A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty, high-o-silver, the lone ranger! Even now, throughout the western United States, stories are told of the thrilling deeds of the mysterious phantom figure of the plains. Cowboys tell of the bullets of silver he used in his guns, of the silver shoes worn by his powerful white horse, of Tonto, his faithful Indian companion. The masked writer of justice, Tonto and the Great Horse Silver were tireless in their fight to bring law and order to the lawless frontier. And now we return once more infancy to the adventurous days of the past. The lone ranger rides again! Ranger and his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, had been in the town of medicine flats, but now were riding slowly toward the north.   Oh, oh, rifle. Tonto, that was a rifle. Huh? It can be close. Yep. Wait here. I'm going to climb the bank of this arroyo and see what's on the plain. Rifle. Sound from east. Yes. I'll be right back, Tonto. You see, fellow? Yes. Come on, Tonto. Here's something.  Look ahead there, Tonto. Oh, fellow. There. The poor devil. Look at him standing beside his horse. Maybe we helped him. Hello, there, stranger. Hi. Oh, fellow.  Now don't you ask no questions. I ain't in the mood to answer them. Look what a dad-radded gopher-hole done. Busted the leg of the best horse a man ever owned. We're sorry. I'm sorry. Poor old Blackie. Well, it's right in line with the bad luck I've been having and the good luck the Flavin' bunches had. Who? Flavins. The loss of this horse is one more thing to mark again them. If they hadn't brung me to making this trip, Blackie wouldn't have fell and I wouldn't have had to shoot him. Your trail came from the north. Hey, your mask.  Put them up, I tell you. You just noticed the mask? Soon enough, by darn. Heist your hands, rod.  You forget that you just fired your rifle and it's a single shot. Now lower it. And don't get the idea I'm an outlaw because of a mask. Single shot. Hmm, so it is. You were heading for medicine plants. Perhaps we can help you get there. You got long trip on foot. Yeah. Say, would you help me get to the plants? We can arrange it. You can wait one of the Flavin Gang. What do you think? Guess not. You wouldn't be around here if you was. And if you was, you wouldn't be helping me to the flats. I'll take the saddle off for Blackie. My name's Zabe Chetwick. Maybe you heard of me. What about Flavin? Honorary coyote, that's what he is. I was heading for the flats to hire some gun-toters to help me lick the pole cat. What him do? I wonder if I can't maybe hire your guns, mister. I see you're toting a brace of powerful big ones. Let's all take your saddle and bags. You'll take care of things. You tell me about Flavin. I'm getting to it. You see my girl Molly's her name. She married a young man by the name of Dave Carter. Carter? You know him? I've heard of him. Then you must have heard of Flavin. Flavin's bunch of claim jumpers. Jump Dave's claims. Stole it outright. Dave went to see him about it and never come back. That's the story I heard in medicine plants. You coming from there? Yes. Dave and Molly settled in the flat, you see. Me, I stayed back to home where I always lived. I had a letter from Molly telling me what happened, so I packed up and started for the flats to see about it. I heard that story when I was there, Abe. Flavin denies that he saw Dave Carter. Lying skunk, that's what he is. Sure he's seen Dave, seen him and killed him. Then hid the body. Nothing can ever be proved. And Molly can't never get the claim. Flavin's a powerful man in medicine plants. Sure he is. He's got one claim after another. The Dernier owns the hull of the gold region. Last when he got was the Rosalinda. That was Dave's and Molly's. And I'm going to make him confess to stealing it and give it up. How? How do you plan to make him confess? I don't know yet. You think he'd admit stealing those claims when he knows nothing can ever be proved against him? Well, I figured if I could hire some men to make him talk. I'm afraid you have the wrong idea. Justice can't be carried out in that way. No, look here, maybe you're bartering. I got cash. You've got all the cash you need. I'd like to hire you. Our guns aren't for hire, Aben. I aim to get some men to make that rat square up or die. I doubt if you'll accomplish it. We'll see. If you just get me the medicine plants, stranger, I'll be everlasting grateful. We'll hang the saddle in the tree there, Tato. Honto, do. You take your saddlebags and he can ride on silver with me. I'm sure obliged to you, mister. We can't take you all the way into town, eh? But we'll drop you on the outskirts. Give me your hand. I'll help you up. Right. Here you go. There we are. I'll hold right there for a time. You can pick it up later, Abe. I'll get a horse in town and come back for it. Come on, children. Lone Ranger dropped Abe Chetwick at the edge of medicine flats. Then circled the town and entered unseen from the other side. In the meantime, Molly, Abe's daughter, was surprised by a visit from Ned Flavin. We see them standing in the doorway of her home. You... That's right, Molly. I waited a long time for coming here, but finally I had to do it. You'd better clear out.  Not so fast now. I got plenty to say and you're going to hear. Then say it and go. There's been stories circulating around town about me and I reckon you're the one who started them. Well, what about it? In the first place, I didn't jump Dave's claim. I got a half a dozen men that'll swear I staked that claim to the Rosalinda Perfectly Legal. Dave was in no place around at the time. That's a lie. Dave was staking the claim and you seen him do it. Then you and your men closed in on him. The men delayed him so you got to the office to file a claim before he did. That's a story he tells. That's the truth and you know it. When he found you beat him to it, he went to see you and called for a showdown and you killed him.  I didn't kill him. Didn't even seem. You better quit telling that sort of thing. More lies. The night he was supposed to have been killed, I was over to the cafe all evening. Maybe it was, but you had men hired to kill him. That makes you just as much to blame. You can think what you like, but just remember this. Unless you can prove what you're saying, don't say no more about me. If you do... Well... I'll make you wish you had... I'll say all that I've a mind to and someday I'll be able to prove what I say. Now look here, Molly. Why don't you think it out? Don't you suppose it may be Dave run away from you? You... You said about enough, Ned Slavin. Now you clear out of here. I said get out. Put on that ball whip. Get... You'll pay for that. Here, I'll hurry up. If you wasn't a woman, I'd fix you for that. Remember what I said? Hold your tongue, that's all. I'm a rat. Abe arrived in town. He first stopped at the cafe before going to his daughter's home. At the cafe, he studied the men assembled at the bar and around the tables. Many of these men Abe knew were gunmen whose services could be hired. We see him as he speaks to a hard-faced man whose guns bear several notches. $15 a day and I pay for all the cartridges. It sounds fair enough. I reckon I'll take the job. How many men you got lined up so far? Got two. And I can use a couple of more. You don't want any more gents that are likely to want a job? Yeah. A lot of big gluten yarn would be glad to take it. He don't look like much of a lead slinger. He's piezing with a gun with either hand. Besides that, he's got a grudge against Flavin. Well, I'd give him his chance to square it and get paid for doing it. What are you aiming to do? I aim to call on Flavin with the boys I'm hiring and make him sign over the deed to the Rosalinda Mine. I see. You reckon you heard about it, eh? There's been some talk. Well, he's going to sign that claim over to my daughter and then he's going to tell me what become a Dave Carter. There's been considerable said about the way Dave disappeared. Some folks think Flavin had him killed. We'll make him confess. And then he'll swing for it. He's got some pretty good shots working for him. Well, that's why I want to get a half a dozen dead shots of my own. When do you aim to see him, eh? Tonight, if I can get the boys lined up on time, I'll go talk to your friend over yonder. And if you see anyone else that wants a job, you can speak to him for it. Wendy, come we'll come tonight. We'll have to work fast so we're going to prevent a fight. My disguise all right. Plenty good. We'll have a look at that claim tonight. But before we go there, here's what you're going to do. What? Old Dave will undoubtedly go from here to his daughter's home. He's outside the house. You'll meet him before he goes in. I'll be doggone surprised to see your old man. Glad I got things lined up as quick as I did. Hmm, the house is lighted all right enough. Look at Molly's there. Someone else ahead. Someone outside the house. I wonder... You'll stop here. What's this mean? Put down that gun. Me want money. Why, doggone of it ain't the engine. Tondo, what do you... Hand over money. While you're blasted, see if I... Quick. Me take cash. I'll get square with you. I'll show you what you... Honto, take him. You keep hands up. Gracha, I don't know better than telling thing to a masked man and engine. You knew I had the cash. You've been laying here and wait for me. See here. I'll make a deal with you. I'll give you most of all the cash I got. But let me keep enough to pay all the men I hired. You'll not keep money. Tonto, take him. Aye, Savvy. You went to Flavin. He sent you here. You're taking my money so I can't hire any men. Just wait till I get the face Flavin. I got plenty to settle with him. Me take money out. No. No, you go in house. I'll get square. You just wait. Yes, we'll meet again. And the next time by thunder I'll have my gun handy. You won't get the drop on me again. Yes, it's me. Draft the corn sarned luck. What are you here for? I just got robbed. An honorary Redskins sucked me up and took my cash. And just when I thought I had things lined up to make that Flavin critter talk. What do you mean, Pa? Come in here. Oh, I'm coming. Well, it's nice to see you, but my sake's alive. What a way to come here. What a way is right. First I hear of you being held up outside the house. You were robbed by a Redskiner trusted. Or should have known better until I had cash money? Yes, you should. Ain't no use chasing him, either. I've seen his horse. Seems like being robbed runs in the family. The worst of it is I had the men all lined up to fight for me and now I can't use them. Can't pay them. Fight for you? That's what I said, Molly. What were you planning to do? Plan to hire some gunslingers. For what? To face Flavin and make him tell the truth about things. What? Admit he stole the Rosalinda and turn it back to you. Admit what he done today.  