Everybody forced here up in 2022 optic retails six box number 11 one sack will share the results you could find The results are on your screen anytime late sports cards calm Let's go ahead and get started find another band name for you guys What do we say about Queens of the Stone Age? I thought it was pretty good Is it B plus? Queens of the Stone Age is good Molly crew. I think I gave that a B. We write that Was it higher? I thought was at least the B plus All right fine B B plus B plus Infant annihilator that's it's not a good band name red hot rookies Damian Pierce. It's not bad So edgy Paula Alvin Camara Saints Cook Rook the rookies Bailey Zappy what dragon force Got 100 rated Ricky Danny Gray for the Niners and Stars ready Ricky Wolden for the Seahawks Radiohead is a B minus band name War this guar stand for something stars Stevenson Pats Yeah, Abba Abba's pretty solid Abba's pretty solid band name. I don't know something simple just Abba like so I don't know saying it. Oh solid stars Michael Vick. What's up? I haven't seen we haven't said this one.  I'll go C-plus All right Dave Matthews bands that was pretty creative actually. I'm gonna go D a rookie stars carlottes for the chiefs You gotta lead them on like that no, I like do it You got stars Adam Thielen for the Vikings Trying to think trying to think what's the other I can't even think of any more band names right now I'm my son men of my son men Mm-hmm top of the zappy My son man Was gonna say be actually. Oh wow stars Barry Sanders for the Lions What about Crosby stills and Nash? I'll do it. I'm the same. Sorry Sorry Yeah, dude nash their exploder. It's a great song. It really is Simon and Garfunkel, that's a great band name actually it's because the name is good Garfunkel It's a great name rated rookies stars camp Taylor Britt sauce Gardner rated rookie Stars of Dickerson for the Rams about sugar Ray Cam Taylor Brits Or a few sugar rays I think boxing Stars Joe Thomas for the Browns Someone said 311 earlier. That's definitely like a C-minus Gray band, it's just not a good name. Can you pick it rated rookie?  Maybe yes, my house doesn't matter. I'm not You just say amber. Yeah, that's a band name. Yeah D refractor Roger Stevenson Pats not refractor wait Maybe that's a song hollow A Trey you I would go with I would go with a B on a Trey you John Dotson CCR what do we say a-minus? Oh breaking Benjamin breaking Benjamin. Um, that's definitely a really really solid a C-minus Blinkin 82 is a bad band name Go in They're awesome. I gotta go on bias. I'm gonna go D-plus band name blinkin 82 stars ready rookie pre-salt Jets Amberlin It's like that's an I know I know the band but as I named after something like Amberlin's got not a great one either stars is avian Howard for the Dolphins How do how do we get here? I don't how do we get here? Gorillas, that's a great band name with the gorillas with a Z. Yeah, that's like a that says like a B-plus for me Stars probably like a C-minus stars Josh Allen for the Jags 18 people just had five finger death punch I'm gonna give that one like a C. It's not great. I gave it higher. I think I better band the name That's for sure. I think I would be Be I like falling in reverse That's that's a better one. What's your logo? It's Tyree kill also escape the fate Hollow single Terry for the bills Laugh this Five for fighting well, I like hockey. I'm gonna give that a I'm gonna give that a B-plus King's property. It's a good name. It's a good name about nine inch nails. I Know technically not a band. It's Trent Resner, but I feel like I thought that's a pretty good band name I'm feeling that too. I'm feeling B-plus for nine inch nails. I'm surprised no one said nine inch nails All people are gonna say nine inch nails said five finger death punch instead Well, the one first ones you brought up was bullet for my Valentine you say like be something I thought we gave A-minus Fish that's a C mud vein That's the C-minus Logan Hall Red Rookie stars for the Bucks Do people are just listening off vans and chat nuts About shine down Be minus C-plus around there stars of Tana Hill Titans Oh, do we have a shine that early? Yeah, that's about the same way like it's all right It's not detrimental. What about oh buck cherry. I thought about that earlier Well, I mean, it's just Chuck Berry. Just kind of like reversed.  I'm buck cherry Stars of Marjaxon There earth wind and fire that is that's an a earth wind and fire is an a Stars haskins rated rookie for the Titans Foo fighters.  That's a pretty decent one.  Yeah Stars drawn pain Washington. Is that even a band to feed you?  Is that a band of on? Got stars to Marcus Lawrence for the Cowboys Iron Maiden is I think we gave that an A right. Yeah, we gave Iron Maiden a We should start Really monetizing just us rating band names. Just go on forever and ever, you know, well, right good Podcast anybody you just do debates Bronson, Arroyo in the o4 is Bronson Arroyo's band. Well, then it's an a-plus Johnson retro series Dead Kennedys. Oh man, that is the most punk band name. I love it I'm gonna give it an a refractor Berry Sanders for the Lions. They're pretty they're pretty decent band to a dead Kennedys Donnie did not like the band and the Ramones. I legitimately just their last name I go I go be on the Ramones. This dude. This is a fair B. I'm just separating Comey Bryant matchbox 20, that's pretty solid matchbox 20 That's box 20 matchbox 20 B Pixies that's a B-plus pixies is good No, aren't they just pixies not the pixies I Feel like pick just pixies without the is it a higher grade right killing Birx White Heart rookies All in Oates, that's a B-plus that just sounds cool Hello, Tyree kill for the Dolphins Oh, oh, oh this is a food Hanson Hanson, I'm gonna give a D-minus What if it was Scott Hansen then it's like A plus. Scott Hansen? How many hours? Seven hours? Seven hours commercial free football. Scott Hansen A plus. Night Ranger, that's a pretty good one. We'll go B. It's a pretty solid night ranger. I'll agree with that. What about the pretenders? It's like a C, right? C minus. Alright, what about Blondie? No doubt. The Killers? I forgot. The Killers? That's a good band name. Yeah, I'll go A minus. I'll go A minus on the Killers too. That's a good band name. Steel Dragon? It's like an old Kung Fu movie. Retro series, Jim Kelly. Air supply, C minus. Toto is A, B minus. Hollow Woods and Raiders. Spiller. How do we came as Romans though? You said B plus? B plus, not B plus. Do what you do. I'm with Donnie on we came as Romans. Pre-Saw B plus. Pierce the Vale. That's an A? A minus Pierce the Vale. Yeah, A minus Pierce the Vale. Oh jeez. Yeah, I'm not going to say that name out loud, but I would give that not a great grade in Twitch chat. I would give that not a great grade. That's definitely like Borderline F. Stars rated Ricky Maggi Sanders cards. Genesis and a half. Genesis. Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. C plus. Lante Taylor. Stars, Daniel Jones for the Giants. This is how we passed the time at night. They're in base heavy rips. Pretty rated rookie. What about the Doors? Stars? They're so many older bands that are so good with their names stinks. The Doors is definitely like a D. D for Doors is what we're going with. Good Lord. I can see they put a lot of time in thinking about what to name themselves. White Hot Rookies Pickens. I can imagine like them like showing up at band rehearsal and be like, hey, we need a name. Bloodhound Gang.  Bloodhound Gang. Yeah, it's pretty solid. I'm going to be. What a classic band too. Rated Rookie. Hollow Matt Corral Panthers. Oh yeah. Three Days Grace. Three Days Grace. I see. Seaver. Three Days Grace. The Rookies of Damien Pierce for the Texans. What would you guys grade my chemical romance? It's solid. It's not like great, but it's definitely above average. What would you say? Do we say B plus? I think B plus. That's what I was going to say. What about Salt and Peppa? Rated Rookie Stars. Pierre Strong Jr. for the Pat. Salt and Peppa, honestly. Spelled with an A. That's like an A minus. I think it's pretty. If you were to say Salt and Peppa, you'd be like, eh, Salt and Peppa. Like yeah, that's like you feel something there. You feel something. Actually, yeah. Stars of Alvin Camero for the Saints. Yeah, so Salt and Peppa is like it. That's good. That's an A minus. A. B. Wish-Jones. Got two boxes left after this pack. Carl says D for my chemical romance. Green Day is a bad band name. Star CD Lamb Cowboys. Would it be better if it was Green Life? All right, what about the Wallflowers? What about Green Trees? I'm just trying to replace Green Day. Why do you keep trying to rename the band Green Day? I don't know. I'm trying to make it a higher grade. Sold millions of records. Blue October. No, no down sounds yet. This is retail. We may not see one. Charles Cross. Chris Cross. It's like a B. Somewhere around B, B minus. Diamond Hands, Justin Jefferson. The stars is like the retail parallel. The 100 is the short print in this. Hollow Quinn and Williams for the Jets. We have one 100 so far. There's a few stars in every box. Usually. Aerosmith. No, nobody said Aerosmith. I'll go B. Straight up B on that one. Stars Raider Rookie is James Cook for the Bills. I was about to say Kill Switch, Carl. Kill Switch Engage. That's an A. That's a good one. As I lay dying. I'll go B minus. No, C plus, C plus. Stars, Quandre, Diggs, Seahawks. Pickens Raider Rookie. Oh, Dying Fetus. I think I said D. Stars, Sam Darnold for the Panthers. Some band-aims are just too edgy. They edged themselves out into a lower grade. Jabbo. Red High Rookie's Brock Purdy Niners. What did we say for 3 Days Grace? You gave a very low one. 3 Days Grace is a C. Hollows A Jones for the Jags. Drake London, Raider Rookie. So far, the only A pluses we have are Red High Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, and Soggy Bottom Boys. Also Steely Dan for me, but that's biased. The Rookie's Alec Pierce. What's Smash Mouth? Smash Mouth is an A. Everyone knows that. That's a great band name. Kyrie Elim Raider Rookie. Stars Raider Rookie, Daxon Hill for the Bengals. So the best ratio we have so far is A music and A band name is Metallica. That's an A. A plus music for Metallica and then A band name. So that's probably the best we've got so far. Although Chili Peppers is probably A plus name, I might say A plus music. Stars Mike Evans for the Bucks. System of a Down. I gave System of a Down A minus. Donnie was lower. Yeah, I think I want like B minus something. Stars Aaron Rodgers for the Packers. Yeah, that's the funny thing. When you get like the horrible band name, but they're great or like the great band name and they're like eh. Sublime, we gave a pretty low grade for the band name Sublime. Yeah, I'm not great. Some of us are actually going to go see Sublime with Rome for Sean's birthday on Saturday. Next Saturday, obviously. Stars Abner Raider Rookie for the Bears. Oh, they're pretty crazy. I think it's Bone Dogs in Harmony, Dirty Heads and Sublime with Rome. And Apopka for some reason. Wait, what? It's the Apopka Amphitheater. No, I know that, but... Stars Devontae Smith for the Eagles. What did you say after? Dirty Heads. Then... Bone Dogs in Harmony? Yeah, like they're what? I believe so. I thought that's what it was. I don't know, dude. I just bought tickets. That's all I did. Black Crows. That's a B plus for me. I mean, it's just the color of the bird. I'm going to give it a C minus. Stars Jordan Poyer, the bills. Y'all want me to give Everclear an A minus? Grateful Dead gets a B. Emerson. Slightly Stupid. If you spell it with OO, like S-T-O-O-P-I-D, that's like an A. Retro series of Danny and Tomlinson? Throw a B in there, too. Stupid? Stupid? No. This guy's crazy. Graded Rookie Hollow, Ruckert for the Jets. Kenneth Walker, the third. Damien Pierce, the rookies. Zack Brownvans. Well, considering we've been giving harsh deductions for people just using their name, it's going to be like a D. I think it's, I'm going to say a Z because it starts with a Z. Graded Rookie Stars, Bailey Zappy for the Pats.  Calvin Austin, the third. You could hit Downtowns. I think you could hit Autos, too, right? You could hit Downtowns, I know. Stars is Alex Heismanst for the Steelers. Snoop Connor. Stars, Amon Ross, St. Brown, Lions. Blazers, I don't know if you can get Blazers in this. You might be able to. No, you can't. It's a hobby only. You can't? I'm pretty sure we pulled one. Yeah, I think you can get some of the short friends in here. My house, Herbert. I know we pulled a Mythical from this and a Blazers. Hollow, Tom Brady for the Bucks. That would not have been me that pulled a... No, Sam pulled it. Sam pulled a Mythical. I'm pretty sure Kyle pulled it. Hutchinson. Lead Series. And Gary Wilson, Rated Rookie. That'll do it, everybody. Thanks again. Another Optic Retail coming up next.


