Well, we were worried about you perhaps catching cold, so we moved this in from the east lawn out here. I know that you'll be pleased to know about that. Nancy and I are especially pleased to welcome you to the White House, our national home this afternoon. I realize that many of you have broken training to be here, and we appreciate that. We ask, however, that if you feel a sudden urge to run wind sprints, just avoid the rose garden. Just add it, replanted. No one belongs on these grounds or in these halls more than you. Someone once said that youth was America's oldest tradition, but I would amend that to be youth striving for excellence. You live that tradition. You've worn your country's colors in contests around the globe, setting world records and winning world championships. You've made your countrymen proud. And in you we've looked for courage, excellence, and honor, and in you we have found it. Each of you has had moments of glory in your career, but one recent moment typifies the inspiration all of you have given to our people. I'm sure you can guess that moment in tennis that I'm thinking of. After six and a half hours of play, the largest indoor crowd in Davis Cup history had been whipped to a frenzy and were stomping and shouting, USA, USA. When they say the crowd couldn't sit down, the players could barely stand up. It had been the longest match that John McEnroe had ever played, 79 games in five sets of grueling exquisite tennis. In the fifth set, I was feeling it, John said, but I hung in there. Well, that was John's moment. As physically, emotionally, and mentally drained as he was, he reached within himself for the talent and tenacity to persevere. You know, someone once said about heroism that a hero is no braver than anyone else. He's just brave five minutes longer. Well, we had six and a half hours of that. We won the game and we'll go on to face Australia in September, but at least one newspaper reported that by the time it was over, the game didn't seem as important, the reporter wrote. It seemed they were fighting for excellence. Well, on behalf of all Americans, I want to thank John and each of these athletes here for the inspiration they've given us on snow as well as on the courts. If every American strives for individual excellence, we can find it together as a nation. Watching you, we renew our faith in ourselves and our country. It's a thrill to have the Davis Cup here at the White House and to celebrate with your tennis and skiing accomplishments. Your country is very proud of you, and we thank you for the honor you bring us. Wish you luck in the future and leave you with a very American challenge that you continue to live up to the best and the highest standards that you know. Thank you very much. We thank you for having us. Someone said to me before, we'll be back next year. We would certainly look forward to that. I'm Ed Hamerley. I'm the president of the US ski team. I perhaps have the best job in the world. I don't have to ski as fast or hurt myself and I like it. The fact of life is that the team was the best in the world this year, and we want to tell you that and we thank you for having us. We won also, for the first time ever, the World Cup in Nordic skiing this year. We've never even come close. So behind you, you've got all of the best skiers. The women were number one in the world. Phil and Steve Mayer are here who won all sorts of World Cup medals and we're just proud as anything to be here. We have taken this opportunity to induct you both into the ski team. We've shopped around and found the color that we think you would find appropriate. This is for you, President Reagan. We thought the colors were particularly appropriate, and this is for you, Mrs. Reagan. There's also pants to go with them, so. I was beginning to worry. We're very proud to have these. Thank you very much. Thank you. I'm probably the only one here that remembers a time growing up in Illinois as a boy when we used to cut intertubes for rubber bands and then nail them to a pair of barrel slats and ski. We'll have to try that. That's why I gave up. That's why I gave up horseback. I'm turning the horse back to riding. Thank you very much. Two days ago in London. Oh, really? Yes, I know. I'm trying to work on that. So far, I haven't done very well. I don't think you're overcoming that. Oh. No. Stay right there. Right where you are. No. I like it.


As we approached this festive time of the year, I just wanted to take the chance to pause and say thank you to all of you staff who work across our NHS and care services for the fantastic work that you do every day supporting our population across Wales in all sorts of settings and at all times of the day. Back in July earlier this year we were able on the NHS side to pause and celebrate 70 years of the NHS since its creation back in 1948 and I don't know whether you would have felt the same but I was certainly moved by the outpourings of warmth and support which came from our public in Wales and across the UK but also from our workforce for the values and principles of the NHS. As we approach this festive period, clearly this is also a busy and challenging time of the year where the NHS will be available right throughout the period of time 24 hours a day and I just wanted to say thank you very much Joffin Barry-Yann for all that you do for the Welsh population and I do hope that you have some chance to pause and spend some time with your family and friends. Thank you very much and have a happy Christmas and new year. Nadola Clawin.


