It's up you guys, I'll go back to another one. If you're new to this channel, I'm Goldpony. I do new car truck, SCV reviews on YouTube. And today, we are in the brand new 2024 Volvo XC60, courtesy of younger Volvo in Hagerstown, Maryland. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we are in this one today because there is one major change for the 2024 model gear. There are a couple new colors actually as well. We do happen to have one of those new colors. So I'll be touching on that when we get to the exterior portion of this review, of course. And this one is built in Sweden, which of course is pretty darn rare, at least here in the U.S. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with bracing. And so essentially there are three different trim configurations for the 2024 XC60. You have the core starting at $46,450, plus for $50,950. And lastly, the ultimate starting at $56,400. And when it comes to that one major change for the 2024 model year, that was not pricing for the front wheel drive. That was pricing for the all wheel drive because all wheel drive is now standard across the board for the XC60. So that is the major change for 2024. But ultimately, when it comes to the power plan for all of this trim levels, it is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a two liter turbocharged four cylinder with a mild hybrid system, putting out 247 horsepower, 258 pound feet of torque, power sent to all four wheels through an eight speed automatic, zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 6.5 seconds with MPG numbers coming in at 23 in the city, 29 on the highway, taking premium unleaded fuel. So before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in our XC60, did want to mention the couple of kind of driving modes for the XC60. So if you were to go to settings within the infotainment screen here, we'll get more into that screen later in the video, but there's actually a steering sensitivity mode where you can just heaviness of the steering feel. If you want it more of a traditional SUV look, don't even touch it. But if you wanted more of a performance oriented SUV, it is supposed to weighten up the steering feel quite substantially. So that is pretty cool. And there's also an off road driving mode as well. So I'm actually gonna turn that steering feel on real quick and now have it got that out of the way. What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the XC60 here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, in three, two, one, go. There it is. Yeah, that's not bad. I kind of like the sound too. Yeah, that's definitely, you're not gonna have any issues emerging on to the highway. What I noticed from the get go when I first pulled out onto the highway is there's no like turbo lag or anything like that because of that mild hybrid system. And that's something I've kind of been griping on lately because I just reviewed a couple of Volkswagen's and there was turbo lag. And I thought to myself, man, if there was only a mild hybrid system like BMW does like Mercedes does like Volvo does, there wouldn't be that turbo lag anymore. So that is the case in this thing. I love it instant acceleration. So absolutely no issues there. But anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So upfront you will find 13.6 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 12.6 inch solid rear discs. As far as that 60 is your stopping distance goes, that is going to come in at 118 feet, which is a dang good number without a doubt. So that is like a sports sit-in. Typically with SUVs, you find 120s, if not 130s, I've seen as bad as 139 feet in a three row SUV, although this isn't a three row SUV, but still under an 18 feet really is sports sit-in good to absolutely no issues there. Been touching on suspension and handling. Up front you're going to get a double wishbone tight front suspension. In the back, inter-curl link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as ride quality goes, it's been perfectly fine. Now we'll say Hagerstown has some dang smooth roads, but it has been perfectly fine in my short little test drive here today. As far as steering sensitivity goes, I love the heavier steering feel. And that's because I put it in that particular steering feel mode. Again, you don't have to put it in that and then it kind of steers like a traditional SUV. It's a much lighter steering feel, but if you put it in that steering feel firm mode is exactly what it's called. It is a much heavier feel. It feels a lot more like a Tesla or a performance vehicle rather than an SUV, which I personally prefer. So that's why I got it in there. As far as cabin noise goes, this is the perfect test right now. I'm going 55 miles per hour. You guys can let me know if you hear any wind noise or exterior road noise coming into the cabin. I personally don't hear a heck of a lot. So that is perfectly fine for me. Touching on visibility, I can see this Ford Ranger in my rear view mirror perfectly fine. So 100% no issues there. And I kind of like how the second row headrest tucked down if there's no second row passengers. So that is a big plus to visibility as well. But not to mention, when it comes to forward visibility, rain sensing windshield wipers actually do come standard across the board. So whenever this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on those windshield wipers for you there.  So that's why our plus trim is not going to unfortunately have that today. So anyways, that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review you guys. Let's now go ahead and find a cool spot and let's take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Volvo XC60. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2024 Volvo XC60 finished in vapor gray. One of the couple new colors that are available for the 2024 XC60. So this is what it looks like, kind of got a sage green slash gray tint to it. So in my opinion, it definitely looks good, but let's go ahead and start with where this one is made. Taking a look at the VIN first character is the letter Y indicating that the XC60 is still built and assembled in Sweden, which is pretty darn cool. Let's go ahead and start up front on this one. You will find a bright or dark theme to that front grill. And really that theme continues on through the remainder of the exterior of the XC60.  That's what that is. But to the sides, LED headlights do come standard with LED Thor's hammer daytime running lights in typical Volvo fashion there. Automatic feature as well, along with automatic high beams. So if you have your high beams on a night sensitive vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams. Then when that vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you though. So definitely a very nice feature there. And LED fog lights, you guys can see that down towards the front lip there in the corners. They actually do come standard on the 2024 XC60. So I feel like that didn't always used to be, but I love that they are standard. And again, they are LEDs as opposed to the halogen bulbs as well. So that is pretty darn cold. But again, we're gonna have the dark theme throughout this one. Keep that in mind, but as always, that pretty much rounds out the front. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one, black or silver roof rails. Yet again, bright or dark theme. Black or silver windows surrounds as well. You will find rear privacy glass coming standard on the XC60, love that. Body colored or gloss black side mirrors. Again, bright or dark theme there. Power adjustable side mirrors. They will be heated with LED integrated turd signals. And one of my favorite features of the Volvo XC60 is there's a deer. Can you see them? You see them running away? Anyways, it's got side track there, but it's actually the body colored side skirts and fender surrounds that are actually body colored.  So I am a big fan of that and this deer is still staring at me. Anyways, let's take a look down at the wheel setup. 18 inch double five spoke alloys will come standard. 19 inch diamond cut alloys coming with the plus. However, we do have an optional wheel configuration, but it will say 20 inch diamond cut alloys then coming with the ultimate. So again, there are some optional wheels if you wanted to really make it your own. But anyways, they're pretty much rounds off the side profile of this one. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, and so now since you are around to the back of this one, all the way to the top body colored shark fin antenna. Just below that rear spoiler with the integrated brake light. Just below that rear window wiper. You got the Volvo lettering spelled out horizontally. Definitely looks good as well. And of course, LED tail lights because it's a Volvo and it's always extremely safe. So added illumination there. I love that chrome or gloss black accents on the bottom portion of that rear bumper. Obviously you guys are looking at the gloss black because we have the dark theme of course. And just underneath of it all, you will find dual exhaust outlets. And you know what? Volvo is not even pretending like it is integrated into the rear bumper now. So I love that. It definitely looks good in the back there, but dual exhaust outlets tucked away. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next is always here is that exhaust clip. All right, so now since we are around to the back of the XC60 when it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is actually a hands free power tailgate that comes standard for all trim levels across the board. So if you have your hands full, simply just kick your foot underneath of the rear bumper there. It's gonna automatically open up for you. There's a button on the key fob there. There's also a button on the tailgate itself, but once opened up cargo capacity comes in at 22.4 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, of course, the receipts do fall down, bumping that up to 63.3 cubic feet then. There is some cargo lighting back there. There are grocery bag hooks as well. Some tie down anchors. There's a 12-volt power outlet. There's some netted storage. There is a cargo cover as well. And there's a nice little first aid kit, which I know Lexus always does as well. And Volvo, of course, as well, since they're known for safety. And if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you are going to find a spare tire, as opposed to the fix-a-flat, which I, of course, personally prefer. But now, let's go ahead and make our way up to the rear legroom. That's gonna come in at a very respectable 38 inches. For reference, I'm even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. There is rear ventilation for those rear passengers. Of course, there is a rear center armrest with cup holders. You have dual phone charging ports back there. And there is actually a package option where you can get heated rear seats, which we do actually have today. So, spoil the rear passengers a little bit. I love that. Then make our way up to the front seats, though. Leather seating is gonna come with a plus and ultimate. And again, we have the plus trim level with us here today. Power adjustable front seats will come standard. Also coming standard, though, heated front seats. So, gotta love that. Ultimate trim is gonna add ventilated front seats as well as a power adjustable passenger seat with memory settings for that passenger seat as well, which is pretty cool. But overall, seat comfort is perfectly fine, actually, believe it or not. So, I've had no issues. And my very favorite part of the seating, I don't want to forget to mention it, is the flag of Sweden found on the passenger seat. So, nice little Easter egg there for all of all those, essentially. But, anyways, then make our way to the steering wheel. It is two-toned. I always love that with Volvo. It is tilt and telescoping. It is leather-wrapped, and it is actually heated as well. Then make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key. Got your Volvo logo on the one side. When you flip it over, there's nothing, but all of your buttons are located on the side of the key. So, you go lock, unlock the button, the power tailgate there. But it is all keyless entry with a turn knob start. So, I'm just gonna simply put my front of the brake and turn this knob to the right. And by the way, if you wanna turn it off, also turn it to the right. Never turn it to the left. Always turn it to the right. Anyways, let's start it up. When it comes to that gauge cluster, it is a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster. Always looks amazing in Volvo's. You got your speedometer all the way to the left, tachometer is on your right, and the navigation, if I had set it up, which I did it, is going to be displayed front and center. It's essentially gonna give you a map set up, kind of like BMW does with their gauges as well. So, overall, outside temperature, you got how many miles you have left until you hit empty. So, overall, the gauge cluster looks perfectly fine. So, then making our way to overall interior quality, there is a panoramic sunroof that actually does come standard for all-term levels. So, love that. Frameless rear-view mirror with homely controls for up to three different garage doors found just below that rear-view mirror, of course. Four-zone climate control coming with the ultimate. Otherwise, dual-zone climate control is going to come standard, which honestly is plenty fine. The one thing I haven't noticed is I don't see a wireless phone charger for whatever reason. So, perhaps Volvo could add that in the future, but just in front of the shifter, you have a little bit of rubberized storage. You have a couple cup holders just to the right of the shifter there and a 12-volt power outlet. Within the center armrest, there is an okay amount of storage. You actually have a couple charging ports within there as well. And within the glove box, I like the kind of, I don't know what you call it, a felt kind of finish to inside of that glove box. So, that is pretty darn cold. But also like the matte wood trim, it's kind of like a beach wood trim found just above the passenger side glove box just below the infotainment screen here. Also like the very high quality aluminum speaker covers, this Harman Kardon sound system, which is optional, but we'll test out that sound system in a little bit. But overall, I love the interior quality. One of the coolest things, again, about most of all those now is to turn on the interior lighting. You simply just press on the actual light gently. So it's kind of like a touchscreen light, if you will. And then to open and close the actual Panoramic Moonroof here, you just slide your finger back to open it and slide it forward to close it, which I think makes a whole lot of sense as well. So I like the way they did that. But overall, interior quality is perfectly fine. But now, let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen here. You got a nine-inch vertical color touchscreen display that looks amazing, Bluetooth and audio streaming coming standard, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, factory navigation system though, also coming standard. You can check out your climate control information up there.  And so when it comes to the sound system, like I alluded to, there is a standard sound system where that's gonna come with the core and the plus. But if you were to go with that ultimate, you will get a 14-speaker Harman Kardon sound system that's available for our Plus trim, and we do have that. So, having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today, and let's test out the clarity of this one. Look at this. Yeah, definitely nothing wrong with that sound system. Time of phase, plenty of clarity. Not my very favorite sound system, but it's dang good nonetheless. So, really nice sound system for the XC60. But last thing I wanna mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the XC60 in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board, and if you kinda put your finger, if you tap your finger on it, there's an option for a 360-degree monitor as well, giving you that bird's-eye view, which is always is going to lead us into safety. As soon as you start, IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus, which is the very highest rating given by IIHS, that pretty much says it all right there. Front-side-side carrying airbags do come standard. You got a driver's knee airbag up front as well.  Driver attention monitoring system, lane departure warning, lane keep assist, rear parking sensors, and runoff road mitigation as well. So overall, what it comes to my final thoughts of the XC60, Volvo has always been known for incredible safety, and that is still the case to this day for all of their vehicles. They are all IIHS Top Safety Pick Pluses, which again, is the highest rating that you can get. So that has not changed. I still love the design of the XC60, really all Volvo's in general. I think they do a great job with their design. Digital gauges are great as well. Having said that, I wouldn't mind if they were a little more customizable, if you can change the loadout kind of, like Audi and Volkswagen do, for example. The only room for improvement I could think of, there's two things actually. The lack of wireless phone charger, I couldn't find one in here, and I don't think there is one available, just given the space that I'm looking at here. And the reliability has always been questionable with Volvo, and hopefully that changes in the future. I mean, it could. Just take a look at Consumer Reports there. Don't take my word for it there, because I don't have this car long term. It's just temporary, so look at Consumer Reports for that one. But anyways, let me know what you guys think of the XC60 in the comments section below, and that is about it for this one, you guys. Thank you so much for watching. If you're free to follow me on social media, if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube, be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're in a new car reviews, because that is what we do here on this channel after all. Do appreciate you guys watching more than you know, and I will see you guys all in the next video. Stay Gold.