We are pro cannabis media Hi everyone, welcome to we talk news. I'm Jimmy young the founder of pro cannabis media And I'm Kurt Dalton the founder of cannabis net every week Kurt and I get together to talk about the cannabis news stories of the week and Add some insight and commentary plus we get reports from all over North America This week it's all about polling and the upcoming election and of course we encourage everyone to exercise their right And vote right Kurt absolutely Jimmy and remember we're not voting on the 6th this year It's the third but let's bring up the latest polls from Bloomberg about where cannabis legalization stands in each state I know what's amazing about that Kurt is if you look at this graphic Arizona 56% in favor that one may still go either way Mississippi is the closest at 52% Although Montana, which I thought was going to be a slam dunk is under 50% 49% and then the one that I thought was in trouble would be South Dakota Which has both medical and rec on it and there they look like that's going to pass no matter what surprising results for you Well as we've learned from four years ago polling can be way off come election day Arizona's been trying for I think two election cycles let alone maybe longer at least certainly on the rec side medical just got through So let's see you know Let's see how next week shapes up and what the last minute the money on the spending But overall in general it's trending very much in a pro cannabis direction for this particular election And I believe that money spending on the pro cannabis side is outspending the other side Four to one so again money talks in American Politics right and people want to get elected and if so many people want something you should probably endorse that so that they elect You and re-elect you so it kind of makes sense not only the money But also those positions to be in power by voter choice do with the voters want and people want it That sounds like a democracy to me that that's a good thing Okay, there's also some concern that the majority party in the Senate might be in trouble now if that's the case Expect to see some movement on one of the three different bills that have already received house support That would be the Moor Act the Safe Banking Act and the States Act and each one of those bills Kurt has a different Just a different thing for the cannabis community to celebrate one opens up the banks one expunges records and the other one allows the states to have interstate commerce and totally legalized and I believe that's the state act so Either way all three of those is going to be a win But in this current situation all bets are off, right? We don't know what's going to happen on Tuesday Do we know not at all and as we mentioned in previous shows, it's not a lot more interesting to see if the Democrats could get the Senate because as Ed Markey spoke earlier a few weeks ago They have enough votes to override any presidential veto Trump or Biden So really you want to watch the Senate the Democrats they could take the Moor Act or the States Act combine it I really want full decriminalization. That's the biggest thing we need to happen and Full legalization as well But again, they'll put something together they'll kind of wash it all together open the banks create interstate commerce And legalize it at least on the medical side where people around the country Regardless of your state could have a medical card for a treatment say of epilepsy all cybers anything like that That's the the humane thing to do let alone the right thing And of course our friends on wall street You can watch that market going up and down and you will see a lot of movement over the next few weeks No matter the result on Tuesday But the most important thing go out and vote if you haven't already in the meantime Our report from wall street with debba board chart from the green market report debba Thanks guys and happy halloween everyone Well, this week was a scary one for the dow It fell over 2,000 points on fears of another covid lockdown taking over as hospitalizations have begun to rise tilt holdings announced preliminary financial results for the third quarter and some management changes The company promoted gary santo to president and appointed brad hawk as its permanent chief financial officer Third quarter revenue is expected to come in between 40 and 41 million dollars That's a four to six percent increase from the second quarter revenue of 38.6 million california-based cannabis company Hollister biosciences gave an update on their third quarter sales figures the company said it generated record quarterly revenue of 12.5 million dollars and that's in canadian dollars It apparently seemed like a good week to issue more shares Or our cannabis filed a new prospectus with securities regulators to make an offering of up to 500 million of common shares that is a lot of dilution A karna Priced a public offering of five million shares of its common stock at a public offering price of two dollars and 40 cents a share And that's the big news this week. I'm dev report chart with the green market report for weed talk news Here in our home state of massachusetts where four years ago voters approved adult use of cannabis Thursday was the day of berns and leavenson's annual state of the cannabis industry event Yes, it was all virtual this year And it was headlined by attorney frank seagull's one-on-one interview with steven hoffman the chair of the cannabis commission in the bay state Our own david rebinovitz took in the webinar and david I expect there was some discussion about the now controversial delivery licenses that were supposed to be distributed this week But some in our legislature decided a longer public comment period was warranted. So that's been delayed. How did that go? Well, jimmy first, let me make a comment. I really don't know if it was completely some in the legislature This was from what I understand the massachusetts dispensary association, which I believe is the 25 largest vertically integrated operators Who made the push? They reached out. They got a bunch of legislators that were more favorable to their cause to write letters I understand that they um Somebody I should say sent many of the municipalities or recommendation that the municipalities respond And at least one of the municipalities forgot to take out the part of the letter that said insert here And sent their letter in so that's what tipped everybody off that there was somebody behind it um The the so this is really a battle between the large Fully integrated operators and the smaller social equity players and it did take up quite a bit to the keynote address um the fireside chat that frank would steve hoffman the chair of the commission um And steve hoffman was sticking to his free market principles. It doesn't look to me like there is a lot of Vassalation on the commission. They seem to be committed to the social equity program They're going to hear people out at this new listening session November 13th, and then they take a vote on november 30th, and um I'm not as concerned or nervous as I was that this whole thing was going to be tipped on his head its head Today as I was a few days ago Okay, that's good. Kurt. What's your read on this? Yeah, I was gonna ask david it if they go through and change some sort of Model that's greatly favors the entrenched dispensaries with a lot of money doesn't just doesn't this stink to high heaven of a backdoor deal Doesn't this look like a check's been cut? How does the massachusetts cannabis control commission avoid this? Dilemma and maybe they they won't they will avoid it But it sure looks really sticky if things get changed and really favor the rich guys I agree and I think the only way that's going to happen is if people very high up in massachusetts government get involved And what I mean by that is i'm not talking about the legislature. I'm talking about the attorney general The governor remember there are four commissioners seated right now because one is left These they voted three one for these delivery licenses Not too long ago right that that's correct and one of the commissioners is leaving after this current regulatory review And another commissioner who sits in the social equity seat Their term was up, but they're now a holdover and it's a matter whether they're going to be reappointed or not So I would suggest that if high up in massachusetts politics people don't like what's going on Then what they'll do is they'll just move some of the commissioners around right because this is like appointing judges to the supreme court You pick the people who are going to have the outcomes that you want and they're going to be able to replace They could replace two to three people So however the difference is the supreme court is a lifetime appointment. I believe commissioners. Is it four years? I'm not sure. I think it varies according to which seat you hold All right, well, david we look forward to uh hanging out with you on the green rush on friday on the pro cannabis media networks twitch.tv channel and I will be seeing you then It's come very looking forward to that jimmy. That's going to be a great show Always is all right since main used to be part of massachusetts Let's get to our main man rye russell from weed buds radio dot com for this week's main cannabis report Your main man here rye russell from weed buds radio with your main cannabis report for weed talk news Let's kick off our week with some positive news for the cannabis industry up here in the pine tree state The trustees of efficiency main finally reversed a ban that was put into a fact to keep state legal cannabis businesses From receiving energy efficiency grants the reason behind the ban was allegedly due to the