What's going on guys? It's your boy DPJ here today with another Destiny video and in today's Destiny video I want to talk about the different Editions you can get of the Taken King now I've had so many questions thrown at me on YouTube and on Twitter a lot of people are Confused about these and what you get etc etc Hopefully in this video I will clear things up for you guys and we're going to start with the Taken King legendary edition now This will cost you $59.99 might as well call it $60 This will be available on disk and digital download and for your box here You get destiny the dark below the house of walls and the Taken King now We're going to move on to the collectors edition now the Taken King collectors edition will cost you $79.99 we may as well call that $80 this version is only available on disk the contents You can see on screen now is all what you will get with this But I wouldn't you guys for exactly what you get anywhere you get destiny you get the dark below you get the house of wolves You get the Taken King you also get a collectors edition steel bookcase You also get some epic items you get a modified treasure Island book with intro letter from Kade six you get Kade six personal notes and Illustrations you get a collection of relics and artifacts and you also get a strange coin Replicant you also get digital content which you must download with this actual collector's edition You get free class specific emote You get free armor shaders and you get free exotic class items with XP Bonuses you get all that for $80 or $79.99 now We're going to move on to the digital collectors edition this also costing you $79.99 or $80. This is basically the same as the collectors edition just digital You don't get none of the items that you do get with the disk version It's as simple as that you get destiny you get the dark below you get the house of wolves You get the Taken King and you also get the free class specific emotes You get the free armor shaders and you also get the free exotic class items with XP bonuses Which you guys can see on screen now look an epic by the way We then have the digital download which is $39.99 or $40. This is basically just the Taken King And this is for all of us people who have been playing Destiny since basically the start This is what we would purchase with this you also get VIP in-game rewards You get a sparrow you get an armor shader and you get a year one emblem Which I'll show you guys on screen now now to qualify as a VIP play You must own destiny before the 31st of August 2015 Have a level 30 garden or have played the dark below and the house of wolves before the 1st of February 2015 and then play any version of the Taken King You don't technically need to have played Expansion one or two to be eligible for the VIP rewards However, you will need to own these expansions to play the Taken King and you need the Taken King to acquire the VIP Rewards so basically as long as you have one level 30 garden before the 31st of August 2015 you could purchase expansion one and two after that day and still be good to go So actually you could be eligible for VIP rewards without all expansions But you can't wear on or use VIP items without all expansions I hope that makes sense to you guys now what people were complaining about including me is basically If you already own the house of wolves if you already own the dark below and destiny and you've played the game since release How do we get the exclusive digital downloads that come with the collectives edition? These are the free class specific emotes the free armor shaders and the free exotic class items with XP bonuses How do we get these we've been playing since the start we deserve to have these also and now thanks to bungee We can actually purchase these in a separate package, which will cost you $20 Yes $20, which in my opinion is a little expensive for what you get and I'll talk about that in a second But for this $20 you will get free class specific emotes free armor shaders and free exotic class items with XP bonuses So if you've already bought the digital download of the Taken King because you already own the dark below and the house of wolves You can purchase this for a further $20 now more about the price in my opinion $20 is a little high for free emults free shaders and free class items I mean $20 is the price of the dark below $20 is the price of the house of wolves. They are DLCs They are expansions I mean I don't quite think these shaders armors and emults quite add up to a whole DLC But at the end of the day, we do have a choice whether or not we purchase it I know a lot of people won't be spending $20 on a few emults class items and shaders A lot of people think it's a little higher of a price for what you actually get But like I said at the end of the day, you do have a choice me personally.  I just want them items. I want that damn strange coin But that's just me But guys, I hope this video clears things up for you who were a little confused if you still have questions Ask them down below. I've got plenty of knowledgeable destiny subscribers Who I'm sure can answer your questions if I can't like I said leave a comment down below if you still have something to ask Hope you guys enjoyed the video do drop a like I do appreciate the support thanks for stopping by as always and peace out till next time Peace