Hi my name is Susan Bush and I am the Director of Employer Engagement at Purdue's Center for Career Opportunities and one of our charges at the University's Career Center is to connect students with employers for internships and full-time jobs. We understand that there can be a lot to sort through when it comes to evaluating job offers and with the competition for strong talent it has increased pressure and complexity in the situation. Some students might find it appropriate to accept a job earlier in the season and keep their job search going just because there might be open to new opportunities and at first glance this might seem harmless but what it can end up happening and oftentimes does is you need to re-nig on that initial job offer so you can accept another one. From the students perspective this can often seem fairly inconsequential but there is a bigger picture to consider. We've invited several of our employing partners to come and talk to us a little bit about their perspective of when a student re-nigs from a job offer. When a student re-nigs it's definitely not something that we're happy about it makes things very difficult. It has a lasting impact and more than just yourself. There is very specific work that's been allocated and now if they don't have anyone to do that work now it has a ripple effect through the rest of that organization to figure out how are they going to either get someone or redistribute the work to the current employees that they have. When candidates re-nig on our offers we're often left scrambling to fill these roles. The company has identified value in you. They have seen that you are a great candidate and it could be a great future employee for them. The managers have invested time in regards to what projects they want you to be working on. All of that work just kind of goes down the drain when somebody decides to re-nig. Now all of that work has to be done again. It can be difficult to recover from that from the hiring perspective because we've lost opportunities with other students. You end up taking away a spot from someone who a would have been a really good fit. B would have really loved to join the company. And these are positions that could have otherwise been filled by top tier talent from Purdue. Every year we evaluate the universities that we recruit from. The recent job offer re-nig will factor in if we come back to your institution and or impact the number of positions that are allotted to your institution. Let's say a Purdue student chooses to re-nig on their offer well that's going to be reviewed at the end of the year. That company as a result may not take as much talent from that university because the trust has been somewhat broken. The managers and the directors saying you know maybe it's not worth our time to recruit on campus because these these folks don't have the commitment we need. And so Purdue's reputation is potentially at stake. It's important to remember that companies work together. HR is kind of a small world and recruiting is kind of a small world and if you develop that sort of reputation with one company you never know how far it'll reach. If you burn a bridge with one company you really could burn a bridge with multiple companies at the same time. The decision to re-nig does not just affect yourself it affects so many other entities and aspects so definitely think twice before re-nigging. At Purdue University two of our core values are honor and integrity and we are so proud that so many students over so many years have really reflected that in the ethics that they practice in their job search process. Sticking to your word and practicing these strong job search ethics are so important. And by the way we know that the decision to re-nig on an offer isn't always black and white. Sometimes it's a really complicated issue. Be transparent. Communicate with the employer with whom you've already accepted that position. Many of these companies have come to campus to recruit Boilermakers for a long time. It is our goal not only for them to be here to recruit and hire you but we want them to recruit and hire students in years to come. And maintaining that honor that integrity and everything else that it means to be a Boilermaker to be successful within the world of work is a big part of that.


I think the Steelers have a lot of upside this year. I like what they did in the draft. They're getting TJ Wapback, so you know the defense is going to be good. I feel good about the run game. Kenny Pickett showed some progress last year, but I do think they lose week one to the 49ers before going on a three-game win streak. Then they're going to lose to Baltimore, go into the bio-week, come out, beat the Rams before losing to Jacksonville. They're going to be a real good team this year. And then they'll go on a couple of games. They'll take down the Titans, they'll take down the Packers before losing to the Browns and the Bengals. They'll beat the Cardinals, lose to the Patriots. They'll beat the Colts, lose to the Bengals. They'll beat the Seahawks, lose to the Ravens. I think it'll be a season of ups and downs for them. And I think when it comes down to it, they're going to have a winning record. Mike Tomlin will keep his streak alive, but not quite a playoff team.


Hey guys, it's Missy. Thank you for watching. Today's tutorial is two Dutch braids and two little mini ones. I love hairstyles like this one. I think they're so super cute. So make sure to subscribe to my channel if you're new or if you haven't yet and let's get started. For this hairstyle, I've parted my hair close to the middle and then I'm just going to divide out some hair to frame my face on both sides.  Then I'm just going to clip away the hair on the right side to work with later. So now I'm going to pick up a triangle shape section on the right side of my head near the part and hairline and divide it into three smaller pieces. I'm doing a Dutch braid, so I'm going to cross the right strand under the middle, then cross the left strand under the middle. Now I'm going to cross the right strand under the middle, pick up a new section and incorporate it into the braid. Then I'm going to cross the left strand under the middle strand, pick up a new section and cross it under and into the middle strand as well. So once more I'm crossing the right strand under the middle strand, picking up a new section and crossing it under and into the middle strand. Then I'm going to cross the left strand under the middle strand, pick up a new section of hair and incorporate it into the braid, crossing it under to the middle strand as well. And I'm just going to repeat those steps, alternating between the right and left side strands, crossing them under the middle strand while incorporating new sections into the braid and working my way down the right side of my head until I've brought in all of the hair from this section. Once the braid reaches the nape of my neck and I've brought all of the hair into the braid, I'm going to grab a clear elastic band and wrap it over the end of the braid. But on the last wrap of the elastic, I'm only going to pull the hair part way through to create a little loop. Then I'm going to take the rest of the hair and wrap it around the elastic band, then tuck the ends into the elastic band underneath the bun. Now I can go back over the braid and pull on the edges to make it look wider and more full. And then once that side is done, I'm going to repeat the same steps and create a second Dutch braid with the hair on the left side. So again, I'm picking up a section near the hairline and dividing it into three smaller pieces. I'm going to alternate crossing the side strands under the middle strand while incorporating new sections into the braid, working my way down the left side of my head until I've braided all of the hair from this left side into the braid and the braid reaches the nape of my neck. Then once the braid reaches the nape of my neck, I'm going to tie the ends into another little bun. So I'm taking another elastic band and wrapping it over the hair at the bottom of the braid. But on the last wrap of the elastic, I'm only going to pull the hair part way through to create a little loop. Then I'm going to take the rest of the hair and wrap it around the elastic band and then tuck the ends into the elastic band underneath the bun. Then I can go back over the braid and pull on the edges to make it look wider and more full. I hope you enjoyed today's video. I think this is such a cute everyday hairstyle but let me know what you think down below in the comments section. Make sure to subscribe as well if you haven't yet.  Be sure to click the thumbs up if you want to see more tutorials like this one. Thank you so very much for watching and I will see you next time.


