All right separate traders welcome on back here this Tuesday, November 9th shortly after 2 30 p.m Eastern time this post trader stock edition of our afternoon meeting great to see all of our students and members alike inside the separate room Or at least those we're still sticking around with us. We got Lewis and Michael Michael here chatting away We have Norman as well John M great to see all of you guys great to see Kathleen as well now Gary Brian No, hey, we've actually had a pretty interesting early afternoon a pretty good start to the close here this far Really, you know throughout the whole day There's just always been something to keep an eye on always something that you know You could have had a good opportunity to jump in and out of so great to see Michelle Lori Jeffrey as well And hey if you're catching back with us on a Facebook live or YouTube welcome on back So as much as I would want to start off by going all into crypto because again We keep pushing up albeit we had a bit of a drop once the market opened up today We had the the major indices ended up dropping all together So, you know, that's what we focused on you know, actually the market open We had a couple of good opportunities, but really right out the gate at 930 Some things pulled back not just with the market, but a lot of stocks from the morning list You know those stocks don't always move with the market You know a lot of those stocks on the morning watch list are more like smaller cap stocks that you know May move with the Russell or they may move with a specific sector But otherwise, you know those smaller cap stocks aren't always as prone to following like the spy It's just to say that out the gate at 930 this morning A lot of things ended up kind of drying off from the run that they made in pre-market or at least once the market opened up If it did pop We'll pull back pretty quick, you know the opportunity was little early on but right around 10 15 10 30 Right prior to the traders talk workshop that we do every Tuesday morning You know, it's right about that time. We expect reversals So from there not only the spy make a bit of a bounce back up albeit, you know pulled back It's just to say that we ended up catching some really good opportunities across the board after 10 o'clock on the bounce back up So we'll go over all of those that we ended up trading and if hey We didn't make money on the long that we ended up making money on the short so far You could see a laser here la zr on the screen right now the stock I mean ended up just dropping off continued the downtrend that it was working off of when the market opened up You know granted it was up percentage wise But it pumps real early in pre-market it topped off even like prior to 7 a.m And from there just you can just see that right off the highs I don't even need to draw a line just envision it just right off the highs It only continued to drop off as the market opened and there you go at 10 o'clock This one ended up making a bit of a bounce at least, you know there and it made for a good You know dollar move up right now Perhaps there could be a bigger squeeze on this trade heading into the afternoon You know if it's not gonna break lower if it's not gonna make a move down to 20 Again, then perhaps there is a case to see this make a pretty decent push back up You know, I wouldn't mind coming back to this at the end and putting this on our list I'm not fully committed out the gate, but you know definitely tradable stocks still You know just really good liquidity probably have an iceberg order or somewhat of a of an iceberg up top at 21 So we'll come back to this one if need be now a couple of the others though that we ended up trading at Least after the market open. Let's go right to that EV Geo trade Myself and Lewis have been all over this trade throughout the early afternoon, you know Of course from the market open it did pull back It did drop off much like that last one, but it ended up making the bounce right ended up You know essentially holding over 15 and bounce back up pretty nicely for a good like dollar and a half move up But again if it's not gonna break higher There's only one other way the thing is gonna go So, you know in this case this stock is actually shortable for as much as it ran up the last two days We don't really find opportunities like this as often to see a stock You know make nearly a hundred percent move whether it be in two or three days time You know at some point for as big of a move as that stock made it's gonna pull back It's gonna drop and you know as a day trade not as a swing trader hold, you know as a day trade It could be a good opportunity So we actually had that you know from the get go this morning on the stock But myself and Lewis we're playing around on the stock earlier going into the early afternoon And I got the under and over from 15. I was in right from 15 on the nose I you know pushed up a bit I was expecting more and then from there it topped and pulled back and at that point Lewis pointed out to me Hey, this thing is preparing itself to try and fill the gap at least his belief is that Lewis has been around the block Here with C2 before he's a very good trader in his own right so, you know Hey, if it's not gonna break higher again, it's the same song and dance, right? So I ended up getting out I took a dinky profit on the long, but I ended up going short at first. I did take a 10 cent loss Lewis I did not mention that but it's for that reason more that when I did say to you when it breaks below 15 I'm gonna jump in when I doubled up on that thing So this was a double position short from 15 on the second attempt and from there I've been scaling out incrementally. That's why I've been saying, you know taking quarter of my position out at a time So I still have 500 shares left this last little, you know wiggle up almost got me but for right now I'm still in on the last, you know quarter of my position short EVGO definitely I'm gonna put this on the main list and You know laser perhaps will put that on there at the end like I'd said But you know this one seems just even more tradable just cheaper good liquidity I like the 26,000 share icebergs so long as that doesn't get filled at 1460 there. That looks pretty nice Very cool How about F cell we had a couple of nice moves otherwise F CEL after the market opened up made the drop But made the slingshot right back up from that point ended up breaking under and over from 10 I was in this trade from 10 I gave it a little time and I thought I was gonna miss the move altogether But it gave it a second shake under 10 there going into the mid-morning and like basically Right here is where I got it. So once it broke through this big level on the way up I jumped in and hey, it was a pretty easy trade I mean, it's not always the case that you know a $10 stock it goes smooth sailing all the way up towards 16 Whatever that is, but actually if you take a look just looking at the one-minute chart Should be there be a quick sec I'm thinking different stock, but it's just to say at the same time though I knew that 1670 was going to be a very big level today That was a historical level from pre-market and from the after hours the day before it was holding under this heading into the after hours It was a bit of a peak going into the mid-mid to late morning yesterday So, you know, you got to feel that at some point 1065 ish 1070 that price would act as another You know strong top for this trade. So that's what we're getting right now Not too particular about fuel cell here heading into the close But it was just one that we had our eyes on more so after the open once things started to drop We knew that we were able to short this and then effectively from there myself at least I jumped in from 10 on the long Alright, so what we'll do is go from top to bottom. Otherwise, it has been a good day We did call out a couple of other stocks leading into the open I know that AccuGen trade after a fast to finish up the meeting ended up making a huge drop, right? You could see that here So, you know after the morning meeting we ended up, you know calling this one out Trading it made a nice retracement up, but then pulled back So, you know nice move all together and AccuGen as well. I just wanted to go over this one quick But what we will do though is go right from top to bottom. Otherwise, we'll see see what else we could add to our list here Each UGS warrant up top. I'm not as particular about the warrants really So we're gonna just skip over that for right now if I need to go back to it I will I don't know why I clicked on newer here. It's just way too expensive I should have saw it should have seen that right away same with Roblox Hey, if you jumped in on Roblox off the IPO congratulations You huge day for you guys there Chief that not much happening on that one B2 BTB. We saw this also make a move This was you know earlier in the pre market. So once it died off after 8 a.m We had a pretty good feel that it wouldn't make as good of a move albeit it did pop It did move, but you know it took its time to make it to way up towards the high there 179 Pulling back down right now. I don't know if this is a Bitcoin stock It says bit in the name bit brother limited company I'm not gonna check because we're not gonna put this on our list for right now But you know if it pops up on our radar going into the next couple of days, then you know, we'll add it to our side list All right, so pets will go over pets pretty quickly We did go over this from a to z inside our trader stock workshop for all of us on social media Facebook live or YouTube if you're interested in joining our trading room or attending that workshop We do that weekly, but we also record it put it on your student dashboard They'll probably probably be up by this afternoon for all this you know in the room live now But if you wanted to attend that workshop join us live I'll just say it now go right down to the link on the banner below of the stream Just to get yourself started on a seven-day trial with us here But you know hey these lines ended up proving themselves out to be very strong support or resistance levels as it ended up moving So throughout the morning the stock ended up making a big pop over six and five ninety That was a big level from yesterday's you know run up and halt from there clean move up to seven It broke above seven and from there I mean obviously it broke over eight But we ended up seeing an even bigger transaction get filled at eight dollars and twelve cents So we that's where we kind of you know covered the trade in the traders trader stock workshop this right off the 812 Level you could see it broke through it ended up running up beautifully and from there just held above it It gave us a few other opportunities to hope for another run, but obviously we didn't get it You know again, you know if it's gonna make lower highs gonna make lower lows if it's not gonna break higher There's only one other way It's gonna go we can only say it in so many different you know