Austin's cultural campus is a cultural destination that includes seven of the city's best museums and galleries, all within walking distance. Experience the legendary story of Texas through ever-changing exhibits, innovative films, and expert guides at the Bullock Texas State History Museum. Conveniently located between UT and the Texas State Capitol, the museum offers a cafe, a store, and an attached parking garage. The Blanton Museum of Art is located on the south edge of the UT campus across the street from the Bullock. Its celebrated collection includes modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings, and an extraordinary collection of prints and drawings. You'll find easy parking in the Brazos Garage. The LBJ Presidential Library just north of the UT football stadium features three floors of interactive exhibits about Lyndon Baines Johnson. Step into a replica of the Oval Office, listen to historic telephone conversations, and discover the amazing legacy of America's 36th president. Parking is always free. At the Texas Memorial Museum you can explore our state's natural history. Based on 75 years of research by UT Austin scientists, these exhibits highlight dinosaurs and fossils, evolution, Texas wildlife, and gems and minerals. It's located just north of the UT football stadium with Easy Garage Parking. The Visual Arts Center is a place where art exhibition and education intersect, drawing together a uniquely diverse community of students, faculty, guests, artists, and creative voices from around the world. The VAC provides pivotal exhibition and research space throughout five unique galleries. Housed in the art building on the corner of 23rd in San Jacinto, the Visual Arts Center is open during the fall and spring semesters. The Harry Ransom Center is a humanities research library in the museum with renowned collections of literature, film, photography, and art. In addition to engaging exhibitions drawn from its collections, visitors can view the world's first photograph in the Gutenberg Bible, one of only five complete copies in North America on permanent display in the lobby. Landmarks provides public art to the UT community and its visitors. The public art program of the University of Texas at Austin, its projects beautify the main campus and engage visitors in the university community with outdoor sculpture, installations, and other projects. Visit the Landmarks website to find information about each piece of art, audio tours, and youth activity guides. Maps, hours, and more information are available at austinsculturalcampus.org. We hope to see you soon!


You're watching the Amherst Weekly Report from Amherst Media on Friday, April 16th, 2021. I'm Claire Healey. And I'm Rebecca Duffy. And these are the stories from this past week. The UMass men's hockey team have taken the title of national champions. They defeated St. Cloud State University in a 5-0 shutout last Saturday. UMass freshman and hockey superfan Eli Slovan attended the championship game and told me all about it. I went with my mom. I drove out with my mom and my dad and my uncle were able to come on Saturday. They weren't able to be there on Thursday.  I was up in the 160s in the first period freaking out. And then once they got that done, like I would have never said it out loud. But like it, we knew they were winning on Saturday, right? So I mean, I would say where I was sitting, it everyone was dialed in, but it was more like trying to not accept, but like realize that UMass is about to win a national championship. And I knew they could do it. Like I knew they were going to do it. I knew they could do it, but never in my wildest dreams was UMass ever going to win a national championship. I'm not a big crier. I don't cry. I was very emotional. I was like, I was sitting there balling for like 15 minutes. That was a pinnacle for me.  The fact that I chose to come here and in my first year they won a national. I went to hockey's championship. Let's not even forget about that. That's like, that was unbelievable. That's huge. That, you know, to me, I've been taking this hat off. Like that's talk about pride in the region. Like that's the coolest thing is running the hockey's tournament and then to win a national championship. I mean, I feel cliche saying it means everything, but it means a lot to me and it will for a long time. And there's no reason they can't do it again. I mean, you get that first one and I mean, it was, yeah, it means a lot to me. So Red Gendron, coach Red, he passed away on Friday and he was an assistant coach at UMass. I don't know like how well known that is. I had coach at Maine. He's a guy that met a lot to me. You know, growing up around here, I played hockey, right? My whole life and I played for AHA when I was really little, which is like the hockey team. And a few people knew what it meant to like connect with the community better than coach Red. And I went to his camp every summer and he'd come, he'd bring guys out to our practices. And he's one of the big reasons I fell in love with UMass at such a young age and Friday was a tough day. And that, you know, it's really, really incredibly sad and shocking that he passed away. But I know he would be, you know, incredibly proud and very happy and, you know, he was an assistant here, but he was the man. And same with Coach Q who ran those camps with him.  And just for UMass to win it, like I talked to some alums, you know, over the weekend and let guys that played hockey. And this means a whole lot to a lot of people. And I know it would mean a lot to Coach Red. You got to follow Coach Carval on Twitter. Sandals at Coach Carval UM. Great guy. But, you know, I knew they could do it. But never in my wildest dreams was it going to happen. As vaccines are rolled out across the state, many people are discussing what the summer may look like and what to expect as more people are vaccinated. We spoke with Alvaro Castro-Riva-Dunera, a PhD candidate in epidemiology at UMass Amherst, and a former professor in infectious diseases about the vaccine rollout. He is also working in the right lab, a team led by UMass Amherst Professor Nicholas Wright that works in infectious disease forecasting efforts. Riva-Dunera explained the impact vaccine efforts have had on the spread of COVID-19 so far. I think there are different levels in which we can analyze this. Since we forecast what we expect to happen, we largely rely on the models that build on this, but all models are using the vaccines in their calculations about how they expect the disease to spread and so forth. And so the main results that you see are on age groups. And so, for instance, older age groups, people in nursing homes who are some of the first people to be vaccinated, you saw things like hospitalizations fall very much. On the other hand, right now we're actually seeing a little bit of an uptick nationally in terms of cases and even hospitalizations, but it's much less severe than previously we think in part because of the way that vaccination has been targeted, at least initially to the most vulnerable groups. We asked him a number of questions around the vaccine rollout and when he thinks that daily life could begin to return to normal. He said, quote, only time will tell. I think