I work with and volunteer with Ashburton Community Care.
Always, there are people who are on the periphery of the community who don't see people very often.
I'm helping to connect with people.
People are at home a long time and they don't always have family
...and if they do have family they don't always go and see them.
I find that people enjoy having somebody to talk to.
It is a lovely feeling because we're all human beings.
We all need the people
to live with... to be near...
to be in contact with...
Volunteering from my community is my way of showing I care.
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I moved to Devon three and a half years ago and saw an advertisement for 'football coach is required'
I made a call and was invited along to watch a training session and from the moment I got there
I was just immediately hooked. It was just such an uplifting and rewarding experience
to give so many young disabled people the opportunity to play football and
here I am - three and half years later - I am a qualified football coach.
I'm one of a number of volunteers at Barnstaple Ability Football Club.
It's just the best feeling in the world to be able to know that someone who has come to a
session and they've had a really good time and I wouldn't have that
opportunity and I wouldn't get those feelings if I didn't volunteer.
We all need to make our communities a nicer safer better place for people to live in
and I really do feel part of the local community because of what I do at the football.
Volunteering for my community is my way of showing I care.
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How many coin videos can I do? - Duration: 4:11.
so hello people here you gone just gonna just have a little bit of a talk now
someone asked me how many coin videos or banknote videos could I actually do well
as you can see here if I was to do a video on every single coin like this
Portuguese coin here do all the Portuguese coins do all the Taiwanese
coins fijian Moroccan French Soviet Union Vietnam Japan the Straits
settlements Australia Nova Japan Russia Russia the United States if I was
actually to do a video for all these coins I could easily make a few million
videos like with the Roman coins by themselves each emperor has a at least a
few thousand coins of different varieties different denominations so
with Roman coins at least probably make at least a million videos just there
then you've got the ancient Greek coins it's probably same amount now at the
Indian subcontinent they have a large variety of coins but
here here I'll probably have at least 100 videos here definitely see I've got
got Austrian coins here I've got Portuguese so Portuguese Mozambique and
Angola got India of God Germany I'm Austrian Austrian South Korea United
Kingdom Israel over there oh and they sort of modern coins you
know and then I'll have some banknotes and I have New Zealand I have these
Straits settlements yeah I'm pretty sure it is oh is it
yesterday not Malaysian currency so yeah I have a hell of a lot of videos
that you can make just on coins not I need that here I have some fake coins
and some real coins so I can make videos about coin collecting so different
topics not related to any specific coin but related to counterfeiting related to
fakes that are made for collectors error coins and also how coins get damaged so
these are damaged coins here so how coins get damaged yeah so it's
just a hell of a lot of coin videos that I can actually make and obviously
two-dollar coin here it actually looks like it is a kennefa coin let's focus
looks like it's a counterfeit coin is actually real it's just being well
circulated unlike this two-dollar coin which is actually counterfeit mm-hmm so
how many videos could I make I can't actually get answer that topic but I'll
answer that question but if you have an answer can you please leave it down
below because I actually would like to know how many videos cuz I make the
coins and banknotes we're also talking about commemorative coins and not
circulating so please leave a comment down below and have awesome coin and
banknote collecting time people because this is an awesome hobby learn about
history linguistics the current culture of the time and lots of it ever awesome
things so please like and subscribe and have an awesome coin collecting time
people bye bye
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Where can I watch Arsenal vs Chelsea? TV channel, live stream, kick-off time and team news - Duration: 3:37.
Arsenal and Chelsea meet in the International Champions Cup as both sides continue their preparations ahead of the new season.
The Gunners beat Paris Saint-Germain 5-1 in the competition in Singapore on Saturday.
Mesut Ozil captained Arsenal on his first pre-season appearance and scored the opener after 13 minutes
PSG equalised from the penalty spot through Christopher Nkunku but the north London side finished the game in style as substitute Alexandre Lacazette scored twice in four minutes before late goals from Rob Holding and Eddie Nketiah sealed victory against the weakened Ligue 1 side
As for Chelsea, they beat Inter Milan 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.. Pedro put the west London side ahead in the International Champions Cup tie in Nice after Alvaro Morata saw his shot saved.
Inter forced a penalty shootout after Roberto Gagliardini equalised.. Jorginho impressed on his second appearance since joining from Napoli.
The Italy international scored his team's first penalty during the shootout and Danny Drinkwater, Victor Moses and Tammy Abraham also converted their penalties
Here's everything you need to know about this week's clash. What time does Arsenal vs Chelsea kick-off?
Arsenal vs Chelsea takes place at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.. Kick-off is scheduled for 19:05 pm BST on Wednesday, August 1
Where can I watch Arsenal vs Chelsea?. UK viewers will be able to watch and stream Arsenal vs Chelsea on Premier Sports
Arsenal vs Chelsea team news. Unai Emery welcomed back Ozil, Alex Iwobi and Mohamed Elneny from this summer's World Cup against the French outfit on Saturday.
Matteo Guendouzi and Emile Smith-Rowe impressed against the Parisians and could feature against the Blues.
New signing Lucas Torreira has flown back to London for pre-season training, but the game could come too soon for the Uruguay star.
Cesar Azpilicueta made his first return since returning from the World Cup and scored the winning penalty against the Serie A side and could feature on Wednesday.
Willy Caballero, Antonio Rudiger, Victor Moses and Andreas Christensen also returned to action.
World Cup winners Olivier Giroud and N'Golo Kante will still be missing, as will Belgium duo Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois
Other absentees from the Inter game included Gary Cahill and Willian.. Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri will also have one eye on his side's Community Shield encounter against Manchester City on Sunday meaning he could rotate his team.
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How thyroid problems can affect fertility | Nourish with Melanie #35 - Duration: 8:42.
Our thyroid gland secretes thyroid hormones which impact our metabolic rate.
These hormones then impact our fertility hormones.
With around one in twenty people having some type of thyroid condition, you should know
what symptoms to look for and how to optimise your thyroid health before you start trying
to conceive.
Stay tuned to learn more!
When your thyroid gland produces too much of the hormone, thyroxine, it's called hyperthyroidism.
The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is a condition called Grave's disease.
Grave's disease is an auto-immune condition, which means that your body decides that healthy
cells are foreign, and it attacks those healthy cells.
When your thyroid gland produces too much thyroxine, it can impact fertility hormones
such as estrogen and progesterone to cause irregular ovulation and increased rates of
miscarriage.
Conversely, when the body doesn't produce enough thyroxine, it's called hypothyroidism.
Hypothyroidism can also cause irregular periods and problems ovulating.
Since both hypo and hyper-thyroidism can have a significant impact on your fertility, it's
important to make sure that your doctor has checked your thyroid hormone levels with a
blood test.
Depending upon the levels of your hormones, you may require some medications, or even
surgery in extreme cases, to regulate your thyroid production, but there is a lot that
you can achieve with dietary changes too.
Let's take a look..
You may have heard that a nutrient called iodine is important for your fertility.
The reason for this is because iodine composes an important part of your thyroid hormones.
The thyroid gland produces two primary hormones - thyroxine (also referred to as T4) and tri-iodothyronine
(also referred to as T3).
The numbers 3 and 4 refer to the number of atoms of iodine in the hormones.
Iodine is essential for the production of thyroid hormones and humans need about 150
micrograms each day.
Iodine is found in a wide range of nutritious foods as it comes from the soil and sea.
Seafood and fish is one of the best sources of iodine, so if you're meeting the recommended
requirements of two to three serves of fish per week, plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables,
some wholegrains and 3 serves dairy per day, then you'll most likely be meeting your iodine
requirements.
