Hi everyone. Welcome to another edition of Thinking Things Through, Thinking Critically in Critical Times. I'm your host, Michael Sukoff. Today we have with us Alfonso Braggs, the current president of the Hawai'i NAACP. We're going to be discussing gun violence, race, and the big picture, as well as other issues. Welcome to the show, Alfonso. Thank you very much for having me. Wonderful to have you. Now, in addition to being the president of the Hawai'i NAACP for the past 18 years, you currently serve as assistant secretary of the National NAACP, is that correct? Yes. And you've served on their board of directors for the past nine years. Just for our listeners and viewers who may not be familiar, could you tell us what NAACP stands for? Certainly, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Wonderful. Is there anything you'd like to add briefly about your background or interests or anything you'd like the listeners and viewers to know? Well, certainly I have been a wonderful resident here of Honolulu since 1992. It is certainly my home now in the longest place that I've ever lived. I've been a longtime social justice advocate, and I can't say anything more. Wonderful. Excuse me a second. Well, let's dive right in, Alfonso. First of all, I appreciate it, and I'm sure our listeners and viewers would as well for you to talk briefly about your work with the Hawaii NAACP, and particularly as that work might relate to issues like race, racism, violence, economic inequality, poverty, discrimination, or any other issue that you'd like to focus on. Okay. Yeah. So currently in 2022, some of our more prevalent focus obviously is elections, just really making sure that underrepresented groups are actively engaged, that their voice is heard and respected, and we intend to do that collaboratively with other African American organizations here on the islands to hold candidates forums, engage the candidates directly, also ensure there's increase in voter registration and awareness. We are also addressing mental health in the black community. It's an unrecognized or it's a hidden traumatic issue that we really need to address in this day and age, and also youth health is a critical issue for us this day, such as juvenile diabetes, we're doing workshops and such to kind of bring a focus to that, and obviously we've got ongoing civil rights issues that we are currently and continuously engaging. I see. Let's dig a little bit deeper here. Why is it that you and your organization are so interested in working on these issues, such as elections, mental health, and just the state of the black community on Oahu and nationally as well. So let me reframe the question just a bit. We are an organization that is committed to civil rights of all individuals, and the human rights and those rights being protected as they are inferred in and guaranteed within the Constitution. Since 1909, we have been in this fight and we have championed a number of causes. And so we're engaged primarily in elections because the right of an individual in America to vote is one of the most treasured rights and must be protected and it cannot be taken for granted. So our advocacy is to ensure that even the very least of those underrepresented populations, particularly communities of color, are fully engaged and that their voice is heard and that their rights are protected. Okay. I'm going to push you again on this a little bit and I apologize if maybe I'm not asking the right questions, but go ahead. Why is it so important, if you do believe it's so important, for African Americans, people in the black community to exercise the right to vote? Well, I'll be a little constitutional here for a moment and tell you and our audience that we have not always had the right to vote. When this country first organized, the people who believed that they had the right to vote and make decisions were Caucasian males. And so, thankfully, a few amendments to the Constitution have given men of color and women the right to vote. And even after those, there has been a tumultuous struggle to preserve that right. We managed to make certain earmarks in the 1965 Voting Rights Act after a long struggle and we continued. We thought that we had some protections, however, Title 5 or Section 5 of that Voting Rights Act was gutted out through a Supreme Court decision. And now we are in a very vulnerable situation with states making certain provisions that in our perspective is disparate and actually violate and deny or disenfranchise not only African Americans, but people of color, some of our seniors and others, that opportunity to have an equal opportunity in the voting process. So I hope that's a little more definitive as to why it is that NAACP is unconditionally committed to the fight for voting rights and their protections. Thank you. Now I'd like to move our conversation to a slightly different topic, but before I do that, let me just say that a lot of the issues that we are and we'll be talking about are connected. I mean, that's my, that's the belief of this host. And so as you know, because we've talked before, before we've gone on air here, I'm very interested in your perspective on the mass shootings that have been taken place in this country. In particular, the mass shooting that occurred just this past weekend, the July 4th weekend in Highland Park, Illinois, the earlier school massacre in Valde, Texas on May 24th, and the May 14th shooting at a supermarket in a predominantly black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. Now I realize it's a big segue to go from talking about voting rights to these issues. But I'm wondering how you would see these issues, these mass shootings and the whole problem of gun violence and particularly the killing of African Americans, whether it's by police or by people who just decide to pick up a gun and shoot somebody else. What's the relationship between these kinds of social problems and I consider them deep social problems and the right to vote? Well, let me, I'm glad that you asked that question and I will tell you that as Dr. King often said that they're irrestrictably bound. It is through the voting process that we change policy. It is through the voting process that we elect individuals who will frame ordinances, laws and directives that set in place of how we will handle gun violence, how we will sustain in a community, how we will govern our neighborhoods and the rights and who makes decisions and everything. So that's why the voting pieces is very, very important here. As it relates to this recent series of mass shootings and certainly loss, tragic loss of human lives, it's extremely troubling for everyone. It is even more traumatic for people of color in communities, particularly black communities, where there's a disproportionate population of individuals that are ill affected. And so many of these just did not have to happen. And so we're noticing an increase in these types of hate crimes against communities of colors, against blacks, against Asians and others. And the interesting thing here, and this is not just the platitude here, but hate is not a respect of color, race, gender or age and our economics. And so one of the things that we believe is that there has to be immediate comprehensive gun legislation that addresses the protection of human rights, the protections of citizens' rights, as well as basic protections of American citizens and the people who stand within her shores. And so I think that the issue for me, at least from my vantage point, is this. Individuals in the policy making decision are too caught up in the politicalization of things rather than their commitment to preserve and protect the individuals who place them in office. And so I think that you have to kind of remove yourself from the politics and invest yourself in that commitment to help preserve a more perfect union as the framers of the constitution suggest it. That's okay. Thank you very much. How can how can someone who's either in elective office or running for elective office remove themselves from politics and what I'm getting at here, because I think your point is very well taken, is our political system is set up such that money and power by access, they buy media time, they buy campaign contradictions, the whole system, the way I see it is distorted by money and power. So that anybody who even thinks about running for elective office, except perhaps a very local elective office that doesn't require huge funds, it doesn't require huge commercial time advertising. Anybody besides a person like that, who's on the even the state or the national level.  