Welcome to Sheboygan County Government, working for you. My name's Adam Payne, Sheboygan County Administrative Coordinator and co-host of this program with Chairman Bill Gehring. And today our guest is Health Care Center's Director Dale Pauls. Dale's going to talk a little bit about the Health Care Center's Citizens Task Force that was appointed by the County Board in November of last year, the work that they did, their charge, timetable, and then focus on what's happened to date, what kind of progress has the County made in dealing with those recommendations and where are we headed. So Dale, thanks for joining us today. Thank you. Why don't you start by giving our viewers a little bit of background as to, again, when the Health Care Center's Citizens Task Force was appointed, their charge, timetable, and then I know we're going to get into a little bit some of their findings and recommendations. Okay. They were appointed early November and were charged with looking at and evaluating the future of the Health Care Center's. They were to complete their work plan by May of 2004. During that time, they had approximately 12, they had 12 meetings and the first six were basically educational. They spent time familiarizing them with our operations as well as county government, the history of the Health Care Center's. We went into the finance and the accounting, our finance director, Tim Finch, explained that operation. And then Health and Human Services, we had a couple meetings and a complete overview of their operation and how it interrelates with the Health Care Center's. A gentleman, the executive director from the Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services, the agent talked about the state and what was happening on that level in regards to nursing homes and benefits, staffing ratios of other nursing homes. As well as touring both of the facilities, and I should have said that earlier, that was the first thing that they did as tour of the buildings. So the first six meetings were background, following that then we had two panel discussions, one with local and area nursing homes that were basically indicating the services they provide, some of their challenges, and what they were going to be doing in the future. The second panel was of three county facilities, each of them having some of the same types of struggles and challenges that we face, and they talked about how they worked through those. For example, one was downsizing and building new, another one decided that the county decided that they would sell their facility. The final four meetings were including a public hearing in which the task force listened to citizens and staff, etc., and their concerns and questions that they had, and the other meetings were to look at what they were going to recommend for the future of the health care centers. So this task force, just to touch on that a little bit more, I mean it was a citizens task force, the county board obviously could have appointed staff internally, the health care centers committee, the county board supervisors, that committee could have run with this themselves, but instead the full county board appointed citizens from this community to look at the problems and challenges that we face and develop these recommendations. How did one become a member of the citizens task force, how are they selected? They, first of all, were allowed the opportunity to submit their own resume and express an interest in becoming a member. And then once the deadline for all the applications were in, the health care centers committee met with the executive committee, that's right, yes, and narrowed it down to who they felt the best choices were for it, and went to Chairman Gehring, who made the final decision on the compliment, and from there it went to the county board for their final authorization. And if I recall correctly, Chairman Gehring took the individual selected by both the health care centers committee and the executive committee and forwarded that onto the full county board for support. Yes, yes. So these citizens, as you said, met for over a seven month period and they looked at a tremendous amount of information. We had other, we had representatives from other counties come in, both the public and private sector, and as you said, we're not alone with this challenge, although we certainly have more beds and provide a higher level of service than many other communities. What in short were the task force key findings as they proceeded? Local areas, census and market trends, they looked at, if you look at Chabuagan County health care centers, at one time they had over 900 beds, decreased now to above, to 460. That's occurring because of what's happening out there in the industry. Much more emphasis on community-based services, people are living healthier lives, they're living longer lives so that they don't not need our services as much as they did in the past or at least for the purposes. It's more and more for sub-acute kinds of services or maybe dementia related. So they saw those trends. And when you say sub-acute, Dale, not everyone may understand what you mean by sub-acute. Well, they would be illnesses or injuries, broken hips, arms, the type of things that require therapies. And high levels of skilled care. Yes, yes. And as a result of looking at this, they found that they weren't the only facilities that, or we weren't the only facilities that were seeing this. Most places were downsizing, either remodeling or possibly building new facilities. When they looked at the other 11 facilities that were in the county, they discovered that they pretty much were operating at full capacity. So if we're going to make major changes, either privatizing, downsizing, or possibly closing, it wasn't going to happen overnight. And I think we've tried to stress that because