even in a practical sense, I was talking to some people today and they were, they're fully vaccinated so they can return to a sort of normal life, but even so they were saying that they're not willing to return to normal meeting people. They still feel this sort of apprehension of getting together in large groups. So I guess time will tell. I really can't say much more than that. When asked about the FDA, a recent decision to pause the rollout of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, he said that he trusts, quote, that these government agencies are currently doing what they know best in order to protect both welfare and how people respond to this. There's a lot of second guessing with what is done or what is not done, whether it was the right decision. And these are more complicated than just the number of people who have a certain event. So in the case of the Johnson Johnson incident, there's an issue that it was especially specifically women of a certain age range. And so you can say that it's more frequent. It's also only the reported cases. So there can be a lot more that's under the table. And ultimately the reason we have these large agencies like the FDA or the CDC is for them to evaluate this evidence for them to be able to objectively see and see whether it makes sense. And I just want to correct one thing, the J&J vaccine hasn't been pulled, it's been paused. And so it's sort of like a cautious pause. Let's see what happens. Let's see what we find out, whether it really is a risk that makes us stop this or not. Moving forward, he advised the public to continue to adhere to CDC guidelines and public safety guidelines as they get vaccinated for public safety and for the comfort and respect of others. I think it's always important to give the general public health message that people still have to be cautious and still have to be respectful. And I think it's a little bit of both. There's an emphasis on caution, because you know, even if you're vaccinated, maybe you can still be contagious. But I think it's also just a matter of respect. So recently I was in a closed rental place and some people were without masks and they were saying, oh, I'm vaccinated. But still other people felt very uncomfortable and felt uneasy in there. So it's a matter of respect of your peers and just being kind to other people who may be more concerned than you are about being infected. So I think we still have to maintain some of these principles of social distancing, of wearing masks and so forth until I think the public agencies which we put our trust in will tell us that no, you know, we have reached the point where it seems safe to relax a lot of these guidelines. UMass released its plans for the fall 2021 semester to be as back to normal as possible, which is a dramatic shift from the last two semesters. In-person classes, full residence halls, student activities and extracurriculars will resume. There will also be campus tours available for incoming students starting April 20 in groups no larger than 15 people. New student orientations and transition programs will take place this summer for new students and students who enrolled at UMass during the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters. Enrollment begins in May. The Amherstown Council announced that April will be recognized as Child Abuse Awareness and Protection Month. Counselors Alyssa Brewer, Lynn Griesmer and Mandy Jo Hanneke sponsored the proclamation on March 22. Member of the Board of Children's Advocacy Center, Marlene Musante, served as the resident sponsor. April has been recognized as Child Abuse Prevention Month nationally since 1983 in efforts to encourage public awareness of child abuse and neglect. The month helps to promote widespread community involvement on local and national levels and to recommit resources to the cause. In Amherst, the Child Abuse Prevention Flag will be raised from April 6 to April 30 in order to further awareness among residents of the town. For resources and more information, you can visit childwelfare.gov. That's all for this week. Thank you for watching the Amherst Weekly Report from Amherst Media. Once again, I'm Rebecca Duffy. And I'm Claire Healy. We'll see you at the same time next week. Have a good night.


War Dogs follows the story of massage therapist David Packow, struggling to support his pregnant girlfriend. Worried about the future, David meets up with his old high school friend, Ephraim de Verralli, who's played by Jonah Hill. He's an arms dealer for the US Army who makes David an offer to become an international arms dealer. The duo exploits a government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on military contracts and find themselves landing a $300 million deal to supply Afghan forces. The film was met with mixed reviews, with many enjoying how the writing and performances, especially from Hill, managed to make serious real-world events more palatable through the tactical use of comedy. War Dogs' true story inspiration seems hard to believe. However, while War Dogs does dramaticize certain elements to make them more suitable for cinematic retelling, the core story is faithful to reality. Guy Lawson's article was later expanded into a book, Arms and the Dudes, which set the foundation for Philip's biopic. Packout was working as a massage therapist before reuniting with his former high school friend, and he also went on to sell sheets he bought from textile companies overseas. Meanwhile, de Verralli was shipped off to Los Angeles midway through high school where he sold guns with his uncle, and learned about arms dealing before partnering with Packout to do it on a bigger level. Ephraim went on to become a millionaire at 18 years old, using his expertise to outbid larger companies for smaller, more disposable deals. How he acquired his insight into the trade and then used it is all fact. And down to the website the Department of Defense used to post weapon contracts for public auction. De Verralli's life was shocking in the War Dogs movie. Thanks to the conviction of the performances by Don't Look Ups Jonah Hill, beyond Packout and De Verralli's lives in War Dogs, the facts surrounding the government's involvement in their lives, such as being under pressure to level the playing field after being scrutinized for giving no bid contracts to big companies, were also accurate. A lot of the subtleties to the characters and stories were well founded. Details like how the pair both got high before a big meeting with the military heads are true and add to the absurdity of it all. Even Anna DeArmas' role as Packout's girlfriend was based on a real person, despite some theorists suggesting she was added into the movie for the sake of creating conflict. Did they really undercut their competition for the Afghan deal by $53 million? Yes, their $298 million bid undercut big name competitors like Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics by about $53 million, which won them the contract. The government never gave an age limit specification for the ammo in the contract. As a result, AEY was able to source cheap ammo that was manufactured in 1966, in the era of the Vietnam War. Like in the movie, The New York Times got one of this, in addition to rival