So I'm wondering, apropos of what you said, how we could get to a point in this country where people who run for elective office, and it could be ordinary citizens, could separate themselves from politics when politics is so deeply intertwined with money and power. Yes, I think that individuals have to make a conscious decision to truly represent the people that elected them. And we're seeing some individuals who are willing to run without big corporate donations. They're individuals who are willing to run that don't choose to be a part of a primary party. Unfortunately, systemically here, we have indentured our future to political parties and systems rather than individuals who dedicated themselves to the best interest of humankind. And so now they become influenced by that opportunity to live a certain lifestyle based on those particular powerful positions. And until we change that dynamics, we are victims of that systemic issue. However, as the purse holder, as the individual voter, we have the final say. And so I think the first thing that we do is accountability. We cannot just vote. We have to hold the people we elect in office accountable for the decisions they're made. We also have to have the moral courage to step up and say that perhaps our parliamentary process needs a bit revising. In other words, there are some things like line item veto or single item laws or bills that would preclude pork loading. They would preclude stacking on things that we know that we that in other words, the bill is being manipulated by someone's agenda. Let's just say we know that we're going to defend, we're going to fund the defense appropriations bill. So we will put something in there that we know is not popular, and yet it will ride, it will make it out. And we call ourselves servants of the community. And that's not the case. So I think that there's some, there's several things that we could do. And we just need to hold the elected individuals accountable. And we need to probably take a hard look at term limits because individuals who feel themselves vested long term. I mean, that's kind of why we got away from the monarchy system was because until someone died in office, you know, or in the seat, they made the final decision. So I think that there's things that people have to engage in order to make the change. Okay. So I just thought of you thought of one example of the line item veto getting rid of that. There's also, it's right now, it's very much in contention about, you know, doing away with the filibuster in Congress. And we've also got, for example, gun legislation that gets passed by the by the House because the House is majority Democrat controlled. And it goes nowhere. You have the George Floyd Act, which has gone nowhere. So I agree with what you're saying. The problem I see, and I'd like your thoughts on this as well, is we have an entrenched vocal and powerful minority at the national level in this country, the Republican Party, who are able to stonewall any of the kinds of changes that we might want to see happen, such as doing away with the filibuster, such as restoring the Voting Rights Act to its full strength, et cetera, et cetera. So I'm wondering what you think. This seems to be a real roadblock to bringing about the kinds of changes that that you're suggesting. So I'm wondering what you have to do is there needs to be honest, forthright conversations.  The parliamentary process is there to protect the right of the minority. And that constitution gives us rights as minorities. And so I support the parliamentary procedure. What I do not support, and I can't find a colleague that does, is that it is being manipulated. It is the moral compass that has gotten misguided that is that individuals are violating that trust of elected office, and they're making a political decision instead of a advocate decision, a responsible decision. And that's why they use that parliamentary privilege to stonewall a particular act or bill to keep it from moving forward. And I will be spiritual for a moment and say all things may be lawful. They're just not prudent to do so. And so it's similar to the cop that recognizes that you're speeding. He can use his judgment as to whether or not to issue a ticket, or he can have a conversation with you and send you on your way. And I think that if we had more members of Congress who were willing to get into some John Lewis good trouble and make a moral decision about the way forward for this country, we would be in a better position. And that takes a huge step for some of these individuals who are truly vested. And that's why I think term limits are one of those means by which they can't become too encumbered in those privileges that allow them to disregard their constituents back home. I'd like to refocus our conversation now. It's been wonderful so far we're fast running out of time. Let's talk about the legacy of the civil rights movement if you don't mind. I was certainly influenced by that as a young child. And what comes to mind, I'm not exactly sure why, but I believe Martin Luther King, it was either a speech or a short track he wrote called why we can't wait. Are you familiar with that? I don't write off the top of my head. It doesn't matter because I'm sure there are many things you're familiar with that I have no clue about. But what I'm thinking is maybe we need to do both and maybe we can't wait for one of these politicians to have the moral courage to do as you're suggesting. John Lewis was one such person. Very few others who have been like that, who have actually been elected officials. Yeah, Barbara Jordan. There are others I'm sure. Yeah, but I'm wondering if we also need to work outside of the legislative process. This is what I understand the civil rights movement was about. People and in the case of the American civil rights movement, it was blacks, it was whites, it was others who created along with Martin Luther King and other leaders from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and others created a powerful movement that at first had to go outside of the system. Because of the horrible discrimination and violence that was being perpetrated on blacks in the South. I was a child then. I remember pictures of the fire hoses and children being beaten and that was graphic. But it wasn't just the visual images, it was the fact that there was a movement going on that was independent of the institutions. And a lot of people today would argue that we really even need that more desperately right now than we need to do both. We need to work inside and outside the system if you want to call it that. And just to connect this up and I see where you are fast running out of time, you know, we had a Black Lives Matter movement over two years ago now and that brought masses of people out into the streets, not just blacks, whites and others. And it really seemed to be starting to push towards the change in laws and funding of police departments. It really seemed to have some momentum. Where that movement is now would be another cold conversation. But I wanted to bring that up. And also I want to get to the issue of community because I know that's something we've spoken about and that is very important to you. And I'm wondering how the community is connected with all this. So I will kind of wrap us up here where we first began. And so we talked about voting, we talked about gun violence, we talked about racism, we talked about all of those nuances. And at the end of the day, it all comes down to community. You've heard me say a community of color, particularly blacks or Asians or Hispanic or whomever group it is. I think that the issue that we're having in the world today is that we don't have a respect for cultural awareness. We don't have a respect for diversity, equity and inclusion. We don't see a need to engage our fellow man on the critical issues of the day. And so if we are to sustain and Dr. King often reminded us of this, if we are to sustain as a humanity, we've got to learn to live together. And so I think that there are several things we've got to go back and we have to put the neighbor in the neighborhood. We literally have to do that. We have to start from a position of what does it mean to love our fellow man to care for our fellow man and serve our fellow man. And we have to establish trust. That means that policemen have to do more than just drive by, that they have to intimidate, that they have to engage the communities at all level. And they've got to do more of it. The workforce has to be more representative of our most diverse community. We have to be more than just politicians with nice eloquent orientations that, hey, sounds good, and there's no follow through. And we have to also ensure the future. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune in her last will and testament told us the most precious thing that we can do is secure the future for our kids and make sure that they had an opportunity for this great education. And unless we do these basic things that Maslow identified in his hierarchy of needs, we are destined to fail as a humanity, thus our community and its infrastructure is going to crumble and we're going to be lost. And we're going to continue to have all of these distractions and diversions and the very least of these creations are going to suffer tremendously. Thank you. And just to close, I'd like us to end on a little bit more of a hopeful note. So I'm wondering what you think citizens can do to bring about the kinds of changes or the kind of world or the kind of neighborhood and community that you feel so strongly about? I think that every person, and I'll just say here locally, embody what it means to show Aloha. We have to feel comfortable to just say hi to someone. Be bold enough to ask someone how they're doing it. If you see something say something, it's going to be appreciated. But we have to take charge of our communities. Thank you so much. That's all the time we have for today. We've been speaking with Alfonso Braggs, president of the Hawaii NAACP. Alfonso, thank you so much for joining us today. It's certainly been my honor and a privilege to be with you and I look forward to another opportunity. Wonderful. This has been thinking things through, thinking critically and critical times on Think Tech Hawaii. I'm your host, Michael Sukoff. Thanks as always to our engineers, Haley Ikeda and the rest of the studio staff, and much appreciation to Jay Fidel. Please join us again two weeks from today at the same time wherever you may be. Mahalo and Aloha. Mahalo.


