Hello, in this video we are going to see about the spotters in community medicine. Here we have to understand few basics about spotters that is you have to identify the spotters. After identifying the spotters you have to write the identification points how you say that particular spotter. Then you have to write about the uses of that particular spotter. Then you have to think about public health importance spotters into seven groups. First is your contraceptives. In this video we are going to deal about a few basics that is within 15 to 20 minutes. How can you cover all the spotters that is the ultimate objective of this session. So, we have in contraceptive groups most commonly kept contraceptives are given here and moreover identification of that particular contraceptive will not be a difficulty. So, I am straight away going into the points what you are supposed to write in answer sheets. Here first is your male quantum. So, whenever a particular contraceptive is given you have to write what type of contraceptive it is whether it is permanent or temporary or barrier or hormonal or intrauterine contraceptive devices all these things you should mention. You can write the mechanism of action then the ideal candidates who need that particular type of contraceptive anyway ultimately you are going to have the cafeteria approach to the patients that you are going to offer the advantages and disadvantages of each contraceptive that the patient have to choose what type of contraceptive he needs. This is the simple basic about contraceptives. So, male quantum here I have not mentioned about female quantum or diaphragm or cervical cap etc. It is ideal for newly married lactating and multiple sexual partners and the advantages protection from STDs it is simple available and cheap it needs motivation during sex which is not needed in the other form of contraceptives. Now, we move on to oral contraceptive pills which is the most effective contraceptive Mala N and Mala D are the two government operations that is 28 days you give these tablets first 21 days we will have this hormonal pills then the last 7 days will be just iron and folic acid. So, it will cause withdrawal bleeding that is the mechanism of action. Then we have emergency contraceptive pills most commonly used is Levon or Gastro. So, the most important advantage of this is we can use it as a post-coital contraception which is followed by intrauterine devices the first generation are just the inner devices again generation are the copper containing or silver containing third generation are the hormonal releasing thing. The main disadvantage is the bleeding and pain terminal methods which is vasectomy and tubectomy here vasectomy and tubectomy. So, it is generally recommended after two children as a permanent method of sterilization usually models will be kept in exams. So, the disadvantage is reversibility and you need a surgery for this. So, this is about MCH group of spotters that is maternal and healthcare related spotters we have iron and folic acid ORS and growth chart all this can be easily identified fourth one which is Shakir step which is used as a measuring tool for malnutrition. The yellow line indicates mild malnutrition and the red line indicates the severe malnutrition. So, this is a normal level then we have baby weighing scale or the salters type of weighing scale where we hang the weighing scale. So, for baby we can measure through this baby weighing scale then we have a salis hemoglobinometer for the measurement of the hemoglobin then we have disposable delivery kit containing the essential items for the delivery then we have patograph that is which identifies when to intervene and when to refer the patient and to identify the progress of the labor it consists of the multiple parameters like fetal heart rate of contractions and pulse BP etc. Then we are moving into the nutrition group of spotters here. So, this is a white rice usually people will do parboiling process which increases the normal shelf life of the rice so that they can store it for a long time on this process we have a nutritional advantage that the micronutrients which is present in the husk of the rice will go inside deep inside and the nutritive value is increased. Wild rice people may get retirement deficiency and other will be complex deficiency also. So, this is about the cereals the basic thing about cereals are that they have more carbohydrates pulses will have more proteins that is the basic. So, cereals end with L so that all the cells are deficient with lysine pulses yes so it end with yes all the pulses are deficient of sulfur containing amino acids that is cysteine and methionine out of the cereals rice has more number of lysine then this is about your wheat we can identify all you have to mention about the nutritive value of all cereals more or less it will be around 340 kilo calories so the nutritive value is going to be the same why wheat is little superior is because of its fiber content and calcium and mineral contents compared to rice then we have maize this is bhajra bhajra should not confused with joer bhajra is little green in color this is ragi it should not be confused with mustard ragi is little smaller when compared to mustard and moreover you can witness the difference in the colors intensity it starts from light brown to dark brown so that is that is a sign of ragi then we have grams grams wise we can identify this is tur dal or the red gram this is masur dal this is moong dal which is a product of green gram this is the green gram and moong dal is a product of green gram and this is urad dal urad dal means your black gram and urad dal is the product of this black gram so they will while breaking it down the covering will go off and it will make it as a white color then this is the channa dal or your bengal gram and there are many varieties with the channa gram that is that is roasted channa roasted bengal gram all these varieties are the byproducts of the bengal gram now in nutrition we have so we have been grounded and all these can be identified easily and the public health importance and also can be written easily now we are moving into the immunization all these vaccines will be kept as spotters for you and the most important thing is the one more important thing is that you need to remember the national immunization schedule with that we can easily write the answers for this spotters so basically we have to know what are all the newer additions into the national immunization schedule we have bcg hepatitis b at opv at birth then pentavalent fractional ipv rotavirus pneumococcal conjugate measles rubella japanese sensibilities vitamin a and dpd booster measles this is the age wise list and you have to remember the fact all these vaccine injectables are going to be im except for your opv and sorry except for your ipv and bcg which is intradermal and since it is intradermal we have the dose as 0.1 ml the one more exception is the subcutaneous vaccines that is measles and j e so measles and measles and j e are subcutaneous vaccines bcg and ipv are intradermal vaccines so the dose except for this intradermal the dose remains same as 0.5 ml then you have to remember about site also so we have completed the due age for that vaccines then we have completed the root of the administration and while root of administration we have told about this dose also now we are into the site site how to remember is all of us know bcg vaccine site is on the left upper arm intradermal injection so that should be on the other side of the upper arm so that will be on the right upper arm then we have two subcutaneous vaccines one is on the right that is measles will be on the right and japanese sensibilities will be on the left so this is hepatitis b will be on the left pentavalent will be on the left again fractional ipv will be on the right andro then dpd booster will be on the left this we have to remember then after one year every six months we need to give vitamin a which is 2 ml which is equal to two lakh international units if it is less than one year that is ninth at ninth month we give one dose of vitamin a one ml that is one lakh international units so that is how you should remember this national immunization schedule and if you remember this national immunization schedule all these lists of list of vaccines can be easily written in spotters now we are we should not forget to mention about mentioning tt that it is included in the national immunization schedule for the pregnant woman also then immunization part we have one more group that is the cold saying maintenance items that is your day carrier this is called as this box is called as blue box is called as day carrier and the white box which is present inside is called as the ice pack and some in some departments they may have deep freezes and ice lined refrigerators to prepare this ice pack these are all essential components in the co maintenance of cold chain of vaccines and this picture we have this vaccine vial monitor that is we have outer circle and inner square the inner square should be lighter than the outer circle so this vaccine vial monitor is just a cumulative measure of exposure out to the heat then we are moving into the entomology here the identification of mosquitoes ix and larvae is very important we have three type of mosquitoes commonly kept for spotters that is anaphyllus edis and qlex x larvae and the adult mosquitoes x as the image indicates it is very clear edis lay x singly that we have to remember edis lay x singly anaphyllus have the lateral rafts that is boat like that is your lateral rafts so that when the draft is present then that is anaphyllus egg this also is laid singly and qlex lay x in clusters so qlex c qlex x are in clusters you have to remember that way so that's the that's how we can identify the x then when we move on to the larvae the easily it can be identified with the siphon tube the absence of the siphon tube here indicates it is in the anaphyllus species the very long slender on a siphon tube indicates it is qlex larvae very short and stout siphon tube here indicates that it is a edis species of larvae this is how you should identify the larvae of different species of mosquitoes then for an adult mosquito basically you have to identify between male and female male and female can be identified