But, if your diet is high in processed foods or you have hypothyroidism, then there's a
good chance you won't be meeting your requirements, in which case you may need to take an iodine
supplement before you conceive.
But please note, that iodine supplements can be dangerous for women who have Grave's disease,
so please check with your health care professional first.
Next, let's look at goitrogens.
Goitrins can interfere with the synthesis of thyroid hormones, although this usually
only occurs when coupled with an iodine deficiency.
Goitrins are found in cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage, soy
and a grain called millet.
Research has found that people who take excessive amounts of soy products, usually via supplements,
are more likely to have hyperthyroidism.
Furthermore, there is some suggestion that people who have hypothyroidism and are taking
thyroxine medications should avoid taking high amounts of soy.
Please note that this doesn't mean that you need to avoid soy foods altogether.
It's fine to have one or two serves of soy foods, like tofu, soy milk or faux meat each
day, but I'd recommend not taking it at the same time that you take your medication, instead
wait an hour or two, and avoid soy capsules.
It's also important to note that the goitrogenic effect of cruciferous vegetables is erased
when they are cooked, so don't let this be an excuse not to eat your broccoli!
You know that it's good for you!
Number 3 - if you are prescribed medications for your thyroid it's also wise to note that
you should take these at a different time to your nutritional supplements.
Nutritional supplements can impair your body's ability to absorb the medication properly,
so try to take them at least four hours apart.
Number 4 is vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is common, and it is even more common in people
with hypothyroidism.
In fact one study found that 90% of people with hypothyroidism had a vitamin D deficiency.
Researchers aren't yet clear if vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of hypothyroidism,
or hypothyroidism increases the risk of vitamin D deficiency, but either way, if you have
hypothyroidism, its worth having your vitamin D levels checked, especially before you conceive.
Vitamin D is also important for women with hyperthyroidism, as hyperthyroidism, particularly
Grave's disease has been found to cause bone loss, and vitamin D is essential for healthy
bones.
Finally, I also want to discuss weight.
Hypothyroidism can make it difficult to lose weight as it slows down your body's metabolic
rate.
If you have hypothyroidism, try to focus on eating well rather than the number on the
scales until your thyroid hormones are back in the normal range.
It is recommended that you work on your metabolism by increasing your muscle mass and eating
small regular meals.
You can increase your muscle mass by ensuring that you consume adequate protein in your
diet and by participating in regular exercise.
Furthermore, exercise elevates the effectiveness of thyroxine in the bloodstream by approximately
30%, so exercising is an excellent way to achieve and maintain weight loss for someone
with hypothyroidism.
Increasing your muscle mass is also important for women with hyperthyroidism, as high levels
of thyroid hormones can mean that your metabolism is too high, which can mean that you lose
weight quickly and can lose muscle mass if you don't eat enough.
This can then yo yo back to a slow metabolism and too much weight gain in the future.
So you can see that your thyroid hormones are very important for optimising your fertility,
and your diet is essential for a healthy thyroid.
If you're trying to conceive, make sure that you get your thyroid hormones checked, then
see a dietitian to discuss: - How much iodine you should be taking,
- Your intake of goitrogens, - When to take your nutritional supplements,
- Whether or not you need any vitamin D supplements, and
- Optimising your metabolism.
In the meantime, download my fertility diet by going to melaniemcgrice.com/fertility.
You'll find a meal plan to get you started and some suggestions on how you can get support
from a dietitian.
And, as always, if you have any questions, or experiences you'd like to share, I'd love
to hear about them in the comments boxes below.
Have a great week!
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Voiceover: Need an extra helper in the kitchen?
Here are some ways Siri can assist you.
To ask Siri a question on your Apple Watch,
just raise your wrist and start your request
with "Hey Siri," like this,
"Hey Siri, how many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?"
Siri: Three teaspoons.
Voiceover: You can also use Siri to send a message like this,
"Hey Siri, text Vera
'Are you coming to the bake sale, question mark.'"
Siri: OK, I'll send this.
Voiceover: Need a reminder? Just let Siri know.
"Hey Siri, remind me to pick up napkins at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow."
Siri: Here's your reminder.
Voiceover: And when your hands are free,
you can press the digital crown to talk to Siri,
or if you're using the Siri watch face
you can tap directly into Siri.
"Set a timer for 15 minutes."
Siri: Fifteen minutes and counting.
Voiceover: Want to know what else you can ask?
Just say, "Hey Siri, what can I ask you?"
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The Body-Brain Connection - Can Exercise Make You Smarter? (animated) - Duration: 16:06.
Back when I was in still in school there was this stereotype going around.
Kids who were nerdy and never did any kind of sports were considered the most intelligent
and bright.
The jocks who were sporty and fit, were often branded as simple-minded and empty-headed.
So by following this stereotype you had two groups: Smart and weak.
Dumb and fit.
However in the recent years, there's a new stereotype that's gained popularity: A smart jock.
An individual who is both intellectually gifted and is physically fit.
Did they win the genetic lottery or is it possible that exercise could make you smarter?
First we need to take a look back in the past before we can draw any conclusions.
Not that long ago, there was this prevailing theory that we had a fixed amount of brain cells.
You were either born smart, with a big brain, or you weren't.
And once we became adults our brains were supposed to stop creating new neurons, and
we could only lose neurons as we got older.
Saying the brain could grow and form new brain cells, got you ridiculed and made fun of by
the scientific community.
However in the mid 90s some scientists were looking for a way to prevent Alzheimer's disease.
For those that don't know, Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia, a general
term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities.
It's identified by a loss of neurons in certain brain regions.
To put it simply, the disease shrinks your brain.
Over the 4 year period, the scientists found 3 factors or 3 lifestyle changes, that actually
helped prevent the cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease.
The first factor was continuous learning and education.
Things like reading books and learning more about the world around us, fall in this category.
The second was self efficacy and mindset.
Basically an individual's belief in their innate ability to do things well and achieve
their goals.
But third and last, was physical exercise.
The first two factors weren't so surprising, but the third one was.
How could exercise be the most potent lifestyle change you could make to keep your brain going?
As far as we knew, exercise didn't act on the brain.
One of the scientists of the group, Carl Cotman, went back to his lab and decided to study
what's going on.
So he got a bunch of mice and had them run on a running wheel from 7 to 14 days.
But it wasn't all fun and games for the mice, as their brains were eventually dissected.
He looked at their brains and the cortex, which is the top part of the brain, was thicker.
And there was one particular area called the hippocampus which was bigger, when compared
to the mice that didn't run on the wheel.
The brain's cortex is where our long term memories are stored.
And the hippocampus is like a center for learning and short term memory.
So Carl found the answer he was looking for.
Exercise was making our brains grow new cells and neurons.
This is why it was preventing brain's deterioration and cognitive decline.
Carl's findings paved a way for a whole new research field in science, by showing the
world that the brain is astonishingly flexible, able to be retrained and reprogrammed.
Like a muscle, it responds to use, adapting to new demands and conditions.
It also withers without use.
So it's either "use it, or lose it".
However that doesn't quite explain why exercise is making our brains grow new neurons.
Most people would consider "using your brain" as doing something creative or logical, like
writing a book or solving a puzzle.
But that's not really what the brain's main function is.
The only reason why humans have such big brains is for one purpose, and that purpose only.
And the reason is to perform adaptable complex movements.
Simply put, we have a brain made to move.
As pointed out by a neurophysiologist Rodolfo LLinas, only a mobile creature needs a brain.
To illustrate this, he used an example of a tiny jellyfish like animal, called a sea squirt.
Born with a simple spinal cord and a three hundred neuron brain, the sea squirt moves
around in the ocean until it finds a coral rock, where it will spend the rest of its life.