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What is going on everybody? It's Stas here. Welcome back to another video. So in this video, we're going to be talking about the top couple of stocks and ETFs that I'm watching for this final week of December in 2018. What is going on, everybody? It's Stas here. Welcome back to another video. So in this video, we're going to be talking about the top couple of stocks and ETFs that I'm watching and looking to trade for this final week in 2018, finishing off December in 2018. But before we do get into this, for all you new viewers out there, my name is Stas and I make videos dealing with swing trading, day trading, long-term investing, and my personal philosophies and strategies when it comes down to investing and trading in the stock market. So for those of you guys who want to learn more about that, feel free to drop a like, leave a comment, subscribe and follow me on Instagram as well as on Twitter and join our Discord group chats as well as our Facebook group. All of those are linked down below in the description box. And if you guys want to be in contact with me and about 365 other investors and traders on a day-to-day basis, I highly advise you to join our Discord group chat. It's a very helpful community in there. We're talking about trading, investing stocks, strategies, news and just networking with each other to help each other become the best possible traders and investors that we can on a day-to-day basis. And again, all of those links to the Instagram, Twitter, the Discord, Facebook are all linked down below. And let's get started with today's video. So before we do talk about some of the stocks and ETFs and some different scenarios that I think can happen this week for the market, let's just take a look at the overall market, the Dow, the S&P and the NASDAQ. And this is something that I do before every single video, pretty much for every single video, so we can get a better understanding of where the market is at, what the technicals are telling us, and so we can make a prediction where the market is potentially going in the short term. So obviously guys, we've been selling off like crazy over the past couple of weeks since the beginning of October and this past week and a half, two weeks has gotten even worse. We can see here ever since December 10th, once we broke the support on the Dow Jones, the support at about $24,500, we've sold off nearly 2,000 points in the Dow Jones in the past two weeks alone, we've lost 8% in the Dow Jones. And this past trading week, I believe this past Friday, not this past Friday, the Friday before that, we had a 500-point loss and then the next Monday, I believe, we had another 500-point loss in the Dow Jones. We had an even day or something like that, we had a bounce back day, but then we had another red day followed by another red day. So these red days have been piling up, guys, and it's really getting us closer to the bear market in the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ is actually technically already in a bear market and we're going to be seeing that in a little bit here. But in terms of the Dow Jones, what do I think could happen this week? Well, on this 184-hour chart, we do notice that the Dow Jones is at a support level from a couple of months back. I believe this one was from over a year ago, actually. And we noticed that the Dow is oversold in terms of this RSI level. And whenever we use indicators, we don't just use one indicator to base our decisions, but we like to just take every single indicator and form an opinion based off multiple of them. And this is something that I personally do. I don't like relying on one indicator to make a decision or a prediction, but the fact that we are looking a little bit oversold and we are at a support level right now, that could indicate that we might see a bounce back in the Dow Jones. And if we're judging on that support level that I'm talking to you guys about, the ones from this past February and March, we blew past those, obviously. And now we're testing the one from about September 18th of 2017, almost about a year and three, four months ago. So this is the next support, guys. I'm going to be watching this very closely for the Dow Jones. I talked about this in the video on Friday. But keep an eye on this level, very key indicator and very key technical spot for the Dow Jones. If we are able to hold above this and we do start to see some buying power, we could see a bounce back day this upcoming Monday or Tuesday, since pretty much the whole week last week was one big red week and the week before that as well. We've seen, like I showed you guys, an 8% loss in the Dow Jones. So a bounce back day wouldn't be too out of the ordinary for me. But let's say we do break this support, that's not going to be a good sign whatsoever with the next support being at around 21,500. And I've stated in many videos that I don't think it's too far fetched that we do get to this level, especially with all the uncertainty in the stock market right now. And that's why I'm just playing everything by ear. I'm not really swing trading at all. I'm keeping my capital pretty much secured because I'm day trading and I'm keeping it in cash. I'm not in a position overnight for most of the times. So that's a very key indicator right here, guys, technical spot. So keep an eye on that for a possible reversal or a bounce back play there. In terms of the S&P 500, very similar guys. We broke the supports from this past February and March. And now we're testing this trend line that I talked to you guys about a couple of videos ago. I believe it was the video on Friday, I believe, or Thursday. But the fact that we are holding this technical indicator right here, and I think you can see it on the 20 day chart, we're holding this trend line, or 20 year chart rather, we're holding this trend line very nicely. We noticed it's been a support since the 2008 crash, since down here at $666, we bounced again at about $1,100, bounced again at about $1,900. And now we're holding above it here at about $2,400. So very critical technical spot right here for the S&P 500 and also above this 50 simple moving average on this 20 year, one month chart here. So this is a huge pullback in the S&P 500, guys. If we're just judging from the top right now, we're down about 17%. So we're almost at that bear market for the S&P 500 and what constitutes a bear market, guys, pretty much when an index falls 20% or more from any given peak. So at this point, we're almost there with 2% left. And just like the Dow Jones, we've been having terrible days these past two weeks, since we broke this support on the S&P, we're down about 8% to where we closed the market on Friday. So very bloody for the S&P 500 and just like the Dow Jones, guys, at a very key critical technical level. And if we do end up bouncing above that trend line that I showed you, we could have a couple of green days in a row. Who knows, right? We might have one bounce back day, two bounce back days. But if we break below this, guys, that's a very bad technical indication. And we might just be getting deeper into a bear market if that does end up happening. And the NASDAQ, like I told you guys earlier, it's already in a bear market, right? This one's already in a bear market. If we're looking at the 180 day from where it closed or the low at about 60-30 this past Friday, up to the peak of 7700, we're already down 21.6% from the peak in October in the NASDAQ composite here. And very bad, guys. This is mostly due to Apple dragging down the NASDAQ. It's dragging down obviously all the main indexes because it is a part of the main indexes. And just all the large caps are doing terrible right now, which is really just expected when the markets are doing this bad, right? And most of the large caps, a lot of the big name tech stocks like Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Netflix, they're actually down even more than what the indexes are down. And what this means, in my personal opinion, is that the value stocks that haven't gotten hit that bad like McDonald's, Johnson & Johnson, well, Johnson & Johnson got hit bad because of a scandal. But it was doing pretty well up until that scandal. These value plays, the quote-unquote safer plays out there in the market, those have been holding up a little bit better than these larger cap tech stocks, these bigger companies in the stock market. And that's what I really think has been holding up the indexes in this 50-20% drop range. Because once these value plays, if they come down, if they lose another 5-10%, that's going to show more on the indexes. And the indexes are going to be looking way worse, right? They could be down 25, maybe even 30%, right? And maybe that's a little bit too far-fetched. But I'm just giving you guys what I'm grabbing out of this and what I'm getting from these technicals and what's just going on in the overall stock market from my perspective. So some key support levels for the NASDAQ stemming a couple months back, even over a year ago, well, we broke below this one, we broke below this one from this past 2018, early March, early February, right around that time. So what we're testing right now is the one at about $6,000 from this past October in 2017. So almost a year and about two months ago, the support that we were at that time period. So guys, $6,000 is a very key level for the NASDAQ and just keep an eye on that. And again, all these indexes are at very technical, very key technical levels right now. And if they do end up holding, we could see a bounce back. And it's all about just keeping an eye on the futures, keeping an eye on large caps, pre-market hours, see what's going on before we can make a better decision. Because right now, all I'm using is judging off of this past market data. But once we do get some futures knowledge, what's going on in the futures market, and we get some large caps, pre-market hours, we can understand more of what's going to happen next week. And remember guys, this Tuesday, it's Christmas, the market is closed, so keep an eye on that, remember that. And let's just talk about very quickly, my strategy and what I'm looking to trade for this upcoming week. So due to the market being closed this Tuesday, Monday, I don't know what's going to really happen. I'm not sure if there's going to be crazy volatility, there could be. There could be because there has been. So I wouldn't be too surprised if we did see some crazy volatility. But I wouldn't be surprised if the market was kind of stale on Monday, stale, if that makes any sense, kind of boring.  