Some researchers are warning about industrial chemicals called perfluorinated compounds or PFCs. A new study found that PFCs weakened the effectiveness of vaccines designed to protect children from diseases like polio, measles, and diphtheria. The protection is supposed to last a lifetime. This was quite serious because we could also see that some of the children were so low in antibiotic concentrations that they were essentially not protected. So they had been vaccinated four times and the vaccines had not worked. Dr. Philippe Grandjean is with the Harvard School of Public Health. He led a study of 500 children who had been vaccinated against diphtheria and tetanus. The study found children who had higher levels of PFCs in their blood had very low levels of antibodies against these infections. There was quite a striking effect, one that I would not have anticipated. Dr. Peter Hotez is president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Dr. Hotez says that if PFCs do interfere with antibody production, children in poor areas, areas where PFC levels can be much higher, will suffer. Even a modest reduction in vaccine coverage and vaccine immune responses could lead to subsequent outbreaks of childhood diseases, that there's a risk that we could see recurrences of childhood killers such as diphtheria or pertussis or other childhood diseases not become more common in the world's poorest countries. Scientists say PFCs have been used in many places for many years. They say it is likely that everyone has measurable levels of the chemicals in their body. We have not done enough in regard to protecting the population against these old compounds. And now we're stuck because we all have them in our bodies. The children in the study ate a lot of fish. Critics of the study say that researchers should have considered that polyunsaturated fatty acids may suppress the body's ability to fight disease. Those fatty acids are found in fish. I'm Christopher Cruz.


President Mohamed Bari and Thel stay performed the Nigerian Army color presentation ceremony at the Eagle Square in Abuja, where 53 regimental callers used in other battle were retired. The ceremony witnessed the issuance of new colors to 28 newly established and operational units in the Nigerian Army, bringing the number of units to 81 from 53. The presentation of color ceremony, which was preceded by a military parade, saw Mohari adorned in a full military uniform with his rank of Major General and Commander-in-Chief of the M forces, clearly specified in what will be his last major outing with the Insania. The retirement and presentation of military callers is a traditional ceremony practiced by armies of Commonwealth nations every 10 years to mark an anniversary or event in the history of a particular regiment. This is the last briefing and presentation of color parade in 2007. New units have been established and operationalized in line with the increasing operational commitments of our Army. Additionally, existing colors have been extensively involved in multiple operations in various geopolitical zones of the country, as well as foreign countries, hence deserving of retirement. Today's ceremony is a continuation of our effort to reinvigorate the fighting spirit of our troops through the inculcation of greater pride in their units. The nation's security situation was greatly challenged by the activities of violent non-state actors. Today, I am pleased to superficially note that the situation has tremendously improved, and I wish to also proudly highlight that we have made remarkable progress in the fight against insurgents, militants, oil bankers, kidnappers, and other criminal elements in the country, the Nigerian Army that we celebrate today would not have been able to discharge its responsibilities optimally, including today's proofing and presentation of colors without your collaborative effort. I wish to commend all Nigerians for their perseverance, support, to state that the country will continually lay on support from all segments of the Nigerian society.


Information. Information is the key. Those who oppose us can be thwarted. Their essential basic computer skills. Their alphabetic analysts won't be able to tell a vegetable from a variable. But what if they discover evil plans? Mr. Bond, the Prime Minister will see you now. You are 007? Are you aware of mind-wiping 007? Mind-wiping, Madam Prime Minister. The use of an ultra-low frequency coded transmitter that wipes people's minds blank. It's worse than that. Two days ago it came to our attention that the transmitter had fallen into the wrong hands 007. It would appear that blank stare is using it to erase the minds of our top agents. He takes them from top performing agents and renders them ineffective. Blank stare is decimating our ranks. We have a car outside. Emma has the mission file and is waiting for you. Bond, you are aware that blank stare is decimating our ranks. There is hope our top shelf team has come up with some powerful tools. We've created a top secret website for our team to collaborate and share information. We've created a website with a very hard to remember URL. No one will ever find it. You will use this website to track progress, share team contact information and access top secret documents such as the WID's course design export for learning plans one through six and the basic computer skills overview document. Your mission bond is to put an end to blank stare. We have some new gadgets for you in the lab. Hugh is waiting for you as our A and Z. This way, Mr. Bond. Let's see, mind wipe. We have sunglasses that are often used in Wisconsin, but they are a powerful tool against mind wipe. We also have had some limited success with disguises. Remember that bike use jersey? Well, sunglasses are effective. They sometimes make agents stand out, so agents are reluctant to use them. You're right. That's why we've developed our most cutting edge technology. It's an 11 module course and it's designed to restore all computer knowledge. It can take our agents from not having any computer knowledge to protecting their online identity within 40 hours. Yes, closer to 20 if they only view each slide once. This course will solve mind wipe. Bond, here's the watch to keep you on track. Try not to lose it this time. The green screen takes our agent from the Fox Valley to a football match. Illusions are created using Photoshop and Illustrator. My hello games. I've been asked to show you some powerful tools used in the BITS program. Our graphics are so visually stunning that you can't look directly at them. Do you have protective eyewear? Let me show you a Photoshop and Illustrator. These are some of the programs we used in BITS. Voice talent is created and recorded in the sound booth. Our most powerful tool is good script writing. Bond, I'm Jason Bourne, lead cryptographer. Here's the deal. We create content, we remove obstacles for students and workers, and we position them for success. We keep agents safe through proper comma placement. Remember, never end in sentence with a preposition. I have to tell you how bad this can get. Here's footage of one of our top agents. But what if they discover Evil Glam? Irrelevant! Irrelevant! Dear loyal henchmen courtee we op. Faithless. Faithless. Or should I say double ought eight? Prepare to be introduced to Operation Remind. I need you to do your jobs. We have to neutralize this threat to knowledge that works. I have a call. I have to go. I used to be out in the field, but this does not come close to the danger excitement of coding. Let me walk you through quality control and score. Listen, I don't have time. We're late! We have our weekly video conference with Deputy Chief of the CIA. This is almost like a weekly conference call with the BITS team, but it is different! There are different people and we talk about different things, but it is somehow similar. Here's the problem. It's re-returning the wrong data type. If I just change this... Deputy Director, I need to ask if there's an anticipated use for BITS beyond restoring agent capability. Good question. We see this as a powerful tool for people seeking employment, employers, and the state of Wisconsin. That is powerful. What if we made it modular? So you mean that students can pick and choose what they want to do? We meet them where they are? What if we made a simulated experience where the students could read, watch, and listen, and then practice? I like it. Get on it, team. Hello, Donna. I'm Spy Master Sarah Connor. I have one last test for you before I let you go back on the force. Okay. What is that? Well, that's a mouse. Congratulations, Donna. Thank you. Thank you so much. Now my code is going to make sense again. Oh, and I have to fix all the things I typed before. Oh, what was I typing? I would like to thank you, Bond, and your American counterparts for your brave and thorough work on Operation Remind. We have addressed blank stare for our agents. We have brought them back to fully functioning computer literate agents in just a matter of hours. Your work has been so good. We have decided to make this a permanent fixture. For now, we will call it Operation Equal Footing. Although in time, I can see it being called something like basic computer skills course. Maybe bits. It doesn't use any of the same initials, but it sure is catchy than British humor. Bits will be a game changer for Wisconsin. It will allow people access to computer education that will completely open up their job seeking experience. Whether they're applying for unemployment or looking for a job, it will most likely have to go online. And think about employers. They won't be using their own resources to train employees. Not only that, but the pool of skilled workers will increase. This is good for employers and good for Wisconsin. It is just the first step through the door to a world of opportunity. This course will give people knowledge and confidence. And it will open the possibilities of jobs they can apply for. Higher paying jobs as they now have new skills. Together we will change lives.


Let's get started into it, let's talk taachless. Coming from Karanai straight to Soutnar. I'm a taachless guy. We salute each other. Every Yiddish day in another way. Who has it easier time in the Shedokhan? The boys or the girls?  No one cares about a recruiter who made a deal yesterday. It's about the next deal you're gonna make. And the flying, the parting. It's a funny thing in the From Community. What should I do? Actually, I have something to say, even though you weren't really asking. Came back to bite me, the guy went behind my back. How do you find what you love? That's not a simple issue, by the way. That's why I came here.