as the public listened, they began concerned about that people were not going to have a home. And so the task force became very aware that it would be a long-term process. State and federal funding became very evident that that's continued to decrease the intergovernmental transfer monies that we were used to in the past. Over 100% less from one year to the next from 2003 to 2004. Also state and policy changes were occurring. The, there was a Wisconsin Board on Aging 2003 report that places emphasis more and more on community-based services and less and less traditional long-term care. So they can see that the trends are changing. The state is providing incentives to nursing homes to downsize. On the county level, benefits that are provided for our employees, they found in comparison with other health care centers were two to three times higher than the private sector. Our tax levy in 2004 was $5.2 million, which was three times higher in just in the last three years. So we're faced with that. There's a county levy cap that stats totally have to stay within and so there's a number of concerns in regards to the financial part of the operation for the county. Private and non-profit sectors in those panel discussions, they learned that they do care for very similar type residents that we do at the health care centers. They have medical assistance patients just like we do, which, and I think was a misconception out there in the public that maybe those other private sector people did not care for them. But they certainly do, they have to abide by the same federal and state regulations that we do. And again, as I mentioned earlier, the benefits are two to three times less. The process then again was the citizen's task force looking at a number of alternatives, gathered a lot of information, made the findings that you just summarized. But the county board did further work than that. Not only did they have this process going on, but they also, the health care centers committee, the county board supervisors on that committee, hired an outside consultant to come in and also review the operations of our facility and provide some recommendations. What did they come up with and how was that incorporated with the citizen's task force work? Number of recommendations, they took a look at our staffing and as a result of that analysis, they felt that there were approximately 13 positions, both non-bargaining and bargaining unit positions that could be eliminated over time, which would generate $450,000, $460,000 savings. They noticed right away that our part-time full-time ratio of staff was like 60% part-time and 40% full-time, recommending that we basically reverse that and create a savings there. Look at outsourcing certain services that we provide, like laundry and housekeeping and dietary, should explore that. They also wanted us to review our pharmacy and rehabilitation contracts, increasing the number of days that we provide rehabilitation to our residents. In overall recommendations, they felt like we could possibly merge some of our management positions within smaller departments and relocate a manager at one of the buildings. Also identify positions that could be reduced as our census went down. There were a number of recommendations that the task force in their final recommendations brought forth as requesting that we pursue those. What's ironic here is, I know our viewers who are watching this are certainly who have followed this issue, a tremendous important issue for the community. Obviously there's high value for the services we provide at the healthcare centers, but because of some of the findings that you just went through, our bed census going from 900 to 450 and different market trends and financial assistance going down from the state, something had to change. And again, the county board, as an oversight political body, could have made some of these changes or done a number of things internally and quickly if they so choose. But instead, they said let's go out to the community, let's appoint some citizens in this community and see what they come up with. Let's bring an outside consultant with some fresh perspective and experience looking at other facilities and see what they come up with. So now we have a number of recommendations before us and you did a nice job giving a recap of where we've been, I'll turn it over to Bill and he'll talk a little bit and ask some questions about where we're headed. We certainly have a tremendous challenge here before us about what direction to go in. I think that we owe the task force a great debt of gratitude for all the hours and the time that they put in. They certainly brought up a lot of awareness in the community about the whole issue. But Dale, can you talk a little bit about what the actual recommendations of the task force were in regards to the tax levy, wages and benefits, the Gundersen and Graham study recommendations? Their final recommendations in regards to the tax levy was that they charged the health care center's committee to develop a package that would, in the aggregate, the results in the reduction of the tax levy would be 75 percent of the current, which was $5.2 million and that would equate to about $3.8 million savings that they would need to find. Another big piece here, as we mentioned earlier, has to do with wages and benefits. And they were recommending that they renegotiate wages and or benefits to achieve a reduction in wages or benefits closer to the highest labor costs per productive hour for private sector and long-term care employees in Sheboygan County with the highest such cost so that we would be comparable in that area. And then implement the Gundersen and Graham recommendations that I had mentioned previously. Another item was to take a look at the unused space at Sonny Ridge and see if, for