Who knows? Who knows? There might not be that much movement in the overall stock market. But it might be crazy, like I did say. And I'm always ready. I'm going to be at the computer obviously trading and just waiting for opportunities to open up to me. But from now, guys, what am I going to be doing? What am I watching for this upcoming week? Well, I'm going to be watching, obviously, TVIX. This is my active watch list right here. I'm going to be watching TVIX, which is a market ETF that goes up in price when the markets are selling off. This is one that I've been trading a bunch recently. This one is very similar to SQQQ. These are both ETFs that do very well when the markets are selling off. And if we do end up breaking those key support levels, guys, that we talked about in the Dow, the S&P, and the NASDAQ, I think these are going to be very good plays on Monday and even heading into after the Christmas holiday. So I'm going to be keeping an eye on these very, very closely. And I'm just sticking to what's been working because I've been trading TVIX a lot. I don't trade SQQQQ as much, but it's a very similar of moving ETF to TVIX. So I really could trade that one as well if I wanted to. But I'm just sticking to what's been working and what I've been seeing success with over the past couple of weeks in this huge volatility stage that we've been in. So what happens if the market does end up bouncing back up tomorrow? Well, if that does happen, I might play TQQQ. And this is an ETF that goes up when the markets go up. Very, very simple, right? These are market ETFs. I talk about these all the time and the group trades them a lot. I trade them a lot. And I like sticking to them again because they work. So we noticed that this one's obviously been on a downtrend making lower lows, making lower highs. And the fact that it just pushed down to a lower low with the resistance being at this 180, 50 simple moving average range, if we do see some buying power in the markets this week heading into 2019, especially, this one could be a decent play back up to these simple moving averages here, maybe at $40, maybe at $38. Who knows, right? Because if we do end up seeing some push up here, again, we've seen it in the past, make a lower low and then see some buying power, see some push back up, giving it some nice margin, right? If we played this one on this bounce back, we would have made 15%, right? An example here again, right? Made a lower low. We could have made that push back up 15%. So waiting for that potential hike up in the overall markets is obviously going to send this up and we could potentially trade that. So again, these are all based on different scenarios, right? If the market does well tomorrow, if it bounce on the support levels, if large caps are moving pre-market hours, if the futures are pointing up, this could be a good scenario, right? But if the markets are breaking the support levels, we're pushing down, you know, TVIX, SQQQ, and just shorting the large caps, playing put options is what's going to be a good strategy, right? You know, I don't talk about options. Really, I don't really talk about options at all on this channel. But this is something that I've been experimenting with and been practicing with over the past couple of months. And then once I do get a little bit better at it, I'm going to start making videos on this. And this is something that really helps when the markets are extremely volatile and especially when the markets are going down, because if the markets are going down in price, you can play put options on your long-term positions to hedge against those positions, meaning that, you know, when the markets are selling off, you could make a put option against one of your largest investments. So you're making money as that stock is going down, right? You're making money as it goes down. You're making money as it goes down, right? So you're technically not even losing money on the loss from your investment. And then when you're making money on that put option, right, you could take that money and then buy the shares lower in value, right? Let's say you buy Apple, or let's say you own 100 shares, well, it doesn't matter how many shares you own. Let's say your average cost of Apple is $100, let's say, to make it easy, right? And, you know, you have a put option on Apple at $80, meaning that you think Apple is going to go to $80 in a certain amount of time, let's say six months, right? And Apple does end up going to $80. You make money on however many contracts you bought in that put option, and then you can take that money and buy back the Apple shares at $80, and you technically lost very little, or you even made money, you made money on most of the time, right, if you played it, right? And then you can, again, take that money, buy the shares at the bottom, and just build a stronger position without really losing much money. You guys kind of understand what I'm saying. A lot of people, you know, a lot of people trade options out there in the group, a lot of people are trying to learn. And, you know, I've been learning myself, I've been playing with a very small account behind the scenes, and I do want to bring that onto the channel. And let me know down below if you guys are interested in me making videos on options, I would love to do that. Honestly, if there is demand for it, I'll make videos on options. But, you know, very simple for this week, guys, I'm not going to keep it too complex. Market ETFs, right? We want to see where the market is going to be pushing. Are we going to continue to sell off heading into 2019? You know, a lot of the other ones that I'm going to be playing are, you know, potentially Apple and Facebook, if we do see a bounce back in the overall markets. UWT and DWT have been very strong in and out ETFs that I've been trading over the past two weeks, to be exact with you guys. And these are crude oil ETFs, and they trade based upon slash CL. And whenever slash CL is going up in price, UWT is going up in price because this is the bull ETF. But whenever crude oil is going down in price, DWT is doing very, very well. And this is clearly, you know, the bear ETF because crude oil has been getting crushed over the past couple of weeks. It's seen one of the biggest sell-offs in the past 10 years, I believe. Don't quote me on that. But, you know, ever since we've seen the break of this support in crude oil, we've just continued the downtrending pattern. So as of now, guys, this one is downtrending in price. It's getting rejected by the 50 Simple Moving Average here on this chart. We can see it very clearly on this other timeframe as well. And in my opinion, guys, DWT is going to be a very good play as long as we're selling off in crude oil. And once we see a reverse in crude oil, a reverse in the technicals, right, meaning that it would break out of this 50 SMA resistance, that's going to be a good time to hop into UWT and ride that one back up to get some, you know, get some of that money back that it's been losing over the past couple of months, right? So what else am I looking to trade this week, guys? The JNUG ETFs looking very solid. And I'm going to show you guys what I'm talking about in terms of this one. Gold futures are on an uptrend. You know, on this 180 chart, guys, we can tell the past three weeks, four weeks, pretty much two months, actually, have been a very strong, been very strong for Gold futures on a technical basis, right? We were downtrending here back in June, July of 2018. We started to consolidate here very strongly at about 1200. And now we're reversing the trend. We're making higher lows, higher highs. And, you know, we pushed for a higher high at 1270 on Gold futures. And now we're selling off. What do we want to see now, guys, is either a bounce on this 50 SMA or a bounce above this previous support here at about 1240, which means that it would be making another higher low, higher low, meaning that it's making, you know, it's making a continuous higher lows, meaning that it's uptrending and price continuously, right? Does that make any sense? It should. It's pretty simple, guys, if we're just judging off this chart, right? You know, we want the Gold futures to continue this trend of making higher lows. And if we bounce at this range, that could be a good entry point for Jnug. So Jnug and JDST, mostly Jnug, guys, since it is showing signs of a reversal, I'm watching very, very, very closely. So, you know, these are the main ones I'm watching, guys. I know it's very repetitive at times. You know, I know it's very simple, but I'm just being real with you guys, and I'm just telling you what I trade on a day to day basis, right? These market ETFs, Jnug, JDST, you know, UWT, DWT, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google for potential bounce back plays, you know, these are what I trade all the time, right? I'm sure a lot of you guys might think this is a little bit repetitive, but it's the truth, right?  And I'm just looking to consistently profit on a basket of ETFs and stocks that I trade all the time. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you did, feel free to drop a like, leave a comment, subscribe, follow me on Instagram and Twitter, and join our Discord and Facebook. And please do your own research, guys, before you invest in trade, don't trade or invest, you know, based on my opinion or anybody else's out there, please, please, please stick to that. I'll catch you in the next video. Peace out.