phrases But you know it's just to say this stock obviously the volume died off the momentum died off food shortable Then I definitely put it on our list, but for right now I'm gonna pass for right now if it ends up making a big wacky pop after three o'clock I'm sure that we'll put more focus on it at that point, but I just don't think that will happen believe All right, we had the AGC trade to this one was more like kind of during traders talk and you know near the end of it It ended up making this big explosion popped from 1450 I know one of our students Norman got about 50 cents on his trade You know moved up really nicely up towards the high of 1664 Pulled back down, you know again the volume died off on this trade. So although it's still pretty volatile It's just more of a gamble than anything at this point. I'd rather follow the laser That's just on our side list here. I forgot. We also covered this yalla trade inside the traders talk workshop I did forget about that. I just made a spike up right now from 850. That's that's kind of interesting PVG, I don't know. It looks like a buyout to me R e a l trading about 17,000 shares per minute across the last 20 minutes So practically since just after 2 o'clock I don't know it did move up pretty nicely does have good volume on the book that I like I do like that part of the trade. It also is shortable. So if it does crap out the other way, then I'll come back to this at the end though Between this and then the other one Laser here. That was the other one. All right, so we'll keep it going Got a boozy. We'll take a look at this one. We saw this get called out a bit earlier into the morning You know again volume died off. That seems to be the case for a lot of these trades right now folks. So just be selective beef be Conservative with making call-outs at least until 315 330 Shoot, I'll tell you what I don't really see much on the gainer side. Otherwise Scott ATER again, that was dumping off at least after the open I was very hopeful for a run-up on this off of good earnings, but as good as it looked Obviously fell completely flat after SRT familiar name not really trading a whole lot of volume right now All right, that's fine. I mean perhaps we'll find more on the loser side of things But yeah, we'll jump over there. See if there's anything looking just as good if not better Got one stock so far that made the cut. That's it. So I guess I'm doing a good job at kind of being a picky AMRS I know if I was to put this on the morning watch list or at least the pre-market list stock I ended up making a really big drop off after the open But this one was also dropped off after you know the close yesterday So it's coming off bad news of shortable. So perhaps to get the dead cap bounce, but you know, this one I'll admit this one for myself. I'm just speaking personally, but yeah This was actually a pretty big missed opportunity on my own ends I'm sure the same could be said for a lot of us that didn't really, you know Put much put much attention on this trade after the open just seems like a really easy short It ended up dropping down to 950 ish broke below it and then you know on the sling shot up It held a lower high off 10 and then snapped right back down that seems like a really clean trade Yeah, I'm kind of kicking myself looking at this chart now. We had a good day. They're all together You can't complain but nonetheless though. Yeah, I mean for right now It's kind of pulling back down to 9 maybe if it ends up, you know breaking below 9 one more time Perhaps we can get a decent short off again I'll come back to it if I need to See bad trade fall from grace stack was on the percent gainer's list yesterday doing this the ppsi the polo wwr Party city get crushed today So I'm not retreating. It's like just kind of slow. That's the thing Chronos right now also another stack that was on the gainers list yesterday on the losers list right now Man not a whole lot really that I see across the 50 top gainers and 50 top losers folks Otherwise if there is anything just type it in the chat board. I'll jump to Benzinga probe pretty quickly I'm sure we'll get a few more names on there We'll probably put laser on our watch list now at this stage and perhaps the real trade as well We'll get to those at the end. All right got a big on youtube Which means got no one making any comments, which is fine. I believe my audio is good to go I don't think that I'm messing up on that end, but we got ipod breaking a new high It looks like a little spike up on this one. It's only up one percent So I'm gonna pass on that cnce not a whole lot happening on this either I'm just going right through my benzinga pro signals feed folks So if there's any stocks that are at the high is like just looking at those Not a whole lot that looks pretty volatile. Maybe envp. I see that at the high of the day Even that one. I mean, I guess that's like kind of inching up All right, I'm gonna look inside cyber group now. I'm sorry folks If you thought I wasn't looking at you there while I was going through benzinga pro first So norman says ford's moving up. Yeah, you know, it's just a slow moving stock for a 20-dollar trade That's the issue So, you know, if you're looking to make a few pennies that honestly is the stock that would get you and I don't think that We're looking for just a few pennies kind Maybe but it's making a lower high still, you know pulled back to 1350 So, you know bobby if you're in there right now if you jumped in just a moment ago You're looking all right, but I would pass on this trade though Otherwise like the volume traded per minute aside from the last spike or last, you know spike prior to 240 eastern that kind of crap Any updates on pro g with earnings tomorrow and merger news looming from uh gaverill I don't have any updates on prog. We're not in this as a swing trade. We didn't focus on this today at all Really just it was a lot slower. It's a great sideless stock. That's all I'll tell you So, you know if earnings are tomorrow, then I appreciate you giving us the heads up on that gaverill because I didn't know that off the top of my head So, uh, you know, perhaps that will make it a lot more interesting of a stock to trade come tomorrow morning and with merger News potentially looming there. So we'll say Donny says bbig Josh Not much happening on this one. I mean it was down a lot from this morning So if you're in right now, then I'm sure you're doing all right If it does pop later on then I'd be very happy to call it out after I pof from bobby now that That is something. All right, you know, it's interesting. I don't know if benzinga pro screwed up or not Or maybe this is oh, that's funny. Actually. No, they're the same company social cap head of sofia. Whatever the hell it is ipod ipo They're actually the same company I chose the wrong one. So bobby saying ipo f. Yeah, this one looks awesome. This is exactly what I want to see So finally we got a decent trade on our hands here. I mean the short for ev go looks pretty good now again It's back under 1450 Buster not on kind but kndi down 18 percent. It's a chinese ev play. Yeah, we've traded kndi in the past off of news Uh, you know just right now. It's not really making any all it is shortable actually so it does drop off more So that could be a good thought there buster, but it's just too slow for my liking here right now I want these a little bit faster. I mean it's cheap enough for me to consider it because you know You look at a $20 stock like forward I said the same thing on that right so at least this one that one's a lot cheaper, but It's like kind of moving just as slow All right, we'll go back to laser at least laser also a $20 stock But this one is tradeable in both directions And as a more expensive stock the hope is for this to make a bigger move in terms of sense per share Just in terms of this maybe making like a you know 50 cent move a dollar move You know if you if you don't trade as many shares because it's more expensive That's one thing but I do see the opportunity on this laser trade And then the real stock. Let's just check back in on that one The volume is still kind of dying off on the stock here You know again, it is tradeable in both directions So if this was a quick pop and drop move and it's going to dump all the way back down to 1580 ish 1575 You could short it So that's the reason that I'm more interested in it. I like the afternoon jump up So even if the volume dies off there actually is a trade uh on the way down So put the real stock on the main list here too All right, I think that's just about wraps it up folks My 3 p.m. Is probably asking where their coaching session link is so I gotta type that out to them right now folks Otherwise actually let me just check in on one last one. I was about to wrap things up To the endp once again, it keeps popping up on my benzinga pro feed Listen, that's inching up I'd say that's probably the the best stock that i'm not going to put on the list The endp the taop stock is what I wanted to look at it's up over 8 percent But it's not trading a lot of volume across the total day T cat and nft stock too not a whole lot happening on that All right, so we're going to pass on those at least for the meantime folks If there is anything else that ends up making a big move going into the next, you know 70 minutes or so we'll look to call it out live inside our separate chat board for all this on social media I appreciate you folks sticking with me this afternoon and if you're Irregular joining me here each and every afternoon But if you have any questions feel more than free to send over a quick email If you're not ready to join our live trading room, that is just yet no sweat But if you have any questions if you're wondering about trades callouts even crypto Feel more than free to send over a quick email my email address josh at ctu trading.com I had actually one of us Probably a little upset, but it happens at times albeit not that often, but um, they were wondering why I wasn't writing them back Their email got land it landed in my spam folder and there's like a series of them So I can imagine why they're upset, but I'll be more prompt to check my spam folder But otherwise keep the questions coming in folks, but aside from that enjoy the rest of the day today I'll catch back with everyone inside the live trading room at 3 30 eastern


