Hi friends, I am Arapata Kairava. I was just glued to my computer screen and I was preparing notes for my students. But are you wondering why I am having a laptop in my hand in this video lecture? It is because today we are going to talk about computers and information technology which forms an important part of our life and also forms an important part of paper one syllabus. Oh yes, UGC net paper one is what I am talking about. We will be looking at the topics which you need to study when it comes to the unit computers and IT. Computers have become an integral part of our lives. Almost everyone nowadays spends like four to five hours on computer screen, be it their work, playing games, listening to music, watching movies, making notes. There are so many advantages. Computers are just a powerful device through which we can do anything. Also because this device has become an integral part of education system, it is important that every professor or would be professor knows the basics about computer and for the same reason every year five questions are asked in UGC net paper one from this topic. So we will be looking at all the important topics that you should study in the unit computer and information technology. If you are preparing for paper one then please continue to watch this video till the end because we will have a detailed discussion on all the topics so that you can channelize your preparation and you can score great marks in your next UGC net paper one exam. So let's start with the basics. The first important topic that you must study under this unit is components of computer. To begin with computers consist of CPU that is central processing unit. It comprises of two things ALU and CU. ALU is EarthMetic Logical Unit and CU is Control Unit. Apart from this you should also have basic knowledge of the memory that is RAM, ROM and cache files. cache is cache. What are these terms? RAM is random access memory. ROM is read-only memory and cache files are temporary files which are stored on your computer and only when you run a cleaner these files are removed and you are able to use that space. You must also have seen that when you install a cleaner on your mobile phone from play store and you run that cleaner you get access to almost 2-3 GB of storage because all the temporary files which were stored in your system were removed. Apart from this you should also have basic knowledge of the peripheral devices. Peripheral devices these are basic software and hardware that are used in computers. You should know what are these basic hardware components and what are the basic softwares which are in your computer. Can you name three hardware and software that are a part of your computer system? Comment down below right now and let me see how many of you get it right. If you are new to this channel then please hit the subscribe button and press the bell icon so that every Sunday as soon as I upload a new video you're the first one to know about it. We're proud to share that we are India's largest YouTube channel right now in the field of UGC net exam preparation. The next component or the next topic that you should study is about computer networks. All computers are generally used as separate devices but if you connect all these computers together they can do wonders. For example I have a bungalow I live on the first floor and my brother lives on the ground floor and if I connect my computer to the same printer like both of us we connect our computers to the same printer we both can use the same printer. When I give a command from the first floor my documents will be printed and if my brother gives a command from the ground floor the printer will print his documents. This is the benefit of having a computer network. There are a lot of other benefits which we discuss in detail in our online video calls for UGC net paper one. Speaking of computer network you must also know some basic types of network. There is PAN which is personal area network. It is for personal use. Then we have LAN which is local area network. The computer and my house are connected to LAN. If you are a part of a college or a big institution all the computers there must be connected with MAN which is metropolitan area network. It is connecting computers of a larger area and then finally we have VAN which is wide area network. It connects all the computers from around the world and a very very important example of VAN is the internet. Google Baba so with internet we all are connected together just like Vastudev Kutumbukam. The entire world is my family. This is what you feel like when you are on the internet. Everything here is just one click away. Another important topic that must be studied in detail is language of computer. We all know different languages. Some of us know Hindi, English and several other languages like Chinese, Spanish, French and what not. Similarly even computers have their own language and their language is very simple. It just has two digits in that language which is 0 and 1. So anything that you communicate to your computer is translated into a series of 0s and 1s. This language is called binary language or low level language or machine language. Do you know why is it called binary language? Let me see how intelligent you are. Apart from this you must also know that there are other kinds of languages related to computers. We have got high level languages like Java, C++ and all these computer developers and software developers they are using the high level language because 0 and 1 is understood by the computer. We understand C++ and Java. We give it to the computer. These languages are something which we understand as humans but the computers don't. So we need a compiler which can convert high level language into machine language so that our instructions are understandable to the computer. Next in line is basic terminologies related to internet and broadband. You must have seen a modem. If you have a broadband connection in your house I am pretty sure it will be modem in your house. Why do we need that modem? Through a modem, analog signals are converted into digital signals. Digital signals are signals which are transported in a series of 0 and 1. Analog signals are signals which have wavelength frequency. Just a second, by the way, just a fun fact. Modem is made up of two words. What are those two words? Modulator and demodulator. Before we move on to the next point here is something that I want to share. 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I remember when I was a kid our teachers used to ask us to bring those projects in floppy's floppy disk. Floppy was one of the common kind of storage devices at that time and it used magnetic storage mechanism. Later came a time when DVDs and CDs became quite popular. These are optical devices and finally now is the time when we use hard disk. We use like pen drives in which we can carry so much information. I've seen pen drives which are so portable that you can't even see them with naked eyes at times. They are so small and they can contain tons and tons of information. So this is how computers and things related to computers have developed over a period of time. You must also know a bit about the trend of storage devices and how they have changed. You should also know how the popular hard disk are developed in today's time. So there are two popular ones right now HDD and SSD. The next topic that needs your attention is file extensions. I'm pretty sure that if you are observant enough then you don't need to learn these file extensions because almost all of us must have worked on like Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word. And all of you must know the file extensions of common images and documents. We also tell you whenever you store any image or document you find that they are stored with a name and after that name there's a particular extension. These extensions are asked frequently in net exam. For example every word document that you store will have an extension of .doc. Every image has extension .jpg or .png. Every excel file will have an extension .xls. So you should remember all these popular extensions because in exam they give you an extension and then they ask you which particular software uses this kind of extension. By the way before we move ahead if you are looking for Behead, UGC net, MA entrance, PhD entrance, PGTGT exam updates then please follow us on Instagram and Facebook. You can find us on all these social media platforms using our username arptakarva. We regularly post study tips, free study material on our Facebook and staff pages. Moreover every Sunday we also share quick revision reels on these pages which will help you to rise important topics in less than 60 seconds. When I was a kid there was a class which I absolutely used to hate. The ones where we were taught how to convert one storage unit into the other. These were units that were used for measurement. Similarly in order to measure the data stored in your computer they use a different kind of unit and they are bytes. Now these are different units of storage just like we have kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte and these are used in computers. This is another important topic that needs your attention and it is all about storage units. You should know how many bytes will make a kilobyte, how many kilobyte will make a megabyte, how many megabyte makes a gigabyte and how many gigabyte makes a terabyte. You also need to know the sequence as in how to arrange these storage units from smallest to largest.  This comparison should be on your fingertips if you wish to ASUGC net exam. Next in line is acronyms, my favorite section. Every year at least one question comes from acronym in the paper. Don't you dare go to the exam without knowing all these popular acronyms. You should know simple acronyms like SMTP. It stands for simple mail transfer protocol then we have MOOC that stands for massive open online course then we have several other acronyms that may create havoc in our brain. All these acronyms come in the exam every year. If you are looking for past year papers of UGC net so that you can see questions related to these acronyms then we invite you to visit our website right now. We have provided past 10 years paper along with Ansaki free of cost on the website. You can simply go download the paper and start your preparation right away. The next important section you should not skip is terminology. The internet is filled with terminology. You should remember all these popular terms. You'll get a list of popular terms when you go through the past year papers. For example one popular term that is asked in UGC net exam. A lot of time is bandwidth. A bandwidth means the amount of data that can be transferred. Then we have things like what are Boolean operators. Now whenever you search on Google you use these Boolean operators to narrow down your search result. One such Boolean operator is and and if I'm talking about two writers and I put and in between them. What it means is that all those Google search pages in which the names of these two writers are mentioned. Those search pages are not mentioned in which only one writer's name is mentioned. For example William Shakespeare and Jane Austen. So only those search pages in which there is information about both writers. If I put or which means either of them. So these are Boolean operators. Binary to decimal conversion is again very important. When I was preparing for UGC net back in 2017 there was one type of question in UGC net which came as a shock to me. And this section that I'm talking about is about that question. I had no clue how to solve these kind of questions but then situations became better when I came across several YouTube videos which helped me to solve them. And then I realized that this type of questions in this sub says that I'm talking about I must be sharing the name is binary to decimal conversion and decimal to binary conversion. Basically binary numbers are 0 and 1. They might give you a number like 250 and they ask you to convert that into binary. That means in a sequence of 0 and 1 you have to convert that number. And on the other hand they might give you a binary number like 010.00 and then they ask you to convert that into decimal. You need to get the digits for which this binary number is there. If you have someone who can simplify this for you these questions I'm telling you will be a cakewalk. This section requires your time and a bit of patience because it might sound a bit unfamiliar to you. So practice a few decimal and binary conversions before you sit for UGC net exam. Finally let's jump on to the last topic which comes under the umbrella of computer and IT and that is internet. All of us use internet on daily basis but it is important that we know certain important terms associated with internet. You should know what is IP. IP stands for internet protocol. Every computer and laptop has an IP address by which you can be traced. This is a popular term that you will come across if you go and meet some web developers and software engineers. Similarly there are things like URL. My website is www.arpithakarwa.com. Now this is URL of my website. A uniform resource locator. You should know what is a web browser. Now you may also be asked that when was the first web browser released or which was the first web browser. By the way, first web browser was Netscape. You need to keep in mind all these trivial things related to internet if you want to achieve high marks in UGC net paper one. These are very simple terms. If you go through past year papers you will come across all these basic terms and when you search for these terms you will get a lot of information from different websites but we try to tell you all these terms in our online course with very simple examples like I just explained IP address. With that note I end my video lecture. I have already made a few videos on UGC net paper one and covered all these important units in form of crash course lectures. You can go to my YouTube channel look at the playlist of UGC net paper one. You will find all these important videos there and make sure that you do not miss out if you are preparing for UGC net paper one. So with that note I end this video. Happy learning. Keep loving literature and stay tuned to www.arpithakarwa.com.