He'd admit him by turning a good downfield with lead. Remember, he's got some men of his own and they're right handy with guns. They might have something to say about who got shot. Besides Pa, he's got the Rosalinda all recorded in his own name. We can't prove anything. Only by his own confession. And he ain't confessing. Oh, Dad, that is seems like everything I do turns out wrong. But I ain't done yet. I ain't done not by a long shot. Molly, we ain't licked yet. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Riding to medicine flats to hire gunmen to force a confession from Ned Flavin, met the Lone Ranger and told him his story. Then Chatwick hired some gunmen, but Tonto held him up, taking his cash and making him drop the plan. Meanwhile, the Lone Ranger, disguised as a mine worker, went to Flavin's home near the Rosalinda Mine. Give me a job in the mine and I'll give you some information. Yeah, what's it about?  That ain't news. I heard about it.  If he tries to attack me, he'll find his bit off more than he can chew. He seems to think he can make a lot of trouble for you, Flavin. Yeah, well, let him try. The law's on my side, ain't it? The Rosalinda is mine and nobody else's. Abe thought he might be able to make you confess to a few things. Confess to what? Claim jumping and murder. How'd you come to hear about all this? Abe might be able to prove this claim is not yours. There ain't no way on earth he could do that. Yes, there is. I know a way he can prove it and how you can stop him. Well, what's that? My price for that information is a job. Know anything about mine? Enough to hold a job with you. You got me curious, stranger. Do I go to work for him? You're on the payroll. Now tell me how Abe Chetwick can prove any gosh-turned-lie about me and how I can prevent his proven that same. Dave had tunneled a short distance before he struck gold and decided to stake a claim here. I ain't admitting that's true. You needn't admit anything. While Dave was in the tunnel, he saw you coming and knew what to expect. Why you? He wrote a claim and left it inside the tunnel with a date on it and the hour. And on the same paper, he wrote what he thought you'd do. I ain't found no paper like that. Who says he wrote it? He did. That's a lie. He told a story to a man between the time you staked the claim and the time he disappeared. I don't believe it. I have a pretty fair idea where to look for that paper. You're hired.   Good. A short time later, while the Lone Ranger was working near the mouth of the tunnel, Flavin left him and made his way to a side shaft some 50 feet distance. He followed this tunnel until he came to a chamber that was illuminated only by a single candle. The faint light revealed the bound figure of a man on the floor. Well, Dave, I've been learning things. I reckon I'll have to un-gag you so as you can talk.  There, the gag's out. All right.  Here, take a swig of water.  Glad I come here frequent and give you water. Drink your fill and we'll talk. How long you can? The only reason you're still alive is because I figured I might find need of you. Oh, Molly. Oh, Molly. I got news about her that's downright important. I'll tell you that news. If you tell just where you hit the paper to prove you was in this tunnel when I got here. I better know what you're talking about. Yes, you do. You sunk a shaft here and done some work before you tried to stick a claim. When you see me coming, you're rid of an open hitter. Where's that note? Tell me, Flick, what about my wife? What about that paper? I don't know what you're talking about. Lion, well... Take it over some more. I got plenty of important news about your wife. Tell me. Not a chance. Not till you tell me about that paper. Honest. Honest, Flick, I don't know where you got that idea. Well, we'll see. I'll just gig, gig, gig and let you do more thinking. If you didn't write nothing well and good. If you didn't, you're lying to me. You'll be downright sorry. That night, when the other laborers at the mine had departed, Tonto secretly joined the Lone Ranger. The two of them worked hard with pick and spade near the mouth of the tunnel. When daybreak was near, the Lone Ranger spoke to his faithful companion. Almost finished, Kamisabi. The work inside the tunnel is done. Work? Outside, soon. Yes. And then we can arrange for the accident any time we want it. But come, we've got to keep digging where to finish our job. Throughout that same night, Abe Chatwick lay sleepless. But he wondered what he could do to regain both the money stolen from him and the mine stolen from his daughter. But morning still had brought no solution to his difficulties. He is hollow-eyed and worried as he passes his coffin cup to Molly. Fill it up, honey. Maybe it'll brace me up some. Pa, you mustn't worry so. That won't help none. Must be some way. A man that's in the right is supposed to win out in the end. And I'm in the right. Talk when you plan murder and bloodshed, Pa. Yeah, look at the things Flavon's planned and done. We've had a lot of setbacks, Pa. Setbacks. Sometimes it seems like we'll never get to the end of all our troubles. But things always work out. This will work out too. It's just got to. Well, it sure surprised me to find that engine, a crook. I wonder... What do you wonder? He's taken your cash, made it so you couldn't hire those gunmen, didn't it? Yes. Might be Sate sent him, Pa. She won't fade at all. It's just his downright cussedness. I'll see who's there. Use it still, Molly. I'll be clearing off the table. Oh, Sheriff Perkins. Howdy, Abe. Good morning, Sheriff. Hello there, Molly. I'll step in if you don't mind. Nothing wrong, I hope. Nope, that is. I hope not. Heard you was in town, Abe. Got him night of four lasts. Yeah. Spent a half hour in the cafe from what I hear. That's right. He was in town all day yesterday and never took the trouble to look me up. What's the use looking you up? When a man avoids a lord sometimes because he aims to start a lot of trouble. I don't need to start trouble. Trouble comes and slaps me right in the face. If I could hear it, I was robbed by a red skin. Yeah, heard about that. Ain't seen no sign of him, have you? Maybe you have. But tell me, Abe, what's this about you trying to hire a lot of gunmen? Killers. Well, I didn't hire them. No.  Well, my money was stolen. What'd you have in mind, Abe, when you hired them? Well, I... You may as well tell the truth, Pa. I aim to make Flavin confess to being a claim jumper and a murderer. You aim to clear up a claim jumper's misdeeds by killing a half a dozen men. Never mind what I aim to do, Sheriff. If you want to keep yourself busy, hunt down the red skin that stole my cash. You didn't need to. He hunted me down. What do you mean, Sheriff? Here, Abe. I reckon this is your cash. Great daddy. Where'd you get this? The engine brought it to me. Now maybe you won't wag your tongue so free about the way law and order is enforced in this town. What'd they give it to you for, Sheriff? Well, he was a sort of peculiar critter. He fetched it to me and said to bring it to you this morning. Said I might do well to stay here till we heard a big blast over by the Rosa Linda mine. A blast? Then what? Well, according to what the engine told me, we might do well to go there when we hear the blast. I'd like to hear a blast that'll blow Flavin into eternity. That's what I'd like to hear. Well, I reckon there ain't no more business to attend to here. Now be getting on. I wouldn't forget that about the blast if I was you, Abe. It might be important. Did you hear that?  Just come from over by the Rosa Linda. It was a blast. Come on, we're going. Reckon I'd better go along. Come on, Silver! Look at that white horse headin' this way. Come on, Sam. Look at that horse travel. That's the man that fetched me to town. The partner of the engine that robbed me. Yeah? Oh, Silver! Hi there. Hi there, stranger. Sheriff, get a posse. Get to the Rosa Linda mine at once. Maybe you'll get over there too. What's going on? He said to get a posse. Get over there if you want to hear a confession. I'll Silver! The blast, prepared and set off by the Lone Ranger, filled the mouth of the mine with rock and dirt, trapping Flavin' and the miners inside. The explosion started water flowing into the tunnel. As its level steadily rose, the imprisoned men shouted in panic. We're drowning. We can't get out. It'll take a week to get through that cave then. I don't think anyhow. I think of all the drowning. There's a solid rock outside this month. We can't get through it. There's only some left to power. There ain't nothing here that's been sold. Get us out of here! The water's close to my knees! The crowd had quickly gathered outside the mine. The sheriff was present with his deputies, as well as Molly and her father. Santa was there also, but his presence was overlooked. When the people discovered their astonishment, that the masked man, mounted on Silver and holding two guns in his hands, refused to let the crowd go to the assistance of the men inside the blocked shaft. Quiet! Quiet everyone! Inside there is Ned Flavin and his miners. You can hear them.  Flavin! Flavin! If you want to be rescued, get some men quiet and listen to me. We're getting down. Get us out of here. I am in there with you. Unless you bring the owner of the Rosalinda with you, you'll be left to drown. I'm the owner. I mean Dave. He's in there. Get him and see that he's the first to come out. He'll also confess to jumping his claim before I release you. What sort of game is this, stranger? Put them guns down in the name of the law. The law be concerned. This fellow makes his own law. You mean Dave is in there alive? What do you say, Flavin? I won't confess to nothing. The rest of us will. He's a crook. He's on his way. Let us out. He's here strong like grass in here. Where is Dave? One of the boys is showing him. No. No, you can't do that. I won't confess. It's a frame out. Dave! Dave! Sir, you can let him out now, can't you? Please let Dave out. What do you say, Flavin? You can't even confess. It's a dirty frame out. We got Dave. He's the real owner. Let us out. He'll tell you all about Flavin. We got him. Dave is here too. Mr. Let Dave out. Let him all out. You've heard enough, Sheriff. I did. But how are you going to let him out? We got a dig. No, there's a better way. Stand back, everyone. There's another blast underneath the rock that holds them. Back! All of you! See here, Mr. You can't run things and suit yourself. Leave him be. He's running things fast straight. Yes, Dave out, Mr. Dave! Back! Hurry! Come on, Silver. Push them back! You men inside the cave! Stand back for the blast! All right, Tuttle! Mask, I want to know what you're doing. There are your prisoners, Sheriff. You'll be able to turn this claim over to the rightful owner. Flavin was going to kill me. Hold on. You deputies cut off Flavin and all the rest. I'll save him as a critter we want and we got Flavin. Now that Mask Rider is gone, maybe I can have something to say around here. The story you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.