Hey friends today, we are hanging out at Universal Studios Orlando And this is the first time I've been back in the park for the year 2022 So I wanted to come out and ride some rides eat some food show you guys some of the things I'm excited for here in the new year and just have an amazing Universal Studios kind of day any hoos Let's go do this We're gonna start off our day here at islands of adventure because we have reservations at the recently awarded World's best theme park restaurant, and then we're gonna hop over to Universal Studios side a little bit later on Another year has closed and mythos have been awarded the world's best theme park restaurant again From theme park insider now This is 10 years that they actually won this award and I have eaten here before So I wanted to come out and see if it actually holds up to that title and try some new things instead of the things I've gotten before and Yeah, just enjoy a nice little lunch Starting off the year 2022. There's a lot of attractions That's gonna be closing and some of them are closing for good at the Universal Studios Orlando resort over here at islands of adventure The Kara Susul is actually still down and I think that's the only thing that's closed on this side a couple over on Universal Side that we'll talk about a little bit later on Recently Universal Studios started requiring guests actually wear face coverings indoors and at all attractions again They went away from it a little bit But because of the rise in cases and decided to actually bring it back So because I'm wearing my Roosevelt Jurassic Park shirt I decided to get the mask that actually mass like matches it either I Feel kind of fancy Perfect Let's take a look at the wait times as Hulk blast off there and it looks like it's not a busy day at all I seen Hagrid's was 85 minutes Jurassic Park 20 minutes The Hogwarts Express 45 minutes and Velocicoaster is only 35 minutes. That's pretty amazing It's fun to see Hagrid still have a higher wait time to Velocicoaster I think that has more to do with the loading and unloading process because Velocicoaster is very quick and efficient And I think it's more of the popular attraction I mean Hagrid's is like a very popular attraction But I think a lot of people go to Velocicoaster before Hagrid's and it's still a lower wait time In fact, I think that's what we're gonna do We're gonna make our way right up there to Velocicoaster or Hagrid's or I wouldn't mind riding forbidden journey today I love coming to Universal and just riding rides I just can't show a lot of them on camera But I do have some stock footage that I can show some of the rides like ride POVs and that way you can at least see What we're riding It's a smart move to ride some of the thrill rides before you actually go eat You know what I mean you don't want to go ride thrill rides after you have lunch and I'm excited to admit those last time I had their signature lamb burger and their beef medallions and it was phenomenal And I really did like the food, but this time I want to try maybe some different items. I Love walking past Dudley Dew Wright and smelling the water It is such a great smell and it's a fun ride too, but I don't want to get wet today Now I started thinking since we're walking through Jurassic Park and I'm wearing my Jurassic Park shirt Maybe we should stop and see blue She's probably out meeting and greeting and the line shouldn't be that long and I think she's actually on my shirt right here Look at that It sounds like she's out at the moment and it's a 25 minute wait time. I think we're gonna do it We're going in Right now over in Disney they don't require you to wear any mask and any outdoor attractions But here Universal every attraction in every single queue even though we're gonna go meet blue and she's outside We still need to wear a mask while we are in the queue I Was next in line and blue actually had to take a break They said she had to go take a break and go eat a child. They said that actually so I'm next in line And they also told me that when I get up there when you get your photo you can take your mask off So wear your mask while you're right here in the queue and then you don't have to wear your mask when you're taking your photo there Hi guys in just a few minutes You're gonna be coming face to face with Bravo our two-year-old female raptor If you have any meat in your bag or backpack Now is the time to get rid of it by giving it to the most annoying family member of your group or party If you're a parent of multiple children go ahead take the time to sign which one is your favorite That's the one you want to hold the tightest if the raptor starts attacking I Extreme caution when we go to meet the raptor we're gonna put our backs towards the wall stand right on this line She is gonna see direct eye contact as a form of aggression also, please no touching She will see that as a form of aggression as well and any basic talking or breathing She is gonna see as a sign of aggression Bravo Nice!  All alone. What a coincidence. I'm all alone as well Oh, what a coincidence Oh, I do have to stay three feet away from you though. I have to stay three feet I was excited to see blue She's the worst Turn around you can say goodbye This is why everyone wants to meet the baby raptor. The baby. Thank you Well, we didn't get to meet blue, but we did get to meet Bravo, and it was fun. I love it It's such a cool experience There were some kids actually in line crying like to meet blue and I would love that for me growing up Like if I was able to like have a frightening experience and remember it and then being like I can't believe I was so afraid then I think that's something like that's a memory. You know, I feel like that's the same thing for like Jaws and King Kong We're gonna jump from Jurassic Park over to Hogsmeade It's funny because you can still hear like the Jurassic Park music as you're walking into Hogsmeade and Then you just get around the corner here and you have like that big beautiful Grand review review grand reveal of the Hogwarts castle, and I just love it every time I come over here Look at that Since we're over here though, I think we're gonna go ride Hagrid's I love it I love Hagrid's is one of my all-time favorite rides And I even like Hagrid's a little bit more than Velocicoaster mainly because of the theming the theming on Hagrid's is so Cool Velocicoaster is like 100% like in the best thrill ride, but I like Hagrid's a little better Maybe because I'm Harry Potter fanatic Shockingly it's only a 65 minute wait before when we got on the park it was 85 minutes So we definitely saved some time by taking our time to get over here now We just have to navigate through here enough to Bob and weave Bob and weave in between in between to the right to the left I'm gonna have to put the camera along with everything in my pocket and a locker now because you can't film on the ride But like I said, I do have some POV footage that a friend lets me use so I can show you and you guys can see What it's like to ride Hagrid's and I'm gonna go ride it right now Don't worry Oh Amazing I love Hagrid's but I do want to point out something and I always fall victim to this usually I put the camera and everything in my Pockets inside the locker and I always forget about my hat now when you get up there They make you actually take your hat off There's no way to put it on bald and they make you stuff it in your shirt So like this bulky hat I had to like stuff into my shirt I was riding like this like it was it was very uncomfortable So if you're aware hat make sure you leave it in the locker because they will not let you actually wear it Why you ride even if it doesn't fall off? One of the things I'm excited for hopefully in the new year is Poseidon's fury to reopen. Hi. How are you? Oh, I see it now, I just discovered it What's your book is that one of the dummy books oh Nice look at that perfect everything you need to know right there How awesome were those hairlers and there's no set date for Poseidon's fury to actually reopen but I'm hoping that it'll open soon I want to see everything open. It's not so much like I want to go do the attraction I just want to see everything being open in the parks. That's what I'm looking forward to most for 2022 And now it is officially time for dinner at the world's best theme park restaurant I am so excited. Look, it's even got the banner right there and this banner has been here forever Awarded world's best theme park restaurant by theme park insider and we're gonna give you all the information about theme park insider when we get inside Our table is ready and now I want to show you the inside of the restaurant because it is a beautiful restaurant This restaurant is so beautiful and it is voted the world's best theme park restaurant But I could tell you I really believe it's probably one of the nicest looking restaurants It is absolutely amazing in here Everything is just full of detail from the chairs to the boots to the waterfalls And then they even have an outdoor seating area that is remarkable. You see you see right here. I Wanted to sit outside so I can stare at like the roller coasters because it's a beautiful day out But I think they stopped serving out there So right now we're right next to the window. So it's actually really nicely lit in here and I think we're gonna look over the menu Let's take a look at the menu here and I have to say the price point is so really amazing It's a very affordable restaurant for being in a theme park and they've got some good starters They've got a Mediterranean grilled octopus, which I think I'm gonna actually try I'm gonna be a little adventurous They've got calamari grilled lamb meatballs lemon hummus and then for entrees Basically every entrees in the $20 price range some of them are a little bit over I think the highest of the most expensive entrees is the braised lamb shank for $30 So that is very affordable and they have a brick oven roasted chicken. They've got a spinach and ricotta Ravioli, they've got a 12 ounce bone-in pork chop and some Pad Thai Last time I was here. I got the beef medallions and that's $26 this time I think I'm gonna go all in on the 12 ounce bone-in pork chop Earlier I was talking about how it's an award-winning restaurant And it's one best theme park restaurant in the world by theme park insider And I actually looked up theme park insider and it's a real like vlog and they do vote for things So it is the winner this year and it has won ten times ten times now This is just one like award from one single place, but it's still kind of a cool thing to say And here is our Mediterranean grilled octopus. Look at this. It is a citrus charred octopus Roasted corn a olive relish and a garlic lime aioli and look at that I mean, this is a big big tentacle It actually comes all the way down here and I can smell the char on there Like I can really really smell the char from here and I'm excited to dive in it looks so so good I'm excited for this. I think we'll start right over here Get a nice little cut perfect Here we go. I got a little bit of that aioli on there and now I'm gonna try it. That is amazing Like no lie. That is amazing Who would have known? The strongest things I can taste is a citrus charred like I can really taste like that char and the citrus And it actually all hits you really good and the texture is phenomenal This is such a good Starter and I've only had octopus maybe twice and this is the best octopus I've ever had like I would order this again any time and now I'm excited to try more octopus You know what I mean? This kind of set us a high standard or it raised the bar on octopus for me. I Am still really shocked at how amazing this