by the bushy antennas that is here in the central part is the that is proboscis this is the antenna this this is the pathway so here if the antenna is bushy then that means that is a male mosquito if the antenna is not bushy then that which is equivalent to mushtaq in males so if the antenna is not bushy then it is a female so so here we have to identify the species so first is you have to look at the wings if you have any spotted wings then that is anaphyllus if you have the look at the body if you have the branded alternate brands like tiger like appearance then that is called as edis mosquito if nothing is there then that is a qlex mosquito the one more identification is in qlex mosquito the body will be proportionately very small when compared to the head and the thorax then one more identification is through the mouth parts that is with the length of the palpate and with the length of the proboscis so when the length of the proboscis is almost equal then that is an anaphyllus species that is anaphyllus when the length of the palpate is more than that of the proboscis then that may be either edis or qlex so we have to write it as a qly sign mosquito now these are all the other group of insects which are of medical importance other than mosquitoes so this is the lice this is the shape itself make you identify it as head gloves then this is the pubic gloves more or more or less the images which is present in the slides will be same because of the poor preparation of the slides it may be very difficult to identify that may happen now then you have to identify the housefly how it is different from black flea and the cc fly then this characteristic image will represent the rat flea and we have hot tick and soft tick this is the soft tick and this is the hot tick you can identify with the shape alone then this is the itch mite here most important thing is after identification you have to write what disease they are the vectors and what is the causative organism and what is the control measure for the disease you are disinfectants which can be identified easily from the spotters then coming on to the environment all this will be kept as a models and this image shows the personal protective equipments which is which are very important in occupational spotters we have gloves helmets mask this is ear plugs ear muffs will be there so all these things are very important in occupational health spotters now in environment the spotters which are very difficult to identify is the horax apparatus which consists of the six white cups and one black cup so this is then apparatus used for measuring the amount of bleaching powder needed to disinfect the water if horax apparatus is the apparatus needed to measure the amount of bleaching powder to to disinfect the water and this is the equipment called chloroscope which measures the adequacy of chlorination after the addition of bleaching powder so this is the chloroscope based on the color levels we can titrate how much amount of chlorine is present the residual chlorine is present in the water then we have sling psychrometer which is used in the measurement of humidity we will rotate this we will hold here and rotate this as a constant at a constant speed help us in measuring the humidity then we have katha thermometer katha thermometer this is the red one and katha thermometer also helps in measuring the cooling power of the air and also humidity and we have wet and dry bulb thermometer this helps in measuring the humidity and cooling power of the air then we have maximum and minimum thermometer this will help in measuring the maximum and minimum temperatures of the day with this we are ending the spotters thing so here what is most important is that for the contraceptives I have presented a table with the advantages disadvantages and the ideal candidate of that particular contraceptive that is most important then we discussed about the national immunization schedule which is important for all the vaccines then the species identification of the mosquitoes by egg larvae and adults all these things you should remember then the rest of all things are just theory you can identify easily all the best for your spotters thank you


My name is Dr. Dr. Holdkamp. I'm an associate professor in the Department of Theater and Dance at Tulane University. And I'm here to talk about my book, Interchangeable Parts, Acting, Industry, and Technology in US Theater. The big idea behind this book is that I was curious about how people learn how to learn to act. How did we end up in a place where there were schools of acting where someone could learn how to be an actor but perhaps be on stage very little over the course of their actual educational career? And that idea that there was a way to become an actor without just acting is actually a relatively recent innovation in the world of theater and dates to the late 1800s, the latter part of the 19th century. And so what I decided to do was sort of look at how this came about. How did we create this system where people could figure out what it meant to be an actor independent of being on stage every day? Now, prior to this period, the way that you became an actor is very much like I was describing an apprenticeship model. You would apprentice yourself to a theater company, you would play small, very small roles, servants, spear carriers, that sort of thing. You'd watch other people and what they were doing, people who had more experience and bigger roles and you'd watch what they would do and then you would try to copy that and then eventually you'd get your chance to give that a try. And this changes again starting in the late 1800s. Suddenly people are starting to say that maybe acting was a little bit more than just copying what somebody else was doing. There might be a system that could be worked out that would make somebody a better actor and that could be separated from just acting. And this was created with a great deal of suspicion by folks at the time who felt that trying to systematize something like art was antithetical to the very nature of the process. And a lot of people got flacked just because they were proposing any system at all, regardless of what the content of that system might be. But the idea that there could be a system proved remarkably seductive. And one of the reasons that I posit that it was seductive is because it intersected with another strong strain and cultural currents at this time, which was the increasing embrace of industrialism and industrial philosophy and rhetoric. The same time that you start to get these schools of acting, let's say that you can break a part in a play down into a series of sort of component skills that you could then build back together. Interchangeable parts technology as far as a manufacturing practice was also really coming into its own and was proving itself incredibly influential and popular and powerful. And so it's the intersection of these two areas, the rhetoric of industry on one side and the rhetoric of theatrical practice on the other that I try to explore in this book. Originally I'd only planned on looking at live theatrical practices, but I determined as I was continuing to do research that there might be something sort of interesting to look at in film practice as well. And so I got a chance to dive into what was going on, both in the silent film era and in the sound film era during the golden age of the Hollywood studio. And what I found is that there was a frank acknowledgement of the fact that it was not just looking good or the camera liking you that would make somebody a good actor or a bad actor that there was in fact a sense that there was a skill that could be learned and that could be learned in a class before you actually got in front of the camera itself. And so I got a chance to sort of look at how that argument was played out both in the live theater world and in the film world. And there's a lot of intersection between the two of those things. And as we head closer to our own time in the late 20th, heading into the 21st century, what emerges is that some of the most influential acting practices and techniques and people from the 20th century, whose influences definitely still felt today in a number of programs really have a lot of their roots in this same batch of industrial rhetoric that I explore from this time period. So that's sort of an overview of the book itself. I was really excited to get to dive into this and now I get to spend some time with some of the writings of again, some of the most influential teachers of acting in the United States in the 20th century. And I also got a chance to do some really fun archival work as well. I went out to Los Angeles and spent some time in the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences Archive. So the people that brought me the Oscars, they have an archive as well. So I got to spend some time digging through studio files there. Warner Brothers, the studio, all of their papers were stored at the University of Southern California. So I spent some time at USC as well doing some research there. And I spent some time in the New York Public Library getting to do some research in their archives as well as pulling a few books from our own special collections here at Tulane. My hope is that if people read this book, they'll come away with a better sense of what are the underlying assumptions behind a lot of approaches to acting technique and methodology that are still around today. And they'll have a better sense of the way that theater is not separate or independent from these larger cultural currents that in fact it reflects them and can influence them as well as I think the overlap of these two particular areas really shows. The next thing that I'm interested in looking at seems like it might be somewhat different. I'm interested in looking at stage and screen representations of New Orleans. So on the one hand, it's definitely not as practice focused as my look at acting technique and pedagogy. But on the other hand, for me it encompasses that same idea of trying to look at how theatrical practice and how screen practice reflect these larger cultural concerns and influences. So that's a little bit about me and the book. Thank you so much for watching. And I hope that if you have any questions, I'll get a chance to answer them. Thanks again.


