in utter detail, but I got some notes here and I'm going to explain everything I know, everything that I've been told, and etc.  I am going to personally give away one fast lane to someone. I'm also going to give away some squishmallows from Canada's Wonderland, and I'm also going to give away some amusement insiders merch. So to enter, all you have to do is click subscribe, share this video, like, and comment. Do those four things, and I'm going to pick someone that has done those four things and enter them into a giveaway for these three prizes. So don't forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share this video. The share is the most important one, so please do that. But let's get right into it. I'm sure you've seen some of the articles or TikTok videos going around of this specific ride on the screen. This ride is called Lumberjack, and if you saw some of those TikToks, you saw it stuck upside down. And yes, to anyone that doesn't know anything about rides, that seems pretty frightening. I mean, if I didn't know anything about rides, I'd be pretty frightened by that. In fact, when my car makes weird noises, I know nothing about my car. I panic and I take it in. Well, the good news is there are people that know things about cars, just like there are people that know things about theme parks, rides, and roller coasters. So for this specific ride, I'm just going to go into a little detail right now in case I don't have the attention for 20 minutes of this video of some viewers. This ride has a safety feature that allows it to come back home when it's stuck upside down. So if this ride E stops, you'll hear that a lot in this video, an emergency stop. So all rides have computer systems. So if the computer system deems something is unsafe or something's wrong, it will E stop. And if it E stops upside down, the employee in the booth actually has a button that allows them to bring it back home. It'll be an emergency release button that safely brings it back down. In this instant, all the riders that were in that video that you saw online, those very short, unedited videos that literally left out a lot of detail, the riders came back and they were all safe, and they were given free things, I presume. But that is something that a lot of people don't know about this ride. So yes, they were stuck upside down for probably 20 seconds. And then the ride came back down. That's what this ride does. It happens. It happens at every ride, any ride, any theme park around the world. That's what rides safety features are designed to do. Because if something goes wrong on the ride, and the ride doesn't know something's wrong, and it continues through its cycle, that's a lot more dangerous than emergency stopping. And then they can read the error code of exactly what's wrong, and then bring the ride back down. So I just wanted to go over that quickly for you guys, I'm going to talk about a little more details later on, but I'm going to move into ride safety. So I'm going to list something very quickly that I'll also link down below. It's a CBC article on Canada's Wonderland, and it describes in detail that Canada's Wonderland has actually one of the safest track records in North America for ride safety, which is a very good title to have. It's actually had next to no accidents. It's actually had no accidents since opening in 1981. No deaths caused by a ride as well. That's a very high regard to safety that this park has. And they are held to really high standards, especially by TSA. A lot of you may not know what that is, but TSA basically sets these standards and guidelines for Canada's Wonderland, and under other amusement parks in Canada and Ontario. And Wonderland has a really close relationship with them. Restraints. Okay, so the most common complaint or thing you'll see online, story time that you'll see on TikTok or something is my restraint came undone on a roller coaster. Well, I'm going to tell you right now that if you see that or you hear that from a friend, that is simply false. Restraints cannot come undone, especially at a ride at Canada's Wonderland. There are so many safety features in place. In fact, I'll just go over the safety features that are on every roller coaster, especially in North America. And that is two locking mechanisms, one on the right and one on the left. If one fails, it's got another. And especially at Canada's Wonderland, if both fail, which is next to impossible, you have the seat belt, which will hold the restraint in place. I'll go into a little more detail. If you even get some of these more modern roller coasters, some of them use, correct me if I'm wrong down below, I know there's probably engineers watching this cringing, but they use a new Monic lock system. Again, I totally said that wrong, but basically you'll get three clicks and that's almost like three fail safes if the restraint were to even unlock. Now, what some of these people may be experiencing is sometimes if you're a little larger or the restraint went down an extra click because you're smaller, sometimes it doesn't fully click. When you feel your restraint come slightly looser or it pops into a slightly looser position, which could be that alarming experience that a lot of people are worried about. It's actually just the restraint popping back into the other lock. So again, picture almost like something pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, coming down on you.  