companies who spread rumors that they were drug dealers in over their heads. As they continued to find cheaper places to source ammunition, their commission on the Afghan deal rose to a hefty $85 million. The Afghan deal wasn't the first time AEY Incorporated had operated dishonestly. In order to double his money on a deal, Efrem DeVirali once swapped high-end weapons for poorly made Korean copies. On another occasion, he sent the Iraqi army poorer quality helmets than the helmets they'd paid for. While War Dogs does get the essence of its story and character is correct, some creative liberties were taken to embellish certain things, namely the drama. This is a common practice in on-screen adaptations of true crime stories. One notable difference, DeVirali shooting a gun off after a deal fell through, as seen in the film's trailer and poster, did not occur. This is, of course, a moment that shows DeVirali's obsession with money and power, but he wasn't as reckless in real life. In a similar fashion, none of the actions that take place in War Dogs actually happened either. Pac-Out and DeVirali did find themselves in precarious situations, but it was mostly from behind a computer screen. Phillips makes their job seem far more dangerous than it ever was to heighten the story. When the pair went abroad, it was for gun shows and the like. They never came under fire for transporting arms, and they never even went through Iraq's famous Triangle of Death, either. Another notable moment that didn't really happen was when Pac-Out gets kidnapped by Henry Gerard, played by Maestro's Bradley Cooper. The sequence bookends War Dogs, but it was all fiction. Pac-Out wasn't even a point man in Albania. Cooper's Gerard was also based on a real person, inspired by Swiss Army dealer Henry Tommet. Though Tommet did try to rip them off and was cut from the big deal shortly thereafter as a result, no kidnapping and torturing of any kind occurred. Ephraim and David are also said to be around the same age, which isn't true. At the time they reunited, Ephraim was 19 and David was 23. How did the government not realize they were working with less than reliable potheds? Journalist Guy Larson's 2011 Rolling Stone article on which the movie was based actually focuses much more on the Pentagon's culpability, especially their lack of specifications regarding the ammo and their failure to properly vet the company they were working with. AEY had in fact been placed on the State Department's watch list after importing illegal firearms, but the list was never checked by the Pentagon. They also failed to take into consideration the bids AEY had previously defaulted on, which resulted in a less than seller track record. They got a lot of it in, says Larson of the real events depicted in the movie, but you watch the end and you think it's about these two guys. It's not. It's about the system. The Pentagon had turned a blind eye to what private contractors like AEY were doing to acquire the arms. It was evident the Pentagon knew AEY had been shipping Chinese-made ammunition to Afghanistan, but the government was not charged in the case. Yet, a Pentagon investigation concluded that when the contract fell through, it led to mass shortages in the supply of ammo in Afghanistan in 2008. What did War Dogs, Pac-Out, and Devarale do after the movie's events? And where are they now? The War Dogs portrays Pac-Out and Devarale as best friends, which they were. The pair have cut ties in the years since their arms operation was shut down. Pac-Out's life has changed direction, which recently is partly due to his involvement in the Todd Phillips film. In fact, Teller and Phillips directly consulted with Pac-Out for the project, which is why so much of the minutiae in details are accurate. He even visited the set and attended the film's premiere, clearly not ashamed of his past and wanting this story to be done right. Now, Pac-Out works as a musician and has his own company which sells electronic drum kits. This is, of course, when he's not traveling the world, something he's fond of or tending to his daughter. His days of gun-running are long behind him. According to Pac-Out, Efrem Devarale became gradually more difficult to work with and even accused the AEY president of withholding money from him. Pac-Out flipped on his former partner to the feds, but Devarale played down Pac-Out's part in the company and claimed that he was merely a part-time employee who only closed one very small deal with my help and dropped the ball on a dozen others. Nonetheless, the lifetime of breaking rules caught up to Devarale. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy to defraud the US government. He was 23 years old. I have had many experiences in my short life, Devarale said before judge Joanne Leonard in court, I have done more than most people can dream of, but I would have done it differently. All the notoriety in my industry and all the good times cannot make up for the damage. Before he could even be sentenced, Devarale couldn't help himself but handle a few firearms in the meantime. Upon his sentencing for what she was already bound to receive four years in prison, he got a further two years of supervised release. His partners received lesser punishments for cooperating with the investigation. True to his personal brand, Devarale continued to wheel and deal while in jail and looked for shorter prison time and more power, as he explained to his father. Since then, Devarale hasn't stayed clear of the law. He sued Warner Bros for defamation and war dogs, but the lawsuit was thrown out. Then he became entangled in a court battle with a man who co-authored his memoir, Once a Gun Runner. Devarale also started a media company named Incarcerated Entertainment. In all, he seems to be doing well for himself as of late. According to former A.Y. investor Ralph Merrill, Ephraim Devarale lives in a condo with a locked gate and drives a BMW. David Packow and Ephraim Devarale's net worth. The net worth of celebrities is always a topic of interest for the film and series viewers. And though David Packow and Ephraim Devarale no longer have access to $100 million contract opportunities, they're still millionaires. Packow is estimated to have a net worth of around $2.9 million thanks to his music business, as well as his involvement in the production of war dogs. Curiously, there's less certainty regarding the real net worth of Ephraim Devarale, which could be anywhere between $15 to $25 million. This data is estimated from the apparent success of Once a Gun Runner, as well as his various business ventures, and the discrepancies between these differing approximations are likely due to his multiple lawsuits. War dogs real Packow and Devarale are doing pretty well for themselves, all things considered. This is especially true when comparing Packow and Devarale's fates to other high-level criminals with mysterious deaths, lifelong prison sentences, or those still being hunted by the authorities. Neither Packow nor Devarale is likely to score a multi-million dollar deals with the government anytime soon. But considering how they're respectively worth around $2.9 million and $15 million, it would seem that these former war dogs are finally playing their cards right.