stand by with the clubhouse report presented by your local forward stores and Jack and I have already touched on it you know Meredith we talk about it as seeing the Yankees winning ball games in different ways with the long ball and the small ball do the Yankees see it themselves that way well there's definitely been a lot of energy surrounding this team lately and obviously it's a lot more fun when you're winning ball games and your scoring runs and when you look at the last three games in particular the Yankees have outscored opponents 18 to 6 9 of those 18 runs were courtesy the long ball but they have found other ways to manufacture runs and last night once again that new found speed was on display definitely a different element and you know something that's certainly played a factor here for us these past few games where you know that's come into play a little bit you know and you know right now with what we have you know we got to do things in a different kind of way and you know it's it's been nice to see these last few games you know guys you know really step up and play really well you know last night we hit the long ball but did other things well and it's it's been a lot of fun to see the entire roster really contributing to some important wins DJ LaMahue was who was a late scratch last night is in tonight's lineup he'll play first base Chris Chris kittens was not an option yesterday because of an Achilles issue he will be available off the bench tonight and Luke Voight was out there earlier today around four o'clock doing some light defensive drills that is the first time he has been doing baseball activity of any kind since landing on the injured list there is no time frame for him meanwhile Brett Gardner is once again in left field tonight he spoke a little bit about the Yankees play as of late you know our depth obviously is really coming into play and you're seeing some of these young guys get great opportunities and really stepping up with with their play on the field and you know it's a lot of fun it's a lot of fun to see them get that opportunity and to you know bring some youth and speed into the lineup and you know guys like Greg Allen and Florie Al and Trey Ambergy you know I think that you know really Ryan Lamar guys that you know were able to you know change the game with with their legs and on the defensive side of the ball and you know it's just been fun to see and and obviously we've been playing pretty good baseball so it's been fun to be a part of you mentioned Florie Al I know it's just one game you've seen him in the past you've gone through spring trainings with them just what have you thought of him overall and is it enjoyable for you to watch a guy accomplish some of those firsts in the big league big leagues yeah I mean he's a guy who he's a really really talented player but he's a really really special person and he's a guy that we've we've seen for we've seen especially up close and personal in spring training these last few years and you know just excited to see him get this opportunity and be able to perform on the biggest stage and you know I think it's you know no situation is too big for him and you could say that about a lot of these young guys on our roster but um he's obviously very very excited to be here had a great game last night some really good at bats and you know he's a guy that can can change the game in a lot of ways and you know very happy for him to you know not just be here and get this opportunity to now but to be healthy and to be able to produce the way that he has been you know it's fun to watch up close and personal and Floriel had a nice night last night one for three with a walk in two RBI's and also his first big league home run he was able to get that ball back he said he is going to keep it now it's funny he was actually talking to his wife before the game and she's the one that said to him hey you could hit a home run tonight and he said as he was going around the bases that's what he was thinking of pretty cool Bob


The Nigerian Legion, an organization committed to supporting and honoring veterans, has called for increased financial support from the federal government to honor the forgotten heroes. The national chairman of the Nigerian Legion, Major General Abdul Malik Gibral retired, made the call during a special program organized by the Legion. This event holds particular significance as part of activities lined up by the organization to mark the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebrated annually on January 15th. And I also see this opportunity to call on the federal government to come to the edge of the Nigerian Legion to provide us with the adequate funds that will make us to carry along all the ex-servicemen and women, carry out our responsibilities that is bestowed upon us under the act established in the Nigerian Legion to cater for their well-being. We cannot do that if we don't have adequate funding. We have a lot of opportunities under the act to translate into making us have a very solid financial base. But we cannot do that if we don't have the government support, give out the seed fund that will make us invest and kick start those areas that will make us proud. Through this program, Veracay in collaboration with Nigerian Legion, schools in our community aims to provide an opportunity for children to witness firsthand the Nigerian Legion House. A monument that stands a symbol of honor and respect for patrons. By visiting this revered institution, the children we witness develop strengths and contribution of our servicemen and women, both past and present. We hope that this experience will leave an indelible mark on their young minds, impressing upon them the significance of sacrifice, dedication and dedication to our nation. The special program brought together stakeholders and school children to honor veterans and educate young minds about sacrifice, duty and the importance of cherishing the nation's fallen heroes. Anybody who joins the military and I mean any military with other land army, air force or navy, it means that he has sold his life for the benefit of his country. He had dedicated his life for the benefit of his country. And how do we start imbibing this culture of self-sacrifice into true enlightenment of the youth? And that's why this is the first time we're incorporating school children, students in secondary school to be part of this arrangement for enlightenment to the need to live peaceful, to avoid anything that will create a war situation.


Let's go Bison! Woo! Let's go! All right, so we got North Dakota State versus Montana in the FCS championship game. We're starting off the game. This is the first play. It's brought to you by Keeps. Did you know that two out of three men are gonna experience some form of male pattern balding? How about that? Maybe I will. Maybe I will. Maybe it's me. Anyway, watch the play. Go to Keeps.com slash Jamba.  Here's the first play. And I'm gonna describe this one as a nice football play. They put him in motion, linebacker follows. That linebacker now is gonna be confused because he runs in and they're like, nope, we're gonna throw it to that guy. So expert football analysis guy that I am, I have highlighted the players. So they slide him over there. So now, guy on North Dakota is like, hey, I'm over here now. And then as soon as the QB gets the ball, he takes a step forward. So now the linebacker's like, oh, wait, maybe they slid me over to open up that gap in the middle. And the QB starts running. And he's like, yeah, they tried to trick me. And the QB says, nah, it was a double trick. Punk, gotcha. First down, what a start for Montana State. Now that ends my career as an expert football analysis. Analysis, and we're gonna keep going. And Montana State, this QB, I forget his name. I think it was Matt Supton. But he's good. He's running. I think they just switched to him just for the playoffs. And he's been insane. The only problem is he gets hurt on this first drive. I believe it's this play, second and five, not that play, dummy. That's not the play where he got the ball. Anyway, he's limping. It was the play before that. So now they're all worried. Third and two, and they're just gonna go for the end zone. Do not get it. Nice ball, I guess, tied up. So now they're fourth and two, the 28-yard line, and they put out the field goal team.  FCS kicker, it's probably not guaranteed. But what they do is they run a rather pointless play, which just flips the field. And that player is like, what was that?  And the coach is like, uh, yeah, okay, that's on me. So then Dakota gets the ball at the 20, because it's a touchback. So I don't know, what do you guys think? There's a couple options here. Obviously, I think this was a fake to get the first down, but 25 drops back in coverage here.  So then the kicker's like, all right, abandon the trick play. I'll just punt this. They didn't even have anyone shooting down here to field the punt in case it's abandoned. But I mean, why not just go for it? The odds that this works out aren't there for ya. Seems like a terrible way to start off the first drive. Why not just go for it? That's my opinion. Why not just go for it? If you're not comfortable that he's gonna make the field goal, then just go for the play with like a real play with your real players. Otherwise, you just flip the field. Anyway, did not work out for them. The coach lost his QB, didn't get any points in that one, and the first half of this game was ugly. 268 rushing yards to 70, 28 nothing. Not good for them, but good for this kid. Wow! Look karate, let's go! Let's go! Woo! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Woo! Let's go! That kid may go bald. That kid may go bald. So he should go to keeps.com because he can prevent hair loss. And you can get 50% off your first order of hair loss treatment. You go to keeps.com slash Johnboy.