octopus is and now I got to grab some of this corn on there Yeah, I gotta get a little bit of the corn got a little bit of the aioli a little bit of everything right there And now it's time for the main course here is the 12 ounce bone-in pork chop And it comes with a blue cheese cranberry crust lemon garlic fingerling potatoes a corn succotash and an apple Brandy reduction and I'm excited to try the apple brandy reduction that looks so so good and the succotash looks pretty well The portion size is good. I mean, this is this looks very really fancy. I'm excited to try it This is something I haven't tried before we're gonna cut right on in here and Grab ourselves a nice piece Yeah, look at that. Oh Can you see the steam coming off of it that looks so so good I Got lots of the apple Brandy reduction on there because I love pork chops and applesauce. So this is gonna be good. I'm excited to try it Wow The pork chop itself is phenomenal It is so so good and the best meat is when you get it close to the bone And now I want to try a little bit of the succotash get a little of this succotash on there Now this is a big deciding factor because I believe in Disney or in another theme park This would cost probably $50 $50 for this here. It is $26 $26 and it is so good So when you're paying when you're paying a lot of money for food, your expectation is really high $26 is not that bad and My expectation is like higher because it is good. You know what I mean? Like it's it's good food good price I like it Now I'm at the point where I'm just picking up the bone and just eating right off of it And it's a good portion size I still can't get over that it's $26 And there we have it a nice successful lunch and it was delicious. It was great Now do I think it's the best theme park restaurant in the world? No I don't think it's the best theme park restaurant in the world, but I can say this I think it is the best theme park Restaurant in Universal Studios. I think that the amazing food atmosphere and just the decor inside Is really really breathtaking but the prices is what makes it so so good You have like this amazing restaurant with low cost and you won't leave disappointed You won't have that buyer's regret because like if you spend a lot of money you judge your food a lot more here It kind of takes that away a little bit like I said most of the food items in there at Disney would cost like $50 So you definitely have like that feeling like oh well, this is affordable and it's good and I kind of like that I like it a lot Now we're gonna actually head on over to Universal Studios It is just about four o'clock and my express pass should start working now And we're gonna be able to take the Hogwarts Express over to Universal Studios. There's two ways You can you know park hop you take the Hogwarts Express which is over here It's kind of like an attraction. In fact, it is an attraction or you can walk over. I think I'd rather ride the Hogwarts Express Hogs me to London's Kings Cross station and like I said, we get to use the express because I am a Premier Universal Orlando annual pass holder. So lucky me, but the wait time is only 25 minutes anyway And there's the Hogwarts Express now pulling in next stop Kings Cross There we go. This will take us right on over to Universal Studios. Now look inside the cabins there. There we go Gonna put my hat up here. Yeah, we go And we made it And now we are in Universal Studios It took a little bit for us to get from islands to Universal with the Hogwarts Express Your best bet is always to walk that it's gonna be the fastest and I don't film on Hogwarts Express and this time I really didn't want to film because you're inside a cabin with like another family So you don't want to be like just like, you know recording everything especially with them in there And now we're gonna explore around Universal Studios The parks look like they're closing early in the month of January It looks like it's seven o'clock for here and islands of adventure And I just think closing a theme park at seven o'clock really doesn't make much sense Like people will probably hang out here until one in the morning if you'd let them Earlier in the video I was talking about attractions actually closing and over on universal side Shrek 4d is actually closing down for good. I think that's happening just in a couple days And the mummy is currently closed right now for a long refurbishment Like I don't think it's coming back until summer So if you plan on coming to universal 2022 and you like to ride the mummy If it's anytime before summer it's not going to be open As you can see the walls are up and it is all currently closed Revenge of the mummy is currently closed for scheduled maintenance reopening late summer 2022 I like how they have all the mummy like old school posters here 1940 1954 for the creature from the black lagoon 2008 for the mummy Like this is really awesome that they actually keep the outside themed a little bit, but I do miss that ride It was one of my favorites. So hopefully they don't change it too much. I kind of would like it to stay the same way Another awesome thing that we can look forward to here at universal studios for 2022 is more tribute stores Right here. I think 2021 was the best year with tribute stores And I loved every single one of them. So I'm excited to see what new stores are going to be in 2022 I'm also excited for all the seasonal offerings for 2022 halloween horror nights, of course moddy gras There's a lot to actually come. I think moddy gras starts uh, February 5th Maybe here. I'm not too sure but it's always a good time Like that's one of my favorite things and hopefully that gets back in full scale Like the parade floats and the bead tossing I'd be so happy if that's the case And like I said before Shrek 4d is going to be closing down soon and there's a lot of upset people about it There's some hardcore shrek fans out there I'll tell you that like some people that are dedicated to shrek and uh, yeah, they're gonna be sad when it happens Well speaking about one of those hardcore shrek fans You're very sad Yep, look at you.  Yeah, I did a little early, but This is my friend Vincent vision Yeah, are you so excited? What are you making all shrek video all shrek video? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, I still like it I thought maybe you were a part of the parade the five o'clock parade Yeah, you you could be Nice Well, I'm excited to see the video. I'm gonna be pumped. I'll be fine. So sad to say goodbye shrek Vincent is dedicated. Wow. I can't even believe it now since we kind of met shrek. I think we'll go meet donkey Hello donkey Hello there, sir. Hello. How are you? I just seen a shrek impersonator. Oh, you better stop it. Yes. I know I've seen this guy Did you see him? Yes, I think he's been over here a while I think he's been doing a good job too. Yeah, he looks pretty good officially our attraction closes sunday Oh, yes I wish I would have known I would have loved to be a donkey impersonator. Oh my goodness I think I could have done it That would have been green. I could have done it. I feel you could have talked for hours And we look you like each other kind of and yeah, we we would yeah, we do Oh, we'll play the waffles and then just sit down and chili jack. I love waffles. Oh, no That's crazy. I love waffles. The odds indeed What do you like on your waffles?   Just tell you well now. I know now I know When you when you want to just you know feel froggy feel froggy or donkey. Yeah, when I want to feel donkey Exactly Well, thank you donkey. Have fun. See you See you all later Donkey is so fun And I love the fact that we've been actually seeing a lot of characters here at universal studios We saw bravo over at island adventure. We saw donkey here. We've seen vincent We've seen vincent's version of shrek and now I think we're gonna do something a little bit scarier And uh, have a meet and greet with megatron Uh-oh salmi alarms megatron is on his way I Oh my turn I just want a photo of megatron if I could just like of you You're a very posable character. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Have a great day, sir Okay, then Megatron is intimidating like he really is he's a scary scary character I'm sure more people are afraid of megatron or more kids are afraid of megatron than they are bravo or blue I would think so. I mean megatron just looks like something that could be in your nightmares It also looks like it's just about time for the five o'clock superstar parade So I think we'll find a spot and watch it. It comes out right here In fact, I could see the superstar float like kind of hanging out behind the door there. So any second now I definitely want to grab a butterbeer before we leave universal studios And I kind of found a good spot to watch the superstar parade right here It's actually not formally a spot, but it will be a spot very soon All of the parades come out here in hollywood and then they close down the road And then it actually goes all the way around and then to the front of the park So if you stand right here in the middle of the road Eventually, they're going to take this rope and bring it right across and you're going to have front row viewing So you just got to come here just a couple minutes early and buttering butter boom Come Spongebob and Squidward Yes, Spongebob was a nice little parade. I love seeing Spongebob going about in his boat And also the minions not the biggest minions fan though I have to tell you but I do love Spongebob and it was a nice little five o'clock parade, you know Up next I think we're going to head on over and we got to do et I love et And it's probably my favorite attraction at universal studios. I really love it. It's a classic and uh I love the smell of it. So I think we're definitely going to go ride it express pass it up Probably don't have to wait at all The mystery the suspense the adventure et adventure Even though this attraction is a very old attraction It still has one of the best cues out of any theme park ride It is so immersive once the adventure begins I love it and I and I like I said the smell is iconic I Look at how awesome this is we're in a queue right now waiting to actually go on a ride and it's like we're in the forest Always just gives me the cool vibes like I love it gives me such a great feeling being here and riding that The sun is starting to set and it's the golden hour and it makes everything look like kind of Amazing look at lard lad donuts right here the way the sun is actually hitting the donut. I love it. I think that is so cool Seriously look at it doesn't it look so pretty I love it. I wish I could sit up there inside the donut kind of like iron man dead. That'd be very very cool That'd be a good photo I think we're just going to keep moving right through spring field So that way we can actually make it over to dog and ollie to get ourselves a butter beer And maybe catch a butter beer in a sunset together. I think that would be really nice Butter beer is on a sunset sounds poetic Seriously, look