All right. Hello everyone and welcome to the late night edition of Commitment Connection late night Valentine's Day. I'm actually in Europe right now. So this is not late night for me. It's The morning. It's like 7 30 in the morning So if you're awake and you're watching this in the United States or wherever you are welcome welcome My name is Matthew coast and I am the founder of Commitment Connection here and Today I wanted to talk about a few Different things. I've been seeing some different messages in our community we have a lot of women in our community that chat every day about different things and one of the questions that has recently come up over and over again is this question about whether doing nothing Works with a man. So does doing nothing work when you're dating a man and I'm actually gonna answer a few different questions here. One is about doing nothing or this concept that we talk about in our community about leaning back the second one is about Not showing any interest and whether that works or not and whether that's a part of leaning back as well and then the last one is about men and sex and So if you're if you're here watching us right now, make sure that you say hi watching us I'm the only person here. You're here with me right now. Make sure you say hi in the chat. I know it's a late night in the United States, so I Don't know how many people are gonna be joining us today So anyway, so we have this concept. It's called leaning back Right and one of the things that we found in our community and with a lot of the women that we work with and our clients Is that a lot of women are doing everything right there in these Relationships where they feel like they are the only person in the relationship like they're doing everything Like they're Moving everything forward. They're planning the dates. They're you know, making sure that they're feeling connected They're making sure that the man's feeling okay. They're putting in all the effort and they're doing everything and because a lot of times what ends up happening in situations like this is That the women that are in that situation will feel like they're being taken for granted, right? They'll feel like that they're not really being valued by the man Which a lot of times is true and and there's there's a lot of different reasons for that and so we Give this advice that we call leaning back right leaning back. You can see kind of the metaphor the idea of doing everything in the relationship is leaning forward and the idea of Like doing nothing, which is what a lot of people think leaning back is means, you know, it's this physical like metaphor of leaning like actually leaning back and letting Another example of that is kind of the rowing boat the rowing the boat metaphor which I got from Rory Ray originally she talks about like, you know If you're the one in if you're you have two people in a boat, right?  And so does is doing nothing good, right? I think that there are certain situations where doing nothing can be really good, right?  Right sometimes You know what or if you're in a relationship with a man should you do nothing, right?  What I think you'll determine what the the reason why you might want to do nothing is Because if you don't do anything, it'll tell you a lot about What's going on with the man, right? Is he interested? Is he trying to push things forward? Is he going to if you're in a relationship with a man, does he take the mantle does he take the the oars and start rowing? you know and so You know if you want to find out if How interested a man is in you? You might want to just try doing nothing for a minute and seeing what happens But doing nothing isn't a good long-term strategy, and it's also not a good strategy if You know for for any like extended period of time because if you do nothing there's a lot of other things that You know one one thing we're gonna be talking about here in a little bit I you know what I guess I'll just throw it in there I was going to kind of save this until the end But I might as well just throw it in there anyway, and it's this idea of showing interest, right? So there's I we've had some women in our community mention that They they've heard other other like experts or coaches say don't show interest like just don't do anything at all Right, and I think that's a a bad plan, right? I think you need to show some interest if you want a guy to Continue pursuing you because one of the biggest Challenge one of the biggest fears that men have in terms of relationships is getting put into the friends I right. I know it happens to a lot of women as well But it's like one of the biggest things that happened to men right like so like think about the nice guy Right, you've got the nice guy and the nice guys this guy that you know He meets a woman and he talks to her and he says these sweet things and she's like oh, he's so nice right and He's thinking in his mind. Maybe I'm getting somewhere with this and she's thinking in his in her mind He's not going anywhere right and so You know what ends up happening a lot of times is these guys get put into the friend zone and it happens over and over and over and over again in his life and Almost every guy that I've ever met unless you're a guy who looks like Brad Pitt or something You know you've probably been put into the friend zone before and so All right, so hey everybody So I don't know for some reason in my control here. I'm not getting anybody's I'm not seeing anybody's chat, but I can see it on the watch page now So hey Jessica Hey Christy hey pray from Thailand Yep, do nothing wrong hi from Mexico hi Blanca So if you're here with us say hi I love it when you guys say hi and so right now we're talking about Doing nothing whether it works and when it works and when it doesn't work, right? And so one of the things I was saying is that With most guys they need some kind of they they need some kind of indication that you're interested in right? Most guys will only Pursue you and chase you and try to go for this relationship for a certain period of time before they They stop right this they kind of give up on that whole idea of doing that not because Not because they don't want a relationship with you But they're scared of scared to death of getting put into the friend zone of of making a move A lot of guys are so scared of getting put into the friend zone that they won't even make a move, right? They won't go for the kiss they won't do things to try to push the relationship forward or show more like Concrete evidence that they're actually interested in you because they're scared that you're gonna say You know what? Let's just be friends, right? So doing nothing You know, it's good if you're in a situation where you're doing everything and you need to you know Revaluate what you're doing in the relationship where the relationships going is this guy interested in me You know, um, you know is this guy investing himself into the relationship? So If if if that's your situation then yes You might want to completely do nothing for a minute and just see kind of get a gauge for You know, what kind of effort the man that you're dating is doing in the relationship or maybe, you know You go out on a date and a lot of times women will you know They'll try to kind of take charge of the conversation and they'll get so kind of Boddled up and how they're doing and whether they're doing it right and all these things and it's so much better just to like Just to it's better to do nothing than to do too much, right? But at the same time like I said, you also want to be showing interest you also, you know It's not a bad thing to do stuff, right? That was another question that we got in the community was