Willie Snead, L.J. Fort, Tayvon Young, Justin Tucker, Marshall Yanda, who else am I missing? But my point is that with Eric DeCosta, he has had a tendency to get it done early rather than late. And with that being said, add another one to the list. Add another one to the list, Patrick Ricard signing extension to remain with the Ravens through 2021. See with this extension, Eric DeCosta and company, the whole front office, they, I mean I'm sure he's going to get a nice raise. And they are committing to him, but they are also not over committing to him just in case he factors himself out of the plans just in case he's not as effective as he once was. Cause they ain't like it's a long term deal, it's the 2021. That's next season. So they gave him, they signed it for a one year deal really. They signed it for a one year deal. So they just made sure that he ain't going nowhere next year. They just made sure that Willie Snead ain't going nowhere next year. But again, this process that Eric DeCosta has been doing, whereas he does it early instead of doing it late. It is very smart, especially when it comes to guys who are going to be free agents. I mean, he's only doing it for guys who are going to be free agents. But the longer you wait, the longer you wait, the more these guys price tags go up.  And then something else to think about too is the longer you wait and the closer these guys get to free agency, the closer they get there, the more their value increases, the more their stock rises because they are getting ready to get a taste of free agency. And you know in free agency, people overspend, they overspend, they overpay and it just, it resets the market at different positions every single year. And now I know the salary cap goes up every single year because the NFL makes billions of dollars every single year. But still, why not be ahead of the game to where you can sign these guys to contracts early? You can sign them to extensions early and you don't not saying be cheap, but you don't have to break the bank. When you sign them in-house, when you sign them before they hit free agency, you don't have to break the bank like you would if you were signing them as if they were free agents. Because if they're free agents, then you have to compete with this team, that team, that team and this team to see who can outbid who. You have to persuade this guy, you got to take him on a visit, you got to do all that stuff and you're not even guaranteed to keep him. And I'm not saying that that's a bad thing and I'm not saying that the Raven should just be punks and if they have to get into a bidding war with somebody, they should just be like, Oh, you know what, let them go. No, I'm not saying that, but what I'm saying is when you sign somebody in-house, you have an advantage in several different ways. So with them signing Patrick Ricard, we haven't got the numbers yet. I'm sure they'll come out within the next hour. Probably by the time you see this video, because I got super slow internet, so it takes these videos literally days to upload. But anyway, once you see this video, I'm sure the details of whatever his contract will have come out. So go for Patrick Ricard. He is somebody, because I know a lot of Ravens fans. It's funny, no Ravens fans have pointed this out, that I said, something that I said before the season, actually last year. I said it last year, going into this season, because a lot of people like to point out what you say that's wrong, but a lot don't address what's right. But anyway, something that I said last season is that I did not see Patrick Ricard remaining on this roster, because he had not been a part of the offense at all. And I know they wanted to keep that same style of offense. And when we watched those last six games, and I think it might have been to just let the heat die down on Patrick Ricard when those comments came out of some old Patrick Ricard tweets. And we all remember the guy who put those comments out there too. Anyway, when those, I think the Ravens more so didn't have him on the active roster to sort of let that die, not the active roster, but they didn't have him active on game day, because he was on the active roster, but I think they wanted that to sort of die down. And it did. It did. So that made me, it led me to believe like, okay, yeah, Ricard, he's not even going to be part of the plans. He ain't going to be part of the plans. Like, no, for what? So he's not going to be on the team next year. But boy was I wrong. And I was wrong in a major way. And I am glad to have been wrong about that because he has been a key contributor. Offense, defense, some games he gets hotter than others, but he's always a part. He's always a part, especially on offense. Defense, he get his here and there now. He be getting his here and there. But he has been just, he's been on both and he's made plays on both. He's made an impact on both. So now you get a guy who actually saves you a roster spot. He saves you one roster spot because you can sign one less defensive lineman because he can play defensive lineman. Or you can look at it from the other side. If you want to, you can sign one less fullback because he plays fullback. So he gives you just that much more flexibility. So I say smart signing. Good job Ravens. Now, something else that went down. Ravens, when Ravens get busy, they get busy. They get busy. Yesterday, the Ravens wave been a Jackson. And a move that wasn't a lot of us, wasn't a lot of our favorite moves of the season. But it was a move that Ravens felt had to be done. And again, it gave you a reminder of just how much of a business this business really is. It is cutthroat. It's cutthroat. And if you are somebody that's extra sensitive, if you don't know how to separate business and personal, boy, you could never be a GM. You could never be a GM. You could never be a head coach. Because that's tough. That's tough. Now I know some of y'all that watch the channel are managers. Some of y'all are supervisors. I don't know if anybody's GMs. But me, I've never been a manager. Never been a supervisor. I've been like an acting supervisor before, but never been the actual supervisor. Shout out to Dwight Schrute. But to be in a position to where you have to let somebody know whether it's male or female, in this case, it's obviously just males because it's NFL. But when you have to let a father know, you have to let a husband know. You have to let a son know. You have to let a brother know. You have to let an uncle know. You have to let a human being know that you didn't do anything wrong. But we got this guy that's coming back and we want him on the roster.  He's taking your spot. And the crazy part with Bennett Jackson is that man, he had been on here pre-season. He was here like another pre-season too, but he was here in pre-season. He played well in the pre-season. But again, the numbers game, we knew he wasn't gonna make it. Not cause he played bad because just to the numbers game, they had like 18 safeties.  So then he went to the Jets, then Ravens ended up getting them back when Tony Jefferson went there. And DeShonelli. But yeah, now that Treywick's back, Treywick has officially been activated to the 53 man roster now. So Treywick, Brennan Treywick has taken his spot. So this lets us know again, just how special the special teams is to the Ravens. So just how special special teams are to the Ravens and they are very special as they should be. They are a huge part of the Ravens game. Huge part. Ravens have been one of the better teams in special teams for a long time now. Obviously in the kicking game. Ravens got that over everybody and it's not even close. They got the best kick in the league, long snapper, hold all that stuff. Morgan Cox, Sam Cooke, and Justin Tucker, the Wolf Pack. And those dudes, man, they all deserve raises. They all deserve raises. Give them all the money they want to. They need to be extended. I mean, Justin Tucker already got his. But Morgan Cox and Sam Cooke, they need to be extended. They deserve it. But with special teams, it plays a key role on this team. And with a lot of people, and it's easy for them to do it, but a lot of people don't appreciate special teams. A lot of people don't appreciate special teams. And you can understand why. Because special teams, it's not always sexy. It's not. Because usually about nine times out of 10, the kick returns don't go for a touchdown. Nine times out of 10, the part returns don't go for a touchdown. And enough times, there aren't fumbles on the kickoff or part returns. They're not blocks. I mean, it happens, but it doesn't happen as often as some people would like. But for special teams, you have to block. You have to be gritty. You have to go down the field and make that tackle. You have to attract that ball carry and go hit them. You gotta go find them. And that's your paycheck. That's your job.  You gotta be ready. You have to always be ready. And with special teams too, it can be, just like imagine that. You gotta, you running full speed, the whole length of the field, just about. You running full speed, at least a little more than half of the field, you running full speed.  It's not like a normal play.  But for special teams, whether it's the kickoff, especially on kickoff, you got 10 guys running this way. You got 11 guys running that way. Then unless you gotta kick like Justin Tucker, who likes to hit too, then if you kicking, you got 11 guys running that way. But these guys running full speed, you gotta keep your head on the swivel. You gotta watch. You gotta be watching for the guy who's returning the ball. You gotta go try to make that tackle. Or if you're the kick, or if you're the receiving team, you gotta be watching for these guys that's gunning for the guy who has the ball. You gotta go make a key block. So you can get popped, whacked, hit, knocked out any second. And that's really what any player in football with special teams, you gotta appreciate what these guys do too. And that's why Treywick, that's why Eman Marshall, that's why LJ Ford, that's why Anthony Levine, that's why Jordan Richards, that's why a lot of these guys are so special to this team because they play special teams. Now, one way that you can tell Ravens are a solid special teams unit. Solid special teams group is because they another business decision. Justin Bethel, one of the best special teams in the league. What did the Ravens do? They had an opportunity to either keep Justin Bethel, one of the best special teams players in the league, or have the possibility, not even a guarantee, but the possibility of recouping a possible fourth round comp pick this off season. So you either keep Justin Bethel or you keep your chances, not the guarantee, but you keep your chances of getting a comp pick. It's one or the other. So they decided to keep their chances of getting a comp pick, and they cut Justin Bethel. I can't say I really agree with the move, but I mean, they haven't suffered since. They haven't suffered since special teams has been just fine and this team has still been special. So they were willing to let him go. He went over onto New England and Ravens have been doing just fine. Just fine without him. So again, I'm not a GM, that's Eric DeCosta. He knows more than me. I'm not a head coach, that's John Harbaugh. He knows more than me. I'm not a special teams coach, that's Chris Horton. He knows more than me, and they know more than us. So anyway, team keep it clean. Appreciate y'all. Brendan Treywick, welcome back. Real quick, before we get out of here, anybody that has sent questions from subscribers, just please be patient. I am working my butt off to make sure I get up to date with the questions from subscribers. I had about 58 emails of questions from subscribers. Right now, I'm down to about 36 while, and then I think I actually just got two more recently. So keep sending them, but just be patient. So we'll see how much we can get out before the bills game, and if not, oh well. But I appreciate y'all sending them. I appreciate it, because you all are what question from subscribers is, because it's questions from subscribers. So again, if you wanna be part of that, just send me an email at teamkeepitclean at gmail.com. If you send me a question with any DM, in a DM, on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, whatever, we can talk about it. But it's not gonna be in question from subscribers. So I just had to give y'all that little update, because I know some people have been asking like, hey, what's going on with my question, or did you get my questions, as long as you send it to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com, then I got your question. So just bear with me, please, because it is super, super busy. But anyway, teamkeepitclean, appreciate y'all, I love y'all, and I'm out.