So today on Six Sister Stuff we are making five freezer meals in just 30 minutes. So my name is Kristen and I'm Camille and today we're going back to the basics. It does not get any simpler than this. Five dump and go freezer meals that you can assemble in 30 minutes or less if you get really fast.  So we're going to jump on in and we'll get started with the first one. So the first recipe we're making is slow cooker ham and pineapple sandwiches. This it was one of my favorites growing up so I'm excited that we we turned it into a freezer mold for you. Now I wouldn't suggest making this in the instant pot but the slow cooker it works perfectly. Okay so to start out we've got two cups of diced pre-cooked ham. So if you have like a leftover ham from Sunday dinner or holiday dinner perfect for this recipe or you can buy diced ham from the deli. That's what we've got. So we're just gonna go ahead and dump it in there. This is actually probably a little bit more than two cups just two to three cups is perfect. Yeah there's a lot in here there is dumping it all in. Do it gotta feed a lot of people. Yep big families that's what we do. Okay so there's our ham. Perfect. All right so the next ingredient is just a can of crushed pineapple with the juice. You want to keep the juice in there it's a 20 ounce can. Yes and you're just going to dump the whole thing right in there. Perfect. Next I'm just going to add just one fourth of an onion or I mean if you love onions you can add a little bit more but we're just adding a fourth to it. Just a little bit and then we've got one green pepper that's all diced. You can dice it as small or as large as you want. Whatever your family prefers is perfect. All right and then for like the flavoring it oh that's so good. It's not ham without brown sugar. Right you need the brown sugar. So we're going three fourths cup of just brown sugar and then just a fourth a cup of Dijon mustard. Now if you don't have Dijon yellow mustard works fine too but I do like the flavor of the Dijon and yep yeah with the brown sugar. It's so good. It's good. Okay and that's literally all you have to do.  It's three to four hours on high or five to six hours on low. Basically you're just heating it through kind of letting the peppers and onions soften and just really letting those flavors meld together and so good. We serve it on hamburger buns. You could also add cheese I like to do like swiss cheese melt it on top. That sounds good. It's just so good you could kind of throw it in your broiler and toast the buns melt the cheese but um yeah so that's that's the sandwiches just like that. Perfect done with this one let's move on to the next. All right our next recipe is slow cooker sticky chicken and now I'm trying to describe what this tastes like.  It does use apricot preserved but it doesn't taste like fruit. No just adds a little bit of sweetness so but you get the savory with the onion soup mix. We'll show you how to make this. Perfect. All right so to start out we just threw four to five chicken breasts in there.  Yep and we didn't want to show you that we touched it. All right then we're going to do one cup of apricot preserved so this is just oh about half or so okay about half of the jar. We eyeball a lot so you can with these which like that's what I love. These breasts are super lenient like it's okay if you're not measuring out perfectly. Okay so the next thing is just a cup of barbecue sauce just whatever your favorite kind is we love sweet baby rice it's a good price it's got good flavor but anything that's your favorite will work for this. We need about a cup of that. Our last ingredient is Lipton onion soup mix so it comes in a packet like this and you're just going to dump it in completely dry so toss it in there and that's it it's that simple yes. Okay so from there we'll zip it up you can mix it together but yep good to go so to cook this you're going to do let's see about six hours on low or three to four hours on high you can do it completely from frozen um but we do recommend that you thaw it in the fridge for about 24 hours before you toss it in your so it makes it taste a little bit better yeah so you can cook this in your Instant Pot but I would suggest cooking it from frozen and then putting in a cup of water but at the end you're going to have to push the saute because you want it to get that sticky texture so really it is it is easier in your slow cooker to get the sticky sauce if you just dump it in in your Instant Pot like this you're going to get the burn notice and then you're going to destroy the recipe so slow cooker that's the way to go with this one and we just serve this we show it up and serve it over rice um really good yep all right done with this one let's move on to the next all right so the next recipe is our pineapple mandarin chicken now again this is so good but it's a little bit more of a sticky texture yes it's thick and so you'll want to make this in the slow cooker so we're first going to put about three to four chicken breasts we're serving anywhere from four to six people so these are large chicken breasts here okay then this is literally a three ingredient recipe which is my favorite so you're going to take your mandarin teriyaki sauce I like to use this is the panda express kind really good flavor really tastes like take your help and you're going to just use the whole entire bottle like you can see it is really thick but the good thing about the slow cooker is it does pull out all of the juices yes so it doesn't it's not quite so that after cooking there we go okay and so the next thing that we are using is about a cup of pineapple fruit preserves now this might be kind of harder to find at your store we had to get um kind of a random brand but just any type of pineapple preserves will work to give you the right flavor that's why we recommend using the pineapple but you're going to add one cup just dump it in there so a little less than the whole jar okay and that is it that is all that's how simple this is so you're going to cook this in your slow cooker yep three to four hours on high but I do recommend five to six hours on low just so that chicken really just falls apart right super shreddy and um if you wanted to you could chop up some onions and green peppers and red peppers any color of pepper and throw it in with this and let it cook with it yeah or you can use a bag of frozen stir fry vegetables cook those up the last 10 minutes of this cooking and then serve it with it perfect sand dish over rice side the side of vegetables it's easy and it's perfect all right okay down to this one let's move on to the next all right our next freezer meal is slow cooker orange chicken we're continuing with the asian theme tonight it's just so easy it is so we're just going to keep going so the first ingredient is barbecue sauce and you already used half a bottle um and one of the other recipes so you should have at least one cup left that you can use so that will be the base it adds a little bit of sweetness and it adds a really good sauce okay then you're just going to add three tablespoons of soy sauce and we are going to kind of just eyeball this yep you can measure too if you're a measure go ahead these recipes are so easy to just kind of eyeball you're still going to get the same flavor so last ingredient that we are adding is orange marmalade we're going to do one cup of this you'll notice that these recipes are similar but because we tweak the the sauce a little bit they have completely different flavors so this is another one that i would serve over rice just shred it up serve it over rice add one cup of this orange marmalade okay you're good to go perfect all right so with this recipe again it's a little bit thicker so it's hard to make in your instant pot but perfect for the slow cooker so i would say what three to four hours on high or six to eight or so i don't know four to six yeah i usually aim with frozen chicken breasts six hours on low okay if you're using chicken thighs you could go up to seven you just don't want your chicken to dry out chicken breasts don't have a lot of fat on them they're a really mean pot of meat you know so they will dry out if you let them cook too long but if you let it cook for six hours your slow cooker should just automatically kick to warm after that time and you can let it stay on warm for as many hours as you need so if you have a long day at work cook it on low for six hours and then let it stay on warm until you get home from work perfect and like we said over rice again with yeah easy vegetable side dish you can do a lot of heavy stuff with it so okay all done with this one we have one more for you all right so our last recipe is called citrus onion pulled pork and i love this because it's literally two ingredients this is an easy one to dump in your Zolga girl it's the right yes on a busy day yes so even though it's only two ingredients i love just having all pre-made so you can just not even think about it when it comes time for dinner so i agree we're gonna start with two pounds of a pork roast yeah and then i'll show you this see if you can look at it so it's it's actually a chicken marinade yeah that you find on the marinade yes yes but it's citrus and onion and it is one of my favorites so it's stub's brand you can use any sort of like citrus onion marinade but if you can find this it's gotta be highly suggested and you can find it at Kroger and some Walmart so just keep your eyes open for it if you ever see it grab it right just always have it on stop hang in anyways okay so if you're gonna cook this in the Instant Pot you might want to add just a little bit of water it's it's liquidy but just just so you have a little bit more thinner liquid yes just to be safe and then if you're just gonna cook it in the slow cooker you can cook it just like this okay tell us your time won't you cook in the slow cooker okay she is the slow cooker queen i i'm the instant pot queen here's the thing i've loved my slow cooker for 10 years no probably more like 15 years it saved me in the kitchen but slowly coming over into the instant pot side yes so in the slow cooker because it is a roast because it's a big fat cut of meat you're going to want to cook it low and slow so i would recommend eight to nine hours on low in your slow cooker perfect if you do it on high it's fine it will cook it but it's not going to be that fall apart shred tender meat that we want yes so low and slow eight to nine hours this is a pretty lean cut of pork we just use a pork loin roast yeah you could use a shoulder you could use a butt roast like any type of pork roast you can also use this for chicken breasts do the same recipe and do shred of chicken that's a great yeah perfect so and then if you're gonna cook it in the Instant Pot because it is thicker you have to cook it for a little bit longer so i would cook it anywhere from 60 to 70 minutes just to make sure that it's cooked all the way through and we'll shred easy yeah yeah and then when it's done when it's all shredded yeah serve it on we love to do it on Hawaiian rolls it's really good flavor yeah with the citrus and onion marinade um but you could do any type of bun and do sliders or sandwiches we also love to melt cheese on top of always oh yeah cheese with provolone is really good so that's what i would recommend serve it with some fruit and some chips maybe some carrots and ranch dinner stuff done all right you guys now if you loved these freezer meals you're going to love our other ones so make sure to check out our other freezer meals right up there and we will see you guys next week see you later