Hi you guys welcome to this month's chat video where I can kind of just like chill relax chat with you guys and let you know some things that have been going on here I'm sorry I'm making this so shaky things that have been going on here with the channel but also some things just kind of going on in my personal life it's kind of like our chance to catch up so if you're new here you're kind of gonna get to know me a little bit a little bit better during this video but be sure to introduce yourself in the comment section so I can get to know you a little bit better as well and then of course like subscribe and click the bell if you want to get notified for future videos like this one so I always start out the let's chat video with a little bit of like channel news um and really the only thing I have is like a big sigh of relief because um and I knew this would happen but um the uh past few months have been kind of crazy I've had like big projects um and now that so the one in August was the original sewing and quilt expo that I was teaching at that was huge massive the one in September was the sew-along that I did you guys might not realize this I don't know some people make the sew-alongs look so easy but for me it is a lot of work um it's like you know you're sewing and you're like doing your thing but you have to stop you know every single time like there's a step in the instructions and stop and explain it and then explain it in a way that you know you guys will be able to understand it's just completely disruptive to the sewing process and it kind of uses like two different sides of my brain in a way so it's more than anything it's just exhausting it's exhausting putting together a sew-along um but that is done I'm really really proud of it I hope you guys even if you're not going to make the garment even if you're like knit jumpsuits are just not my thing there's a lot of really great information hidden little nuggets hidden in there so um hopefully you'll go watch and get some tips um on how to sew lots of different garments not just the jumpsuit um but now that that is over now that the expo is over I don't have any big things in October I do have um my skill pop classes I'll talk to you about those here in a little bit but other than that like I really don't have much which is really nice because it's opening up my schedule for like a lot of really fun things you know um social things um and that's whatever I'm able to like create things like the guide like the ultimate garment sewing guide of guides that I made for you guys a little freebie that I have that's what this is to the time when I'm able to make stuff like that before things get crazy again because to be real in November I have the um the holiday gift guide and that is huge because I have to coordinate with all the sponsors and you know get all the products so that I'm able to kind of give you a guide that is really genuinely helpful and helps you determine you know what you want to ask for for the holidays so this is like only a small little breath but it's a breath nonetheless and I am appreciative of it um last month I also started a little bit of a new feature in the let's chat video it's a sewing channel shout out and I just wanted to do this because there are so many great sewing channels out there that have you know a few subscribers a thousand or so but they do really really great work and there's really no reason why they shouldn't have more subscribers um so I thought I would just tell you some of my favorite and why they're my favorite and then you can go give them a follow and help them build their channel and then we can have even more youtubers or sew tubers as I'm gonna start calling us um with really great content and you know it's you know great for everybody it's great all around so for this month I am featuring lost my thread which I absolutely just love that channel name it's so so so cute run by woman named Teresa she has such like a sweet energy like you just watch her and you're just like you are so nice you know what I mean she just has that kind of demeanor but she posts about once a week um and she does all the usual stuff like she does makes and plans and hauls and all of that but the thing that I liked watching the most recently was she did this series where she took two different dungarees or overalls patterns sewed them both and then compared which one she liked the best so I thought that was just a really insightful way of helping us decide like if you're looking to make overalls you probably want to watch those videos um to compare the two that that she made you know obviously she can't make them all but um she did pick two popular ones so I thought that that was kind of fun like a little bit of like a runoff type of thing um for overall so a lot of fun ideas coming from her channel go give her a sub let her know that I sent you and give her lots of love okay next up is what I bought you guys maybe because I was so busy I didn't buy much I even went to the joanne sales you know they had the massive 99 cent quick sew simplicity sale the guy in front of me literally had a cart of like a hundred patterns all I could think was that he's reselling them somewhere because even if he turns around and sells them for two dollars he's making a hundred percent profit but that just seems like a lot to do for one dollar so I don't know I don't maybe he's holding on to them and I don't know he had a whole cart full and they were not like acknowledging any sort of limit which I was like wow but I um didn't get anything from the simplicity quick sew sale um and when I went to the McCall sale I tried to buy more than one thing but they were out they were out of everything and I go so the sale starts on Thursday and I was there Friday morning and by then they were all gone but I did end up getting this little pattern remember this from the um first impression video just love this little romper so so so cute great little robe um and jumpsuit so I was able to grab that I hadn't gotten any fabric I didn't buy any fabric at all so I'm proud of myself for that though because there's no reason to buy for the sake of buying you know what I'm saying um even with the patterns like even though I wasn't able to get all that I wanted do I really need those probably not all right now we're gonna get into my rapid fire this is where I discuss what I'm watching what I'm reading my latest obsession and something new I'm trying I love it when you guys answer these questions in the comment section below too it always just I don't know it feels more like a conversation and I can get to know not only you guys better but get to know like some cool things that are happening that you know maybe this aren't in my circle that aren't popping up on my social media that aren't my friends aren't talking about um you guys have told me about great tv shows and books and products to try and all that kind of stuff so um answer those four questions or any of them in the comment section what you're watching what you're reading something new you're trying and something that you're obsessed with lately all right so for me what I'm watching all of the like fall network shows came back um so I have been watching a lot of those my guiltiest pleasure is reality competition shows I say it's a guilty pleasure but I'm not even that guilty if I don't feel that guilty about it I feel no shame I just love them so much it's good wholesome fun content with a competition which I am very competitive um with myself and with others like it's just very natural to me I can't help it so I get invested in the competitors and I just I just love it um I will pretty much watch any competition show like any of them whether they're baking whether it's like those ones where they have to do those like crazy obstacles fine with me um my absolute all-time favorite one though is the amazing race but um right now we have bachelor in paradise which is a competition thank you it is and uh dancing with the stars so I'm watching those two right now I you know what I know the voice is on I don't get into the singing competitions and I don't really know why like I used to be obsessed with American Idol I watched x-factor a little bit yeah I don't know I don't know why I don't get into the competition to the singing ones um I mean I will watch them but it's not like I'm super super invested in them so yeah just a lot of the network type of stuff um I finished reading Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid um I liked it um I liked how it wasn't necessarily like this big suspenseful thriller but it definitely kept you engaged and it definitely kept you wanting to read and I think that that probably is one of the best things you can say about a book right like the storyline the character development all of that was really really really nice all the way until the very end um you always wonder how those books they're kind of a slow burn like how they're going to be able to wrap it up and are they going to wrap it up in a satisfying way and I feel like she was really able to accomplish that so um yeah I really enjoyed that one I like Taylor Jenkins Reid a lot I liked her um Evelyn Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo I like that better than this one um I know that she wrote Daisy in the sticks or Daisy in the sixth and Reese Witherspoon's Companies making a movie out of it um so maybe I'll get to that one next that one I don't know if I'm really into the idea the storyline of that one but I do like to read the books before the movies come out um right now I am like 30 minutes away from finishing a book called The Last Thing He Told Me and I can't remember how if I'm not about this maybe one of you guys told me about it but it is sort of a suspenseful book it's about a woman whose husband basically like uh this news about his company comes out and he like takes off um so she goes on the hunt to try and figure out where he is why he ran what's been going on and learns like all this stuff about his past that she didn't really know um so it's really good it takes place uh mostly in Austin so if you're familiar with the Austin area they do call out a lot of like streets and locations and the thing where they watch the bats and all of that so um you'll find a lot of joy in hearing those little bits and pieces about that also the University of Texas at Austin if you went there there's a lot of reference to that as well um so that's good but I don't have anything planned next um so if you guys have a suggestion you kind of know what I like to read by now leave it in the comment section otherwise I'm gonna have to depend on Reese Witherspoon and her book club which I sort of hate doing because you know what I mean it kind of feels I don't know like I'm sure it's authentic to a degree but I might try to get a recommendation from one of you guys um okay so what I've been trying lately and then this is like strong try is like all of this new like beauty healthcare stuff I don't know I've been heavily influenced on Instagram but I saw these like mitts that are made from some kind of viscose fabric where you like get your skin damp like really damp like in a bath for like 10 minutes and then you rub your skin and all of the dead skin comes off and it's so gross but also very very very gratifying and satisfying but there is a health reason behind it if you have any kind of dermatitis or anything it really does help heal your skin by removing all of those layers um so I was like well that sounds like fun so let's try that I've also been trying derma planing and today derma planing is where you take the razors and you like basically shave your face um today I did it just on one side so can you guys tell which side of my face is derma planed and which side of my face is not derma planed I can't really tell with makeup on but I can tell when makeup is not on and I could tell when applying makeup it's the difference between let me try and explain this it felt so weird to put makeup on the derma planed side the way that the brushes felt on my skin how smooth it was felt strange I'm sure that that's good and just not used to it because I'm used to like the peach fuzz on my face