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Good day, fellow investors! Now we talk about how we are in the late part of the economic cycle, how a stock market crash might be coming soon, so it is proper to start preparing for one, first mentally and then by doing research on stocks and what to buy when things become cheaper. Today we're going to go through four steps that each one of us has to make in order to prepare himself mentally and leave emotions aside when stocks actually start crashing. We're going to discuss the 2008-2009 crash, how it affected people, how people were unprepared and how a lot of people lost their money and then we're going to discuss emotions, framing and then again finish with the four steps what you should do and what you should really think very good about when it will happen because sooner or later it's not whether it will happen it is certain that the stock market crash will await us. So 2009 what most people forget about 2009 it is that it happened very very fast from 2008 from May the Dow Jones was at 14 000 points and less than a year nine months later it was at 6 000 something that's a 50 drop in just nine months and that's something people think they can handle but they actually can't because when you start seeing your savings is your portfolio that you have accumulated over the last nine years when you start seeing it deteriorate in just nine months so quickly day after day stocks drop like rocks then it's very very difficult to remain rational. Further at the bottom you usually see headlines like this this is from the Wall Street Journal on March 5 2009 when the Dow was around 7 000 points people were saying the Dow will be at 5 000 the Dow will be at 4 000 etc etc panic the media will bombard you with panicky headlines and then you have to do the opposite of what the crowd does but it's very very risky because if your dollar cost average then you start buying as stocks start crashing but you have to be smart about it because everybody is saying buy the dip buy the dip buy the dip even now you hear everywhere buy the dip buy the dip buy the dip because that's the first step in a stock market crash people don't believe the stock market will actually crash like it has been the case at the beginning 2008 July you see stock markets down 20 percent and then a rebound in September people don't believe then stocks crash then it's denial then late in the crash it's complete capitulation let's see how it goes so as I said from May 2008 to July July stock market crashed 20 percent okay you say I will buy the dip and then you have three months okay stocks are so much cheaper everything looks good they are a little bit higher and then usually people decide okay I will simply buy more more then October came and stocks crashed another 20 percent okay now the dip is bigger things look much much cheaper and those who are interested in buying the dip buy even more so everything they put everything they have in stocks it's impossible to time and catch the real bottom and if you don't buy enough then you miss out on the bottom however then the stock market fell another 20 something percent and then the Dow hit 6500 points and that's when most investors capitulated I have a friend who sold everything in March 2009 everything his whole portfolio he lost 50 something percent in the previous year big money he sold everything on March 9 2009 he lost everything and he started getting back into stocks in 2016 with just one tenth of what was left the rest was just zero yielding bonds for eight years completely opposite of what he should have done but he capitulated when it was most important to hold and that's something we have to prepare mentally for and there are four steps which we'll discuss later but let's first discuss emotions and framing when you see your savings drop 20 percent 20 percent you invest more it drops again so imagine your portfolio suddenly be 50 lower that hurts you cannot even imagine because an actual loss an actual drop hits you twice three times more than a gain so a gain of 50 percent makes you much less happier than a loss of 50 percent and that's why we cannot now know how we will behave in the future further there is something that we call framing the last two stock market crashes were 50% and somehow everybody expects that the next crash will be 50% quick crash will buy in and then it will rebound again because it has been the case in the last two occasions however you frame something what happens then is that if that doesn't happen then people are toasted so be careful of your emotions how they will affect you in such a situation and of framing nobody knows what will happen therefore if you don't frame anything you're ready for anything and that's the key let's go to the four steps step number one separate your lifestyle from your stock market portfolio I know this is easy to say but is crucial if you can keep your money in the stock market you don't you know you don't need that money it's separated from your lifestyle then you can play rationally if and this is the case now in the world politicians look at the stock market asset prices inflated asset prices inflated asset prices create inflated paper wealth give people confidence and people spend more that's what the game was for politicians and central banks now when that inflation of confidence of asset paper wealth let's say bursts then everything crashes and people spend less lose confidence and they are not rational because it affects their lifestyle so always watch you keep in the stock market keep it so that you can be rational whatever happens number two remain positive so I'm saying the crash will come but remain positive when those losses hit us it's easy to turn negative and lose faith in capitalism and therefore rush for safety but if you lose faith in capitalism always think okay what's the alternative if there is an alternative and it's not capitalism that then everything you own is worthless so you might even lose it and risk it in the stock market when stocks are dropping sharply so be positive capitalism will probably prevail it's not the best system but it's the best system we have invented by now then number three now is the time to hedge when stocks crash 20 40 40 percent it's over for hedging then it doesn't really matter or it's very very expensive now when it's cheap it's time to hedge and there is a video in this card about seven simple hedging strategies that anybody can do so please look in that video if you haven't seen it perhaps you will find some interesting hedging strategies for you number four have a written investment policy write it now while you are rational while you're feeling good write it now and say okay if stocks crash 86 percent like it was the case in 1933 what would I do and they don't recover immediately so that's something that you have to have written okay when do I buy in 20 first round 40 decline second round 60 third round do I have a fourth round of buying in or not so be prepared for the worst case scenario will there be inflation should I go on margin will I be able to go on margin how risky is my job how much can I risk imagine the worst case scenario and start building from there a written investment policy so that you are not driven by emotions when shit hits the fan but you're driven by a rational investment policy decisions that you write now the key as always is to remain disciplined be rational and if you can remain disciplined when all others lose their heads then you're guaranteed of making great investments great investment returns over the long term thank you for watching hope you have a great day looking forward to a comments and I'll see you in the next video


