Years ago, when I was pastoring the city of Bradford here, I remember a circus of horrors came to our city. It was a big top. And in the big top, I think there was vampires, werewolves, people in costumes assimilating, chainsaw, massacre, all kinds of stuff. There was the nature of the appeal of that circus. And I remember being contacted by leaders in the city from other churches, asking me, would I encourage our church to march with their churches against the circus of horrors, get it out of our city? And I said, no, I won't. I said, what I will do is gladly march with all your churches against the circus of horrors in our city that will never leave town. The horrors in people's lives that we are reaching into and helping on a daily basis. Why have you never contacted me about those horrors in people's lives? Of course, I was then, you know, marked in the city as a sympathizer, you know, with sin and a soft on sin and not willing to make a stand. All of that went on. But I was being serious. And I say this because as Halloween comes up this weekend, it reminded me of that story. In fact, what I did was I went down to the circus of horrors show ground and I knocked on the caravan door of the leader of the circus of horrors who opened the door looking like Alice Cooper. He just done the show. I said, you probably heard that they're gonna protest against the church. He said, yes, I said, I'm a pastor from the city. I haven't come to protest. I've come to invite you all to our church on Sunday if you're still in town. I'll keep a reserve seats for you all. I'd love you all to come and have a different experience and a different memory about church. And he said, wow. He said, we won't be here on Sunday. We'll leave town in a couple of days. But he said, I want to say to you, he said, you're the only person from a church will this ever come and being kind to us. And I thought it was worth making the stand I did just for the sake of that, perhaps in his life and the mention of that to all his staff and team. Halloween's here and I thought I'd just mentioned that it triggered a memory for me did that. And I think Halloween makes me think of the monsters that haunt us all, the monsters of trauma and loss, the masks that we hide behind, the ghouls, the regret and shame that bother us in life. I think all of that is what Halloween makes me think of. I've never been big into Halloween and other kids love it. But each year comes around and I think what a good metaphor it is for suffering in our lives. So perhaps give some thought to the circus of horrors in people's lives close by you at Halloween and maybe offer up a prayer for them at this time. Love you guys. Happy Halloween, I guess. Cheers.


What's up everybody, JC here with jaspyscasebrakes.com shows a 1980 contender's optic football It's a five box half case break picket jeans number one on Jaspyscasebrakes.com. So it looks like we just have the one inner so don't know what happened with the first half Also, they do come in 20 box masters. So it's own inner here and Adam got the the bills and half is double-lots FOMO show Ham a little bit of my mall centers during COVID season Matthew Adam sir. So I try to I'm not I mean obviously a PCM, but I'm not trying to collect every single mouse out as far as I can get but just more the Think the more classic significant ones like you know cracks eyes and especially green pollsters this year and TRPA's and All right, so we got five boxes the left five boxes to the right. This is a half case break five boxes One two three four five six and it is a five. So one two three four five six This half will be here for number two, which Pretty sure we're gonna get it done tonight Let's get a roll and this contender's off to this here guys. It's really really nice Super nice. They hit up 99-yard touchdown here with this. I got Kenny Galladay. Oh, it looks like I see a green pulsar already Nice. Oh, yeah, I think be a randomizer Little Daniel Jones and Josh Jacobs round one Numbers and that is number 22 out of 27 All right, so Giants that's gonna go to Shannon Raiders that's gonna go to EA That'll be a randomizer there You got a little Baker Mayfield season ticket red number to one Brown's going to Matthew Mike Weber number to 50 Little rookie ticket sticker orange There you go Joe some Cowboys for you man. And the last one here is a Miko Harman Jr. Very nice Kansas City Chiefs that's going to Matt. All right one box down next box Jimmy G. We got winning ticket to Ralph Davis and Sam Darnold Number to 165 and Darnold number to 199 So Jets going to Adam Kuperman Denver Bronco is going to Matthew. You got Dallas Clark and it's number to 27. It's a green pulsar. Very nice legendary contenders Indianapolis coach going to Sean Little Dallas Clark and Andy Isabella Cardinals going to Aaron. Next box Turn over guys. Next five boxes is in the store and we're already down to about five left You can get the other half going tonight Christian McCaffrey Tyree Kill. You got Jerry Rice Number to 165 for the Niners and Melvin Ingram For the Chargers number to 50. You got Jake Dolgala Rookie ticket Cincinnati Bengals is going to Aaron and we got Jared Stidham to 75 for the Patriots going to Adam There you go man Never know man. Don't give up on this guy yet. Cam Newton should be the starter this year But it doesn't mean this guy can't be something down the line There you go. Christian McCaffrey. You got X's and O's Adamic and Sue and Mike Evans Bucks going to Paul Harris. You got a blue Tyra Williams EA with the Raiders and Ray Quale-Armstone Jacksonville Jaguar is going to Matthew Hedges and we got Josh Jacobs for the Raiders There you go Raiders Adam Well Adam some of the teams you did get are available in the second half man I'm gonna try to hit them for you here man, but just know some of them are available in the second half including also Some other teams as well We got for the Rams Kurt Warner Already two out of 99 winning ticket Rams only a $20 team in the next break Little something Got Kenny. Oh, sorry Kenny Keenan Allen. Sorry number two all one at United You got Stanley Morgan jr. For the bangles and the last hey guys. Good luck. Wow Two Josh Jacobs in the five boxes. How crazy is that?  I'm a good thing. He has the Raiders in the second half As well, but there you go Well, the same customer has the Raiders in the second half. So he secured his hits regardless There you go, Stidham was very nice Dallas Clark Harmon And then the Raiders to have a chance to add Got a round one numbers Daniel Jones and Josh Jacobs number to 22 out of 27 So there you go. Number one at the end of the randomizer gets that duel We're on one numbers between the Giants and the Raiders and again, there's some teams still available in the second half That didn't hit much so give it a shot. You never know Giants and Raiders Let's roll the dice and we got a two and a six for eight times one two three four five six seven eight Goes to the Giants There you go Giants got something right her There you go Shannon. All right, so there you go guys like I said second half in the store Jasper's case breaks.com


Good afternoon this is Melissa with the stockswush.com and I'm here today to go over the racks. Racks actually gapped up last night and the funny thing is I saw that this morning I knew it wasn't a long I knew it was a short. Now I did not rate this as a bullish gap but you could have if you had it would not have rated well. The fact that the market power trended down today and broke and fell hard helped racks go to some insane target which is ridiculous actually it went like $5 but I did not do racks out of the gate as a short even though I knew it was a short and even though it was not a bullish gap I did not do shorted out of the gate because the fact is I'm not shorting gap ups aggressively which is what you would have had to do to do this out of the gate but I knew it was a short. Anyways the fact is that I was in something past my normal time of the day, saw that the market was breaking and decided to do racks so I timed a perfect five minute trade with the market and racks at the same time. I do not normally do late trades however I was already involved in another trade and I saw the market falling so I liked a short and I figured well I may as well look for a short and I really had a lot of conviction that racks was lower and it already was lower but this was a late trade to take I must be honest with you I normally am done by 10 but there are days when the market power trends or you see stocks have the potential to go to bigger targets which you could take a later trade normally I'm done and doing something else today I had you know time and I saw the market and I really really wanted to find something short with the market today and it's just as simple as that. Anyways I did the five minute here with racks, rallied up held, held the resistance, shorted it, had a tight stop over 29 and it dropped. I mean this thing just went to some unbelievable number today and I was prepared to scalp