Hello there, my beautiful internet friends. Welcome back to my channel. Thank you so much for joining me here today. I am so excited to finally be back with you guys. I have been sick and out of it and gone for weeks and not able to talk with you. And I really missed it. So thank you for being back with me here today. I'm finally starting to feel human again, still a little bit sick, but doing much better. So with that being said, I'm going to talk about something that I wasn't planning on talking about. I wanted to talk about kind of deeper things and some stuff that's been going on. And I realized I emotionally, frankly, don't have the capacity for it today. So we'll save that for a later date. But I did want to talk with you about a question that I'd received a few weeks ago. I realized I've never made a video about this. And it's kind of shocking to me because this seems like a question people would want to know. I wanted to know this before I had my leg amputation. And that's the question of how, how painful is it really how painful on a scale of one to 10? Is it to like have a have a arm or a leg chopped off? Now I have obviously only had the experience of this puppy being gone, but it's a very valid question. And the person in the comments section asked me like on a scale of one to 10, no BS, how much does it hurt? I wrote them like a three paragraph response because I was like, I can't just answer this with a single number because it changes over time. It shifts and it's kind of like a moving target, especially for those first few months. Now I do realize that this is not going to apply to most people watching my channel, hopefully ever. I hope you never have to face losing limb. But on the off chance, you might as well stick around and learn some information. This was something I was obviously really concerned and curious about heading into my amputation. Like I could ask my doctor how much does it hurt to lose a leg? But that seems kind of like a redundant question because it's going to hurt. Something is being removed from your body that generally speaking is supposed to be there. And it's not going to feel good. But what does it actually mean? Because I've gone through surgeries before. So is it going to be like twice as bad as any surgery I've ever had? And how long is that going to last? And I will clarify that this is only my experience. Everyone feels pain differently. Everyone has different biological pain tolerances and everyone's surgeries go differently or amputation. So don't take this as gospel. This is really just my experience. As I was preparing for my amputation, because if you don't know, I had a few weeks to know that this is what was going to be happening. This is a decision that I made. This is what we're going through with. So I spent a lot of time researching everything I could possibly think of about the process. And something that there wasn't a whole lot of information about is the pain of it. Because it's, well, I mean, it's variable. It's different for different people, but it also seemed like there wasn't a lot of consistent good information out there. So I'm going to tell this story chronologically, except for one thing. I'm going to be talking obviously a lot about hurt and pain in this video. I need you to know that it does have somewhat of a happy ending because talking about how much things hurt is maybe not the rosiest subject to be addressing, but I do think it's important. So I went in for a surgery on October 11th, 2018, got wheeled back into surgery.  Now at this point, generally speaking, people are not going to be feeling a whole lot. They either give you an epidural or nerve block before an amputation in most cases, and that should help with the initial pain. And then they got drugs in your system, so you should be pretty toped up and okay, right? I was an anomaly in that that did not work. They missed the nerve block, so I woke up feeling absolutely everything, which was one of the least enjoyable experiences of my life. It was on a scale of one to 10, I would give it a nine just because I'm sure there are more painful things a body could go through. But it was pretty bad. But that took a couple hours for them to get under control. And at that point, I'd say that's kind of when the normal began. So pain in the hospital minus that initial waking up moment was not good, but I would put it in the realm of bearable thanks to good medications. They did have some problems controlling it, like it kept on sneaking up to like a seven or an eight on the pain scale, which was too much. So they tried different varieties of medications and eventually they put me on a at home nerve block. They basically inserted these things into my leg that would slowly be releasing nerve block medication, I guess for a week and a half. And that really helped because it numbed that entire area as it had time to heal. When I've talked to other friends about their experiences post amputation surgery, specifically below knee, because I most of the people I know are below knee amputees, their experiences that the first few days are hard. But generally pain can be kept under control, especially if you're working with good doctors who know how to properly administer pain medication. So I made it back home. And from the time I made it back home to the time that I got my cast off two weeks later, I feel like things were pretty stable. I was in pain every day. I was staying consistent with my pain medication. But I'd give it like a, like most days were like a five to a seven, like it hurt, but I could function, I could sleep, I was doped up. So it's all right, right. And I was warned that when my cast came off, things might get a little bit worse, because we'd be releasing any pressure in there and disturbing it and all of that. And they were entirely accurate. Not everyone has a cast after their amputation. In fact, I think it's somewhat less common, but I did. That's how they felt I would heal best. So I went back in, had the cast taken off, came back home. And that's when the most uncomfortable five weeks of my life started. Phantom pain. Phantom pain came paying me a visit. And it is a weird thing to experience. I felt consistently like there was a cattle prod being like shoved up against the bottom of my non-existent heel and constant, like painful electricity. I don't know if that makes sense. And I would just sit on the couch and be in tears because there's nothing I could do to get it to calm down. One of the problems with Phantom pain is that it's nerve pain. And a lot of normal kinds of medications don't really help with nerve pain. There are two, Gabapentin and Lyrica. I was on both of them at different times and they didn't seem to do a whole lot for me. But Phantom pain can be really scary and really hard to treat because it's your body doing what your body does when it's lost a body part. It's not an easy thing to work through. And it was scary because there's no guarantee that it's going to go away or even reduce in severity.  Most people, it gets better for some people. It doesn't exist at all, which I'm super glad for them. But from week two to seven, so those five weeks, I was in a lot of pain. I don't want to say all the time because there were some moments where I was okay. But when it hit, it would be like a seven or an eight consistently for like hours on end without really letting up, which was hard to deal with. Especially after a couple of days, I started feeling like I was losing my mind. And I reached out to other amputees to be like, dude, is this normal? I don't know how to do this. Like, is it ever going to go away? And no one can have that answer. But I did start doing mirror therapy, which was very, very helpful. I have another video on that, which I will link in this video. But it helps with Phantom pain for a lot of people. I stayed consistent with it for a month. And it did eventually subside. After those first seven weeks of amputation, I was at a place where I could get fitted for a prosthesis and start that whole process. And it was really funny to me when I learned that people get fitted for prosthesis for prosthetics. I should really know that word. Like eight weeks after losing limbs, because in my mind, I was thinking, like, doesn't it take a body a lot longer to heal from something so significant? And the answer is kind of, I mean, your body is still healing. You're still adjusting. It's still really swollen. But you can actually start putting pressure on it for most people again. So at that point, pain was manageable. I was still in medications, but not nearly as much of them. I was able to get out and about and do some things and start trying to participate in life. And any of the pain that I was experiencing on a daily level was anywhere from like an aching consistent four to like, you know, a six on a really bad day and then spiking up with Phantom pain, which would still come in zaps. It's just the Phantom pain didn't last all the time, which was the big difference. I will say that that has thankfully stayed the case. I still have Phantom pain. It's still not great. But when it hits, it's usually no longer than a few seconds of really painful sensation, but I know it's going to release. And so it's a lot easier to deal with when you know, okay, this feels like hell, this feels like someone is literally slicing into the side of my foot that doesn't exist anymore. But I know it's going to release in like five or six seconds. So that part still existed then and exists now, but is not something that I have a particularly difficult time dealing with just because the duration is not prolonged. So I got fitted for my prosthetic leg and this is where again, things are maybe a little bit different for me than other people, but many people do have falls. I had a bad fall in a restaurant fell directly on the bottom of my leg because the floors were greasy and things got set back pretty significantly. I was no longer able to use my leg. I tried for a little while, but I was like, this does not feel right. And over the next few months, a bursa grew and there were some other issues going on because of everything that had happened. And so for that like in between time after I fell on it, I'd say my leg hurt really bad if there was any pressure on it, like six to eight kind of range if there was pressure directly on the painful spots, which is why I was not able to use a prosthetic leg at all, no