In this video I will describe the building blocks, structure, and functions of proteins, both fibrous and globular proteins, and I will explain how acidity and high temperature affect the functioning of globular proteins. Proteins are major molecules in biology. They are important for regulating the majority of the functions of a cell. We will learn about lots of examples of important proteins as we go through this semester, but here we are going to develop the concept of what a protein is at the molecular level. A protein is made from one or more polymers, which are known as polypeptides, and each of those polypeptides is a long chain of monomers known as amino acids. In the illustration here we can see two amino acids being joined together through dehydration synthesis. The peptide bond is formed between the two amino acids to join them together into a dipeptide, or a very short peptide of only two amino acids length. However, much longer polypeptides can be produced by continuing dehydration synthesis to add more amino acids to form a longer chain. There are 20 amino acids that are used in order to make polypeptides. The specific sequence of the amino acids in a polypeptide chain is what we call the primary structure of the polypeptide or resulting protein. Proteins also have secondary and tertiary levels of structure. The secondary structure of the polypeptide is a folded up shape that results from hydrogen bonding between nearby amino acids. These amino acids can fold up to form an alpha helix spiral shaped secondary structure or they can fold into a pleated sheet secondary structure shape. In either case this structure is stabilized by hydrogen bonding between adjacent amino acids. A longer distance interaction between amino acids will create another level of folding at a larger size scale known as the tertiary structure of proteins. The tertiary structure of proteins can result from side chains of the amino acids that are hydrophilic facing out to form hydrogen bonds with the surrounding watery solution and side chains of amino acids that are hydrophobic pushing inwards tied away from the surrounding water. There are also covalent bonds that can form between some of the amino acids in order to add another level of stability to the tertiary structure. Finally proteins have quaternary structure if there are multiple polypeptides that join together to form the final protein. The example shown in the illustration here is the protein hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is formed from four polypeptide subunits. Notice that it says globular protein under the name hemoglobin because hemoglobin has a roughly round shape. Hemoglobin is an important protein found inside of our red blood cells where its function is to transport oxygen. Fibers proteins are long protein strands that provide structural support to cells and tissues. Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body and provides the structural support for the skin for example. The dermis, the majority of the skin is strengthened by fibers of collagen. The collagen is found in our bones and joints. Most of the tissues that support our body have the structural support from the collagen proteins. Globular proteins have a complex shape and the function of those proteins is heavily dependent upon the complex folding that creates the globular protein's shape. There's a very wide variety of functions for globular proteins but here we can see a few examples. Growth hormone is a type of globular protein that functions as a chemical message. Growth hormone is secreted from the anterior pituitary gland and signals cells all through the body to stimulate growth. Antibodies are proteins secreted by white blood cells of our immune system that help to defend against specific infections. When you are vaccinated and develop immunity to a specific pathogen, your body will start to produce antibodies that can protect you against that specific infection. In the bottom here we see carbonic anhydrase an example of an enzyme. Enzymes are proteins typically although they can be other molecules such as nucleic acids but most enzymes are proteins and enzymes are biological catalysts that is enzymes speed up chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy. The chemical reaction that's catalyzed by carbonic anhydrase is the inner conversion of carbon dioxide and water with carbonic acid. Carbon dioxide and water can be the reagents that are converted into carbonic acid but this is a reversible reaction so carbonic acid can be converted into carbon dioxide and water. Denaturation is when a globular protein becomes misfolded disrupting its function because globular proteins have functions that are depended upon the complex folded structure. An example that we see in the picture here is denaturation of the protein ovalbumin which is the primary protein found in the egg white. You're probably familiar with the idea that when you first crack the egg the egg white is clear but as it cooks it becomes an opaque white color. This opaque white color change is the result of a change in the shape of the protein as the protein is heated that extreme heat causes vibrations that will essentially shake the protein out of its complex folded structure and change its structure which can lead to disruption of the function of the protein. For example an enzyme like carbonic anhydrase when it becomes denatured will no longer be able to catalyze a chemical reaction. Other extreme environmental conditions can lead to denaturation. For example extreme pH can cause denaturation. If the pH becomes too low the excessive concentration of hydrogen ions can disrupt the pattern of hydrogen bonding necessary to stabilize the protein structure.


Google and you know the technology son the digital side is over the vote from them at St. George they don't talk crazy. We need to get the industries talking together with the academic centers also talking to industry but also internally perhaps. It's very interesting. Thank you Malcolm and the, the, the, both the adjacent industries aspect and the learnings there you know is a really, really good, you know, thought and I think that the business the relationship of business, you know not only as perceived by the industries themselves, which is basically framed by their own viewpoint of the business, you know, and so, perhaps the academic business area, you know, is an opportunity to look more at the system level, you know, rather than at the individual you know with regard to that because the individual farmers have their direct business interest or direct portfolio interests, you know which of course comes first because of the way things are set up in the system. And you know I'm very interested in how, you know, as a whole and as a community, you know we can look at advancing this at the system level. You know, when you, when you think about, you know, what, what do we own collectively, you know, and people have the interest in preparing for and enabling the manufacturing of their portfolio with agility and all that maybe we're not doing as well as we we could in that, but then in saying how do you raise the whole of it. Well, no, no single entity actually owns that, you know, we have to have to tackle that collectively. Thank you. I have the next question that sort of move on to and thank you Kelly for prompting it you know it's kind of a follow up question from from the previous session on existing mechanisms and you know really we'd like to at least ask people if you know how are the existing mechanisms doing.  But I'd love to hear what people's views are on whether these mechanisms are, you know, are they sufficient. You know, is there a lot are there a lack of mechanisms right now in place I'm not sure we saw a lot and we got a lot of good links there thank you for that so that there's a lot out there do people feel like these are lacking are they insufficient, or are we not utilizing them as the awareness, you know, a big issue. I think lack of awareness is one thing. Another thing is resource limitations because of course we saw the numbers from the emerging technology team earlier on, and we have similar numbers as well in our programs we have as well from different companies or different research organizations but of course we have limited resources so we cannot address all and we have to prioritize. Thank you Dolores yeah that's that's certainly a very serious issue and one, you know that probably is something at the policy end that that needs a push. So, they're there because in order to get it we with constraints, it becomes impossible if those constraints are are completely tying hands.  I'm really just going to agree I think that the the numbers that we saw and also the fact that you know there are are those who have had their applications not accepted shows that there's a greater demand for that type of dialogue and engagement is available right now and that just I think to me highlights how important that is you know obviously it's great that we have it but I mean you asked could we do more I think the answer isn't in the day that there's obviously a lot of interest in in that type of engagement. Thank you Tom. I'm going to go to slide on now. Kelly poses is, I think this is. Is there a need for more direct collaboration between industry and regulators not just academics and regulators to develop understanding of capabilities. I think we've talked about that a bit but certainly open to touch on it again. I think we'll let it always go first. Well, I honestly, I've got this constantly. Most of what I do is regulating between bio industry and regulators, the regulators and I'm sure the FDA is the same extremely open. There are new systems in the UK, which we're working with the MHA together with the Americans, or the orbit project orbits is not particularly manufacturing, but the way that we discuss it is includes manufacturing. And you know I think project offices are very good example where one set of regulators communicating with another set of regulators so it's not just industry to a regulator. So in history is not interested just talking to one agency, even the FDA. It's a global aspect. I remember some years ago, we were looking at something and they said my market won't float because the FDA won't accept it. They said, we've got to get the Japanese accepting it, you're me accepting it, you accepting and the FDA. It's not just a local thing, but yes, very much. And you know we've also got to get the regulators talking to each other to make sure there aren't any gaps when they're talking to a section of industry. So say like the vaccines, we did that I think extremely well. But to some extent I think we were a bit lucky. I think those discussions were taking place few years before on things like Ebola. If we hadn't have had that we would have ended up with a big problem. For example, if I can add to this one is for example in priority medicines for a medical need and breakthrough that we have a collaboration between EMA and FDA and we hold a Warsaw back in 2018. We develop as a result, a Warsaw report, we develop some guidance in Europe we are developing some general continuing the discussions with FDA on the topic, continuing the collaboration. So, and actually this has been proven to be very valuable because obviously with the COVID vaccines there was an unmedical need. So some of the outcomes from those discussions have been used for the regulates to regulate the COVID therapeutic and vaccines. So, you know, there is a scope but as I mentioned, there are limited resources. So there are different initiatives here and there. Also, and for example, this was a case where we this we it wasn't a single company. We approach our European stakeholders FDA did the same with theirs like pharma bio. So it was like we identified topics, which we thought there was need for further discussion between regulators and between regulators and industry. And we approach stakeholders in a global manner and we say, Okay, we are having this do you want to collaborate and then there was very good collaboration between regulators and regulators and industry. So I think it is for the whole community to identify where are the gaps and make proposals reasonable proposals and then take the topic forward. Thank you. Thank you. I think I'm going to see if I can call on on john Erickson to speak up. If he's willing to come up and be spotlighted to talk about his question, which relates to this question is if tech, if platforms within a company can improve new technology with multiple companies collaborating on a common platform accelerate adoption even more. And, you know, john you might want to elaborate on that a little bit and I'm very interested in, in the extent to which we had in the polling questions, you know, on the what can industry do transparency was one of these. And, you know, I would love to get a little bit of discussion about the extent to which companies feel like their manufacturing innovative technologies are proprietary, or whether they are enabling and that they wish to have access. Well, thanks, Tim. So I, you know, I was was thinking about that I think it was the worst was talking about saying platforms can can really help there. Also, you're talking about having to prioritize because there's so many different technologies, but you know if if the industry in a, you know, in a legal way could get together and say, These are the technologies as we really want to work together on. So can we focus on those and get those over the line. And then once we've got that then we could work on on some other things now it would depend on getting everybody together and agreeing but my sense is that most people have very similar