it as it turns out this late entry here where it held was timed so well with the market that it fell right down into itself and I got out and that was it. I mean it was a quick train considering the fact that it happened so late in the day and I'll just show you here timing of it with the market so the market rallying and the market held the resistance now I didn't short this but I'm saying you could have shorted this so you could have shorted the five and in the market at the same time as racks so I timed it with the market short and I'm not saying that every trade you do after 10 you should time with the market but a lot of them you should and if you don't know how to read with the markets doing then it's hard to do that but you could do trades on their own late if they swush or the gaps are so amazing like what I would call no chance of failure you could take it late. Racks was not any type of gap to really go aggressively after the fact is I just had a lot of conviction that this was a short okay but it would have been the wrong thing to do to aggressively take it in one minute chart in the open so I didn't but I did do a late trade in this time well with the market and it worked and but I had to stop tight okay and it fell it still fell so I tried it a little bit after the time I normally would today it all worked out really looking for something very very strong tomorrow strong meaning of a good gap still something weak because I like to do the shorts now the market did fall a lot today a lot of stocks fell at the market today we'll have to see what we get tonight or tomorrow morning but I still think we're gonna get something good because there's a ton of earnings out tonight tomorrow and there will be lots of things to get but this just goes to prove the point if you had rated gas racks as a gap up it would not have rated well to go long and someone asked about it going long today I said no don't go long this is a short but I still you know followed my rules did not do it aggressively out of the game because it was a gap up but when it broke and was already underway intraday with the market it was fine to do as a late trade so this is Melissa with the stockswush.com reviewing racks if you're interested in the Golden Gap course it's this weekend August 15th and 16th email me at the stockswush and Melissa at the stockswush.com if you would like to sign up for register have a great night everyone we'll see we get tomorrow


What's up everybody, Jason here for jazzyzcasebricks.com. We just sold out brand new release, 2023 Bowman Sterling Baseball. This is a 12 box case break PYT number one. And again guys, features, 12 boxes, five autographs per box guys. So over 60 autographs coming out of here and 25 base ore parallels as well in every box. And yeah, lots of hits guys. Now remember there is a 50 card prospect and 50 card rookie card chrome set. So of course, this checklist isn't really too big so you're gonna see a lot of repeats. But at the same time, wanna chase the color variations and obviously rack up on a lot of these prospects and rookie autographs guys. Now there's a couple of autographs in here. I remember peeping like Mike Trout, you know, J-Rod, Lubaub. Now there is some vet autographs in here but just not too much. More of a prospect and rookie product. And always really a fun one guys. I've always enjoyed ripping this stuff. Yes, I think for the valley to get five autographs is pretty solid. Really? Yeah man, Mike Dubs. Evan said they sold like almost like six, seven boxes of this sort of thing. Sounds like a lot compared to what we usually do. I wanna take you there. You wanna take me there please? Where do you wanna go? Do you wanna road trip?  I don't like driving either. I wanna, I really take a flight. I mean like a trip then, not a road trip. Wanna come party with me and the Dominican Republic or what? I think you might actually be gonna post a recon. Oh nice. No, I'm gonna go to the Dominican Republic in January though. Oh you went to Puerto Rico, right? Yeah I went to Puerto Rico.   As long as I, you know, not know what I'll die young, but I mean I'd rather just go on like actual vacation and do nothing. That's usually what I try to do with my vacation weeks. All right so we're gonna just rip them open, go through each one. How many dual or triples have you been seeing for a case? We have our first case and two doubles, two duals. Two duals. The second case like two triples. There you go. But we're half way through this case and we haven't seen it. Oh is it not, it's not full case anymore? Oh nice, yeah it's probably something quicker. Wait quicker? I'm surprised, yeah. I'm really surprised that we didn't go faster over there.  Yeah, but dude it's certainly nice. I know it is, it's always been nice. I just feel like people still don't wanna like learn the prospecting that's like they don't. But it's also like they just don't sell as much as first. Yeah of course, yeah that's a little bit. Just get the low numbered stuff. So that I mean, if you were to rip a case by yourself like that's a good thought. Yeah for sure, you either got a lot of money back. Have you hit a bad autograph yet? Not yet. I hit it two canaries, two out of three. One was redone, tripled off a little bit. Yeah a lot of the figure teams just stalled like a 12. And then the first one got down to six they just didn't wanna move no more. It's a little pricey though. I thought I was trying like there's like there's probably like 10 teams that are like well over a hundred, two hundred dollars. Yeah, it's like a lot of autographs. I think it's 16. I know we're gonna see the same names over and over again. There's literally only like 50 Prospect base and like autos and then 50 rookie autographs. No not even like 18 rookie autographs. There's 30 and something like that. Oh really? Oh autograph points, yeah. They only have a 50 card rookie set I should say. So it's like the cheap teams that are off too. Yeah. That's how it's held people. Cheap teams are good value. Also so many autos, like it's not like it tops up everybody.  Like if you hit like an Adley or a Corbin like the case is mostly like there's not any big autos left.  Yeah I'm gonna rip open a couple boxes just cause it is a little time consuming with the many boxes. But like I said, we'll have some fun with this. So I'll probably rip open four boxes at a time. It's a nice little case right there. Are some of the triples live? Yeah, right. Some of the triples autographs are live, right? Yeah. No, it's actually all of them. Five of them are live. The Washington Nationals are live. The Red Sox one I hit was live. The Corbin. I wonder if the big one is live. The Jackson Holiday, the LE one or whichever. It's like a triple one that's really massive. There's one of the Jackson Trios. Yeah, that one, yeah. And the Jackson Holiday. I mean let's say pick your team three as number two again. So I already talked to you about this.  Yeah. It's the only way you're gonna do better. One more compact, at least.  Cause like he literally probably would not want to be in the NBA right now. If he wasn't making great money. But yeah, he's like the best player in the NBA. Yeah. It's like bro, all he probably thinks about is just going back home to his ranch.  All right guys, let's go with the first four here. Good luck. You got a Kamala Rocker numbered to 199 with a Chase DeLauder to 99. Nice little speckled. Yeah, it's just posted it. Okay, so I don't need to refresh. If I just click on a break, it'll appear, right? Okay. All right, we got Guardians. Go for it, yeah. Patrick with the Guardians. Might start right there. Might have to talk to Yoshida. How about a Brady House to 75? For the Washington Nationals. Ryan with that one. Nice prospect there. Got a Coloss, O'Naylor, Rushman, Rookie, Riley Greene. Wow. How about another Brady House this time of black to 10? Man, that looks beautiful. Blacks are sweet. Nice. Another Brady House, another one for Ryan and the Nationals. That's the same box too. Double them up. We got a Henry Bolt for the A's going to Greg. Here's a Heliguller cruise. Got a Gold Alex Ramirez and a Deion George to 50 Gold for the Colorado Rockies going to Mark. And mainly more prospects, guys, but there is rookie autographs in here. We're mainly going to look for prospects and this is a solid little box here to start off. The Brady House out of 10 and then out of 75 chased to Lauderd. All of those guys were top picks. All right, next box. Gabriel Moreno. Got a Samuel Munoz to 75. Oh, to 125, sorry. Dodgers going to Ryan. Gansby. Gunner Henderson to 199. Then we got a Jose de Paula, another one for the Dodgers. Oh, wow, I see another one coming up. Look at this. You got a Brett Baby Black to 10. And that is actually that opulence insert right there. Look how beautiful that looks for the Mets. Look at that. Kaishan, look at that. Gold Mets number one.  