uncertainty of cannabis regulation The group claims this ban was due to the fact that it can take many years before their grants provider return And because of uncertainty on whether or not the federal system would revoke the state's rights to issue licenses However, as most expected the federal system has seemed to allow legal operations to continue without issue And therefore it is not efficiency main's position to enforce policy But rather make a decision based off of the perspective of energy and energy alone We are still seeing an embarrassing roll out of the adult use cannabis market in main's largest city of portland The city continues to battle with their program and had originally placed a cap of 20 adult use stores for their initial phases of the program Opposition to this cap would like to see cannabis handled and treated like the craft brewing industry That main and portland are so very proud of The fight has finally been taken to the ballot for the residents of the city to vote and decide Whether to either keep the ban in place or to remove it entirely If the city votes to remove this ban and all of the eligible applicants are approved It would position portland to have more cannabis stores per capita than the city of denver We move on. We are now under one week until the election and with many cannabis related issues on the agenda We will eagerly await next week's results both here in some of main's largest cities And of course some interesting things ahead for the entire industry across the nation I'm rye russell from weed buds radio and this is your main cannabis report for weed talk news Just when you thought all those ballot questions are favoring the cannabis advocacy movement sure enough There's a mayor in mississippi who is challenging the actual question just days before the election Madison mississippi mayor mary hawkins butler filed a legal challenge to that question that made it onto the ballot She's claiming that the signatures came from four districts not the five that was used back in 2009 However, there are only four districts around in mississippi in 2020. So the precedent is a little bit, uh, let's just say bunk Kurt It might not allow, you know science books in their schools But they're going to go back and figure out which districts and how to find a loophole to try to block cannabis legalization. So The ironic part is mississippi is probably one of the two poorest states in the country and that the black market If legalization and or decriminalization get through will be enormous down there because of the extra money generated by a closet grow a Grow in the woods or grow somewhere else It will be a hotbed of illegal cannabis activity if they don't want to make it legal And what's ironic about mississippi is the university of mississippi is the only federally Backed university that is allowed to research and grow cannabis and they're using seeds from the 70s. Kurt Well, that kind of falls in line with uh, if you don't want to know the answer Don't ask the question and they're just using really bad product and getting improper results. So there you go They don't have to really test anything Another reason why they need to open it up and let the research begin now There might be some trouble on the international front for cannabis advocates The world health organization is recommending Descheduling cannabis internationally. However, when they presented to the un this month in austria It seems the united states had some issues with those recommendations and in short The u.s. Actually disagreed with four of the six world health World health organizations recommendations largely because these changes would quote Introduced legal ambiguities and contradictions that would undermine effective drug control and at worst They could result in the exclusion of control of all thc derived from cannabis cultivated for industrial purposes and thc derived from leaves Separated from the cannabis plant. This would undoubtedly lead to further cannabis abuse Unquote the un the united nations is now tasked with coming up with a way To regulate the international cannabis market and trade curt How is this going to help open the international market that seems to be already kind of thriving and operating With canada exporting their product to europe and uruguay exporting their products How are we ever going to control the international market of cannabis at some point? But you kind of knew how this movie was going to play out This is the usual stance of the us at the un on the any type of cbd or thc Change they're always putting their foot down and saying no no no the good news coming out of this vote though Was that all of europe got behind the 0.3? thc percent and they all want to unify for the entire continent and i'm sure asia and africa will fall into line So removing the usual response from the us the entire world agreed that 0.3 Is going to be legal and shipable and everything else for cbd usage. So that's actually really positive They want to unify it and make sure they all are kind of playing by the same rules And again, I think after this election regardless of the president Certainly if biden does win a democrats take control you're going to see that all change anyway Well, I guess it's all about change and when it comes to change Who better to go to than our friends in washington dc at the vote pro podcast? Our reporter phil adams with the washington dc report phil phil adams from vote pro podcast And this is the weed talk news dc report With less than a week to go before election day Proponents of pro cannabis state ballot initiatives Have outraised opponents this election cycle by nearly 36 to 1 according to marijuana business daily This represents a marked increase over four years ago when pro cannabis advocates had outraised opponents by just four to one Legalization measures are currently on the ballot in five states including Arizona, mississippi, montana, new jersey and two in south dakota Most recent polls show either a plurality or outright majority of voters in each of these states supporting legalization The food and drug administration's office of women's health will host a virtual event next month on the use of cbd by women The multidisciplinary scientific conference Will discuss the potential sex and gender differences in the use and effects of cbd and other cannabinoids Researchers educators clinicians and patients are invited to attend this virtual public event on november 19th Information is available at federalregister.gov The us postal service and the drug enforcement administration have officially unveiled a new drug-free usa stamp The new forever stamp was created in partnership with miss america 2020 to help raise awareness about the dangers of drug abuse In a press release on tuesday dea acting administrator timothy shay Called the new stamp a quote powerful image and message it to promote the battle against drug abuse That's the weed talk news dc report for this week. I'm phil adams from vote pro podcast Trick-or-treat time in mexico It looks like the senate of mexico will vote on the legalization of cannabis in their country Before the end of this month, which is halloween on saturday Now if the senate in mexico passes the legal cannabis bill It will still have to go before the other house of that nation's congress the chamber of deputies Kind of the opposite of what goes on here in the united states where the house did it first And then it goes on to the senate and didn't go anywhere. What do you think about mexican legalization kurt? Is that inevitable? absolutely, and if you read cannabis dot net this week, we have a story up the um cannabis advocates have planted a cannabis field right next to the senate building and they can't take it down And it's been there and it's like a thousand plants and people take care of it and water it And it's literally right outside the windows of the senate Um trying to get them to legalize and just based on the export The history of mexico the cost of labor the cost of electricity the access to water It's going to be a big exporter right whether you like it or not It already is on the legal side and then in 10 years It's going to be one of the world leaders as far as export and grow because the costs are going to be so low And that's what it's about in business and finally just in case you might be thinking about leaving the country If the election does not go in your direction, whichever that is you might want to think about the bahamas Sure enough a committee there has been charged With figuring out how to create an economic recovery plan by legalizing adult use medical use And religious use of cannabis current This is something our good friend omaari jackson's been on with jamaica and they're certainly based on you know Historical reputation of the plant have a head start on everyone But a great idea if you're looking for economic recovery and you have kind of the history jamaica has I'll use in this example What a bit what better way than then you know all inclusive weed vacations historical context trying different flavors herb Um, definitely I what tourists wouldn't if it's legal and you're not worried about coming back to the us and being tested Certainly gives a new hope to the resort of atlantis down there in the bahamas One day we'll all get down there and celebrate again together when covid disappears in a year or so anyway Who doesn't want to do edibles and go through that shark tank and see the sharks right act you do with the water slides come on That's on the list It's on the list. Well, anyway, that'll do it for this week's weed talk news I'm jimmy young from pro cannabis media and i'm kurt dalton with cannabis dot net Remember, it's a whole new world of weed out there. Use it responsibly. Thanks for watching. 