problems. And so the question is can we work on it together. I think that's the key issue because if you identify this, you come to regulators discuss with us we can see how this fit with our regulatory framework and this is the exercise I was referring to that we did within our regulatory science strategy. We have horizontal scanning activities and this is exactly what we are doing now in the context of the farmer strategy. So honestly, if you if you do this exercise and identify those technologies. We at the MA would be very happy to hear from you. And as I said, there are different platforms available. So companies, for example, our members of FPA and other organizations or even, you know, so, and I'm sure other regulatory authorities would be very happy to have this consolidated feedback from industry so that we can all work together and and smooth the path for the introduction of these technologies. And actually that point as well as the law is knows very well indeed the European Commission has had for many years, something called the innovative medicines initiative the IMI process, which was built on horizon 2020. And before that something called FP seven is going forward and another guy is now what that does and my guess is you probably have something very similar in the states side to is that we get industry together with academia together with regulators to basically raise what they call calls. The calls are basically areas like you said, john which raise things that industry and academia and indeed regulatory are interested in the European Commission put several million pounds behind each call. They come before committee I used to be on these committees. They're brought forward, you put a section of industry together with academia together as regulatory together, and they work it out together over a period of up to four years, if not longer. This has got I can't remember doors how much it is 1.2 billion euros something over the course of the horizon 2020 huge amount of money has gone into these. And we have actually sorted out a number of things. We haven't done, and I know I don't know if this is the case. We haven't seen much on the manufacturing side. We haven't seen much. It's been working more with things like problems. Things like developing new antimicrobials, things like developing patient education programs, we haven't developed it, but why can't we do that more globally. It's almost like an ICH program. We've done it locally because that's the way money works it's sort of ICH centered on global side but I am I is more European. If we'd work together with the United States it would have been quicker and better. Actually that's a very good proposal and I guess it's true that so far, the European funding has hasn't gone through towards manufacturing initiatives but it's something that is is a valuable.  You might have invented something that John. All right, we'll talk some more. And Linda, very good for for letting us continue. Thank you for the permission there, because I was, I was going to ask for it and you beat me to it. Yeah, we still have some we still have a few, you know, interesting comments in the Slido in the in the q&a and so I'd love to talk for a couple minutes about both Jeanine and Paul, if either of you or both would be willing to raise your hand and be spotlighted, be great to talk about the training and workforce aspect of it and what the opportunities are there.  And you know how product timeline you can't really expect technology timelines to be a lot faster than product timelines. Well we've certainly seen some change in that. You know, so that ought to suggest that there's opportunity. If the cycle time over product can be, you know, 12 months or less than the cycle time of technology might also be able to be accelerated. Yeah, and maybe added to that the compelling needs of the pandemic, I think drove. You know, I'd say a little bit more willingness to explore strategies that were people reluctant to explore prior to that, like making material from stable pools for example in my area but you know so I think. Yeah, certainly as product timelines accelerate that might help enable more rapid adoption of technologies. So it looks like we might have a limit on number of spotlight so Janine you're you're up on here and Paul's got his hand raised so we'll go to him next but but you've got the floor thank you. Okay, thank you very much sorry I was taken by surprise there, but yeah the, the idea of encouraging people into the biopharma industry now I think from a number of conversations I've had at different and with recruiters as well they've noticed that there's a big interest now now by a farmer suddenly in the news that everybody's aware of what we do. And the huge benefits and I think people have changed their mindset as well that they're not so much after money they're after doing good for the society. And it seems to be that this is a really good opportunity to leverage that and really use it and try and attract more people because I think all the ideas that we're discussing here are fantastic but resources is always an issue and, there should be so many new technologies and you can't train everybody and everything. And we've got to be smart and we've got to work out how best to attract resources and retain them. I'd be really interested in your thoughts. I certainly agree with that I think you know we have to seize this moment. You know it's, it's there and the visibility is just, you know, never been like this before. Certainly when I was at Pfizer, you know, it was like an astonishing amount of attention. I think we have to do the manufacturing and supply chain aspects because we're trying to do something we've never done before, in terms of scope of the vaccine. And so people's appreciation has also gone up and you know Tom you made the remark about proactive investment, you know, and the willingness to do that I think, you know, Janine your point is really well taken that we really got to pick up on this, and, and do something with it and as a community, you know, making sure that we push and speak up and not sort of accept our humble, humble role, you know, that we might have might have felt like we're sometimes relegated to we used to joke. You know that it's like how the sausage is made and people don't want to see underneath it just wanted to work. And I think the benefit of that too if we can, if we can find a better way to integrate people from other industries which we're starting at one of the areas we're investing heavily in is digital and we're hiring a lot of people from outside of our industry and I'm constantly impressed by their, you know, knowledge and energy and challenged by their way of thinking I think they bring a perspective that's very healthy and, you know, there are many industries that do a lot of things better than we do that we can learn from. And part of the challenge the bargain there is finding a way to train them in the specifics of our industry so I think that's, that's a, I agree, Janine we have an opportunity and, and maybe we need to develop a little bit more muscle and how we, you know, integrate folks from outside of our industry and we're used to hiring people with 10 years experience in the pharma industry that's that often a criteria for requirements that hopefully we can start to move away from. Yeah, hi Janine lovely seeing you. I agree I think you know, I think what you're saying Tom's absolutely right you know even on the medical side you know, this is the first time my wife understands what I do in 25 years after the cove is a ridiculous way but she seems to understand what I'm up to now. But I think we have to specialize we have to say to engineers, there is a separate section or the nail you could work with which is really interesting which will provide expertise and things for patients which you wouldn't perhaps have got in other other areas of engineering. On the medical side, we're only just beginning to actually say to medics you know pharmaceuticals are and biotech is a really interesting area I've done you just started a course at a university explained to medical students what what we do. You know, and the same with pharmacy pharmacy knows it but they don't understand fully the manufacturing side they understand about production, you know, many years ago these to produce, you know, for specials and stuff like that, but they don't probably understand the manufacturing side is so interesting. The other thing is we don't actually combine things like we were discussing earlier. You don't produce a pharmacy school which has got inroads into the engineering school. You don't put the medical school together with aspects of some other technologies that we do. We've got biologists. I'm a fellow of the Royal Society of biology, trying to persuade biologists to take their heads up and not why just about nematodes or, or plants can be quite difficult, you know, we've got to persuade the biologists. I think, you know, there's more to what you do. You could do a lot more of what you do than just looking at nematodes and counting seashells. Now I'm being moved to my biology colleagues but you know it's difficult getting these societies to think, well, farmer is part of what you do in fact, you could imagine that we are the pinnacle of all the natural sciences, but persuading came to Oxford to think about that. You're in the dark side. That's it, mate. Forget about it. Can we give Paul the mic here for a minute. Thank you for joining Paul. Hi, Tim. Well, yeah, I think there's so much breath to this. It's kind of overwhelming and you're right. Malcolm, I don't think we can count on the academics to move quickly on this. But there's, there's just not any room in the current curriculum to add new courses or make new requirements. So, I think there is a lot of this coming down to continuing education. And I think it would be helpful, my opinion, but you get a good baseline on what, what does the current, what is the current mode of training in various organizations, whether it's industry or regulatory. Some people get trained now and what would be the preferred mode of training going forward. You know, we've learned a lot in education about how to do remote, remote learning. Right. We've also learned that it doesn't work for everybody. And that a lot of people still need hands on learning they need learning by doing. And I don't know the answer to that but that's something I think it's going to be important to address. But certainly is an opportunity to do things with remote learning and recorded videos and, you know, modular education just like we're talking about modular manufacturing. Who is the target audience and your organization.  You want, and then what are the critical topics that they need to learn and I think there's some opportunity to to cluster those by your target audience. I don't need to learn the same thing but you know, if we were thoughtful about clustering critical topics by target audience I think we could start to develop some kind of a continuing, continuing educational modular grid. And I think it would be a great opportunity for a consortium group that represents multiple organizations to start with that as a, you know, put a line in the sand is to find the current state. Thank you. Thank you Paul. I'm going to have to hold it there so I can turn it over to Rex to do the closing I appreciate the discussion. Thank you all the speakers and panelists and participants and in this discussion I think we could go on longer but I think tomorrow to talk about, you know, where how we're going to move this forward so I really appreciate that the thought broken comments. And thanks everybody for your participation in this and Rex I'll pass it over to you. Thank you very much. I was muted. I really appreciate the lively discussion and certainly enjoyed the presentations in this sessions and the, and the preceding sessions. I have a little organizational question that Linda asked me to convey to you name there's been multiple questions about access to the recordings of this session. And the answer is that these recordings will be made available on the National Academy's website when they are ready. So, I think, you know, and this will encourage you to look at the National Academy's website which you may have never visited before. Now I did want to point also to tomorrow's program. In many ways, the three sessions we had today really intended to set the stage for a session for which will be really discussion of possible solution and action items. And we're, we really have a great set of speakers. Tom Fisher and and I'm sorry, Adam Fisher and Tom O'Connor the FDA will be leading off the session and then we have again a series of short talks from the industry sector and academia as well. And hopefully we'll, we'll end up with an interesting portfolio of potential solutions, which we hopefully will be able to win O through and come up with some conclusions and recommendations for community action in the future. So tomorrow promises to be a really interesting program and I hope you get a, you know, a good rest and a fine drink tonight and be ready tomorrow to contribute to the program. Linda, did you have any instructions for us to share beyond that. No, I think you cover it all. We'll be using the same zoom link as today. So tomorrow, if everyone can hop on at nine and invite your friends. We're hoping to be just as engaged today as today and also don't be so camera shy, we will hope to get more people talking and it is community after all, so look forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Well thank you everyone, and have a good evening and we'll look forward to seeing you all tomorrow then.