Beautiful. It's a black to 10. All right, you guys, this stuff's nice. It's always nice. Jacob Barry to 100. It's a nice design right there as well for the Miami Marlins going to Stephen Kendrick and then Drew Gilbert to 150. Houston Astros going to Aaron. Adley to 199. And then we got a Kevin Berrata for the Mets. Another one, Kaishan. Two boxes down, guys. Beautiful first two boxes, guys. I'm telling you guys, this stuff is beautiful in person, guys. The color is really, really nice. We got a Spencer Jones to 199. And look at that, out of 15, Christopher Morel. Five out of 15, that's like a pink. Rose pink. Eric with the Cubs. Man, look at this. I've been waiting all day for this, guys. Zack Neto to 150. How about more for the Mets? Look at that. To 199, Alex Ramirez. Oh, more Mets out of 75. Brett Beatty. And Jet Williams. What is this, what is going on here? We got a Mets box here. Man. More for the Mets. Kevin Berrata to 100. Jesus. Okay, this is definitely a Mets box. No freaking way. Every single autograph has been Mets. Jet Williams. Wow. One, two, three, four, five. Minus the Christopher Morel. You got a bonus auto, actually. Jesus. And don't worry, guys. That was just only our third box. We still have so much more to go.  No, we're just beginning, guys. Literally. All right, here we go. Woo, how about that Julio Tech out of 50? Mariners, eye with that one. Nice prospect here for the Minnesota Twins. Yes, your Mercedes. That's going to Michael L, who got the Twins from that pack filler. Drew Waters and a Mason hour for the Tava Bay Rays. Going to DY. Lizardo Montes for the Mariners. Got a Riley Greene of 75 for Detroit. And then we got a Gabriel Martinez for the Toronto Blue Jays, went to Michael Cohen. Chase DeLauder for the Guardians. Patrick with that one. And Vinnie Pao, Drew Waters right there. We're one-third of the case done, guys. And look how many beautiful hits we got here. That Riley Greene was sweet for a numbered card. Julio, that Pirata, the Bady, the Morado 15, the Bady to 10, and some beautiful, beautiful stuff coming out of here, guys. And we still have eight more boxes to go. That was just four. Don't sleep on Sterling, guys. I think one of the cheaper teams like the Marlins have a hit already as well with Steven Kendrick, I believe. So you don't always have to grab the most expensive teams, but remember, obviously the most expensive teams do probably have either bigger rookies and bigger prospects, but the thing is that if they're featured on Bowman Sterling, guys, they don't feature all the potential like non-bigger prospects, right? At least what they don't believe isn't being a bigger prospect, right? They believe these guys are gonna be pretty good, so even then, you know, just because they're cheaper, it's probably because they only have one or two hits, actually. No rookies know anything like that.   Waiting all day for it, and finally, look at this. You guys get to see it. Hope we have a massive piece. Don't be hit a one-on-one. Now I wanna hit a super-practor. Sixty total autographs, guys, popping out of these breaks. And how cool it is that most of the cards are gonna be on-card. The only ones that are gonna be stickers are gonna be those triple-and-do autographs sometimes. You know, they probably couldn't send the card. It's in multiple places, so. Ooh, I think we have a red. We got a red, baby. Seven pure games for the next bar. 10,000 points. Five, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, eight. Pure sight for the morning. What's up, Angel? Hey, man, there's still a lot of time. Love, man, and Rangers are a solid team in this, man. Look, like I said, we only did four boxes so far, so. Still got plenty of boxes to go. We still have 40 autographs to go, as well, so. Got some stuff, man. Depending on the hit, a red is either out of five, or a red could be a one-on-one, so. We'll see which one it is. All right, we got Drew Gilbert for the Astros. Houston Astros is Aaron. And we got a Gavin Cross to 100 with a Edison Paulino base for the socks. Going to I, Brady House to 199 with a Gabriel Martinez to 125. Blue Jays with that one. Houses Ryan with the Nationals. We got a gold to 50 Marcello Mayer and he's Simone Juan for the Mets. And Mets having a monster out of Boxster that was all Mets autographs. Yeah, a lot of Mets. That's frickin' crazy. Nice Samuel Munoz to 100 for the Dodgers. You guys have a super radio with her? No, I'm not a super. Yeah? No, I just have a red coming up, but it said, depending on the product, it's either a one-on-one or a two-on-one. Oh, I think it's a one-on-one. Well, this product is a one-on-one, but there is also a super fractor. But I know a red's coming up. Xavier Isaac, we got Tucker Tullman. I know. I don't. Oh, yeah, we're gonna have a one-on-one. Redemption. Oh, yeah, we're gonna have a one-on-one. Blue Jays, Michael Cohen. Bayley to $4.99. Then Gabriel Gonzalez for Seattle. Mariners, going to I. Might not be an all-out. Theresa Bates. Hmm, maybe an autograph, actually. It's out of five. One of five. No, it's Brooks Lee. That's looks really nice, though. Minnesota Twins. Michael Al got that from the pack-fielder and then Rainne Dungcon. Beautiful red, though. Here you go, Brooks Lee. You like pizza? Oh, have you tried pizza? For some reason, that's one of the few pizza chains that I don't like the way it tastes. I got away to any of the pizza places, I'm fine with it, though. You're down at Los Santos for the Pittsburgh Pirates, going to Robert Runkle. We got a Ricardo Cabrera for the reds. We're going to Christopher. There you go. Next one here, we've got a redemption coming up, guys. Which most likely could end up being, whoa, how about a Michael Harris? Pops with the braves, very nice. There's a rookie autograph. Nice, nice. Usually the redemption means that it could be a multi-sign. Francisco Alvarez, and then we got the redemption right there. Let's see. No, just a prospect autograph, actually. Xavier Isaac for the Rays. Rays is D-Y. See you later. See you next Tuesday. Tuesday already, yeah, Tuesday. All right, we got Michael Harris and Jose de Bala to 150. Dodgers. We got a Tech, Ellie de la Cruz. Nice one at 99 for the reds. Ramirez. Jason Dominguez to 150 for the Yankees, Matt Smith, and then a Jackson Mero for the Padres. It's going to Michael, all bigger prospect there as well. All right, here we go, guys. Next box here. Wolpe, Mejia to 199, and then we got him a Mejia autograph. Cardinals going to Pops. That was your free spot win for the team. Sammy Munoz. Nice, Elijah Green to 75. Ah, that's out of 75 orange. Elijah Green. Joshua Blyas to 99 for the Cardinals. It's going to Pops. Got a Gavin Cross Blue. And a Michael Royal to 100. Gavin Cross Blue is like a really cool color match for the Royals. And another Michael Royal there to end up, box eight. All right, there you go. So another nice four boxes. Got that red, the Michael Harris. Savior Isaac. Don't have the 20 more autos to go, though, guys. More boxes to rev, guys, and then we'll continue on. Dual or triple autograph just yet, and Michael was saying that on a couple of cases that they did today, they did two cases. You know, both of them had either a dual or a triple, so definitely got to see one here. Although this case has been very nice. We've got to figure we've got to get at least one. All right, guys, here we go. Let's end it off on a, wow. No freaking way. Definitely a Met's case, though, guys. Bye, Far. Probably one of the best breaks ever. There you go, buddy, congrats. Seven is a lot over the Padres, though. It's going to Michael L. Cross for the Royals. Royals at Michael L. We have the Oscar Gonzalez. For the Guardians. And then an Anthony Guterres. For the Texas Rangers, going to Angel, which is a prospect there for them. All right, let's continue on, guys. Box one still. We got the Bel Vestitas for the Detroit Tigers to 150. That's Lorenzo with that one. Drew Gilbert to 100. And Edgar Cairo for the Angels. Angels is Matt. Houston there in our box two here. Joshua Baez and Jason Chereal. Nice one there for Cleveland. Guardians Patrick with that one. The Bel Vestitas again for Detroit. I just got to be a good color popping up here soon. Two base autos with no color. It's got to be something nice. The Stewie Ruiz. Willie Fanaz for the Met's. Adley Rochman to 75. Oral's going to Adam. And then Gavin Cross. All right, that's four base autos. It's got to be a good one coming up. Or maybe not actually. Reggie Crawford, name. That was just like the worst base autograph then. Nice one there for the Giants. Allen Redock. More boxes, guys. Deanne George for the Rockies. Abram Gonzalez to 125 for the Mariners. Ben Eye. Liberator. And a Mikey Romero for the Red Sox. Ben Eye. For the Blue Jays going to Michael Cohen. Gibra Moreno there for the Diamondbacks. Going to Pops. And then Eric Brown for the Milwaukee Brewers going to Nick. There's Josh Young. Willem Borgolla for the Phillies. Going to Stevens. Going to kind of like almost draws out like a hand, like a fist. Daniel Montecino for the Padres. Samuel Munoz for the Dodgers. Cole Young. Wasn't like we were going to get a dual or triple autogra.  So we did get a lot of really nice stuff though. And then Joshua Bias for the Carnals going to Pops. Alrighty guys, well, I'll do a quick recap again. There was some massive stuff though, but no dual or triple autograph here. So definitely going to want to get some on the next one. But a lot of low numbered stuff. And a lot of really nice stuff to photograph. All right, so quick little recap here guys. Obviously Gonzalez, Mike Romero, Beltrate, Brown Borgolla, Munoz, Young, Bias, Bastidas, Kirol, Jackson, Jason Charrillo. We've got a Retschman nice color there. Pteris printing plate, 101 red baby. We've got Elijah Green Orange. We've got an Ellie numbered, Michael Harris. We've got a Red Brooks Lee. We did get a David Isaac redemption. I gave him Martinez. Obviously Brady House to 10. Brad Bated to 10. Chris Morrell to 15. Brad Bated to 75. Julio to 50. Riley Green. It's a really nice case though. Jack Williams. Brady House to chase to a lot. So there you go guys. So again, obviously next case is a half way there guys. If you guys want to obviously trim down some teams. Let me ask you a question. Run it back. Appreciate you guys. Jaspyscasebricks.com. Yes, sir. I might have missed something.