What is going on everybody? You're watching the Monday night football preview. You're with Justin Henry Wine Williams man Ryan. We got an exciting slate tonight divisional game NFC West Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams man should be a fun one But before we get into it make sure you guys are following along on Fandall We're on the Fandall YouTube channel. Obviously subscribe to Fandall follow on all fit on all social media platforms Ryan talk about the slate tonight man because we got this exciting NFC West preview coming up Yeah, man This is gonna be an interesting one man playoff implications going on here with the Rams and Cardinals and we already got breaking news leading into the site man Justin it wouldn't be a slate if we didn't have some breaking news That's gonna hold it down man this Omnicron or whatever variant it is a COVID man They ain't letting anybody get past well not letting anything get past obviously Jalen Ramsey Tyler Hibby had been announced Out for the game tonight. They will not be playing. Obviously. This is a huge blow for this Rams team Who was already suffering from a couple injuries Darrell Henderson is out for Talk a little bit about this impact for the loss on this on the defensive side Yeah, no, so the defensive side is is gonna be interesting there because Jalen Ramsey being out You know, we we expect him to shadow Deandre Hopkins usually or at least be able to contain him so to speak and without him being Around now you got to think that D hops is gonna be able to get loose I was looking kind of at fading Deandre Hopkins In the single game slate because I want to load up on the Rams side of the ball Just because of the narrow distribution of targets But now you're talking about man D hops in play Christian Kirk could get loose against this defense now You know, we see what Rondell Moore could do as well to and AJ Green So this does make me like the passing attack for the Rams just a little bit more and then we also You know with Higby being out We got to think about the Rams running attack and what that's gonna look like because I think they're also missing some key pieces on the offensive line as well So it kind of just you know what we thought this morning Justin and now what we think going into this like kind of Just flipped it on its head with this news Yeah, and I'm excited for this Arizona Cardinals side of the ball as well because obviously D hop Kyler Murray came back last week. We saw them in full motion all the way back K1 is here. And so if we're getting it, you know, these guys up to speed also chase Edmunds coming back for this team I see a lot of offensive fireworks and just having Jalen Ramsey not be a part of that with with his ability to be the x-factor It's it's pretty concerning. So Let's get into this slave man Obviously, there's a lot going on here The line hasn't moved very much to be honest even with the news that Tyler Higby and Jalen Ramsey are out Let's let's kind of go over this point spread initially at first. I was lean, you know, I was obviously leaning on the Cardinals But to me it just seems like there's nothing to change like I'm going all in on the Cardinals today Yeah, man, I mean there they're at home We we know that they've kind of been you know One of the best teams on the road and now they're at home as well too where they kind of actually have struggled a little bit But you know the Rams they really the Rams got to come out here and show us something right Justin because they have kind of reeled The past couple of weeks and you know, this was a team that kind of you know had a lot of things on lock I mean Cooper Cup was looking to be offensive player of the year which he still is kind of in that conversation Depending on how he and him and Jonathan Taylor finished and then we were looking at Stafford kind of being MVP And that's kind of been flipped, you know, Tom Brady still doing it at 40 something. Whatever he is This dude's the goat. He's not really down. So the Rams side of things with plus three here You know, it will be interesting and I think it'll align will move closer to lock Justin I do like have a feeling that It'll kind of you know, at least we'll get the hook in there at three and a half maybe even four depending on how you view Ramsey there. I mean Higby's not gonna move it that much But Ramsey should count for at least the hook if not a point So I'd be I'd be waiting to take the points there I mean Arizona minus three I'd kind of get on that but the Rams if they get to three and a half or four I'd be really interested in getting that good call. Yeah, because it seems like you know What Stafford you always have a chance and he's gonna play until that final whistle until the final play You know Stafford's gonna give it all he has And with this Arizona Cardinals team I feel like this is a chance for them to show in showcase really just their talent and if they are the best team You know JJ Y has the the quote out there. I forget the exact terminology, but basically it's like don't underestimate us We're here. We are who we are And I think that Arizona if you look at some of these, you know anytime touchdown scores to me This opens up the door for D hop and if you guys have any questions about tonight's slate Whether it's player related prop related on the betting side as well Feel free to drop them in the comments Ryan and I will get to them But talk a little bit about Deandre Hopkins because to me he came off the injury last week and that was one of the players I was like, okay, let's see what he looks like and he looks like the old D hop He looks like he's back. They slowed him into it, but with Jalen Ramsey out. I feel like this opens the door Yeah, it definitely does open the door and I and I you know, let's let's pull up here And just a single game so single game you're looking at 12 5 for Deandre Hopkins I mean, I could definitely get after that tonight, but then you're looking at you know Plus 115 for him to score in any time touchdown. I mean that that kind of feels real juicy right now Just when you're looking at the red zone, but I do I do have some concerns here just because You know, this is one of those situations Justin where I look at it and I'm just like, okay I was looking to fade Deandre Hopkins before and maybe not even so much for the Ramsey scenario Although that did come into play, but he's just not seeing the target share with Kyler Murray that we had seen in the past I mean, you know, we talk about all these quarterbacks who are not who are not just gonna hone in on their one guy Just because he is the guy like Kyler is a share the wealth type of quarterback whoever's open That's who he's getting the ball to we've seen big games from Earth's big games from Rondale big games from Kirk and and Deandre as well too And I know he is the catalyst and and that might help, you know Boost his ownership percentage when we're looking at the single game slate So I do want to find ways to kind of get Separation from that ownership with Deandre Hopkins there may be playing a Kyler a Kyler captain and in pairing them with two guys who don't get touchdowns And then you know hedge that by just taking a Deandre Hopkins anytime touchdown and just hoping that at the captain's spot Or even in the flax.  It's just a matter of how much and how bullish do you want to be on that tonight? Yeah, yeah, and it feels like you know Kyler got back to using his legs But you're 100% right and a lot of times Kyler is spreading it out We've seen Zachary to have the monster game. We've seen de hop have the monster game AJ green Rondell more early on in the season Christian Kirk and today it feels like perhaps, you know, Jalen Ramsey's gone and maybe didn't affect de hop You know, he's gonna get his work But Christian Kirk or AJ green one of those two might pop off man Who do you think is more likely because both of those numbers give us a chance to get a little bit of juice there? And they're sitting around the same levels when you talk AJ green Christian Kirk in the red zone anytime scores Who do you like right now before we move over to the rampside of the ball? Yeah, I'm a Christian Kirk truth or man, you know, I kind of have back this guy for for time and time again AJ green, you know, he looked like he had lost a step in his last year with Cincinnati and now You know coming back to or coming into Arizona He has been re rejuvenate rejuvenized quite a bit But you know Christian Kirk just because of the way that the focus now has to shift on de andre And just when you're looking at, you know, the the guys Averaged up the target, you know, he's their deep ball receiver I do like getting after him for an anytime touchdown in hopes that he can kind of break one You're looking at his over receiving props here on the Fandle sports book at 45 and a half I could I could probably get after that number as well too But I mean all these guys are really favorable Maybe, you know, except for Rondell more. I'm really not sure how to take Zach earth's leans at this point. I'm going against him in a season long Full transparency to our fan dual people. So if I'm not talking him up That's just because I'm hoping