matter what we tried. But if I wasn't putting pressure on it, it kind of resided at like a four or three or four, not comfortable, but not something that was keeping me up at night. Most nights, not something that I thought about every second of every day, just kind of existed in the background. A couple months later, I had another surgery to fix those issues, didn't quite work, and then eventually had to have another two inches taken off my leg in August of 2019. So in August of 2019, the whole process kind of restarted because they cut my leg off again, like the remaining little bit of it. And I'd say the process was pretty similar again. In the hospital, it was not fun. It was painful. It was like a six to an eight most days, but yay for good drugs. I had a cast on for four weeks that time. It hurt. It wasn't great, but it was tolerable thanks to pain medications. And once the cast came off, it wasn't as bad that time. And I was able to start getting fitted for a prosthesis about seven weeks after that second amputation. So now that brings us to today really, which is I want to say about 18 months after the actual leg amputation. What does it feel like on a daily basis pain wise? Most of the time it's okay. Most of the time it's like a two or three, it aches a little bit. Sometimes I don't feel it at all. Most of the time I don't think about it. I'll get those phantom pain spikes that are really painful a couple times a day, sometimes more. Sometimes I go a day without having them at all. This does shift a little bit when I'm wearing my prosthetic leg. So if I'm wearing it consistently, it does still get aggravated. We're still trying to figure out everything that's going on in the right fit for my leg. And there's sharp pain and I'm not sure quite what that is. But if I have something on it, I'd say the pain starts to climb a little bit to like a four or five. But if I'm not actively interacting with it or touching or putting pressure on it, it's like it like I said like a one to a three. It's honestly okay. It's truly incredible to me how our bodies can heal from stuff like this and get better and get better in a relatively fast time frame. When you're going through it, like in the midst of hurting and losing a body part, it does not feel like it's fast. It feels excruciatingly long. But in retrospect, if you look at it in the course of most people's lifetimes, it's a small amount of time that the pain is really, really bad for most people. And then most people get to a place where it's either completely non-existent or very tolerant. I have one friend who had an amputation surgery, woke up from it, was in pain from like the amputation itself, never had any phantom pain, and is thoroughly functional. He does not have any issues with pain, which is so awesome. I have other friends where their situation is more challenging than mine after they've lost a leg. Pain is more of an issue. It's hard to get under control. Phantom pain's worse for them. There are a lot of variables that go into this, but I'm not going to talk from a scientific perspective because I'm not a scientist. I don't know the statistics, but most amputees I talk to do deal with some kind of pain. But from what they've expressed to me, it's not at a point where it cripples their life every day. A lot of people deal with prosthetic issues. Prosthetic issues can cause pain. It is really hard to get a prosthesis to fit exactly the way it needs to. I think prosthetists are amazing, but a lot of it's kind of a guessing game and trial and error and seeing what works and what doesn't. So the process of going through getting fitted for something and getting it to work right can really be difficult. For instance, we're in the middle of that for me right now, right? And I just put my leg on my leg for the first time in six weeks, which felt really good to be able to do. And it hurt, like again, just to sign numbers so that there's some kind of reference point, like a six. Six or six. Yeah, give it a six to put any pressure on it. And if I'm actually trying to walk normally, it just wasn't going to happen. So there are issues that arise. Sometimes they don't know why it feels bad. Sometimes it wakes me up in the middle of the night and really hurts. There are a variety of things that help. Like I said, mirror therapy has been really helpful. Desensitization, I always say that word wrong. I think I got it right at that time. Massage, touch. Those things have all been really helpful for me. So the moral of the story here that I'm trying to tell is that it's going to be a different journey for everybody. If you're watching this video because you found it through some Google search about how much does it actually hurt to have your leg chopped off or something like that because that's something you're facing. First of all, I'm really sorry that that's something you're facing. It can be scary and weird and overwhelming and confusing and all different kinds of things. But I just want to remind you that you're not alone. There's a huge community of super supportive amputees out here who will help you along the way with so many of your questions. I have found Facebook groups to be especially helpful if you just search amputee support on Facebook. There are a lot of groups that are really active and answered a lot of my questions as I was going through things. And I hope that I was able to answer some of your questions about the pain aspect of it. How much it hurts, how much it doesn't. Again, that may not be the case for you. You may feel fantastic a few days after your amputation. I have heard stories of that but most people do deal with pain after losing a body part but most people do not deal with that pain for the rest of their lives. At least not to an extent that is not manageable or that there are tactics for addressing. Thanks for listening to me guys. You may be able to tell my voice is going out a little bit so I should probably stop talking but I really appreciate you spending a few minutes here with me today. If you want to give this video a thumbs up. It helps to get out to more people and helps the old YouTube algorithm and I'd appreciate it. But thank you guys for your time. I'm so happy to be back. I hope to have another video to you soon. We'll see what my body allows me to do but I love you guys. I'm thinking about you and I will see you in the next video. Bye guys.


What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution.  So if you're into that stuff, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. And as you saw, we're going to be talking about post-malone today. I have not received this many requests for a video in a long, long time, all right? So yeah, some videos have been going viral of post-malone on stage. People are worried about him being extremely drunk, really high in a bad place and all that. But before we jump into that, a few things. So those of you who don't know me, hi, I'm Chris. I am a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. My substances of choice started with alcohol. Then I got into prescription opioids. I've been clean and sober since June 23rd, 2012. I got sober on my 27th birthday. I have worked at a drug and alcohol treatment center for a little over three years. And since getting sober, I have literally helped thousands of drug addicts and alcoholics. All right? I am currently not a licensed therapist, but I do have a lot of experience talking about drug addiction, helping people and going through my own experience. And it is important to note, I do not know post-malone. I kind of chuckle because I don't think you assume that, but to cover my butt, I got to make that very clear. I'm doing this video because it was highly requested, but my videos are for all of you, okay? There is a good chance. There is a good chance that you know a drug addict or an alcoholic. So I hope this video can help you, help them, or if anybody out there is struggling with addiction. But anyways, for the next week, down in the link below, I am giving away my e-book for free that I wrote a while back. It's called Caught on the Crossfire. It is how to help a loved one who is struggling with addiction. But more importantly, it's about how to keep your own mental health straight when you have a loved one struggling. So if you would like a free copy of that e-book, go ahead, click the link down in the description. It'll be in the pinned comment. And if you don't need the book, just grab a copy and give it to somebody else who might need it, all right? Anyways, let's jump into this.  She first brought it to my attention because she saw it over on TikTok. And yeah, here are a couple clips of why people are worried. So let's discuss. So like I said, I've been doing this for years. And I always try to err on the side of caution when it comes to accusing somebody of being drunk or high, especially when you have no relation to him, all right? Like I know a lot of people, especially in recovery, who like they have this like kind of like cognitive bias of like, you know, that person's drunk, that person's high and everything like that. Is he possibly, all right? But like, unlike some of the other celebrities who are out there and everything, we don't know an exact, you know, history or recent history of them abusing substances. Post Malone, he does love his beer. Like he's always seen like holding a can of beer and stuff like that. But we don't know for sure. But is it possible? Absolutely. Absolutely. Like, but I don't think we can necessarily know just based on that clip, okay? But what we'll see in another clip later is that he talks about some of his struggles like mentally and everything like that. But if somebody is in your life who suspected this stuff, like if it's a child or even if it's a husband or a wife or whoever it is, like, don't be afraid to drug test them. You know what I mean? Like will they get offended? Sure. You know?  Like it might go a little bit better. But look for other signs.  