As it moves down, it's moving into slot. So it's like slot one, slot two, slot three, slot four. So if you were slot four, but you weren't fully slot four, what happens is that restraint will pop back into slot three. Usually during a moment of airtime, going up the lift hill or going down the drop, the restraint will not come undone. It is next to impossible. Literally the universe would have to hate you and be out to get you for it to happen. And it's just literally impossible. But nonetheless, the restraint has those safety features. And again, that is probably the most common experience when you do hear someone say, my restraint came undone on this ride. It's just it loosening up by one notch. I'm trying to think if there's anything else, if you guys have any like urban legends or like things you've heard your friends say, please comment them down below. I would love to talk to you about them or just even educate you as the best of my ability on anything that can probably explain a situation that you may have had at a theme park involving safety. I would love to have a conversation. So if you have a story, comment down below and I can debunk it, I promise you. So let's go into ride sensors. So this is a lot that this is something that a lot of the average person that goes to Canada's one of them probably doesn't understand. And those are ride sensors. So the rides are extremely intelligent, which actually is part of the reason why they're extremely safe. For example, the rides you're looking at right now behemoth, you'll notice these little green boxes. They're really small. So you have to look for them. They'll be along the track of the ride. You'll see them almost everywhere, specifically before breaks or up the lift hill or just at sections where it's just tracking where the ride is. Consider those little green sensors as almost like eyeballs. So it's like the eyes of the ride underneath every roller coaster or in some location of a roller coaster that you can't see, there will be a computer system. For a coaster like this, it's a really big computer system. It looks like something that would like house like nuclear warheads big. It's a very big membrane. Consider that the brain. So what these green sensors do is they communicate with the brain of the ride to tell the ride and the ride operator exactly where the trains are on the track. So it knows where the trains are and it knows the speed they're going at. What happens if a roller coaster is moving slower or too fast is an E stop. Again, you heard me label that at the beginning of the video an emergency stop. So they'll be like, Hey, there could be something wrong. Let's stop this ride. So the ride will come to a complete stop. The breaks at the next break section will stop the ride and it'll allow maintenance to get the people off the ride safely and inspect the ride. A lot of the times sensors can be triggered for false warnings. Again, that's just one of their safety features. So if you ever see a ride stopped, most of the times it's actually nothing. Some of the times it's something really small. Again, just running a little slower like high wind speeds. So if you ever see a ride down, that's usually one of the main reasons, especially in a place like Canada's Wonderland high wind speeds would be a reason that the ride would be down. So it'll be like the computer or the wind will trigger the park to say, Hey, the ride can't operate safely in this wind because it could valley. So if you ever see a ride, for example, you've probably seen this at Canada's Wonderland or a lot of other parks, it happens a lot more frequently. But because of TikTok and social media, you're seeing it more now, which makes people question the safety. But in reality, this has been happening forever rides because of wind or other reasons will come to a complete stop not making it through the course of the ride. Typically, it does happen without guests on it. But for a ride like the bat at Canada's Wonderland, you'll actually notice exit platforms almost like platforms at specific locations on the ride because the ride could simply valley and it's extremely normal. And when I say normal, I don't mean it's meant to do that. I just mean it's not the end of the world and nothing unsafe about it ending its course or not making through its course. At those moments, you'll be a fact from that ride within 20 minutes at best. But nonetheless, I know I'm missing some details here, but I really just wanted to debunk a lot of these rumors. So the ride sensors are actually really cool if you're a nerd like me or into rides or like really into roller coasters because it's virtually impossible for a roller coaster to collide with another train. So one train cannot collide with another train because the brain knows where they are at all times. If you ever notice you're stuck at the top of this brake run on behemoth and you're like, why can't we advance forward? Well, that's because the brain of the ride is saying, hey, there's a train just around the corner. Keep your distance. So the ride will prevent your train from moving. Let's say the brakes on the train on the top don't unlock because hey, the ride just breaks sometimes the ride malfunctions and the brain will actually prevent the train going along the track from coming and hitting the train. So it'll actually stop the other train on the mid-course brake run that tall straight section before the helix and the turns coming back towards the brake run. So roller coasters essentially are extremely safe and I hope I've just explained that to the best of my ability in a very clear way. But getting in an accident on a roller coaster at a park like Canada's Wonderland virtually impossible. Your restraint coming done at Canada's Wonderland or any other park in North America virtually impossible. Rides breaking down? Extremely normal. How often does your car break down? How often have you been ready to go on an airplane for a trip and suddenly they've delayed your flight by 30 minutes because they have to fix a part on the airplane? It's extremely common and the same thing happens with rides. In fact, the more moving parts that a ride has, the more likely it's going to go down for some downtime, which can be frustrating. I get it. Waiting in line and then the ride breaking down, it can be frustrating, but a lot of people don't understand that this is extremely normal. Maintenance. So are Canada's Wonderland's rides safe? Yes, they're extremely safe for another reason. They go through daily, nightly, and yearly checks. So daily and nightly maintenance will walk the ride, inspect the ride, replace any parts that need to be replaced. It is so thorough that even ride operators at theme parks in North America are test riders and will listen for any noises that