The current security situation remains tense in the Black Sea, and we witnessed the rapid change of the situation since 2014. So in order to respond to these allies, we are conducting those exercises, and I'm very thankful to NATO for the presence of the standing NATO naval group here at the Black Sea. So we have group two, we have standing MCM group two also here, and this is really demonstrating our unity and commitment of the alliance to the security of the Black Sea. From Bulgarian perspective, the presence of standing naval forces in the Black Sea is extremely important because it shows the unity of the alliance, it shows the coherence, and it shows first to the Bulgarian population that we are not abandoned and Bulgaria is a valuable member of NATO. And that's why it is not only the military and naval side of the exercise and the opportunity to train together, but it's also the political message which this presence sends. For Bulgarians, Black Sea, that's our door to the world. More than half of our economy goes through the Black Sea. Our foreign trade is through the Black Sea. For us, keeping the sea lines of communications and keeping commerce alive is vital. That's why Black Sea is very important for us, not only because of the wonderful sandy beaches and the people enjoying the summertime here, but that's mainly the economy which makes it important for us.


E-commerce is going to change a lot and it's going to change both for the better and for the worst. Most people today, they rely on the Chinese supply chain.  And the writing is we're going into the semi-new escalated cold war with China. When I say we, United States and Canada, whatever United States does, Canada follows. And what does this mean to you as whether your e-commerce store or Shopify store, the supply chain gets skewed. And we're seeing happen today. We're seeing slowdowns on the supply chain due to COVID obviously. But COVID is the straw that broke the camel's back. It's not what started it. It's the straw that broke the camel's back. And so what does this mean to you as an e-commerce business owner? This means you got to figure out your new supply chain. So this pros and cons this, a lot of people will have a lot of issues finding new supply chains at the exact same time. This gives so much opportunity for us to start focusing more on localism as opposed to globalism. You know, within the supply chain, everybody was accustomed to just in time supply chain. The Japanese invented it. And basically is everything has to function on the tea. The teas have to be crossed and the eyes have to be dotted and everything is just in time. So in case something happens like a massive, we call it the act of God in clauses. So let's say natural disaster or virus is an act of God clause. Everything falls apart and everything is falling apart right now and people are chaotic, completely chaotic. Their business is slowing down. They can't get their shipments. A lot of corruptions going on too, based on the ports. And so if you are looking at starting e-commerce company, if you are currently an e-commerce store owner, it's time to start looking at local supply chains. And I think the direction that we're heading to guys is more or less back to high quality products as opposed to shitty quality products. We're accustomed to mass production. We're accustomed to getting subsidized products. We're accustomed to getting Amazon shipment within 24 hours. I think a lot of those things are going to start changing soon. And I think a lot of more people are going to start realizing that our supply chain is the most important thing when it comes to economic stability. He who controls the supply chain controls the economy. Mobility is the number one key factor when it comes to economic control. And in the world of mobility in the world is the United States. The United States Navy guarantees the safety of their trade partners. And if you've been paying attention to my recent post, if you haven't read already, This United Nations by Peter Zihan, please read it. Phenomenal book where it goes to show you it's all about cycles and the cycle right now is the United States retreating back into more naturalistic focused as opposed to global focus. And they're going to start more and more pulling away the protection of their Navy, which is not good for people that rely on Alibaba, Aliexpress and everything that comes from the Chinese supply chain. And so depending on the products that you have today, depending on where you're located, start seeing if you can start minimizing, minimizing, you know, it's not overnight like this, but start seeing if you can minimize the reliance on your supply chain to China. You know, like I don't need to keep on repeating the writing is on the wall, whether that is looking to supply chain in Europe locally, if possible. And when you buy locally, I mean just in your country, if I'm in Canada, my supply chains in North America, I'm happy. If you're in Europe, your supply chains within Western Europe nations, you're good, but more or less not relying on the Chinese supply chain. And I think this is really imperative. And you got to think about like how many people have small e-commerce company like we're like I'll give you an example. We have Shopify here in Canada, one of our darling unicorn companies from Ottawa with Toby as the CEO and founder. And Shopify has done a phenomenal, amazing job. I give them massive credit and kudos where credit is due. But a lot of these people rely on Alibaba. They do dropshipping with Alibaba. They rely on just in time delivery with Alibaba. So overnight freight, right? They pay extra for that. That's not going to exist for much longer.   