Hello and welcome to today's edition of Frightfully Forgotten. And what are we drinking today, my dear friend? We're drinking Shockwaves, a German Rogan beer. Today we are going to be talking about 1986's Night of the Creeps. We were requested to do it by our friend Ron Moore, who is kind enough to have us on his podcast called the Manitoba Money Shot. Yeah, the Money Shot is not what you think. There'll be a link to the podcast in the description below. It is written and directed by Fred Decker. He also did Monster Squad. It stars Jason Lively, and he of course is in European Vacation. He plays Rusty, one of the many Rustys. And aside him is the living legend, the B-movie master, Tom Atkins. The movie starts out completely out of left field with these little aliens and they're shooting at this one alien who's holding this great big canister, shoots this canister out of the hold of the ship, and it floats towards Earth. It's 1959, while they're driving to this lover's lane on the radio. They hear that there's an escaped mental patient, so he's on the loose. He's still on the loose! There's a cop that's kind of patrolling this lover's lane and he comes up to this couple and he tells him to get moving, right? Because this guy's on the loose. He's on the loose! He's on the loose! Fireball comes through the sky, he goes searching for it and he finds this canister that's been driven into the ground. While he's looking at this canister, the woman sitting in the car, there's the mental patient behind her. It fast-forwards to the 80s. Party night at the university or college. One main character to one that Jason Lively plays, he's Chris and he's got the hots for this one chick. She belongs to a fraternity. He wants to join this fraternity.  Yeah, these fraternity guys. Cook up this scheme. They have to go steal a corpse. Leave it on the front step of the other dorms. So while they're trying to find this corpse, they uncover this priogenic room or whatever. It's with all these, like, computer consoles and there's this one solid tube with this guy in it. Press a bunch of buttons and stuff and release them.  This one guy who's in City Slickers 2. He stumbles upon this corpse that had been thawed now and he gets a tube. Thrill me. So Ray Cameron gets to the scene. Cameron's confused. He was told there was two corpses. Where is the second corpse? And no one can really answer him. We find out that Cameron is actually the cop from the flashback. In the meantime, this corpse, which is missing from the crime scene, is on the loose. Still on the loose. And shows up at the fraternity where the girls are staying. The head explodes and these leeches come out, takes over a different body. The creeps, as we'll call them. Cynthia sees this happen. His head exploded and these things came out and they're zombies. Okay. Maybe I better take you home.   One of the infected comes in, screaming like a banshee. And it's a great scene because he's gotten over to go. Chris gets back to his dorm and J.C. is in order to be found. But he finds a tape machine, plays it back, and it's basically J.C. saying he's been infected. Doesn't have much longer to live, but he found out a way to kill him. So now Tom Atkins, Mr. Cameron, and Chris are out to go get the creeps. And who has the guns? The same guy is in Terminator. Rest in peace, Dick Miller. That's a good gun. Cameron and Chris show up at the dorm. Ladies, good news and bad news. Good news is your dates are here. Bad news is they're dead.  So if you wanna see how it ends, watch Night of the Creeps. If you haven't seen it, it's an 80s B-movie camp classic. Yeah, masterpiece. One of the best things about this movie is the camp. It starts off from the get go. If it didn't have that scene with the aliens in the beginning, you'd take this movie a lot more serious. Yeah, exact. But because it starts off with the scene with the aliens, you're like, ah, this is camp, it's silly. Then you're prepared for the rest and knows what it is. And it purposely went out to be that, too. The dialogue and everything plays into that. Like the movie was written very well. The flow is quite good in this movie. The opening black and white flashback scene is done so well. Yeah, it pays a lot of homage to the old movies from the 50s. A lot of the names, a lot of the last names are paying homage to directors. Romero, Carpenter. Yeah, Cronenberg, right? Totally a love letter to Sy Thine in horror movies. And there's a difference between a rip-off and an homage. And this is so blatantly an homage and not a rip-off. Because in a way, it's very original. Huge budget for this, too. Five million bucks. Which didn't make back. Not a tenth that it made back. It's so visually pleasing. And it's very colorful. Everything, all the effects in this movie are top notch. Like literally top notch. Speaking of the effects, it's kind of neat where it's one of the few movies where the whole effects crew is in the movie.  And they all play their own zombies.  But it's also Night of the Creeps. These guys are creeps. Creepy dudes. They're shitty 80s and mustaches and everything.  Tom Atkins. This could be his best performance, depth to it. And he has that one speech reliving the whole scenario that happened back in the 50s, back to Chris. And it is actually, I think, Tom Atkins' best performance that retelling. And he really is haunted by it. Exactly what this movie is about for him is the past coming back to haunt you and having to get past that. Fun as hell. If you want a good just 80s party movie, feel like Night of the Comet. Return of the Living Dead. Right up the alley for you. You've got to watch Night of the Creeps. It doesn't look like a B movie, but it pretends to be a B movie. That's the magic of it. One of the best 80s horror comedies of all time. Yep. Keep drinking.


Hi everyone, I'm Joe for Jaspy's CaseRace.com, coming at you with 2020 Topps Museum Collection Baseball. Six box, half case, pick your team number 11 from a fresh case right here. So big thanks to all of these lovely people for getting into the action here on a Tuesday, Tuesday the 4th. August already, isn't that crazy? Thank you, thanks everybody. And we did a number block randomizer for these teams right here, which I forgot to upload, so I'm going to do that right now. But there it is, those are the results right there. And you can see the actual randomizing portion in the video that I'm about to upload as we speak. Let's keep the video rolling on this one. I know, very compelling. That's the current video I'm doing. Let me upload the other video. Let's upload that. Arthur, what's going on? Just in time for pick your team number 11. Okay, so I'll put R&B in front of the title so you know that's the number block. I don't need to monetize that particular video. Next, next, public, publish. Adjust the exposure and the white balance on the top camera there. Sure, why not since we're adjusting everything here? Let's roll. Here's the fresh case right here. Pop this baby over. Arthur's looking for an Adrian Beltray. That's a good chase. I did, we were watching that game right here. Arthur, he had, he had Kawhi and Paul George draped all over him. Devin Booker with that turnaround jumper, mid-range jumper. Dust off your Devin Booker cards, folks. All right, so there's six box on the left side, six box on the right side. Let me get that, get a nice Dodger Blue die going here. One, two, three for the left side, four, five, six for the right side. Five, so we'll do the right side right here. This we will save for break number 12, which is already on the site in single digits. So if you want to get that going, let's get it going. And I don't, as of now, I don't think there's a number block or anything like that yet. So get into it before there, we can fill this straight up. All right, lots of great stuff in here. Good luck, ladies and gents. Wait, was it a three? Was it that Devin Booker shot a three? I didn't see that far away. There it was, even better then. Dust off your Devin Booker cards. Are they gonna, or was it two? Okay, yeah, I was like, didn't see that far away. Let me get that bell ready just in case. Oh, you were saying three for the dice roll, I see. All right, I feel like I haven't done museum collection in a minute or two. Good luck, everybody. All card shipped. So everything you see here will go. There is generally a one per case frame situation. So if we don't see one in this half, it should be in the next half. All these first. We got Cincinnati with an early one-nothing lead on the Cleveland Indians, on in the background, on MLB Network. We got Let's Play 2, one out of 99, Ernie Banks. I'm sorry if there aren't no ascender guard around there. All right, and behind Chris Sale is Duel Relic and Autograph JD Martinez, six out of 50 for the Red Sox. Jonathan Kent with the Boston Red Sox. Behind Javier Baez is another Autograph. We have Jake Rogers, 200 out of 299 archival autos. Behind Sandy Kofax is Quad Relic Pirates James and Tyon. Jared Kay with the Pirates. And behind the Gavin Lux sketch reproduction is going to be a Duel Relic. Max Kepler and Miguel Sano, some excellent column. They're a nice low number. Nine out of 10. Jared Kay with the Twins. And Twins won today. I think they beat the Pirates. All right, next. Yes, Ryan is correct. The non-numbered cards that go to the random number block teams will be randomized as one lot to one person at the end of the break. Let's see, I think, what else do we have? We got Red Sox Rays going on right now. That just started bottom of the first. Any other finals? No, I think Twins just beating the Pirate 7-3 is our only final. We got a ton of other games going on today, though. Looks like things are still kind of chugging along her baseball after a lot of positive COVID tests for various teams. I guess there's just going to be a lot more double headers towards the end of the season. There's a lot more players from the taxi squad coming up. I guess that's just how they're going to roll. Hopefully, this is a hopefully, you know, see everyone's Andrew McCutcheon comments. Like the Phillies got got caught up in that whole Marlins mess. I think the Phillies for the most part were okay. Health-wise. But out of an abundance of caution, like some of their games were suspended, and that was just unfair for Andrew McCutcheon, he thought, which I agree with. So hopefully, it'll be a lot of players kind of policing themselves and their friends and other teams being like, hey, you know, put it all together. 