don't belong. And it's just there's so many fail safes and so many checks. It's like the most safest thing you could possibly do. And on top of that, every year a park like Canada's Wonderland actually takes apart all of the trains and a lot of the moving parts of rides and completely rebuilds them. So it's like a fresh pair of eyes on these trains and on these rides that it's completely getting rebuilt and inspected. So it's actually a very thorough inspection, a lot more than these traveling fares or other forms of transportation out there. All right, let's go into some details. So a lot of recent attention has been on Canada's Wonderland, especially for a ride called Skyhawk. So in fact, this one is a little bit more cringey than the other one. So when I saw that Skyhawk was trending because it got stuck at the top of the tower, that is so minor and so normal that it's just like the fact that these websites and these news places are sharing it as if it's some big news. That again is an E-stop. So what can trigger an E-stop on a ride like that is high winds. So for a ride that has cables, any time that a wind gets really high, the ride will E-stop because they don't want the cables to move around too much. And then when deemed safe, the ride will come down slowly. You'll always see these rides come down slowly. In fact, it's neighbor Windseeker at 301 feet tall. You'll see that ride get stuck at the top as well. And what that is is probably high winds or a sensor goes, hey, something's wrong. And then they read the aircode and then they bring the ride down safely. Again, these are all safety features that are designed to keep you safe on these rides and attractions. Everything I'm talking about in this video today isn't just Canada's Wonderland by the way, but Canada's Wonderland does have one of the safest track records out there and that's why I'm just talking about it. These are things in place at most theme parks and if not all theme parks in North America. Let's say you're walking in medieval fair and you see Leviathan stuck on its lift hill. Very normal. If you see Leviathan stuck on the lift hill, it is most likely because of a cell phone or someone not having their mask on this season. What they do is they'll stop the ride. There's cameras going up the lift hill. They'll probably do it on Yukon too sometimes or even Mindbuster a lot is if you have your phone out, they'll stop the ride because having a loose article or your phone out is dangerous for the people behind you. So if you're watching this video as tempting as it may be to film yourself on a ride, please do not because if that phone flies out of your hand and hits someone behind you, it is going to do some major damage. Just look it up online. There was incidents at a Six Flags park last year where someone got severely injured. It's happened at a lot of parks actually. People pull out their phone. They think they're doing something innocent and then suddenly you hurt someone really badly behind you and trust me and nowadays with the parks having rules of no loose articles, you are responsible for hurting someone behind you and I wouldn't want to go to jail simply for a YouTube video or a TikTok. So please if you could just try and work on one thing is don't have loose articles or your phone out on a roller coaster or ride at Canada's Wonderland. It is a lot more dangerous than you think going at these speeds you could really hurt someone behind you. So we just discussed it. Leviathan, Mindbuster, any roller coaster at Wonderland, you see it stopped on the lift hill. Most likely a phone out. If it's not a phone out, it's just an E-stop or something needs to be quickly replaced or checked or cleared by maintenance. Usually it's an aircode. Aircodes can be triggered by sometimes a bird flying by a sensor. It's literally any little thing can trigger anything. These rides aren't going to break on you.  They're extremely safe. So I just wanted to go into that. Rides closed a lot. You go to Canada's Wonderland and a lot of their rides are closed. Well, the most classic example I can think of, it's cloudy and suddenly all the rides in the park went down. The average guest doesn't see thunder or lightning. So they start complaining, well, why are you going down for thunder or lightning if there's no thunder or lightning? Well, a park at Canada's Wonderland actually has a weather station and advanced radar system. If they see thunderstorm system over them or within a certain distance of the park, they shut all the rides down because you don't want to be on a roller coaster or a giant hunk of metal in a lightning storm and the park's not going to put you in any danger either. So if one is heading above the park or heading close to the park, they shut everything down for your safety. And I appreciate that and I think you should as well. So I just wanted to get that in there because a lot of people I've noticed will complain if they don't see the lightning, why are the rides closed? Well, there's a much deeper and logical explanation than you think. If another ride's closed, it could be simply waiting on a replacement part. Something breaks like a motor or something and they just need to order it and wait on the replacement part. That's another reason as to why you might see your favorite attraction on your visit down. Very simple, just waiting on a replacement part just like if your car needs a replacement part, sometimes it takes a couple of days. Ride removals. If you see a ride removed from Wonderland, it is not because it's dangerous. In fact, most rides removed from Wonderland have been sold to other parks. Usually, a park like Canada's Wonderland will remove rides simply because they've gotten old to this park because again, a lot of people don't know this, but Canada's Wonderland is actually the most attended seasonal theme park in North America. So it's several reasons. It's gotten old to a park like this. It doesn't fit in their lineup anymore. It has low capacity or low ridership, so not a lot of people are riding it anymore. Or it's to make way for a new attraction, i.e., skyrider got removed to make way for Yukon Stryker and skyrider was sold to a park in Italy. I think that pretty much sums up everything. So again, I really wanted to make this video because things were trending on social media. TikTok has taken this park by storm. Everyone is saying Canada's Wonderland is dangerous. My restraint came undone. The ride got stuck and I really just had to come out here and explain from someone that goes to a theme park way too much and has gotten to talk to a lot of people at various theme parks in Ontario and even in North America. I've started to understand how things work a lot better and I wanted to take what I knew. It's not perfect.  