I can make a whole video about current and I've done, I've had Brent Johnson on this episode and he has his milkshake theory, which he states within the short term and the medium term, the US dollars is stronger towards a liquidity crunch because the US dollars premium. So there's going to be a dollar shortage around the world. And so that's something to keep in mind specifically if you're Canadian though, this affects us in a in a negative manner. So my recommendation, if you're Canadian and Canadian business owner, try to keep as much as your Canadian liquidity, your cash within USD, at least for the short term and medium term. And so going back to the supply chain, you need to make a checklist of what your supply chain is right now, whether it's Alibaba, Aliexpress and China, all these different manufacturers or distributors. And then you need to make a separate list of where you can substitute for the supply chain. And yeah, it's going to be difficult and maybe you have to pivot your business, but that's what entrepreneurship is. You know, we humans for the last like since pre World War Two, we're accustomed to safety. Safety is not the status quo of human beings. It's asymptomatic what we're experiencing right now. Meaning this is not the status quo. It's not normal what we experienced since World War Two, where everything's peace and everything's okay. No, no, no, no, no. And it's going to become much more game theory right now. And you have to be smart about your business strategies. You have to be smart about can you create your business in an agile, lean way? And can you pivot? It's about pivoting right now. I think the next two years and people asked me what I want to invest in, what I want to do. I'm actually doing nothing directly right now. I'm planning. I've mentioned urban farming. I'm not launching urban farms. I'm not investing. I'm planning. I'm getting the intellectual capital. I'm building up the network. I'm building up everything that I need. So when the opportunity is right, everything's there. Then I attack, then I execute. It's in the next year or two, while the markets try to figure out what they're doing.  Like my head, this is not good news guys. Like we're going to go into an inflated bubble. There's two economies. There's a stonk market and there's a real economy, but the stonks are going to pump until they don't pump anymore. And they're going to crash hard. And the best case scenario is deflation, right? So we don't crash completely, but deflation to a very long term, very similar to Japan. Oh, the light, very similar to Japan for a stagflation. And hopefully that's how it stays. It stays as a stagflation, but you got to, you got to start planning now guys. Everything you have all this time right now, plan, plan, plan. So you're agile, so you can pivot very fast. So you can make the right movements when you need to make them. Don't be looking things in hindsight.  Could have, would have, should have. You have so much opportunity right now to just make a contingency plan A, contingency plan B, contingency plan C. And this is what I'm doing right now. I'm just spending my time. People always ask me what to invest in. Like, I'm not a professional investor. I'm not, I'm not a hedge fund manager.  I'm very curious for different things. But the number one thing that I'm seeing, there's a common denominator among the most, the people that I respect, the people that I trust, there's a common denominator among them. And that is, they are just sitting on US greenback cash right now and planning. Warren Buffett the other day, if you haven't watched it, watch it. Four hours, phenomenal talk. They ask him what he's, what's he investing? Nothing. He sold all his stocks from the airline industries and he's sitting on a north of a hundred billion dollars of cash because there's no, there's no opportunity right now. The bottom is going to get way more bought. Like people think we hit the bottom now, forget about it, man.  We're going south and Warren Buffett knows this. Like I said, go watch his video. And so the whole moral of this story when it comes to e-commerce or any business in general, start pivoting, start planning right now because things are about to change rapidly. And if you're not ready, you're going to be left behind and I'll leave it at that. Leave a comment below this video, like, subscribe and I'll talk to you guys soon. Peace out.