45 out of 50, Clayton Kershaw. Like, get your act together, folks.  Another Ernie Banks. Let's play two to 150. All right, we've got Frank Thomas. And he reveals a Jorge Polanco 270 out of 299. Two-color dual relic. Another twin for Jared. There's Andrew McCutcheon. We're just talking about him. Behind Cutch is Logan Allen, 84 out of 299. Indians. That'll be for Ed Ram. 84 out of 299. His teammate Francisco Lindor reveals a quad relic. Colton Wong, 6 out of 75. Primary pieces. Sam Rail with the Redbirds. We stream seven nights a week. Ryan, Ryan A, both on Instagram and on the main channel here. And Boba Shet, nice. 267 out of 299. 267 out of 299. Blue Jays. Our number block team. So that goes to Blue Jays 7. That'll be for Rick T. There you go, Rick. I don't know. Maybe I'll come in. You never know, Ryan A. So, so tune in. You got to tune in every day.  Tune in every day. Don't miss out on me. Even on Sundays and Mondays. Some of you yesterday were lucky enough to see the pug make an appearance on the camera. The pug was back. Next box. It's pronounced Mali. I've been saying Tyler Maley the entire time. It's Mali. At least that's what this broadcaster has said. I'm assuming they have a pronunciation guide from the from the team in their media guide. That's Ted Williams. 67 out of 150. Justin Verlander reveals a Trent Grisham autograph. 46 out of 50. Got a homer against my Dodgers yesterday. It was tattooed. That'll be for Patrick Cologne with the Friars. Behind Lou Gehrig is quad, triple relic in autograph. 11 out of 25. I went the other way thinking the autographs would be on the right side again. Raphael Devers. Jonathan Kent with the Red Sox. Two color triple relic in autograph. Nice one, John. Behind the kid Ken Griffey Jr. is Trey Mancini. 31 out of 50. I think the Marlins and Orioles are going to square off again to square off tonight. And behind Don Mattingling is going to be a Yankee. Masahiro Tanaka. Two color quad relic. All right, three boxes to go. Halfway through this, halfway through this half case break. Oh yeah, Tanaka's a number block team, aren't you? Zero, 10 out of 99. Patrick with that one. That Field of Dreams event canceled too. Which I thought was a great idea. But things are going to try to make it up in 2021. I think that's the frame right there. Metal frame. If you're a baseball fan, folks, and if you've not been to the Field of Dreams, it's worth a shot, boys and girls. Although there really isn't much to do around there. So you'd have to probably wrap it around another trip. I don't, I have no idea, Joe. You tell me if you're in this one. Your name's not on here, but double check your receipts. Your order confirmation. Let me know if you're supposed to be in this one. Pick your team 11. There's Willie Mays to 99. Gotcha. Well, double check your receipts. You don't have to, you don't have to wonder. Joe and everybody, and this goes to everybody too. We always send you email confirmations of all of your orders that has the break number on it. And I think online too. If you, if you go to your account page, it should give you an order history as well if you're registered for a website. Raccoonia Junior reprint. Sketch repro. There's Jose Ramirez, 75 out of 199. Triple relic and autograph. Indians, that'll be for Ed Ram with the tribe. Behind Rivera is going to be a quad relic, all blue jays, a quartet of bluebirds. Vlad Guerrero Junior, Boba Chet, Cavendigio and Lourdes Guriel Junior, 5 out of 25. Blue jays without a nest this season. Four guys. Behind Jesus Lozardo, I think he's making a start tonight. Is a relic Miguel and Doohar, 24 out of 50. A bit of the pinstripe in there for the Yankees. And that's number Yankees, four is going to be for Dave Larson, last spot, Mojo. And the frame behind Brandon McKay is going to be out of five. Four out of five, Tim Linsicum. Silver ink autograph for the hated ones. My rivals, the Giants, Jeffrey S gets a nice hit here though. Nice. He was pretty good. Pretty darn good. All right. As you know, everybody out of fives and under, get the train whistle. All aboard the Big Hit Express. Woo-hoo. Maybe you might need a little, we have used this a lot. Too many big hits. We'll work on that little plunger there later. No worries, Jeff. Thanks for grabbing the Giants straight up. All right, two boxes to go. We'll find some. Yeah, I know where to look for them. Two boxes to go. How do we choose the price of each team per break? We just put prices in a hat. We just kind of guess. Like, I guess this should be this much. Now, there is a lot of factors involved. That Nick prices the teams. It's based on the checklist. It's based on the quantity and quality of the hits. Yeah, supply and demand comes into play. All sorts of little factors that come into pricing teams for a picker team. So that's why everyone's prices can be a little different. You know? There's a patented formula Nick Jaspy is saying. I feel like in my head, it looks like the big computer and imitation game with Kira Knightley and Benedict Cumberbatch. When I punch in the numbers? Yeah, and it's like. Goochy, goochy, goochy, goochy, goochy, goochy, goochy. And all those gears are just turning. Man, it's crazy. Crazy. I have six monitors. Six monitors out. I punch the numbers. All sorts of numbers being crunched and punched. There's Carlos Correa to 99. I'm like Billy Bean. When everyone else zigs, I zag. He's zagging? Yeah. So it's a lot like, so every breaker will have their opinion on the price of a team. And I'm Brad Pitt. I just need my Jonah Hill now. He just needs a Jonah Hill. So maybe Sean. 17 out of 25, Trey Mancini. So we're hiring Jonah Hill if he's out there is essentially what I heard from Nick. Orioles, Joe Andreessen with your second Trey Mancini Relic. That's even nicer one. Behind Peter Lanzo is a Quad Relic, Bryce Harper. Primary pieces. Nice. That's for the Fills. Derek Hamilton with the Fightin' Fills. Behind the Kid, Skechery Pro is Jack Flaherty. Captain Jack, 88 out of 299. Cardinal, Sam Rail with the Redbirds. I think Jack Flaherty's an LA guy if I'm not mistaken. And behind Walker Bueller. I think Jack Flaherty and Walker Bueller get a lot of comparisons. Triple Relic and autograph, Nick Sanzel. 183 out of 199. Is he up to bat? No, that's Akiyama up to bat. Nick Sanzel is Ed Ram and the Reds. And the final box coming up. I don't think anything else is sold out at the moment, folks. I do see about 20 orders coming in. So maybe something sold out while we were doing this break. We'll find out. We'll go through orders and figure it out. Looks like that cello pack sold out. Looks like one left in choice. That's going to happen soon. What else? That's about it. Yeah, that's about it. But I think some other people have been doing work on other breaks to help fill those up. So keep it going. Keep it up. Burbank for Flaherty. Yeah, I knew he was close. Sam, do you happen to know what high school? Did he go to Burbank High School? Yeah, I knew he was in the area. I know some of you may be familiar with John Boy, the video guy. I've been watching him for years. He produces some pretty good content. Some of you may know him from the Astro stuff, too. Anyway, last summer, I missed this. I wasn't able to go to this, but last summer, they did a live podcast at a brewery in Santa Monica. And Jack Flaherty was one of the guests. A couple other guys, maybe Trevor Pluff, I think who joined their team, the John Boy team. Oh, he went to Harvard West. Like, okay, that makes sense. I was like, he probably didn't go to like a standard public school. All right, Nancy singing, singing, say my name, say my name. She needs a hit here. No one is around me. They didn't tell me a little bit. I don't know. I don't know the words of that song. It's a good tune, though. Maybe on the next playlist. Trey Turner to 99. And then some memory. Everything ships. All this stuff will ship. Good-looking cards. I am set. All right. So last four hits. Justin Verlander reveals an autograph. It's a Ray 60 out of 299. Tampa Bay Rays. Robert G. Robert Burricki. Arthur needs some Rangers, too. Lou Gehrig behind Lou Gehrig. There it is. Wow. How did you do that, Arthur? That's sorcery. I feel like we're going to have to throw you into a lake with stone strapped to your chest. Two-color patch and autograph. The player he was chasing. That's why he bought the Rangers. 5 out of 15, Adrian Beltray. Is that, is it blue? I thought it looks like a faded kind of blue. I guess it is game use, so. There you go. He's a witch. A sorcerer must be burned at the stake for that kind of prediction. Lorenzo Kane. 5 out of 25. Brew Crew. Scott Pelzer. And last but not least is Michael Conforto. 60 out of 99. Quad Relic for the Mets. Ray A. With that one. People call you Ray A. Raymond Ayala. It's like a good, it's a good baseball nickname. Ray A. All right, there you go. Michael Conforto there for you. There it is. No randomizers, no nothing. That's it. Oh, I do, let's do a quick randomizer actually for the non-numbered cards in the number block. So let's flip back to this screen right here. Let's grab everybody's names and let's put them into this list right here. Let's roll it. Let's randomize it. 3 and a 1, 4 times. Name on top after 4, 1, 2, 3, and 4th and final time. Name on top is gonna be Nancy. Nancy will get any of the non-numbered cards for this, these group of teams right here. So thanks for breaking with us. Thanks for watching everybody. I'm Joe for jaskiescasebreaks.com and I'll see you next time for the next one. Bye bye.