Trust me, it is not any theme park's goal for anyone to get hurt on a ride and they will do everything in their power to make sure you do not. And on top of that, the ride manufacturers that design these rides have done everything in their power to make sure you do not get hurt as well. In fact, I'll even go further to say a park like Canada's Wonderland only buys rides that are really reliable so that extra little to safety. Anyways, I just wanted to say that this video was not sponsored or encouraged by Canada's Wonderland in any form. I made this solely based on my decision. I wanted to get this message out there. It truly hurts me as a theme park fan and a huge fan of Canada's Wonderland and someone that has gone for so many years to see the park being trashed and dragged online for something that is simply non-existent. This park meant a lot to my father and I unfortunately lost my father at a very young age and it's something really deep for me and just to see the amount of misinformation out there about such a safe place, it's truly upsetting. I know it sounds really nerdy for me to come out here and defend a theme park, but this park means a lot more to me than anything you could possibly imagine. Some of my last memories with my father are at this theme park. I just wanted to explain that because I know a lot of people are going to be like, why are you defending Wonderland? Well, it's a lot deeper than that and truly I know a lot of people that work at this park too and it's just, it's an amazing place, it's a really safe place and honestly it's so great for our province and our country. It employs so many people and it's just got so much potential and honestly you've got to go experience it. We've been locked up for so long. Go to Canada's Wonderland, have a day out, go get a cookie witch or a funnel cake, walk around the park even if you're not into rides or, you know, they've got rides for everyone, young and old and yeah, now I am starting to sound sponsored. This isn't sponsored, I just love the place. Just go to Canada's Wonderland, enjoy your summer, have fun. It's been so long and yeah. Again, if there's anything I haven't answered, comment down below and I will try and get you an answer even if I have to ask someone else. I will try and answer all the questions to the best of my ability. Share this video. 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Hello everyone, today I am going to discuss on the topic system cause for the file system part 1. At the end of this session, students will be able to describe the concept of system cause in operating system, explain file structure related system cause. Let us see what a system call is. A system call is a request for the operating system to do something on behalf of the user's program. The system calls are functions used in the kernel itself. To the programmer, the system call appears as a normal C function call. However, since a system call executes code in the kernel. Unique system calls are used to manage the file system, control processes and to provide inter-process communication. Here we have a different system calls, first file structure related system calls, process related system calls and inter-process communication. The file structure related system calls available in the unique system will let you create open and closed files, read and write files, remove files, get information about files, check the accessibility of files, change protection of the files, change owner of the files and change group of the files and as well as it control devices. The process related system calls in Unix include fork, execute, wait and exit system calls. Using execute and executable binary file can be converted into a process. Inter-process communication is a set of programming interface that allow a programmer to coordinate activities among different program processes that can run concurrently in an operating system. Inter-process can communicate with each other using shared memory concept. Let us begin a file structure related calls open. Here open system call is used to create a file or device. The prototype of this open system call is integer, open, file name, option flags and more. Here, file name is a pointer to the character stream that names the file. Option flags represent the type of the channel and more defines the files access permissions if the file is being created. This function returns the file descriptor if successful or in case of an error it will return minus 1. File structure related system calls have allowable option flags which are define O, RD only, open the file for reading only, define O, WR only, open the file for writing only, define O, RD, WR open the file for both reading and writing. Now we will see a small program using open system call. Here the file name is open.c. In the open.c file we are included 3 header files strio.h, fcindial.h and unistri.h. These files are required for creating file system. Here open system call is using for file system. This open system call is used for 2 file descriptor that is called integer fd1 and fd2. fd1 is a file descriptor assigned for txt1.txt, fd2 is file descriptor assigned for txt.txt. Here open system call contains txt1.txt, this side exists then it is only in read only mode. If does not exist then it is open in the create mode by assigning a mode as 0777. In the next again open system call file name is txt2.txt, if it exists it will open in read only mode, if