I moderated the session on broadband promotion, the balance between competition and subsidies. We had a very energetic discussion with participation from the audience about the pros and cons of the great reliance that appears to be placed on subsidies. We had a good discussion on how subsidies could be focused, particularly in ways that would not distort the market incentives that have shown us good results over the past years. We also looked at what appear to be somewhat extraneous issues, but are actually deeply relevant, which is about the release of appropriate spectrum. For example, even in the 900-700 bands for broadband rollout, instead of relying only on subsidies, and we looked at issues such as subsidizing possibly electricity in countries like Myanmar, where the electricity network has not gone out too far into the rural areas. The panelists included Hong Kong, which is one of the most developed and urbanized countries in the region, and Vietnam. And also from the Pacific Islands, we had participation from the floor, from the former regulator of Wanwatu. We had questions from Uganda, from the Uganda minister, about how broadband could contribute to the achievement of MDGs and the role that subsidies could play in it. So I think we had a very good discussion, and I was very pleased that we had an energetic, high-energy session at the end of the day.


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Families from all across Minnesota have made it a fall tradition of heading to Park Rapids for their annual pumpkin parties. Lakeland news reporter Cheryl Moore shows us how the event has grown over the years. Take a ride down to Carter's Red Wagon farm in Park Rapids and you'll find more than a few activities. There's a whole pumpkin party going on every weekend and everyone is invited. I launched the pumpkin into the air and rode a wagon ride about history. I did no four, the slide, the big slide. The cars have been hosting fall themed activities in the area for the past 25 years. There are giant pumpkin boats, a corn pit, magic shows, and corn mazes of every shape and size. We started from having maybe about a quarter acre maze to our main maze now is about six and a half acres. And we have a smaller maze called the maze of Murph that's a pretty straightforward maze, which is another acre. The farm will usually see several thousands of people throughout the fall season, depending on the weather. But even when it's cold, there's still plenty to do. We do have quite a few inside activities, magic show, and the corn pit where the kids play and some mazes and a crossbow. Every year the pumpkin parties have a new theme. This year it was all about Vikings. My favorite part about today was probably the hayride. My favorite part was the maze and we did a lot of things we went and played for. And Carter's red wagon farm isn't just for kids. There's plenty of entertainment for people of all ages. We've been coming out for the past four years and we look forward to it every year. We enjoy bringing our grandkids out here. They enjoy the corn bin where they can jump in all the corn. They enjoy going in the pumpkin bold. Carter's red wagon farm starts pumpkin parties every Saturday, starting on the last Saturday of September and going throughout October. They're also open in me a Thursday and Friday, reporting in Park Rapids, Shremor Lakeland News. This Saturday will be the last open day of the season for the farm. First responders and military veterans can get a discount by showing their ID. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


Okay. Thank you very much, Barry. I see that I am switched on, so to speak. And I join Barry in welcoming all of the participants today, both those of you who are here present and those who are joining us remotely. For this I event on the theme of the EU strategic compass one year on. Our guest speaker is General Robert Breaker, chair of the EU, a military committee and formerly chief of staff of the Austrian armed forces, and the general has very generously taken time out of an extraordinarily busy schedule to address us. We're also delighted that our very own chief of staff and Lieutenant General Sean Clancy has joined us to deliver some opening remarks. Following the Lieutenant's remarks, General Breaker will speak for about 20 to 25 minutes.  For those of you present in the room, you'll be able to ask a question by raising your hand and a microphone will be brought to you. And I might ask you to those posing a question, if you would identify yourselves and your affiliation. For those attending virtually, you'll be able to join the discussion by using the Q&A function on the zoom on zoom, which you should see on your screen. Please feel free to send in your questions throughout the session as they occur to you, and we will come to them once General Breaker has finished his presentation. A reminder that today's presentation and Q&A are both on the record. Please feel free to join the discussion on Twitter using the handle at IIEA. Might I also ask members of the audience present if they wouldn't mind putting their phones on silent so as not to distract the speakers or the chair for that matter. I'm now pleased to welcome Lieutenant General Clancy and hand over to him for his opening remarks. Thank you to Barry General Breaker, ladies and gentlemen, and our audience that join us virtually. What a wonderful opportunity and occasion and pleasure for me to be here with you this afternoon to just say a couple of remarks on behalf of the Irish Defence Forces and Department of Defence to welcome our guest today who is going to speak to us all. It is with great gratitude that we speak of General Breaker who is, as Barry has said, the chairman of the EU military committee. And that involves, I suppose, the highest level of strategic engagement from a military officer point of view at the political military strategic level in Brussels and over the EU. He is, of course, the military advisor to the high rep and vice president of the EU Commission, and he is the representative, of course, on the PSC. And in that vein, he is the spokesman and the spokesperson for all of the EU charts, which is an onerous task, which weighs very likely on it, I think on him because of the experience he has had, and I know Barry will introduce his wider experience in due course. But the role really is fundamentally about being able to influence, shape and convince, I guess, the military political sphere of the need and the need for preparedness and the conditions and the understanding that can be achieved through compromise in order to gain the unity of effort that's required at an EU level. And we saw that more in great starkness when the strategic shock, if you will, that hit Europe at the beginning of last year, went for the first time since 1945, Europe and on the territory of Europe, we have seen a major and war. In one sense, the theme of today's discussion and talk from the general around the strategic compass. It was rather fortuitous, if I can, in terms of the preparedness of the EU. Having that instrument agreed to influence to convincing that we had that instruments to guide us and to prepare us for the very unified and deliberate efforts that came to bear from Europe in the support of Ukraine. That still exists, of course, and we are all too conscious of the horrors that war bring. And it is through this lens that I'm sure that the general will bring as chair of the EU military committee bring some of his reflections and perspectives that he has from that very, very high position that he holds on all our behalf. Thank you very much. And my thanks to you, Lieutenant General, for your thought provoking observations which have admirably set the scene for our discussion. The strategic compass has been hailed as representing the first time the EU member states have adopted a strategic document with a common vision and detailed objectives on EU security and defense. It was two and a half years I think in the making, and was finalized amid the dramatic deterioration of the European security environment, consequent on Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Adoption of the compass is of course a step, albeit a very important one on the journey. Time and the implementation process will tell how well its prescriptions meet the security needs of the EU over the rest of the decade which is the horizon time horizon for the compass. So it's very timely that we have the opportunity to get a most authoritative perspective and insight on both the development and progress on the implementation of the compass as it passes the first anniversary of its adoption. General Robert Breaker is chairperson of the EU European Union military committee, which as Lieutenant General said is comprised of the chiefs of defense of the EU member states, and as the highest level military body within the council. A highly responsible role committee gives military advice and makes recommendations to the council through the political and security committee and directs all military activities within the EU framework, in particular the planning and execution of military common security and defense policy missions. General Breaker has had a highly distinguished career, including services commander of the Austrian contingent of K for from 2001 2002 and force commander of operation Althea in Bosnia Herzegovina in 2011 2012. He was appointed chief of staff of the Austrian Armed Forces in 2018 prior to assuming his present highly responsible role, and it is my pleasure to hand over to him now for his presentation. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and thank you for the kind invitation and also many thanks for the interesting discussion during our lunch. I understand that this has become a welcome tradition for the chairman of the new military committee when visiting the Emerald Isle. On the other hand, just because something is traditional is no reason to do it of course, as Gustav Mahler, the famous Austrian composer used to say, tradition shall not be the worship of ashes, but the preservation of the fire. This evokes to the fire that is currently burning at the heart of Europe. A new impetus in response to the increasingly worrying scenario surrounding us. A fire we need to preserve in fact in our quest for European common defense to be urgently forged. But now when. Therefore, I do really welcome this invitation, or at least three reasons. First, because the threatening security scenarios surrounding Europe demands a strong commitment by all stakeholders across security. Because this debates frequently provides the opportunity to comprehend perceptions from non traditional perspectives. I found myself frequently confronted with unconventional ideas or perspective when eventually led, which eventually led to some very pertinent reflections. I'm sure it will be the case also today. Lastly, for the chance I can get to become acquainted with this passionate think tank so focused on European international affairs. Promoting this public debates about the need to develop a common new defense is crucial for gaining support from the same people who will ultimately benefit from its European citizens. Even among our fellow citizens there is still some resistance to linking the image of Europe and its member states when acting under the flag with defense and security. A trend that must be absolutely reversed. I will focus my intervention today on how. To continue to feed the fire supporting in implementation of our bill your document the strategic compass. One of the most fundamental concepts mentioned in the document is strategic autonomy, or as lately redefined strategic responsibility. This term simply means that the European Union aims to achieve the ability to act alone when traditional or new partnership is unavailable. The alternative would be long term dependence on other security providers, which would result in irrelevance for the European Union. However, working in partnership isn't will continue to be our preferred way for managing crisis, as a famous Irish proverb recalls, or give my accent. I'm going to show you a Kaila, a Varen Nadina. Under the shelter of each other people survive. And make sure we cannot look after each other. We shall invest in becoming stronger ourselves. My ultimate goal today is to demonstrate that being united and sharing the values of peace and security is essential for everyone. And everyone has to contribute. So let's start with the strategic compass. As you are aware, member states endorse this policy document in March last year, a month after return from the war of the war in Europe. Some even believe that the strategic compass was a European Union's response to Russian aggression of Ukraine. Instead, the debate regarding a stronger, more independent you in terms of crisis management had begun two years earlier. The terrible chain of crisis in circling our continent from Africa to the Caucasus and the Western Balkans, as well as the combination of threats from the maritime domain to terrorism to the undefined cyberspace demanded an immediate and more proactive response. Obviously, from a strategic communication perspective, the signing and implementation of the strategic compass just prior to the invasion of Ukraine was evidence of European foresight. Indeed, we took immediate action. Europe's response to Russia's attack to Ukraine has been as strong and anonymous as unexpected in Moscow. Instead of tearing us apart, this tectonic cataclysm strengthened our bonds, disrupting some untouchable paradigms such as delivering lethal weapons to a partner country and training its soldiers to make optimal use of those weapons. For more during the Foreign Affairs Council last week, member states decided to deliver one million rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine within the next year. A genuinely unprecedented action, let me say. And this is the undeniable demonstration that European Union security and defense efforts have grown exponentially with even more potential. Russia's partners, in fact, particularly in the global south, saw what we did for Ukraine and now expect us to respond to their requests with the same promptness and efficiency. By implementing these documents, we are therefore advancing towards common strategic culture, thereby strengthening our unity and solidarity, and credibility, also in the eyes of our competitors. In particular, we, by learning and employing the language of power. The conflict in Ukraine has therefore strategically accelerated an already ongoing development. Some pragmatic examples allow me to get through some of the most significant accomplishments in the four chapters of the strategic compass beginning with act. As I've previously stated, the compass exhorted us to be more assertive. We have therefore increased the effectiveness of our civilian military crisis management tools, demonstrating speed, resolve and adaptability. Like by launching the Ukraine military assistance mission in record time, 30,000 Ukrainian personnel will be drained by the end of 2023. Despite the fact that the Eastern flank is a priority. Now we have not neglected the other fronts from the South Caucasus to the Sahel enhancing existing missions and establishing new ones. In chronological order, the partnership mission to aid Niger is in its struggle against terrorist groups. Importantly, we are maximizing the use of the European peace facility for many of these activities, a genuine game changer for our contribution to European and international security. The 3.6 billion euro for lethal and non lethal weapons for Ukraine, or the 2 billion euro for the delivery of lethal weapons for African partners. With that, the European Union rapid deployment capacity continues to be the act chapter central focus. 5000 soldiers along with all necessary enablers to demonstrate our ability to respond swiftly and decisively to crisis outside the European Union. If it is a reality by 2025, we must of course ensure that the new C2 structures and communication capacities are fit for purpose. The first reality check for the RDC is scheduled to occur in Spain in October with the first life exercise. The most visible event for the European Union security and defense in 2023. Secure is the title of the second chapter of the strategic compass, referring to our capacity to predict threats, secure access to strategic domains and defend our citizens. State and non state actors have increased their hybrid tactics by weaponizing food, migration and energy. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exactly exacerbated this trend. In response, we have moved decisively beyond the conventional joint paradigm land, sea, air to multi domain challenges such as cyber space and perceptions and associated strategies. The third chapter in West addresses our need to spend more but also spend better by spending together. The current fragmentation of the EU defense panorama is unacceptable. While in the US, they have only one type of tank in Europe we have about 15 member states have indeed increased defense spending to unprecedented levels. They have spent 14 billion euros in 2021, a 6% 6% increase over 2020, expected to raise to additional 70 billions euros by 2025. The war in Ukraine has accelerated this trend. Less than 20% of all investments are made in collaboration. 18% in 2021 still far short from the agreed benchmark of 35%. In the Union, we have done our job providing resources and tools to intensifies joint development and procurement, while strengthening our technological sovereignty and reducing strategic dependencies. I'm thinking about the European Defense Fund, BESCO and EDA collaboration initiatives. We are even considering tax breaks, possibly. This is up to the member states. Otherwise, we risk going from the previous uncoordinated saving to a new uncoordinated spending. With the first of fragmentation of the European Union defense industry. The European Union partners and I'm now relaying to the partner chapter remain an essential source of strengths and resilience, which is why we continue to invest in networks whenever it's of advantage. The strategic compass dedicated the specific chapter to partnerships, stating clearly how we must grow together as you with other partners. Our missions and operations on the ground already cobble collaborate with United Nations missions in the central African Republic Mali Somalia or Yemen, our partnership with the OSCE African Union and Asian are stronger. We invest continuously with the United States with Canada and Norway on variety on a variety of security and defense issues. We have increased our informal ties with the United Kingdom and our commitment to our Eastern partners has been increased also through the EPF or other instruments like in Georgia or Moldova. We have increased our support in the Western Balkans, including the outlined that the continued deployment of UFOs out there in Bosnia and Herzegovina oil X in Kosovo and EPF assistance throughout the whole region. We are expanding networks of military advisors as well as counterterrorism specialists in the respective EU delegations. In conclusion, even so, the European Union must become more strategically autonomous and responsible. Our partnership will remain essential. As you may know, this is this was the focus of the first human security and defense partnership forum in Brussels last week. This is a really discussion with concrete proposals starting from the pragmatic list, advanced by the high representative Josep Borrell. First, enhance the effectiveness of our civilian and military missions and operations in support of partners. Second, broaden the idea of security with more emphasis on prevention. Maximize the potential of the European peace facility. Fourth, be ready to help our partners build their own resilience. Fifth, train and exercise with our partners starting this year in the maritime domain. Six, let our defense initiatives pave the way for enhanced cooperation. So let me conclude. In which we live is undergoing rapid transformation and our security environment has worsened even further. Remember, we have only borrowed this world from the future generations. They deserve to have it returned in good, if not excellent condition. We must therefore make real or commitment across the security domain as outlined in the strategic compass. On the other hand, as people say here, we will never blow a field by turning it over in our mind. We have already accomplished much. There is still much work to be done. We will continue to be in charge of this endeavor. We must continue to mobilize our political will, as well as all resources and tools at our disposal individually and in concert with our partners. I recognize that we will need to shatter more paradigms surmount biases and be courageous. On the other hand, the time is now or never. As simple as that. May the road rise up to meet you. So I appreciate your time and look forward to an interesting discussion. Thank you.