plus like the layer of gunk that came that comes off like it's a whole other level of um exfoliating that I've never experienced before but this is the derma planed side and I don't know it just feels really weird it feels really soft obviously but more than soft it's just really smooth which is strange but I like it um I also got that it's like no poo it's like shampoo that doesn't have any of the like harsh stripping chemicals um why it's so expensive I have no idea but I feel like I got like an eight or 12 ounce bottle for $40 now they swear that you will wash your hair less and you'll spend less money on all these other products you don't have to buy a separate shampoo and conditioner blah blah blah blah blah but we'll see like I am highly skeptical I have scalpel dermatitis um it actually causes um like thinning um I can't tell I think it's gotten a little bit better but sometimes like when I put my hair up you guys can see my scalp and sometimes you can't I take all of the vitamins everything orally I can possibly take um and so I just thought okay well maybe the shampoo is contributing to the dermatitis like continuing on or inflaming at some time so let's just try this so I'm gonna try it and see how it works I'll report back next month um and then something that I am obsessed with oh wait that was it says something I'm um something new I'm trying is actually really exciting so I'm going to be volunteering um I'm just looking for something more you know what I mean like everything since I moved to Charlotte has been great I've met some friends they're great plenty of social things to do here you know all of that kind of stuff but I'm still feeling like I don't know how I don't know what word it is I'm just feeling not lost but just feeling like there's more to this more to be done so I'm going to try out volunteering I have applications out at three places like they legitimately like ask for a resume they interview you like this isn't just like just show up and I kind of thought that's how it was going to be like I just show up and I'm like look at me and they're like you're great and I'm like thanks and then that's it but no they take it very seriously so um I'm not going to be sharing what I'm doing but I will continue to update you guys on like how it's going um just know that if I am able it will have something to do with kids something to do with sewing something to do with small businesses something to do with uh social media you know any that kind of stuff you know the things that I'm like pretty good at already um but if you know of any like national programs that have like local chapters um in Charlotte that you volunteer with like you know I don't know make a wish or anything that you guys are involved with that I should look into let me know I'm I even if it's just one of those things where you just show up on a Saturday and help distribute food or whatever it is so if you guys are heavily involved in anything um that I should check out let me know that as well you can leave in the comment section obviously if you want to be a little bit more discreet you can email me inside the him at gmail.com um so what do we what to expect this month so I mentioned this a little bit earlier I have two skill pop classes coming up this month I have my serger basics class so this will teach you everything you need to know about a serger it'll teach you obviously how to thread your serger but not only showing you how also showing you the why it will explain all the things that are on the side of your serger your differential feed stitch width stitch length all of that it will show you will actually practice serging and balancing tension so you will learn how to adjust the dials to get a good tension what to look for when it's not right what to look for when it is right all of that kind of stuff it's a really great class very fun very interactive um so check that out and then I also have a sewing basics class where we make like a very very easy project and that is this month it's going to be the um be an infinity scarf so if you want to learn how to make an infinity scarf you can come to that class it'll be super super fun or maybe like you don't want to make an infinity scarf but you know someone who's been dying to learn how to sew you can send them to my class and I'll teach them how to sew an infinity scarf they'll learn the basics about sewing and then you guys can be like sewing buddies how great is that well this has been a chatty video as it usually is with the let's chat video but that is going to do it for me today thank you so much for watching I cannot wait to hear your quickfire answers and I posted in this insulate last month's let's chat video in case you want to get caught up on what was going on last month so give that a click or check the description box lots of links in the description box so you should probably check that out regardless but that's going to do it for me today y'all thank you so much for watching and I will see you very soon bye


The monster, Derrick Henry. Zach! The John Evans, AJ Brown, taking him to school. With the 29th pick in the 2020 NFL draft, the Tennessee Titans select, Isaiah Wilson, Tackle, Georgia. Welcome to Titans All Access with Amy Wells on Mike Keith on what might be the best weekend of the year, draft weekend. You think it's the best weekend of the year, Amy? Not might be. It's definitely the best weekend of the year, and we're just getting started. And you add players, you like to add those big guys and man, did the Titans add a big fella?  Absolutely. Mike, I had a chance to talk to Isaiah right after he was drafted, and in our short amount of time together, we were able to cover a lot of ground, including why he likes Mike Vrabel so much and how much swag he plans on bringing to the NFL. Isaiah Wilson is a Tennessee Titan. Isaiah, it's so good to see you. The hat looks good on you. How does it feel to be a Titan? Yeah, thank you. It feels great. I can't wait to get there and be a part of the family and just try to help this team win. Going into today, did you have a feeling that by the end of the night, you would be a Tennessee Titan? Kind of in my heart, but I didn't really have any signs going through it. I knew I was the first rounder and as it got later in the night, I kind of didn't know. In that meeting with Mike Vrabel, what was it that stuck out about that connection that you guys had? What did you bond over? It's kind of a funny story, but we went to shake hands and we kind of just stood there for a second and started joking like a pork and I could tell he was definitely a genuine guy and a guy that's about as players for sure. He's a players coach and I'm definitely happy to be a part of the family and ready to work. What is it about the Titan style of play that appeals to you so much? They beat people up in a run game and that's something I love to do. I love being physical. I love making other people quit and I can't wait to see how I can better myself and this organization and help this team win and then be the best I can really improve.  Guys like Taylor Lawan, Roger Saffle, Ben Jones, Dennis Kelly, what can you learn from being infused so quickly into such a group of veteran leaders? Everything. I can't wait to pick every part of the game. That's why they do certain things. All the little tips and tricks that you learned probably your fourth year. When you come into a veteran group, you get to one of them your first year.  Now you were a right tackle at the University of Georgia. Playing in the SEC, do you feel like that prepared you to play at the next level? Definitely. I feel the SEC is the best conference to play football. Granted, there's a bunch of other power pod schools that are really, really good at football. Don't get me wrong. But I take a lot of pride in having played in the SEC. And I think it has helped me, not only because of the competition, but because of the caliber of coach you have and the people that are coaching you and they've been in NFL programs and are bringing things back to college that are NFL gyms or food tips and tricks here and there. So I definitely think it helps prepare you for sure. All right, I know in high school, you had a SpongeBob backpack. What level of swag can we expect to see out of Isaiah Wilson at the NFL level? A ton. I would try to look as nice as possible. Isaiah Wilson, thank you so much for taking some time to talk to us. We're so excited to have you as part of the Titans family. Thank you for having me and tying up. John Robinson from the official Titans podcast presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. He took fans' questions last week. We'll show you some highlights. Lance Smith is going to introduce you to a Titans super fan. We'll take a look back to last year's NFL Draft in Nashville and a special weekend for the Titans first round pick, Jeffrey Simmons. And you are checking in with who? I'm checking in with Roger Saffold. We're taking time. We're checking in with our Titans family and we talked about a lot of stuff. Roger and I, so you don't want to miss it. We're continuing to check in on our Titans family and we are joined now by Roger Saffold. Roger, how are you and your family doing right now? Well, we're actually doing really good.  It has been a change. You know, my wife says all the time that, you know, though she hates that this is going on, she loves that she gets to spend extra time with me since I don't have to go to spring practice right now. So speaking of that, what are you doing to keep your mind and your body right since you're not going back to spring practices and doing some of those routine things that you normally do? I'm just trying to stay focused.  I think the biggest thing I'm trying to do is take care of my body. Making sure that I'm working out is taking away a lot of stress, takes your mind off of the situation.  Want to make sure that they're good. And for them, you know, I know that we're helping them with school. So we're still staying busy through this time. That's awesome. Now, tell me a little bit about Rise Nation because that's one thing that may not be impacted by this situation as much. Tell me about that and what's going on. Basically what it is is that we still have streamers. We still have people who are, who can't go to events, but they're having a lot of these contests online. It's a little bit tough because when they're together at an event, there's a, the competition is a little bit more level because you don't have to worry about connection status, who's being the host as far as connection is concerned. But we're still taking care of all of our competition. Gears of War Team is doing really, really well. And yeah, you know, this is the time that everybody is watching gameplay because nobody can do anything but stay at home. That must be nice for you in terms of recruiting new guys and seeing what talent's out there as well, correct? Oh, absolutely, absolutely. The crazy thing about the eSports world is that everything is kind of a niche. You know, it's kind of like a circle that goes around each individual game. Now we know all those circles, which is easy for us, but every time there's somebody new up and coming, it's usually the pros who are able to find them. And then we kind of settle in to see if they're ready or not. Now you're a guy who seems like you have a good balance. You know how to keep yourself on track throughout whatever adversity comes your way.  