Do they have any other signs of substance abuse? Have you found any like paraphernalia? Do you see any track marks on their arms? Do you see them like sniffing a lot? Do you see any residue around their nose? Like when I was using prescription pills, I was crushing them up and snorting them. All right. Next thing I want to talk about is it's very hard to tell if a musician is drunk or high. So some of you don't know this, but I have been going to shows since I was a teenager. All right. I was really into the emo scene, the punk scene, all that stuff. I've been to so, so, so many concerts and I have seen some of my favorite artists be extremely drunk or extremely high on stage. To the stick out of my mind are, when I saw alkaline trio, Matt Schema has a very public problem with drugs and he was on stage. I think it was at the warp tour and he was so messed up that he couldn't even remember the lyrics and the other singer had to jump in and take over the lead lines. I also remember going to see cursive way back in the day and like the dude was getting progressively drunk on stage and by the end he was barely able to stand up. I don't know if anybody witnessed this with Post Malone, but the other thing we have to take into consideration, I've seen a lot of bands where the artist is just getting into it and they're, I don't know, wiggly stuff like that. I think a great example is Adam from Taking Back Sunday. I've seen Taking Back Sunday live over a dozen times, but anyways, he really gets into it. You know what I mean? But lastly, I do understand why people are concerned about Post Malone. There have been so many deaths in the music industry. You know, a lot of people are bringing up like Lil Peep, Mack Miller, and those types of things break my heart. So even if people are wrong about this, I'm glad they're raising concerns and hopefully Post Malone has people in his life if this is the case, right? Like, typically when it comes to artists who are dying from this stuff, we also recently had Juice World. Like, they're surrounded by enablers, right? They're surrounded by people who just say, yes, yes, yes, keep doing drugs and everything like that.  I'm like, how come nobody intervened, right? And that's something I talk a lot about in that book I'm offering for free, Caught in the Crossfire, is how to set up boundaries, how to have an intervention, and all these other things. Because it breaks my heart knowing that there were people around using with that person, and then they died and then they want to act all surprised. Like, there are so many lives that could be saved, all right? But next, I want to talk about a disgusting thing that's going on over on TikTok. So just real quick, this kind of stuff is absolutely gross, okay? And I've noticed this. I think it was when Juice World passed away a few months ago. And people try to do these little conspiracy theories and everything. Like, everybody looks at J-Station and the terrible stuff he does, exploiting people right after they die and doing these 3 AM calls. But this is a trend, right? This is a trend where people try to say, oh, this was predicted, their death was predicted. So seeing Post Malone struggling right now, possibly struggling, and then making TikToks, trying to predict his death. So you could be like, haha, I did it. Like, that is absolutely gross, all right? Anyways, last night when I had more people requesting this, Post Malone was trending on Twitter, and he actually responded to this. I'm going to show you 2 clips, okay, and then we'll talk about them right after. Okay, so that first clip, that first clip, it's very hard to tell whether or not, because these are clearly on 2 different nights, right? So the first one, it's hard to tell if this was before the second clip. I'm guessing it was, all right? But anyways, whenever I see stuff like this, I do get concerned. I hope they're going to therapy. I hope they're taking the time they need, because a lot of people, a lot of us for our mental health, we express ourselves through different ways. Like, you know, I make videos, I write, I do so many things, and it helps me get it out there. It helps me cope, and I know it helps a lot of other people, and for these musicians, they do the same thing. But that cannot be our only method of trying to improve our mental health, right? And the person I think about the most when this comes up is Chester Bennington from Lincoln Park, right? Like, this dude had so much pain going on, and it was in his music, right?  And this type of music, it helps so, so, so many people, but I always hope that the artist is taking care of themselves. Like, because a lot of times we need a support group, we need a therapist, you know, we need to be doing some kind of other work outside of that. Now, as for the second clip where he responds, and that's clearly recently, maybe last night, maybe two nights ago, whatever it is, that's the one that was going viral on Twitter last night, and everybody's like, hey, look, he said he's fine. He said he's fine. Now, again, I do not know whether or not Post Malone is high or is drunk in those previous clips, but I will say this, for any of you out there who are dealing with a drug addict or alcoholic in your life, we lie, okay? We lie a lot, all right? I cannot tell you how many times I was near and rock bottom of my own addiction and telling everybody that I was okay. I was fine. Don't worry about me. I'm the best I've ever been. And I was, you know, using more drugs than ever before. So don't, don't ever take an addict's word for it. Now, this is different than, you know, after they've gone to like treatment or after they've been clean for a while, because a lot of people will accuse that person after they get sober, like for months after I got sober, a lot of people accuse me of still getting drunk and high and I wasn't, you know what I mean?  Now, typically we see the conflict between the people who are worried about them and the people who are enabling them or codependent, right? For example, you see it with the fans, right? You see the fans who are just like, see, see, he's fine. Now, typically this might be a spouse. This might be a parent. We see it a lot with the parents, right? They're like, see, he said he's fine. He said he's fine. So he must be fine. You know what I mean?  We don't want to believe that somebody is struggling. So we will, we will find any type of evidence that they're not, all right? We can't wrap our minds around them possibly having a problem. Like I said, I typically see this with parents and on a subconscious level, what they're actually saying is, if my child is a drug addict or alcoholic, that makes me a bad parent, right? So they refuse to believe it, even though if you have a son or daughter who is addicted to drugs, that does not make you a bad parent. Addiction is a disease. But when we see this stuff with a celebrity, it's because fans, they get so in to this parasocial relationship, they love or they respect this person or this, you know, this person's music has helped them out a lot in their life. They cannot fathom that this person is struggling and might be gone soon. So again, we don't know if that's what's going on with post-belone, but I just want you to keep that in your mind, especially if you know somebody. But the last thing I want to talk about in this video before I let you go is like, I know, I know social media is like where we, you know, we talk, we discuss, you know, things going on and our concerns and everything like that. But the reason I make these videos is so you look around in your own life because not many of us are going to, you know, like post-malone isn't going to see our like one, your one tweet and be like, you know what, it's time to get help. You know what I mean? So I really try to be realistic about this stuff because we focus so much on celebrities and everything like that. Like it breaks my heart how whenever a celebrity dies of overdose or dies from taking their own life, that's when we talk about addiction and that's when we talk about mental health awareness. We need to be talking about this stuff all the time. We cannot just limit it to when a celebrity is having a problem. There are millions and millions and millions of people around the world struggling with this stuff. So we can't limit the conversation to when somebody who's rich and famous has a problem. You know what I mean? So reach out and talk to somebody. Okay. So those of you who are new to my channel, what I like to do is pull a comment from the last video and discuss a little in this video. All right. So anyways, this one is from Eve. Okay. The last video was about psychedelics. Just to give you some context. We were talking about psychedelics for mental health treatment and everything like that. So Eve says, it's not that bad in a therapeutic session. It's life changing. Can't wait till it's legal and there are clinics everywhere. Yeah. And like I said, I think psychedelics should be legalized for treatment. I'm not I'm not this huge fan of these natural substances like marijuana or psychedelics that people have literally been using for thousands of years and there's this all this red tape because the reality is a lot of companies don't have the big bugs like pharmaceutical companies have to push this stuff through FDA approval, right? Like a lot of the clinical studies for like antidepressants or anti anxiety medications, the studies are funded by those pharmaceutical companies because they make billions upon billions upon billions of dollars every year. All right. There's not some multi billion dollar company who's, you know, making shrooms, right? And there are some theories out there, which I don't think they're really theories. I think we pretty much know. But because of all the influence that these big pharmaceutical companies have on, you know, the FDA have on, you know, politicians.  You know what I'm saying? But anyways, here's my question I want you to answer down in the comments below. Do you know somebody or have you had somebody in your life struggling with addiction? What have you done to help them? Or do you have any questions about how to help them? All right. So anyways, before I let you go, don't forget down in the description below, down in the pinned comment, there was a link to my ebook, which I am making free caught in the crossfire. It'll be free for the next week. Make sure you go click that link below. All right. Anyways, that's all I got for this video. If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. If you're new, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and a huge, huge thank you to everybody who supports the channel over on Patreon, as well as everybody who supports the channel by buying my mental health books of the rewind toll.com or the merch from the merch store. All right. Thanks again for watching. I'll see you next time.