Welcome to Access to Trader, the number one community for those who are committed to taking control of their trading in order to achieve success, profitability, and longevity. Thank you for joining us. Here's Dan Shapiro to help you find your edge, master your process, and own your future. Hey guys, good morning everybody. Welcome to another edition of the AccessToTrader.com weekend update show. Hope everybody is safe. I think that's the best way of saying it. You know, we're only in, what, six, seven months of 2020 and it just keeps on, it just 2020 just keeps on being relentless. Not enough that we've been stuck home, our lives have been altered, the economy sucks, people unemployed. You know, 2020 is unfortunately the gift that just keeps on giving and we just want to send it back. I was one of the, you know, if you haven't seen, if you don't live in the northeast or the east coast, I haven't recorded a video in three days. I was part of literally the hundreds of thousands of people who lost power because of the storm. I know a lot of people are just starting to recover. I lost power on Tuesday at 1.30 and I got it back yesterday around 3.30, around 3.30 p.m. So it's just absolutely insane and the worst part about the last three days was not obviously because of trading. You know, I wanted a vacation, I haven't had a vacation in a year just because of COVID and by this time I would have been taking my last vacation right before school starts. I'm already to the point of no return but I've been wanting a vacation. This wasn't the vacation I was looking for and the worst part of the last three days or so wasn't the power outages. I didn't mind that. It's summertime, we were outside most of the time anyway, I was playing ball and this, that, the other thing with my kids. So that wasn't the issue. The biggest problem in the last three days, I was literally in the presence of my mother-in-law non-stop every time I was home for about three days straight and at that point a man is about to break. So thank you for the electricity gods and New Jersey power and light and everybody else who helped out to restore power. That was the biggest deal. So hopefully you guys are all safe, right? Hopefully you guys are all recovering and also let's send prayers out to the people in Beirut. I mean just an absolute tragedy there as well. So 2020 is definitely going down as just the absolute worst, like literally the absolute worst year for mankind that you can really accumulate to put together. So it's terrible. It's definitely up there. Other than that, the market keeps on going, right? The market completely defines the odds and the logic and the sensibility of what the world is looking like. Again, more big, big moves for the index as you saw, two and a half plus moves for the S&P and the Dow, which notched six weeks now. Six weeks of gains, consecutive gains. The Nasdaq composite again, you see the power of beta, right? Amazon, you know, and Apple and Facebook, right? Just absolute amazing gains. You have nearly a 4% move and, you know, for all the experts, and again, they deem them experts, right? Talking about a decade worth of negative gains. This was six months ago. You're talking about imminent stock market crash. This was six months ago. You know, people who are investing their money should be hospitalized for the mental institution. This was six months ago. So again, guys, our opinions mean nothing, okay? I don't care how long you've been trading, okay? We don't know what's going to happen, okay? We never know what's going to happen. We have an idea, right? We have an opinion, but we actually have to wait for that opinion to become valid. That's obviously through technical analysis.  I woke up very, very early to do a lot of extensive charting because, again, I wasn't able to trade for the last several days. Obviously, I put in a bunch of pivots from the night before. I was literally charging my phone and my laptop in my car, okay? And I was literally jumping on my neighbor's weak signal of Wi-Fi. They had a generator and finally I gave in and I'm one of the people who have just been fighting getting a generator. I finally have two companies coming on Wednesday to give me quotes to do my whole house because I was always in the camp of, well, it's only, you know, we're only out for a day. What's the big deal? A day turns into a week and next thing you know, you start rethinking things. So I finally gave in throwing the towel. I'm getting a generator for the house.  It's been amazing. Apple has just been absolutely nuts.  Facebook, definitely the move of the last several days. And again, I've been, you know, I've been literally putting in pivots. Just because I was in training, I was still putting in pivots. And again, it really does show you that nobody needs to hold your hand. It's all about technical analysis. Facebook obviously is the number one benefactor of the whole Trump waking up one morning and say, wait a minute, TikTok is bad. You're stealing information. This is a Trojan horse. We have to focus all our energy on TikTok. Again, TikTok doesn't get sold in the next 40 days. It will be banned, right? And every 10, 11, 12-year-old that's making crazy seven-second videos, dancing and blowing themselves up and, you know, eating a cat. I don't know what the hell they do on there. But all of them are going to need a new platform. And obviously, Facebook introduced reels over the last couple of days on Instagram. This will obviously be a huge, huge, huge deal for Facebook. Because again, if TikTok does get banned in the United States, all these tweeners and teens will be going right to Instagram and going into the reels business. So big, big week for Facebook. Look, I think what we're getting into is the point of, I think a lot of people are just kind of a wits end of what the market is doing. They're either really, really chasing higher prices or really complaining about people who are chasing higher prices. And, you know, I see this, I've been seeing this now for the last six out of seven months. The first month obviously was that big destruction of equity prices in March. But when you look at, you know, the final tally, it really is extraordinary. So I think the best piece of advice right now is, again, like I've been saying for a month, just take it day by day. Again, we don't need to know, you know, you don't need to know what's going to happen two weeks ago. Somebody asked me on Twitter two days ago, hey Dan, I know you're having a power outage. I know you have like on 3% of your cell phone. But hey, what do you think about Tesla for the next year? What do you think about Tesla for the next year? I don't know, maybe it goes to 2000, maybe it goes to 200. I have no idea, right? Take it, take it day by day. Again, we're trying to, a lot of people are trying to over, over guess. Okay, it's not even the opinions that trying to over guess. And again, trading is not guessing. Trading is again, getting as much data as possible and waiting for that data, you know, to kind of play out. In your process. Again, whatever your process is. And I think going into this week. Again, the game plan still is, you know, bullish on most names. I'll show you in a few minutes where beta is. I think beta to start the week is a little bit of a sticky place. Again, I don't think there is the highest value going into Monday or Tuesday, at least on the upside in some of these names. You know, Facebook's still strong, Apple's still strong. We'll go through some charts. I want to show you kind of what I'm talking about. But there is still a lot of value in other places.  There's speculation money there.  But, you know, kind of media, not even social media, but media has deemed the Robin Hood effect as kind of retail sentiment. But as long as the Robin Hood effect or retail sentiment continues to trade, you know, continues to trade and continues to chase, you know, stocks like this, right? Like Kodak's of the world and, you know, and anything like this. I'm just using Kodak as an example. The market will continue to have fuel to the fire. And now we're just waiting for the Democrats and the Republicans to kind of get their, you know, ducks in a row to kind of, you know, agree on the next stage of stimulus for COVID. So again, the question is what is going to slow down this market? We just ran through earnings, right? Most of the heavyweight technology names already reported. I still, I still, we're waiting on, I think we're still waiting on NVIDIA. Okay, still with NVIDIA, I think Alibaba as well. But most of them are out of the way.  Now we're waiting for, well, what's going to happen for the next leg up? Or is there going to be a next leg up? Again, we don't need to answer that question today, but at least have a common sense of where the sentiment is. Again, don't fight the Fed if the Fed is continuing to tell you there's stimulus, stimulus, stimulus, stimulus coming. The last thing you should turn around and say, you know what, I want to take a macro short position because again, the market's overvalued according to you. Again, fair value is the closes, is the closing price, right? If a stock closes at 150, that's fair value. That's where the buyers and sellers in the last price of the day at four o'clock deem it to be fair value. It's not where you want it to be. It's not where you think it should be. That is fair value until buyers run out of steam and sellers take over. The stock continues to go higher, and obviously that's the other way around. So going into this week, I want to kind of show you some indexes to say where they are compared to where beta is. I want to kind of show a picture. For the week, again, strong move for the NASDAQ, driven obviously by technology shares. Again, Facebook, Amazon, Apples of the World. Again, what I like, what I saw Friday, and I did extensive chart work this morning, I like how even though they tried to sell off the NASDAQ composite, at the end of the day, they reclaimed the five-day moving average. Again, the five-day moving average is an incredibly important, kind of important study for the shortest-term sentiment. So that's bullish. If you look at the S&P, and we'll use the spies as kind of a barometer, this is there, right? This is all there. The spies broke out a couple of days ago above this 327.50 level and continues to make new highs. When you look at the Dow Jones Industrial, when we talked about it a couple of weeks ago, how they were just stuck in the range, well, they're above the range. And now they're toying with taking out all-time highs. And this is the diamonds above this 276.40 level for continuation of all-time highs. Even the Russell that was lagging, right? The IWM that was sitting in this channel for a very, very long time and then sitting in this channel for a very, very long time finally broke out as well. So everything on the surface looks really, really good. Again, we don't trade based on the scoreboard. We trade based on sentiment. So again, I want to give the bulls the benefit of the Dow. But when you look at where beta is right now compared to where the Nasdaq 100 is, and you'll quickly see why going into Monday's session, I want to be a little bit more patient with beta. I thought, first of all, I got a ton of great feedback. I was putting in pivots Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday even though I couldn't trade phenomenal moves. And we'll show you, especially Thursday with Apple and Facebook, phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal. And that spilled over into Friday's session with Facebook. But again, when you look at where these stocks are right now, and again, I'm not trying to put water on this hot fire. Again, I'm just saying where reality is. And this is, I think, a week, at least the start of the week. We should definitely pay attention to smaller price names, and not so much small caps, but smaller price names that are not beta. Of course, you're going to have some value to the beta side. We always will just because of the measured potential of the average range of the channels. But macro wise, I think there's better money flow at least at the early part of the week in