at how beautiful it is out right now Oh, I love it sometimes you just got to stop and take in your surroundings because it is just so amazing Every couple months. I actually have a phase where I start rewatching all the harry potters And actually I'd say there's like every couple months like right now I am on I think godlet of fire, which is one of my favorite of all the harry potter movies And uh now it gets me more excited to actually come home and like watch more Time to head on in and get ourselves our butter beer. So we're going in Looks like hot butter beer is still on the menu and that is my favorite So we're going to get ourselves a hot butter beer and uh just enjoy hanging out That first sip of butter beer moment here It is so amazing. It is so good hot butter beer I used to not be a fan But ever since the Orlando informer where you will get like endless amounts of butter beer Like you can drink as much butter beer as you want when you buy a ticket to the Orlando informer And ever since then I have just loved hot butter beer Well, this is a really awesome story I was standing here actually trying to wait to see if I can catch the dragon breathe fire And somebody came up and kind of like shoulder checked me and I ended up like Spilling a lot of my hot butter beer and a tm actually gave me another butter beer Isn't that the coolest thing ever? I was like, oh, well, thank you So a little magic here in the wizarding world of harry potter and I like it So now we actually just get to sit here watch the sunset happen and enjoy a hot butter beer So beautiful out these are the moments I just love Just sitting here and relaxing enjoying universal studios during the sunset And I guess with that we're gonna call it a day I had a lot of fun hanging out here mythos was really really good We got to see a lot of awesome characters And I just had a lovely universal studios day a great way to kick off 2022 I'm gonna be here like probably next month. I come out to universal. I would say Once a month I would say sometimes two or three times But uh, yeah, I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it There's a helicopter flying over us. We'll see you next time Bye


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Welcome to Working Together on Think Tech Hawaiʻi, where we discuss the impact of change on workers, employers, and the economy. I'm your host, Cheryl Crozier-Garcia, inviting you to join in the conversation. Please call us with your questions or comments at area code<PHONE_NUMBER> or tweet us at thinktechhi. Relationships between nations have significant impacts on the world economy. This has been seen recently as the White House continues to discuss the on-again, off-again summit with North Korea, which may or may not happen in Singapore on June 12, just one week from today. Does this keep them guessing approach to diplomacy help or hurt our relationship with North Korea? What does the rest of the world think of the U.S.'s ability to keep its promises when the executive branch can't seem to make up its mind? Dr. Daewoo Park is joining us today to discuss the current state of the U.S.-North Korea relationship and the impact of that relationship on the Korean Peninsula and the rest of the world. Welcome, Daewoo. Thank you. And thank you for joining us today. We've been hearing a lot in news media about President Trump wanting to go to North Korea and the Kim Jong-un administration has seemed willing to make that meeting happen. But there's been so much kind of on and off and mind-changing and negotiating back and forth that we really don't know where we stand in terms of that meeting and perhaps the ongoing relationship with North Korea. How do you think Pyongyang responds to this kind of on-again-off-again negotiation and trash talking? According to many reports, I have read and I have heard from, since last year, North Korea, they believe they've finished the development of nuclear arms and missiles by the end of 2017. So last year, they already announced 2018 will be the year of diplomacy. And so they want to be recognized by U.S. and other countries, their nuclear power, just like India and Pakistan. So they already announced we want to follow India and Pakistan in the 70s and 80s. So do not talk about the nuclear arms, the weapons. Let's just try to have diplomatic discussions and a possibility of reducing the number of nuclear weapons, not completely eliminating the nuclear weapons. And so 2018, at the beginning of 2018, the Winter Olympic Games, great moment for North Korea to start the diplomatic discussion with U.S. and South Korea and Japan and also China. And so they're not interested in complete denuclearization. They'd like to hold on to what they have and maybe just not build anymore, which is essentially what India and Pakistan did in the 70s and 80s. But the U.S. has continued to have some challenging relationships, say, with Pakistan when it comes to things like allegedly providing sanctuary to terrorist groups and things like that. Does Pyongyang have those same kinds of challenges? Could they be in a position to, although they're not building more nuclear weapons, continue to have, say, relations with the United States that would be problematic if they chose to support, say, different factions in the area? Because North Korea already has great, great examples that they follow, Israel, India, Pakistan. And everybody understands they have nuclear weapons, however, just like Israel and Pakistan. No one's talking about the elimination of nuclear weapons from those countries. The same thing, North Korea leader Kim Jong-un is smart. He understands the geopolitics, and so using the relationship with Russia and China, he believes he can achieve his goal by diplomatic relationships with the U.S. Do you think that ongoing conversations, say, between Washington, D.C. and Pyongyang, could eventually yield a solution that everyone can live with? I think so, but it will take time, and it's not one year, two years. It should be a multi-year journey, but I think the President Trump, he showed his strength. And so by announcing, he will cancel the meeting two weeks ago, and he made a North Korean leader very upset, and then begging to reopen the communication with the U.S. and also via South Korea. So he immediately called the South Korean president, let's have a meeting tomorrow. Just one day in advance notice, and they met, and then South Korean leader and North Korean diplomats, they contacted the U.S. State Department and also White House and then President Trump accept the request, and then after negotiations and discussions, now the summit is going to be held in Singapore one week from today. I wish, as I was telling you before we went live on the air, I really wish that we could have had the summit somewhere in the United States. Honolulu would have been perfect, but virtually anywhere in the U.S. would be good, I think, because North Korea would bring their press, you know, their reporters and television crews, etc., and then the people would get to see the kinds of things that we have as citizens of a representative democracy, and then they may want those kinds of things and say, gee, maybe democracy is better than the structure of government that we have right now. I know many of the local Korean-Americans and also other citizens. We believe the meeting in Singapore, the first meeting, but there will be additional meetings probably in the U.S. and in North Korea. So probably the next meeting will be in Honolulu, Hawaii, or West Coast, and then the next meeting probably somewhere in maybe Pyongyang in North Korea. So visit by U.S. president, current president, not the former president, and then maybe next meeting in Washington, D.C. So it's kind of slowly opening the relationships, and also I believe next week summit probably announcement of restoration of diplomatic relationships. So U.S. embassy in Pyongyang and North Korean embassy in Washington, D.C., very in the near future. Oh, good. So such a thing is possible sooner rather than later? I think sooner. And also yesterday I read the newspaper article. It's a very interesting article. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un asked President Trump to help the opening casinos in North Korea, and hotels and casinos in North Korea, West Coast. And it's kind of very interesting. And also many reports last two weeks probably franchise the fast food restaurants in Pyongyang, just like McDonald's, Burger King, or who knows, the Taco Bells in Pyongyang. And it's kind of, I hope, step by step, moving toward normal relations and peace, peace and good future. That really puts a new meaning to the phrase, make a run for the border. Taco Bell in North Korea, I just, I can't imagine it. Yeah, but President Trump two years ago during the presidential campaign, I want to have hamburgers with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to discuss about the peace and bright future of our countries. So I think it's happening now next week in Singapore and near future Pyongyang and Washington, D.C. Yeah, I think if they actually could have good hamburgers in Singapore, there's an excellent American burger restaurant in the lobby of the Raffles Hotel. I've eaten there. And the burgers are as good as anything you'd get anywhere in the U.S. So Mr. President, if you're watching the lobby of the Raffles Hotel, have a hamburger. So, but what about, there have also been some challenges, say diplomatically. Our president seems to be one who gives people labels. So during the campaign, we heard Crooked Hillary and Little Marco and Lion Ted, and he's gone so far even to call the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, Little Rocket Man. And that's got to be insulting. How long does, do you think that the Pyongyang government and President Kim would consider that something that is offensive and would that affect the way they would approach diplomacy with the U.S.? I don't think so, because North Korean leaders, Kim Jong-un and also his people, carefully assessed President Trump and his negotiation styles and communication styles and also all the past and present challenges. And so they understand they can handle meeting with President Trump. And they also believe they can achieve their goal. And so more aid, the support from U.S., Japan, and other countries, including China. And also, it's just kind of a very smart policy, diplomacy, because using the the relationships between U.S. and China, Russia, Japan. North Korea believe divide and conquer or divide and use. They believe they can get all what they want from Russia, China, and U.S. and Japan. How willing do you think the other neighbors in the region, South Korea, China, Japan, and even Russia to some sense, would be amenable to supporting, say, North Korea's agenda and advocating for it with the United States? At this time, after the organization changed in South Korea last year, a sudden change, and the current administration of South Korea really wants to have good relationship with North