It's become this cool, like, trendy thing to do to hate on men in our society today. I think it's important to call people out on it. You know, as women, we are always saying, why aren't men calling out other men for their behavior? Well, you know what? The same goes for women. And I'm gonna get a little sassy in this video, so you're just gonna have to deal with it. I even got my laptop out. I have never gotten my laptop out for a video, but I am just so baffled at women, and not all women, obviously, but like, as a woman myself, I wanna call it out and talk about the ridiculous man-hating culture that we're in, and I have something specific pulled up here on my laptop that sparked this video.  The origin of the feminist movement was to get equality and respect, okay? To be looked at as on the same caliber as men are, and not to be considered incapable, or subhuman, or anything like that, but what it has turned into is the reverse. It's man-hating. It's exactly what feminism wanted to fight for women. It has turned the tables and done the same thing with men. So let's talk about this. I'm going to read this post. It's a group that I'm in on Facebook, that's a woman's group, and I, there's 1,000 comments. Okay, most of the things on this page have like, here, two comments, 47 comments, 150 comments, three comments, seven. This one has over 1,000, okay? So let me read the post, and then we're going to talk about it. Anonymous, good on her, posted. How do you feel about paying off your man's credit card? It's literally only $1,000, but he says he can't pay for it, he can't pay it off himself and needs my help. He also wants me to help pay off a mattress he got on his credit, and he wants me to pay for my part, my part, as a woman, on his health insurance. I do make almost two times as much as him, and I don't mind helping, but at the same time, it's the fact that he keeps asking me to help him because he's struggling so bad. We keep all of our bills separate and have our own bank accounts. He said he blames me for when I couldn't work and he had to take over some of my bills. So that's the basis of it, but I want to go a little further because in the comments here, she respond at some point, I don't know if I'm gonna be able to find it right away, but she's basically saying that he also pays for all of their dates, he pays for all of their trips, their vacations, and he pays for all of her cosmetic things, like her hair and her nails and her makeup and all those things every month, okay? So this woman is making two times as much as her man, and he is paying for pretty much everything, okay? And her, and then she edits the post and says it's not about the money, it's about paying for a man. I spend a lot of money on me and things I want. I just feel weird giving money to a man. He's never asked me to pay for anything in four years. Here it is. He's always paid for dates and trips and every month pays for my lashes, my nails, and my hair. He said he would pay me back even though I said it's not necessary. I just have trouble understanding why a man would need help from me. Are you kidding me? And then what's even worse about this post is all of the women agreeing with her and saying that she shouldn't help him run for the hills, sis. If he can't take care of you, he can't take care of any, and he can't take care of himself, then what are you doing? As a woman, I understand wanting to feel secure in a relationship over just emotionally and physically. Like we want those things, right? And of course we want to feel financially secure as well. I get that and I understand that and I can relate to that. Here's the thing. Women thought to get into the workplace, right?  But then when it comes down to it, no they're not because they want a man to pay for their lifestyle and for everything and there's just no compassion or sympathy or partnership in this. I'm sorry, but clearly this guy is trying his best and doing his best to provide and take care of her and paying for everything and she's gonna turn around and have an issue with helping him pay off $1,000 in debt that he accrued that he got because of spending money on her when she has the financial means to do it herself and then having an issue with it just because he's a man, she actually says here, I just gave my friend $1,000 to move into a place and I don't expect it back at all because she, she capitalized, she is a friend. I just feel weird giving money to a man. If y'all want equality in the way that you say you do, this is bullshit and I am just appalled and there were many women in the comments that were feeling the way that I do, but there were hundreds of them that were agreeing with her. Like this woman says, I totally can sympathize with this. I had a man for three years doing the same things for me. If a man wants a relationship with me, he cannot need me to carry him. I want my man to be a provider and protector. I am able to take care of myself, but there's nothing wrong with wanting a masculine man and being a feminine woman. As you guys know, if you've followed me for a while, I am all about traditional roles. I love the traditional feminine and masculine gender roles within relationships. Obviously in this case, we're talking about heterosexual relationships, but a relationship is a partnership and when there is no sympathy and when there is such extreme manipulation coming from the woman side and again for the people that are gonna come at me, I know men can be manipulative too. I've been in those shitty relationships, but that's not what we're talking about here. You are not entitled to someone's money or anything else for that matter just because they're a man. If you truly want there to be an equal partnership, then what value do you add? What value does this woman add to this relationship? If he's paying for the food and the trips and all of her stuff, what is she bringing to the table? Okay, and a lot of times, yes, bringing your true feminine energy is enough for a man sometimes, but this manipulative entitlement is disgusting and I'm embarrassed that there seem to be so many, I couldn't believe how many women were agreeing with her on this post.  Why would men wanna be in a relationship when they're being taken advantage of like this? Put yourself in their shoes. If the majority of women felt this way and think this way, why would you ever want to be in a relationship or a marriage with one of them? It's actually just disgusting to me. Here's another one, you're not selfish. Let that man take care of his own bills, LMFAO. I'll never pay for a man, throw up face. It's almost like for these women that the only benefit that they're getting from a relationship is financially through a man and let me reiterate, this woman is making two times as much as him and here's the thing, as a woman or a man, you have every right to have specific standards and if that person doesn't need those standards, then okay, but don't call that love. If you're with someone and the only value that you see in them is the money that they bring to the table, don't tell yours, don't kid yourself that you love them. No, you don't, you're using him. Here's three in a row. Ew, dump that man, the next one. Don't give him a dime, the next one.  He's paying for her, she wouldn't even be paying him back. She would be paying probably a portion of all of the things that he has spent on her. I'm just, oh God, I'm so disgusted. How did we get here, you guys? Like seriously, when did women become so entitled? It's almost like, you know, women get upset because they feel like, and often it is the case, that men use them for sex, right? How is this any different? Think about how, if you've been in that position and a man was only using you for sex or for whatever, use something along those lines, how does that make you feel? So if it made you feel that way, how do you think they feel taken advantage of, used, manipulated? It's the same thing. You know, if you have a relationship and you guys are set up and have laid out what both of your responsibilities for when you do fall in that more traditional type of role where, you know, the man is the one going out and making money and the woman is staying home.  Oh, I just wanna say, then that's fine. You know, you can have that relationship and define that, but you need to be with someone who shares those values with you. And it sounds like this guy was trying as much as he can. So before my camera dies, I just like do better women. I'm gonna call you out because we need each other to hold each other accountable. Men deserve us to show up for them the way that we expect them to show up for us, all right? So just have some decency, have some compassion and have some respect for your partner. And if you don't, you're never going to end up with a genuinely good, loving guy unless you can appreciate him and unless you can bring value into the relationship as well. You are not entitled to anything and that's a wrap.


I'm hungry. Do you want to go to McDoctor? Let's go. Let's do it. Hi, welcome to McDoctor in the home of the fullness of the gospel. Here. Thank you. Yeah, there's there's our menu there so you'll see to take your time and ask any questions you like. Okay. So what comes in your ever-lasting happy meal? Oh yeah, so we're actually really well known for that. So that is going to include the McFaith, the Moorick Pentance, which is actually our daily special, and then our McBaptism. And I actually going to include a free gift of the Holy Ghost. Oh cool. Does the McBaptism do I have to have it with authority? Oh girl, yes, you do not want it without. Yeah, I would definitely recommend it. It really makes it worth it. Okay, it makes a difference. It won't count otherwise. Yeah, so would you like one of those today? Yeah. Yeah, can we actually get two? One of the sizes on that. Yeah, so you can either have it small, medium, larger fullness. Oh, what's in the fullness? It's got everything and it'll fill you to the end. Yeah, your friend knows what she's talking about. Yeah, it really is. You love McDonald's. It makes it worth it for sure. It includes every single part of it. Okay, perfect. Would you like any sauces today? I don't think so. Yeah, but how much is it again? Yeah, so that'll actually total up to be free. Wait, how? Wait, what?  Wait, what? Okay, he actually left you all a message.  Aw, thank you so much. Yeah, no problem. Okay, go ahead and roll up to next dispensation. We'll hopefully see you next time. Thanks. Thanks. See you later.


okay we're live man all right well hello Periscope welcome to the Duncan tour so my name is Owens I'll be your guide today around us to see here we have the yes okay so this is the Duncan clubhouse this is kind of the community building for Duncan the office is right here and we'll go up just in a second this is definitely like the central building kind of building for Duncan one of the great things let me say something to our people who are following along yeah if you want to just ask a question and I'm gonna ask will what they I'm gonna ask your question to will and was gonna give me an answer hopefully yes yes so yeah feel free to ask questions I'll try to answer so yeah let's begin I think one of the the greatest things about Duncan is the contracting process so it's much like a contract would be for a dorm like if you were contracting through the university on the housing website it seems that same thing and so you can contract for Duncan for a whole so a whole you got a quick question for you okay can you live there in the summer will yes you can you can definitely live in the summer that's a little different contracting process but yes you can live here in the summer no problem it's a 10-month contract is that right yes two months would be the summer contract two months separate separate yes and so that 10 month contract can also be broken down into two semesters so for instance if you're a junior senior and you're gonna be graduating say in December and you're not gonna be in the spring you can contract for just the fall and not have to worry about the spring or if you're studying abroad also kind of saying you can contract for just one semester yeah come on in we got a we got a physical tour starting in a moment we're doing a digital one right now yes so yes that's the the contracting process and so the thing is we are University of departments obviously we are the only University of departments which makes us the closest apartments to campus because we're literally right on campus so right now we're gonna follow me we'll go to the fitness center let's go check out the fitness center take the elevator up there tell us a little bit about yourself well yes okay my name is will I see I am a national business student I'm a sophomore Walton Walton College yes Walton College so I'm a sophomore here I'm originally from Texas like half the school is actually I think that's true like I have the school yeah so just you know we're having like a little weird wireless issues because we're in the elevator okay but I think we're gonna recover okay okay cool yeah so maybe next time we do the stairs yeah okay okay okay so here we have the Duncan fitness center I'm gonna pan around get a look at it yeah go for it let's see back here we got a two running areas there and what are these called you know well okay nice nice I'm gonna give a little overview here of where our people are enjoying some Duncan live they're having a big time down there okay all right do we have any questions so far from our one person who's watching us right now here's the fitness center in this space we're looking at adding a bench press okay so I think this is a great space for a medium like workout especially if you just hop out of your apartment before class or at night before you go to bed it's very convenient but if you'd like to you want to go play some ball or you want to go get more of a heavier workout the hyper is only about seven so that's very convenient as well so that's what that's all I have for the fitness center so if you have any questions well sounds good no questions yet but they might come in so it was raining earlier will it was raining earlier now it is stopped which is great yes so now if we'll stop kind of pan around this way you'll see Harman parking garage Harman parking right there it is it's big it's tall very big so this is so this is so the Harman parking garage is probably where I would say most of the Duncan residents park now the pass is not included in the apartment fees but you can go up to the parking and transit office on the 6th floor apartment and they will give you all the information you need for a parking pass there for next year okay so keep going on this way going along is that a Christmas tree nice you know