Hi and welcome to another Philo-impro, philosophical improvisation. Today we will talk about light. So light has been considered a form of absolute since Einstein's discovery. And this is interesting because already in Plato's myth of the cave, there is this idea that light serves as the ultimate metaphor. And even today, many aspects of our intellectual discoveries that are supposedly based only on abstract thinking, that in fact might be dependent on a worldview that in order to separate objects analytically is implicitly referring to the capacity of light to distinguish or to help us distinguish objects instead of considering just flows or a hole that would be vibrating in different frequencies. So in my book, being a nearness, which is just out this bounds, I'm engaged into a thought experiment. What if light and sight were not our dominant ways of considering the world? What if it was the art of listening that would give us access to a better understanding of things? Or another sense or a combination of senses that we are not yet aware of, that we are not yet trained to develop in the sense of a tool to manifest an interpretation of the world? So we are perhaps confusingly aware that there are other things than objects around us, but we do not yet know necessarily what is the understanding that might help us to articulate this new perceptions into a narrative. That's it for today. I've been already longer than in the previous two improvisations. So see you tomorrow. Bye.


But he started his faith with laughing when God said you will have a son and Abraham went That's a joke He was laughing at God when God said something so outside of this world So here is a man who is the father of faith Who is laughing because God is doing such a great things, but his faith started with laughing mocking God And saying that's completely ridiculous God You don't make mistakes, but I am your first mistake You did you're not speaking to the right person. You miss dialed the number God That's not me. I am an old man.  Mm-hmm. Of course. Oh, yeah, that's right. Mm-hmm It's the mocking laugh if you overcome that your faith Already has a good beginning if you are here today and you may be Laughing at God's promises and your own dreams You're in a good company Abraham was here also.  I was like he has no idea I have no desire to preach. I don't like to preach that is not my thing and I'm sitting there But I'm outside. I'm looking all good I'm trying not to say anything so he doesn't keep going more and more and more But an inside I'm laughing and I'm like this is not right. This is not gonna happen. He doesn't know me He doesn't know my problems. He doesn't know my insecurities. He doesn't know. I don't have anything I don't know what he sees. I don't know why he's saying these things, but he Was speaking that and my faith was like that.   Oh, you gotta go to the doctor get checked And I know you're 25, but we all have cancer You gotta go check in because it's not gonna pass you by and when people begin to Laugh at your idea at your vision for your life And this is the moment where you have to protect your vision and not protect the opinions of people Because the last time I checked you cannot pay your bills with your opinions of people Because somebody say a man When Jesus walks into the room and there is a dead girl that's laying out there and people start the Bible says they were Mocking and laughing Jesus. Why because Jesus walks into the room and he says the girl is not dead They're like we checked her pulse.  How do you know she's not dead? She's sleeping.  Which one do you like that one this one that one or that one? Please choose one Every person who laughs at the things God is dealing and working with you you have to nicely and politely Show them the exit If you surround yourself with those people or because they're famous or because too rich and they're Connected and you try to simply please them and you give up your dream to please those people You're the most miserable person tri-cities has ever had a walk on its oil People pleasers will never achieve anything in life


To welcome everybody back to the independent investor channel Ryan here trying to break down barriers for Individual investors and provide those options out there. This video is going to chronicle an opportunity for you guys that are Interested in stock market investing and you want to own a lot of different stocks in the same basket But you don't have a lot of starting capital and this is a way to do it I'm going to drop you into a 71 stock a holding portfolio That I've custom built for myself. It's kind of like the independent investor ETF There's ways of seeking out your exposure to the stock market have changed radically Okay, and the only people that are going to roll out to these opportunities for you guys are through social media the traditional means of Seeking out opportunity to the market usually go through a middleman or an intermediary i.e. a financial planner You can seek out your exposure to the stock market now direct. It's just that simple I'll drop you into this account. This is one that I chronicle on the channel all the time It's a lot of fun for me through M1 finance This is a suite of 71. They are organized in a way that you guys can appreciate In each of the ten sectors I do leave real estate out of this portfolio as I do have real estate in my larger accounts But this is a cool way of seeking exposure to the other Areas of the stock market technology health care financials and down the line In a way that I want to and you'll see when we jump into the portfolio here how I've got these organized as Usual I do share this with the audience broadly the M1 finance Opportunity is affiliated with the independent investor channel. So please understand that the links that you click on The channel can receive a small compensation for me rolling out these awareness pieces on M1 finance I love the account. I really do. I've got two accounts that chronicle them all the time on the channel There are a lot of fun it makes investing really fun and you can't do this with a traditional broker You can't just say, hey, I want these 50 or 60 or in this case over 70 stocks and say I want a little bit of exposure to all of them. I don't want the entire S&P 500 I want the companies that I want to own and M1 finance makes that possible. All right, so We're gonna chronicle this I'm gonna show you the holdings if you don't catch it all in the delivery. No problem I do share these you can click over at your leisure and you can see how I've divvied up the portfolio and Organized it in the manner that I have you can use the portfolio as I've built it I would presume that there's a lot of individual investors out there that can appreciate how I've divvied it up If not no big deal use it as a template for yourself And as kind of a backbone but on the top end just a portfolio check here on performance We're doing quite well 10,000 event flows into the portfolio Just shy of 9,000 and gains in this portfolio. So we're doing well Just that the track line here Graph slightly leaning to the right and upwards which is exactly what we want and then like I was saying these are the Slices, okay, so M1 finance works on a very very simple Simple strategy here in that you've got your pie here And the pie is comprised of a bunch of slices and each slices as I hover over them Will be denoted to the right there in each of the respective categories technology being the highest funding here at 15 percent, right? So just imagine as these dollars flow into this account I'm basically telling it that you know, I want 15 cents out of every dollar to flow into technology 14 13 11 and down the line until we get to materials This is the allocation piece that I talk about and I don't mean to throw a bunch of fancy words out there but there are a few terms that You may want to become familiar with As we evolve in this Investing opportunity is it is an education and don't think for a second that you have to tune into a video like mine or Be on your own and and and be an expert before you start investing But that's actually a far cry from the truth I would take the independent investor opportunity and take it as a bridge gap or a stop gap in your knowledge and Trust the fact that I know what I'm doing I've been doing this a long long time and for a lot of investors it can get you as close to the right track as possible This is a passive program in other words You're not gonna have to go into each and every one of these and and finagle around I think a lot of people get involved in investing and then they say well, so what Ryan like now what? What am I gonna have to do am I gonna have to you know, give this a pit stop every now and then am I gonna have to? You know make changes in it I'm incapable of doing those things and the answer is no to all of that that you can just set up a portfolio like this You can see some of the holdings we're gonna go in here We're gonna jump into and chronicle some of the holdings that we've got here You'll see here that these are recognized companies. Okay. These are not fly by the night companies Sorry to disappoint you. There is no AMC in this portfolio. So that's what you're looking for You can exit stage right. I have no problem with that. I will teach fundamentals of wealth building Intel the cows come home on the independent investor channel. Why? Because that's what can work for the masses. Okay, you're gonna get people coming on bragging all the time about how much money They've made in the stock market what they fail to tell you is all the times that they have failed in the stock market and Stock market investing doesn't allow you to win all the time. It doesn't You'll get over zealous and you'll think that you can control Your market opportunity and you'll lose big You'll be on the wrong side of a trade and usually those people will do one of two things either They will quit investing or speculating altogether or gambling or they will crawl back to a program that actually works said program like I'm just demonstrating for you now on The top end here the first five or Dow components, right? That makes up the lion share of the money dollars that are actually in this portfolio specific to The the higher-weighted holdings you see here. I've got am Jan is the number one. I bought that on an opportunistic dip It really had a hard time after earnings and you can see here the cost basis at 618 It's our 233 at the average stock price and we're happy to own this Just a couple shares and that's the whole point to this videos to understand how with a relatively light amount of money And a lot of you guys might be saying well, I don't have 20 grand Ryan. Can I do this with 500? Yeah, you can I just don't think that you need to be pushing it up to 70 The whole idea is you might say look I want to start with my first 10 I like the way that you've broken it down into the 10 sectors And and pick one representative from each of the sectors, right? You could do that very very easy and But this is just a representative of multiple holdings within each of the slices In the portfolio. This is just how it shakes for me. That's what I wanted to do I wanted to grab exposure to a lot of companies without a lot of money And that's really the whole niche of this video is to roll out How you can do something similar to what I've done here as I scroll through the list here Broadcom CVS thermo Fisher scientific. This is one of the ones that are down The labs are really getting hit here as we move out of the pandemic Eli Lilly look at that. It's done doing quite well had to grab some Eli for sure McDonald's here another Dow component Meg Dronick one of those dividend aristocrats Looking good here down a couple bucks and Intel I'm not going