Korea. The previous administration of Geun-hae Park, the former president's daughter, after the scandal, the political scandal, and she had to step down. But when she was a president, she didn't have good relationship with North Korea, strong position against North Korea. But the current president, Moon Jae-in, he's very peace-oriented, or he believes that his top priority is good relationship with North Korea. So that's why he met with North Korean leader at Ban Moon Jump, the DMZ, about one month ago. And so I think South Korea will sacrifice. That means ready to provide all the support North Korea need. And also, even President Trump said several days ago, U.S. is not going to spend taxpayers' money. All aid or support, economic support, or aid will come from South Korea, Japan, and China. Because they are in the same area, they are close neighbors, so they have to support each other. And the U.S. companies will be glad to rejoin reconstructing their economy, the bad economy in North Korea. But President Trump promised U.S. government is not going to spend the taxpayers' money. Well, we'll have to see about that. I just heard from the booth we need to take a station break. So we will be back in 60 seconds. So everyone stay with us. This is Working Together on Think Tech Hawaii. I'm Cheryl Crozier-Garcia, and we will be back in one minute. The host for Young Talent's Making Way here on Think Tech Hawaii, we talk every Tuesday at 11 a.m. about things that matter to tech, matter to science, to the people of Hawaii, with some extraordinary guests, the students of our schools who are participating in science fair. So Young Talent's Making Way every Tuesday at 11 a.m. only on Think Tech Hawaii. Mahalo. Welcome back to Working Together on Think Tech Hawaii. I'm Cheryl Crozier-Garcia, and today we are talking to Dr. Day-Woo Park about the situation between the U.S. and North Korea and about what might need to happen in order to bring about a more neighborly, more peaceful relationship. So thanks again for staying with us. Before we went to the break, Day-Woo, you were talking about how President Trump said U.S. tax monies would not be used to economically support North Korea. And it was President Trump's expectation that their neighbors would provide the financial resources. So that would be Japan, China, South Korea, maybe some minor support from other smaller countries, Russia, et cetera, in the region. Do they have that kind of money? I mean, because North Korea is not known to have the most modern infrastructure. There are or have been problems with, I mean, people simply getting enough to eat. So there are many social issues that it will take money to solve. And have they got that much money in the region? And according to the newspaper reports, news reports, Chinese Prime Minister, Chinese leaders promised they can provide up to $100 billion to North Korea if they stop producing nuclear weapons and they really change their direction. And also, Japan, in the past, about six, seven years ago, they planned to provide up to $10 billion as a compensation for their Second World War, the colonization, and also the damages and all others. And so I think China and Japan, they have money to help North Korea and also South Korea, some question mark about the future, but the government has strong commitment to help North Korea. And they believe that's the direction for reunification in the future. Well, we do know historically that the reunification of East and West Germany back in the 90s was a difficult situation that worked out well in the end. And today, Germany has one of the most robust economies in the EU. So if history repeats itself, that we may see another robust economy and a reunified Korea really becoming a major player in that part of the world. That's what President Trump emphasized multiple times to North Korean leaders. If you decide to dismantle the nuclear weapons and join us in moving toward the peaceful world, then your future will be bright. That means your country will be like Manhattan in New York last week. The Secretary of State, Pompeo, he showed the skyline of Manhattan to North Korean delegates. And so this is kind of your future if you decide to go to go to the new directions. And I think at this time in Asia, China, Vietnam, economic growth and good economy, but North Korea, they have good human resource and also they have natural resource. And I think a great opportunity. Well, I think it's good if that's what they want. I mean, if they want Pyongyang to look like Manhattan, then it's all good. But if they have a different vision for their future, if bright future looks like something else to them, I can't see them biting on the hook of you can have all of this. According to the news reports, two weeks ago and last week, North Korea sent about 600 government officers to China to benchmark, to learn the Chinese economic growth and miracle that they sent was sent to Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu and all the locations. And I think North Korea will have to see what will happen next week, the summit between North Korea and US. But if they really decide to go along with the US for peaceful world, the future will be great, great for both countries. Right. Well, a growing economy is a good thing for the people that live in it, but it does provide challenges to the people that live outside it. So if, for example, North Korea were to move to kind of a manufacturing economy like what China has, wouldn't there be then additional challenges for China? Right, because North Korea could come in with lower labor costs and take business. And so we see this kind of circle of manufacturing jobs. We saw it with Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore in the 80s. And then again in the 90s with other locations throughout Asia where factories are just coming up. So North Korea may be the next milestone in the journey of manufacturing jobs around the world. Do they have sufficient enough human capital to be able to compete? The human capital, the side, I think they have good human capital. But the infrastructure side, they're not. So that's why North Korea really asks, wants South Korea and China help to rebuild their infrastructures like rail systems and electricity and also highways. And also those money will come from South Korea. Japan and China. And then US companies, high-tech companies, and they can participate in information highways or internet systems and all positively. And I'm talking about the hacking or hackers by North Korea because they are so sophisticated and very heading for western countries. But if they decide to go different directions, it's great for the future. High technology and also all the US businesses and the future. Well, maybe we could use all of those North Korean hackers in Silicon Valley to develop anti-hacking technologies. So it's changed from hacking to artificial intelligence? Sure. Or hacking to some smart technology used. Our future will be much better. Yeah, that's true. And I imagine they could do a lot of good with increasing medical technologies of different kinds, screening devices and other kinds of things. That would help to diagnose diseases early and things like that. And those are the kinds of skills. The skills the hacker has can be used in many different directions. So it might be a good thing if we can convince them to turn their skills to creating new technologies instead of hacking my social security number. So next week we will see President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un eat hamburger together and conversation. It will be very, very interesting what will happen. Speaking of which, what role would President Kim is married? What role would his wife play in any kind of diplomatic mission like this? Because Mrs. Trump usually comes along. I heard the wives of President Trump and Kim Jong-un not join them in Singapore. So they are going to stay in Washington DC and Pyongyang. But maybe the second meeting or third meeting in the future, we will see the first ladies of US and North Korea will join. That actually might be a good thing because I can really see Mrs. Trump being an asset when it comes to tact and diplomacy. She's multi-lingual. She's traveled all around the world. But breaking the history, breaking the past, the North Korean leader when he traveled to China and also when he met with South Korean leader two weeks ago, he introduced his wife to Chinese leaders and South Korean leader. So the first time the president and the first lady North Korea and South Korea and North Korea and China, they met, they had state dinners together and it's kind of a big change. Good. Change is necessary if we're going to have success with this thing. What about, can you tell us whatever it is that you know about President Kim's sort of history? He is one of the few world leaders, I think, that wasn't educated in the United States, I think. He didn't go to US university. He spent seven years of, I think, seven years in Switzerland. Oh, in Switzerland. He can speak German. He can speak English. And his favorite, the basketball player, he brought to China. Dennis Rodman. And he likes the Western singers' music songs. And so he understand both Asian and Western culture and also he understand how to negotiate, how to bargain, how to communicate with Western leaders, including President Trump. That's good. I hope President Trump has similar knowledge because otherwise it's going to be an uneven appreciation. Well, we've got just one minute left. So Dr. Daewoo Park, thank you for taking the time to be with us today and to help us understand the situation that's happening all around us that ultimately will affect the way we live life on a day-to-day basis. I like the idea of having more friends rather than more enemies. The world isn't nearly as big as we presume it to be. It's possible to have breakfast in Honolulu and then dinner in Seoul. Our shrinking globe makes it critical that we learn to work and play well with others, especially those with whom we disagree about governance models and national politics. Not every nation believes that representative democracy is the right model of government for their people. But that doesn't mean we can't look for areas of agreement that will help both nations build cooperative relationships that support the growth of both countries. Trash talking and schoolyard bullying do nothing to enhance relationships between countries. The U.S. has among its friends and allies nations with many different kinds of government structures. There isn't any reason why North Korea can't be one of those friends. Ultimately, such a relationship would help to ensure peace in the region and in the world. That's all the time we have today. On behalf of all of the citizen journalists here at ThinkTek Hawaii, I'm Cheryl Crozier-Garcia, saying we'll be back with another episode of Working Together in two weeks. Till then, take care and happy birthday to my sister Michelle and my husband Jaime. I love you both. See you soon.