However once safely attached, the sea squirt simply digest its own brain for extra energy.
For most of it's life, it looks much more like a plant than an animal, and since it's
not moving anymore, it has no more use for a brain.
When we bring the word "exercise" to mind, we might think of someone trying get it in
shape or becoming buff.
However today we know that exercise has a much bigger effect on our brain, than on our body.
Physical activity activates most of your brain regions simultaneously, because like we just
said, we need a brain to move.
Conditioning the heart and building muscle are essentially side effects.
But the most profound effect exercise has on our brain, is that it improves our learning ability.
We mentioned earlier that the mice that ran on the running wheel had a bigger hippocampus,
which is the brain's center for memory and learning.
The reason it was bigger is because when we exercise, we raise our levels of BDNF.
BDNF or brain derived neurotrophic factor is a powerful protein that stimulates the
production of new brain cells and strengthens existing ones.
It's found in the hippocampus, cortex, and basal forebrain.
All these brain areas are vital to learning, memory, and higher thinking.
BDNF can be compared to a plant fertilizer.
Plants need water, sun and soil to grow.
However most soil doesn't provide the essential nutrients required for optimal plant growth.
This is why plant fertilizer is added.
Just like a plant fertilizer supports plant growth, BDNF acts as a brain fertilizer.
BDNF nourishes brain cells and makes them grow new synapses.
A study in 2013 showed that just 20 to 40 minutes of exercise increased BDNF in the
blood by 32%.
This ties closely to the German study, where they found that people learn vocabulary words
20% faster, after physical activities.
And the rate of learning is directly correlated with the levels of BDNF.
To put it simply, the higher our levels of BDNF are, the easier it is to learn new things.
And if you've been paying any attention right now, you know what gives a significant boost
of BDNF.
Which brings out a more interesting question; is there a correlation between fitness and academics?
Only a few researchers have tackled this question.
However a study from Virginia Tech showed that cutting gym class and devoting more time
to math, science and reading, did not improve test scores. as many assume it would.
Cutting away exercise and spending more time behind the books could actually decrease your
test results.
Over the past few years the California Department of Education has consistently shown that students
with higher fitness scores also have higher test scores.
In 2001 study, kids who were fit, scored twice as well on academic tests as those who were unfit.
Body mass index and aerobic fitness were the most significant contributors.
This means that if you want to get better grades, you might want to start by lacing
up your running shoes, before hitting the books.
There's a school in Naperville Illinois that took full advantage of this.
Over the 20 year period, they evolved their PE program to one of the best in the world.
The program was started in response to research which linked exercise to increased brain function.
As a result, they have turned 19,000 students in Naperville District 203, into one of the
fittest in the nation.
Only 3% of them were overweight, without a single obese child.
This was at a time when 33% of America's kids were overweight, with this number increasing
to 37% over the past years, and still no sign of stopping.
What's more interesting is that the Naperville program has also turned those students into
some of the smartest in the nation.
In 1999 Naperville's students took an international test called TIMSS, which evaluates knowledge
of math and science of different countries.
Almost every year the Asian countries score the highest, while United States is usually
in the mid teens, but Napperville is an exception.
The students took the test as a country, to see how they would perform, and they finished
sixth in math and first in science.
Sixth and first in the world, as a school.
Wow.
Not only that, but 97 percent of the 8th graders took the test, so it's not only the top students
who were picked for it.
How did they do it?
As I mentioned they were the fittest school in the nation.
The key word here is fit.
Fit doesn't mean you're skinny.
The benefits of exercise don't kick in with your shape and size, but it has a lot to do
with what you're doing.
It's much better to be overweight, but active daily, than being skinny and inactive.
Like I said, building muscle or losing weight are essentially side effects that will come
over time.
When students from Naperville go for a mile run, they are more prepared to learn in their
other classes.
Thanks to exercise, their focus and mood are improved and they feel more motivated and
less tense in school.
That's why their early morning PE program is called "Learning Readiness" class.
Physical activity primes the brain for learning and if we look at it from an evolutionary
standpoint, it makes perfect sense why.
Often we forget that humans evolved as hunter gatherers.
It's only in the last few centuries that our lives have become more sedentary.
However, evolution doesn't work that fast, and today we still have the same brains as
our ancestors.
As little as 10,000 years ago we were still hunting and gathering, and we moved anywhere
from 10 to 14 miles every single day.
We were foraging for food, constantly moving from place to place, looking for a new shelter.
If you weren't fit enough to run, climb or swim, you were removed from the gene pool.
As far as our brains are concerned, physical activity counts as a novel experience.
Whenever we were moving, it meant something important was happening.
We had to escape from a predator or remember the path we took so we didn't get lost.
However when we were resting, it meant nothing important was going on.
We still have this ancient mechanism, so as far as our brains are concerned, if we're
not moving, there's no reason to learn or remember anything.
So what kind of physical activity should you do to reap the most benefits?
The answer is high intensity aerobic exercise.
Going to the gym and lifting weights every 10 minutes, like many powerlifters do, doesn't
seem to have such a powerful impact, as high intensity exercise does.
Powerlifting still benefits the brain, don't get me wrong.
However if you want to get the most out of it, you need to get your heart rate to at
least 80% of its maximum beats per minute.
Some of the best activities are running or cycling.
But it's even better if the activity involves some complex motor movements, and it's not
just putting one foot after the other.
Good examples are tennis and dancing.
Optimal daily dose of exercise seems to be 20 to 40 minutes in the morning.
For some people the benefits last for the whole day, but for the majority they seem
to last for about 2-4 hours.
This is why it might be a better idea to break it down in to smaller segments.
So let's say you do 20 minutes of your core exercise in the morning and then exercise
2 times for 5 minutes throughout the day.
This way you can extend the benefits.
If you haven't been active for a while, it's better to slowly build up to those times.
30 minutes is just a recommendation and not a requirement.
Even just walking for 30 minutes could have a powerful effect.
It's up to you to find your optimal dose, depending on your schedule and personal needs.
So to answer the question, can exercise make you smarter?
Going for a run sadly won't turn you into a genius.
But it will prime your state of mind and at the cellular level, improve the brain's potential
to log and process information.
You will be able to learn things faster and more efficiently.
However it's up to you to put yourself in a situation where you're actually learning
something.
If you go exercise and then right after go sit on a couch while watching TV series, you're
not learning anything of value.
But if you put your mind to it and try learning something new, whether it's a new skill or
just studying for the test, you will find that it's much easier to do so.
By knowing more about the world around you and how things work, you could say that, yes,
you've become smarter.
We all have the ability to boost our brainpower and all we need to do is lace up our running shoes.
Thanks for watching.
I hope this video made you better than yesterday.
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How many languages can you learn as an adult? - Duration: 9:47.
Hi there, Vladimir here with another video on how to learn English
Can you be fluent in 2 foreign languages as an adult?
No, you can't
Can you be fluent in 2 foreign languages as an adult?
No, you can't and here is why
First we need to make a few clarifications
the word Fluent
Fluent is the most misused and abused word
among language learners and language teachers
Cambridge dictionary says:
Let us agree that:
"Fluent" doesn't mean being able to "Get by"
Simply introduce yourself in another language,
order food at a restaurant
or ask how much something is.
To me,
fluent is about being able to speak a foreign language
almost the same way you speak your native language.
To understand 99% of what you hear on TV
To make grammatically correct sentences
not necessarily use idioms or slang,
but construct grammatically correct sentences 99% of the time
Not speak in a perfect native accent,
but still clearly
speak a language easily, well, quickly, and without many pauses
Plain and simple
to understand foreign humor
How about that for fluent
A new definition of fluent
Fluent is a person who understands humor
You understand Louis CK you are fluent
You understand comedy central roasts, you are virtually native
You understand Cris Rock, you are native
You understand Frankie Boyle, you are uber native
To me fluency and mastery mean more or less the same thing
Answer me this simple question:
Why would you waste time learning a few words in a foreign language?