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Welcome to NTIA Nightly. I am General Norvel. This edition stops stories. St. Lucian's are assured that the prolonged use of masks is not hazardous to their health. Young entrepreneurs to benefit from critical support from export inclusion. And Reading Month closes a successful chapter. St. Lucian on Monday, June 15, 2020, moved into a new phase as the economy and country reopens. The curfew is now imposed from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. daily. Also, some social activities including parties, picnics and receptions are allowed with the established physical distancing and public health protocols. The relaxed position comes as the island continues to record negative test results. On the weekend, 44 negative test results were received, taking the number of COVID-19 tests conducted to date to 1,356. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmar George however cautions that the risk of new positive cases remain as the country opens. The Ministry of Health and Wellness alerts the public that as we open up the sectors the risk of transmission increases. We can reduce this by ensuring the public health and social measures are maintained. We also anticipate new cases however if we all comply by the guidelines and maintain them the possibility for transmission is minimized. One of the recommendations included the use of a face mask or scarf when going to public places such as the supermarkets. The face mask or scarf may be used for source control by reducing potential exposure risk from infected persons during the pre-symptomatic period. The mask is needed for use when someone is less than 6 feet from others as in the supermarket and other stores and in such situations. The CMO says the prolonged use of masks does not cause carbon dioxide intoxication nor oxygen deficiency. Face masks should not be used in the following situations that is driving a car especially if you're alone or with immediate family, riding a bicycle or motorcycle, walking on the street when alone with no one near, during exercise or gym or running, with family members or group of friends when seated at a restaurant. Also, students who are seated 6 feet apart can remove the mask during class time. Wearing a face mask is complementary. It does not replace the recommended preventative measures. So as usual we ask that everyone continues to sanitize their hands by either using hand washing or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmar George The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the corporate world to re-engineer how it conducts business. Eco-Carib's Chief Executive Officer, Dinelle Floreos, who appeared on NTN's COVID-19 roadmap to recovery, youth economic empowerment, indicated that while his company had anticipated and prepared for an economic crash, the lack of financing remains a major hurdle in the survival of a business. We actually raised funding, funding round. So raising funding in the region is really, really hard, very extremely difficult, and you can go through incubators, you can go through accelerators. We've done all of this. Incubators and accelerators usually give you grants, which are assigned to a certain task for development in your business. Now, you'll still need a lot more cash to really get to the top of where you need to be to really get your product or service out there. It depends on the business that you have. I mean, I happen to choose one of the most difficult businesses in the world, which is energy. Floreos explained that a partnership with a strategic investor provided not only cash, but resources and expert and technical support. Export St. Lucia's Chief Executive Officer, Sunita Danielle, recognizing that access to financing for up-and-coming businesses can be challenging, informed that the agency has been exploring initiatives in that regard. That's one of the things that we have been really advocating for, is for a grant funding facility to be placed within Export St. Lucia for exactly that purpose. In the meantime, what we are doing is to really build those relationships with the St. Lucia Development Bank and with other commercial banks. Because one of the things we've realized is that for youth entrepreneurs, their biggest issue really is financing. It really is an issue in terms of getting any initial. Like Danielle said, a lot of them have to use their savings and that can only take them as far as possible. But then afterwards, they really need that initial injection. And what has been happening is that a lot of young entrepreneurs really use direct equity funding, which is not really the best for young entrepreneurs. Export St. Lucia's CEO also highlighted efforts to ensure that not only do entrepreneurs have access to financing, but that they are able to honor their loans. The St. Lucia Development Bank, Export St. Lucia recently signed an MOU with them, where we'd be sending young persons to get that kind of concessionary funding from St. Lucia Development Bank. But one of the conversations we've been having with them and with our commercial partners is to change the way in which young persons pay back their loans. For example, it should not be a schedule fixed repayment. These businesses really can't operate like that. What it should really be is something based on the revenues that they make on the cycle of how their revenues come in. For example, we have a lot of small... Export St. Lucia has a large clientele of small enterprises based on agriculture. And there is only the harvesting period has to come in. The planting period, then they harvest. During that time, it's not fixed on a monthly, every 28th day of the month. That's not happening. They're not getting revenues at that time, particularly when they're just beginning the businesses. And so that's a discussion we're having, that you kind of amend the terms of repayment for those young startups. That was Export St. Lucia's Chief Executive Officer, Sunita Danielle. Meantime, the social and economic repercussions of youth unemployment in St. Lucia continues to be a major concern. To end in a battle against unemployment, the Sa'afal-Lewis Community College will be adopting a new program centered around entrepreneurship, as well as facilitating access to universities to encourage entrepreneurialism among young people. Principal of the Sa'afal-Lewis Community College, Dr Keith Nurse, appearing on the COVID-19 Road to Recovery panel series, explained that youth economic empowerment is key in creating a prosperous and sustainable economy. This happens both in training institutions like the Sa'afal-Lewis Community College. We can do more of that. If you look at our new programming, it is trending more towards an entrepreneurial approach to training and human resource development. And so that's why we have more things like incubators, accelerators, internships embedded in the new programming. So you can change that, but you then need to have a framework where once people graduate from the tertiary institution, so where do they go? Dr. Nurse added that a wider entrepreneurial culture is needed in order to increase opportunities available to the youth. What we need to do is create a framework by which people can find financing. But it's not just financing. You need business coaching to work in tandem with this funding and financing framework. And as well, you need to create a framework by which trade facilitation and market access is improved by giving these firms a leg up in new markets, both abroad as well as at home. So we cannot deny that even though all markets are small, we do need to ensure that we can increase our local value-added contribution. During St. Lucia's May Reading Month, educators saw an increase in reading amongst early-grade students. Teachers and students across the island were engaged in the creation of over 300 reading activity videos and photos, including storytime reading, reading comprehension competitions, reading dance videos and expositions throughout the month. Curriculum Officer for English Language at Camdou speaks on the success. Reading Month 2020 was celebrated under the theme readers as independent learners and critical thinkers. Let's play Magina without running around in the sun. I would say it impacted positively. I think this was a wonderful opportunity for Reading Month, for reading and its associated activities to really be where we wanted to be, which is at the go. The importance of reading is completely undeniable. It helps to expand your mind, keeping it healthy and sharp. Reading allows for creative thinking and exposes you to new vocabulary, new people, new things, new places, new ideas. The more you read, the more knowledgeable you become. Now boys and girls, what are your thoughts about reading? This is my favorite storybook. I love to read.  