So I was debating on doing this video about 10 Emojo, but the more I think about it, I have some thoughts and some opinions on this that I definitely want to discuss with all of you and to have you guys take into consideration. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution. And if you're new to my channel, what I like to do is take a look at the YouTube community, what's going on, and try to see what lessons we can learn from them. So if you're into that stuff, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. And by the way, by the way, the podcast is officially up over on Spotify. So make sure you go check it out. Go follow it over there. There are five episodes up now. So go check it out. People have been asking me for a podcast for like a year now and I'm finally doing it. Right now I'm in like this hustle mode. I want to build up a back catalog because I know like when I find something new that I'm into, I like to like binge. So I'm trying to get some content up there for you guys to all listen to. So I've talked about a variety of different subjects and everything, but anyways, go follow it over on Spotify and stay tuned to other updates by following me on social media at the Rewired Soul on Instagram and on Twitter. All right. So anyways, yeah, like in this video, we're going to be talking about Tana Mojo announcing that she is going back to VidCon.  And although I'm going to be talking about my thoughts and opinions on this, like something I always try to do with my channel is like, think how this applies to your own life.  All right. But for the context of this, we're going to be using Tana Mojo announcing that she is returning to VidCon. All right. So before I get started and I will come back to this topic, like for those of you who are new here, here at the Rewired Soul, we are all about forgiveness. We are all about forgiveness, baby girl. Like I truly believe in forgiveness. I would not be where I am today had people not forgiven me. It has taken a lot of work on my part. And for those of you who don't know me, I'm a recovering drug addicts and alcoholic coming up on seven years sober. So for almost a decade, I was a terrible, awful human being. And I've had to work really hard to earn forgiveness. And hell, if I'm being honest, some people still haven't forgiven me.   My son's mother and I, we have an amazing relationship. You know, society has forgiven me. Like, but anyways, I want to talk about, you know, Tana Mojo announcing that she's returning to VidCon. One of the main reasons I wanted to make this video is because of this clip right here. All I ever wanted was to be a featured creator at VidCon, was to be accepted in this space that I so badly wanted to be accepted in, you know, just because I threw this f***ing convention doesn't mean I still wasn't deep down longing for that same acceptance and validation that I always was. If anything, I threw the convention because of that, you know.  All right? And here's why. Here's why. Like, I'm glad, like, Tana Mojo is getting what she finally wanted. But when I hear that, like something I talk about a lot is, as human beings, we are selfish and self-centered by nature. And TanaCon was an event that affected literally thousands of people, okay? It didn't affect a few people. It affected thousands of people. It was an event that Tana Mojo put on that failed miserably, and it was completely created out of spite. All right?  You know what I mean? And it's something that she hasn't talked about in a long time and everything like that. Like, it's, it's rough. Like, I do believe that it's important for people to move on and, you know, not keep dwelling on their screw-ups. But there's a balance that comes with it for a few reasons. One of them is, is that when we act like things never happened, like, are we just, are we just sweeping it under the rug? You know what I mean? Like, I don't think every video Tana should have made for the past year should be about VidCon and how sorry she is, or, or I mean TanaCon and how sorry she is, and everything like that. I don't think that, right? But it's important to never forget about it and learn and grow. And I've argued on the side of Tana in previous videos, like, one would say that she has learned and grown because she's not throwing another TanaCon, you know, a poorly ran event. But when, again, when I hear her say that, I'm like, like, yeah, you got what you wanted, but at what cost? Now, I am glad that VidCon forgave TanaMojo. Like, that shows a lot on their part. And this is huge because TanaMojo did some messed up stuff. Like, for any of you who are following the TanaCon story, like, when it was going down, like, I was actually in Southern California with my beautiful girlfriend, my son, we were visiting one of my best friends. We went down there during the weekend to VidCon and TanaCon. But instead of going to either of those events, like, we went to Corgi Beach Day and it was lit, son. But anyways, we were watching all this stuff go down. We were watching all the videos popping up about what was going on, everything going on Twitter and everything.  And one of the ones that was pretty brutal towards VidCon was Tana was spreading the narrative with no evidence of this. She was spreading the narrative that VidCon was kicking out attendees who were also attending TanaCon. She helped perpetuate that narrative, which is somewhat slanderous to VidCon. You see what I mean? And she had no evidence of that. So it is awesome that VidCon has kind of forgiven her for all of that. All right? But here's the thing. At the end of the day, it makes sense for VidCon to forgive Tana. Like, that isn't whoever's running their PR team and everything like that. Like, kudos to you. Like, that's an epic move. But not only on a PR standpoint, like, we have to appreciate any company, business, organization that listens to people and tries to make things better. All right? Tana Mojo did have legit concerns. And obviously, a lot of people agreed with her about the way VidCon was run. Okay? So them doing this, like, not only did it help them on a public relations standpoint, but it also shows that they are listening and they want to make improvements and change things. And because it is pretty much the biggest YouTube conference in the world. But then I heard this clip. I didn't ever think after the things that happened with TanaCon that VidCon would ever be open to a conversation. And I am so grateful for that.  But I felt like I had done something so wrong that things could never be mended, you know? Like, why would they even want to talk to me? When I heard that, all I could think was like, well, no, they're adults. You know what I mean? Like, this is the way adults conduct business.  And it's a bunch of people who are very young, getting a lot of celebrity. They're getting a lot of money. They're getting a lot of resources at a very young age. And they don't necessarily know how to do the adulting thing. Like when it comes to VidCon, like it makes sense that they had to sit down with TanaMojo and everything like that. Like that makes sense from a business standpoint.  It is extremely important. Like something I always try to teach people is something that I learned where forgiveness isn't letting somebody else off the hook. Forgiveness is letting you off the hook. Like holding a grudge, holding a resentment towards somebody is not doing you any favors. All right? They say that resentment is like drinking poison, hoping the other person dies. But from kind of like a community standpoint, my question is, has TanaMojo earned forgiveness? Okay? Because when I saw this situation, it was screwed up from the start. Not only was it created out of spite, out of vengeance to try to get back at VidCon. Like it was scheduled at the same time. It was scheduled in the same area and everything like that. Like I think thousands of people are being forgotten. So Michael Weiss, the dude from Good Times and TanaMojo, they were trying to ditch out or give back like refunds and everything, which Tana was minimally involved in. And if any of you watched her docuseries with Shane Dawson, like when this first happened, there was a lot of talk but no action. Okay? Because when I think about this, there were, there were so many people who literally flew from different parts of the world to attend TanaCon. Okay? Like if we look at this with how much money was spent for the attendees of TanaCon, even if they got free passes or if they bought passes, like we can't forget, there were flights, there were hotels, there were ubers or taxi rides, there was food, there was so much money that was spent to go to an event that was then canceled. All right? And when, again, when she first did the docuseries with Shane Dawson and even Shane Dawson was trying to help out and they're like, we're going to make it up to you. Like I remember, I remember TanaMojo talking about like doing a free tour and everything like that and figuring out a way to reimburse people and all of that. And you guys, none of that ever happened. Like none of it happened at all. So kind of like what I titled this video like, I don't, I don't like saying this, but it must be nice to be TanaMojo. You know what I mean? Like wow, like it must be nice. Like, I want you guys to think about this for a second. How many other creators do you think could get away with this? Here, play, play along with this thought experiment for me. If, let's say if Philip DeFranco, if Philip DeFranco did this exact same thing, if he created an event out of spite, out of vengeance, people came in from all over the world, creators signed up to be there, all sorts of things, right? And it just flopped. Would somebody like Philip DeFranco get the same pass as TanaMojo has? Like TanaMojo barely experienced a dent in her brand or anything like that because her brand is one of being wild and crazy and screwing up and everything like that. And it's like, I don't know, like I'm a little envious. You know what I mean? And again, the purpose of this video is not to say don't forgive Tana or Tana doesn't deserve to be a VidCon. I think it's all cool, it's all great. But what I want you guys to take from this is like, what, what do you look for when it comes to forgiving somebody in your life and giving them another chance? Like, because in my opinion and in my experience, like, there's a few things involved. And one of the biggest one is showing remorse, right? So I'll end with this in, in the, in the realm of 12 step programs, when you make an amends to somebody or a group of people, you ask them, what can I do to fix this? What can I do to try to, you know, remedy this situation? Right? And in 12 step programs, not only do you make like personal amends to people, but you make financial amends because most drug addicts and alcohol would screw people out of money.  Some people don't even want you to pay them back, which is cool. But when I look at this situation with Tana Mojo, I'm like, there was a lot of talk when this happened. And there was no follow through or action. So anyways, let me know your thoughts on the subject down in the comments below. And by the way, like, I'm actually going to be a VidCon this year. So if you see me, come say hi. Let's chill. But anyways, again, go follow me on social media at the rewired soul, check out the new podcast, it'll all be linked down in the description. If you like this video, please give it a thumbs up. If you're new, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell because I make a ton of videos and a huge, huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on Patreon. You're all amazing. If you would like to become a patron, get access to our monthly Q and A, some other perks and benefits by getting your name in the credits, click or tap right there. All right. Thanks again so, so much for watching. I'll see you next time.