The word "dabble" comes to mind
Why would you dabble in a foreign language?
I love how people refer to it as
My next PROJECT
Russian is my next project
What?
what are you talking about?
What is the pleasure of learning a few words?
How can you communicate with such limited vocabulary?
Language is not a project, language is not a hobby.
Language is not snowboarding
When it comes to snowboarding, you don't have to be Shaun White
to enjoy going down the slopes
but language, the most human of skills
There is no communication with 500, 600 words
and do you have any idea how much time it takes to feel comfortable 500, 600 words
what kind of project are we talking about
My next challenge:
Chinese in 3 months
The time it takes to became good at something
All that Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking
I love movies
I must have seen at least 1,000 movies
add to that sitcoms like Seinfeld, Friends The big bang theory
to name but a few.
TV series like the Wire, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones
to name but a few
countless chat shows
That is at least, 6,000 7,000 hours of just listening
And that's not counting audio books
And don't get me started on my Reading
It takes time and repetition to become good at something
I can hear you say: but I don't want to reach the highest level.
And my answer is:
with language there is no other level, but the highest level
everything else is a torture,
a torture for you and the person you are talking to
you don't need to be a F1 driver to enjoy driving
with language is different
I speak from experience
my Japanese is not all that good
and it's a struggle for me and the person I am talking to
English and my native Bulgarian no problem whatsoever
a shear bliss
All those so called polyglots and their gatherings
All presentations are in English
Why?
Why not in French or German or Spanish or Chinese?
Because English is the only language they truly know, feel comfortable using
What is the point of learning all those other languages
if you are not going to use them?
It takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master a foreign language
At 3 hours a day it works out to 10 years.
It is virtually impossible to be fluent in more than 1 language.
Which brings as to the second point I want to clarify:
The word adult
By adult I mean somebody past 23 years of age
Because at that age people graduate universities, people start working, join the real world
start thinking about bills, mortgage, rent and all that jazz.
Children can become bilingual, no question about that
they have all the time in the world,
I doubt you can be trilingual, but bilingual Yes
I grew up bilingual: Bulgarian and Russian
Russian was a mandatory subject in Eastern Europe
Was, not anymore
Plus we had tons of Russian movies and TV
I remember very well Friday was Russian TV day in Bulgaria
fucking communists
I was almost bilingual
Was
My Russian has deteriorated quite a bit
I can still get by, more than get by but that's not fluent
My listening is OK, I understand 90% of what I hear in movies
but not the humor. I used to understand Russian humor, but not anymore
My speaking is shit, I make lots of grammatical mistakes
I can still get my message across, but with no sense of grammar
it's no fun
Another reason why you can't be fluent in more than 1 foreign language as an adult
With language: if you don't use it, you lose it
Language skills are not like riding a bicycle skills
Ok, let me wrap this up
I strongly believe that
you can be fluent in 3 languages 2 as a child, and 1 as an adult
And please don't bother with exceptions
you are not an exception
I would very much question people's claims to language fluency
I would look at their childhood for clues
The main takeaway point from this video is:
Make sure you know English well before you take up a new language
your next language "project"
We live in a time where you need to ask yourself:
Do you really want to talk to somebody who doesn't speak at least a little bit of English?
I am fluent in 2 languages: my native Bulgarian and English
English a language I learned as an adult
If you want to know how to reach my level then you need to read my book Virtually Native
which is available on Amazon and virtuallynative.com
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Economic Update: We Can Do Better Than Capitalism - Duration: 29:41.
Welcome friends to another edition of Economic Update, the weekly program
devoted to the economic dimensions of our lives,
jobs, debts, incomes, our own, our children's.I'm your host Richard Wolff.
I've been a professor of economics all my adult life and in a way been
preparing to offer these economic updates each week before jumping in
today let me quickly announce that we have a new mailing address a new post
office box and we'd urge those of you that are mailing anything to us check
with our website democracy at work dot info for that new address and likewise
those of you interested in starting or joining an action group based on what we
do that may already be in your city please go to our website again address
is action dot democracy at work dot info and there you will get all the ways to
proceed along those lines so turning now to the economic updates there's a theme
for today's in it the theme might be best described as how and why we can do
better than capitalism as a system and much of what we do today will illustrate
that point I start with a remarkable experiment undertaken by a capitalist
enterprise in New Zealand it basically went from a five-day workweek to a
four-day workweek salaries were not reduced workers simply had four days
rather than five days to do their job and the result by the way the name of
the company is the perpetual Guardian a financial company that employs 240
workers it did the trial in March and April of 2018 and the Guardian newspaper
covered it as did other newspapers around the world but I want to make sure
you get the message the company loves it the company reported better results that
way than in the old five-day week in other,
workers had a better what they call their life work balance because they had the
extra weekend day Friday off they worked better they worked harder
they had more energy it turns out that the old capitalist system of making
everybody work five days a week just convenience the employer it wasn't even
good for them and it sure wasn't good for the workers it's a failure of the
system to have taken this long to discover what this New Zealand company
found out here's another example of how capitalism is something we surely can do
better than it has to do with the capital of the country of Austria namely
the city of Vienna and there's something about housing in Vienna that I want to
talk to you about because my guess is you probably don't know which is itself
a reflection of something important that we don't know about these things
62% of the citizens of Vienna live in public housing housing built by owned by
and operated by the city of Vienna in other words public housing is the
dominant form of life in that city nearly two-thirds of the people live in
public housing and let's now talk about it it turns out for example that a
average monthly rent paid by folks in there is between four hundred and
seventy and six hundred dollars a month yeah you heard me right that's because
it's not profit-making housing it doesn't have to profit the Builder it
doesn't have to profit the operator it doesn't have to profit the maintainer
and because it doesn't have to make profits because it's a public service
the benefits are passed on to the tenants whose rent is far far below the
average percentage a home owner a home renter excuse me in
vienna the percentage of rent out of their income is 27 percent i checked and
in new york city it was 58 percent in other words the
percentage of your income you have to spend for rent is twice in new york city
what it is in the capital of austria one of the great cities of Europe Vienna it
turns out that if housing isn't a profit-making business you can do much
better for people and if you ever go to Vienna as I've done and you visit the
public housing as I've done you will understand what the difference is the
homes are well-kept the landscaping is beautiful the comfort is obvious and the
happiness of the people clear a hundred years ago this project was started ever
since then ever since the 1920s when conservative and liberal and left-wing
and right-wing governments came and went none of them ever dared do anything
about that public housing structure because it is so popular and so
satisfactory nobody wants to go back to private enterprise housing a little bit
like the state of North Dakota here in the United States which has a publicly
owned and operated bank and despite lots of right wing left wing Democratic
Republican governors nobody dares to mess with their public bank here's
another example of how we can do better than capitalism Fordham University in
New York City a Jesuit institution just signed a contract with their
non-tenure-track faculty usually called adjuncts the contract gives these
adjuncts teachers who teach one or two courses raises between get ready sixty
seven and ninety percent the SEIU union representing these faculty edge
it's says that they will be getting at the end of this three-year contract
between seven and eight thousand dollars per course they teach
despite anti-union sentiment despite the hostility of all kinds of
forces when the unions got the adjuncts together which they did and they voted
sixteen to one to have this contract and the fight for it the university decided
it's wiser to come to terms than to try to defeat something when workers are
that unified and that determined now of course let's be fair here is it a
victory for labor for sure is it a recognition of the grotesque
underpayment of adjuncts across the United States for sure but let's be real
adjuncts remain even if they are paid seven or eight thousand dollars per
course much cheaper as a way of providing instruction than having the
old system of professors teaching two to three to four courses and getting a