example, they would utilize it maybe by another department in the county or an outside source where they could lease them. Now if they were unable to come up with a package that would closely equate to this recommendation, then they indicated that the recommendation would be to continue ownership of both Rocky Knoll and Sonny Ridge, continue county operation of Rocky Knoll, but lease Sonny Ridge to a private sector healthcare center with the priority going to a non-profit operator. That's not achievable, then it would be to again, to operate as a county Rocky Knoll, but sell Sonny Ridge to a private provider with priority to a non-profit. So those were the recommendations that went to the county board. What were the timeline recommendations from the task force? Did they talk about these general ideas should come into play by the end of the year? Yes. Yes, that's correct. By December 31st, the healthcare center's committee should come back with their recommendation based on the task force. Okay. Now when this recommendation came to the county board, what did the county board do? Did they just put it on the shelf or did they send it somewhere? They certainly didn't. When it came to them, I believe it was in June, it was immediately referred to the healthcare centers as well as the finance and health and human services board. But the healthcare center's committee definitely is the committee that is currently working on trying to meet those recommendations by the task force. Now it may take some time to achieve those recommendations. How will the county board and the citizens of the county be kept apprised of progress that's being made towards achieving those goals? They will be reporting back monthly to the county board and the chairperson, Mike Van Erstein, will be doing that to keep them, the board abreast and other avenues, I'm sure we will, as we have in the past, from the healthcare center, send out newsletters to citizens' radio and providers so that they are also in tune to how we're progressing with the recommendations. One of the issues that has come up throughout the whole process is that Sheboygan county provides quality care at their two healthcare facilities. I know these are kind of difficult times for the employees, but it's my understanding that there recently was a state survey at both of the facilities. Could you tell us a little bit about what the state surveyors found about what's happening at the facilities? It's my pleasure to talk about that, really, because as you said, it has been a difficult time for staff with the uncertainty, but I think the results of these surveys really indicate that they are dedicated to providing the services that we know they can to our residents. Sonny Ridge had their survey about a month and a half ago or two months ago, and then Rocky Knoll just completed their survey. State of Wisconsin comes in with probably four to five, at least, staff that are looking at many different aspects of the operation. There are approximately 1,500 different code requirements that at any one time they could find that we may not be operating like we should. For Sonny Ridge, they had an excellent survey. I believe there were only a couple issues, and they really weren't serious as far as quality of care. Rocky Knoll was very fortunate that we did not at Rocky Knoll have any deficiencies this time. And so I truly commend the staff for a job just very well done, particularly during these challenging times. Well, congratulations to you and your staff on succeeding those wonderful. Greatings. And I'll question a team effort. Your staff, as well as your management team and you, Dale, as you said, this hasn't been easy on anyone at any level, and to have those kind of survey results come from the state reflects well on all of you, so compliments. Speaking of change, and that's another thing that's nice to see a perfect survey at Rocky Knoll. It was just two years ago, a little better, that we had our consolidation from comprehensive health care center to Rocky Knoll, nearly a $10 million addition, beautiful facility. I know the residents in particular love it, and it was just what within the last month that you had a pretty important meeting at Rocky Knoll to share with many of the guardians and loved ones of some of the residents in Woodland Village. That change is coming, change being initiated by the state level. What's happening? Woodland Village is our intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, and as you said, in July we'll, or yeah, actually, yeah, real soon it will be two years that they moved into a brand new 37 bed facility. It's how quickly things can change at the state level. We had that meeting to inform responsible parties and guardians and family members that effective January 1st, 2005, admissions to that facility are going to be very, very restricted. The whole thrust is, again, community placement. They term it placing someone in the most integrated setting, meaning that they have the most involvement with non, with, you know, public, the public as opposed to staff. So that will be impacting them immediately January 1st, and then after May, all the residents on a regular basis throughout the year are reviewed for their protective placement as for why they're there. Well, they'll apply those same guidelines to those individuals over time. So it is going to mean a change at Woodland Village. It may be, I would anticipate it's going to be gradual, but there will be some changes coming. So that was an awareness meeting for those people. So you said in January is when the more restricted criteria will go into place and then by May of 2005, that's when there's going to be what some further assessment done to see whether or not we are able to make some placement in a more integrated setting in the community? So for those residents in May, it would be those that are currently residing. And how many residents right now currently reside at Rocky Knoll? 