like, you know, is it is it bad that I sent him a text message? Is it bad that I Initiated a call with him. Is it bad that you know, I I sent him a gift or I gave him something or you know I scheduled this event It's not a bad thing if it's once in a while if there's you know Investment that the guy is making in the relationship as well, you know, one of the things we talked about in the In the community was this idea of investment, right? There's a question that came up where Somebody was asking You know, well, I was talking to this guy and he said that he likes it when women chase him Right and then I talked to this other guy and he said that he liked it when women chase him as well You know, should I be chasing men and the answer is not if you want a committed relationship, right? So I used to be a men's dating coach and I taught men and I worked with men for a long long time And guess what we taught men the same thing that we teach women in terms of investment Right if you want a girlfriend as a guy if you're dating you're out there dating and you're meeting girls And you want a girlfriend you want a girl to invest in you Why because it makes her feel like she's really in the relationship It makes her feel like she's committed and she's more likely to become your girlfriend If you're in that situation, I know a lot of women come to our community and they're like oh guys Just want sex guys don't want anything real and the reality is is that it's both ways right now in especially in American culture is that a Lot of women They just want sex. They don't want anything real.  Well, it's it's really it's going both ways right now You know, we're in the age of the hookup culture and guys aren't just hooking up with other guys, right? They're hooking up with women and so there's a huge Portion of women out there that are just hooking up with guys that aren't looking for anything serious because let's be real here You know having a serious relationship. It takes work. You know and if you've got a lot of pain from your past If you've been broken up with which a lot of women have a lot of men and women have You know, most people are running around with baggage. You know, we all have relationships that we've That that we've gone through where we've gotten hurt at least most of us almost everybody I've talked to there's very few rare people that haven't and so you know getting into a real relationship and You know having something that lasts a long time. There's work that's required there You know and a lot of people don't want to do that work because It's so much easier just to be in this kind of superficial You know, like let's not get deep. Let's just hook up and have fun kind of culture So if you're new here, if you're just joining our Livestream right now make sure that you say hi in the chat. I really appreciate that. Hola Diana Valentine's Day he So pray says Valentine's Day. He texts to me. We just good friends Okay I stand alone. Hi new here. Thanks for being here. Thanks for being here on our chat in the middle of the night in America, I know it's it's early This is a weird. This is a weird time for me to do a livestream But I just felt kind of compelled to do one right now And so I just wanted to jump on here and do a livestream real quick So we've been talking about two things so far. I'm going to wrap this up not too long from now and You know, one of the things that we've been talking about is leaning back Is that you know, it's doing nothing. Okay, and it you know, it depends on the situation Leaning back does not necessarily mean doing nothing It there's this concept that I talk about in some of my programs That's called the invitation right and The invitation is this idea where You invite a man To pursue you you invite a man to come chase you, you know And and that is the best because men men want to you know, they want to please you they want to Provide for you they want to protect you It's a part of our biological nature that we want to Take care of things, you know, and there's a lot of men these days, especially in America who are They they've they haven't really grown up, you know There's a lot of men and women In in our culture these days who haven't really grown up and they're still kind of in this, you know, childhood thing where they haven't kind of come into their masculinity and started you know Taking the role of being a man in our culture, right like taking care of things providing for themselves and other people you know, um, you know going after what they want in life and that kind of thing and But you know, if you give a man room to do that if you kind of lean back and you Put yourself in kind of this Feminine receiving position and you allow a man to take on that masculine position And then you invite him and encourage him to do things that makes him Take on that role and start moving forward and becoming the Pursuer in the relationship Most men will actually take that on I can't tell you how many women that have come through our community where We've taught them some of these principles like leaning back and you know getting into their feminine energy and You know getting into their emotions and inviting men to come and pursue them and then watching how The men in their lives go from possibly being even a little bit more on the Feminine or kind of middle ground side to Taking the masculine role in the relationship and feeling a lot more comfortable a lot of the women There was actually just a post the other day in our community from this woman who said that She's been practicing the leaning back principle and all of a sudden she said she went to her It was like her chiropractor or her doctor or something And that person was telling her that you know, she's so much more relaxed. This is the most relaxed. She's ever been Coming to their their office and it's It's true. It's it's a powerful It's a powerful way to Your shock that i'm that i'm live right now. It's a powerful way to Allow a man to kind of step up and take the role Of the masculine figure in your relationship and so Those are the first two things that we're talking about so Doing doing nothing Um can be a good is a good indication you can use it as a good indication Of where the relationship is right now how invested the man is in you in the relationship right now Um and the myth about not showing interest, right? You don't want to be overbearing With showing interest, but you want to do an invitation. You want to invite him You want to show him that you're sexually interested in him, especially if it's brand new in the relationship, right?  You want to do other things talk about other Topics have conversations that have more depth and breath to them but um If he doesn't feel like he's going to be getting into a romantic relationship with you There's a good chance that he's just going to disappear completely And so uh, you do want to show interest you want to show different types of interest and you want to What you what I call leading him on right you want to lead him on? Um I actually have a whole uh text message um Report that I created not too long ago that you can get inside of our inner circle program If you're interested in it all, uh, there's a link in the description You can get a 30 day free trial to our inner circle program where you can get this document that talks about How to lead a guy on through text messages and um, there's a whole bunch of other text messages in that document as well it's called um It's uh, I can't even remember the name of it right now. It's like feminine texting secrets men create Um, and it's a great document if you haven't joined our inner circle program you should it's pretty awesome um and so, uh You love my advice. I appreciate that Nisi sorry if I put your your name Sometimes I butcher the names on here Um, how do we know if a guy is still interested if you rejected him a while back? And he is dating someone now That's a good question. I'll talk about that in a minute and um Yes, you are good. Thank you. Thank you um, so The next one that I wanted to talk about is this thing that has been going around in our community Where women have been asking Do men just want sex? Right? So There's a lot of women who get online or they get on to tinder or bumble or one of those kind of online dating app things and They find that they're getting bombarded with men who Just want sex.  