some things they stay up so long they're ready again that's right you just kind of keep it year-round another great thing about Duncan that I don't know if you will be able to see here but the trail kind of right there I don't know if you can see that very well but so that trail behind I can actually connect directly with the Rachel back Greenway trail that runs all throughout Fayetteville and so yeah and so if you live with Duncan you pretty much have immediate access to the Fayetteville trails and you can get downtown you get to Lake Fayetteville can I get to Dixon Street you can get to Dixon Street yes you can Dixon Street is right there that's another good thing about Duncan is our proximity to Dixon Street and the bar district so if you are over 21 I would say this is a great place to live as far as Dixon Street how close it is and so you can be able to walk down there safely and walk back and not have to worry about driving or parking which I know can be a big hazard no need for Uber no need for yes no need to Uber you can simply walk and probably be quicker than trying to find parking down there so we're walking down here oh that's where we're going to get our s'mores yeah okay yeah we're going to answer right now we're gonna kind of come down to the end of this walkway here so we have four people who are watching us right now does anybody have any questions that you want to ask any questions send them in okay we'll keep moving okay cool you're walking backwards force man just a moment a moment for Arkansas I mean it's kind of it's kind of rainy but it's still really nice looking like I like the the woodland feel of this feel is something I really like especially just kind of looking out from your balcony you can see a nice I'm nice we had a question come in okay you're ready for it how far is Duncan from the home economics building the home economics yeah which I'm thinking that is the building on near Maple okay so we are how would we explain where we are in relation to that so there's Dixon right and then we're kind of on the other end of campus from that yes yeah so it's pretty much I would say it's across campus right I would say it's across campus too yeah yeah which is what I mean that's like a 10 minute walk 10 15 yeah at the most yes okay so over here is where we're going okay coming down there huh yeah this is probably one of my favorite places at Duncan is this after a living space right here yeah we're kind of seeing we get up there there's a fire pit there's a grill I can smell it yes I can smell too it smells good there's a little covered patio area and so you know like during the year we'll have like small nights there like last semester we had a block party where we just grilled out and had music and residents could just come on by kind of casually nice yeah so those are some really fun events so was it more of a guitar or ukulele kind of party I you know I don't even know what the difference is but I would say it's more of a ukulele kind of party okay okay I don't know what that means but actually and we had we actually did have some some a guy playing ukulele on here nice so it's definitely ukulele you want to point out our babbling yes we have the babbling right here the Duncan babbling brook which I think is great we're on a bridge right now we are on a bridge right now very scenic bridge it is let's come on over crossing over so here is the outer space yeah that I talked about here kind of a covered gazebo area yeah yeah people hey let's go over and say hello yeah let's go talk to these guys I'm making some s'mores it's real it's cinema verte that's what we're doing here man yeah I'm nice looking for going on right there how are you able to keep this far going despite the rain that's the remedy that's been the recent remedy okay actually cooking pretty well on its own really well do we do we have a stunt s'more for will to eat we need a stunt s'more sorry you got smoke in your eyes that's no fun so so for those of us for our international audience perhaps tell us what a s'more is and how it's made well first off s'more 101 okay now if you don't mind take them out your RAs here so good just take them out to introduce yourself I'm Kate I'm the RAs of the big building right there I'm a junior mechanical engineering major I've been an RA for two years now yeah and I've actually been an RA for about two months and I'm a senior political science and Middle East major nice nice of course we we've met our tour guide will just told us about him business school yeah yes 101 you take half a gram cracker you put three sticks of Hershey's chocolate on it not to not for not to it's got to look like that okay then take the other one I'm coming in close yep come on in here get in on the action use the other one to squeeze your marshmallow right oh where's that technique there's that technique that is a s'more accent toasty you got melt the chocolate get all gooey all in the beard very good nice and I think it stands for I look at some more some more give me some more smore yeah we've been making some more all day long nice nice with the puns oh the puns all right all right let's keep going sweet thanks for the smoke you guys all right that's that door yeah do you want it you want to you're gonna eat your sweet eat your s'mores we go if you wish okay yeah it's gonna take but you can or you could drop it off whatever maybe I'll take it oh yeah now you got it okay I'm gonna get it we get in there all right okay okay leaving the after space brief second to kind of explain the building layout so you look down on the in here the very in building is what we call E building that's where I live the corner balcony right there this building in front of us is the building this is by far the biggest building we have at Duncan the great thing about this one it's right across the street from Harman parking garage I've got to mention but E building is right next to the trail it has the quickest access which I really enjoy look over here and I pan over we have another tour coming we do looks like that is C building right there that one's a little quieter it's a more tucked away in the back and then on the other side you can't see it but it's a building on the other side of the office but we started out so another thing quickly is safety emergency blue pole things that we have these are awesome very convenient you can see them over campus over campus they say you know Duncan is very safe and at living at Duncan you do get all the safety amenities you would get as if you were living on campus so that's a really break off me and just say hello yeah so thanks very safe but also so like as an RA here like me in the other areas you just met like well we walk around the buildings like twice a night like every night of the week just like for y'all safety if you left here so that's pretty comforting so okay that's that what's new back you know I've walked up this hill a couple times now and I just love this view so like kind of a creep up over the sort of trail here I like it somebody have any questions for us yeah so we're about to go into a room yes and look around this is C building I mentioned earlier we're gonna pop into one of two this is the room of one of our RAs is that right so quickly I'm gonna point out these what's behind there right here so this is this is a storage shed so this is pretty nice so if you if you live in one of two right here you have access to the storage shed most people just put bikes in there oh you know obviously store whatever you like in there but it's a nice place you don't have room in your in your apartment you can stick something out here and put a lot on it how big is it let me see if I can peek in there I mean I would say it's yeah some of that so that's pretty nice but now let's go into the actual all right let me give them a second to kind of look around yeah circular yep all right let's go around fully furnished right yes fully furnished all the furniture looking at right now comes with the apartment even all of the appliances over here you see now the counter you mean you got the the microwave refrigerator dishwasher all that comes with the apartment pretty nice full kitchen yes which if you're living I guess in a residence hall right now the idea of having your own full kitchen is not a bad idea right and you can have posters here I'm like a residence hall which I love because I like toast so toast come to Duncan yeah so now here's a bathroom okay let me quickly just kind of point out we've got a shower on this side the toilets in that side pretty basic bathroom yeah I'll point out quickly that so there's two basic styles of apartments there's first level apartments and second level apartments so right now in the first level apartment so that means we've got two bedrooms on the first floor which we're about to go in one and we have one right here and then one bathroom and then we have two bedrooms on the second floor and another bathroom so it's four bedrooms two bath now if we were go to go up to the second level apartment so if we just hopped on up to two or two we'd have four bedrooms on the second floor and one bathroom so it's four bedrooms one bath and then the first floor is simply the the dining and living area that we were just in so that's kind of difference there so if you're looking at contracting online definitely make sure you're picking options that you want with your roommates something to take heat of thanks for explaining this configuration yes yes so here's a bedroom for us is about the typical size of a bedroom if you can get a good each out of life there so to see better there yeah yeah your back let a little bit okay yeah so here's a typical bedroom let me give a pan here yeah and you see what's going on yeah and again all the furniture you see the desk the bed the armoire everything is included with the apartment so don't worry about buying any furniture so there's a desk and a bed and you said this on the wall yes and then the stressor the dresser and another desk and another room yes here's a little court space and you have access to from the bedroom mm-hmm so this is a little outdoor area a couple lawn chairs or a lot of residents actually there's one literally above you as you're speaking yeah today the weather is not terrible but not probably yeah I'll fresco yes the final the final leg of our journey right okay any questions about the apartments okay you can always follow up with us email that you can email us is a Duncan ab dot you are dot edu hey look we're time it's so well right all right we're moving on okay so we're almost done now here but before we in I'm gonna point out quickly right here if you pan over we got our mailboxes right here you say well what's so great about mailboxes well hey well what's so great about mailboxes yeah well I'm glad you asked so the great thing are these mailboxes is that they are on the regular mail circuit as opposed to like if you're in a dorm that's got to go through post office and then has to go to the house and all stuff and it takes a lot of your mail sometimes as I'm sure some of you know but if you're here we're on a regular mail circuit so you get your mail as soon as it's delivered which is great and as far as packages there's package parcel boxes there that the package is small enough they'll put it in there and you can just get out of there if it's too big then they'll take you to the office and you'll get an email much like you would at a dorm when you get a package that's the that's the skinny about the mail hey save a couple days to get your packages that's right right here we've got what's this right here this is kind of a cool device so if you're a big biker this is definitely a good thing it's like an air pump yeah and you can store like your it's all like like bike chains all the tools and all yeah so if you're a biker it's really sweet and obviously you can store your bikes right here mm-hmm which is great and then here we have scooter parking and that again you can park there with just your regular u of a scooter pass so we're pretty much at the end of our our journey journey here before we end though I think I'll just point out again the best part of Duncan is our closest to campus champions hall we're literally looking right at it right across the street we got bell engineering about a two-minute walk up the street there it is up hill but I don't know the grade isn't too bad the grades are too bad it's not like the Poffert Eliminator okay so it's definitely much easier than that I can get to the business building in about about five minutes from my apartment in the mornings when I class the union is probably about a ten minute walk libraries about the same so you can really get anywhere on campus I would say within ten minutes which is really good features yeah and if you jump on the bike right like yeah even less even less that's I think all I have for you guys well well thank you very much for showing us all of Duncan when there's our little signage that was put out yes which I personally think was really really well and I can say that because I had to I played no part in it whatsoever all I did was get like the raw materials for the creation the creation was done to here at Duncan that's right but you played a part you know if I can own just a little piece of the fame that is Duncan live yes well but thank you very much for your time and for telling them and if anybody has any questions and wants to follow up Duncan AVE Duncan has at uark.edu is a great email to follow up with us yes yes and the website for contracting is housing at uark.edu backslash Duncan forward slash there you go fantastic well signing off thank you very much okay bye


Roleplay and Simulation These terms refer to two similar activities that are commonly used to practice the use of English in the classroom. Both activities are generally popular with students and teachers alike, as they can be both entertaining and productive when carried out correctly. During a roleplay activity, each student is allocated a specific part and or personality to play within a particular scenario, such as a visit to the doctors, a workplace meeting, or a family get-together. These activities are often improvised and can be quite unpredictable. During a simulation activity, the students recreate situations that they might find in the real world, such as ordering a meal in a restaurant or buying a bus ticket. These activities are generally more structured in their design and role plays. Both these activities are useful ways to practice a variety of language skills, as well as for encouraging interaction within the student group. They also give the students confidence in using English within the safety of the classroom before they have to use it in the real world.