37. 37. In that unit. So again, to our viewers, this hasn't necessarily been a pleasurable experience for any of us. Dale touched on the fact that IGT funding has gone down significantly and on the horizon it looks like it's going to go down more. If IGT funding, funding coming from the state and federal level, state at the same level it was a few years ago, we may not be talking about Rocky Knoll and Sunny Ridge and whether or not we have to downsize. That certainly has driven it, though the census and all the other things you raised as well. And here two years ago, the county board makes a $10 million investment, beautiful facility and as little as two years later, the state is changing their policies, which is certainly their prerogative in such a way that it could turn out to be a real blessing for those residents that we can place in a more integrated setting. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's an example of how things change and impact our facilities. And what will happen here? I know Dale, you've mentioned that if we do place more people in the facility, we may have more beds at Rocky Knoll for skilled care. Do you want to touch on that? That's very possible. What we've done working jointly with Ann Wandergem, the director of the Health and Human Services and her staff, our staff, we've formed a work group to analyze this, the whole process and how it will eventually impact us. With information that we currently have, it would seem that eventually we would definitely phase out the majority of that unit, probably. It is going to be a challenge and over time for the community to be able to capacity build and be able to provide those services, but the thing that has changed here is now whatever the cost is at Rocky Knoll, those dollars will follow the residents of the community because some people say, well, there's no way that you're going to be able to match services out there. They will have the same amount of money to provide those services. It's difficult. It was difficult at this meeting because many families and guardians struggle with that as a change and the unknown. We don't look forward to that, but on the other hand, yes, if we are able to successfully do that, it will provide an opportunity for us. That building was built to skilled nursing facility standards, so that's a positive side to it. So I take you'll continue open communications, reaching out to family members and others and keeping them informed of information as we receive it from the state and as you need to make changes. Yes. Can you continue with meetings and newsletter items to them? We only have a couple of minutes left, and as you said, it's been two years since folks moved from Comprehensive Health Care Center to Rocky Knoll, and in two years, you certainly have had sufficient time to get your own sense of how that's gone. I know that there's growing pains with that, and that was another change, but from your vantage point, how has it gone? Two years later, how are we doing? You mentioned the survey, so that certainly speaks volumes, but how are employees doing, how are residents doing? Right from the beginning with residents, it was a very positive thing for them. They were acclimated very quickly and enjoyed the new surroundings and of course the new building, but even the remodeling in the Southwest, those residents enjoy that setting. We continue to work with the change that occurred for staff that were working at Comprehensive, and I think it's natural. Some of those people will work 25, 30 years in that building, so it can't come easy to relocate and you do things differently with policy sometimes, so you have to work together as a team to eventually reach agreement, and I think each day, each month, it is improving in that respect, and staff are adjusting. Great. Well, thank you so much, Dale, for being our guest today and giving us a snapshot and overview of where we've been the last seven, eight months and where we're headed. For those of you who have never interacted with Dale, if you have questions or concerns or suggestions, I strongly encourage you to contact Dale or certainly County Board Chairman Bill Gehring or myself. We appreciate the input and Dale in particular has really shouldered, as you can anticipate or imagine, a difficult challenge here and has done a tremendous job. If you do have questions, don't hesitate to give him a call or a member of his management team. With that, thank you so much for joining us today at our next program. We're going to be focusing a little bit on something that I know you've heard about as well, and that's the PGA Championship. Dale just mentioned off the air that he's hoping to spend a little time there that week, and it certainly is an exciting time for the community. I know a lot of people are involved with the planning. There's been tremendous teamwork at Sheboygan County between the Sheriff's Department, Health and Human Services, our airport, our highway, and we're ready. We'll see how things go, but a lot of planning and preparation, and hopefully we're going to have beautiful weather and a great event. So next month, during our program, Mike Helmke, Sheriff Helmke's going to be here to talk a little bit about how it went, how did the traffic patterns go, how were we able to move people safely along and get him to and from the event, and what kind of challenges did he have, not only regarding the PGA, but other challenges the Sheriff's Department has to work with every day. So until then, on behalf of Coneyboard Chairman Bill Gearing and myself, Adam Payne, thank you for joining us. Protection, stop the spread of AIDS. The only difference between a grape and a raisin is time spent in the sun. Ever wonder what the sun is doing to you?