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Bingo! 12 o'clock Rock here on a Thursday with Think Tech. Aloha United, we stand. I'm Jay Fidel and I'm delighted to present Jim Kennedy, he's the Executive Director of Hawaii Fido Service Dogs, which is a non-profit supported at least in part by Aloha United Way. And Larry Bigelow, who is a veteran and service dog owner. Thank you very much, you guys. Thank you for including us. Nice to have you here. So tell us a little bit about what Hawaii Fido Service Dogs does as an organization, Jim. Well we raise and train at no charge to our clients service dogs that help people with disabilities other than blindness. There are so many different types of legitimate service dogs and we focus on those that have disabilities other than blindness. An example might be someone who has some stability issues and need assistance balancing, getting into and out of a chair, in a car, out of bed. And the dogs should be trained any number of different things, retrieval, besides bracing, retort and fetching for medicines and what have you. But anyway we've been around since the year 2000. We were founded by Susan Lures, who was a special education teacher at Kahuku. And she had an aha moment a few years before she retired and that was when she was raising dogs, she would bring some in to her special ed class. And she noticed that people that weren't paying attention were starting to pay attention.  So she decided she wanted to become a trainer of legitimate service dogs when she retired. And the Lions Club helped put her through some of that training. And in the year 2000 she started Hawaii Fido Service Dogs. So what's the depth and scope of the organization now? How many staff members do you have and what do you do? We have two people who are staff and I'm a part time executive director. And most of what I do is out of my love of what service dogs can do for people. And then Susan Lures, who is the founder, but she is also our lead trainer. And we have about 30 individuals who assist us in puppy raising. Usually that's husband and wife couples or mother daughter. And we have about 15 dogs that are in training at any given point in time. And so those 30 volunteers are really our organization. We also have three other trainers who donate their time and assist Susan in the actual training. The first year and a half that the dog is around, is born. First year and a half that dog is socialized, is trained behaviorally. It learns how to behave in all kinds of environmental situations and different group situations. So in the year and a half, after a year and a half of life, it's perfect in every way and it's ready to be trained in to provide services to somebody with disability. So what's the entry point? Do you wean the pup? Do you train the pup and then you present the pup to the partner, the service dog owner? Susan does all the dogs that we have come to us free from Susan. Susan has been a dog breeder. She's a breeder. In addition to being our lead trainer. What kind of breed are we talking about? We have two types of dogs that we focused on. One of them is the Labrador and the other is a Labradoodle. It's part poodle, part Labrador. And the benefit of the Labradoodle is that it's hyper- allogenic. So somebody has to slide or in their family has the slightest allergy issues. That dog will not create a problem in that house. Across the country Labradors are by far the most common dog. They have great smarts. They also have great flexibility. They, if they come across something they haven't been trained to deal with, they don't panic, they deal with it. And Labradoodles are very smart dogs too and they do the same thing. So those we really feel good working with those two. So when the dog is trained say 18 months, then you present the dog to a worthy owner. Actually the first 18 months is behavioral and socialization. Then it goes to what I call boot camp. Okay and that is when we are constantly getting applications from individuals who would like to have a service dog. And we assess it based on their needs and our ability to provide a dog that can provide tasks that will actually help them. And when we select that person and the dog's coming up, it looks like this is going to be a good pair. And that's about 18 months. What happens then is that individual starts training directly with the dog and one of our professional trainers. Yeah and in those last six months from 18 months to 24 when the dog is that's when those dogs really learn to perform the tasks that are needed. And then they go on. But the training never stops. Oh I want to know about that. So you continue to update the training through the life of the dog. As long as they the partners are here stay in Hawaii and don't move someplace else. We absolutely do. Because you need to be retrained sometimes. Sometimes we need to you know you get back and say okay we need to teach the dog to calm down a little bit because they are dogs and they like to have fun. Or maybe there's a new task that we need to have. And we're always meeting with them. Maybe the service owner needs to be retrained too. Oh man that's true. Now Larry we've done it. He runs very good. I've learned a lot. The kibble. It's a wonderful thing to have dogs. I told you before I am so into dogs. I couldn't live without one yet. So anyway so you have a short clip you want to play let's see. Yeah okay what we what we did was we've been trying to do a lot of kickoffs with the Loha United Way and they did a video that they used during that kickoff and one of our partner teams was involved in that video and the kinetic productions who did it for a Loha United Way says we want to do a PSA for you. So this is a 32nd PSA. Real quickly what it's all about is it not only shows different kinds of tasks legitimate dogs can provide but it also takes a gentle poke and a real problem we'll talk about in a little bit and that's the fake service dog issue. Yeah yeah so we try to accomplish it and we think kinetic hit it on the head. This is a 32nd PSA. Here we go. How come he gets to go in? He's a service dog. Well I could get a vest too. You're not even a service dog. He's trained to assist his owner. Well I can do whatever he can do. Wow did he just open the door? Yep. I can't do that. I can't do that either. He's trained for over two years to become a service dog. Man I wish I could be a service dog. Not all heroes wear capes. Yeah they are our best friend. Going back to the thousands of years. Oh yeah absolutely. So let's meet Larry Larry how did you get involved with service dogs? Well I had previously had pets had new foundlets and my 175 pound dog was great for doing the therapy thing visiting hospitals and schools and things so I contacted Susan to get my dog registered as a therapy dog so I could get the insurance for him all that kind of stuff. That was quite a few years ago and then I think about 2010 and so my new family began to have spinal problems and I was going to lose him to those spine problems and just about the time I'm losing him mine started. So I don't know if it's a hereditary thing I got from my dog. But was at a real low spot. He's just lost my best friend. Couldn't work anymore. Couldn't do much of anything. Wondering how I'm going to pay rent you know survive in Hawaii and small pension social security so things are real tight. Was at a real low spot and I just thought about Susan called her up one day and I said Susan do you think I would qualify for a dog and she says well tell me about your problem. So we went over it and she says yes definitely. So kind of started in the program. Buzz was already being trained and I actually went out with Buzz's brother for the first time. Because of my spine issues I can't I need a dog that can provide me forward mobility but I can't stand hard pulling. He's pulling away. Yeah when I'm not ready for it. So his brother was just a little more hyper than what I could handle. A couple months later I started training with Buzz and what we would do is I'd go out once a week. I'd go down to the kennels a couple times a week and taking for walks and things like that to get to knowing and think that I'm really training my dog. A couple funny instances but then everything was going good at about I think Buzz was nine months old and it was about November just about two years ago and Susan said would you like to be his puppy raiser and that was the next step in the training. So I said yes and Buzz came to live with me and we continued to train once a week. Do you have to pay anything to get a service dog? No I didn't. Okay no. We did not charge a set. Okay I want to get that clear. So we just started training it was about well a kind of an unusual thing happened to me that is a really big benefit to me and I attribute it to the veterans. I get my medical care through the VA. VA three or four years ago started a program for spinal patients. I think they might have branched out into some other things. I don't think they're going to do PTSD or any of the psychological things. It's just my thoughts and but anyway so the program was for spinal patients and I had to demonstrate to them that there's nothing else they could do to help me. A wheelchair, a cane, none of those things are going to work for me. So they gave me an insurance policy. My dog is registered through the VA as a U.S. Veterans Service dog. They gave me an insurance policy through a company called TruePanion. It covers all my dog's veterinary care prescription drugs for life. I provided by the VA. Yes, yes they pay for it. It's the biggest, it's the biggest thing that the biggest benefit that I've had since I've gotten out of the service. I mean it's everything. I would I would like to