If we want to talk about protection and access then we have to talk about archives because that is the future of the archaeological information that we spend our time recovering. So the future of archaeological archive practices should be an important part of any future discussions around the Belletic Convention or about anything else that we do. So I'm going to look at some initiatives that are current, some initiatives that have just happened, some of the pressures on archive practice in England as a case study if you like for how things are developing elsewhere and take a broader look beyond Europe at some of the initiatives that we're dealing with currently in the context of museum practice. So not just archaeological practice but how archives and archaeological archives fit into museums and museum ethics as well. So we'll start here. How many of you have seen the Archive Standard for best practice and archaeological archives? A few. Not enough. There's the web address. Go and track it down. It's available in several different languages as you can see from this site. And it's aim in the spirit of the Belletic Convention is to make archaeological data, information and knowledge available, stable, consistent and accessible for present and future generations. Our aim in producing this in as many languages as we possibly can is to make archive practice consistent and thereby make access to archaeological information relatively easy wherever you happen to be in Europe. So this is the first of a set of EAC guidelines and we're very proud to have been the first. It's available in several different languages as I've said and just to reiterate the point if any of you speak Icelandic that's just what I started off with our aim is to preserve, protect and make stable archaeological information. It's coverage is extending beyond Europe. We're very pleased of so since the 11th of May when it launched over 6,000 unique visitors to the website. So make sure you're in the next thousand worth. At the same time there is a crisis in museum practice across certainly across the UK and from my experience in Europe as well. This is Ikram, the website which broke the news. It's not really news to most of us that objects in museum storage are in peril mainly because for two reasons as we'll see lack of space was given as the most common reason for from two in three museums for finding it difficult to continue to collect. The problem for many museums is not just archaeological but archaeological archives are uncontrollable. They just grow and museums have very little input into the rate of the generation of archaeological material from projects. They just have to accept whatever it is largely is deposited with them. They don't have any say in whether an archaeological project should go ahead or not. Certainly not in the UK. In England, Historic England funded a project with the Society for Museum Archaeology to survey the state of collecting in England and to work out over three years. So this is the first survey in three sequential years to see how the picture changes. At the moment as you can see 35 museums are no longer collecting archaeological archives which means wherever archaeological excavations or projects are happening in those areas there is no museum to deposit the material. The material is therefore under threat because it just resides in stores run by the archaeological contractors. So the conclusion there 100x2027 112 museums out of 154 will be full and may have stopped collecting and that's an untenable situation. It's verging on a crisis for us and it's not unique. One proposed solution is to be more selective about what is retained in an archaeological archive to ensure that what is deposited with a museum is what should stay in a museum and be curated in the long term. The arch is standard has a section which sets out how to approach selection from an archive point of view to ensure that a selection strategy is part of project planning and to manage selection during the data gathering phase of a project. That's easier said than done. Meanwhile ICOM I don't know how much you know about ICOM but one of their mission statements is there and it's admirable that as I say museums are increasingly under resourced certainly in the UK and I'm sure elsewhere. ICOM have produced a code of ethics and a document called Key Concepts of Museology. How many of you are familiar with those? Worth a look especially for this if we start talking about selecting archaeological archives, protecting our heritage. These are the sorts of principles that we should be upholding when we're talking about transferring archives into museum care. The key concepts of museology is a fascinating document probably the best way of putting it. It basically has a sort of a dictionary of museological terms and the one that includes that covers collection is again a very important tool I think in our discussions around selection and the generation of archaeological material which will be curated in the long term and if we uphold the code of ethics and we adopt this terminology we will be in safer ground I think. We'll have a secure base from which to progress our discussions because we will be part of a wider community and these discussions have to take place in the broadest possible community because we all will be suffering the same problems. So the key concept of museology include and 15 minutes I don't have time to go into these in detail but I do recommend that you investigate them. Heritage is a public good museum institution is created and maintained by society that implies that there's a social responsibility to the curation of archaeological material that we should all uphold. They are also promoting standards and guidelines, CDOC, their conceptual reference model and the Council for Museum Documentation is currently engaged in a project under the title Archaeological Sites which has this aim to facilitate communication very similar to the Archae Standard. Am I doing for time? Good. To assist countries in an early stage in developing record systems so currently a working group for CDOC which is part of ICOM are using well referencing the international core data standard I don't know how many of you are familiar with that but that's even this key very very thorny document I'd say but good fun. This is attempting with key concepts of museology to establish a common language, common terms of reference for museum practice and methodology and terminology just as importantly and so we are working now on a basic standard for the disposition of archaeological archives having identified the problem that in many countries in the third world beyond Europe archive practice is even worse than it is in some parts of the UK and so the result as it says there is that objects lose their intellectual value with back to the concept of the key concept of museum and the museum collection and they propose a solution of an international standard so the CDOC group is now working on that standard referencing the Arches standard the EAC standard here and framing it within the cultural the conceptual reference model which is interesting and fun at the same time. The aim of course is to ensure that we produce something consistent and things like this tool here the archiving checklist chart is essential when you're preparing material to be transferred into museums. The CDOC working party has moved the debate further from the Arches guide as I say it does reference the conceptual reference model and sort of adopted terminology so we have to we're sort of slightly above the level of the Arches standard with these sorts of terminologies distinguishing different types of textual material in the documentary archive to make the whole thing consistent so the terminology is interesting and very much embedded in the CDOC mission I think and divides the material archive similarly into four different components which again ensures compatibility I think that's the aim across anyone who adopts the standard. It also is the definition perhaps a bit late but the definition of what an archaeological archive is from the Arches standard and the CDOC working group have refined that into these two elements the working project archive which is everything that is generated during the course of the project and then the preserved archive which is everything that we've identified to be preserved in the long term for curation beyond the duration of a project I think that's a useful distinction archive if archive practice is guided towards that aim of producing the preserved archive which can be everything that is in the working project archive there's no compulsion to select but it means that we are certain within the framework of CDOC and ICOM and everything else that what we deposit for future curation is exactly what needs to be preserved and again this is a communal activity which we should be sharing the responsibility for finally this is what should be in a preserved archive this is the idea of a perfect archive but I show this slide because this is a slide of the museum store in Barcelona the statue shown here was erected to celebrate Franco's victory after the civil war and is therefore very topical now therefore a point of great contention and had and obviously subsequently removed at the end of the Franco era it can never be displayed really it can never go back to where it was in in the town square and it certainly would focus a lot of negativity but by the same token it's not being destroyed it has been collected as evidence of a past that maybe people want to forget but it still has some meaning in terms of our understanding of our past and our shared heritage if we talk about archaeological archives we're a long way removed from this sort of contentious mode of collection so some perspective in this sense is not a bad thing thank you very much