proper salary you can live on so universities are still moving to the
cheap but they're not as able to exploit when workers begin to push back
who knows if the adjuncts keep at it we may reconstruct the really fine
educational system at the higher level that we once had and now some more
examples of how we can do better than capitalism the next one has to do with
the Burberry company you know the ones who make those famous British style
raincoats and plaid outfits of one kind or another they were recently caught and
exposed in the press for having burned burned tens of millions of dollars of
goods they had produced coats clothing of various kinds and so on why did they
do that answer to protect our brand see they were afraid that these perfectly
good new coats jackets boots you name it would get into
the hands of discounters and become available at discount clothing shops
this for them would threaten their profits so here's what they did they
burned clothing that could have helped countless people tens maybe hundreds of
thousands of people could have had important clothing and it wasn't
destroyed because of Burberry I'm not interested in attacking Burberry they
did what other companies do because it's the logic of capitalism to make a profit
if you're a high-end producer you've got to make sure that
folks can't find your stuff at a lower price and if that means destroying what
could close people that's what you do the fault here isn't Burberry the fault
is a system that makes that irrational action destroying brand-new clothing
logical the system is the problem here's another sad statistic that
suggests we can do better than capitalism 25 to 34 year olds in the
United States have been dying annually from alcohol-related liver disease in
record numbers growing rapidly over the last few years and as per the reporting
of the NPR system the economic troubles of the United States are the logical
conclusions making it were capitalism can kill does it pay us to find
alternatives to a system that drives young people in the prime of their lives
to die from alcohol-related diseases we can't do better than a system that works
that way sure we can and now the last one and I leave it for last only because
in the sense it is so grotesque a critique of capitalism that I want to
say it slowly so it sinks in airlines in the United States
who have been doing quite well in recent years partly because of organizing their
roots so that airplanes are full because we just don't have that much choice as
we once did have decided they can make even more money and so here's what
they've done and if you don't believe this let me urge you NBC News has a big
nice spread on this go look it up you'll get the details what the airline
companies that producers together with the airline companies that fly you have
worked out is they have narrowed the walls of the lavatories they've not only
narrowed the wall to enable us I guess in the rest of the airplane to hear
what's going on inside there but they've also narrowed the space so you better
learn how to do what brings you into the bathroom in a narrower space than you're
accustomed to you won't just be a sardine in your seat in the main part of
the plane you'll now be an even greater squeezed sardine when you're in the
bathroom and why they have no shame so they tell us why it will allow them to
squeeze in another roll of 2 to 3 seats right there in the back of the airplane
where the lavatory for most folks is yes it's a way of profiting the airline and
the 1% of Americans who own most airline stocks at the expense of the millions of
people who ride the airplanes and yes once again capitalism divides us because
if you have enough money to sit in business class or first class rest easy
those bathrooms aren't being shrunken just the ones where most of us sit
that's where they're being shrunk that's a system called capitalism
than by profit that constantly finds ways mostly hidden but some of them like
this one you can't really hide it finds ways to hide or disguise prioritizing
profits over people's needs over people's comforts of course we can do
better than that especially when we see clearly what that
is and where it leads as a system that does it for the first part of the show
but before we meet today's guests folks associated with a Toys R Us toy chain,
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welcome back friends to the second half of Economic Update for today it is my
pleasure and my honor to welcome two guests we normally have one but today
we're doubly fortunate we have two and both of them have been involved with
something that occasioned today's program namely the clothing of an iconic
store here in the United States Toys R Us so I want to introduce my guests and
then we'll get into a conversation of what happened to that remarkable
nationwide store my first guest is Cheryl Claude she is an assistant
manager or rather she was an assistant manager at Toys R Us in Woodbridge New
Jersey she's been with the company for 33 years and is one of the thousands of
Toys R Us employees who have not received severance pay
since the store closed she is helping to lead the movement for severance pay for
33,000 laid off employees of the toys-r-us company this movement backed
by rise up retail also calls for greater accountability of the Wall Street
private equity firms Bain Capital and KKR that were responsible for the
bankruptcy and liquidation that we're going to be talking about our second
guest is Charles Kahn is an organizing director at the Strong Economy For All
Coalition he has many things to his credit but the one that caught my eye
that I want to share with you is that he's a leader with the hedge clippers a
national organization dedicated to shining a light on the damage that
private equity and hedge funds have on our communities and making sure that
they are held accountable welcome Charles welcome good to be here thank
you okay so let's start for our audience tell us what happened to the toys-r-us
corporation and what it meant for you Cheryl why don't we start with you well
I've been with the company 33 years and when 2005 when KKR Varnado
and Bain Capital took over our company they just drained us they just took all
our money invested it and just drained it and that's they took everything from
us I mean everything including your job my job itself and made us go bankrupt
yes just a simple question did the company look like it was doing well that
your job was secure that your future looked pretty good in all the years that
you were there leading up to this toys-r-us was profitable yeah they made
11 billion dollars last year 11 billion dollars nobody of your hold
the hole yeah absolutely absolutely I thought I was gonna retire
from the company right so you didn't regret your decision to work with them
absolutely not okay absolutely I thought I was gonna retire from the company I
felt I felt my job was secure and when did you kind of get the message oh
something's really wrong here in 2005 when we when we didn't have
we didn't have picnics we used to have all this stuff in 2005 every we didn't
have anything anymore okay and I think part of what happened
is you know when when Bain and KKR and Vornado took over they changed the the
soul of the company instead of investing in their workers they decided to charge
exorbitant fees and enrich themselves and in the end that's really the story
of what happened to the company instead of investing in their workers their
workers used to have better benefits there were certain workers used to have
stock options instead of that there were fees they didn't tell the workers what
was going on with the company and ultimately the debt that they loaded the
company up with is what led to an 11 billion dollar a year company filing for
bankruptcy for those who don't know the familiarity with it this is a fairly
common occurrence in American capitalism in which sometimes people called
corporate raiders or words to that effect see an opportunity to borrow a
ton of money and buy a company from whoever owns it not with the intention
of keeping the company going not with the intention of growing the company but
with the intention of making a lot of lenders very wealthy by paying huge
interest fees for the money that used to borrow the company and paying themselves
a lot of fees to manage the company and then if it goes downhill if the next 10
years it disappears as long as they've gotten the interest payments and the
fees along the way they're happy and the loss is to the community that doesn't
have the store to the workers that don't have a job and to the local communities
that don't have the tax payments at stores that are successful make and in a
sense you particularly you sure are a victim of how this system how this
system works tell me how much blame do you put for this on the people who had
the company before and how much do you criticize Bain KKR and the other
came in since what happened in 1905 sorry and 25 seems to be a crucial
moment in changing the history of all this I mean I think what Cheryl will
tell you what other workers will tell you is that the company really changed
direction in 2005 that's really when Toys R Us began this downward spiral
right Vornado Bank acara they forced them to sell the the land that their
stores are on to pay rent you know in any homeowner would know that rent is
not is not what you want to be paying they change the culture they charged all
of these fees and I think the blame squarely lies on them and that's the
story that we've heard that is what the facts have represented and that's why so
many elected officials and so many media outlets have come out with really strong
support of the workers because it's so clear what happened and it's also really
clear that didn't need to happen it was excessive greed that caused it to happen
they can make money another way in this system these people can use borrowing
and all the laws that exists to do this I mean they're free to do it and you
were a spectator you and the other workers in a sense were a spectator to
your own situation unraveling on you what did you do how did you handle those