for a down game, but he's definitely been involved Since coming into to the Cardinals there. But yeah, Christian Kirk is probably the guy that I think I see the most Getting an option to just because of the secondary have to focus on people outside of him Yeah, and they're missing a couple corners out there as well and in Ramsey kind of covers that slot exposition right now So it's, you know, we we'll see a little bit of an uptick. I think from Zach earth's from Christian Kirk That's a very good point. And if you guys remember if you guys have any questions, feel free to drop them in Let's move to the ramp side of the ball a couple question marks over there Obviously with the injury to Tyler Higby. We're talking about Zach earth's tied in So it's kind of stay on the tight end topic the injury the kovid You know actually being on the kovid list for Tyler Tyler Higby is going to cause a little bit of Some problems. I think for this offense, like you mentioned some blocking in the run game just availability in the passing game What's your overall thought on who's going to see who's the biggest beneficiary out of all of this? Obviously obj Odell Beckham and you know van jefferson are there Who do you think is the biggest beneficiary? Out of you know kind of out of Tyler Higby leaving Yeah, well, like I said, I think the the huge benefit or the huge You know, whatever the pessimistic view here is that sony michelle I think you know, I can kind of tread lightly with him With the injuries that they're going to be dealing with on the offensive line and now Tyler Higby being out You're probably going to see, you know, I think that I see people in the chat kind of talking about blanton The backup tied in versus brison hopkins Um, and I think that you know blanton's already been named kind of the replacement guy But brison hopkins is kind of interesting because he's a guy who got you know drafted He was looking like the kind of era parent for lack of a better term to to Gerald Everett when he was still there Kind of an explosive kid out of out of college as well too. So You know, I I could see him possibly getting in on past catching downs possibly Because I don't think he they used him in run run blocking situation So maybe blame even though being the starter he might be used in more of a run blocking sense And I'd be looking to get after um, hopkins lines. I see him. Yeah, brison is 650 Anytime touchdown to score tonight blitons at 410 So that that's an interesting one that I don't have a lean on but you talked about you asked me about obj Uh in van jefferson, justin and I think that both of these guys should see an uptick in targets Just because of the share of volume of targets that higby had been seeing I mean this dude is was not leaving the field To be able to to be out there in line and and uh out wide as well too From those sets. So I think both of their target shares should go up And I'd definitely be looking to get after the receiving props there I know that van jefferson hasn't gotten it going justin But he has been a target for this team I I know i'm not sure if you saw that video going around on twitter with sean mcvay You know, they got him a touchdown and you know van jefferson was just like thanking the coach for not giving up on me And getting me involved and like they just love this kid, man So I I'm I'm cool to get after any props from him. You know, it's funny because we thought we were getting just the only Hopkin a the hopkins only time anytime cd for the cardinals. I think that's kind of juicy there for the rams as well man, I love that point And you know, obviously with the rel henerson being out The run game we got to talk about it. Sony michelle came in and did work last week as well And so when we're looking at you know anytime scores We're looking at player props to me I feel like the rams know they have to run the ball in order to be effective in order to get the most out of this passing attack Get the most out of staffer. It has to be a balanced attack and sony michelle is going to have a factor What are your thoughts on sony michelle coming into this game because I feel like We could easily see a duplicate of what we saw last week from him Yeah, I mean when you're looking at it I mean last week this We love the rams because they're lead back They're just going to give work and and especially when there's nobody out there to kind of take anything away from them So hinderson being out. I mean that obviously up sony michelle and I do like sony michelle in the vacuum I'm just trying to figure out ways to kind of put my rosters together because I I can tell you this right now justin like I probably won't make a team without cooper cup on it just because of The sheer volume and dominance that this guy sees and when there's so many other plays like again with hopkins and The way that they're priced I think you have to make a decision if you want to play the quarterbacks as well too So i'm just going to lock in cooper cup and hope that that pays off more than more often than not But sony michelle. Yeah, you're loving that. He got 24 carries last week 120, you know just absolutely A work workhorse back, which is what we love and him being priced at 12,000 even on a single game slate You're definitely willing to go there. I just would shred lightly You know if they get into the red zone and this team is one of the most past heavy teams when it comes to the red zone usage So it's not a guarantee that he would score and we're getting minus 120 On him to score in any time touchdown at the fan dual sportsbook, which you know, maybe I could I could see it happening But it's just not the juices and work to squeeze for me when i'm talking about it because you could be looking Disappointed there if they have especially if the rams being on the road if they're playing from behind that could get That could lead to more passing opportunities Absolutely. And you know, it's one of those things at least with the ram side of the ball We know who's going to get the dominant share We know sony michelle is going to have a big impact on the cardinal side of the ball There's been some questions and even coming in through the chat We're asking some questions. Is edmunds playing is he out? You know if we've seen edmunds is out. I thought he was supposed to be on track to play today So obviously we'll get an official word as things comes in But does that complicate things for you because obviously we saw chase edmunds at the beginning of the year have a super important role When it came to this attack the passing attack as well. He's getting about four or five catches a game We saw james connor really take over that role once chase edmunds got hurt Now he comes back Let's pretend for all intents and purposes. He comes back Is that means to play right now or is he the type of back?  Let's see what kind of work they give him heading into the game as opposed to just throwing him into lineups Yeah, so I was just looking because I hadn't seen any official word yet But it does look like a couple minutes ago that Chase edmunds has been ruled out just because he hasn't been activated from the ir yet So it's no chance of playing if he if he's not activated So we don't have necessarily have to worry about that But I still was going to tread lightly with him Just because he he hasn't played in so many weeks that you know, it is kind of curious But you know on this island games I was kind of hoping that we didn't have to touch on this just because you had you know Dalvin cook and and i'm not going to put chase edmunds in these same categories Right Dalvin cook and alvin camara both came back this week and absolutely smashed in the opportunities that are hitting So you knew that there was probably going to be some people That were going to look at that and wanting to not miss out on that ability We don't have to worry about that It is going to be the james connor show and and you know that i'm fine getting behind james connor You know for a little bit. I've been fading this guy, you know on main slate single game slates What have you just because he had looked like he had lost the step, you know So much last year in 2020. It just wasn't working out for him But you know Refound hope, you know newfound hope with the new team here in arizona Has kind of gotten him going and just having that backfield to himself We see the stud that he was kind of turning out to be when he was healthy in pittsburgh Replacing levy on bell there. So you know shout out to james connor definitely a great story feel good story and you're looking at him I mean 135 to score an anytime touchdown on the fandals sports book as it should be because this dude is just getting so many Carries when they get into the red zone as of late Absolutely crushing absolutely crushing and he's one of those players Who has the touchdown upside too? You love to see it one of the league leaders in touchdowns this year And when you know the cardinals obviously mentioned game script and with the injuries to the rams It looks like it could be one of those situations where the rams the Cardinals make it into that positive game script need to run the football a little bit