can definitely say I'm hooked on a feeling. Hey guys this is my review for Guardians of the Galaxy. I kind of just realized the other day that I actually hadn't reviewed the first film and since I'll be seeing the first the second one tonight I thought it'd be proper to review this film. If I were to have two of which I say are the best it would be either Winter Soldier or this film. The one thing I will give both of them is that they are different spectrums of what they normally are but Guardians of the Galaxy is just a fun time to watch. The soundtrack is deep incredible and absolutely catchy so much to the point where I bought the soundtrack the instant I left the theater and then just the entire idea of what the Guardians are. A chauvinistic self-righteous thief, a former assassin who's trying to be self-righteous, a giant talking tree, a guy who doesn't understand metaphors and will extreme will take everything at your word and then a talking raccoon.  It was the raccoon that mainly did it for me.  The Guardians is a fun film throughout the action is really well done. The jokes are great. James Gunn did a fantastic job with this script because while there is a lot of humor and a lot of action there is that emotional core at the depth which we see the very beginning for a movie that's so funny the beginning is absolutely traumatizing and then the final scene the final climax where they're all holding the power stone and he looks off into the distance and says Gamora saying take my hand and then he sees his mother and he gets to he has this chance to redeem himself for what he failed to do all those years ago so it hit the feels so James Gunn is a really in my opinion he's a very underrated director he's done some things that are off kilter like the Belco experiment are slither slither is definitely something odd now admittedly Guardians isn't without its flaws Ronan was a terrible villain in my opinion he was terrible he was so one-tonal he was so it was weird because we had seen these characters have multiple sides and we had seen such a great work in the Guardians that Ronan is just one plate he's just one side of a paper box and I don't I don't only pace is okay is him he looks menacing but I just didn't like anything that Ronan did because he was just literally one angry blue dude admittedly the ending was funny when Chris Pratt distracts and move the dancing by the way Chris Pratt absolutely phenomenal in this movie this is pretty much and if I were to say he's pretty much been this character now and everything else his Peter Quill character is everything he's been in like in Jurassic World I was like oh it's just Peter Quill dinosaurs so while he kind of can't do the same different character at least from what I've seen I thought he was good as Peter Quill everyone works well I actually was amazed that I thought Dave Batista was really good in this movie you know good on him and I like Bradley Cooper as the raccoon and frickin Vin Diesel as a tree how often can you say that a movie made you care about a relationship between a raccoon and a frickin talking tree so aside from the weak villain I think this is one of the best Marvel films they've ever done I enjoyed immensely I love the soundtrack every time I watch it I feel as though I'm watching it for the first time because it's just so engaging so fun if anything this movie also is a special moment for me because this poster right here I received that when I won an exclusive two tickets for an exclusive preview which was almost the entire prison breakout scene and that poster is a poster talking about it I'm gonna be getting another poster tonight for volume 2 so I'm really looking forward to that anyways guys in the end Guardians is definitely a fun time aside from a weak villain the characters are strong the humor is solid and the action is fun and it breaks norms it has different associations and it's not like your normal Marvel trip aside from the villain so in the end I'm gonna give Guardians of the Galaxy a six out of seven it is one of my favorite films I've seen and I deeply enjoy it and I can't wait to see the sequel tonight anyway guys that's all from me see you guys next time


Welcome back agent nation. My name of course is agent beam star. Let's get Into the news For our first story of the day Ladies and gentlemen NBA 2k 19 has been getting ravished It's like a hurricane of glitches just Destroying the game right now and not six hours goes by without a new game breaking glitch And I was playing last night my guys.  I gotta take a break. So we know about the inbound glitch It was supposedly patched in the last patch. I talked to Mike Wayne He said they found out a new method to do the inbound glitch a little too late the patch was already sent out So that's gonna get addressed in the next patch, but it's still in the game for now yesterday people found out that if you put on a specific type of t-shirt, then you can be in Invisible on the park. I've been having a guard invisible people for the last 24 hours and you might have thought agent bro. Did everything stop there? Nah, ah people randomly walking on the court Even though they're not in the game all blue screening all the delaying that's reached an all-time high ladies and gentlemen Just a couple hours ago. Somebody uploaded a video that's been doing pretty well It's been getting shared on Twitter most definitely and it's a VC glitch that people are doing even though I'm trying to warn y'all you will get banned Xavier sent this clip on Twitter.  You can't see their name so they're literally invisible at least when they have the ball You know where they kind of are and then he ends up losing the game To an invisible-ass player this guy named statistics uploaded a VC glitch now I've been trying to tell people won't listen you listen you can find out the hard way Just do the glitch and get banned but in the video the part that I found interesting wasn't the glitch necessarily Which by the way is really easy to do it was the fact that he said yo, this is not my glitch I'm not the originator and I'm like, okay. Okay, that's that's cool. He's not taking credit for something He didn't create I didn't know that and then he gave the user name of the person who created the glitch What when you uploaded this video you already risked getting a strike on your channel and on top of that You were just getting banned in the game and then you gave to Kate that guy's user name my guy You're gonna get him banned too. Why would you do that? Oh my god?  I'm hoping a lot of this stuff gets glossed over I mean it doesn't get glossed over. I wouldn't I wouldn't want it to get glossed over I need these things to be addressed ladies and gentlemen and then it keeps going I was playing last night with Davis and another guy and Davis was lagging out now I thought I thought it was Davis's connection come to find out ladies and gentlemen There was a guy called zoo wapa who by the way, I will 100% be getting you banned my guy I will not stop until the devs banned this guy. He was live streaming him delaying us now I actually didn't notice any difference myself. It was just Davis who was experiencing it Which is odd.  Well, that was it. Okay, so immediately I was like alright, so Mike Wang. I need an IP ban a console ban an account ban He needs all the kinds of bands you could possibly imagine so right when I was preparing for this video setting up all the tabs and everything I went to his YouTube channel and he privated all of the videos Zoo wapa do you think you're getting away with this my guy?   He must be doing this on purpose.   Yo, how much do you make a month? And what's your following? Please let me know actually now that I think about it I don't know if this one has to do with annoying But I think it was all mixed together because it's a follow-up tweet saying get your views up bruh added annoying So that ain't no cult chasing over here, buddy He's basically flexing saying listen man My name is Hank the tank and even though I haven't been really up on YouTube videos like that They still pop on top of that my guy. I've been killing it on twitch So what you talking about?  I'm waiting on those one of two videos though There was also some more drama Steezo was mad at annoying for a similar thing annoying was talking smack on stream Steezo heard about it in the clip and then he went on Twitter put out like two or three tweets saying yo You can't call me a weirdo this that the third fear is not real. I am the greatest. My name is Steezo He says something to that nature. I think so I think that's what I remember reading But then he deleted all of it and I when I came to record the video. I was like, oh, no How'd I mess that one up? I usually I'm really prepared man when I hear about some drama man I usually screenshot that I apologize ladies and gentlemen, but again It was annoying saying something on stream and from what I understand in the whole context of things If you didn't just watch the one clip it made more sense what annoying was saying But I would this the clips diesel put out was only one minute long and from what I heard He didn't tell it didn't tell a full story.  I'm not sure what I do know is that yo like 2k19 like like we just got to work on things together as a community, right? Yeah, we got to do that for our next story of the day I gave a challenge to crash line a few weeks ago my guy and in the challenge I told crash line listen He's claiming to have here 450 KVC per minute. I watched the video. I reacted to the video I gave him a challenge. I said listen.  