It's not just for most men It's not just about kind of the physical pleasure of having sex It's there's also a deeper kind of emotional thing that goes on And if you talk to some of the women in our community Because I've run into this situation over and over and over again Is that some women? Um Run into men that don't even try to have sex with them, right? I was actually talking to someone About a couple weeks ago where she had a situation where this guy Kept driving down about an hour away to go on dates with her and she was like You know, is this guy even actually interested in me? and You know, you know, he keeps going on these dates But he's never tried to make a move at all with me And the answer is absolutely He's still interested in you, right? He's attempt. He's making these huge. He's investing, right? He's driving an hour to come and visit you. He's going on these long dates You know, he's probably a nice guy, which is why he hasn't made a move on you But absolutely he's he's interested in you and why why would a man do this? Why would a man drive an hour to come see a woman? Not even try to kiss her not not try to make any move on her and just spend some time with her because Men want things because there's a lot of things that men want other than sex, right? Um, there's this thing called the uh There's this thing called the um Oh, I just lost my train of thought. Okay, men Men don't want so yeah, so so um Men don't just want sex, right? They they want lots of different. Oh the love languages. That's what I was going to be talking about So there's a thing called the the five love languages, right? And and um You know men want things emotionally and you know the different like, you know If a guy hangs out with you and he feels good He feels like he's getting some of his love languages fulfilled Right, he might hang out with you just for that Right guys hang out with other guys for friendship. They some guys hang out with women just for friendship and uh guys, you know, I know guys that um, you know, they don't even try to hook up with women They just want to sleep in the same bed with a woman or they just want to cuddle with a woman Right because it fulfills a whole bunch of different emotional needs You know, if if a guy in our culture or at least in american culture, there's a thing where um You know a lot of people aren't we're one of the most individualistic nations in the world, right? And so a lot of people don't touch each other, right? I grew up In my family without a whole bunch of touch and my primary love language is physical touch, you know And so um growing out without have getting hugs and not without getting that type of love Can be really kind of detrimental to a person's health And if you come into adulthood and you're in this situation and maybe you don't even know That your primary love language is physical touch But you don't get physical touch from that many people in your life You know some guys will go out just to you know get that physical touch or or if your love language is words of affirmation You know, maybe you go out and you hang out with somebody and they say nice things to you and you just love to have um You know be around that kind of a thing or sometimes deep conversations, right? So um A guy might go and hang out with a woman and let's say that you love deep conversations too And you guys get into these amazing wonderful deep conversations And maybe he's a really nice guy, um, which there's a lot of a lot of these really nice guys out there who don't Who try not to you know, rock the boat or make too many moves because they don't want to be put into the friend zone And maybe he doesn't want to be taught, you know, doesn't want you to disappear on them Believe it or not women are Much more likely to ghost men than men are to ghost women It's a fact there is a study that was done about this and so a men He might be hanging out with you because he just wants to get these deep conversations And maybe he does want something more with you But he's afraid that you're going to disappear on him And so he just hangs out and gets kind of this emotional refill from you Every time you guys hang out, you know, whether it's from deep emotional conversations Whether it's from words of affirmation some kind of physical touch or um, you know, maybe Being in service with another person maybe having quality time with another person because when you go out on a date, right?  So um all right, so I'm gonna answer a couple questions here. Can you define feminine energy? Uh, sure. So there's a couple different types of things that happen Where okay, so so let's talk about the polarities, right? So there's masculine and feminine polarities and I actually did a whole live stream on this you can get um You can find that on our channel. I think it's one of the bigger live streams Um, also, I just wanted to mention again If you guys want personal one-on-one help if you want somebody to talk to you about your situation in a completely anonymous setting so if you want to have um Questions answered in an anonymous setting where nobody will know who you are You should sign up for our inner circle program. There's a free trial 30 days free trial um, and there's a link in the description so you can Click on that and uh get a get our free trial for our goddess club or our inner circle program Which has a whole bunch of different things in it as well. We created this thing called the uh devotion The keys to his devotion master class you get that for free in that program as well. There's um Selene talks about some different sexual and intimacy related topics in there and I I give you some text messages that are really really powerful some Feminine text messages that you can use in that inner circle program. There's a link in the description. So, um Feminine and masculine polarities, right? So if you want a guide to be really attracted to you uh, one of the ways that you can do that and you can do it forever without Straining yourself without putting yourself into without, you know, getting a whole bunch of anxiety around it without having to play games all the time Um, without having to manipulate a man or trying to make a man Trying to be someone that you're not right is to step into your feminine energy and I hear a lot of women Talk about how you know, oh, I'm not I don't have any feminine energy And I don't have a feminine part of myself. We all have a masculine and feminine part of ourselves, right? We we can all kind of Get into those different sides, right the masculine side is very hard It's the directed it's the side that a lot of people get into a lot of women are getting into these days for work, right? It's the analytical Kind of numbers the moving forward the you know going after what you want kind of side It's it's hard. It's rigid. It's forward moving The feminine side is the soft side. It's the It's the light side. It's the chaotic side. It's the It's the creative side, right whenever you're in your creative mind and you're doing things whenever