more And so we'll lean on james connor Is there anybody outside of the quarterbacks? Obviously? We haven't really touched on kyla murray mass staffers anybody We've talked about so far that you're interested in putting in your mvp spot outside of the quarterbacks Because we do have a star studded quarterback matchup heading into the night Yeah, I mean, you know, like I said, I talked about cooper cup and absolutely loving him I mean he's the first person I put into my mvp spot and you know the best thing for people who are joining us You know on facebook and on youtube twitch Appreciate you guys rocking along with me and justin If you guys aren't playing on the fan duel single game slate It is nice because the prices don't change whether you put somebody in your mvp or flex So really when you're looking at cooper cup being 15,000 and yes, he is the third highest price But you know 2,000 difference on kyla murray 500 difference in matthew stafford, which it does make it a little bit interesting to have some stafford mvp lines But I do like cooper cup, but I do also think you know, there is some merit here where Everybody looks at the first, you know, the top plays and putting them at the mvp slot because of what I just talked about The price not changing so taking some of these lowering guys like a sony michelle Captain spot kind of makes some sense, you know, if the rams are kind of, you know Getting one over on the arizona and they're able to play with the lead We can expect that sony michelle could possibly be involved there or maybe the defense creates some You know creates gets wrecked havoc and creates some short yard fields I like that and the other one I do like is is obj You know, I think that obj is going to be so forgotten about you're looking at his price coming in at 10 Thousand on the fan dual single game slate I couldn't actually believe it because he's priced at the same same realm as coat mccoy You know, who's the backup quarterback there and only five targets last week against jacksonville But did get 10 against green bay in that game when he caught that uh his first touchdown of the season I think that this is an interesting, you know more games go on the more that obj is becoming a part of this Team are part of this offense. So I do like it I do like getting on the wide receiver twos and wide receiver threes at the mvp spot just because they tend to be Lower owned or go with the ownership that you know might not Too many people might not be thinking about 100 man agree on that and this it's tough because there's so many You know, some of the games there's obviously lesser receiving options or lesser running back options You kind of know who to stack but in this one There's so many threats to score at any point so many threats for big games We're even getting questions tonight about andy isabella coming in Uh, you know, some of the questions are saying add andy isabella tonight, you know, answer your lineup So for me, I'm looking at it. There's so many options on this cardinals team You know talk about a rhyme because we've we've seen obj have a factor on the ram side of the ball Van jefferson, obviously with higby out Um, there's others and then on the the cardinal side of the ball We got, you know, aj green Ron dill more christian kirch Deha is isabella An actual play tonight. Just he just do one of those under the radar plays that can go in and boom for you Well, yeah, I mean if you know his his booms are gonna be booms, you know because this guy comes in and we've seen it in the past Limited work, but he always comes in and and it's big playability, you know So he could be one of those plays, you know, he's only 5 000 on the single game slate Where he could kind of you know dictated and I know that people You know want to get after a play like that because it lets you Jam in jam in the top guys, which is where you know, we always can get behind jam it Team jam it in but You know, he's been a healthy scratch The past couple times So he's one of those guys where you do have to monitor his status because just last sunday He he was not activated and playing so like us, you know, we know that the Arizona cardinals they do have four guys ahead of them that are all viable to play And and especially with zack earth's being back. This is not a team. That's you know, really gonna go four wide five wide all that often So, um, I you know, that that would allow him to get that work. So You know, I think it's kind of a little bit of a thin play But if you need, you know, some solid real leaf and he is active, then I could see people getting behind it Yeah, those floors sometimes the floor will kill you in in those lineups man So you want to make sure you have some type of floor and one of the questions coming in Obviously, we want you guys to get your lineups in and make the best decisions Make sure you head over to fando get your lineups in now Make sure you're prepared so that way when the start of the game happens You're ready to rock and roll with us Let's talk a little bit about some boosts though because one of the questions that's come in Is about fando boost for tonight says do we like any of the fando boost for tonight? And I want to take a look at some of them because they're really interesting to me You know, obviously with the with the running attack for both teams Being a little bit injured and then obviously with the mobility of k1, Kyler Murray We know there's a threat there for a rushing score on his side Yep How are you feeling about some of these odds because I really really like that rams and carnals Each to score one rushing td one passing td boost man Yeah, no, I think that one's interesting too. You're looking at 180 on those odds But just that we also got cooper cup and hopkins scoring a touchdown at plus 500 five to one odd Shout out to Kyler with that question who is asking about the boost because you know, Kyler He's been rocking with us all year and he knows I I love to get after these boosts on fando and that You know at five to one odds I think you can you know max value on the boost is $50.  So I absolutely love that and like I said, you know Justin if I'm playing my single game slates a little bit different. I love taking Sides on the fando sportsbook just a hedge and that's a great way for me to hedge in this game If I'm not going to have as much exposure to geandre hopkins as the field is but let me get that touchdown equity At five to one that's he equity man And I love and you know de hop is obviously the guy in the red zone for the cardinals We know cooper cup is the man just overall for the for the los angeles rams And so yeah, definitely getting the odds on those something you want to do Interesting sing same game parlance Let's take a look at some of the same game slate because To me stacking a little bit in this one is going to be a a really good option Especially on the ram side of the ball. I feel like there's some options There's probably gonna be some sneaky value there with hopkins taking over obviously Tyler Higby is going to be out if you're just joining us right now Tyler Higby is going to be out jaylin ramsie is going to be out both of them out with covet related Illnesses this week in testing. So we're going to take a look at some of these same gamers And let's start with the rushing Um, and so for the rushing same game, let's take a look at him Kyler Murray to me seems like One of the the ones that i'm looking at the most obviously the jaylin ramsie You know him being out of this game To me opens up the door for k1 to get loose I'm looking at him as hey, they're they're not going to be bringing them off the corner They're not going to be bringing ramsie in from that slot Do you feel the same way about that or are you thinking the opposite? No, I absolutely love uh getting props on k1 tonight because you're talking about it just in like You're looking at his rushing yards at over 27 and a half I mean this team without miss with missing jaylin in the in the secondary I think they could try and get some some pressure on him just to you know Hopefully not give him time to be able to you know kind of carve them up But that could lead to him scrambling out. We just saw him visiting here Or I just saw him live in person visiting here in chicago, you know getting loose on 10 rushes for 50 yards And and two scores rushing, you know It felt like he hadn't missed the beat since coming back and even that green bay game that he saw Before you know, you're looking at back in october. It was kind of not at that same Realm before you know, we have seen him kind of a little bit banged up But now that he's healthy, maybe we can look at him getting loose a little bit against this team So love getting that prop there of over at 27 and a half for any single or single game parlay that people would be making Yeah, and it seemed like he the ankle looked healthy He was flying around and he could get that in one run. So to me that I love seeing that out of kyla murray and the other two Look pretty look on par. I don't really have too strong going on on one or the other I think with james connor Being the lead back lead dog chase edmunds being announced out that