to shake a stick at that Duke energy We entered that at a good time. I own this in the big portfolio as well and own a little dab here It's it's tops of my list on in the energy or excuse me the utility sector Abbott laboratories, that's probably the biggest dog in the portfolio right now, but it's a fabulous company It's just falling on some hard times here. No big deal And Disney we bought too high. No big deal. I'm not perfect. We bought it high and we're down a little bit We're down less than 5% were good there Morgan Stanley would be one of those financials that I wouldn't want to own and My larger portfolio and look at that that would have been a wrong application I would have been just fine entering into Morgan Stanley At the time I'm up 22% in the name. So just a great way of really spreading out There's a lot of people out there that might just have tons of money And then they don't know the first thing about investing They can lean on my investing mind to look at how I've Allocated my money in a relatively small portfolio with just less than $20,000 and say my goodness, man This is incredible what this guy's doing. I've got a hundred grand Could I dump a hundred grand into this portfolio? The answer is yeah, it's built to Accept any level of money whether it be $500 or $500,000. It doesn't matter These are all well-established a billion dollar companies. I would Venture to say that the vast majority of these are all large cap value companies all large cap I don't think any even dabble into the mid cap category These are all well established businesses. I mean TD Bank. These have just done incredibly well up over 20% here And then Royal Bank of Canada. I've got a Bank of Nova Scotia in here as well So up over 20% there Bank of Nova Scotia boom were up almost 20% Look at Charles Schwab up over 30% Leg it and plat just it's been on an absolute tear Next Tara has been one of the dogs down a little bit at 10% But the idea here that I own a ton of stock. I'm still up huge in the portfolio, right? So you can accept a few of these by nature of enjoying Diversification within the portfolio you can live with a few dogs in the portfolio for a while Next Tara is a good company. It'll come back over time. So we're totally fine But but in bridge is in the same slice and we're up over 10% So, you know on kind of a relative basis these two kind of provide a wash for each other And I think long-term they'll both be fine But you know Mastercard and financials just good stuff I scroll down here and you guys are the beneficiaries of seeing kind of how my mind works APD one of my favorite materials plays in this portfolio. Look at that almost up 20% Waste management up over 20% Philip 66 right a great energy play kind of an alt energy play That supplements my larger energy plays effects on Chevron and droil Dutch shell In the bigger portfolio in this portfolio. I've got exposure to Philip 66 Marathon petroleum I passed it. Yep. Here it is Marathon. I've got Valero in this portfolio. I've got Conoco Phillips Which was the original company that spun off Philip Phillips 66 about six or seven years ago And and so just a great way of doing it. Here's the lend I've got a big position and lend in the big portfolio. This is a beast here. I love this company It's my favorite in materials. You see Nike's down just a touch But look at Sherwin Williams almost on a whole share a Sherwin. What a fantastic company we bought this before it split and It's done quite well post-split up to shy of 15% AMD that's kind of a surprise that ran up really really heavy and it's just moderating here At its current stock price and Kimberly Clark. Here's another one Starbucks that I don't really want to own Total has gone through a transition here. It's actually Reform it matter I need to look into this as to what happened because the ticker symbol changed So I don't know if there was a conglomerate grouping there as it changed to TTT TTE instead of to T which was total energy Which is based out of France. I believe if my memory serves me correctly. It's an enormous company Global energy provider there in total. I think they're top five actually.  Well, one of my faves BHP Billiton, all right, one of my favorites in the materials sector proctor down a touch in TJ Max I can live with that for sure Here's Altria group. We own both of the staples here in the smaller capacity. That's fine Look at Kraft Heinz running back up over 25% John Deere and it's just a lot of fun to go through this list here warm Walmart down a touch. No biggie FedEx 15% Northrop grama 25% 20% in general So like if you looked at this and you thought man, you know, the odds are kind of in my favor to value invest and just invest in everything the bottom-in tier with Dow and and DuPont Demours, you know That the odds are really on your side. And what what a cool way of of seeking out a ton of different stock here 71 different positions, you know, just a fantastic performance in the portfolio I cannot I cannot deny the performance in this and I think this would be attractive for a lot of investors out there That are looking to put a little bit of money to work in a lot of different stock guys So the pretty cool to be able to come in here and chronicle this portfolio for you I do this on occasion Because I think this strategy right here unlike a lot of strategies that are rolled out through social media Will Put your nose in the right direction. It'll give you it'll put you on the right path It's not going to make you rich overnight that this is investing Anything less than that than investing is not investing.  We will continue to beat the drum on those strategies that have historically worked and Do work in the stock market proven and validated on my very very frequent updates on my portfolio This proves nothing that this strategy works and it can work for you as well guys If you appreciate the comment content coming through to make sure and subscribe Do the independent investor channel share the message with anybody out there that you know can appreciate the message Thank you so much for tuning in to this portfolio review and good luck in your investment future


So this little metal box device, and yes it's metal, is a Ubiquiti Edge Router X. You can get these for about 50 bucks. And I wanted to try and to see how powerful a $50 router was. But it's a pretty neat little device. Now it has not four ports, it has four logical ports so you can create four logical networks. It supports VLAN, it supports QOS. It's got a really slick web interface that makes your standard router configuration easy. It has some load balancing, failover options in it as well. You can power it through a PoE pass through or through the included 12 volt adapter that it came with, reset button. But I figured I'd go a little step further in here and show you what's inside. It's already took the screws out. And this board's pretty well set up. The completely packed, you have a heat sink right on the CPU, memory chip, it looks really well made. Like there's nothing about this. It feels cheap at all. On the inside, this is what connects the LEDs in the back. So you have this row of plastic to connect to the flashing lights that go here. And it's a pretty impressive box. I've left it running for quite a while. Heavy routing of traffic, doing some load testing on it. And it barely gets warm. So they did a good job with heat dissipation with the heat sink on here and the metal box. So there's no real worries. It does have mounting so you can wall mount it. And with it being so small, it makes for a really clean installation.  It's got some neat features that we'll cover in a second. But like I said, it's an impressive little box for the very physically small footprint and being in all metal design and then only costing $49 for this model. Okay, when we first log in, you have to use the user name UBNT and password UBNT in order to get in. Now this is a default setup. By default when it's set up, it does not route any traffic. ETH0 has a default IP address of 192.168.11 and this is a default password. And the first thing it's gonna do when I log in is wanna know if I wanna run the wizard. Now if you don't wanna run the wizard, you're gonna have to open up the command line and start configuring the interfaces. Run the wizard unless you wanna jump right into that and you're familiar with how to configure firewalls right from the command line. So we're gonna say yes. And we're gonna choose our ethernet port. I have the internet for an ETH4 as I showed here in these lights. You get link lights for each one. I want the 192.168.11. Go ahead and give me a DHCP server. And for now we're just gonna keep existing users but you can add your users or create a new admin user or change the password for the UBNT user. So it is set up DHCP. We don't have a VLAN. If you were setting up, for example, with a cable modem, this would be like your default setup. Plug it in to your ISP. I'll plug it in this case to ETH4 and then we go. So we're gonna apply, apply changes and reboot. System reboot said takes under 60 seconds to get booted up. It's reasonably fast. Okay, we're logged back in. It's rebooted and like I said, it says uptime of a minute. That's from it's counting it's boot. It's pretty fast. Like I said, it took under a minute by the time I can get right back into the web interface here. So here's the basics of it. You have which ethernet ports are connected. You have a switch here. You have the ethernet four. These are other logical network ports that you can create. Now you can bridge these into the switch itself but that requires going back down to the command line and using the tools from the command line to bridge them back together. Now that's pretty slick that you can do that and I really like the advanced features but we're gonna stick with some of the basics here. We do have a traffic analysis system as well in here. It'll give you the total bytes for the traffic. By default, it's disables. We're gonna go ahead and enable it so we can gather some traffic statistics. Now here's your routing where you can see the route tables, firewall and that. Now adding the different firewall and that, not a problem. You just pick the interfaces and you can add port forwarding between them. Add a LAN interface, A0, add a rule. You can actually add multiple ones here which is kind of cool. Then you could choose the rule set. So we're just gonna say like port 80 forward to address one of the internal ones here. Test, W, apply. And now you have a rule for that. It's fairly straightforward for mapping it so it's gonna map from eth4 eth0 which is my LAN and here's the begin port, the IP address internally forward to port and give the port a name. And deleting them just as easy as you have the rules just delete, yes. For any of the services like we have a DHCP service actions, you can view the leases, view the devices, pool size, least available, static mappings you can create in here, details if you wanna force certain things over, change IP addresses, like it uses itself for DNS but I could force in a different DNS because it does DNS forwarding from the DNS that got from the eth4. There is VPN support. I don't know, they have PPTP in here. I don't recommend using it because it's an older protocol find Microsoft and it's been long deprecated because there's some security flaws with it. It does have option to do IPsec site to site. I really wish it had an option for doing open VPN. That's my preference in like a PF sense box. The other options on the wizard, which is we ran the basics it up. There's a load balancing, load balancing too. And what these are is wizards to connections from different internet providers. It does have a switch option in here. So you can then tie together pieces for a switch on a static IP and configure the switching site.  