years what did you tell yourself as this was unfolding I just told myself to just
keep doing I mean I had to stay with the company I mean there was nothing that I
had to supply my work to live employees I tried to keep the employees happy and
keep moving I stayed to the very very end because
that was that was me I worked hard I stayed to the end
I stayed to the June 30th I was the one that locked that door when I locked that
door put the key in the box that's that was me I worked I worked very hard for
that company to walk away with nothing and that's what they literally did they
don't you you're done yeah and that actually there was no other no other
manager in the building it was me in the liquidator we boxed up the registers put
the key in the box walked out the door that was it how did it affect the other
workers around they didn't even want to work anymore they came in left I mean
they they didn't have the will to work they said how are you
happy I said I have to be happy this was my life 33 years I spent in that
building I've worked in four different stores in the 33 years three different
stores I worked in one store for 28 years and it's a total of 33,000 people,
33,000t employees, more or less in your situation, absolutely all over the country all over
the country and did the company do anything they did nothing for us they
gave us 60 days 60 60 days to work and that was our that they said that was our
severance pay 60 days they gave us work yeah and I think did you have to come in
to work though yeah that was the only pay they were giving us it was 60 days
worth the work and I said I think what was another narrative that's happened is
that last year in was a December they gave some work workers the option to
leave and take severance pay what they also said is that if we have a
strong holiday season the company's gonna pull through so a lot of workers
like Cheryl have dedicated their lives to this company decided today right and
when the company went under right what is but after the holiday season they
were still telling the workers we're gonna take care of you you know
everything's gonna be okay and then the story changed and that's why so why all
of those 3,000 workers are fighting for for what they're owed
right they were promised severance pay they were promised some kind of
restitution for the for putting their lives into this company you know working
in retail you miss holidays you know all the holidays where most of us go up to
shop or spend time with our families they're there they're punching their
time cards it's like the dedication the dedication I had with that company
I miss my daughter's quit high school graduation my father died was in
February I was out and my father passed away in February and then I came back to
work that week and that's what they told me that I didn't have a job after that
you know this is an old story the companies never want to tell the workers
the truth absolutely because they don't want you to leave on your skin that's
right they want you to leave they're scared
so that's why the funny stories one way or the other or the possibility holds a
little out for you in the hope that something will survive so that they can
make the break when it's convenient and profitable for them rather than for you
that's why in a number of European countries there are strict laws that
require an employer to notify six months or a year in advance so that the burden
of the adjustment is not entirely on a on a labor force they have to take the
risk also of what it is they're doing to the community in this country they don't
have to do hardly anything and so the chips fall and it's a social disaster
let me ask you a couple of questions was there any involvement when workers
brought in in any way to try to deal with the situation all the way they were
bringing people in a month before we're getting ready to close just to cover and
the people that were leaving temporary I thought that was disgusting because we
couldn't hold the people because everybody was leaving because they were
they were angry I mean how could I mean I felt bad for the temporary people that
were coming in how do you bring temporary people in until they got
thirty they used to work just ringing registered that's all they wonder for
and to clean the store I just really felt bad for the people and they said
how can you be so happy because that's the kind of person I am even though
we're closing what about the government were there any governmental supports to
help was there anything that either local state or federal government was
able or willing to do to intervene and do something about a disaster for 33,000
people and the communities they come from so I think that elected officials
and many government officials have posts through the bankruptcy announcement come
to stand with the workers what we're at where we're also advocating for is is
not just for the workers to be paid what they're owed but then also what can we
do and what should we be doing to prevent this from happening in the
future because toys-r-us is another victim in
long story of greed confirm Wall Street on and on the part of our economy and if
we want to make a change to our economy our financial system to really talk
about what capitalism looks like in our country these elected officials that
we've been working with like Bernie Sanders who's come out in support like
Cory Booker who's in New Jersey where Cheryl lives and they've come out and
support and we're talking about changing laws right to outlaw leveraged buyouts
right that put that saddl companies with unsustainable amounts of debt to turn
private equity into joint employers so they're also responsible right they
can't say Oh hands off we don't we don't own the company anymore
and then also governors like Mark Dayton in Minnesota right Bain KKR they have
hold billions of dollars in pension fund money right that's that's how they make
a ton you know these that's how they buy their Rolls Royce right it's pension
money and governor Mark Dayton in in Minnesota ceased all future investment
in KKR until an investigation is done they are doing what they can to hold
these Wall Street firms accountable and I think what we'll need to see in the
future is more kinds of action more kinds of commitment and more like that
official of standing with workers so we can start to not only change the
narrative but change that the tangible circumstances that so many American so
many workers are facing am i right to infer from what you've said that if the
workers themselves owned and operated Toys R Us
you would never have sold it to okay you wouldn't have done it because you would
have understood in a sense absolutely what was in store for absolutely
absolutely it's something for people to think of absolutely we've come to the
end of the first part of our conversation I want to thank you both
for sharing this story it's a sad story but it can have a good ending if people
learn from it and I want to thank all of you for watching I'm finding this is
important the story I hope as we did and I want to remind you that
this conversation and this interview will continue on our patreon channel
patreon.com slash economic update and I hope you will join us there to continue
it otherwise I look forward to speaking with you next week
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HERE IS HOW WEIGHTLIFTING CAN HELP YOU - Duration: 5:22.
Hi everyone, I hope you are well.
Omg pls someone stop me :'))
Today I wanted to talk about a subject that is STILL pretty touchy.
How can we use weightlifting to create the body we are looking for WITHOUT looking like a rabid bodybuilder ??
First, I wanted to say that I UNDERSTAND.
Me too, for a long time, I thought that if some women were looking like this, it meant that if you started weightlifting, it had a 50% to go wrong.
So how can you look like this - and not like this ? Let's answer this question right now !
First, why is weightlifting useful to know and why is it more and more practiced by women and not only by men ?
Well, first because it is pretty damn good for you.
More and more studies that not only does it help your posture, strengthen your back, speed up your metabolism ; but also decrease risks of diabete, anxiety and depression.
So all of this is pretty cool but to be honest, if health reasons were the only reasons why people were lifting weights, we would be more to hit the tomatoes and not the crips during parties :')
There are also aesthetics reasons, we have to admit it, and it is totally understandable.
Lifting weights allows to shape your body, tone it, strengthen it, and really pretty much build the body you want.
And now you wonder : "How is it possible, and why weightlifting especially ?"
Well because weightlifting, opposed to cardio and pretty much all sports, really allows you to TARGET one body part.
Because people can say whatever they want, but with cardio, it is not by doing this :
Or this :
That you will lose "thigh fat".
For the simple and good reason that you cannot spot reduce fat in a specific area; because when you loose fat, unfortunately, you do not choose where it comes from !
Which explains why some people will hold fat in their boobs and in their bum; and others in their thighs and stomach !
Yes, it is unfair.
And no, I do not talk about my twin sister and I.
Camille, I hate you.
But THE GOOD NEWS IS, it is not the case with weightlifting !
Because with weightlifting, you are going to target a specific body part and stretch your muscle fibers.
For example, if you want to only transform your chest and bum, you are going to do exercises that only target these areas.
BUT let me warn you : if you want to have an harmonious body; you will need to work all body parts !
So now, you now how to shape your body thanks to weightlifting.
But I think some still wonder : "Ok, but can you tell me how exercises that develop my muscles can help me lose fat ?"
Well for a simple reason : the opposite of muscle mass is fat mass !
So the more you have muscle mass, the less you'll have fat.
And it is quite fortunate, because it is fat than can make you look "bulky".