also looks like a lot So I guess we can move up to some of the passing numbers some of the passing yardage and To me with tyler higby being out You know, obviously we talked about hawkins. He's not he's not even listed on here For the receiving yards. Is there anybody else you like from that ram side of the football van jefferson to me kind of sticks out As somebody I like to touch is over now Yeah, van jefferson's interesting I'd probably lean a little bit more on odell just because the number Is isn't where I feel like it should be 45 and a half. I think that you know I get it like van jefferson is is kind of the deep target that they go after so I get where his receiving prop has come in and he's hit this line, you know before odell has come into the mix But um, if things aren't going his way, I could see him not hitting that more often than not and odell's been You know kind of taking over what the robert wood role was so if they're doing too Barricade resets expect him to be on the field Other than van and they'll probably rotate in but 45 and a half just kind of feels low for him So I definitely get out of that get after that number I mean cooper cups number is absolutely insane when you think about it 90 98 and a half, but you know, he's been hitting this so You know, I definitely think that there's you know merit for it to be where it should be But you're looking at almost even money for odell at number at you know, the juice only at 105 Right, that's pretty nice getting after that. I'll I'll agree a hundred percent. I love the odell number I think both of those numbers odell van jefferson and you mentioned it just him playing that Robert woods roll, you know, there's always obviously a floor there But with the way odell gets open the way he's he's kind of been acclimated to this offense Uh, I I 100% am on board with that over another one that looks kind of tasting you talked about it Christian kirk christian kirk being up there To me that seems a little low for somebody obviously jaylen ramsey news changes a little bit for me 45 and a half there What are you thinking ryan you you like that one? Uh, which one i'm sorry the 45 45 and a half for christian kirk Receiving a prop I you touched on it earlier man. It's it feels like it's a prime spot for him Yeah, no, definitely. I think that you know just because of the way that the secondary is looking up I think that kirk can get behind After after these guys there and 45 and a half, you know same type of juice at 105 that odell's getting I think that those would be two bets that I would take, you know with with kyler with the andre hopkins getting Any time touchdown there to kind of make a nice little parlay that you feel really good about One guy we haven't really touched on and has had a rolling softens We kind of talked about his last year in Cincinnati being a little bit, you know of a fade And that's aj green and obviously You know, he doesn't have he doesn't have what we're thinking as far as a consistent role But he does have that opportunity to any time score Um, I want to go to touchdowns actually before we go Anytime touchdown for two touchdowns, right? Who's the first to score two touchdowns? You think anybody in this game is capable of scoring two touchdowns outside of our guy cooper cup? Is anybody else capable? Yeah, I mean james connor is capable and you see him with the shortest odds there At 440. I mean that makes a ton of sense because of what his red zone role is But I do think that you know, there is some merit to taking kyler at 17 to 1 17 plus 1700 The guy just did it last week on the road now. He's at home, you know in the dome We know that you know the quarterbacks russian in the dome a little bit more favorable there And uh, I could see some merit in taking him there at 17 to 1. That's nice Love it. Gotta love it. And we appreciate all you guys for rocking with us Answer it asking your questions. This should be a really exciting monday night slate One of the comments that just came in and said irts two tds And I absolutely love that potential because irts is a big red zone guy for this cardinals team, man So shout out to grim fan. Appreciate you tuning in and appreciate everybody else who's been rocking with Ryan and I on this monday night football preview Make sure you guys get your lineups in with fandom follow on all social media accounts subscribe to the youtube and ryan my man I will see you again very soon Always pleasure. Justin. We'll see you next time, man Yes, sir


Aloha, welcome. Thanks for joining us on Think Tech Hawaii. I hope all of you have had the opportunity to log on to contribute to help us keep doing this, and we truly, truly appreciate your support. Today we're going to dig into what's going on with the fear factor that is such an important one, such an influential one in choices, directions, and evolution of our society in whatever direction we might wind up going. Welcome, Think Tech co-host Jay Fidel, Tim Opsichella. Let's get right into it. Good morning, Chuck. So Jay, what's going on here? What is the fear and the roots of it that are playing such an influential role in what's happening in this country in all sectors? Think the fear isn't real. You call it fear, and we've called it fear on other shows too, and a number of economists have called it fear, but I'm not sure it's really fear. I don't think it's legitimate here. I think it's really anger. It's jealousy, and it is a desire to be on top, and fear is kind of a rationalization, a euphemism even. So what are people afraid of? Well, at one level they're afraid of being replaced, and on the other level they're afraid of their... It's not fear so much as a desire to put the other guy down. It's the hierarchy, the social hierarchy, and every society has it. I mean, as you look at any country, if you make an examination, the perfect example is India, where the untouchables are untouchable for reasons that escape us. And so I think we have that here too, but I think we also have to remember that it came out of slavery, was put the blacks down. It came out of the Civil War. Let's put anyone down who supports the blacks, and in general we want to maintain our position. We want to maintain the status quo. We want to make America great again like it was before the Civil War, replete with slavery. Does that sound familiar? Anyway, my point is I'm not sure that it's fear so much as an abiding desire to put the other guy down and be on top of the social and economic heat. And that's a good insight. And maybe two sides of the same coin, that that racial resentment, that zero sum, we've got to hold power and wealth. And the only way to do that is by keeping the others from getting any. Tim, what's your impression? My impression is that since the 70s, we have a lot of social changes, particularly with minority rights, women's rights on the last two decades, LGDQ rights. And it is a zero sum game. And I think a lot of times were those economically depressed white males that feel that they're being pushed out of the room, either through economic means or just good old fashioned being the breadwinner that we saw in the 50s and 60s. So there's a social, not replacement, but a casting out of you will or being shoved aside. And I think there's a resentment there. And I agree with Jay that, you know, between anger, jealousy and power, these all are part of the stew. I also think that, you know, there's, we've evolved since the 1930s and 40s. Our higher angels for this society has actually taken a better front stage. However, those, those issues still remain below the surface. And I think a big part of it is, is why people don't, again, this is from a show that we did yesterday about why people aren't speaking out against Trump for all the criminal indictments and the impeachments and the horrific things he says and does. People don't speak up because well, we talked about it a little bit was that the loss or fear of losing their employment. Or I think there's, is there something the mazal hierarchy of needs. And that is human beings need to feel to be part of a group. And if you speak out, you may feel that there's others that will judge you and no longer invite you to a social function or, or, you know, you may be ostracized. And I think that's a big part of it. The human beings need to, to belong. Talk about tribalism. Yeah. Let me, let me, can I add a thought truck? I'd like to add a thought. Please. You know, going back to Bosnia and Yugoslavia, back when when Tito was running things, his contribution was that if you want to hate the other guy, if you want to hate the Muslims, I'm not going to let you do that. We have to stay together on this.  