So if it's too outside of what it's, and there's changes already been done, they reset and reconfigure. But for most basic setup, for most of your home networks, if this is you're gonna use it as your home, perfectly find it there. Maybe you wanna set up two lands when you're at home and there's an option for that as well. And what that would allow you to do is, for example, if you wanna keep certain guests on one side of a device and certain other people on the other side of the device, it's got that option here. Now let's talk about performance because that was one of the things that really made me curious. How well does a $49 box perform? So let's do some testing. Okay, we've got, on another network, I have an iPerf setup and I've got it servered on an address at 226. Now this is directly into a gigabit and on the another gigabit switch that's right on the other side of this Edge Max router. So we're gonna see what kind of performance we can get out of here. You can see the CPU load at the top jump to about 50% when I'm doing this and 310 megs, we'll try it again for some consistency. Now I've seen it do this where it bursts on the first test, but once you start getting consistent with it, it seems to route at about 170 to 180 megs. I'm not sure why the first time it runs more, it's done that inconsistently for me where I get like a burst of fast. But for most users, this would be perfectly fine because the fastest internet provider, generally in our area right now, can only provide at 100 megabit. So with them only being able to provide at 100, you can't, you're not going to outrun this. So this device being able to go all the way up to between 180 to 200 here, I don't see it as an issue. But obviously if you're gonna have faster connection at, like you got a fiber connection, that's that maybe 400, 500 megs. Well, this isn't really the device for you, but if you're running that kind of connection speed, you probably want something a little bit more beefy. See, now it jumped back up and we're getting a little bit faster again. I think it's a matter of some of the logging keep up so we can try turning off the traffic analysis, see if we disable this, say yes, we'll run the test again. So now we've turned off the traffic analysis, see what happens. So with the traffic analysis turned off, it seems like I'm getting a more consistent speed out of this, and it's a little bit faster. So it looks like we can route closer about 300 megs consistently with the traffic analysis turned off. Pretty neat though, pretty impressed, like I said, for the device for being only $49 is able to handle all this. So let's take a look also. Now, when I said you have to do command line into this, there's two ways to do it. They give you a command line tool to log into the device here, but it's kind of small and kind of hard to read. So I'm just gonna go ahead and SSH into it. UBNT at 192.168.1. So this has a little MIPS processor in it, and it's running Linux 3.1 kernel here. You have most of your basic commands, but autocomplete is not enabled on this. So I'm looking at this, and you get the standard BashRCE profile. We do have top, so we can watch the processor usage. They do have Vi on here, so if I wanted to edit a file, I can. I don't think they have Nano. Nope, no Nano. So the Vi is your text set around here, which is not a problem. Standard, different Etsy configurations. You can set interfaces using switch, switch arrow, switch port, all the different command lines to set the interface settings on here directly, and then you can commit them. Kind of nice, like I said, you gotta kind of be a command line jockey to really get some of the more advanced configuration on here, or you just use a couple of wizards on there. But for basic routing and for $49, this gets you going pretty quick. It's pretty hefty little machine, made of metal, so that's nice. It doesn't feel cheap in plastic. It's really decent in performance for your basic routing. I'm still a fan of the PF SenseRotters, which can handle very much higher speeds than that, but this one gets the job done. But if we wanna go to QOS, and we're gonna set up something really basic here, just a test policy, and we're just gonna limit it to, well, let's see, two megs up and down, and apply. So now we can see if I run the same test again, with the limited at two. Also the CPU usage is a lot lower now that we've set a QOS limit on there. And it does, there we go, 2.3 and 1.86. It definitely brings down the amount of available bandwidth on that. So in a nutshell, this is the Edge Max Edge Router. I'm running the V19 firmware. Great little device, definitely happy with it. Performs really well for $49. So you can't beat the price. Firewall NAT services. The fact that you can clear a failover on a $49 device is really impressive. So if you just have a client that has some basic needs, but needs that failover with two ISPs, this is a low cost, easy to install solution, and generally pretty easy to configure. Thanks.


And welcome to Screen Time Reset. I'm your host, Lauren Pair. So far in this show, we've talked to parents, teachers, authors, community leaders, and even a senator. But up until this point, we haven't heard from one of the most important perspectives on the issue of screen time. That's of teenagers and children, the so-called digital natives who are growing up and living and breathing screens and technology. Today, on our last episode before an extended summer break, we're fixing that. I'm happy to welcome to the show Buddy Leong, a local high school student. Thanks for coming on, buddy. So before we dive into the topic of screen time, could you just tell us a little bit about yourself? How old you are? What year you are at school? You play sports. What else are you passionate about outside of that? So I'm a current high school student. I'm a sophomore. I'm 16 years old. And outside of school, I like to volunteer my time by doing things such as a local organization called Winner's Camp, which is a leadership development camp. I'm also passionate about learning about finance and finance markets. I like reading the news and keeping up with current events. Very cool. And with that as the background, now we'll jump into the topic that we're here to discuss today, which is screen time. And I'm just curious, as a first impression of yours, what do you see as sort of the biggest benefits that technology and screens provide with teenagers like yourself these days? I think that at least for teenagers like myself, we have access to a lot of information. So at least for schooling, we are able to search up a question and get an answer back in a fraction of a second. And I think that's really awesome. Yeah. You mentioned being interested in finance as well. I'm guessing you used the internet to probably been a pretty big part of your learning on that subject. Is that right? Yeah, most definitely. But I think that's a little bit specific to myself because a lot of students aren't necessarily looking at financial markets as I am. I would say that that's really accurate, that most 16 year olds are not. But whatever their particular interest is, right, like whether it's like airplanes or environmental conservation or finance, it certainly is a powerful tool for that. Is there anything else that you think is like a big benefit that screens and technology provide today? I think that the entertainment uses are is a benefit for at least teenagers my age that we get to be entertained in moments where we could actually be doing something else. But we want to maybe have a little fun and spice it up and put on a show or something. Although that might be a double-edged sword, right? A little entertainment's good. And then you can slide into maybe a suboptimal point of entertainment consumption. What do you see as the biggest negatives of screen time and technology for a teenager these days? I think at least for a teenager my age, the biggest negative would be the cyberbullying aspect and the feasibility to get scammed because we're so accustomed to certain things that once they're changed very slightly to be maybe a scam to take our money, that we would just give our money up and it's very sad. Does that happen to like friends you know or anything? Well, I think at least impersonation has happened with a couple of my friends where there have been accounts that cyber bully them. And it's really not something that I think technology should be used for. Yeah, yeah. Are there any other big negatives you see about screens and tech use these days? Well, I think that especially with screens it's very easy to get addicted to it. It's kind of like sugar.  Absolutely. I'm a bit of a sugar addict working on reforming that, but it's challenging so that analogy definitely resonates with me for sure. And how often, because one issue that I see comes up a lot is that there's what technology can be used for, like learning about financial markets. And there's what it's most often used for, which probably isn't learning about financial markets. How often do you think students these days, like on their personal devices, say smartphones, because I know they're smartphones and computers. Let's just say smartphones for now. How often do you think they're using them for entertainment purposes? And maybe communication, which has some value, but when you're texting for hours and maybe not really saying anything of substance, again, there's an issue of how much of that is your time best spent. What do you see as the breakdown between that kind of usage versus researching a topic for school or for personal interest, but real education? I think that at least for research in school, I think that the usage of personal devices is only used for school when it's required. After that, it's just like me time and I'm gonna go watch a movie, go check out my Instagram and stuff like that. Keep my Snap Street going. Yeah, yeah, because that's to me, that's like such an important, because there's no doubt. I mean, because I am a little concerned about the amount of technology we all have in our lives now, I'm often sort of painted as being anti-type, which isn't true. I think it's an amazingly powerful tool and I think it's so important to always differentiate how we could be using it versus how we are in fact using it. So I was just curious to get your take on that. And one of the reasons I really wanted to have you on is because you struck me as someone who is thinking about their future far more than the average student, far more than I was when I was your age. As far as professionally, your interest in finance, I also know you're on LinkedIn. So it's obvious to me that you see how technology can be a powerful tool in collecting information, in connecting with other people. And so I thought that that's like such a valuable perspective to have a student but one that is using technology for these benefits that we see. But it was interesting when we were talking a little bit. Now even I know that you really try to have a pretty strict bedtime because sleep is very important. But it wasn't always this way, right? Like, can you tell us a little bit about your habits in middle school on your phone, for example? Yes, so around middle school time, that was when I was really what I possibly could classify as addicted to my phone and my devices.  