does not exist it will create a file by assigning a mode of 0777. So here we are using the while loop for generating this loop for generating the file descriptor for these 2 file system that is fd1, txt1.txt and fd2 for txt2.txt. Now we will run this program by typing gcc-o open.c, it will create a file descriptor 3 and 3132 which is highlighted by red mark 3132 by executing the command dot slash open. Again we type the ls command it will show the 3132 here it is in the directory again we go to the directory as 3132 again type ls it will show you are all the file names with the fd here mark as fd we go to the cd fd then press ls we show the 01234 for standard input 1 is for standard output 2 is for standard error and these are all the files which are written in the file descriptor by kernel that is txt2.txt and txt1.txt. Now we will see a file structure related calls read and write what the read does read does all the input and write does all the output whenever we create a file the kernel checks whether the file is exist or not if it exist it will open the file in the read only mode and if does not exist it will create the file and assign the file modes after reading the file the user wants to write something into the file or user wants to modify something into the file so the write system call we are using for that what the write system call does it does all the output means whatever the user writes into the file it all gets saved to the hard disk or to the kernel hard disk. So the prototypes for these two read and write system calls are read of type integer it includes file descriptor buffer pointer transfer size where file descriptor is written by the kernel system buffer pointer is the place where the data are stored transfer size is the number of bytes which are transferred for the reading similarly write operation of type integer which includes file descriptor return by the kernel buffer pointer the place where the data store and transfer size number of bytes transferred from the file after saving to the hard disk for that we are using write system call. After studying all these things we have a question pause the video for some time see the question straight to and false a system call is a routine build into the kernel and perform a basic function yes the answer is true because in the beginning we have already discussed that system call is the name implies by the kernel to do something in the operating system. So that is why it is a built-in routine which is into the kernel and performs a basic function for the user for the group and for the owner. So that is why the answer is true again we go for file and record locking. So file locking and record locking these two things are for processing the file as well as processing the record done by the kernel in the file locking capability to prevent other processes from reading or writing any part of an entire file. So no other processes can enter into the file for reading and writing for that kernel locks the file so that the user can read at most one file at a time and in the record locking system it is capability of prevent other processes from reading or writing a particular record into the file when the user writes a particular record into the file in that case no other process interfere for reading and writing particular records for that record locking is done by the kernel system itself. Now we go for adjusting the position of the file during input operation by using lc command. So the syntax for lc system call is position equal to lc file descriptor fd offset at reference where fd is the file descriptor identifying the file offset byte offset reference indicates offset should be beginning from the current position of the read write offset and from end of the file. So when we use lc command for searching a particular things when file descriptor should be known by the kernel then kernel sends the offset for the file system and then indicates where the offset should be beginning from the current position of the read write offset or from the end of the file. Here a small program based on lc which shows the adjusting position of the file input output. Here we included two header files strayout.h fcntl.h for opening the file and writing the file. So here we have declared local variable file descriptor position of type long. Here we are using open file name data file dot that which is in the read only mode means if the file exist it will open in the read only mode and immediately kernel will assign the file descriptor to fd. If the fd equal to minus 1 then it will returns lc error. If the file exist and it will open in the read only mode then the file sets the position by using lc command having file descriptor 0l and 2 that is the bytes offset and as well as the transfer size. If position not equal to minus 1 then it will give can't open data file dot data and if the position finds then it will define the length of the data file in the form of bytes and assigns the position of that file. Then we go for the close file system call which is a file structure related. The structure for close system call is close file descriptor file descriptor for the open file. The same file descriptor is here using for closing a file. Then file creation so here we are using system call create for the file creation in the unix file system. For that the syntax is fd is equal to create creat path names comma mode where path names, modes and fd means the same as they were operated in the open system call that is path name is described in the form of relative path name or absolute path name and modes are described in the form of symbolic mode or numeric mode. Suppose user wants to create some special files in the kernel or in the unix file system the kernel provides a special file creation of special files that is mk node mk node system call is used to create a special file in the kernel system which includes named a pipes, device files and directories. The syntax for mk node is path name of type relative or absolute type and permissions and device name or device files. For all these contents we refer these books. Thank you.