introduce our audience to Buzz, your dog who is here in the studio with us. I'm going to make them wait. I wanted to be a cliffhanger. A buzzhanger as it works. So we'll take a one-minute break. Our customary one-minute break will come back and then you will introduce to us Buzz, our service dog. I'd be proud to. Aloha Kako. I'm Marcia Joyner inviting you to navigate the journey with us. We are here every Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. and we really want you to be with us where we look at the options and choices of end of life care. Aloha. Hi, I'm Keeley Iakena, president of the Grassroot Institute. I'd love you to join us every week Mondays at 2 o'clock p.m. for Ehana Kako. Let's work together. We report every week on the good things going on in our state as well as the better things that can go on in the future. We have guests covering everything from the economy, the government, and society. See you Mondays on Ehana Kako at 2 o'clock p.m. Until then, I'm Keeley Iakena. Aloha. Aloha. I'm Carl Campania. I hope you please visit us this summer. It's a wonderful summer. It's actually a cooler summer than we're used to. But I hope that you come back and visit us and watch our show Education Movers, Shakers, and Reformers here on Think Tech Hawaii. It's at noon every Wednesday. See you then. Okay, we're back. We're live. Think Tech, Aloha United. We stand with Jim Kennedy of Hawaii Fido Service Dogs and Larry Bigelow, who is a service dog owner and veteran. So we promised everybody that we would show them, introduce them to Buzz. Can you do that for us? I think so. Buzz, up. Come here. Okay, sit for me. Sit for me. Yeah, good boy. So this is Buzz. Been together a little over two years now. Has become my absolute best friend. We're getting closer and closer every day. When I said that the training never ends, even that Buzz and I are together, we train every day, you know. And fine tuning the things that he needs to do for me. The biggest one for me is forward mobility. But he does all the retrieving things. Would you like to see him pick something up for me? Yes, I would. He's not going to do it until you tell him. Exactly. Okay, bring it to me. Bring it. Put it in my hand. In my hand. Good job. Can you sit? And of course, it's always about bribery. Go for it. Go for it. He works. What's in your pocket there? He knows which pocket. Believe me. Wonderful. Wonderful dog. Look how devoted he is to you. We have one of the things that we do is we have a look command. And it's very important if he starts looking at cats or something.  And a lot of times he has to be brought back into what he's doing. So we have a look command. But if you watch this, Buzz, look. Hey, look. Good job. So important. He's very important. And he's so attentive to me. My back is pretty bad. And a lot of times in the evenings, I have a tough time sleeping at night. Roll around.  And he usually sleeps in the living room. He has a little pillow out there. But if he hears me in the middle of the night or if I get up to use the restroom or something, Buzz is right there by my side. He, if I go anywhere, he's right by my side. So Wonderful experience. It is. It's so much different. Okay, come sit for me. Okay, down. Good job. Okay, what an introduction. Thank you very much. You're welcome. So, Jim, you know, we talked before the show about fake service dogs and about impersonation of circus dogs. It's not that simple. In the case of Larry, totally legitimate, necessary, appropriate, trained, you know, it's part of the world that we customarily think of for service dogs. But there's a lot of impersonation going on. You know, and I think they're not only is it some of done intentionally, but I think some people think that their dog because it gives them comfort, emotional support, that they they think in terms of this, my dog's a service dog. The unfortunate thing is whether they feel that way or they're just going to try to game the system, they can go online right now and search service dog vests or certifications for $69.95, you can get that thing. That right? Yeah. And you'll get doctor's statements. And if you spend $20 more, they'll rush it to you in two days. You can order vests. You can order leashes. You can order harnesses. And what that has done is people have really taken unfair advantage of that. And it creates some serious problems in real world. And for example, when an individual has a legitimate service dog walks into a restaurant, increasingly restaurant tears, well, they have to allow a service dog in, but they look at this little fee fee, you know, dragging his tags on the floor. Are you kidding me and yipping? And you know, if it's a legitimate dog, and they don't let it in, they're afraid there might be some financial liabilities. If they really question it, then they have to be careful on how they do that. And what happens is a legitimate service dog teams, even if they're really well-behaved and look like it, sometimes they catch the brunt of this frustration of, is that really a service dog? So it depreciates the whole program when that happens? It really does. There are two questions that an establishment can ask. Is that dog required because of a disability? You can't say, are you disabled? You can't say, what is your disability? But is that dog required because of a disability? And the other question is, is what specific task has that dog been trained to perform? You can't say, give me a demo, give me an ID, you know, prove it. They can only ask those two questions. But people can, you know, what's the word lie when they are asked questions like that. Yeah, they can. And so, you know, the big challenge is how do you get people sensitive to what they're doing? And we think, the more we get out and tell the story about the downside of this fake service dog issue, that some of the abusers might start to rethink it, or their family and friends will say, hey, mom, dad's really unfair. Yes, really unfair. Would you please rethink this? It's serious. Larry, have you ever been challenged, did anybody ever ask you, is this really a service dog? Not really. Some people approached me at Food Land one day and asked me the two questions. And they see me in there all the time. And I think she knew. But I think that's how they're told to react. Good for them. So, yes. And when anybody does, I want to be challenged. I want to be asked. I'm really proud. Everybody is being challenged. Well, I'm just really proud of what I've done.  My dog is such an asset to me. You know, I just want everybody to know, yeah, he's a service dog, and he's a real deal, and we're a team. Yeah, great. So the problems I have are, and there's so many emotional support now. I three times that it's real important to me, walking up a slight incline, Buzz has given a command just to pull me gently. Okay, we come to stairs. And I have to rearrange his leash. So he's pulling with his chest. But he'll actually pull me up the stairs. So and that's real important. I have a tough time. Sure. The only exercise I can really do is to swim. And so Buzz has been trained to swim with me. Comes in the water. Yeah, it comes with in the water. And then when we get out of the water, I have trouble in the soft sand, the water in the soft sand. So he has a swimming harness on it. So I'm pulling from his shoulders. And I just lean back and tell him to pull hard. And he'll pull me all the way up out of the water in the soft sand. So these are just things that would be so hard for me to do alone. Yeah. Problem arises when there's so many emotional support dogs out there, people with fake service dogs, they don't mind if you pet their dog. And, and, you know, their dogs are always real friendly and everything. Well, the problem I have is, say I'm working with my dog going upstairs, we both have to concentrate. I'm concentrating on keeping my foot feet going up the stairs. And he's concentrating on pulling me. And I've had people come up right in the middle of this and say, Oh, can I pet your dog? Oh, my God. And so, so like I did with you, I asked people to come up and, and look me in the eye and talk to me for a moment. The story is that when I came into the studio to meet these guys, I love dogs, you know, and I, and I began talking to Buzz. I didn't know his name, so I called him baby. And I said, Hello, baby. And Larry, Larry corrected me. Not a good idea. You have to come through me because I control his focus. And, you know, that's a very important point for people to understand. If it's a legitimate service dog, you don't go over to the service dog, and start making nice and petting the dog or addressing dog, you go to the owner first. Yes, very important, very important. Yeah. Well, let's let's talk about the law. Yes, we spoke earlier and I understand that this is recognized in a number of, you know, federal packages anyway, which, which, you know, respect and, and give credence to service dogs. What are those packages? The number one laws of Americans with disabilities at ADA. That law is the one that basically says, if it's a service dog, and it has to be for someone with disabilities and specifically trained to perform task for that. If it's a service dog, that that dog is allowed anywhere the public is allowed in the United States. Period is allows it. They go further and say, though, you do not have to get that dog from a certified training organization. You are actually allowed to train a service dog yourself. That's part of the problem with the fake service dog. Yeah, sure. Yeah. So that but the ADA is the governing entity there. If people really want to dig into it, the Department of Justice, you go to DOJ's site has a great Q and a FAQ. If we can ask questions, about eight page documents, it goes into a great