That's all it is. It's just advice for our next story of the day I'm not really sure about this one But for those who don't know NBA Playgrounds 2 was bought by NBA 2k a few months ago It was announced and if you guys remember in NBA Playgrounds 1 I had a character in that game, man It was pretty cool It's the first time I ever had myself in a game and I mean of course I had the second time now NBA 2k 19 coming out Yeah, yeah, yeah, follow my Instagram. I'm trying to post more on there I did post this screenshot on there anyway I'm curious since 2k is the publishing company now for NBA Playgrounds and they already have my face Scan in their systems and I have a character in NBA Playgrounds 2 I'm just saying I think a beta comes out for it real soon So I'm probing upload a video or two and see how you guys like it from what I understand It was a lot more in-depth in NBA Playgrounds 1 was plus they had like an extra five months to develop it because 2k Bought them so there's that too. Anyway, that's not all the glitches and the problems that are with the game There's not just one VC glitch There's a few going on right now all of which you can assume is gonna be patched real soon Because if there's anything 2k hates more than a glitch, it's a glitch that hurts their pockets ladies and gentlemen They're gonna come at you hard I'm telling you right now unless you don't care about your account and you're like if I get banned whatever I don't care no More I quit anyway. It unless that's you. I wouldn't recommend doing it. I most definitely will not be caught doing it I have a verified account. I cannot risk losing that on top of that I'm a youtuber so it's not really too hard to get games on the stage for me It's actually really easy to get crowds all the time. So I make a lot of VC every day anyway. Anyway, uh, yeah guys That was drama alert today. Haha. Yeah, leave a like yo or subscribe to the channel.  Click you clicked it you clicked it, right? All right


Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Now, let's put the power to the test. It's time for K-CHECK! Hello everyone, I am Jonella Bor. Kapo, si Amy Sumartinez and this is K-CHECK, the newest and smartest game show on Philippine television. We search all over the country for people na hindi na sasawang dagdagan ang kanilang kaalaman. Titig na natin ko ang gano kating de ang kanilang brain power. And in the final week of the competition, malalaman natin kung sino ang kauna-una ang tatanghaling K-CHECK champion. Apat na contestants ang dadaan sa ating karunungan check sa araw na ito. ESL is a graduate of Kesson City Science High School, an incoming freshman of UP Dileman, and he and his family loves to take care of cats. Sandino is a radio DJ and a rocker who is faithfully praying to be able to continue entertaining and inspiring people. Karl is currently taking DS Business Administration in Bulakan State University. He is also a debater who likes to sing in a big fan of One Direction. Eliza is a music enthusiast who loves joining math, singing, oration, and declamation competitions. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-CHECK panel of experts, Professor Wendell Kapili of the College of Arts and Letters UP Dileman, Professor Rikin Nelyas of the Institute of Chemistry UP Dileman, and Professor Neil Santillian Chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History. And now, contestants, papasokan tayos at K-CHECK Paramihan, where each correct answer is worth 10 points. It is your chance to bank as many points as you can and take the all-important early lead. Let's begin! Let's begin. Esso, which actor is the father of twins Richard and Raymond Gutierrez? Answer is Eddie Gutierrez. Sandino, in what month is Halloween celebrated? November. Malay, October. Karl, in what country can you find what is left of the Berlin Wall? Russia. Malay, Germany. Eliza, what potent alkaloid in coffee makes you alert and awake? Coffee. K-CHECK. Esso, in what country can you find the Eiffel Tower? France. K-CHECK. Sandino, which small marsupial from Australia looks like a teddy bear? France. Koala. Karl, which actor is the father of fellow actors Joff, Ryan, and A.G. Eigenman? Andy Eigenman. Michael Dimesa. Eliza, in what country is Mount Fuji the highest mountain? Japan. K-CHECK. Esso, what does the N in the acronym ASEAN stand for? National. Malay. Nations. Sandino, in what country can you find the Grand Canyon? United States. Karl, in what month do we celebrate Rizalde? Rizalde... December. K-CHECK. Eliza, Mamba, and Python are types of what reptile? Snake. K-CHECK. And that's it for the round one of K-CHECK. Perd, you love competitions. You must be gunning to win the show. Yes, I'm very much competitive. What was the last show or competition that you actually participated in? I recently participated in cooking competition. Interesting. Yes, and I just learned it from watching YouTube. And it's my first time and I'm actually happy and blessed to be one of the participants. Ikaw, saan competition gapina ka nakilala Miss Amy? Marami. Hindi lang isa. Yung pinaka na talaga. Hindi ka sa sabihin. Binibining Pilipinas, binibining Pilipinas si Miss Amy. Ikaw saan dino na balitaan ko na ikaw ay isang radio DJ. Ano yung pinaka malungkot na kantang na pinatugtug mo sa ere? Okay. Pinaka malungkot, it might be you, I guess. May hugot. Bakit it might be you? Ah, siguro currently, yun ang situation namin ng aking special someone. Nakaitirikan mo yun. Unrequited love. Showbiz. Showbiz a showbiz. Unrequited love, I tell you. Let us now do a recap for round one. On the lead is Eliza with 30 points followed by Esel and Carl with 10 points. Sandino, you have to work harder, honey. Kayo, ilang tanong ang nasagot nyo? O nga, siguro ako mga nasa seven yun ang sagot ko mayo. At ready na ba kayong lahat for our Pabili Sun round? Next year on, K-check. Tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check at ngayon ang muna si Eliza with 30 points. So nod si Esel and si Carl with 10 points each at si Sandino ay hahabol. Prof Neal, may tanong karaw kay Carl. Batid ko na mahilig si Carl sa debate at pagkanta. Pwede bang magpasampol na kumakanta na nakaipagdebate? Wait lang. Parang hindi ko pa punat at try nyan ever. Pero when you're debating po, because it's most commonly monotonous singing is very dynamic. So I'll try. So Mr. Chair and members of this house, no, I can't. Carl, yun yung level up na challenge. Kasi ang K-check, kagalingan check, kasi yun yung healing mo. Okay, Babato, ulit kay Prof Neal. Diba? Pwede ko kaya ni Prof Neal. Kaya-kaya. Wala akong ganong claim. Wala ba? Sorry, intro. Kaya naman. Professor Wendell, sa round one, are the contestants up to your expectations? I think they need to shape up a little bit because largely, I think ko lang sila sa kong ting energy para taasan nila yung mga puntos na tapat sana na panalunan nila. I think also this is a very young panel compared to the past few panels that we had at Batch. Oh, this is a very, very young, maybe one of the youngest as a Batch. So I think medyo na hihiya pa sila. But I'm confident that in the next two rounds, they'll be able to catch up. Namin yun mga contestants, laban. We're now going into K-check pabilisan. Buzz in first for the right to answer the question. Correct answers are worth 20 points. Pero sa round na ito, minus 10 points ang maling sagot. Kaya contestants, think before you press that buzzer. Let's begin. Let us now begin round two. The first question, coming from the Greek term meaning without blood, what do you call the condition in which you lack enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your body's tissues? Esel. K-check. Next question, which actor play the role of James Bond in the 2021 film No Time to Die? Esel. Craig Thomas. Malik. Carl. James Bond. Malik. Ayang ang tamang sagot ay Daniel Craig. In poetry, how many lines does the sonnet often contain? Eliza. 14. K-check. Which 2.7 kilometer long bridge separates the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco Bay? Esel. The Golden Gate Bridge. K-check. Which founder of the Cubist art movement had a blue period and a rose period early in the 20th century? Carl. Carl. K-check. Which Olympic sport is divided into Greco-Roman and freestyle? Ang tamang sagot ay wrestling. Writer, J.M. Barry, created a young boy who flies and lives on the island of Neverland. What is the name of this boy who never grows up? Esel. Peter Pan. K-check. What do you call the dried meat of a coconut from which coconut oil is extracted? The correct answer is kopra. Next question. What do you call the legendary Irish little man who may lead you to a pop- Esel. Leprecon. K-check. In which 2010 animated film were little yellow creatures called Minions introduced? Esel. The Speakable Moon. K-check. Second to the last question. Which country's flag depicts a red circle on a white background? Esel. Japan. K-check. Last question. Which 2018 film, soundtrack did the song shallow by ladies? Carl. Born to be a star. Aliza. A star is born. K-check. And that's the end of our K-check. I'll release and round. Grabe naman yung pindutan gany na parang magigiba na yung boom building, di ba? It's all round to us on fire. Iba, iba talaga pag exciting yung mga kalaban na ganyan, di ba? Ika pro-freaky. May tanong ka ba sa mga contests na din? May tanong ako, Esel. Kongrats at pasok ka sa UP. May expectation ka ba sa pagpasok mo dito? Ano kayang mga mga adjustments mo from K-side to UPD?  