Help develop language skills.  What is magical? It makes me grow, grow and grow. Reading is the key to successful life. Reading helps me to learn. Reading helps me to understand, speak and write better. I think it was very successful. We have lost count of the number of videos that we've seen of young children reading. And really, I think, I don't know if teachers will agree, but really reading with a comfort level and a confidence that we don't normally see in the classroom setting. The Ministry of Health and Wellness ensures preparedness for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. More in this report from Fernand Neptune. As part of this year's hurricane preparedness efforts, Heads of Departments and Representatives in the Ministry of Health convened a meeting aimed at discussing the emergency response plans for the hurricane season. The hurricane season commenced on June 1 and will continue until November 40, 2020. Health disaster coordinator Dr. Glensford Joseph spoke on the objective of the meeting. Participants had the opportunity to review, revise and update their disaster plans with a multi-hazard approach while being reminded of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important that the Department of Health and Wellness be prepared at all times and at all levels for the management of emergencies and disasters. Dr. Joseph also alluded to inclusions to always being a state of readiness and ensured they have a family emergency plan and an emergency kit. The Ministry encourages persons to evaluate their family preparedness plan to ensure that persons who have certain medical conditions with need for long-term treatment to ensure that they have at least one month supply of their medication. It is important for family members to store their medication and medical records in waterproof containers. In addition, it is important while you prepare your emergency response bag to have in it a force aid kit, also to have hand sanitizers, face covers and mask as it relates to this COVID-19 pandemic. The hurricane season is anticipated to be busy with approximately 13 to 19 million storms with 6 to 9 likely becoming hurricanes and 3 to 6 becoming major hurricanes. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, I am Fiddle Neptune. This is NTIA Nightly, up next to Primers-Hudgingson with the NTIA Nouvelle Aquil. COVID-19 is a new pandemic disease as declared by the World Health Organization. It is transmitted directly by respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes or indirectly through rubbing the face with contaminated hands. There is still no specific treatment of vaccine against COVID-19 and as such, the farming community should adhere to some special recommendations. Ensure that farm clothing and gear is clean. Wash hands thoroughly before harvesting crops. Use face masks and head ties whilst harvesting, cleaning and packaging crops. Use all safety precautions when transporting crops to the markets and depots such as handling crates and crops with only clean hands and covering sneezes and coughs with a tissue or the inner arm to ensure body fluids or droplets don't get on produce and washing hands or using hand sanitizer after using the tissue. More than ever before, your important role as gatekeepers of St. Lucia's nutritional, health and food security should be taken seriously. When you exercise these precautions, you not only safeguard your health but also continue to allow all St. Lucia's access to freshly grown fruits, vegetables and other local crops. Remember, it is our responsibility to ensure our nation eats fresh St. Lucia's best. Welcome back. We join Prime Minister Hutchinson for the NTIA Novel, a quay all. Mr. Otin Genel, Mr. Mdm, Dept. of Investability, I would like to inform you that the NTIA Government, G.I.S. and the National Television of India will present a new quay all. Prime Minister Hutchinson, Minister of Health, I would like to consider this to reinforce the legislation that has been passed to the public of the country For this reason, the J.A.C. and the Prisya Secretary of the Association and the Greek government are preparing to finalize the document. The NTIA's discussion will be given to the chief officer of the government to explain the necessary plan to reinforce the legislation that has already been passed for years. If the Ragnanon is to be implemented, the same public should take part in this operation who are in danger to save the world. It serves as an example of how the world can spread the word to the residents. We have to make sure that the action is to protect the public and also the people who are involved in these activities. It serves as an example of how the world can spread the word to the residents. Everything will be lost and lost, and the world will be inspired. We have to make sure that we have enough protection equipment to make it easier for the people. So that's what Ahmad Maga did. When we say that we can't do anything about it, we say that we can't do anything about it. And we have to continue doing this. And we all have to try our best to serve the people a lot. If that's not the case, we don't have a problem. We have to find a place where people can go to the audience. We have to start working, because we have to do everything we can. Because we have to do everything we can to make people more comfortable. We have to do everything we can to do a lot. That's what we do. The cultivators and farmers in the country, I talked about the big initiatives that the Prime Minister made here. We are going to go to Chastney Point to help people who are more liberal in their response to the corona situation. On the other hand, the pleasure of Chastney, the work of the people. Prime Minister Chastney, I started a project called Bois de Beaumanger, to make all these salaried salaried salaried salaried salaried salaried salaried salaried salaried salaried salaried. Prime Minister Chastney, I talked about the big initiatives that Bois de Beaumanger made for all the farmers and the government. The farmers who participated in the program said they are happy with the global economy. I think they are happy because it's a very good initiative. It's very available for the marketing board and also for the people living in the country. I think it's a good initiative. I think they can continue to do this. They can do it all over again because they make products every day. And I think that with the market, we can make more products. The program for this is something that they can continue to do because if the market is a bit more consolidated, I think they will be very happy with this. And even if it is not public, if it is not the hotel, we can do everything. You just have to export it to the region. If the market doesn't do that because there is a good market in the region. Who can explain who is the leader? That's the farmers, the payers. They try to do as much as they can, as much as they can. So, the more opportunities you find, the more you need to save the economy. That's the goal. I don't want to sell my city, I don't want to sell my local market. But if I don't sell my city, I can't sell it anymore. So I'm going to start selling it. My name is Danouya, I'm from the Bois de Beaumanger. I live in Té, Figuebête, Banane, Zé, Pouesson and Polo. I'm from the cabinet of the Ministers. I've decided to place a protocol to address the situation that was done yesterday. That means the operation that was done yesterday, I've found a way to make it easier for me to organize my social activities. Under the rules of the election to address the corona virus, I've started the 15th of May. I've been editing to start the 9th of May for the next 8 days, for the next 2 days. And then, we have the F-SALA selection. And it's also possible for our parents, our own public, to assist in social activities. So we say, we celebrate, we have a wedding, we have a reception, we celebrate, we eat, but all of these are protocols that I have established to stay six months away. So there are a lot of different ways to support the public. But in terms of social activities, we are happy to have a supportive world. We have a lot of activities, we have a lot of coffee, we have a lot of kaiweste, we have a lot of kinoalysis, we have a lot of drinking, alcohol, we have a lot of drinking, we have a lot of drinking. So F-SALA has made a commitment to the government to settle down, to review and assess the situation in order to see whether the situation is better or worse. So, that's it. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you very much for watching. Thank you very much for your invitation. I would like to continue my life with a lot of new things. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Channel. Merci Apil Primus. And that brings us to the end of NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. You can also catch up with us anytime on the St Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I am General Norville.


Welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am Goldpony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2024 Toyota Camry Hybrid courtesy of younger Toyota in Hagerstown, Maryland for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So we are in this one today because of course the Camry is known for legendary reliability. There is no exception with the hybrid. It's still insanely reliable. You do get two years or 25,000 miles of complimentary maintenance as well with all new Toyotas for that matter. And the Camry Hybrid is capable of 50 plus MPGs, which is nuts. So ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering field, 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 pricing. And so as you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2024 Camry Hybrid. First one being the LE starting at 28,855 SE for $30,390, SE Nightshade for $31,390, XLE for $33,745, and lastly the XSE, which is the one we're in today, going for $34,295. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant is going to be the same on the Camry Hybrid. Powering the beast is a 2.5 liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder with an electric motor, putting out a combined 208 horsepower, 163 pound-feet of torque. That power being set to the front wheels through an ECVT, zero to 60 ton, coming in at approximately 7.4 seconds. MPG numbers are going to differ a little bit depending upon the trim level that you go with. So 51 in the city, 53 in the highway for the LE, but all other trim levels are going to give you 44 in the city, 47 on the highway, taking regular unledded fuel. And so before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in the Camry Hybrid, wouldn't I mention you guys the drive modes, of course, are some buttons located directly behind the shifter. Drive modes will include Eco, Normal, Sport, and EV, adjusting things like the shift points, throttle response, and the steering sensitivity. So now I've got all of that out of the way. What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the acceleration here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2024 Toyota Camry Hybrid here up to speed. All right you guys, so before we do this acceleration test I did want to first mention there are paddle shifters as well and there is a full manual shift mode if you slide the shifter all the way to the back and to the left. So we are going to test out these paddle shifters while we actually do the acceleration to kind of see how quickly the paddle shifters are going to react for us. So having said that, I do have it in sport driving mode here in three, two, one, go. Oh it's a CVT, duh. All right so it doesn't really feel like you're shifting through anything unfortunately because you know, it's paddle shifters and this is a CVT. Anyways, it definitely feels like a CVT. As far as acceleration goes, there was a nice little initial bump of power thanks to the electric motor on the Camry Hybrid but other than that it's not the quickest thing in the world. It'll certainly get the job done though. You're not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway. So I do like that initial punch with the Camry Hybrid without its out but to go along with that acceleration as always breaking is equally important so up front you will find 12 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 11 inch solid rear disc. As far as that 60 is your stopping distance goes that comes in at 128 feet which is pretty average for the segment but as far as breaking feel goes since there is nobody behind us right now it's actually a very firm breaking feel. I like it. We came to a pretty harsh top there. I really like that. So didn't know what to expect with the Camry Hybrid cause sometimes with hybrids you get these weird spongy breaking feels but with the Camry it actually feels pretty nice. So definitely brings you to an instant stop then touching on suspension and handling. Up front you're going to get independent McPherson strut front suspension in the back independent multi-link rear suspension front and rear stabilizer bars but with the SE trim levels you're also going to get sport tuned shock absorbers and springs as well which is pretty cool. So overall sports ride quality goes it's been perfectly fine on my short little test drive here today. I haven't had any issues. It's pretty much what you would expect the Camry to ride like. It's absorbing the road imperfections pretty nicely so I actually like it. As far as steering feel goes I'm in eco driving man. Let me put it back in sport first, it is a noticeable difference. There's a much heavier steering feel in that sport driving mode. So I guess you could say the Camry Hybrid is something for everybody because in terms of steering feel goes. So it's a much heavier feel in the sport much loosey-goosey steering feel in the eco driving mode. As far as cabin always goes I got my jacket rattling against the door right here for some reason but other than that it's not doing too bad. You get a little bit of engine noise when you really get on it but other than that it's a pretty serene cabin for what the Camry is and there is an acoustic laminated front windshield by the way that comes standard for all trim levels across the board. So that's definitely gonna assist with the lack of cabin noise as well. So I do like that. As far as visibility goes looking at my rear view mirror I can see perfectly fine out the back. I've never had any issues with rear visibility in the camera. So that's 100% on point but in addition to that there is actually a head up display available as an option for only the XLE Hybrid. So that's gonna project your speed, speed limit and safety features up onto your windshield. Of course we don't have it with us here today but it is available if you really wanted it. So that's pretty cool. But anyways that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Toyota Camry Hybrid. All right, so here she is you guys. The new 2024 Toyota Camry Hybrid finished in midnight black metallic. In case you were curious of the exact exterior color name that we had on this one here today. As always let's go ahead and start with where the Camry Hybrid is made. Taking a look at the VIN. First character is the number four indicating that the Camry Hybrid is built and assembled here in the US. But let's now go ahead and start up front.  So lots of different options there. That's pretty cool. Of course you got the blue highlighting on the Toyota logo signifying that this is the hybrid version of the Camry to the sides by LED headlights with LED daytime running lights do come standard. Do you get the automatic feature with them? You also get though automatic high beams. So if you have your high beams on at night in the sense of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams and when that vehicle is gone it's gonna automatically bounce it back up the high beams for you there. So very convenient feature there. You are gonna find a more aggressive front grill if you were to go with the SE trims or the XSE that we have today as well. Comparatively speaking to the L-E trim level. So a little more sportier looks I guess you could say for our XSE and also clear or dark headlight housings depended upon those two as well. But anyways that pretty much rounds out the front end of the Camry hybrid. 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 chrome windows surrounds do come standard. You will find body colored power adjustable side mirrors they will be heated on the SE trim level and up and you will get integrated turd signals as well for that SE trim level and up. Then take a look down at the wheel setup you have five different configurations for five different trim levels. So the wheels are all gonna be different that's kind of interesting. So 16 inch steel wheels with covers for the L-E 18 inch black machine finished alloys for the SE trim 19 inch TRD bronze alloys for the SE night shade you gotta love those. 