deal. The airlines themselves have another act that goes a step further. And it actually makes room for certain emotional support dogs to be on board or playing besides a service dog. ADA doesn't allow for anything but a service dog. But the Airlines Act has allowance for a comfort dog that makes you less anxious if you're flying. So this is beyond this strict definition of that service. That's right. And then they want to do that fine. Yeah, but but in they have doctors certificates and you wonder how many of those are legitimate. And then you have the Fair Housing Act. What does that say? What that says is that if you have an emotional support dog, and you have the papers that that from your doctor saying you need to have this dog, then the wherever you're living has to be able to accommodate you. That doesn't mean that that dog has free run can go out and run around in the grounds can run up down the hallway in and out of your unit and under control at all times. So that's not that goes beyond a service dog as well. So you've got these different acts out there and that they're good for what they're trying to accomplish. But it goes beyond the service dog frame that we used to work. Let me be running out of time. Okay, cover one other area. You know, is this from a statutory point of view or a legal point of view? Is this at its best? Or can we improve it in some way? And if so, how I would like to see certification being required, not that you have to necessarily go to a certified school.  If you get certification, then you have something that is that can't be trumped unless somebody is really printing false certificates. Right now, there's nothing that that prohibits somebody from training their own dog is saying this is a certified dog. So I'd like to see certification national national because states can't trump federal federal trumps everything. Not to do a plan words here. But okay, I didn't notice. But the biggest challenge with that is that how do you how do you implement that the bureaucracies that would be involved in the paper makes a decision? Who makes the decision in the costs? A couple of the things that are going on is is a person can't ask and buzz has been through. I like to say compliant because he's not certified. You know, he has been he's compliant with ADI standards as assistance dogs international. They're the big license in AMC. The reason I wanted to bring it up is because if someone had planned to do the VA thing and try and get the medical benefits for their dog, it has to be ADI certified. It's the only thing they're going to recognize. And our program's been ADI certified for about two and a three years, I think. Yeah, there's no overarching certification. That's correct. Okay, well let me ask one other question and this is, you know, what I would what I would worry about if I were in your shoes Larry. So buzz is what three four years old now. Yeah, he's going to be coming up on three. Coming up on three, yeah. It's a training in a time spent with you. And buzz's life expectancy is going to be what, 10 or 12 max? I think so. Yeah, yeah. So what happens then? You know, I don't even think about it. It's, it's, my conditions are not going to get any better. You know, it's degenerative. So I'm not going to get any better. And so I'm really glad to have buzz now because we have an opportunity to learn and grow together as my condition changes. His requirements are going to be different. So that's where the never changing comes in.  I never had children. So dogs have been my whole life. It's just the hardest thing there is. I've done it with many pets. Now with a service dog, you know, I, I worry about, I worry about more about me than I do him. And one of the things that's so great about being involved with High Fido, if something happens to me, they will come get my dog and they will care for him. And I know my dog will always be taking care of me. Yeah. We're going to take care of Lurie too. When that time comes, we're going to be there to provide him his next service. Susan told me, Susan told me a few months ago and we were talking about some different things. And she says, she looked at me, she says, Larry, you're part of the family. And it's so, it gives me such a good feeling. I get that. I think it's such a wonderful cause. I think if we had some place to take all the homeless dogs and put them in one place and then we can take all the veterans that need them and match everybody else we'd be. You heard it here on yesterday. It's very clear that this is not a two-partner partnership. It's a three-partner partnership. Thank you very much, gentlemen. Thank you very much. Thank you. Larry, great to have you on the show. Thank you.


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Alrighty, so for those of you that frequent TikTok and social media like Instagram have seen Narcity or any news outlet know that Canada's Waterland gets quite the negative reputation on those platforms for simple things that can go wrong or just simple things that happen in everyday theme park life. Now I'm going to explain to you guys a couple of those things, but here are some of the articles that I'm referencing. Alrighty, those pop up on the daily and on top of those you have regular users on TikTok also showcasing simple ride stops in such a negative way and it spreads such propaganda fear amongst Canada's Wonderland's guests, it's spread to like even my hairdresser. The other day I was getting my haircut and my hairdresser was like how do you still go there? It's so dangerous and of course me being an enthusiast I had to give her that whole 30 minute rant about how safe the rides actually are and then I was on the Facebook page, a really popular Facebook page that covers Canada's Wonderland. It's actually a really great place, really great community so I'm going to showcase this right here and this got me thinking I think I need to make a video on this topic because I have quite the understanding on these things.  So for those of you who don't know there might be a lot of new viewers watching this video right now. My channel covers construction, speculation, rumors and just all things Canada's Wonderland and sometimes North American parks like Carowinds where this little incident happened. Because of that I have had the opportunity to have great sources, great communication with construction companies, welding companies, you name it, it's in there. I have had such great opportunities to have these amazing conversations, learn new things, learn amazing things and just expand already knowledge to even further develop my understanding of the roller coaster and theme park industry. So let's get into it. A park like Canada's Wonderland, could this happen? I mean yeah obviously there's always a chance that something like this could possibly happen. It could happen to your car, it could happen to the airplane you're on, it could happen to the train you're on, on your way to work, it could happen to the structure you're sitting in, working from the office, anything, it could happen to anything. Now the chances of it happening are extremely low. I'll dumb this down for the everyday guests in this video but essentially what goes into preventing anything like this happening at a park like Canada's Wonderland is essentially every morning at around 5-6 a.m maintenance crew will show up at a park like Canada's Wonderland and they will do their maintenance checks. It usually involves the walk of an entire track and support structure of a roller coaster and they'll look for any anomalies and when they find anomalies, which does happen on the frequent at every theme park including Disney, Universal, Six Flags, Cedar Fair, all the Jazz, they fix it and this is a prime example of it. So the footage you're seeing on the screen right now was filmed in spring 2023 and a lot of the footage you're about to see was filmed in spring 2023 and I know my viewers who watch my channel can attest to that. What you're seeing right now is welding so essentially what they do is they go and send sometimes a robot at this little machine that moves along the track and it'll look for hairline fractures as a common word used in the amusement industry and when they find hairline fractures they'll weld it and fix it. This is extremely common it happens in the CN Tower even and office buildings and trains and airplanes and anything steel structure-wise this happens and they fix it and it prevents things like what you saw at carowinds from occurring and if you watch all of the footage from my carowinds videos you'll see that Wonderland does a really phenomenal job at taking care of their rides. In fact it's pretty common for a park like Canada's Wonderland to completely deconstruct all of their rides and rebuild them every season and sometimes like rides like Clockworks, Swings of the Century and Vortex will get extra care, tender love and care, some off-seasons and this off-season was one of those. So I can really attest to you guys that Wonderland does take phenomenal care of their rides. So for something like this that you see on the screen to happen at Canada's Wonderland it ain't gonna happen. I'm a hypochondriac myself and I trust Wonderland and Cedar Fair with my safety. I really do. Other parks not so much. I'm kidding. But honestly you are safe at Canada's Wonderland. I can put my full backing behind that. Let's get into the articles that and TikToks that you see on the daily from Narsity, BlogTO, regular news outlets and again TikTok. Well the rides do stop.  