you're Connecting with people or connecting with nature or connecting with animals You're connecting with your feminine side, right and we all have that I don't care who you are you've got that and um for men, it's more difficult generally to really dive deep into that feminine side and uh for women generally it unless they've been kind of Put into this ritualistic habit of getting into a masculine side. It can Be really empowering for women Even if they have had experiences like that because a lot of women find that We we've had a lot of women tell us that they feel So empowered by getting into their feminine side because a lot of society right now kind of shames In attacks femininity it shames and attacks women for being feminine But kind of promotes men for to be feminine. It's a weird. We're in a weird time right now in america um and a lot of women are telling us that you know taking on some of these principles of just leaning back and kind of getting into these feminine Kind of traits and just getting into their body and feeling themselves and you know letting go and just You know allowing themselves to be and to flow and to be soft and to you know connect with nature and people and you know just being connected um has been really has uh help them Loosen the amount of stress that they have it's helped them kind of Feel a lot better about themselves and their lives and they found that they've been a lot more attractive to men And not only are they a lot more attractive to men, but when a man Comes into your space and you're in your feminine energy He's more likely to invest in you from a emotional mental spiritual financial An energy standpoint and the more invested he is in you the more likely he is to commit to you It's also incredible. I mean it's beautiful like for a man men kind of like when women are in this role sometimes men just Especially in this day and age where it's much more rare to see a woman and her feminine energy A lot of men will just sit there and just kind of watch they'll be in this kind of a watcher role and they're they're just um What they're doing is they're just uh Admiring right they're admiring and they're cherishing this beauty That this beautiful feminine energy that they get to witness right they go into this kind of witness role And they get to experience this thing that they don't Have quite the same connection to as women do as most women do And they just witness it and they experience it and they they you know, they they're mystified by it, right? It's this mysterious thing to most men and they're just like wow This is amazing and beautiful and it's just you know, like you want to just grab it and hold it and hug it You know and kiss it because it's just this beautiful amazing thing that um, you know Makes the world a better place and makes the world happier and beautiful and and it kind of polls or distracts a man from his purpose and allows him to enjoy and and um Kind of experience this wonder and glow of life that he doesn't normally get to experience Um, I hope that uh, I hope that Explanation, um is good. I kind of went off on a tangent there Okay, so What else do we have here? Um I just wanted to mention again if uh, if you guys want to have your questions answered in a um in a Anonymous private way You should join our inner circle program Like I said, there's a whole bunch of content in the new inner circle program and there's a 30 day free trial So there's really nothing to lose you can go and check it out and why are we doing the three the uh You need a cigarette right now um And why are we doing the 30 day free trial because we we think that if you join our program and Get to experience a lot of the stuff that we have in there You'll really like it and you'll want to stay in the program and become a member and You know join our community and be part of what we've got going on here and if if you're um If you're If you go and check it out and you like it, you know, we want to grow our community here We're we're on a mission right now to uh to heal the war between the sexes to bring men and women together in partnership because Partnership is one of the most empowering ways that you can have a relationship right now There's a huge divide between men and women. There's a lot of pain out there. There's a lot of anger There's a lot of frustration. There's a lot of sadness And we want to heal that stuff. We want to create a better world For relationships. We believe that there's a better way to have relationships between men and women and it's through partnership and so We want as many people to join our community as possible and be a part of this mission to heal ourselves and Create better relationships with each other I'm black. Am I allowed to be in this chat room? Of course you are Uh What other questions do we have here? So how do we know if a guy is still interested? If you rejected him a while back and he is dating someone else now well So nida Uh, let's just talk about this for a second, right? So there's a situation where it's okay to kind of find out and learn about whether a guy's still interested And there's a situation where it's not okay, right? We don't want to be Home home records here In uh in our community what we do want to do is if he's still interested What I would do if I were you is I would um, I would do the invitation thing that I was talking about before where you you kind of give him a reason to Um to continue the chat with you you give him an indication that you want him To pursue you or chase you or invest in you in some way and when you do that you just That's when you lean back, right? You it's like there's a methodology for this, right? And what it is is you um, give an invitation And then you see what he does and that's a gauge for understanding where he is in Uh this whole scheme of things So if he's interested and you send him an invitation, right? You give him some kind of indication that you want him To pursue you or chase you or invest in you or whatever And he does then he's still interested if he doesn't then Um, he's probably lost interest or maybe his interest has gone somewhere else You know if there's somebody else that he's dating, but you know, let's be honest here Let's just be real here. Um, you know, we we live in a very strange time Where people are dating lots of other people and sometimes people date people because They just want to be with somebody not because uh, that's the person that they want to be with But because the person they wanted to be with isn't really interested in them or ghosted them or You know, uh, stop showing interest or stopped responding or whatever And so they ended up with somebody else and so, um Yeah, that's it. How long have we gone here? So we've gone 38 minutes um, so yeah So we need more great secure men like oh, thank you. I appreciate that. I appreciate that um So he said that he needs your presence Uh, it depends on what so cactus jane says because you tell me what that means He said he just needs my presence Um, it depends on what he I it depends. So It depends on the context, right? So the your presence What he could be talking about Is there's two there's two different meanings for the word presence, right? So the first word meaning for the word presence Is your actual physical body, right? So if he said I need your presence And what he was talking about was in context to you know, some kind of event Or wanting to go on a date or something like that what he means is that he Enjoys or connects with you being there with him and he wants to be there with you there's a second type of context for the word presence and the second type of meaning that it has Is this meaning of like being mentally present, right? So