Kasi parang yung mga alum na'y po namin, yun na po yung nagiging dream namin or yun na yung nagiging part namin is papuntang UP. So medyan ako naman namin na rin po ako. Pero yung na-expect ko po sa UP or the UP life is may hirap po talaga siya.  Tingin mo. Depend of course. Depend of course. In a few minutes magkakaalaman na as we go into the ultimate pagalingan round. Up next, here on K-check. Welcome back. Now let's do a recap of the performance of our contestants. On the lead we have ESL at 120 points followed by Eliza at 70 points and then third is Carl at 10 points. Sandino, kailangan mo magtrabaho, Iho. Para sa kanilang na to. Ikaw, sa tingin magsiling mananala sa round na ito. Wag mo sabihin na yung may magandang course na naman yung mananalo. Ula na kung sa sabihin. Okay. We'll find out kung tama ang hinala ni Maung Ayumi in our K-check ultimate pagalingan where correct answers are worth 30 points wrong answers get a 15 point deduction. At para mas madagdagan ang kaalaman ng ating mga contestants at viewers sa round na ito sa mga professors ng ating panel of experts mangagaling ang mga tanong. At the end of this round, malalaman na natin kung sino ang tatanghaling K-check daily winner. Contestants. Let's begin. Let's begin this round. Prof Wendel, question number one please. Before he became a world famous singer, Julio Iglesias was an accomplished athlete. What was his sport? Mokhang hindi nilakirila si Julio Iglesias. Tapat nerephrase ko yung question. Si Julio Iglesias ay tatay ni Enrique Iglesias at ni Julio Iglesias Junior. Yung naneng nila isang Filipina si Isabel Preisler na isa sa pinakamagandang babae sa bong mundo. Ang sagot ay football. Prof Ricky, question number two. What is the term that refers to the change in nucleic acid sequence that is the driving force of evolution and may cause genetic disorders or cancer? Ito ang reason bakit pay-bye ba ang anyo ng virus at darating ang time na tatalo ninyong ating vaccine. Ang sagot ay mutation. K-check. Prof Niel. What is the name of the biggest food and beverage manufacturing company based on gross revenue in the Philippines in 2020? Carl, San Miguel Corporation. Malik. Ilan sa mga produkto ito ay Milo, Nesty, Nescafe, and Berbra. Ang tamang sagot ay Nestle, Philippines. Thank you, Prof Fendle. With some 500 chocolatiers in residence, which European city is dubbed the chocolate capital of the world? City. Hindi country, city. Nag-got ay Brussels. Belgian chocolates are known to be the best chocolates in the world. Thank you, Prof Ricky. What do you call the study of the relationship between the environment and the living communities? Carl, ecology. Ito yung relationship na kailangan natin mag-pay attention para puwede pa tayong manirahan sa planeta ito. Paycheck ecology. Prof Neil. Anong pinakabagong province sa Pilipinas? Dating bahagi ng province ng Davao Occidental, Davao del Sur. Ang tamang sagot ay Davao Occidental. Prof Fendle. Which Filipino architect is known as the father of Philippine landscape architecture? His body of works includes the landscaping of the cultural center of the Philippines, San Miguel Corporation, and Rizelle Park. Ang kanyang pangalan ay si National Artist, IP Santos or LTFonso Santos. Prof Ricky. The interaction between charges is determined by a fundamental law that states that like charges repel and opposite charges attack. Eliza. No attraction. Malay. An opposite charges attract either repulsion or attraction implies that force is exerted on either of the charges that are interacting. What is this non-contact type of force called? The correct answer is electrostatic force. Prof Neil. What city in Metro Manila is located in a valley? Essel. Marikina. So, tawag Tanya Green siya bilang shu capital ng Pilipinas. Ang tamang sagot ay Marikina Keicek. Prof Fendle. Ang tanong, which playwright produced the greatest quantity of ancient Greek comedy? Napakahirap sa kanilito. Ang sagot ay Aristophanes. Prof Ricky. What mode of inheritance best explains the gene control over the expression of black and white stripes among sebras? The correct answer is codominance. Prof Neil. Uling tanong, which United States president used benevolent assimilation as a justification in colonizing the Philippines? Hindi talaga benevolent assimilation nagbigaydaan ito sa madugong digma ang Pilipino Amerkano. Ang tamang sagot ay William McKinley. Thank you so much, Prof Neil. And that's it for Keicek Ultimate Pagalingan. And that's it for Keicek Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulations to Essel, our Keicek daily winner with a final score of 180 points. We'll see Essel again tomorrow when he competes with our daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. Thanks to Sandino, Carl, and Eliza for joining to the members of our panel of experts, Professor Wendell, Professor Ricky, and Professor Neil. This is Imi Sue Martinez. And I am Junela Bor. Join us again tomorrow for another Keicek!


I like making experiments and we had to make a boat out of playdough and we had to try make it not sink. We had to curve it to make it in a boat shape. I like writing. I like to write about some of my imagination because I have a really good imagination. It's because I play games a lot and I read books so it makes my imagination kind of get bigger. Probably writing music and listening to music.  I like PE because sport is really my only thing I can do. We did an IMF investigation where we got to make our own game. You have to get lots of money and you make your own rules about it. I made my bookmark and it looked like it was on the computer but it wasn't. I was so proud of myself. When I was going back to class. How I learn. I think learning is when someone steps in front of you and tells you what to do, tells you what to write and stuff. If you're interested in something you really want to do it and you're really focused and you're really happy about what you're doing. Thinking by yourself. You just use your listening ears and using your eyes by practicing again and again. I think using your mouth and your brain is really good because you can give feedback and if you give feedback to another person they can learn things and then they will learn a thing and they'll give feedback to you and you can learn another thing. But it doesn't really matter if you get it wrong or right. It's just about having fun and trying your hardest. If you don't make mistakes this is a bit funny but you actually are like a robot. What makes a good teacher? They can teach you what you need to a lot and the ones that you're really good at not a lot. She's very fun to play with and she always helps me with my reading. My perfect teacher would make everything fair. Children learn the best by listening and having very experienced teachers. I think they should take in some of the students' ideas of what to do and how to do it. I think it would be good if the kids got to teach because they might know something that the teacher doesn't know and they would get a chance to share what they know with the class and the teacher. Making schools better. You should have like a big playground because if you had a small one or the children they would have lots of energy left in them and they would be bouncing off the walls in the classroom. I would turn the office into lots of shine gold. All the classes would be made out of chocolate and the library would be really really really really really careful. Things that help me learn. The thing that helps me learn the most is basically anything that's technology. It also helps me to learn by going, getting out of my chair, being active. You could learn at school, in the playground, at home. If your auntie had like chickens she could teach you about how to feed them, how to get the eggs. Because sometimes my mind is a bit lost and I can't really think, I can't really concentrate. I'm friends. It's kind of like I'm talking through them what you are supposed to do. I like learning maths by myself and trying to figure them out by myself because if I'm working with someone they normally always give me the answers. They never give me time to think. To help me learn is usually books and technology. You can go to Google, find out stuff and there's books about literally everything. Books rule our world.