What advice do you have for some of the younger guys who may not have established that balance yet and are having a hard time navigating this time where things are a little bit different? Things are a little bit different. I remember something happening, you know, similar. When we had the lockout back in 2011, I was a rookie going into my first offseason, so it was weird not going to spring practice or anything that I was used to the year before. The difference is now being able to stay home. But I think that the biggest thing that I could tell rookies is just to make sure that they stay mentally sharp and make sure that you take care of your body because those are the things that's gonna help you when you get back. I think that constant communication with your coaches is huge. You know, I talked to Coach Braves. I talked to Coach Carter. I've talked to everybody. So I mean, I think that that's just keeping us in the loop so there's no surprises when it's time to come back. What message do you have for Titans fans who might be watching this right now? My message is, is you know, the grind still hasn't stopped. We're definitely working. All the players are in contact with one another. And you know, we're trying to go and chase the championship again. That's our main focus. If it comes to time where we can't practice right now, the best thing that we can do is just constantly try to better ourselves until it's time to get together. Roger Saffold, I think you're taking some time to sit down and chat with us. Oh, thank you guys. Amy and I welcome you back to Titans All Access and we welcome Lance Smith to the program, our friend. So you didn't quit after week one. We're glad you're back. I'm in it, I'm in it. I don't care how we do this. Zoom, put me on the moon. As long as we can do this, I'm in. That's good. You are introducing us to Titans Super fans. This one has a special relationship with Reggie Wayne. Is that fair to say? That's fair to say. Yeah, a special relationship with Reggie Wayne. Yeah, no, I've been talking with fans, getting excited, of course, about the draft, but just the upcoming season. Getting to know everybody. We've seen this guy, Matt Keaton. We've seen him a few times on some fan prompts. He wears flashy suits and all sorts of Titans gear. But yeah, he had a little one-on-one conversation with Reggie Wayne at last year's draft. You might remember it and I talked to him about it. Right now, here's my conversation with who I know, DJ Fast Nasty. You are DJ Fast Nasty. Where does your name come from and are you an actual DJ? Tell the people. I used to play in bands and stuff back in the day. So we used to have a little project that me and my buddy would do where I would run Ableton and play pre-recorded loops and he would play keyboard and then I would play like drums with it and then me and him came up with the name a long time ago. How long you've been a fan and how do you do it from Knoxville and do you know how many miles you've traveled to and fro going to games? Man, it was rough last year. I got to be a fan really when a team moved here because then I finally got my own football team. But being in Knoxville, we didn't really travel up to any of the games for a long time. I actually got my first job in Morristown, Tennessee at a little AM radio station coming in on Sundays and just operating the board for the games. And that is where all my love for the Titans came from. You've been rocking it at the tailgates, DJ in there, you know, the whole bussing with the boys thing. It's been so cool to go from having such a small group of Titans fans that I did stuff with to just feeling like a full blown huge family. We're all watching the draft last year in Nashville. Reggie Wayne of the Colts takes the stage and he's got to talk some smack to the Tennessee faithful, but you, you, DJ Fast Nasty, Matt Keaton had our back. Talk about the back and forth between you and Reggie Wayne. So Reggie comes out and I'm like, oh my, that's Reggie Wayne. He's like one of the best wide receivers of all time, you know, this is so cool. And then literally like the first words I had dude's mouth is, we're back. We're back, AFC South. We mean business, you know?   Appreciate it, mom. We love you. Look at that sporting the Amy Adams strunk mom shirt. I love it. That's a way to go out. DJ Fast Nasty, you've been fan zone. Thank you so much. DJ Fast Nasty, I'll tell you what, that's a name. Mike, I thought that was your name. I thought, I thought I had it trademarked. I guess I didn't. I'm confused. Lance, it was so good to see you. Good to see you guys. Thanks for having me on. Guys, there's a lot more Titans All Access coming up, including a check in with the general manager when he made an appearance on the OTP, the official Titans podcast. Stick around. Amy Wells and I really enjoy hosting the official Titans podcast. And we do that each week. And we really enjoy taking your questions at TennesseeTitans.com slash OTPQ. Sometimes a special guest comes by to answer your questions like last week. Of course, Titans general manager, John Robinson was on the OTP taking questions from the OTP people. Here are some of our favorite moments. Now, Matt using hashtag OTPQ asks, what is the best thing a prospect can say to you during a pre-draft meeting? Probably when we ask them, what do you envision your role being on the team next year?  I mean, the personal goals are good. We all have personal goals. But I think when a player says, I want to come in and help the team in whatever role that you guys asked me to play, I want to be a good teammate. I want to get to know my teammates and I want to win. And I think when they can then talk in and kind of team goals about helping the team and being a good teammate and winning, that's the most important thing. That's more important to me. It's more important to our fans than some rookie, maybe being rookie of the year, but you don't win enough games to get in the playoffs. That's good to have those personal goals, but our goal is to try to work, to try to win the division, get in the tournament and win a championship. Will James asked how is the league participating in your war room setup? Are they attempting to have all of the teams set up the same way with the same equipment? Great question. No, I think that it's been up to the team to kind of how they're going to set up the particular, how they're going to work through and manage the draft. I'm looking at it now. We have a camera in here that will have a feed to the league and to the networks that they'll be able to click over and see me when we're on the clock. And I've got an eight pound bag of M&M's that they sent. Hold on one second, give me two seconds. You want to see this? That's not, he's lying. Maybe it's not exactly eight pounds, but it's a- Oh gosh. Oh my gosh. M&M's and their Titan blue colors with the Titan sword on there, there's a fireball on there. Oh man, I've been proven- That's awesome. That's awesome. That is incredible. We're going to get some good players and I'm going to have a sugar rush probably by midnight. I said that I wasn't going to ask anymore hashtag OTPQ questions for a minute. And I lied because about five people, including Bonnie have asked, can we order those Titans M&M's? I have no idea, but if I have any left over, maybe I can send one at a time. There's got to be at least- Let's see. A single M&M, everyone gets one M&M. 32 pieces and there's 80 servings per container. That's several. I mean, I got to match the quick in the head. You got about 2,400 M&M's or so, right? That's pretty good. That's about 1,500, yeah. Wow. Hold on, I'll use my calculator. Thank God for- 2,560. 2,560. Wow. Did you get that, Mike Keith? Yeah. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. I got to say, I think my favorite part was the eight-pound bag of M&M's. That was memorable. I think it would be my favorite part if that eight-pound bag of M&M's was in my house, not J-Rob's house. I get it. It's too far away. Speaking of memorable, how about draft weekend for all Titans fans a year ago in Nashville? And it was especially memorable for the Titans' first round pick, Big Jeff, Jeffrey Simmons. When we come back, we take a look back at his weekend in 2019. Draft weekend with Jeffrey Simmons on Titans All Access. Amy, every year, you know, I love the draft party. It's one of my favorite things that we do as the Tennessee Titans. This year, virtual draft, so virtual draft party, and man, was it star-studded. Mike Keith, I'll tell you what. Nashville continues to prove that they know how to throw a party, whether it's in person or online, we can do it all. And the amount of people that came out from actors to musicians to comedians, I mean, we had everything. It was magnificent. Let's take a look at the sights and sounds from the 2020 virtual draft party for the Titans. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Tennessee Titans virtual draft party. I am Lance Smith, and tonight is nothing but fun, okay? Cause we've all been cooped up in our houses and we're ready to get this thing on the road. Look at all these beautiful people, Eddie, that are joining us here. It's amazing. I mean, I'm trying to go through all the screens to see everybody, man, this is awesome. How we can virtually come together and still celebrate our football season that I still believe we're gonna have and celebrate the newest addition to the Titans family, so it's exciting. So I gotta know, your watch and teams pick your position. Do you hold a chip on your shoulder and look at those teams when you're playing them, when you see them on the schedule? For me, yeah, that's something I definitely always did. The guys that went before me were pretty legit. So I was just happy to be drafted in the first round. That actually was the longest NFL draft to date. First round, first round, that's just it. So talk to me about your experience, Mary Annie. Oh, man, talk about a long day, Keith, man. Sitting there waiting to send around. I just wanted to shop, man. I just wanted to hear my name and when I finally got the call from two-tone blue man, one of the greatest feelings I've ever had in my entire life. Thank God you feel about your night. I wasn't really tripping. I mean, I had cast like Ann Reed and Roy Williams and all these guys in my draft, man. I mean, once I did get selected by the Titans, I grew up watching Steve McNair in college. Like, I used to go to games at all courts. So once I got to Tennessee and I knew I was playing with Mack Nile, it was all good. I have to take a moment to fanboy here because Eddie's my man. Eddie's my favorite player of all time. Like, all time, all time. I've been a fan of his franchise for, what, 30 years? So you were one of, what, six fans in the stands in Houston in 96? Six fans. I was at the last game. I want to say that was the Chris Chandler swan song, maybe. There was. Like, do you, Ryan, want a particular position pick? You know, there's always something that you're kind of looking for, but at the same time, I just try to take a step back, hey, these guys put hours and hours, thousands of hours into finding the right fit, not only for a position, but for our team. So just really trust in the organization, trust in the guys that are devoting their whole year basically to setting up their board and then get ready for this draft.  Before I could get back, the guy ran 100 yards and I missed it. So that guy ran 100 yards before I could get three to maybe four yards. And he had 11 people trying to tackle him. I don't even have an audible. It was wide open and I couldn't make it back. I've been sober because there ain't no hangover. Let's have a big old tight enough toast. With that virtual draft party, that was a lot of fun, well done by a lot of people and thanks to everybody, Amy, who chose to take part. Absolutely. A party's a party no matter where it takes place in person or online. I'm so glad we continue the tradition with you getting to be the first one to visit with the first round pick, Isaiah Wilson.   Absolutely. We actually had to go and retrieve Jeffrey Simmons and bring him back to Nashville. Such a cool experience bringing Jeffrey Simmons home to his new team. So as we leave you on this edition of Titans All Access, let's share a little bit of that memory. Big Jeff's first trip to Nashville. Thanks for joining us for the program and we'll see you next time. Jeffrey, welcome to the Titans. We're so excited you're here. You're cheering away. To the country music hall of fame right now. These people out here have been Titan season ticket members since before you were born. They have no idea you're here. Jeff County is right now in his first appearance as a Tennessee Titan. Glad to be here. Congratulations, Jeff. Thank you. So proud of you. Thank you, guys, for sharing it. You don't have to thank us, man. Just be you. Yes, sir. Come to work every day. It should be your new home right here for a long time.