it's like um having a conversation it's like when you have a conversation with somebody and You know when you're having a conversation and the person's not even listening to you They're like in their own mind or they're just waiting to say something That is the lack of presence, right? And so the It's the absence of presence so being present in that kind of scenario is Paying attention to what somebody's saying and listening to them and you know repeating back and you know Being there with them in that moment and experiencing that moment with them Um, so that's the second type of presence And so it really depends on what the context of the conversation was For why he'd say I need your presence But either one of them is a good thing Right, uh, if if he's saying that he liked your presence and he wants more of it Um It might not be a good thing if you're like on a date and he's like hey, I want your presence Right because you're like, you know on your phone or like, you know not paying attention or whatever that could be It could be a bad thing um and so, uh Okay, after a 17 year relationship and four children. Why was it so easy for him to walk away? You know, it's it's interesting. There's a lot of there's a lot of people that just walk away from things Um, if it's if it's just men tend to be less likely to just walk away From a relationship like that women are actually statistically speaking about three times more likely to walk away than a man is um Which is kind of interesting, but why would a man walk away? Why would it be so easy? It probably wasn't easy um, but he probably did it anyway Uh, I mean unless he's a sociopath or something Um, but if he walked away from a relationship where he has four children and he's been in it for 17 years It probably wasn't an easy decision and it probably wasn't easy for him And he probably had a lot of pain and he probably Had been experiencing that pain for a long long time And it wasn't brought to attention and it wasn't dealt with and so what ended up happening was The pain became so great and he saw some Some way to relieve that pain and something that what he felt would Give him a better life and give him more experience now I'm sorry to hear that uh, you have a situation where you were in a relationship for 17 years With four children and that he walked away. That's uh, that sucks and and I'm sorry to hear that um So my ex and I have not spoken in a couple months as I have been leaning back Uh, should I reach out or continue leaning back and let him reach out to me? I still love him Um, so my ex and I have not spoken in a couple months. Um, you know, you can you can do that, um Depending on The situation that you're in, uh, you can you can reach out feelers there if you've you know, I'm not sure Why you haven't spoken in several months, you know, if you're going through a system. We have a system on our website about Working with x's and so if you're working through a system right now, you should work through that system Whatever that system is I know that it's easy to get kind of distracted and look for other answers If you're not going through a system Then uh, you can always just you know throw some feelers out there Like I was talking about earlier with kind of the invitation the invitation to invest Right and just find out if he's uh interested in talking or not You know a lot of guys are you know sometimes it depends on the situation. It depends on why you guys broke up Right if there is some kind of deal breaker there Uh, what that means is that uh, did you work on the problem that you had that broke you guys up? Right. Have you worked on that problem or have you not worked on that problem? If you haven't worked on that problem and it's a deal breaker and it's why you guys broke up Then you need to work on that problem before you do anything else. Uh, you know, just let's be frank about this Um, and then once you have worked on that problem, then it's easier to Come back to that situation when you're in a place of kind of empowered of feeling better of you know, uh What whatever it is. I don't know what your situation is. So it's hard to kind of talk about that Uh, you're welcome. 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We've got tons and tons of questions that have been answered by Um, Helena and Anya about many many different situations in there You can go and check out some of the other situations that might be similar to yours if you're afraid of asking a question Okay, I feel my boyfriend is emotionally unavailable Is there a way to address this not that I want to challenge him but Not that I want to challenge him, but yes, I do. Can he ever become emotionally available? um Yeah, he can become emotionally available and Um, it depends on you know, why he's not emotionally available, you know, is he not emotionally available because of uh, some kind of emotional pain that he's dealt with in the past right if That's the situation what he needs is um to get through that and to reassociate Being in a relationship or being in a relationship with a woman or being in a relationship, uh, uh, a romantic relationship As something that he can emotionally connect with If it's deep enough, he might need like therapy or something. Um, it just really depends on the situation It depends on him. Um, it could be something really simple Right, like if he's in a situation where he's not emotionally available because he has to Because he's working all the time and He puts so much energy into his work that he comes into a situation with you and he's just exhausted Uh, that's actually, you know, believe it or not That's actually an easier thing to work with because what he needs is rejuvenation not Like emotional healing, which is a much deeper more painful And many times something that a lot of people don't want to go through and deal with So it kind of depends on the situation, but uh, yeah, you can um You know, it's not that you you uh You know, you need to change him or anything Um, but there are some reassociations that he can make like reframings I talk about this idea of reframing in one of my programs Um, where you kind of frame different ideas the way that you want them to be Um, if he has a frame right now that you know, if I get emotional Or I get too invested or I get connected too much with a woman that I'm going to get hurt then he might um He might disassociate his emotions with a woman So he might not try to get emotionally involved with you because he doesn't want to get hurt Um, it is possible to reframe that I don't have a program that discusses that type of level of reframing if that is what it is I I don't know since um, it's hard to know what your situation is Uh past hurt divorce. Yeah, um, you know, so it's it's one of those things where he either needs to Do some healing work or there needs to be a strong reframing of The relationship and so a strong reframing what that looks like usually is Reassociating you uh distancing the um the frame that maybe all women or women in general might hurt me To this new frame of you know, that woman Hurt me or that relationship hurt me or that situation hurt me or um My actions in that situation hurt me because of whatever and A new association with you where he's experiencing Uh, you know powerful emotions that make him overcome his fears of Uh being hurt and so I know that probably that might have been complicated. I don't know if that was Too complicated of an answer.  Um So Okay, let's see here. So, uh, we're going pretty long here Um, I just want to say one more time inner circle free trial if you want to go and Get your questions answered in an anonymous setting. 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