Trust me, if we would all only have muscle mass, we would be SUPER SKINNY.
And also, because muscles speed up your metabolism, which mean you burn more calories at rest, therefore burning more fat.
And allows you to eat more :))
OK, you will tell me, but you did not tell us why some women still look like Shwarzenegger !
Well, for another simple reason : they are on steroids !
Yes, I was shocked by how frequent it is in his field to take supplements that allow you to grow muscles.
But lets be clear on one point : no, protein powder IS NOT a drug.
Protein powder is just protein that can be found in eggs, chicken or chickpeas that has been reduced in the form of powder.
But a lot of products aim to develop testosterone and this is the kind of products that will give women a "masculine" body.
Because naturally, women only produce 30 nmg of testosterone, which is 7x less than a man, which explains why it is way easier for men to build muscles.
And that most of them have abs without having to work for it.
You now know everything, the truth and ONLY the truth, I hope this video (and the subtitles !) were helpful, if so, thank you so much for anyone who subscribe, so you can hear about my next videos ! Lots of love xxx
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Nothing Can Keep Bruce Willis Down - Roast of Bruce Willis - Uncensored - Duration: 1:26.
Nothing can keep me down.
I've been attacked by terrorists, asteroids,
film critics, music critics, restaurant critics,
divorce lawyers, male-pattern baldness,
and none of it -- none of it stopped me
because I am still Bruce Fuckin' Willis.
[ Cheers and applause ]
People ask me why I did this roast.
Was it because one of the last guys who did it
became president?
Hell no.
Why would I want to be president
when I can just keep being Bruce Fuckin' Willis?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Huh? Yeah?
I did this roast for one reason and for one reason only --
to settle something once and for all.
Now, please, listen very carefully.
"Die Hard" is not a Christmas movie!
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's a goddamn Bruce Willis movie.
So, yippee ki-yay to all of you motherfuckers.
Good night!
[ Cheers and applause ]
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[AION 5.8] 100 x Neviwind Canyon Reward Chests. Can I Get Something Good? - Duration: 5:32.
Hello and welcome on my channel!
Today's gonna be a big test.
I'll be opening 100 Neviwind Canyon Reward Chests.
But before we start, I need to do 1 more run, cuz I'm still missing a few insignias.
Not again… omg...
Put 'like' if you're also tired of being insta killed when joining Canyon.
Now we have enough insignias and we can start.
Or, actually we can't…
I'm still missing 3 insignias, dammit!
Ok, finally I've got them.
So, one chest costs 80 insignias.
For those who have no clue what I'm talking about, I'll explain.
You go here,
collect these
and exchange them for a reward chest.
EZ!
What's inside the chest you might ask?
It can be anything: ap gear, world drop pve gear, bygone extenadables, mythical supplements,
crafted items, medals, enchantment stones, APES and various wings, including Diflodox and Beritra.
You can check the full list of possible items by yourself, I'll put a link under this video.
Before running this test I did check, what will happen with this box in 6.2.
There will be food, pots, transformation orders and some useless gear, which can be sold to NPC.
Even if I get like 10 of these trash gear parts, it will equal 1.7kk new kinah
(around 40kk old kinah).
Transformation orders cost 38k.
So, I think I can get more profit, if I open the boxes now.
And my main aim for today is to check how many APES I can obtain and I need Beritra
Wings/Makarna Wings (call it as you want).
Btw, when you open the chest you see your reward,
and if you don't like it, u can re-roll it.
You can do that only 3 times and it costs kinah.
In this video I won't re-roll anything.
First of all, even if I re-roll each chest at least once, it's almost 500kk!
Secondly, it doesn't guarantee better rewards.
I'll put on fast forward; otherwise it will take a lot of time.
So, what do we have?
Zero APES and no Beritra wings…
You know, I'm a bit
DISAPPOINTED!
However, I've got plenty of glowing enchantment stones and some pve gear.
That's it for today!
More videos to be uploaded, I've got a lot of interesting things to show you.
Subscribe and make sure you don't miss anything.
Support channel promotion, put 'like', share the videos with your friends
and leave a comment below.
Thanks for watching and see you soon!
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Can This Save SONY? - Duration: 3:07.
Earlier this week, Sony announced the world's first 48MP camera sensor dedicated
for smartphones that could take photography and videography to the next level.
We also have our first look at the upcoming flagship from Sony, the Xperia XZ3 which could
feature this camera sensor.
But the question is, can this save Sony Mobile division?
We've heard recently that Sony's mobile division will be shutting down all of its operations
and pulling out of offices in Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa by October.
This certainly doesn't mean good news for Sony.
A major company like this pulling out of areas can only mean that sales are failing.
Sony's own analysis of its mobile department's performance has laid the blame purely on its
own inability to improve its line-up fast enough and seems to presume that falling smartphone
sales are the outcome of its own failings.
Looking at the wider market, it's clear that Sony's mobile division no longer has the sort
of oomph it may have once commanded.
The IDC's quarterly report for the first part of 2018 failed to mention Sony's phones at
all, and it's obvious that the Xperia brand is somewhere south of big names in the business
in terms of sales.
Sony had been sluggish to adapt to the new trend for trimming bezels on smartphones,
and I had originally hoped that 2018 would see a design refresh that would put the looks
of the Sony Xperia brand back up with some of the best looking phones out there.
Alas, while the redesign happened, it wasn't exactly what I was hoping for.
The much-awaited Ambient Flow design hasn't hugely changed the dated look of the Xperia
smartphone.
While phones like the Xperia XZ2, and the upcoming XZ3 with that behemoth of a camera
are very impressive, the still rather chunky bezels will let it down, at least in my eyes.
It's tough to pin down exactly what Sony's problem is.
It cannot be said that the Xperia lineup lacks cutting-edge features, performance, or media
capabilities.
Sony has scored many firsts over the years, including a 4K HDR display, 960 fps slow motion
video capture, and serious waterproofing.
Instead, it seems like a combination of a tired and dated-looking design, simple issues
like no CDMA carrier support in the U.S., and an overall lack of a coherent marketing
strategy are the cause of much of Sony's problems.
So that said, what do you think about this?
What Sony needs to do to put its mobile division back on the track?
do let me know in the comments and I'll see you all tomorrow...Peace out!
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Sadhguru - Can you not commit the sin? Be in tune with life. - Duration: 10:07.
Sadhguru: Can you name something as sin?
What is sin?
Participant: Killing an animal.
Sadhguru: I'm sorry?
Participant: Killing an animal.
Killing animal is sin?
Okay.
Without killing can you exist here?
Every inhalation and exhalation you kill a million creatures, isn't it?
Yes or no?
So with every breath you are committing sin.
If you hold your breath you will kill this one; again you commit sin.
Isn't it so?
If you eat... whether you eat a plant or a vegetable or a fruit or a bird or an animal
you are killing something, isn't it?
Yes or no?
Aren't plants as alive as anything else?
Aren't they?
So can you not commit this sin?
Is there some way not to commit this sin?
Whichever way you live you commit this sin.
Now, just the simple process of breathing has become sin.
Just the simple process of eating has become sin.
Then you will torture yourself with guilt.
That is definitely sin; torturing this life is also sin, isn't it?
If killing another life is sin; torturing this life is not sin?
Yes?
Is it not?
So you will anyway sin.
So you have to go to the temple, church or mosque
and keep the business going because always you will feel guilty.
Wonderful trick, isn't it?
Isn't it a wonderful device to keep it going eternally?
[laughs] Can I tell you a joke?
Are you okay?
Participant : Yes In his previous life Shankaran Pillai was
a good man.
After a brief illness he died.
Being a good man naturally he went to heaven.