Thank you very much. My paper on Prabhachandra has turned out to be work in progress because as you will see immediately the criticism leveled at Prabhachandra need to be investigated further and even substantiated in terms of Akalanka's works in order, I think, to reinstate him. Hence my preliminary findings have turned out to be an Apology of Prabhachandra's views. In his now well-known work Jain Ontology, Dixit conveniently divides the history of Jain philosophical speculation into three so-called ages of logic after having dealt with the age of Agamas. The word logic in the ages of logic may be understood as the logic of the arguments by Jaina thinkers in different periods or ages, namely the arguments both against non-Jaina views as well as those in support of their own position on philosophical issues. The ages are divided chronologically in terms of important texts by renowned thinkers. Dixit seems to want to clearly demarcate Shwetambara and Dighambara contributions in the different ages. So the first age regards Siddhasenna and he quotes the text Sanmati, Malavadi, Naya, Chakra, Jina, Bhadra, and then the Dighambara thinkers that he mentions for the first age are Kunda Kunda and Samantapadra. With Kunda Kunda's date, we have a big problem as we already know. It is also interesting to see what he says about Abta Mimamsa, Dixit, he says the Abta Mimamsa was rather poor in content, though brilliant in form. The second stage is made up by Haribadra as the Shwetambara thinker, then Akalanka and Vidyanandin. And in his works, in this section of his work, Dixit quotes these texts from these authors. The third stage, and this is where Prabhachandra comes in, is he is the first one in the third stage and the Shwetambara thinkers are Abhayadeva, Vadiadeva, Suri and Yashou Vijaya. It is significant that Prabhachandra's name is first in the third stage because he would be the link from the second stage and for those who come after him. So for example, Vadiadeva's Syaadvada Rathnakara resembles Prabhachandra's Pramaya Kamala Matanda closely. The threefold division of ages of logic in contrast to the age of the Agamas is based on the view that certain tendencies characterize the ages of logic, namely to vindicate the doctrine of Anaykanta Vada, to establish the Pramanas, to evaluate non-Jainic views, and to defend traditional Jainic philosophical views. And this is the reason for him to group them into three major sections, namely Anaykanta Vada, Pramanas, and then the traditional defense of Jainic positions. This threefold division of the age of logic takes into account 12 thinkers and 25 works from about the fourth to the 17th centuries. The advantage of this classification is that it groups a specific number of thinkers and texts in order to facilitate an overview of Jainist speculation on specific themes directly or indirectly related to ontology. His work is called Jainist ontology. That the scheme is practical may be seen in the fact that although, for example, Manikya Nandin's Parikshamukha is not mentioned, and is conspicuous by its absence, he quotes Pravachandras, or he mentions Pravachandras Pramaya Kamala Martanda, which is a commentary on the Parikshamukha. One could argue that the scheme is an over-simplification of 13 centuries of Jainist speculation and disregards a vast amount of ideas by other thinkers. This would no doubt be true. If thinkers are left out like Manikya Nandin and many important works ignored, for example, Vidyanandin Satyashasana Parikshamukha, we certainly get a limited picture. In other words, Dixit's work has to be complete, consulted with caution and with exhaustive experimentation. Moreover, many of his remarks have to be carefully weighed in the light of their opinionatedness, as for example, in the case of Pravachandra. All of us have been quoting Pravachandra throughout this conference, and let's see what he says about Pravachandra. So I'm quoting directly from Dixit. On page 102, he says, the Degambara author who followed Vidyananda was Pravachandra and as has already been hinted, I couldn't find where, he was an inferior genius as compared to the former. Then he says Pravachandra too, like Vidyananda, he means Vidyanandin, surveys the contemporary philosophical scene in the light of Akalankar's discoveries, but his insights had its limitations. The result was that Vidyananda gave us two of the most advanced philosophical texts coming from the pen of a Jaina. So Tatvatos, he mentioned these works, Tatvatos Shloka Bhattika and Ashtasahasri, while Pravachandra gave us two textbooks to be used by fairly gifted schoolboys. And he's referring to Nyayakumar Dachandra and the Prameya Kamala Mahatanda. This is only a selection of what he says I, for this purpose I have in my paper all of them. He then says on page 103, but certainly the reigned of Pravachandra's inquiry was less comprehensive than that of Vidyananda and his treatment of topics less advanced than that of the latter. As a matter of fact, a study of Pravachandra is a good preparation for that of Vidyanandin, that it is a good preparation, argues for Pravachandra's work, worth, that it is only a preparation, argues for his limitation. Pravachandra made it a point to introduce in his commentaries an exhaustive and systematic discussion of the major philosophical issues of his time. Quite positive. Pravachandra's level of discussion is decidedly less advanced than that of Vidyananda. Of course, two questions are somewhat new in Pravachandra. Thus in the Nyayakumar Dachandra, there occurs a detailed refutation of the six Vaisheshika padarthas and the 16 Nyaya Padarthas, the former, which is more important being repeated in Prameya Kamala Mahatanda in Vidyananda. I'm still quoting Dixit. Such a refutation was just hinted at. Similarly, in both Nyayakumar Dachandra and Prameya Kamala Mahatanda, there occurs a detailed treatment of the theories of error maintained by diverse philosophical schools. Vidyananda is unfamiliar with this problem. Pravachandra's writings should serve as a good introduction to those of Vidyananda. Pravachandra's writings have the advantage that they contain one discussion at one place. The Nyayakumar Dachandra is to be studied not so much for the sake of the light it throws on Akalanka's works, words, as for the independent philosophical discussions it incorporates. We can understand all these points as Dixit's opinions contradictory as they may sound in some places. He's no doubt entitled to them. But what about this? Pravachandra's commentary on Akalanka's famous verse, Gyanam Adhyam Matihi Sangya Chinta Chavino Abhinibodham, etc. This is from the Akalanka Garanta Triyam and specifically from the Pramana Pravesha, which is part of the Lagiya Straya. Dixit says, here Mati was a wrong reading for Smriti. Vidyananda has the correct reading and yet Pravachandra had no difficulty in commenting on it and in the course of it, in attributing an arbitrary meaning to the phrase Gyanam Adhyam. I think this is quite a serious charge that has to be dealt with in some detail and I think at least in three major points. So I was wondering where he got this criticism from because in the footnote number 51, Dixit gives exact references, so Nyayakumar Dachandra page 403 and for Vidyananda's reading he gives the quotation. So I was wondering whether he really read these things and this is what I want to present to you. It is a moot question whether Dixit in 1971 merely repeated a point already made in the Hindi introduction by Kailash Chandra Shastri to the first volume of the Nyayakumar Dachandra first published in 1938 who begs forgiveness in pointing out an error in Pravachandra's reference to the said stanza of Akalanka. The other point to consider is whether the introduction by Shastri that Pravachandra sees Smriti, Pratyabhigyan, Tarka and Anumana in opposition to the Jainic tradition and therefore incorrectly as Shrutta. It seems to me that this reference by Shastri in his introduction is taken from the statement in the Nyayakumar Dachandra where Smriti, Adi, Avishadam, Gyanam, Shrutam, Ityaktam and that their cause is erroneously seen as Mati and this probably refers to Nyayakumar Dachandra where Pravachandra says the introduction goes on to say further that no one in the Jainic tradition has regarded Smriti as Pratyaksha and this probably refers to Pravachandra Nyayakumar Dachandra where he talks about Mati here and uses Pratyaksham as the cause of that. So when I read this I had to reconsider a few things. In 2002 in an article about epistemological categories in the Akalanka Grantha Trayam I tried to see diagrammatically which Pramana belongs where in which work including Akalanka's Lagiya Straya for which Prabhakar Chandra's Nyayakumar Dachandra is a commentary and I drew up a scheme of the Pramanas in Akalanka and I came up with this scheme. So Pratyaksha and Paroksha and the different Pramanas under each of them where Mati comes under Indriya Pratyaksha and Smriti under Anandriya Pratyaksha. So when I read all these things I started shaking because I had to rethink the scheme that I had drawn up in 2002 and I am happy that I have the opportunity now to go back to this. So I started looking around and I was fortunate to come across Goshal's translation of the Pariksha Mukha by Manikya Nandin and he very interestingly gives a scheme of Akalanka in the introduction to his translation. This is just to show that I wasn't completely false. He has a bit more than I had at that time but the basic structure seems to be the same where Mati comes under Indriya Pratyaksha and Smriti under Anandriya Pratyaksha because these are the words that are significant in this serious criticism of Prabhachandra by Dixit and it seems also by Shastri in his introduction. In my appendix to my paper I quoted the introduction part of the entire introduction on Akalanka and I want to mention just one part of it for my purposes here. Goshal says in his introduction to the Pariksha Mukha text and translation how to meet the argument that if we take Mati as Pratyaksha we must say that the traditional acceptance of the view that it is Paroksha is denied. Undermining the oldest authorities like Umaswamy, Akalanka has written that Mati, Smriti, Sangya, Chinta and Abhinima Niboda will be Pratyaksha so long as these remain in the mental state. And these are connected with words that is are expressed in words they will become Pratyaksha and he goes on to say thus Akalanka has accepted Mati etc. as Pratyaksha in one sense and Pratyaksha in another sense. According to Akalanka Shruta is what is heard and the knowledge having no connection with words is Sangya Vaharika Pratyaksha. So what we need to do is to analyze the text more carefully to see which Pratyaksha Prabha Chandra is referring to something that Kailash Chandra Shastri in his introduction to the Pramaya Kamala Mahatana does not seem to have done. In any case dictates statement that the error pointed out by Kailash Chandra Shastri has to be reassessed in the light of Akalanka's own words and Prabha Chandra's use of them. So the basic question now is do both Dixit and Kailash Chandra Shastri do Prabha Chandra an injustice? Is it possible that Prabha Chandra was a bit like a daisical at the place concerned because he should have hinted at Akalanka's complicated system especially in his Pramana Pravesha. And this is the question that I would like to seek a complete answer to. Thank you very much.