And that was quite a big part of it. How late would you stay up? On typical nights, it would last ranging from 12 o'clock to 3 in the morning. Wow, you have to get up and go to school the next day. Yeah, or the same day. Yeah, well, right. Good point. And did you notice, like, did that affect your mood? Did it affect your kind of interest in class, anything like that? Yeah, well, I think that at least when you stay up really late or early and you're sleep deprived, you're just kind of like going throughout the day and you're not really aware of what's going on. So that affects or at least affected my ability to take in the knowledge that was being given to me and it really affected that. Yeah. What about your mood? Did you feel like a little more down, you think, or like irritable or did not really notice an effect on your mood? Well, I do think that I was at least a little bit more irritable and down because once you have a lot less sleep, you don't really know what to do with the little bit amount of energy that you have. So I would just like go through the motions. Yeah, definitely. I know that I'm certainly more irritable when I don't get my quality night's sleep. And so what shifted you from having that sort of relationship with tech to now being, you know, protecting your sleep and being conscious about it? How did you shift out of that pattern of staying up till early in the morning, texting away? Well, at least for me, after texting around at three o'clock in the morning for quite some time, me and my friends had a split. So I was removed from that little three o'clock in the morning texting session. So that actually helped me to better my habits and better my lifestyle, which I actually think is I'm better off without it now. Yeah, totally. Although the interesting thing for me that I don't even know that I really haven't an answer to, but something certainly for parents to think about is like what would have happened if there had been that split, right? Like, you're clearly so ahead of the game and in my opinion on, you know, again, looking to the future, using tech in the best ways. And even you were sucked in to that kind of like unhealthy usage. And it was almost something random that broke it. And so I wonder, what do you think about like limits on phones at bedtime, for example, you think that is like a wise idea for parents to do or? I think that especially a lot of teams like to look at their phone right before they go to bed and then put it down. So I think that if parents want to have a limit on that and have rules on that, that they need to strictly enforce it and have an iron fist and not break because if they do, then their children will be like, you're going to break eventually, so I'll just go with it. True. Yeah, that's one thing. I see some people suggesting like you should have a charging station in the living room or something. And personally, I think if parents are going to do it, you should have it in your bedroom.  Your parents are already asleep and you want to be back on your phone. Yeah, just my personal thought there.  With tech. And now how do you keep that in check?  How do you limit yourself? Well, at least for me, I can just tell myself, put it down, stop using it, take a nap or go outside and do something or maybe stop doing something that will not help me and actually do something that'll help me. So you just have that ability internally to switch. Yeah. Well, that's an amazing superpower these days. I honestly think that sort of ability is going to serve you incredibly well. It reminds me a bit. I mean, it's like an extreme case though, because I would argue that screens today are more tempting than marshmallows. Are you familiar with that marshmallow study? Yeah. Yeah, they find that delayed gratification is one of the top predictors of success and found that even, as you know, these five-year-olds or preschoolers or whatever, the ones that could hold out and wait a few minutes to get two marshmallows instead of their other option, which was the instant gratification of one marshmallow now that they had much better success later in life. So it seems like you're just able to do that naturally, which is amazing. And that's, again, I wonder, I think that limits can be really important because I believe that that study found about 30% of kids have that ability. So you're one of those. I'm wondering, what about the other 70%? Now they might need a little help in that. So another question about screens and how it's affecting us students these days is how it affects their attention, their ability to focus and pay attention. What are your thoughts on that? Well, at least in my classes, I see that a lot of times there are people who have their screens open and they're not doing anything screw-related or even sometimes they have their phones out, which is definitely not screw-related. And they can be playing a game on the side while the teacher's talking. And that's the attention focused towards their device as opposed to the teacher, which is actually giving them helpful knowledge to help them better themselves and succeed in the future. Right. Plus, if they were actually paying attention to the teacher, they would be practicing just their ability to focus. Period, right? Like, that's an ability we have to train. There is an interesting article by Daniel Goldman who wrote Emotional Intelligence and his focus has shifted to attention and it was actually an article posted in LinkedIn, which was if you want your kids to get ahead these days. Like, everyone thinks it's all about tech schools. He's like it's having them be able to focus and pay attention.  Yeah, totally makes sense. Yeah. And with that, we will go to break and we'll be right back. Hi, I'm Rusty Komori, host of Beyond the Lines on Think Tech Hawaii. My show is based on my book also titled Beyond the Lines and it's about creating a superior culture of excellence, leadership and finding greatness. I interview guests who are successful in business, sports and life which is sure to inspire you in finding your greatness. Join me every Monday as we go Beyond the Lines at 11 a.m., aloha. Aloha, I'm Stan Osterman, a host here on Think Tech Hawaii, a digital media company serving the people of Hawaii. We provide a video platform for citizen journalists to raise public awareness here on the island. We are a Hawaii non-profit that depends on the generosity of its supporters to keep on going. We'd be grateful if you go to thinktechawai.com and make a donation to support us now. Mahalo. Welcome back. So we were just talking about, you were mentioning that on the focus issue that you noticed this coming up in the classroom and I do some teaching as well and I've certainly noticed that there are students looking at things that are not related to the classwork they're supposed to be working on. So what do you see as like the benefits of having your computer in the classroom? Well, the main and possibly only benefit that I would see having the computer in the classroom is that it would be easier accessibility to information so you can just type in your question and get an immediate answer which you could always ask your teacher the question but of course if they don't know then you could search it up and the only major benefit beside that would be for note-taking and taking down stuff that you're learning hopefully you're learning something, you know? True. True. You take notes by hand, is that right? I think you mentioned that before. At least for me I try most of the time to take notes by hand because it helps me to remember what I am putting down on the page and it allows me to put in my own words about what the teacher is giving me and I get to try and make my own interpretation of what I'm learning on my own page. Yeah, well I think that you're like intuitive really onto something there because research seems to show that we do remember things better when we actually write it versus just typing it so that makes a lot of sense, that's a good reason and so how would you, so I do hear what you're saying about like the instant access to information although again I wonder if being able to wait a minute for information has some value like being able to take a note like look this up later and then follow up and go back and like stay in the moment versus you know flitting hair while the teacher is maybe saying something else or whatever, do you think that the benefits of that benefit of research, the access to information and note taking, in your mind does that balance out the distraction element that computers inject? I don't necessarily think so because at least for me I noticed that when students have their computers open it's immediately a distraction from what the teacher's saying not only is your attention completely focused on this one thing that you're doing in your computer but it's completely taken away from the information that you're receiving from your teacher so it does create a distraction just by being open and being on it. Yeah, even if you're not like looking at ESPN or whatever, yeah, yeah that's some, it's interesting, has this like ever been a topic that's been brought up at school where they're asking students their opinions on sort of the pluses and minuses of having technology in the classroom? Well at least for my freshman year we had a class that would talk about relevant issues to teen life and being a high schooler and this is one of the topics that they did bring up but very shortly and it wasn't very in depth. What did they cover? I would think that they would, I can't quite remember but I do think that they covered cyber bullying and the negatives of technology usage as opposed to the benefits. Did they talk about, because there's so much talk of like social media, mental health, cyber bullying which I do think is important but I find that a lot less high schools even bring up sort of the distraction point. In that like teen focused class did they specifically talk about like the academic implications of distraction or strategies for time management or some of like that side of screen issues? Well at least for screen issues they didn't talk about time management but on other, did not, but in a future session they did talk about how we should be managing our time and using our time wisely and allocating different times for homework, social life and of course personal time. And I think that that class was actually quite helpful but if we were talking about the, talking about screen time usage then it would be almost little to no relevance. Yeah and that was only in ninth grade. Was there any class like this that you took in middle school or this year you were a sophomore? Any equivalent class? No we don't, or at least for my school we don't focus on educating. I don't think we focus on educating our students necessarily primarily on the dangers and benefits of technology. It's just more of if it comes up and your teacher thinks it's relevant to talk about in class then we'll maybe have a mini class discussion about it. Got it. And so there was also no forum where any like administrators were trying to talk to students about basically weighing the pros and cons of like having computers in the classroom or something like that. And not that I know about. Yeah and to be fair I mean I haven't actually heard that happening at any school so far but it's interesting to me that it hasn't just because that's a big reason that screens and technology continue to be in the classroom. It feels like there's almost this underlying assumption that they provide this great academic benefit and you know there are some benefits but it seems like that discussion should really be there should almost be a debate or something with both sides really making a strong case or it could take the form of a discussion too. It doesn't have to be adversarial but it seems like students would certainly be an important voice to since they're the ones learning getting their thoughts on how it's affecting their education. Most definitely. I think that if the students had a say in what the administrator should be doing with technology usage then I think that the administration and policies would be quite different