18 inch dark gray machine finished alloys for the XLE and lastly 19 inch gloss black alloys for our XSE trim level that we have with us here today. So that's kind of interesting how they went with the different wheel configuration for every single trim level. But nonetheless that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right so now since we are around to the back of the Camry all the way to the top you will find a body colored shark fin antenna. Just below that you actually will find a rear spoiler for the SE trim level. So our XSE is going to get one. So it's pretty cool. Once again you got the blue highlighting on the Toyota logo since it's a hybrid if you weren't completely sure from that you got the hybrid badging found on the rear trunk there as well. LED tail lights though do come standard for all trim levels across the board. So you gotta love that. They make our way all the way down to the bottom here. You will find a single exhaust outlet for all trims but if you go with the SE trims you're going to get those dual chrome tips like we have today. So having said that this is a hybrid we're still going to give it a shot though. As always here is that exhaust clip. All right so now let's just go around to the back of the Camry hybrid here. When it comes to opening that rear trunk there is a button on the key fob. There is a button on the trunk then itself as well. Once opened up though cargo capacity comes in at 15.1 cubic feet. If that was not enough space there is a 60-40 split meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. But I always love seeing the grocery bag hooks and Camry's because that's more of an SUV feature. You usually don't find it on sedans but they are back there. So that's pretty cool. Got some cargo net attachments back there. There are LED cargo lighting that's an available option for a whopping 25 bucks. So if you wanted some LEDs in the cargo area that's available to you. Then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor you are going to find a spare tire which I always love to see. So then making our way to the rear legroom that comes in at 38 inches even for reference I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. Rear center armrest with cup holders does come standard. You're gonna find some front seat back map pockets as well. Rear ventilation also found that back there. So always big fan of that. And as far as charging ports go none of those. I didn't find any of those unfortunately. I think they should probably add them because I knew the like the Sonata and the Kia K5 have those. But anyways, then make our way up to the front seats. Eight-way power driver seat with power lumbar for all trim levels. Fabric seating for the LE soft-tex upholstery for the SE trims. Full leather seating though for the XLE and XSE trim levels. And then heated front seats for those too as well. The XLE and the XSE. Overall as far as seat comfort goes it was plenty fine. So no issues there. Not like Lexus F Sport good but it's certainly comfortable for me. I didn't have any issues. But then take a look at the steering wheel just tilt and telescoping and it's going to be leather-wrapped for the SE trim level and up. And then heated steering wheel it's going to actually be optional for all trim levels. We do have that option. So I'll look at the heated steering wheel that we have on this one here today. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Toyota Camry lettering on the one side when you flip it over lock, unlock and of course that button to pop the rear trunk. But it is all keyless entry with a bright blue push button start. That's pretty cool. I'm just going to put my foot in the brake and press that engine start button located just to the left of the air vents there. So once started up when it comes to the gauge cluster you're going to have all your eco indicators found all the way to your left speedometers on your right. And there's a fairly large digital screen front and center. You do have steering wheel mount controls on the left side to control what is on there. So plenty of stuff you could check out though including the time of day your drive modes of course outside temperature how many miles you have left to empty there's your radio information safety features pretty much everything you could possibly want up there more or less, but now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality. A power moonroof is going to be optional for all trim levels. We got that option. So absolutely love that. That's pretty cool. Homeland control also going to be optional for all trim levels. We also have that option. That's for up to three different garage doors found in the rear view mirror there. Looks like they did away with the overhead sunglass holder that I remember seeing at least on the non hybrid trim level. So that's kind of interesting. I don't see that up there. But anyways, dual zoom climate control does come standard for all trim levels across the board. Wireless phone charger for the XLE and XSE trim levels. Ambient interior lighting as well. And they do love this kind of carbon fiber look although it's just plastic found just above the passenger side glove box. It's a pretty cool look to it. I like how this kind of chrome door handle this chrome plastic door handle continues on across the door as well. That looks pretty good. Just beside the shifter you do have a couple cup holders of course. Heated seat buttons are right behind that within the center armrest. There's actually decent amount of storage in there. More so than you're used to seeing in cars. And you got a couple USB charging ports in there as well. So that's pretty nice. So overall it'll certainly get the job done here. And the elbow rest during my drive was plenty fine as well. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen here. There's a couple of them. Seven inch colored touch screen display is gonna come standard on all trim levels but the XLE and XSE essentially. Because those two trims are gonna give you what you're looking at which is a nine inch colored touch screen display.  You still get Android Auto, Apple CarPlay. Factory navigation system is gonna be optional for the XLE and XSE trim levels. You can check out your driving statistics up there as well. And since I probably didn't say it yet by the way I managed 47 miles per gallon in my short little test drive here today. So the EPA numbers for this trim level were right on point. But also you can check out your radio information up there as well. And so when it comes to the sound system there is one of them. It is a six speaker sound system coming standard for all trim levels across the board. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio. See what we got playing this morning and let's test out the Clarity this one. And embrace yourself. I gotta be honest, one of the better six speaker sound systems that I typically am used to hearing. There was a decent amount of bass in that. Clarity was actually perfectly fine for six speakers as well. So for me, I don't have any issues with that sound system. Of course there are better ones out there but that's pretty darn good for a six speaker sound system. But last thing I wanna mention to you guys on the infotainment screen at least. So when you do put the Camry Hybrid in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board. Not the highest quality camera out there but it'll certainly get the job done. And that is always, it's going to lead us into safety. And so IIHS top safety pick plus, what did you start by saying that? Cause that's the very highest designation given my IIHS that pretty much says all right there. Front side side curtain airbags do come standard driver and passenger knee airbags as well. You also get rear seat side impact airbags. That's like a seven or $800 option with BMW and Mercedes I know.  That gives you a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, lane departure alert with steering assist, lane tracing assist, road sign assist and dynamic radar cruise control. Then if you were to go with the XLE or XSE trims you're also going to get a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Camry, incredible reliability. That has been known for quite a while and that does include the hybrid vehicles. I remember reading an article not too long ago about a Highlander hybrid that went over a million miles somewhere in Florida near the Everglades. So that is incredible. The fact that hybrids can hold up that long. So gotta love that. Excellent safety as well. Like I said, you can't beat an IIHS top safety pick plus. So that says it all right there. You get brilliant miles per gallon. I managed 47, there is nothing wrong with that whatsoever. As far as room for improvement goes the front end design is kind of meh in my opinion. And the gauges do look a bit outdated as well. So really the question I got for you guys is you guys know next year, the next model year for the Camry is going to be the refresh. Really it's just the front end more or less than some other stuff as well. So do you buy this one now and get incredible miles per gallon still or do you wait for the 2025 Camry refresh and go with that one? Let me know in the comments section below. 