This one I'm signing up with because it is created by a Bay Area actor and I of course want to support, you know, Bay Area people because I love the Bay Area and it's an actor that I have worked with before. And so, um, yeah, I'm bringing you guys along with me. So Aura Casting is a new casting company. So it's not like a casting website, a traditional one, like LA Casting, SF Casting, Actors Access, it's not like that. It's a casting company, so casting office purely based on line. So all of your auditions will either be live video auditions or they will be self-tape auditions. So I'm signing up for it to see what happens. You don't have to be in the Bay Area for this. So according to their website, this is for jobs mostly in Sacramento, the Bay Area and LA, which I can get to all of those very, very easily. So I'm going to be making a profile today. The only thing they're right now I'm a little not so happy about is that in their Q&As or their FAQs, they say that there's not an actual profile that you can look at and edit. And if you do need to edit something, you get one edit and you have to email them to edit that. But it does say that it's temporary. So for right now, that's what it is. I personally don't like that because I often get new headshots. I will cut my hair. My hair will grow out. I will gain some weight. I will lose some weight. So I like the ability to be able to update my headshots. So as of right now, this company is starting out. Their website is still being developed. Based off of the website right now, it sounds like it's a lot of commercial auditions, which makes sense because in the Bay Area, there's a lot of commercial work. I do have to say, I'm making this account because I have worked with him before. And he messaged me directly saying, Hey, if you want to submit your information, because we're, you know, we're working on a project. So when he emailed me, I was like, another casting website, like, I really don't want to sign up for another one. I've said this before, but I wish there was like one way that you can submit everything to and everybody loved it, but there's too much money in all of these casting websites. So it's not a reality currently. Anyway, so he, you know, he answered my questions. And because he is an actor in the Bay Area and somebody that I have worked with before, I was like, okay, I'm going to try it. And I thought I might as well show it to you guys too in case you have seen this around, you know, the Bay Area heard about it because I did have a few other friends who are from the Bay Area, other actor friends in the Bay Area who are posting about it too. So I'm going to try this out. And whenever I get a casting call or I get booked on something through this, I will definitely update you guys and put it in a vlog or a video. And so let's go make this profile and see what this is, this is about. Let's see if we can get an audition. So for this one, you make your profile, you submit all of your information, and then they contact you when they have something that they want you want to audition for. So you don't actually do any self submissions, you just put up all your information and then they contact you whenever they have something for you. So it is quite different from a lot of different casting websites because again, this is a casting office, not a casting website, like traditional one where you can do self submissions. It's a little bit different than the ones I've done before. It's definitely the first one of its type that I've done, which is why I don't know much about it. Okay, we're at my desk now and I am going to screen records so you guys can actually see this. I don't know much about Taylor, honestly. I know of him through that commercial that we filmed together, but that's pretty much it. I'm going to submit my information. So I just go to auracasting.com and I'm going to go down and then register down here. He has a little video and then some info and he does say that it's a lot better on laptop slash desktop, which again, this indicates to me that their website is still being developed. So it might not be the best if you're on your phone and trying to do this. Okay, drag and drop or upload files below, headshot and resume. Cool. I'm going to add a few headshots here. I don't know if there's a maximum, but I'm just going to put a few in there and then a link to a reel. And if you guys don't have a some kind of reel that you want to use, I suggest filming yourself somehow as if it was a self-tape audition and at least have a little bit of a sample of what you look like and what you are like on camera. Date of birth, please be honest. Oh my gosh. You guys don't lie about your age. Who cares? Primary location, I'm just going to put the bay area, although I'm both in the bay and in LA because it seems like he has a lot more connections in the bay, but I'm, I don't know, in both places. Oh, can I put? Oh, I can put two locations. Okay. So for primary location, you can put multiple things. So I'm going to put both the bay area and LA. For my website, because I don't have a website that I currently have updated and published, I'm going to put my IMDB Pro account because I feel like that's going to get a lot more information to you anyway if you are in casting. Body type, muscular, athletic, very thin, thin, petite average. Okay, I'm currently five, 10, and 170 something pounds, 77, 78. So I'm just going to put average. Ooh, acting, specialty, naturalistic, commercial, classical, Shakespeare, improv, stand up, pantomime, sketch comedy, host, extra, brand ambassador. Oh, again, you can put several things. Modeling, no thank you, singing, no thank you. Can I put? Yeah, no, no, no. Let's put no. None of the above. Don't want to dance. Yes, I'm fluent in Spanish. Oh, and you can add your talent rep. That's another thing that in the video they mentioned in their website, they mentioned, if you do already have a representation, like I do in the San Francisco Bay area, they can contact them directly. So if it is a bigger project and they need to, you know, work with your agent through that, then they can get to them directly. And they have a list of agencies. So if you guys are looking for agents in the San Francisco Bay area, these look like a lot of, oh yeah, these look like a lot of San Francisco Bay area agencies that I know a lot of my friends are also represented by. So stars, JE talent, MDT, which is who I'm with, Nylo, models, inks, scout, look, ray, boom, models and tech. I've never heard of that one, because this is an all at home based casting office. They're asking about the home setup for auditions. Do you have a designated light that showcases your face and body? Do you have quality audio that can capture your voice? And can you perform in a quiet space? Do you have high internet speed? Travel, for out of towners, if you book a job in San Francisco and production does not cover travel costs, are you willing to commute? So essentially, it's like, are you willing to commute on your own dime? And if this is a multiple day thing, you have to think about where you're going to say, because you're going to have to pay for your own, you know, sleeping places. Sometimes you can negotiate it, but usually not. Usually they just will cast somebody that is local, so they don't have to pay that. Talent services. I wonder if they're going to connect you with people or if they're going to have these services as part as a casting office. It's asking, are you looking for representation, need headshots or need help with your demo reel, which that's really cool, because I know a lot of people in the San Francisco Bay area that do a lot of commercials or a lot of theater, they don't have the demo reel or sometimes they don't get that footage back. So this is pretty cool. Spreading the word, we are actively growing our talent registry. Do you give or a permission to use your fabulous headshots and social media marketing? I'm going to say no for now. Did we miss anything we need to know about your skills? I don't know what else to put. Well, my resume already has, you know, some of the stuff I have been in, it has my training, anything else you need to know. I'm assuming this is special skills. Okay. So I did it. That was really, really easy. A lot of very basic questions. If you are going to submit to this, I highly, highly suggest that you make sure that your resume is as complete as possible because right now you're not filling out a lot of information of, you know, a lot of special skills or in general, like a lot of casting websites will have you answer all of these questions. For this one, it was really straightforward. So make sure that your resume is very detailed and since it is an online one, don't be afraid of it being more than one page. Of course, if you can make it just one page and have all of the best things in the first page, then definitely have just one page because they're going to look through a lot of them and probably not even take a look at the second page. Make sure you have your reel ready because, like they said, you only get one correction right now. So you want to have the best thing for your reel. I just went ahead and put my reel, my commercial reel from a couple of years ago because I don't have anything from 2020. I'm going to save my like one chance to make that correction to be my new reel because I do hope to have a 2021 reel very, very soon. But now you saw what it's like. So make sure you have your headshots, your resume, and your reel ready to go when you are submitting to this. So thank you so much for watching. At the end of every video, I feature another channel. This is today's feature.