Why the Narcissist targeted you? The Narcissist did not pick you at random. You were not chosen by chance. They followed a system. They followed a plan. It was a conscious decision. They singled you out. They purposefully selected you as the object of their attention. Many victims believe that Narcissist target weak people. They believe Narcissist go after people who are not strong enough to withstand pressure. But that's not completely true. They target people who are easy to manipulate, but they also want their targets to be strong, which is why they deliberately target powerful and successful people. They target people who are difficult to defeat, people who are able to withstand force, pressure or wear, which is how the people they target are able to stay with them for such a long period of time because they're built to last. They're able to endure tough environments. They have high pain thresholds. Narcissists are also deeply envious of successful people and they see it as though the more powerful or important you are, the more difficult it will be for you when you lose your power or importance, the better you are doing in your life, the more satisfying it is for them to get one over on you. Because it then keeps their feelings of envy and jealousy under control. It all depends on what type of person you are. If you have strong boundaries, they're not going to make any progress. They're not going to succeed. But if you have weak boundaries, it will be very harmful and unpleasant for you.  They don't target weak people because they know it wouldn't last long. They would destroy a weak person very quickly, which is why they targeted people who have a forceful and independent mind. It's more challenging for the narcissist. Narcissists are very competitive and they feel threatened by people who they perceive to be superior to them. It makes them want to take you down a notch. It makes them want to deflate or humble you because they see it as though you think you're better than them, which makes them feel small.  They end up trying to dampen your high spirits or decrease your effort in something because they want to show you you're not as great as you think you are. They want to put you in your place or at least that's how they see it because they are very insecure. They are very sensitive to other people's accomplishments and success. Narcissists don't normally target weak people. Some victims of narcissistic abuse that I've personally known are psychologists, psychotherapists, lawyers and even US Marines. And many of the narcissism coaches here on YouTube have been in relationships with the narcissist. So they're not looking for weak targets. Narcissists target people based on superficial things. They pick people who are physically attractive. They pick people who are powerful, successful and important because they know they're going to get a lot of supply from tearing someone like that down. They're not going to get much out of tearing a person down who isn't that attractive and doesn't have any money or success because then there's nothing for them to sabotage or destroy. There's nothing to fuel them to take down that type of person because they're already down on their luck, which is why there must be something on the surface that attracted the narcissist to you. And once they've gained access to your life, the progress they make depends on your boundaries. If you have weak boundaries, they're going to deceive you and they're going to take you down, regardless of what position you have in life.   If you don't have boundaries, they will take advantage of you, which is why they often target vulnerable people. They target people who have recently left a relationship. They target people who are going through a difficult time because then it makes you more susceptible to the abuse. You're more willing to tolerate it and then they will change you at a core level. By the end of the relationship, you will be a completely different person because they strip you of everything that makes you who you are. They strip you of your indispensable qualities, but it's not because you were weak. They target strong people who are in a vulnerable state and then they exploit them while they're in that state, while they're still able to take advantage of them. But the narcissist will not let you blame them because they see it as though you gave them the opportunity. You let them do it. You let it happen. You made it a possibility. In their minds, you didn't have to tolerate it. You didn't have to stay with them. They see it as though you ruined your own life because if you didn't accept that kind of treatment, nothing would have happened to you. That's just how narcissists think. They don't see it as though they're ruining your life. They see it as though you're doing it to yourself, as though you are the cause of anything that happens to you, which they then use to justify their actions, which is why the longer you stay with them, you start seeing more and more abuse. It gets worse and worse until you start to lose yourself because you're giving everything to the narcissist, but there's no point complaining about the narcissist to the narcissist because they don't care. They only care about themselves. They don't want to hear about what you think of them. They already know what they're like, but when you remain around them, they see it as though you accept the abuse because if you didn't like it, you would leave. If you don't leave, they just see it as permission to continue doing what they're doing, which is why the longer you're with them, the worse it gets. Boundaries are very important. They're not only the reason why you attracted a narcissist, but they're also the reason why the narcissist is a narcissist because it's learned behavior. It develops from a lack of boundaries in their childhood. If they had strong boundaries in their childhood, it wouldn't have been possible, which is why it is so important for you to strengthen your boundaries, because that is what keeps the wrong people out of your life.


Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Very happy to be in Dublin. Thank you very much to the Institute of International and European Affairs for inviting me. The first impression is it feels very cozy here. The weather is almost like at home, just a couple of degrees warmer than in Tallinn at the moment. So what I will do in my speech, I will focus on the security situation and the security concerns of the three Baltic states in the regional security environment. But I really look forward to also discussing and comparing the interests and threat perceptions of small states in different parts of Europe. There are similarities, but definitely there are also differences. So the positive starting point looking at the security of the Baltic states is that the three small Baltic states can feel more secure today than actually ever before. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are firmly integrated into European and transatlantic structures, most importantly through their membership in the European Union and NATO. What has happened in the regional security environment since 2014 is not also positive. Namely, Russia's aggression against Ukraine has weakened the regional situation also in the Baltic Sea region, but it led to a united response of the EU and a stronger presence of NATO, which increases stability and predictability. But, of course, there is a big but or a number of dark clouds in the sky. First and foremost, there is a new level of uncertainty about the commitment of the United States to European security and more broadly the rules-based international order. Second, the European Union has been stepping up its efforts in the field of defence cooperation, but the process is slow and there is no shared vision of its goals and priorities. And thirdly, Russia continues to pursue stronger influence in its nearby regions and it tries to deepen political divisions within the EU and NATO. So I will look at each of the dark clouds in a bit more detail and discuss the positions of the Baltic States in the regional security framework. I would like to argue that the most difficult question the Baltic States are facing is how to prepare for a possible withdrawal of the United States without making it more likely to happen. This is a crucial question for the whole Europe, but in particular it has existential importance to the small states that are most dependent on the US security guarantees such as the Baltics. So looking at the transatlantic relations, for the Baltic States it was very much welcome that NATO responded quite clearly to Russia's aggression against Ukraine, which is continuing since 2014. Of course this as such a very negative and shocking development had the positive effect of clarifying the purpose and the focus of NATO. Most importantly for the Baltic States, NATO has launched the multinational combat-ready enhanced forward presence battle groups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland which are led by the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and the US respectively. So this has really increased the deterrence effect of NATO since any military incursion would automatically mean a conflict with the whole alliance. Furthermore it is a positive step for the Baltic States and the Baltic Sea security that our neighbours Finland and Sweden have become increasingly closely engaged with NATO and cooperating on commons threat assessment, contributing to NATO discussions on deterrence and defence and taking part in exercises. Of course as you know Finland and Sweden are not members of a military alliance but increased presence of NATO in the region has actually been welcomed not only by the Baltic States and Poland but also by Finland and Sweden. It is no secret that the Baltic States would prefer seeing their Nordic neighbours as NATO members in order to strengthen the collective defence and deterrence and further reduce the likelihood of potential aggression in our region. However as long as Finland and Sweden prefer not to take the step to full membership which would undeniably be perceived as a hostile move by Moscow a special partnership and close pragmatic cooperation with NATO helped to make the security environment more stable. Now turning to the uncertainty factor and of course we have to talk about the presidency of Donald Trump here his disregard of allies, his dislike of NATO and in particular the European Union his rejection of multilateralism is certainly a cause of serious worries in the Baltic States. In the past the Baltic States have invested a lot not only in strengthening the commitment of NATO in the Baltic Sea region but also their bilateral relations with the United States. And during the Trump presidency this has certainly become a more tricky task it has required an extra effort to work broadly with those forces in the US administration and Congress that hold a consistent approach to the importance of securing the Baltics and deterring Russia in Central and Eastern Europe. The three Baltic presidents made a joint visit to Washington in spring 2018 which had an appearance of continuity on the surface yet later on the media reported about Trump having mixed up the Baltics with the Balkans and accused the former of having started the wars in former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Even more worryingly there are reports that Trump has repeatedly privately suggested the withdrawal of the United States from NATO. The Baltic States are keen to highlight that in spite of Trump's tweets the change of actual US policies towards Europe does not appear radical at all. The US has in fact increased its spending on European security under the European deterrence initiative which provides for more troops, US troops in Europe particularly Poland enhanced prepositioning of equipment, more exercises and training and improved infrastructure. However we also need to look beyond the Trump effect and look at longer-term global change and admit that longer-term global trends are likely to make Europe decreasingly relevant for US foreign policy interests in future. The US is increasingly focused on China and President Trump's mission to constrain China as a systemic adversary is something that is actually broadly supported among the US foreign policy makers. At the same time there is a continuity in US foreign policy since the Obama era with regard to the understanding that the US is suffering from overreach and is paying too much for international security. So Europe in this situation faces a new geopolitical environment where it is much more on its own and threatened to become squeezed between major powers in a future bipolar world order. So these broader trends point to the need for the Baltic States together with their European allies and partners to start preparing for an era of reduced US interests and presence in the region. At the same time this is a scenario that the Baltic States wish to prevent from materializing above all because there are no credible alternatives in sight to the US security guarantees. Europe remains militarily too weak in foreseeable