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Getting Gaza right is the absolute bare minimum requirement. Gaza is simpler than Iraq. Iraq was simpler than Yemen. Yemen was simpler than Libya. Libya was simpler than Ukraine. Ukraine is simpler than Syria. Gaza is the simplest and most straightforward of all the evil interventions of the US murder machine in recent memory, which is why I've got no patience for anyone who gets it wrong. I'm a lot more forgiving of people who bought into the imperial narrative about Syria and believed that country erupted in violence because Assad just went apeshit and started killing innocent people for no reason, because it takes a lot of work to sort out fact from fiction about what actually happened there. There were really good journalists who got Syria wrong at first in the early years of the conflict, just because there was so much information to comb through and so much aggressive imperial narrative management about it. There was so much less visibility into the facts on the ground in Syria than there is in Gaza, and there were so many complex narrative control ops muddying the waters. Gaza isn't like that. What's happening really could not be more obvious. A nuclear-armed, high-tech military has been raining bombs and inflicting siege warfare upon a densely packed, walled-in civilian population, half of whom are children, with the full backing of the most powerful empire that has ever existed. We've been seeing a constant stream of footage showing children ripped apart by military explosives and starved to skeletons. Israeli soldiers posting videos of themselves, gleefully doing some of the most sadistic and depraved things you can imagine, destroyed hospitals, carpet-bombed neighborhoods, and Israelis blocking aid trucks from feeding starving people. This is not the slightest bit complicated. It's as subtle as a kick in the teeth. There is no excuse for getting this one wrong now. There's not even any excuse for getting it wrong on day one. It's been obvious this entire time. Any politician, pundit, or journalist who's gotten it wrong can be dismissed as completely worthless, even if they're beginning to come around now after they sense the wind blowing against Israel in recent weeks. Gaza is a test of the absolute bare minimum requirements for someone to be worth listening to about anything at all. Because if you got this one wrong, then there's just something wrong with you as a human being.   You have wasted your time on this planet. You've managed to spend your entire life without learning any of the more meaningful lessons that can be learned here. And there are plenty of people getting Gaza right who are buying into all kinds of other imperial propaganda spin about other international affairs and conflicts, which is to be expected. Being able to understand the simplest possible foreign policy issue doesn't mean you'll be able to grasp the more complicated ones. But every one of them stands head and shoulders above everyone who couldn't see the destruction of Gaza for what it is. They might fail other tests, but at least they passed the first one. Everything I'm saying here will be completely obvious to everyone one day. People will look back on what was done to Gaza and struggle to comprehend how the world could have allowed such a thing when it was all happening right out in the open for everybody to see. And if I'm still around, I will struggle to explain it myself because it baffles me here and now in the present moment. Probably always will.


taking my ministry out into the venues. I had no idea that existed. My world, as far as church was concerned, was in the four walls. And I have served several years as a DFW chaplain, ministering to people, giving them hope, feet on the ground, meeting people where they are, helping them to understand the love of Jesus Christ just like John Wesley, making the world your parish. As I tell people all the time, your work is your worship.  And Mary Brooke and I have always said that when it's time to write the book, it's gonna be about value. So we have pretty much an adventure every day. Lots of stories have come out of value. We took two mission trips to Bolivia out of that church and just rich blessing of great friends. And Farmersville was wonderful memories there. It's actually where I did my doctor ministry work. And I had a great team of people and we worked together for several weeks together just studying and learning about our church and about its history and its symbols and its myths and its narratives and its culture and its history and all. And we really got to learn about God's working in the Farmersville church. I'd say probably the friendships I have made along the way, the churches I've served, the people that I've gotten to know and love, but also the number of camps that I have directed and mission trips that we have led. I also have the ability of, unlike some of my peers, you know, say I served as an Army chaplain. So I had a great diversity in the ministries that I was able to take part in. And those are memories that I'll always hold or those things that they taught me as well. As you look at the COVID experience is that the best thing that you can do is constantly reach out. But through that, we started a single long time, we started a devotion time, we started the regular online services. But for the kids, one of the things that we offered was a weekly story time. On Wednesdays, we would actually do fractured fairy tales. We'd go back and do the jacktales and to involve the church, we got kids of the church to actually dress up. If you remember the fractured fairy tales from the Rocky Bullwinkle show that would dress up as the fairy and flutter out as they actually introduced me and introduced the story. And that got a lot of raves, but it also got a lot of attention. But it also made those kids and the parents of those kids feel like they were so actively involved in doing something at the church. If you make people the priority, move beyond the four walls and find out what people's needs are, they will let you know what they need. I don't recall anywhere in reading the Bible when I was in seminary or cemetery, whichever one you wanna call it. When I studied the word that Jesus told people to come to him into a building, he took the ministry out. He met the people where they were and met their needs. They didn't come to meet his. And because he did that, people knew that he cared. And that was where their needs got met. And programs, as we call it, were developed to meet the needs of those people. So if we can find out what the people's needs are by connecting to them, that's where the ministry takes place. That's where mission takes place. We're planted in communities for a reason. In times of uncertainty, there's also times for incredible creativity of things you have to figure out and learn and try. And if it doesn't work, you try again. You keep at it until you figure it out. When you've given a chance and an opportunity to serve in a town and country parish, go there with joy and a sense of adventure. And know that that experience will ground your ministry for the rest of your life. If you go there with the right attitude and the right joy in your heart, you will love those people. They will love you back. It will be, you will have a, because you will be the pastor, not only of the parish, but of the community as well, it will be a crucible that will form you into a complete pastor. Years ago, the bishop came up to the Sherman McKinney district when it still existed. And morale was very, very low. And he pulled us all into a room out at Wesley Village there. And he gave us all a piece of paper and he said, write your name on top and write the church that you want to serve. And as I sat down and looked at that, I realized what he was doing. It was very ingenious, because as I started pondering the church I was serving at that time, it dawned on me, I was serving the perfect church. Every church that you're sent to is the perfect church for you.  There is an author by the name of Calvin Miller. Yes, he's Southern Baptist, but he runs around with the Catholics all the time. But he wrote a book called Letters to a Young Minister. I'd really recommend getting that book and reading that book, because as I look over my years in ministries, he gives hints and ideas to a lot of things that I wish there had been someone there to say, have you looked at it this way? You're on a journey. And when you're on a journey, remember the best part is not the final destination. Remember when you go on a trip, the most exciting part is planning that trip, because you're going to get where you need to go.  You're going to get to the same place, but you'll all get there going in different directions. So go along the way.  He does not waste people. People and opportunities will come into your life as a lesson or as a blessing. Pay attention.