They stop for very safe reasons. In fact when you see those articles, those clickbait articles that are literally designed by those news outlets who have the answers as to why those rides stop because the park does reach out to those news outlets and try and explain what is going on and they refuse to put the answer in the article because it's quite boring actually. So let's get into the boring. In my video I'm gonna talk to you guys about this extremely boring information as to why the rides are stopped. But it's gonna make you feel a lot safer at a park like Canada's Wonderland and this is the answer for all amusement rides in the world.  Skyhawk is stuck at the top. Leviathan is stuck on the lift hill. Behemoth is stuck on the lift hill. Yukon Stryker is stuck on the brake run. You panic. You say, oh no, the rides are always broken at Canada's Wonderland. What could possibly be going wrong? They have no maintenance department here. They are not taking care of their rides. Well, that's the farthest from the truth. In fact, these rides at Canada's Wonderland and even the one at Caroline's where you saw the support structure completely break have safety redundancies built into them and designed into them for these to occur. As you saw a support column completely cracked in half and the ride was perfectly fine in that current state and barely moving at that when the train is going through it at full speed. And when you see a ride again stopped at Canada's Wonderland, that is its safety feature working. Next time you're riding a ride at Wonderland or a roller coaster at Wonderland, I want you to look extra closely to the track and you're going to see these little tiny green sensor boxes. That's almost like the membrane or the bloodstream of the roller coaster. It sends little signals to a computer system that's usually in the basement of these rides or somewhere next to the ride if it's a flat ride. And if anything like a huge gust of wind, a bird, a speck of dust crosses the wrong laser beam, these rides are going to stop moving. It's designed that way. So a ride will stop moving when it thinks something could potentially be wrong, like a really windy gust of wind that could, you know, maybe move some of the rides parts a little more than it should. Or maybe the rides are getting the coaster trains are getting too close together for the computer system to feel comfortable. So it brings it to the stop to a stop. It can also be as simple as a phone out. For a lot of you, you don't know this, but if Wonderland sees a phone out on the lift hill or the ride, they will stop the ride for your safety because phones do hurt. If you're filming on a ride with a phone, I suggest you stop because the last thing you want is a phone hitting you at full speed on a ride like Behemoth Leviathan and Yukon Stryker. But we're not talking about that today. We're talking about why is the ride stop? Again, simple. Nothing's wrong. It's usually nothing wrong at all. It's usually just the sensor sometimes confused sometimes just if the rides even running faster than it should, the ride will stop and maintenance will come and they will clear the ride because 99% of the time, there's nothing wrong and the ride will slowly move back into the station. And this can take sometimes from five to 15 minutes to 30 minutes. You know, they gotta double check, make sure that the computer isn't telling them that something is severely wrong. And once they give the okay, the ride will start moving.  I promise you that. That's the boring answer for you guys. So next time you see those Narcity BlogTO articles telling you that Wonderland's rides are always breaking and they're always stuck. Yeah, that's just its computer system working. And that means the safety features are 100% working as well. I can actually promise you that literally there has never been a time where people have been in immediate danger at Canada's Wonderland on any of their rides. Wonderland has one of the best safety track records in the amusement industry. And on top of that, Wonderland's maintenance team is one of the best maintenance teams out there. I would actually argue that full-heartedly. I know some people in the industry. I know some companies out there in the industry. And they have also expressed to me that Wonderland follows some of the highest standards in the industry when it comes to maintaining their steel structures and their rides. So I, for one, I'm going to keep riding them. And next time I see a ride stopped, I'm going to take the opportunity to maybe stand next to it, especially if it's a popular ride like Leviathan, and take advantage of the queue line that emptied out because it went down and get ready to ride. That's my advice for you guys. But hey, hopefully this video helped calm some nerves out there. And hopefully you feel a lot safer riding Wonderland's rides because I can promise you that is the safest park out there in North America. And it's going to continue to do so. Anyways, I look forward to seeing you guys at Wonderland sometime soon. And hopefully this video did its job and calmed you down because, again, there's nothing to fret. If you have any questions, comment down below and I'll try and answer them to the best of my ability and get you some maybe more in-depth answers to some of your questions that you might have on Canada's Wonderland safety and maybe even just amusement and theme park safety as well. Anyways, have a good one, guys. Bye.


So my beautiful people, I am back with another Elder Ring video and today guys I showcase to you one of the best bits of magic in this entire game. This is something if you are a mage you will not want to miss out on. How's it going guys? My name is DPJ and if you do enjoy the video leaving a like really helps out and if you like what you see and want to see more Elder Ring be sure to subscribe. Okay so my mage's out there.  Incarnate a cold dark moon and launch it at falls. It requires 68 in intelligence people. 68? 68 I thought! Like the comment as well was bad but Jesus it requires a 93 cast of the focus points as well to use and it takes up two of your memory slots. Well the comment as well takes up three. Well it's craziness now.  It's badass though just like badass someone of full moon. Badass. Now there's a dragon here. Who's the tank? I'm just going to use it on him and he's probably going to kill me but it doesn't matter he just killed me not long ago. But yeah he's just around here as a sleep. Here we go people we're going to try it on him anywhere there who he is. Alright mate you can see my runes next to him. Now this guy let me tell you he takes some serious damage. He takes some serious damage and if you don't believe me do the usual comment as well tactic on it. Use this so I don't actually use any of my focus points and you'll see the standard no buffs or anything. It's easy. Well comment as well as comment as well isn't it? Comment as well as comment as well.   Okay so you can see it basically there you go. Now we've run. Now we've run because now he's going to jump on my head and let's try this out. Let's see what it does. I mean it's not bad it's a decent chunk obviously the comment is just one big blast. This I guess so you can use it and run. Oh my life look at the damage that did then.  How? Potions quick quick. Okay now. Now that's what you call a ninja. But yeah this guy's a base. This guy's an absolute base. Okay so to get this you need to first have completed the runes quest. Now that one 95% completed because at the very end of the runes quest you come to this area right here the moonlight all turns the only way you can get up here is via runes quest.  Now there's a couple of decent things in this area too there's also the black knife spirit summon you get that from here. Obviously get something good from that dragon as well because you wouldn't be up here but yeah you're also as well guys get this incredible spell which is actually got from a quest you have to do down here a minor quest but if you haven't done runes quest yet I've got a full guide linked in the video description from start to finish so get it done guys if this looks good enough for you it won't take you long to be honest probably about an hour tops if you follow my quest and my guide but yeah so once you get up here guys you need to come to this place right here. Now when you get here you'll see on the screen now there is something you need to interact with which tells you to take out basically three phantoms and the phantoms are spread across this entire area and you'll see me going to each one now and pinpointed on the map. Now what I will say is the third one who's elevated in the air you can sometimes bug out and not be there for you this normally happens after you use your grace so let's say you die or you try and fast travel between one spot and the other it can happen then so what if what I do if I will you and that happens is so let's say you get the first two and the third one isn't there fast travel back down to the bravest quest start is start sorry and go from there again checking the locations of each torso phantom and then end up at the thread do not use a grace to teleport it seems like can bug out so yeah just run or ride your horse from one to the other guys which you've got all three as you'll see in on screen you then go back down to this salon as Roy's I believe that says and then just go to the top guys and you get this out of the chest and it really is that simple but remember you're going to need a lot of intelligence to to use this thing craziness craziness people but yes that's how you get it's incredible amazing run is dark moon run is dark moon it costs 93 to use in regards to the focus points and you need 68 in that intelligence but yes guys get this thing because I know you're gonna love it if you enjoyed the video leaving a like really helps out if you like what you see want to see more out of then be sure to subscribe and hopefully people I will see you on that next one