other places until stocks start to confirm channels basically back to the upside or to the downside. Obviously, what's been working really well, and I've been speaking about this into nausea, especially for all you guys who have smaller accounts. And again, that's not really my business. I'm not the person to, I can't tell you how to build a small account. I have no idea. I have zero idea. Somebody told me, somebody asked me a year ago, six months ago, hey Dan, if you had to take $5,000, can you turn it into $50? No. I wouldn't know how. How do you turn $5,000,000 into trading baby? When I trade four shares of Tesla, I don't know how to do it. So I'm not the expert. Go to social media. They'll tell you how to turn $500 into $5 million. I have no idea how to do that. So I give you guys a lot of credit for trading with smaller accounts. But the one thing that is working for all you guys who do have smaller accounts, I've been talking about this now for months, is trading small cap option order flow. And that's been amazing. I mean, absolutely amazing. And you spend, whatever it is, $150, $200 on a scanner. I know it's a lot for some of you guys who do have smaller accounts, but it's so worth it because all you need to do is catch one flow, one option flow a week. And now they're giving them pretty much once, almost once a day. But if you can just catch one a week, right? Deep out of the money, option flow on a dollar stock with a $250 near-term expiration, those trades are working very, very well. So in my opinion, if I had to do that, if I was in a situation I'm starting out, I would be concentrating on that. I'd be literally concentrating on small cap order flow. And from what we've been having really great success, I've been tweeting these things nonstop and they've been popping 15, 20, 25 cents. Some of these things have been gapping the next day really, really strong. So again, I'm not one of these guys who, I have no idea how to turn a small account to a big one. I have no idea. But if I had a small account, hell, that's what I would be doing. I'd be investing an option scanner. Start trading option order flow. That's the highest probability that I've seen to trading these small cap markets. But going into this week, again, I am kind of dealt the neutral to a little bit positive on beta. Everything else, I am still positive. Again, the key close on the Qs obviously is going to be below the five-day. As long as it stays above the five-day, it's going to be very, very bullish. At first close, below the five-day obviously starts the retracement to lower levels. So let's look at some charts. I kind of want to show you what I'm talking about here. That's why I'm kind of dealt a neutral on beta. So Tesla, right? Tesla has been a phenomenal trader. It's kind of stuck in this channel here. Again, a lot of speculation. I'm sure you guys have been hearing now for like three, four weeks speculation that they will be added to the S&P 500. Again, speculation. Everybody's running with it. Is it possible? Absolutely. Again, it really needs to either confirm the top of the channel right over here or start losing the bottom of the channel right here to get this thing going. So again, it's kind of stuck in no man's land. Netflix had a chance to break out on Friday. I really, really liked it. I'll show you on the pivot field. It really needed to get above this 511 and it failed. So again, it's back to the middle of the range. So again, there's no edge there as well. Roku, they reported this week, kind of all over the place. Again, you can see they're kind of stuck in the middle range. Nothing really going on as well. Amazon had a really, really big chance. We had a couple of pivots, really big pivots this week on it. But it really had a big chance to really explode. And if you notice here, it keeps on getting rejected off this 3250 level, right? 3250, 3250, 3250. So you got a triple top here at 3250 on Amazon. So now it's stuck in the middle of the range. Again, it's very positive that, again, it reclaimed the 5-day moving average. But you can see it's stuck in the middle of the range.  Absolutely. But again, as you can see just by your naked eye, it's stuck in the middle of the range as well. BYND came out with earnings. This one, at least, you have, you know, this one I kind of like on the short side. You know, three days in a row, actually four days in a row, it had that move, big move into earnings. And then they sold it off. You have one, two, three, four days in a row of higher lows. You can see that. If it just takes out this channel right over here, I do like it to the short side. So that one I will be watching to the downside. Zoom, again, more cases are starting to rise. The question is, again, are you sending your kid to school? Are you not sending your kid to school? Zoom, obviously, has been a phenomenal performer. The last day I traded was on Tuesday, right? That was the last trade I literally did was on Zoom. I caught it for a really, really nice move. But it's stuck in the middle of the range, right? You can see this is stuck in the middle of the range as well. Again, bullish that it reclaimed a 10-day moving average. But again, there is no macro point of view on the video. You can see this as well. Really, really big move here. Again, it's kind of teetering. Obviously, I think the values to the downside, if it confirms. But again, it reclaimed the 5-day moving average as well. And you could go through all of them. Shopify, same thing. You'll notice the same thing on everything. Microsoft, Microsoft actually looks good if it could just reclaim this top of the level here. Again, more speculation of them buying, possibly buying TikTok, obviously, is going to fuel the fire to the upside. But again, we have to wait. We can't anticipate that happening. Apple, just an amazing run. Held the 5-day moving average. Again, $2 trillion value. Again, monster, monster. Boeing had a chance to break out this week and it failed off the 75 level again for the second time in a row. So this thing is in no man's land as well. So this is kind of my point where beta is not here nor there. Again, we're going to get value in the beta market somewhere. Sure, of course. Obviously, buying Apple on rising 60-minute support is still very, very important. Buying Facebook on 60-minute support is still very, very important, as you saw on Thursday for both of them. Again, guys, I keep on saying this is the highest probability trade in beta. Anytime you see a cartoonish-like move the day before and a stock opens red, there is an incredibly high probability that the stock will not only go red to green, but just will absolutely explode. And you saw that this week both with Facebook and you saw that this week with Apple as well. So again, we continue to watch these things off 60-minute dips and obviously looking for other places as well to kind of manufacture runs until beta picks a directional buyer. So Friday there wasn't a lot of pivots. Again, you'll see a lot of names. A lot of names just failed at top of the range. But again, you'll see some other names. Again, we see some other names that had, again, it's a pretty impressive money flow, both on the option flow that gave opportunities. So let's talk about it. So obviously, Amazon, we just mentioned a few minutes ago, 3250 rejection twice needs to build, never got there, and Netflix 511 never got there. Amazon gave the dip. For all you guys who are not in the live webinar, I know my man Joe texted me right away. Amazon dipped to that 450 and a half level and it almost went to red to green. So it was a huge move there. Alibaba still needs to report, never got close to this level. Same thing on Facebook. This is kind of my point of 60-minute dip or red to green. Facebook 60-minute dip, red to green, above 267 confirmation. I mean, look at what Facebook did. It just absolutely exploded. Took out this 267 level and ran to 279. Just an absolutely huge move. Again, congratulations for all you guys who caught that as well. Again, Boeing failed for the second time to get to that level. Google 1507, 1508 needs to build. There was a nice spike on Google. Didn't quite get to the 1535 area. But took out, here it is right here, took out that 1507, 1508 level went to 1520. Again, nice move on Google before it kind of came back in. So good job for you guys who caught that as well. Beyond, this is the level I like going into this week. This 130 level is the line in the sand if it starts building below, I think you can get hit. Cars had some pretty good call buying on Thursday. Again, this is my old point that you don't need to trade pivots on beta to trade pivots. You could trade pivots on anything, on Bitcoin, on crypto, on E-minis, whatever your hard desires you can trade. You can trade pivots. Cars 925, 930 needs to build. Again, not a huge move, right? Okay, not a huge move, but again, the point is it took out the 925 and went to 966. Again, for all you guys who are trading the smaller price names, it's 40 cents a good move on a $9 stock, right? Again, not every single trade needs to be five bucks. So again, there's value there. Space 19, if it builds below can flush. Nice move on space to the downside. Space traded all the way down to 18 and change. Again, I think there's more downside to this thing. Once this thing loses 18, it goes right to 17, right? To the rising Bollinger Band. It's a good move for all you guys who caught space as well. Newtles, again, had option to flow a couple of weeks back. Newtles 755, 760 needs to build. Again, nothing to do with beta, right? There's nothing to do with beta. Just again, we're trying to put as much value as possible for everybody to take advantage. So here is the night, 755, and it went to almost eight bucks. Again, 40, 50 cent move on a $7 stock. Is that good, right? Again, you have to decide. If that's your sweet spot, that's your sweet spot. GNK 720 needs to build. GNK, let me see what GNK did. I don't even know what GNK did. Didn't quite get there. Didn't quite get there.  That's 720 is still a big number. TTD was a nice move. TTD 501 needs to build. Here was TTD, right? Here was TTD. Here was a 60-minute view on TTD, right? 501 right here, and it... Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry. Right there. 501 right here, and it went to 510. Again, nice move on TTD. If you've got this tray, great job. Again, unfortunately, it was sitting there in the dark, watching everything from the sidelines. Again, here's my message. Here's my message, second entry is on everything. Facebook, just an absolute beast. Big, big move. I was actually very surprised that Apple never went red, but it never did. It actually never did. Nice move on cars. This is a joke, obviously. This is a joke, obviously. Microsoft, nothing. Noodles, spiking. TTD, spiking. New highs. And that's it. So, my message was basically my power has been restored. I am 100% capacity for all you guys who are joining us, especially in the live webinar or on the Twitter feed on Monday. Please make it your opportunity to kind of watch the workshops this weekend. Again, it's over 10 hours of breaking down the PS60 theory. It's much better if you join the workshop after you've at least kind of got the nuts and bolts of what we do. Because again, I can feed you pivots till you're blue in the face. But if you are not, if you don't understand the moving parts, you're really cheating your development. It's so much incredible, great feeling to be in control of your trading. And if you don't understand the moving parts, you're only going backwards. So guys, have a great, great weekend. Great to be back Monday morning, come fresh to Morning Strategy. And with God's help, I'll see you all there. Take care, guys. Have a great, great weekend. Congratulations for putting in the time to take control of your trading. You're one step closer to owning your future and achieving the success you desire. Want daily trade ideas directly from Dan? Straight off his personal watch list? Unlock our free PS60 vault where you'll get nightly updates on pivot opportunities we're watching for the next day's session. Click the link in the description to get started today.