than they are now. That's very interesting. I hope all the parents and teachers and administrators out there are listening to that. So that's the school perspective. Does your doctor talk to you about like health harms associated with lots of screen time? Yeah I think last time I was there she like gave me a little paper and like here's the dangers. Here you go. Oh, did you remember what they said? They asked me about my screen time usage and if they deem it unhealthy then they'll talk to me more in depth about it but after that I don't really think there's much of a conversation that needs to be had. Well that's great that she and so it was actually a list of the harms not just telling you how much time you should be on it but it was a sheet with harms. Very cool. Yeah, good on your pediatrician. So I'm curious what you would do if you were running your school? You were the principal. What do you think would be a sensible policy for I guess smartphones and then separately for computers? Well at least in my chemistry class my teacher has a little basket at the front of the room where the students put their phones in when they come in and they can grab them when they leave which eliminates somewhat of a distraction and I think that's actually a good policy but also when the students are in class I think that they should at least have their screens closed unless asked to have them open to look up a question or do a little bit of research and maybe even possibly take notes. Yeah, yeah and what I'm hearing from you is the default being not to have it out versus the default has kind of become having it out. So maybe you have the option because they can be useful but there's no reason to have the default being your computer up and running when it's so riddled with distractions. Well it's definitely just like I said before just by being there and open is a distraction it just takes you away from your educational and learning. Very true, I mean they find that with like when you have a smartphone on the table even if it's like face down, right that just kind of like you don't have the same focus on the person in front of you because your attention is a little bit pulled towards the device just cause it's there. What about for parents like I know a big question that parents are really struggle with a lot of times like when to give their kid a smartphone? How would you think about that if you were a parent? Well I think that at least for parents they should be thinking about when they're gonna send their kids off to do things on their own and when if they might want to be able to communicate with their kids and how much cause you really only need a flip phone to call your child you don't necessarily need an iPhone or an Android to text and call and play games on you just really need to be in contact with your child and know that they're doing okay. Yeah, so then that's the flip phone so then when would you give your kid a smartphone? I know it's asking you to think rather futuristically but roll with me. Yeah, I think that at least for me when I would give my kid at least an iPhone would probably be around their fourth, fifth, sixth grade middle school years because the social norm comes into play of course that if they don't have it then they're not fitting in. What if there was no social norm? What if you set the social norm? If there was no social norm I think it's a really challenging question because I think that the technology is a big harm to teenagers which is when at least I would give my kid an iPhone and that the social aspect and the cyber bullying happens right around that time which is really quite sad and unfortunate. But that's at least- So why would you give your kid a phone then? Versus just a flip phone? That's a good question. I think that at least now if there was no social norm there would really be no reason to. I think that the phones are a good marketing tool to market games and different markets like the gaming industry. Yeah. And I think that's probably one of the most major things that sets a flip phone and an Apple iPhone or an Android phone different from that flip phone. Definitely. And I would love to see just the flip phone coming back is like almost training wheels for a real phone. Seems like all the kids are going right to the smartphone. Still pretty cool to be able to call from a little like floating device and text when you don't have that ability. Why not give the power and joy of like new technology to kids and increments, right? Like let them get down the texting and the calling and before that phase. So now I also wanna run two ideas I have by you and just get your as far as when we think I try to talk about solutions. You mentioned how you would think about your policies if you were running a school and you agreed that the student voice is an important and powerful one. So I have this idea. I think it'd be so cool if schools set up like a debate tournament or something with students talking about different, one debate topic could be whether or not computers should be in the classroom. Another could be on smartphones. One could be on the mental health whether it's good for students because it allows them information about mental health resources versus the cyber bullying. What do you think about that? Well, I think that that is definitely a viable solution at least for a debate. I think once they're given a topic they have to choose for or against and then do lots of research and make a convincing argument as to why or why not this thing should happen. And I think that if the administrators go to those tournaments especially with the topics being on screen time and phone usage and computer usage and overall just technology usage then they would be able to see at least in the student's perspective both sides of the argument. Absolutely. And I think it'd be really interesting for parents to see that as well. So I have this other idea that could be a little more controversial because it does involve schools like they issue the computers and things like that tracking the data better and looking for correlations between students that are on it longer hours and performance and things like that. I know that there's a lot of concern about privacy. I really hear that and agree with it. At the same time like let's be real we give our teams devices and there are all these big companies that are scraping all sorts of data on them. So in a sense I feel like that ship has sailed. All these big companies have the data to figure out how to manipulate kids into spending money in loot boxes and games or whatever. Why shouldn't schools have it at least to be trying to help students have healthier behaviors that have more optimal academic and maybe a mental health outcome. Definitely agree, definitely agree with that. Cool. Well we are out of time. Thank you so much for coming on buddy and I would be curious to hear what you think. Do you agree that computers are a distraction in the classroom? Do you think that their benefits outweigh that? What are other policies that you think that schools could consider to attack this issue? You have any ideas? Feel free to comment below or send it on over to screen time reset at gmail.com. Thanks so much and till next time. This is Lauren Pair for Screen Time Reset.


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One warm day, Smoky slouched in the saddle as his wiry bronc razorback looked along the trail toward the town of Mayville near the Brazos River. Suddenly Smoky stood in the stirrups and, fanning the bronc's ears with his sombrero, gave out with his familiar yell, Immediately the bronc stopped short, stiffened its legs, and began bucking strenuously. Don't go on your hide, razorback. You're the wildest bronc in all of Texas. Oh, oh fella, that's enough. Now we both feel better, I reckon. Come on, get along, razorback. We're soon becoming a town. Hey, will I be a loppy at home, dog? Look at the setup of that Indian coming on. Oh, it's got a hole fella. Ho, ho, razorback. A hardy Indian. I reckon that's what you all meant when you said that there, Tyee. That's right. Well, me here yell, see horse buckin' hard. Think maybe you need help?  We was just sort of lettin' off steam, wasn't we, razorback? Oh, well, me not know that. See, I, I'd admire to know your name, Indian. Seein' as how you all ride like you were saddle-borne, same as me. Well, me name Tonto. And you can call me Smokey, Smokey Hill. The Wondering Cowpoke is what the last boss I had called me.  Circle M spread plenty big. It ride down trail short way. Circle M wound by a fella named Manton. Thanks a heap for tellin' me, Tonto. I sure hope to meet up with you again sometime. Ah. Get along, razorback. Judd Manton, a solidly built man with a shock of iron gray hair, stood with his pretty daughter, Sally, leaning on the rail of the corral behind the ranch house. Practically all the ranch hands lined the rails of the corral too as they watched one of the cowboys being pitched and tossed by a bucking Bronco inside the corral. Don't let him! Stallion's quiet and loud. But at least Kansas did all right.  You all mean that stiff-sittin' Bronco bust-out yarn on the road. Stallion, ma'am, I'd say the credit goes to having a well-seen saddle to hang on to. It'd dog gone if you didn't hit the nail right on the head, didn't ya? Hey. Where'd you come from? I'm looking for Mr. Manton, the owner of this here spread. My name is Smokey Hill. I'm Judd Manton. What do you want to see me about, Smokey? Well, sir, being a right good cow hand in need of a job I thought maybe you could see a little bit. I got all the hands I need right now. Sorry. What? Now, that's just too bad, mister. I reckon we both lose out in that case. Huh? Well, I gotta admit you can blow your own horn, Smokey. Here comes Kansas. It's a good thing he didn't hear your remark, Mr. Hill. Kansas would probably resent it. I'll always contend there's no use resentin' the truth, ma'am. Well, Judd, how'd I do? Yeah, you did all right, Kansas. All right. Of course, this stranger here, he didn't give you new credit. Kansas meets Smokey Hill. Howdy. I had to know you, sir. How come Judd says you didn't give me new credit? I don't say... Well, maybe Mr. Hill meant that he could ride the black stallion over there better than you did the wrong, Kansas. That's a hard one. The black stallion's twice as wild as the wrong. Well, now, I don't say I could and I don't say I could. I tell you what, Smokey. Get on that black stallion and stay on, no matter how, and I'll consider giving you that job you asked for. I reckon that's a deal, Mr. Manton.  It'll be a pleasure. Come on, cowboy. A short time later, Judd, Sally, Kansas, and the crowd watched as Smokey mounted the stallion, which stood in ominous quiet between the gripping hands of two of the men. Then the two cowhands leaped aside and the stallion went into action. Juniper, look at that boy, you're right.  Oh, Kansas, can he ride? Yeah, maybe he's just lucky.  He'll be right in Smokey! Right in boy! Smokey rode the raring bucking stallion as if he were in a rocking chair. Waiting his hat and booping now and then, he grinned at the crowd as the stallion gradually wore himself out and finally stood shivering but subdued. The crowd went wild and Smokey walked back toward Judd and Sally amidst hand shakes and backslapping. Let's go into the ranch, our son. You and me's got a lot to talk over right now. That evening, Tom will return from a trip to town and pull to a stop at the camp he and the lone ranger were sharing in the nearby hills. Most comfortable, fella? Easy, fella. Hi, Kimosabi. Any news? Ah. Kimosabi. Yes? Me tell you about nice fella me see on trail today. Smokey Hill. Yes, I remember. What about him? Well, men from Circle M Ranch in town at Café and them plenty excited. Them tell about Smokey right and while stallion at ranch today. Them say Smokey plenty fine rider. But me not savvy, why them so excited? I can tell you, Tunno. The ranches of Mayville and the ranches of Red Rock 10 miles south of here compete each year in the rodeo. The main competitors though are the Circle M spread and the Bar Y. Oh. Bar Y spread belong to fella named Cardale over near Red Rock. That's right. He's about 30 years old and considered a fine rider. He's riding one the rodeo for the Bar Y last year. Ah. Maybe Manton at Circle M figure on using Smokey on rodeo. I'm sure that's his intention, Tunno. I understand Cardale egged Manton into a $10,000 wager.  