And of course, when he was gone, it, you know, it fragmented. And all of a sudden there wasn't Tito to say, no, you can't be racist. I'm not going to let you do that. And so I think it depends in large part on who the leader is, because this phenomenon in the human condition in the human species is always going to exist. It's kind of lord of the flies. Somebody has to be on top and that isn't always fair. And so you have to have a moral positive leader and to keep a lid on it. Okay. And in his own way, Tito, who was not, you know, terribly admirable was a positive leader, at least on that issue. So what I'm saying is that you can say that America was always destined to continue the civil war and racism. But you can also say that a positive leader would keep a lid on it. And Vietnam was actually a positive social event, the opposition to Vietnam mostly. And the civil rights movement in the 60s was a was a positive, you know, phenomenon event. But then you can have one negative leader and he can pull off all he can pull off the cover. And I think it proves that we didn't have to be a reemerging racist country. We didn't have to be that. We always have the potential, but we didn't have to have it. And you can say that Trump was only exacerbating something that was already there. I'm not sure I agree. Trump exacerbated something that would not have been exacerbated without him. And I think that he recreated the racism that we thought we passed. And so I guess my my conclusion is a bad leader can do this to you and the damage and destruction is profound. That's a great insight, Jay, because if you look at the studies and the research on failed or failing democracy, and there's a strong argument that at least at this stage, the United States would be possibly within that category of failing democracy, certainly a challenge attempt at democracy. We're far short of what would be a democracy. How does that connect back to exactly what you alluded to to our history? What ties us to that racial division and resentment and antipathy? Lavery. Lavery made people, you know, pretty angry. And as time went by, and, you know, before the Civil War, the slave owners were becoming worse, and or at least relatively worse, you know, maybe they were becoming in some plantations, they were becoming kinder, but it didn't matter because people found that the North was more liberal, the North was kinder. And so they made the relative kind of analysis and relatively the South was getting worse. And then of course, in order to defend the South to Confederacy, there was a lot of bad acts on Blacks. And so that made it worse yet. And finally, I shouldn't say finally, because it's never final. After the South and the attempts at Reconstruction, you know, while we had Reconstruction coming from Washington, we had attempts at reconstructing the Confederacy coming from the South. It never ended. Then the Civil War was pretty brutal after the Civil War was extensively over at Appomattox.  But, you know, the problem is that it's built into us from the very beginning that allowed slavery in, even despite the declaration of independence and the lofty words there, it allowed slavery in the Constitution. And slavery went on and on in a funny way. It's still with us. And the Civil War was supposed to stop it. That was a war about slavery, but it continued. And then I want to add one of the things if I have a minute more, okay? And that is the development of this country, the Industrial Revolution during the Brown Decades, which Lewis Mumford wrote about in the late 19th century. You had Carnegie and you had the railroad guy, who was the railroad guy. There were a couple of barons, right? The robber barons, if you will. Railroads and steel and the like. And what these guys did is they operated from Wall Street. They achieved a lot of capital. They achieved the capital concentration in New York. And they took advantage of the hinterland. So what they did is they alienated. They took advantage of the farmers and the people who lived in the hinterland by charging outrageous prices on the railroad and for goods that were transmitted on the railroad. And the people in the hinterland got to dislike them a lot. And then you had the populist movement and tried to unseat them lots of luck because they had the money. And you had all those union battles where the people tried to unseat them. But the people, you know, were successful only over a long period of time and a lot of political strife. So what I'm saying is another element in this is that the people in hinterland, maybe not so successful whites, who were bigger and more powerful during the period before the Civil War, found themselves being undermined by the robber barons out of New York. And they began to dislike the coasts because that was where the money was. And so although a lot of them left for the West Coast, you know, manifest destiny and all that, a lot of them stayed and just grumbled. And so we have a kind of cultural mindset in the hinterland of this country that is really angry about the people from the coasts and especially the East Coast. And this is another factor. And that's a really important point to recognize because accompanying that was the outright overt destruction of the lives, the culture, the lands of the indigenous peoples west of the Mississippi, as had happened in a more incremental way east of the Mississippi, but in a much more violent, more more sudden and destructive way west of the Mississippi. So that heritage of white zero sum dominance at the expense of people of color, their rights to life, their rights to property, their rights to education, their rights to housing, all of those things has continued to be a major part of our history. And our government has continued to be a major part of that. Heather McGee's book, The Sum of Us, does a wonderful job of documenting the connection between that white versus others racism and racial resentment and racial antagonism and the injustices and inequalities in virtually all sectors of our society. So, Tim, where are we headed? Well, if Donald Trump gets elected, President of the United States for a second term, we're headed down the toilet. But, you know, I haven't read The Sum of Us or the other book cast, not as yet, I haven't read it. But it's for me, it always seems there's a correlation to the height of increased racism, when there's economic disparity. When times are good, these issues seem to dissipate, not diminish, but dissipate. And I see a correlation between the economy, and then a leader like Donald Trump to, like all good dictators is point of finger at someone that your economic hardship is not due to your situation or what you have done or haven't done for yourself or your family. It's somebody else's fault. And didn't Donald Trump do that the second he was coming down the escalator with Mexicans? And then he tried to, you know, on the Muslim ban as soon as he was President of the United States. Let's blame somebody else. And again, any good dictator will, the first page out of their book is, let's cast doubt, suspicion, and hatred towards the immigrant. Because they're the ones that will be the cause of your economic woes. And that's the playbook. And Donald Trump has followed it perfectly. And then let's, let's, you know, grab the narrative from the media, and we go from there. Let's hollow out the Department of Justice. We go from there. So I, I, I know racism is alive and well in this country, but I think it boils down to economic or prosperity concerns and paranoia. And people are worried. An exception to that, I guess, would be the white flight from the cities in the 1970s when busing was taking place. There was a massive white flight from cities into the suburbs as a result of racial integration. So that would be an exception to my, my first part here, talking about economic disparity and how that really is the root cause of many racist motifs in this country. I'd like to add something, Chuck. Sure. You know, racism has been with us really from the beginning. And it's still with us under the surface, like it was in Yugoslavia. And the question is, what is the bad leader going to do with that? It's a tool. It's a lever. It's a, it's a weapon. I hate using that term these days. It's a weapon. And what does it achieve for the bad leader? It achieves power. When through power, there is money, but first power. And I think that Trump is an example of that somehow. Well, I know he's an example of that. So he doesn't really have a personal credo on anything. He's into power and money. And so if he sees that racism is something to be used as a way to achieve power, then he takes advantage. So it's going back to Charlotte Snell, it's saying that, you know, there are good people on both sides, which is really a stroke on the racists. And he's trying to get them, you know, to give him their support based on what, based on racism. And his administration followed that throughout. He tried to exacerbate the racism and divide magic word, divide the country. And through that racism and division of all kinds, you, the autocrat, or the would be autocrat, becomes more powerful. That's, that's an absolute truth, I think, for the world as we know it. And it's certainly a truth for Trump. And so where in this picture might there be some glimmerings of light, hope, diverse solidarity, or other pathways that may help influence people to make better leadership choices and to resist bad leadership? What's it going to take for that to happen? What we talked about just to a limited degree yesterday, and Tim came up with the notion that we live in a diverse society. And that's, that is our identity now, like it or not. We have, you know, immigration has been happening, but well, since the turn of the 1920th century. And so we have a very diverse country. That is what Trump takes advantage of, but that is also our strengths. And so the short answer, which is incomplete, the short answer is you have to get the people who are on the diversity side of things to get together, to make a coalition. And my concern yesterday when we discussed this is that by definition, they're diverse. It's hard to get a diverse group of people to agree on things and to, for example, select the leader. But if they could, by one process, by one phenomenon or another, that would be a solution that you're asking for. And then I would say that Lincoln comes to mind. You know, what Lincoln's genius and his contribution to the country was, he made the diversity into the north, and he made the north into the diversity that could beat the south. He found a way to bring people together. Not in total, but in large part. And I think, you know, I think although in retrospect people criticize Kennedy for one thing or another, I think had Kennedy been able to stay the course, he would have been a president who brought people together. It's not, it's not only, you know, an agenda point. It's who you are.  