This is the library home page. I'm here at W library dot w w dot edu and here is the one search box. I'm going to type in Growth mindset it's already in there because I've been practicing this video So very often I'm gonna hit search very often. This is how we begin a search We start to type in words we go into Google we even type in phrases So we just kind of get a sense of what's out there growth mindset here in the library results in wow 96,000 results. I'm gonna have to do some refining here.  I can see peer-reviewed articles newspapers Reference works all kinds of things on this side to limit But really I need to start with narrowing down the concept because before I start narrowing down Particular resources the way I'm going to do that is I'm going to go into advanced search and I'm going to add some terms I want to I'm particularly interested in this Concept in the classroom. 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I have to click one search Okay, I've reduced my results still a lot, but at least I feel like these are now I can start to browse and they're a little more targeted I can start to use this left-hand side I'm going to do peer review journals because I really am looking for articles at this point and I do want to also Use the date limiter. I don't need to go back all the way to 2000 Or 1987 I think I want to go to 2015 just look at the last five or six years So once I've employed some limiters, I'm getting my results just more manageable Now we could browse through all these titles look at different things, but for the purposes of this video I'm going to click on the first title take you in and Show you a little bit about the item record So right here. There's the title the authors. There's the year volume. You can see issue You'll need those for the citation. Here's the page numbers, right? Is you'll need that for the citation as well about eight pages? So that's kind of borderline you won't you will do want to pay attention to page length scholarly resources analytic meta-analysis they tend to Be longer in terms because you have to a lot of content to cover You have a literature review and methodology and analysis and conclusion and all those kinds of parts so page numbers actually a good indicator of Locating some scholarly sources if I go down the item record Please don't miss out on these really terrific subject terms. You can say to yourself. What what am I actually looking for student empowerment? Am I looking for teacher attitudes? Research is recursive. We talk about it that way and what that means is that you are going back in and you're searching again So I'm looking for growth mindset, but I might be doing any number of searches In in trying to get at the idea from a whole lot of different perspectives And then of course here's a description Abstract of the article so right in the middle of the page I can click on epsco host and that is going to take me to our Libraries access to this particular journal and here it is I can look at the full text here I can read the journal download it take notes do whatever I need to do so that is The articles now I noticed when I had my initial results list that there was a book that looked pretty interesting I'm going to get rid of the peer review and go back to my results list and I see that there's this book It's purposeful play a teacher's guide to igniting deep and joyful learning across the dates That looks like a book. I'd want to I'd want to look at See this green available on these that means that the library has that material readily available We just linked to that article if you see a Orange-click request it means that you'll need to use interlibrary loan and that is very simple very straightforward We expedite these interlibrary loans. I very much encourage you especially At the graduate level to understand and utilize interlibrary loan again, here's the citation of the book and information on the the book chapters Contents I can take a look at those to make sure that I really am interested in Getting this book through summit so Not available. Please sign in for request options. So I'm going to do that I'm going to sign in and I'm just going to prompt me and ask me for my to validate through my universal login and that will take Whoops That looked kind of scary, but I think it's still going to sign me in even though that really scary coding came up I'm going to try. Oh, and there it is request through summit. So sometimes you just have to reload and little glitches come up You will notice that I can request this now through summit And that those buttons come up Curbside pickup that is available Tuesday Friday Sundays right under the Haggard Skybridge We also during this really challenging COVID time are mailing materials So if you are unable to come to campus for any reason even if you live right close to campus We will mail you materials. You can give us your address and In the package there will be a return package with mailing Postage paid. So we're really trying while the library is closed right now due to COVID restrictions. We are offering this request. So that should be you can just click on request, which I'm not going to do but Because I don't need the book now. I do want to point out this I have signed in and you can see the loans your request saved items a search history So there are some other features when you do sign in that you might want to check out you could Monitor your library card and materials that you have. Okay, so at this point, I Can go here back to results list. There's a little link and that's really slick to know about so then I'm back I've requested the book. I've looked at the articles and I can continue through one search to locate materials in our library and in our regional libraries on my topic


Is this the meaning of work when you awaken to a reality? He's now awakened to the real challenges and real problems that our media has and the way it operates, the ideological take that they have, and of course, the ideological take our educational system has, and discrimination that our educational system has, and the fact that free speech is constrained on American campuses, he's going to take all this on. So he's a fighter, and he has the resources to do it, and he has the platform to do it.


The Labour Party has assured Nigerians that it is set to restore sanity and sanctity to the country where everyone will go to sleep with both eyes closed. The LP Lagos chairman, Dayo Ekong, said this during the inauguration of the newly-constituted state caretaker committee. We have decided to follow the time. It is a 25-member caretaker committee being sworn in to pilot the affairs of the party in Lagos state ahead of the forthcoming elections. The National Legal Advisor of the party Barrister, Akingbade Uye Lekong, inaugurated the caretaker committee on behalf of the national body. He expressed confidence that LP was positioned to win the elections. The anointing for good leadership is on Labour Party now. So the party is the key. All our structures we are ready for this task ahead. Now, before now, the narrative was that we don't have structures. But the structure is all over the world now and it's glaring for those who can see. Labour Party has come to stay and we want to sincerely plead with all our team supporters there. Please go and work. Uye Lekong, however, clears the air of reports of actions in Lagos chapter of the party. He is confident that the LP will spring up surprises both at the presidential and covenorship levels. The inauguration we are doing here today is the final approval of the National Working Committee of the party and the national chairman. So no school exists outside what we are inaugurated today. So I'm using this medium to pass this information to everyone. In her acceptance speech, the newly inaugurated chairman, Daya Econ, expressed appreciation to the party leadership for the confidence reposed in her. I want to assure Nigerians that it's a new dispensation, it's a new dawn for Nigeria where things will work the way it should work. When each and every one of us, Papa, Mama and Pikini, can go to bed with their eyes closed knowing fully well that there is hope for tomorrow by the grace of God Almighty. While promising to tighten every loose end to cause LP to victory in Lagos state and Nigeria in general, Econ assured that the party would return the country to a past glory if elected. Love you. Good bye. Plus TV news.