Cardale has a cash in the bank. When them have a radio rodeo. Three days from now on Saturday. For Judd Manton's sake, I hope your new friend Smokey outrides Cardale to win. That night, Kansas, the foreman from the Circle M, secretly met Clark Cardale in a room at the Mayville Hotel by previous arrangement. Hi, Kansas. Come on in. Well, how'd the practice riding go today? Like I said before, Clark, you haven't anything to fear from tax. Made a poor showing. Well, you don't have to worry none about me. I rode you last year. I know I could this time. But I'm paying you to make a poor showing so there'll be no question about me winning again. Yeah, I know. But, uh...  He slated to win hands down. By thunder, I stand to lose 10,000 in cash to Manton if he gets a good rider in the rodeo. Yep. I hate to admit it, Clark, but with Smokey Hill riding for the Circle M, they've got the bronc riding soaring up tight. I won't do it all, Kansas. Not much you can do about it. Maybe there is. I don't savvy. How do you mean, Clark? I have an idea working, Kansas. An idea for a scheme that might work. With your help. Yeah? Just what is it you're thinking of? Maybe I'll win that bronc riding after all. Because if things work out right when it's time for the rodeo, that Omri's Smokey Hill will be in jail for murder. We'll continue our lone ranger adventure in just a moment. All over the country in every direction how you do it is a question and here's one to have the happy people have to say, Keaton, all the weedies then we do, do, do an okay bouquet. Right. That's something champions know everywhere, wherever you go. Take part in Bust and Sammy Snead, born in Old Virginia. Slammin' Sam has been up on top for years and eaten his weedies regularly. And Al Rosen, born in sunny South Carolina, clutch hitter with the Cleveland Indians. There's Al at the plate. Here's a pitch. Another solid sock for a solid champ and say Al Rosen's been eating weedies for 23 baseball seasons. That's the way it goes. South, northeast, west, weedies. Why, there's a whole kernel of wheat in every weedies' flake. Keaton, all the weedies then we do, do, do an okay bouquet. Now, to continue. The following morning, Tonto brought startling news to the Lone Ranger as they hurriedly reigned to a halt after a trip to town. Hold on, hold on. Hey, Masari. Something happened. What's happened, Otto? Smokey Hill in plenty trouble. He put in jail for murder. Murder? Huh. Me hear about it at the store. Just what did you hear? Well, them say, Smokey climbed out last night. Another cowpoke, a fellow named Tex, called him names. Say, Smokey, better keep out a way. Go on. Well, four-minute ranch tells Smokey, Tex, then night, out on range, watching cattle. Him talked Smokey into going out to sea wrecks. Then what? When Smokey came back to bunkhouse, him say, him find Tex dead from bulletin' back. And they blame Smokey for the killing? That's right. If Smokey did kill Tex, why would he go back to the bunkhouse to tell him he was dead? And that's what me wonder. Him have plenty chance to get away, your night seem like. That's right. What does the sheriff think about it? Well, me hear a foreman tell sheriff, last word Smokey say when him leave to sea Tex, that he make Tex change mind one way or other. Do you know where the killing took place, Otto? Ah. Tex killed at number one range camp. West Circle M spread.  Here's a little bit. Come Scott, come on. Easy big please. Easy Scott, easy. Come on, come on. Come on, Scott. Later that morning, after making certain no one was around, the lone Ranger and Tutto stopped near the range camp where Tex had been killed. Easy Scott, easy Scott. They look for tracks behind the camp, Tutto. With a campfire blazing, Tex has made a good target for anyone with a rifle. That's right. There plenty tracks there camp where sheriff and others come for body. Yes, I know. The lone Ranger and Tutto walk slowly back from the site of the camp. On the range a short distance away, a large herd of cattle were grazing, and beyond the herd there was a sloping ridge. The masked man and the Indian had their backs turned both to the cattle and to the ridge as they searched. Suddenly over on the ridge, several shots rang out. Otto, the cattle, those shots were intended to stampede them. They headed this way. The children scouted between us and heard. Run toward the horses, Tutto, quickly! The lone Ranger and Tutto reached against death as they headed back toward the horses. Their only chance, but at the same time they were running toward the stampeding herd as it moved up on Silver and Scout, without waiting to be called, the great horse Silver started out a gallop toward his master with Scout at his side. Just a short distance behind came the frenzied bellowing herd. The lone Ranger and Tutto stopped running as the horses raced toward them. Faster, Silver! Faster! As the racing horses came toward them, both the masked man and Indian were poised and ready. Knowing that a mis- or a stumble meant death under the pounding hooves of the maddened cattle, the two men were praying for their saddles. Monty! But the leaders of the stampeding herd almost upon them, Silver and Scout made every effort to increase their speed. Meantime, the lone Ranger saw that they were headed directly for a deep ravine. There was no time to turn aside. The herd was too close. Pointing ahead he called to Tutto. Hello, the ravine! Better job it! That's our only chance! Monty! Up, Silver! Up, Silver! Up, Scout! For a 10 second or two, they were in the air. Then... Hold, Silver! Hold on! Easy, City! Hold, Hunter! That was close. Fine going, Silver. Fine going. Later, the lone Ranger and Tutto reached the place from which they figured the shots had been fired. After carefully studying the ground, the lone Ranger suddenly reigned to a halt. Hold, Silver. Hold on. Easy, Scott. Easy, come on. Alright, look there, Tutto. The hoofbarks were looking for. And here, one marked show where horses shoo on right-hined hoof broken, Kimusavi. We'll follow that trail, Tutto. Alright, let's hurry. Steady now. Easy, Scott. Come on, Silver. The trail, the lone Ranger and Tutto followed, led them directly to town. At the edge of town, the hoofbarks turned off and went along behind the buildings. Then when the masked man and Tutto came up behind the hotel, they saw a bronc at the hitch rail and back. They pulled to a stop. Who's this guy? Oh, come on. Easy, here they come. Easy, come on. Well. Uh-huh. The same horse. We follow. We got both of you covered. Reach. They don't move. Well, Sheriff, better do as he says, Tutto. Uh-huh. I'm not an outlaw. Have you definitely take one of the bullets from my belt. Then look it over closely, Sheriff. I don't say, but go ahead and get me one of them. Sure. I got one. Here it is, Sheriff. Yeah. This is a silver bullet. And now I remember. Put up your gun. Ed, these here are friends of the law. I reckon it's all right if you say so, Sheriff. What brings you here, Mr. Something wrong? Quickly, the lone ranger told all that had happened. The sheriff listened attentively. Then he looked over the bronc at the hitch rack. Yeah. Seems to me that's the bronc Kansas, the foreman at the Circle M ride. He's in the hotel. And he didn't want to be seen going there. That's why he came away, Sheriff. Got any suggestions? Well, the hotel is enlarged, only four rooms in the ground floor. He'd have to go through the lobby to get to the upper floor. And since he came the back way, that means he's in one of those four rooms on the lower floor then. That's what I figure. Now, the room doors are flimsy. They're going to the back court quietly. Maybe he'll be talking to someone and you and the deputy could recognize his voice. Sure. Both of us know Kansas' voice all right. Good. And let's go. Meantime in Cardale's room, Kansas had told about seeing the two horsemen from a distance ride down toward the Range Camp. He told that he had ridden down behind the ridge to watch them. And that seeing them searching behind the camp, he had started the stampede. I lit out right after I saw the herd stampede.  You should have ridden over to make sure they were done for. When I'm lived to talk, folks might get to thinking the truth about Smokey being framed. Look here, Clark. Don't you're calling me a fool when I was covering up for you. After all, you were the one who dragged Galt's text before egg smoking to go down there. All right, all right. Don't be so touchy. You better get back to the ranch before someone gets wise that you came here. All right. I'll get going right now.  Let's go. My mask, man. No, you don't. Take them to jail, sure, for they belong. And let Smokey out. If he wins, Judd and Matton can go to the jail and collect from Cardale. At least Smokey will be riding for the Circle M Saturday. Saturday afternoon, a large crowd gathered to watch the rodeo. On the fringe of the crowd, Toto and the Lone Ranger, who was disguised as a cowpoke for the occasion, stood watching each event with keen interest. Time after time, they heard a familiar yell. Matt, Smokey. Yes, he's a great rider. He's sure to win. And as the afternoon wore on, the Lone Ranger's words proved true. A great cheer went up from the crowd, as Smokey was declared winner of Bronco Busting for the Circle M. As soon as possible, Judd, Matton, and Sally got Smokey through the crowd. Smokey, you did us proud. Mighty proud. Gosh, Mr. Matton, I was glad to be able to win for you. Well, for Sally. I didn't think I'd get to ride. I'm collecting the wager from Cardale, jail or no jail. And half of it's you, Smokey. You might need it if you decide to, well, get married or something. Well, now that's a mighty fine idea. If Miss Sally thinks she can put up with me and raise her back. Well, I reckon when I get to know you better, Smokey, well, your chances look mighty good. Yeah! To that Indian friend and the masked man who did so much for you, couldn't see you in the bronc right. No, he did, sir. And that yell I just gave out was to let him know how happy I'm feeling. How happy I'm feeling right this minute because of... But Smokey, I didn't see him any place. And I was anxious to get a look at the masked man you talked so much about. Look over there to the left on the crowd, Sally. See them armors getting on the white horse on the page on it. Oh, yes. I see the Indian getting on the page, but the one getting on the white horse has it back to him. If he turn around so the mask would show, I could... That's them, Sally. And they're fixing the leave right now. The man on the white horse has his hands up to his face. Look, now he turned around a minute and he's waving. Smokey, he does have a mask on. I can see it now. Yeah. That's them all right, like I said. My good Indian friend Tano and the masked man who saved me from hanging. You see, Sally, he's the Lone Ranger. Here I had featured of the Lone Ranger Incorporated. It is produced by Trandall Campbell Muir Incorporated. A part of the Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beamer, your announcer, Fred Foy. 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