And I think he could have done it. But since then I'm really not sure that any president, sorry, has been the kind of president that could bring us together in that way. That is the short answer. That's what we need. Tim, your thoughts? My thoughts are Donald Trump exists because an example was made 50 years earlier. We're mammals, I'm sorry, but you know, we're a few steps up from the the apes, the chimpanzees, and what do they learn from? What do children learn from? What do we all learn from? We learn from example. And when you have President of the United States basically getting off scot-free for crimes that he would have been convicted for, most likely, you have a Vice President, Spiro Tiagnu, who got a sweetheart deal, a plea agreement, he should have gone to jail. That gives future presidents the idea that I can get away with it too. I'll never forget the interviewer, I think it was with our, boy, Frost, where he said, you know, when the president does something, it's not wrong, it's not illegal. And Donald Trump learned from Nixon. In fact, I think he befriended them. When Nixon was ostracized, he befriended them, and he learned a lot of things. And so there's something within us that we need to make sure that we set an example. And if that is called consequence, so be it. And if the consequence for future leaders to learn is that Donald Trump has convicted and there's a consequence to it, I think it's a good thing. If he's found guilty, he's presumed innocent at this point.  I think people have that need to belong to a group. Tribalism, as Jay put it. What's a big part of tribalism?  There is a factor that used to have, would be a strong deterrent for people not to do something or say something. And that was called shame.  We've lost shame in the public arena. And I think the erosion of shame and the fear of being ostracized and shamed is no longer with us, for the most part. And that's why Donald Trump gets away by being Donald Trump. Chuck, I'd like to add another point.  I wouldn't go there. Well, we know you a long time and let's take a flying leap and say that, okay? We're going to say that. Big leap. Okay. The problem is the system has to make you president because if the system doesn't make you president then you're an autocrat or monarch, some old model of leadership, which doesn't necessarily go to a good place. So let's assume that the system at least ideally has to make you president if you're going to be president and be a good president. But the system itself is worn down, I must say. You have the media which likes raw meat and would put Trump on the air, which helps Trump. The media that did that Trump town meeting with him a few weeks ago, which was so damaging to the country. The people in government who don't know about government, who never learned civics in school, who don't mind treating a whole thing as a ball game in which there are no fouls. As you can do anything you want in order to win, win, win. And people don't have the same kind of appreciation of what was that movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, where the moral fabric of the community was untouchable and that we all knew and believed that you've got to stand up for the better America. I don't think we have that anymore. I could go on about indications of the deterioration of the institutions that we need to have. But we don't have the guardrails that would prevent other less noble individuals from bringing you down as a candidate, Tim. So the answer is you wouldn't get to be president. And a lot of really good people wouldn't get to be president because it's a money and power game and not a morality game, not a good leadership game.  And therefore, I'm not sure that we can recover by getting a good leader, which we need. Secretary of State? Maybe. If you're nice to me. Yeah, watch your emails. But you raise a really important point now that we're down into our last couple of minutes, which is who we are and we will increasingly be a diverse nation. Maybe not a unified nation, maybe a divided nation, but a diverse nation. By 2050, the United States will not be a white majority country anymore. It will be a people of color majority. We have to learn to make that work for us. We have had examples in our society where we have made that work for us in unionization in other areas. What are some of the examples in our last minute or so that stand out to you from where we have made diversity and the solidarity of diversity work for us? Tim, give us one minute for that. You could probably give us 10 seconds for that. Go ahead, Jay. You got 10 seconds. Well, we have a great economy. However, capitalism has worked in this country. We've found ways to collaborate into a great economy. We have a great educational system, especially higher education, although right now it seems to be failing economically, that has educated generation after generation of leaders. I think we have some people in government and also in the nonprofit sector who care passionately about helping people. There are many individuals in this country who are right-minded and we have created them. And finally, the last thing is we have seen ourselves as the beacon for the world, especially after World War II, and to some extent after World War I, maybe less, where we go out. We do out. We have gone out. We have done outreach. Unfortunately, since my friend Kennedy died, the Peace Corps and organizations like that have declined, and our outreach has declined. But at least we know how to do that. We know the message, and there's a whole generation of people who served in the Peace Corps and who understood outreach to the world. I want to add one other thought, which is not directly responsive, but it's this. You talk about the decline of the country because of these racism factors and divisive factors. It's one more thing. If we have racism and if we have divisiveness, we cannot have a good economy. We cannot have a national security, social security, security where people can feel safe on the street and all that. But more than that, we can't have our position in the world. We will lose the American dollar as reserve currency. We will lose influence everywhere. And we will allow China and to the extent it continues to exist, our Russia, to take advantage of us. We will no longer be the beacon on the hill. And that will have a resounding echo effect, won't it? And we don't know exactly what that echo effect will create, but it won't be good. So we will lose a lot of the when you call it global influence and global power that we have now if we don't take care of these domestic issues. Tim, your final thoughts? You know, I think of that red hat on Donald Trump's hat or head, make America great again. Well, first off, America is still great. We have problems and our exceptionalism should not cloud our view that we do have problems. But America has been great and it is great.  Guess what? We've done that. We did that. Not great for everyone, but it's improving. It's getting better. So rather than Donald Trump's ability to make us focus on our differences, how about we find a leader that focuses on our commonality, our shared goals, and to say the phrase to make America great again? I told you, Chuck, you should be president. Yeah, no, what a great way to wrap this up, because if there's anything that has in the past and may in the future help diversity work best for us, it is exactly that solidarity in commonalities, our common interests in decent housing, in productive education, in available and effective health care, in a livable environment, in all the rest of the areas that we share and are going to need to learn to share together. The question is, how can we make it work better for more of us? Thank you, Tim, Jay. Another wonderful think tech session. Thank you, folks, for joining us. Aloha, and take care. kawaii.com. Mahalo.


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