future. Thus the Baltic States are faced with the question how to prepare for a possible withdrawal of the US without making it more likely to happen. Here comes then the importance of European defence cooperation as an important part of the answer. The Baltic States have generally been constructive partners in the development of the EU's common security and defence policy. At the same time when they ask what's in it for us, for our national security concerns, the answer is not that much. The importance of the EU for national defence has been marginal although the EU's broader and indirect significance for Baltic security is huge. The recent new defence initiatives of the EU have somewhat increased the EU's role in regional security in the Baltic Sea region in two broad aspects. First, the EU has started to contribute more to member states' defence capabilities and cooperation in developing their defence capabilities. And second, the EU has undertaken a number of new initiatives to counter so-called hybrid threats and the three Baltic States have actively contributed in these activities. I have no time to look at the details of these initiatives. Let me just say that these initiatives of the EU have been pursued under the grand concepts of European sovereignty and Europe's strategic autonomy which have been most vocally promoted by the French President Emmanuel Macron and they have been received with suspicion and concern in the Baltic States and Poland due to what is perceived as the thinly veiled anti-American undercurrent of these initiatives and also the unrealistic level of ambition. The tensions around these concepts have been increased by the hostile attitude of the current US administration towards these concepts. So while France can be seen to actively aim at Europe's reduced ties to the US and thereby increased autonomy and sovereignty, the Eastern Member States in the EU and NATO aim for the opposite ever closer security cooperation with the US or at least maintaining the same level of security cooperation. And the worry is that the French push for strong words and high ambitions has to some extent had a counterproductive effect, making it more difficult to keep the EU united and focused on the shared pragmatic goals to actually strengthen European defence capabilities and the ability of the EU to take more responsibility for Europe's security where necessary. The Baltic States always keep underlining the importance of the EU's defence cooperation to be complementary to NATO and strengthening both organisations. And what is a challenge for the Baltics is to find ways to be proactive to shape the debate and the activities in the pursuit of Europe's strategic autonomy in a manner that then responds also to their security interests and does indeed help to maintain the transatlantic ties. We know that in foreseeable future the European Union will not be able or willing to take responsibility for Europe's territorial defence, which remains the core task of NATO. And this is the starting point that conditions the Baltic States attitude to European defence cooperation. Now finally, a few words about Russia, which is the big neighbour of the Baltic States and always perceived as a potential threat. Speaking about the EU's contribution to regional security, I would say that the EU's most important contribution actually stems not from its activities in the field of defence cooperation, but from its unity and consistency vis-à-vis Russia. Including through maintaining sanctions as long as the reasons for the sanctions that were put in place after the annexation of Crimea and destabilisation of eastern Ukraine by Russia have not been resolved. Now on the positive side one has to say that there are no unresolved conflicts in the Baltic Sea region as such and the likelihood of a military conflict is generally regarded as low. And the effect that Russia's more assertive and aggressive policies over the past years have had is to push smaller countries in the Baltic Sea region closer together in their threat perceptions and views on regional security. Many countries have been stepping up their defence capabilities and cooperation in the frameworks of both the EU and NATO and various B and mini-lateral groupings. The Kremlin has blamed the increased presence of NATO in the Baltic States and Poland and deepening cooperation of Finland and Sweden with the Alliance for the worsening security situation and Russia's increased military activity in the Baltic Sea region. But from the perspective of the other Baltic Sea states the cause-effect relationship does work in the opposite direction. So for example in light of Russia's aim to prevent further enlargement of NATO to Sweden and Finland its actions have appeared rather counterproductive. So what is the main source of vulnerability for the Baltic States is the fact that they are the most exposed part of NATO. Russia might seek to put NATO's unity and resolve into test by provoking instability or intervening on the territory of one of the Baltic States likely through a hybrid scenario where its interference would be hard to verify. So the threat to the Baltic States stems from Russia's broader strategic goals to undermine the unity of the West and discredit organisations such as NATO and the EU and furthermore to destabilise Western societies and discredit the Western democratic model. Now coming to the conclusions I would like to make some very brief, concrete conclusions on each of the three main topics that I covered. First on the transatlantic relations it is clearly in the interest of the Baltic States but also the Nordic countries to maintain strong transatlantic ties in spite of the new tensions in the relationship. The Baltic States have always tried to avoid making choices between Europe and the US or the EU and NATO. Second, as the European Defence Corporation is deepening and the EU is becoming more active in this field the Baltic States need to contribute to this work and take ownership while making efforts to prevent the widening of transatlantic cracks. At worst, the EU's efforts may contribute to the weakening of the transatlantic link but fail to reach a sufficient strengthening of European capabilities. Thirdly, it is a key concern of the Baltic States that Western policies towards Russia should be based on a realistic understanding of Russia's goals to strengthen its great power status and influence on nearby countries. This necessitates a consistent defence of European security order and not lose talk about renegotiating that order. Russia's great power ambitions and geopolitical goals have already been gaining more space and traction due to the overall weakening of the Western political divisions within the EU and NATO. So far, though, we see no tangible negative effects for security in the Baltic Sea region. Strong presence of institutions such as the EU and NATO in the Baltic Sea region is so valuable, namely because it constrains aggressive action and creates stability and predictability. I will finish here. Thank you very much.


So I want to talk about Bernie Sanders budget resolution, which he's trying to pass using budget reconciliation This isn't what we wanted admittedly, right? I wanted Bernie Sanders to be president so we can have Medicare for all and a green new deal Not that we'd automatically get those things if he was simply president, but you know if he were president I know that that's what he would be pushing for but as chair of the budget committee He's doing everything in his power to at least move us closer towards those goals And what he's prepared with this 3.5 trillion dollar budget resolution Is transformative like it's not a panacea. It's not the end all be all but it would save potentially tens of thousands If not hundreds of thousands to millions of lives By expanding Medicare expanding coverage to include dental vision and hearing that would make a meaningful difference in so many American lives by actually taking money and investing it in clean And renewable technology that doesn't mean that we're getting a green new deal But doesn't move us closer towards a green new deal by at least trying to mitigate climate change to an extent Yes, now is all of this enough? No, but it's really important And I'm so sad that not a lot of leftists seem to be paying attention to what's taking place in congress because This moment right now is really really important We're not going to get another window of opportunity like this to act in quite some time If the GOP is successful at getting what they want, which is A power grab They're on the verge of gerrymandering their way back to power Which is going to last at least for 10 years So if we have a far-right party controlling at least one branch of government nothing that anyone From the center right to the far left wants will get accomplished Because the republican party a far-right extremist party can block all of that So we're not going to have another opportunity to expand medicare or have universal pre-k Or free community colleges It should be all colleges, but free community colleges or at least some money towards climate change If that happens, so we have to use this unique and limited window of opportunity that we have to do that But unfortunately, I see so much talk on the left of drama and infighting such a hyper focus on loud mouths And you know obnoxious personalities, but who gives a shit about any of that the reason why Us leftists care about politics at all. I'm assuming is because of policy And we have an opportunity to push for policy That would be incredibly sweeping But we're kind of just all in our own insular bubbles and we're not paying attention When we could be using this moment to make calls To members of congress who are trying to torpedo what bernie sanders is trying to accomplish And it's really frustrating, but part of the issue isn't necessarily just You know stubborn headedness from the left and them not caring about anything but drama and infighting It's also relatively difficult to follow Because the situation as it relates to you know, uh congressional day-to-day activities and lawmaking It's hard to follow because it changes so swiftly So let me try to get you caught up and explain Why this is important and tell you who the bad actors are Who are trying to stop us from making at least a little bit of progress Which even if it's minimal is still going to be substantial.  Why were they on board you ask? Well, it's because they shut progressives out of the policymaking process and they allowed kirsten cinema and joe mansion and these individuals to kind of shape that legislation So it's basically infrastructure, but it's also a corporate giveaway and that's why they support it So Since progressives were shut out They were pissed rightfully so and democratic party leadership acknowledged that they were pissed because they shut out a Substantial wing of the party From you know trying to have some sort of sway over infrastructure So the promise was since you didn't really have much of a say In the infrastructure process We're going to let you get some of the things that you wanted In a budget resolution which bernie sanders is preparing and which they will pass using budget reconciliation Which means they just need a simple majority. They don't need the 60 votes We don't have to get rid of the filibuster to the past this We just need 50 votes and then the vice president Kamala Harris will be the tie breaking vote now due to pressure from progressives Nancy Pelosi refused to allow a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the house Until the senate passed the 3.5 trillion dollar budget resolution Now that resolution has to contain progressive priorities Otherwise they're not going to have the votes in the house to pass the infrastructure deal So that's why Nancy Pelosi isn't taking it up because it's going to fail if it's not progressive enough She knows this and the congressional progressive caucus has vocalized the fact that many members will withhold votes If they don't see a lot of proposals that they want in bernie sanders budget resolution Now nine right wing democrats in the house led by representative gothheimer threatened to withhold votes for the budget resolution If Nancy Pelosi held strong and she didn't bring the bipartisan infrastructure deal up to a vote Which is uh bad for progressives because it strips away leverage from them and also from Nancy Pelosi in this instance And let's right wing democrats also butcher the budget resolution Which Nancy Pelosi doesn't want to happen because she wants the infrastructure deal to pass when it comes to a floor vote in the house But it's not going to happen if progressives don't see that they're getting any Policies that they want pass through the budget resolution And so if they already stripped out the things that progressives wanted from the bipartisan infrastructure deal Well, once the house passes bipartisan infrastructure if it is the case That the senate doesn't pass, you know, uh bernie sanders budget resolution Well, then there's there's zero leverage left the senate can then pass Whatever and you know progressives