When he went to heaven, the angels welcomed him, the reception committee and then they
opened his account book.
'Good deed, good deed, good deed, good deed, good deed, good deed, good deed.'
From cover to cover only good deeds.
Then the angels went into a little confusion and then they came to Shankaran Pillai and
said, 'Mr. Pillai, we have a little problem here.'
Shankaran Pillai asked, 'What is the problem?'
The angel said, 'See here in heaven we have different types of accommodation.
One bad deed means highest heaven, seafront view.
Two bad deeds - next level of heaven.
Three bad deeds - next level of heaven.
Like this we have many levels of heaven.
But no bad deed, there is no such place.
We have never received anybody till now without a single bad deed.
You are the first man; we really don't know what to do with you.'
Then Shankaran Pillai said, 'What nonsense!'
'In the world I was such a good man; nobody wanted to come anywhere near me and nobody
knew what to do with me and I lived with a hope that anyway I will
go to heaven.
Here also problem with my good deeds?'
Somebody is too good means nobody wants to be around them, isn't it?
Because life doesn't happen.
[laughs] Then angles went into a discussion mode
then they came up and said, 'Don't you worry Mr. Pillai, we have found a solution.
Anyway your body is still intact.
We'll give you three more hours of life; you go back, just commit one bad deed.
We'll put you in the highest heaven; nothing is lost.'
Shankaran Pillai said, 'What nonsense!
There also problem, here also problem, my good deeds.'
And lo! he became alive here.
He sat up; started thinking how to commit a bad deed.
One and a half hours passed away.
See he has no practice like you.
He never committed a bad deed, he doesn't know.
So he went on thinking how to commit a bad deed; an hour and a half passed away.
Then he remembered; there is a woman who is well past her prime in the neighborhood
who has been casting inviting glances at him but he being a good man he never looked that
way.
Now he remembered; adultery is a bad deed.
So he went.
He found that woman's house and went and knocked on the door.
She opened.
Shankaran Pillai said, 'I want you.'
'Why Mr. Pillai, just yesterday evening they told me you are on your death bed.
What is this?'
He said, 'It doesn't matter.
I want you.'
So he went in; whatever he lacked these things, somehow nature took over; things happened.
But he doesn't want to die there.
He wants to go home and die.
So time is running out and he is leaving in a hurry.
The woman came to see him off at the door and said, 'Mr. Pillai, do you know what a
good deed you have done for me today?'
One more good deed, what to do.
So good people neither make it here nor there because your goodness is not coming out of
your humanity.
Your goodness is coming out of your morality.
Morality means suppressed goodness, controlled goodness.
Not because of your love, not because of your humanity that you are good but simply out
of your morality.
Morality means too much calculation, isn't it?
Yes?
Suppression.
If you allow your humanity to flow you will not do anything that would cause damage to
somebody.
But many times we may have to do something, we may have no choice.
Yes?
So the question is not about papam, punyam - sin and virtue.
If you are in tune with life anything that you do is okay.
You are not in tune with life; you have calculations going, then whatever you do is sin.
You are moralistic and do whatever you do all the best things that you do is a big sin
because you are suppressing life.
Out of your humanity whatever you do is wonderful.
So the difference between morality and spirituality is just this.
See if you experienced all these people as a part of yourself then do I have to teach
you morals?
'Don't harm this person, don't kill that person; don't rob that person.'
Would you need the morality?
No.
Only because you are not experiencing your original nature
you have, per, you know deviated yourself from your natural course of experiencing life
all these morals have become necessary, isn't it?
If you open yourself up to life you will see you will be perfectly in tune with life
when you are in tune with life there is no sin, there is no virtue; everything is okay
with you.
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The best $250 phone you can buy in 2018 - Duration: 4:21.
- You used to have to spend $600 dollars
to get a good, even usable smartphone
but that's far from true anymore.
Now, there are a ton of great phones below that price
and you can even find some great phones below $300.
I've been testing a bunch of them
and one stands out clearly above the rest
and it's only 250 bucks.
That's the Moto G6.
First thing, the Moto G6 does not look like a $200 phone.
I actually find that it strikes one of the best balances
between shape and size out there.
The phone has a 5.7 inch full HD display
with an 18:9 aspect ratio
that nearly fills the front of the phone.
It's a really great size if you're like me
and read a ton of articles on your phone.
I'm browsing Twitter and the Web all the time.
On top of that, it's just a really good screen.
Now, it is an OLED so you don't have those perfect blacks
that you get from a top of the line phone
and it's not always on.
But, I really like the color tuning on this phone.
I even like it better than my own Pixel 2,
which cost nearly twice as much.
The colors look both richer and more accurate to my eyes.
The phone also has this nice curve
on both back edges and it isn't too wide,
Even though you have this big screen,
it's actually really easy to hold
and doesn't look or feel like a big phone.
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Motorola doesn't change Android too much either
and that's a good thing.
This is very close to stock.
And where Motorola does make changes,
they are anywhere from inconsequential
like adjuster to shrink the screen down for one handed use
to slightly helpful like an option
to keep the screen on while you're looking at it.
And if you don't like those changes,
you can actually turn all of them off, which is great.
Software performance is about
as good as you're gonna get in this price range.
In general, I didn't run into any issues
when using phone day-to-day.
Scrolling is smooth and apps and webpages loaded quickly.
I suspect that over time, it probably won't
stay as fast as a more expensive phone.
But right now, it's smooth and snappy
and that is not something every other
sub $300 phone can say.
The one major downside on this phone is its cameras.
The rear camera is slow to fire
so I sometimes miss shots
and while you can get nice images out of it
when you're in bright daylight,
darker settings deliver mushy or noisy photos.
The front-facing camera isn't much
to get excited about either.
Now, you really can't get a better camera than this
without spending a lot more.
But it's still disappointing
that you have to forgo quality on what,
for myself and a lot of other people,
is a key part of a phone.
There are a bunch of other little things
that I love on this phone.
For one, it has a headphone jack.
Everybody loves that.
It also charges over USB-C, which is easier to use
than micro USB and a lot more modern.
Pretty much every other phone at this price
is still on micro USB.
The G6 also has a fingerprint sensor.
It's on the front instead of the back,
which is not my favorite position, but I got used to it.
You can even take advantage of the sensor
by using it to control the entire phone with gestures.
That lets you remove Android's on-screen buttons
and free up screen space.
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Aside from a few flaws like the camera,
there's very little lacking on this phone
that separates it from something twice its price,
which is pretty incredible.
Like I said, performance will probably
be a longer term issue,
but there are no problems as it stands today.
Now, if you're in China or India,
you do have a lot of other options at this price point
from companies like Xiaomi and Oppo,
but many of those phones aren't available in the U.S.
The other budget phones that do make it
to the U.S. just don't hold up.
They're often missing key features
like a fingerprint sensor or support for 5 GHz WiFi,
both of which the G6 has.
Motorola also sells two other variants of the G6.
The G6 Play, which costs $50 less
and the G6 Plus, which costs $50 more.
The G6 Plus has a slightly better camera
and is a bit faster, but it's a little bit bigger
in a way that I don't like quite as much.
The $200 G6 Play is a bit slower
and thicker with the worst screen
but I got its battery to last me
through three days which is pretty amazing.
So if you're looking even cheaper,
that's worth considering.
But by far, I think the best choice
below $300 is the regular Moto G6.
It doesn't just check all the right boxes,
it actually impresses on a lot of them.
Every time I pick up the G6,
I'm surprised at just how good a budget phone can be.
Hey, thanks for watching.
If you like this video, you should check out
our new channel Verge Science.
I really love the video they just put up about graphene.
You can check all their stuff out
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