Hi, we're on campus going around asking students what they are being for Halloween this year. For Halloween, I'm going to be one of Rihanna's marshmallow dancers from the Super Bowl. I'm going to be a Q-double worker since I used to work at Q-double, so it's going to look great. I'm going as Tweedledee and Tweedledom with my best friend. I'm going to be the Wiggler from Esquimario. Topgood and Men in Black. This year for Halloween, I'm going to be a cheerleader. Probably Michael Myers. For Halloween, I'm going to be Supergirl. My friends and I are doing the different eras of Taylor Swift. I'm going to be Clark Kent for Halloween. For Halloween, I'm going to be Doodlebag. I'm dressed as Luigi.  I'm going to be Wanda Witch for Halloween.


As of Monday December 21, 2020, St. Lucia has recorded a total of 287 confirmed cases of COVID-19 out of a total of 18,642 tests for the virus that have been processed to date. We have recorded a total of 243 recoveries and a total of 5 COVID-19 related deaths. Currently, there are 22 active cases and there are no critical cases in care. There are no new cases reported today December 21, 2020. The Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to monitor the global and regional analysis of the COVID-19 situation as we actively assess our risks and make the required recommendations to adjust our response to suit. We note the steady rate of increase of COVID-19 cases in most countries as they experience their second wave of the pandemic. We continue to be guided by best practices as we strengthen the existing national protocols. On December 14, 2020, the United Kingdom Public Health Agency reported a variant of SARS-CoV in 1,108 individuals. The newly identified strain has been in circulation since September 2020 in the United Kingdom. It is important to note that feature of viruses that they change over time and hundreds of variations of SARS-CoV virus have been identified with time. The preliminary analysis in the United Kingdom suggests that the virus has an increased risk of being transmitted as high as 70%. The United Kingdom government has noted significant transmission and spread in the areas where the variant of SARS-CoV-2 strain has been found. There is no indication at this point of increased severity or harmfulness associated with this new variant or any challenges it shall pose to the effectiveness of the vaccines currently available. Preliminary guidance has been received from the Pan-American Health Organization, World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. The public health team at the Ministry of Health and Wellness is reviewing all information in relation to this new threat, in consultation with our international and regional public health agencies to guide the way forward in reducing the possible impact to our country. This situation further proves the importance of strict adherence to all protocols recommended to reduce transmission of the virus. There is need for maintaining and even increasing our vigilance at all levels where risks have been identified. As we celebrate the Christmas season, let us all remain on alert and remain committed to protecting the health and safety of our family, friends, colleagues and neighbors. We ask all to minimize their movements, avoid social gatherings and other activities which will bring about greater exposure to the virus. Let us continue to practice the infection prevention and control measures to minimize the spread of COVID-19. This includes wash your hands during the day using soap and flowing water, to use a mask while in public places and ensure that it covers your mouth, chin and nose, maintain a distance of six feet from others, use a bleach solution to sanitize frequently touched surfaces and frequently handled objects, avoid contact with other persons who have flu-like symptoms. If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms, keep away from others and seek medical care at the closest community respiratory clinic. The Ministry of Health and Wellness will provide you with information as it becomes available.


This is called The Best Eid Ever and this is by Esmat Mubin Uddin. Are you guys ready? By the way, what do I say before I start a book? Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. All right, Anissa sat in her bed looking out the window. Her parents were away at the Hajj pilgrimage and she missed them. Saudi Arabia was so far from her home in America. She thought about last Eid's holiday. When she had worn her shalwar kamis with flowery orange henna designs on her hands, Daddy had said she looked just like a princess. Mommy had let her eat candy for breakfast. They all went to Eid prayers together and then visited friends all day. But today the house was quiet. Just then Anissa's grandmother bustled into the room. Can't see. So it sounds like her Eid this year is going to be very different than last year. We'll see. Maybe it'll be worse. Maybe it'll be better. We'll see. Anissa happy Eid. Nani sat on the bed and greeted her granddaughter with a big hug and kiss. Time to get ready for prayers. Anissa returned the hug and then slumped back onto bed. Why the sad face, my dear? Nani gently brushed the hair out of Anissa's eyes. Do you miss Mama and Baba? Anissa nodded. She felt like she might cry. I know it's hard without your parents here, Nani said. But please don't be sad. Today of all days we'll have fun together. Just you and me, okay? Anissa tried to smile. She didn't want her grandmother to feel bad. Okay, she said as Nani stood up and walked over to the closet. Now I have a surprise for you. Nani lifted up a blanket on the closet shelf and pulled out a gift wrapped box that had been hidden underneath. Do you guys see the gift box that was hidden underneath? What color is it? What color is the gift box? What color is the gift box? Red. It's red? It kind of looks red. To me, it looks like pink, right? We'll say reddish pink with a purple ribbon. We're going to read. Anissa pulled the ribbon off the box and opened it. Her eyes lit up as she saw the beautiful Eid clothes from Pakistan. Pulling out the kurta on top, she ran her fingers over the soft, shimmering fabric and its gold embroidery and shiny sequins. Purple and gold bangles clink together as Nani unwrapped them. Hand-made Pakistani shoes tucked in tissue paper still lay in the box. Nani, I love my new Eid clothes. How did you know that purple was my favorite color? Thank you. Anissa hugged her grandmother. I can't wait to get dressed. There's still more, Nani said, smiling as she pulled a bright red chalwal kameez and a silky yellow gharaha out of the box. Each outfit had matching bangles and shoes. There are three sets of Eid clothes. One for each day of the three days of Eid. Which one do you want to wear for prayers this morning? Which one do you think she's going to pick? The purple one, yes, because purple's her favorite color. The purple one. Nani smiled. It will look beautiful on you. I'll iron it while you're getting ready. But first, I have to serve the lamb kurma. That sounds yummy. Lamb kurma. Anissa jumped out of bed and ran to the kitchen. The aroma of her favorite dinner, cooking on the stove, made her mouth water. Please, can I taste some? Nani scooped out a spoonful of bubbling lamb curry, blew on it, made sure it wasn't too hot, and then gave Anissa a taste. Anissa savored the salty spicy curry in her mouth. Yum, it's good. I'm glad you like it. Now let's hurry and get ready. So we're not late for the prayers. That sounds good. I'm kind of hungry. What about you guys? Does that sound good? You didn't like it? Sometimes we like something when we try it. Sometimes we don't. It's very important we always try something, right? So you never know. At the prayer hall, the Imam gave a sermon about the hedge pilgrimage. Anissa had a hard time paying attention because she kept thinking about her parents and wishing they were there. After the sermon ended, the women and children in the women's section of the prayer hall folded their prayer rugs and greeted each other, and Anissa hugged so many people. The donuts on the back tables were quickly finished. Is there usually donuts when you guys go to the master donate? No? When we came from Tampa, Florida, and every aid we go, it's covered in donuts. Everywhere. So it's something that we remember. Even on the prayer hall? Outside the prayer hall. We don't want to make a mess in the prayer hall, right? Anissa noticed two young girls standing alone watching the excitement around them. The older girls hijab. Do you guys know what the hijab is? Yeah, it's a thing called that one. The scarf we were in our head, yeah. The older girls hijab was torn. The younger girls dress fell almost to the floor and she kept her arms bent so her sleeves wouldn't slip down over her hands. Anissa walked over to them. Why didn't you wear your aid clothes today? She asked. The older girl stared shyly at the floor. Seeing that her sister was not going to answer, the younger girl blurted out. We don't have no clothes this week. We have to leave all our stuff and run away because our fire burned down. The older girl turned towards her sister. Mediam, we have to be thankful the war can't get us now. We are safe and we are together. Papa says, Allah will give us whatever we need. I wish Baba was here with us now. But ever since we came to America, he always has to work, Mediam told Anissa. He even had to work on her aid. But later he's going to bring Zainab and Nikandy and we're going to go to the masjid together for the afternoon prayers. Before Anissa could say anything, Auntie Selma pulled her into a big bear hug Anissa, my dear, happy Eid. You look so pretty, masha'Allah.  