have no say it's kind of take it or leave it Everything is kind of off the table now individuals like joe manchin and kirsten cinema have already stated that they're not going to support the $3.5 trillion budget resolution that bernie sanders wants to pass using budget reconciliation So if the house votes on the bipartisan infrastructure deal Before the senate votes on a budget resolution They give up all of their leverage and they give right wing democrats Everything they give them the power to gut bernie sanders budget resolution So you have to hold the infrastructure proposal hostage If you're even going to have a chance at forcing kirsten cinema and joe manchin To be the 49th and 50th votes required to pass a budget resolution Using reconciliation with any progressive priorities whatsoever. So that's kind of where we're at right now And the nine democrats are as follows caroline bordeaux philomon vela jared golden vincerie gonzalez henry quayar jim acosta ed case curt schrader and josh gotheimer as mentioned before now These individuals they're the ones who are trying to Strip leverage away from progressive democrats. So these folks should be public enemy number one for the left We should be calling their offices and demanding that they back down But you might not have to do too much because I have an update to the story. That's pretty encouraging Uh, but the reason why these right wing democrats are trying to torpedo everything effectively if if they don't get what they want is Not necessarily because they're principled or they have some ideological disagreement with the rest of their party It's because they're bought and paid for them So as david cerota points out in an article for the daily poster democratic obstructionists are bankrolled by pharma and oil and they raked in over three million dollars Collectively so that's why they're doing what they want because if the progressive wing of the party gets what they want And bernie sanders budget resolution actually passes with a lot of money to fight climate change That's bad for big oil if prescription drugs become more affordable as a result of bernie sanders budget resolution That's bad for big pharma. So they're just doing the bidding of their donors That's all you need to know they're corrupt period and shamelessly so But the good news is that for once the democratic party establishment is actually fighting back At the people who are trying to torpedo their own agenda Possibly that's subjective. So as politico's sarah ferris reports democratic party Sandrists say the d triple c is threatening to withhold fundraising if they oppose biden priority Now whether or not the d triple c is tacitly threatening to withhold money for their reelection campaigns If they don't play ball It's it's really up to interpretation But the mere fact that the d triple c is trying to make it so democrats prioritized policy going into the midterms As opposed to some like bullshit wedge issue or or issue about trump that really is refreshing But nonetheless ferris explains multiple house democratic sandrists have fielded calls from their caucuses campaign arm That they took as a warning they would be cut off financially if they opposed their party's 3.5 trillion dollar budget framework According to two people familiar with the conversations that pressure campaign has included democratic congressional campaign chair Sean patrick maloney who has phoned members in recent days to warn that their majority is in jeopardy if they derail biden's broader spending priorities But some of those sandrists who received calls from either maloney or his staff who already faced some of the toughest races in the country Next november said they also took his comments to mean that their own fundraising help from the party would be at risk And while they said there was no direct threat to withhold d triple c funds Those democrats said the warning was implied Well at no point did the chairman or others threaten resources according to a person at d triple c Familiar with the discussions who declined to speak on the record because the calls were private Now if the d triple c wasn't actually trying to implicitly threaten these nine corporate democrats Um, they really they really should and they should be more explicit They should actually cut off folks who are sabotaging their entire party's agenda and you've got to understand here What they're trying to do like i give bernie sanders credit But what he's trying to do is take all of the more progressive elements of biden's platform that he ran on Not that there was a lot But he's taking the most progressive things that biden ran on taking biden's agenda and just throwing it all together And trying to pass it in one fell swoop and now the democratic party establishment All of their support for corporate democrats and the primaries is coming back to bite them in the ass Because the same corporate democrats who they propped up over progressives They're now threatening to torpedo their entire agenda and randgren pointed this out in a great tweet saying democratic leaders pushed henry quay arm Over jessica ssnarrows in texas pushed ed case over kanayala ing in hawai caroline bordeaux over nabila islam in georgia now pelosi and her leadership team are watching all three threatened to blow up the party's entire agenda And that's just it like this is about Joe biden trying to deliver something before the midterms democrats trying to deliver something before the midterm So they have something to run on and also this is about nancy pelosi Who is likely realizing that she's not going to be speaker of the house again assuming republicans retake the house in 2022? She's she's done right. So this is her trying to secure her legacy. She's lost support from progressives You know, she has basically um not delivered much with her time In office and power and so I think this is like their last ditch effort and they realize this and now All of their pushing of corporate democrats over progressives is kind of blowing up in their faces And I wanted to blow up in their faces and I want them to be shamed for this But at the same time I don't want to blow up in their faces because if it blows up in their faces Then we also lose as well because the reason why I think that nancy pelosi ultimately is fighting these nine democrats is because The progressives are the ones who are holding these votes hostage I mean, there's these nine democrats here, but there's more progressive democrats who are threatening to withhold votes If they don't get what they want in bernie sanders budget resolution Now the good news is that these nine corporate democrats it doesn't really seem like they're going to be successful here Now we don't necessarily Like we can't say that with certainty yet. I can't say confidently that it's over But this is what david dayen of the american prospect points out via twitter They seemingly have backed down So the prospect has learned that several of the nine conservative house democrats who insisted to nancy pelosi That they would not vote for a budget resolution without a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package First have flipped there are no longer nine democratic holdouts among the possibilities under discussion is a vote on two separate rules One for the budget resolution and one for the bipartisan bill now as david dayen adds Sounds like pelosi offered the gothheimer gang a deal they rejected and pelosi took out the major concession to the gothheimer gang And put it up for a vote now there was talks of a deal between nancy pelosi and gothheimer He was supposed to take that back to the other nine democrats The situation is a little bit unclear because we don't have specific details about what was in that deal So it seems like they rejected the deal and some of them are caving But what's really important is that uh ryan grim in an article for the intercept with sarah sarota pointed out that this Really was a rebellion that was doomed to fail from the beginning Simply because so many democrats including fellow corporate democrats. They just can't stand gothheimer So they write josh gothheimer reported to congress after winning a 2016 election to represent new jersey's fifth congressional district And the ribbing at the weekly new jersey delegation meetings began immediately Yet five years later the hazing much gentler than it might be in a high school sports team Hasn't stopped members of the delegation simply couldn't bring themselves to stop giving gothheimer a hard time Whether it was representative albia cirrus putting a stopwatch on his phone whenever gothheimer arrived to time How long it took him to leave never very long or representatives bill pasquale and donald norcross Mocking him for barely being a democrat the hazing has gone on for five years The reason is simple gothheimer's colleagues simply do not like him And that would be trivial gossip of concern to nobody outside a congressional cafeteria If it wasn't having a real world effect right now on the prospect of the biden administration Enacting both its bipartisan infrastructure plan and the accompanying 550 billion in infrastructure spending during a house democratic leadership call on sunday night pelosi mocked gothheimer's effort as amateur error Pledging to push ahead despite his threats to stop the legislation pelosi is not known for miscounting votes Suggesting that she is confident that enough of gothheimer's eight co dissenters will not stick with him She's known to work the phones relentlessly and leaves little to chance So you've got to take into account a bunch of things here The democratic party establishment and joe biden they want the budget resolution to pass and they want the infrastructure deal to pass And nancy pelosi She knows this is her last term as speaker most likely So how bad would it look if this relatively new member of congress who's hated by everyone Blew up the entire party's agenda. That would look horrible, right? So there's a lot riding on this and um You know, this is about her securing her legacy as ryan grim talks out And this is about democrats trying to prove they're at least somewhat competent before the midterms come up because right now it's not looking Too great seeing that they haven't accomplished that much So, I mean at the end of the day what we have to do is we need to follow this It's really difficult to follow I understand if you know, you're not following the day-to-days of congress But if you can keep up with it by following, you know, the intercept And uh, the american prospect and the daily poster and common dreams I would encourage you to do that because These new stories Gives us basically cues as to who we should be putting pressure on gothheimer Very clearly isn't someone to exert pressure on Because he's he's like the ringleader, right? But you could focus on the other individuals kerr trader in my state of oregon We can exert pressure on him and exert pressure on the individuals who we can actually break And we have the advantage right now right now progressives have leverage And they know that kirsten sinoman joe mentioned want that bipartisan infrastructure deal to pass Because that's what they want to take home to uh their constituents. That's what they want to brag about So we have to maintain leverage hold that over their heads and make sure that they also agree to pass Our proposals Otherwise, we're not going to give them what they want So I hope that the left really focuses on this and pays attention to this and assists bernie sanders and the left In any way that we can with pressure campaigns or even protests because this is really important This is not just about a win for progressives This is about a concrete difference that we can make in the lives of millions of americans in a plethora of ways So, you know, this is important and I hope that people really start to pay attention to this


It's understandable that the Institute of Medicine chose to act conservatively when bumping up their vitamin D recommendation. An editorial in the American Journal of Epidemiology said it best, 30 years ago, vitamin A was all the rage, expecting that if we gave beta-carotene to people it would prevent cancer, but instead it caused even more. Next came the Bs, and I talked about this in one of my previous videos, folic acid supplements, vitamin B9, has since been linked to cancer as well. Next came vitamin C, which was another big flop. In 1993, it was vitamin E until it came out that it was shortening people's life spans. So when people proclaim vitamin D, the new wonder pill, we are right to be skeptical. Maybe vitamin D is the new vitamin A, the new folic acid, the new vitamin C, the new vitamin E, worthless or worse. Critics of the new recommendations, though, felt that by conservatively choosing a target blood level sufficient only to avoid growth-skeletal abnormalities was akin to setting the RDA for vitamin C at just the minimum level necessary to avoid scurvy. I'm sure a spoonful of orange juice worth of vitamin C would be enough to avoid the overt vitamin C deficiency disease scurvy, but no one considers that enough vitamin C for optimum health.