Anissa was swept up by other aunties and friends and hugs and kisses and greetings. While hugging Auntie Barak, Anissa saw Mediam pick up a piece of doughnut off the floor. The girl looked around quickly and then she put the doughnut piece into her mouth and licked the sweet glaze from her fingers. Why do you think she took it off the floor? Maybe she was really hungry and there wasn't anymore. Or maybe she didn't. Maybe. That's a good reason that we shouldn't take too much, right? Even when we have a lot of something, we should only take one or two so that we can make sure everyone gets on, right? Yes. As people were leaving the prayer hall, Anissa kept looking back at the girls. Finally, she let go of Nanny's hand and went back over to them. She didn't know what to say, but she couldn't leave them without talking to them again. Hesitantly, she asked them, maybe we could play some time together.  Sure, she said. With a flashing bright smile, Zanab continued to look at the floor. Where do you live now? Anissa asked. In the apartments by the mosque, Mediam answered. Zanab lifted her head to look at Anissa. A small, shy smile crossed her face in number 63. A motherly woman ushered her three children and Zanab and Mediam out of the prayer hall. That afternoon, while Nanny was heating up the food for dinner, Anissa told her about the girl she had met. Nanny listened quietly. Sometimes when families leave their home because of war or other bad problems, they have to leave everything they have behind. Nanny told her.  Does Allah help these families? Of course, my dear, Allah helps everyone. Nanny was stirring the curry, but sometimes not in the way you might think. He might send good people to help them through bad times. Meanwhile, the families have to work hard and trust that Allah's help is always near. Nanny opened the oven door to check on the roti. Do you remember the story of Prophet Ibrahim, his wife Hajar and their baby Ismail? Anissa nodded. Mommy and daddy had told her that many of the lessons of Hajj pilgrimage were based on this story. Prophet Ibrahim's family trusted in Allah even in very difficult times. And Allah always took care of them. Nanny and Anissa said a prayer for Zainab and Mediam's family. Then Anissa told Nanny about a plan she had made. So Anissa made a plan. Do you guys want to see what Anissa's plan is? Later that afternoon, as shadows lengthened across the city, Muslim families were leaving them as she'd after the prayer of Asad prayer. Anissa, sit quietly. Someone will hear you. Nanny whispered to her granddaughter as they crouched behind the bushes outside the apartment building next to the mosque. Here they come, duck down.  What's this? In surprise, the man read the attached card. Happy Eid to Mediam, Zainab and their papa. Anissa felt as if she might burst with excitement. Would they like the presents? Zainab and Mediam opened the basket. Wow, beautiful clothes. Look at the sparkles on this yellow shirt. I can't believe this, the man said softly. Lamb and chicken, rice and vegetables, even desserts and candy. Who could have left all this? Papa, help us carry the baskets inside. Mediam was trying to drag a basket across the sidewalk. Put them down girls. The father commanded, we don't take charity. Let's see what happens. Their father paused. Then Mediam asked softly, but can I keep the yellow clothes? I love yellow. And what about the sparkly bangles? No, my dears, the father spoke again. You know that a Muslim does not beg from others. But papa, we didn't ask for them, Zainab pointed out. Papa didn't budge. I will provide for my family. There are other people who need this food and these clothes more than we do. Now let's go. Can I just eat this cookie right now? Anissa could hardly breathe. What if they didn't take the gifts? As she leaned forward to see better, a twig snapped. And she fell down. And she ducked down. What was that noise? The father asked as he turned around to face the bushes. Anissa and Nani ducked as his heavy footsteps approached their hiding space. Are they going to be found? Yeah. Let's find out. Through the leaves, Anissa could see the man's stern features and firmly set chin coming towards them.  In these eyes, Anissa recognized the same look of tenderness she often saw in her own father's face. Anissa and the man looked at each other for a long moment. Then abruptly, he turned around and walked back to his daughters. What do you think is going to happen? He knelt on one knee and opened his arms. The girls wrapped their arms around him and Medium climbed onto his knee. Papa, there's more food here than we need, she said. Small fingers gently touching his cheek. Why don't we share it with the neighbors? And please, can we keep their eat clothes, please? As in, Anissa saw the man's face soften as he drew his daughters close to him. As he hugged them, he nodded and he smiled at Anissa and Nani. After Anissa and Nani returned home, Nani picked up the phone and dialed, hello, I'd like a medium vegetable pizza please for delivery. She hung up and shook her head. Eating pizza on her head?  Me either, Anissa said. I can't wait to tell mommy and daddy all about it. Later in the evening, as Anissa and Nani snuck it up on the couch and ate pizza for dinner, they both agreed this has been the best read ever.


Hello, and welcome to this screencast on section 9.2, Vectors. This screencast is going to cover representation of vectors. A vector is a quantity that possesses the attributes of magnitude, or length, and direction. We can represent a vector geometrically as a directed line segment, with the magnitude as the length of the segment, and an arrowhead indicating the direction. According to the definition, a vector possesses the attributes of magnitude and direction. The vector's position, however, is not mentioned. Consequently, we regard any two vectors having the same magnitude and direction as equal. For example, these vectors all have the same magnitude and direction. Therefore, the directed line segments all represent the same vector. This means the same vector can be drawn in the plane in many different ways. Let's look at some ways to represent vectors. On the left graph, we have the vector 3,2, which represents a horizontal change of 3 units and a vertical change of 2 units. We say that the x component of this vector is 3, and the y component is 2. This vector is drawn in standard position, which means the tail of the vector is placed at the origin. Here, we've named this vector v, and you'll notice we use boldface letters to represent vectors. We also use pointed brackets for vectors to distinguish them from points. On the right side, we have another way to represent vectors. Given two points p and q, we can obtain the vector from p to q by placing the tail end of the vector at p and the tip of the vector at q. When we use points to define vectors, we often refer to that vector using the names of the points, p and q, with an arrow over top. Note that this vector from p to q has x component 3 and y component 2, which is the same as the vector drawn in standard position on the left graph. So, the two vectors represented on this page are equal. Note that another way to get the components of a vector obtained by points is to take the difference of the coordinates of the points. So here, to get the x component of the vector from p to q, we would take the x coordinate of q minus the x coordinate of p. Similarly, to get the y component, we take the y coordinate of q minus the y coordinate of p. Be careful, though, as the order that you take the difference determines the direction of your vector. One other way to define a vector is using a single point. Given some point p, we will frequently consider the vector from the origin to p. We use the same notation as before when we define vectors between two points using the letter capital O for the origin. Vectors represented this way are called the position vector of the point p. We are going to take an opportunity here to quickly introduce some notation. The magnitude or length of a vector v is denoted using vertical bars that look like the familiar absolute value notation. We can calculate the magnitude of a vector using the distance formula. For example, the magnitude of the vector from the origin to p is the square root of 13. That is, the vector shown here has length equal to the square root of 13. You will work more with the magnitude of vectors in the activities in section 9.2. While we've been working with vectors in two dimensions, note that all the work we've done so far also holds for vectors in three dimensions. In addition to considering the x component and y component in three dimensions, we also need to consider the z component of vectors. Pictured here is the vector with x component 2, y component 4, and z component equal to 3. One other way that we can represent vectors is using the standard unit vectors, which are important vectors in the physical sciences. Each of these vectors represents a one unit change in a specific direction. The vector i represents a one unit change in the x direction, the vector j in the y direction, and the vector k in the z direction. Given a vector with components a, b, and c, we can represent this as a sum of the standard unit vectors. Note that this representation relies on vector addition, which you will learn more about in section 9.2. As a quick example, we can represent the vector 2, 4, 3 as 2i plus 4j plus 3k.