Welcome to the ultimate Python turtle graphics game tutorial part 16 enemy types So in this tutorial what we're gonna be doing is taking our enemies oops, and you'll see let me just every single time we start this up and So right now we've got one enemy. It's it's a red Square and it loops and it doesn't really It kind of just kind of wanders around so we want to do is we want to like learn how to update our enemies And so we're gonna go ahead and do that. So basically what we're gonna do is in our enemy class so I'm gonna go over here and click on my enemy class and This is basically the code for the enemy. So what I want to do is I'm gonna add something called self dot type and I'm gonna have three different types of enemies. So I'm gonna use random dot choice and I'll make a list so I'm gonna put extra set of square brackets there and I'm gonna have a hunter type I'm going to have a mine type and I'm gonna have a Surveillance type Now I could make these shorter. I can make it HM or S But I like to make my code a bit more readable and don't forget the closing Right parenthesis there So watch what I do here. So when I create the enemy sprite I'm gonna have some code to deal with that. So I've created a random choice. I'm gonna go if self dot type just type equals hunter And what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna set the self dot color To red and this is the normal. Okay. Let's say self dot Shape they're already really give them all square for now But I could change I can make that random as well And I'll leave it that for now and then I would say L if And as I like to say I'm a little bit lazy. So I'm just gonna copy this and paste that there So we got hunter and we got mine. So I'm gonna make the mines orange And I'm gonna go ahead and do the same thing If I could use elves here, but we'll go ahead and use L if And just a little side note. I could have actually created separate classes I could have made a hunter class a mine class and a surveillance class and that would work as well Just kind of try to balance how you want your code to look I guess and I'm gonna make this one pink so we have different types So let's go ahead and see if that's working. Okay, so I'm gonna go ahead and run my game and Now I came up red. So let's kill that and see if it see what happens when we get to level two Okay, okay, so there we got an orange ones. That's a good sign Okay, and kill that we got a pink one. You'll notice on the radar. It's also pink. Which is kind of cool And because it's using the same color Okay, so now we got two reds and we got we got one red. We got some oranges So we know that that part is working. So I mean that's kind of cool, but what we want to happen is We need a little bit more code so that they behave a little bit differently So what we'll do is I'm gonna go down to the update section of my code and basically all this stuff here is going to be the same if it's active and What I got to do is in here. I'm gonna add some code for the different types So for example if self dot type equals hunter Now here's some simple code I could have done this a little bit nicer, but I'm gonna try and change a little bit more I'm gonna say if self dot x is less than player dot x So that means if the hunter is to the left of the player I'm gonna say self dot DX plus equals zero point five Okay Does that make sense? If the self is to the left of the player DX actually DX should be plus because we want to go towards the player else Self dot DX plus or minus equals zero point five And I'm gonna do the same thing with the Y. So if self dot Y Is less than player dot Y self dot dy Plus equals zero point five actually should be zero point zero five zero point five We'll just we'll fly up the screen. You'll see in a second. We have to deal with that then And then else Self dot wa DIY Minus equals zero point zero five and you might need to change these numbers. So they're a bit more, you know Copicetic with your system speed now. We also have the other types. So L if self dot type equals A mine now mines are gonna sit there and not move Okay, and then we can add some code later to play with those I guess What we'll say self dot DX equals zero and self dot dy equals zero. So we want them just to sit there and then L if self dot type equals Surveillance We'll say what we want to do with these guys is we want them to actually run away from the player So I'm just gonna go ahead and Do that and then just change this so we want them to go away from the player Instead of towards the player. So they're gonna actively avoid the player. Okay, so let's go ahead and test this and see what happens Okay, so you see this is a Surveillance type and it is running from the player is the player is over here. You know as it keeps bouncing into the wall Now imagine six, you know, it's running away. So Now, of course, you see how the speed is getting a little bit too high and we'll fix that in a few minutes, but I just want to see that we do have Okay, so the red one and you see how the red one went past the player But now let's see if it's coming towards it. So you see now it's working its way over again The code isn't perfect And I it's kind of intentional because I want to I don't want to go too close to the player because you'd never win Maybe you see how it's kind of circling around the player and then finally it works in to where the player is And you see I think there's I think there was a problem with the collisions I thought the collisions were working better for the shooting the gun or shooting the thing But we might have to address that one later, but you see how it's getting a little bit fast So when we go ahead and just kind of try to fix that one Real real quickly. So Did I set that up in the sprite, let me check the sprite class here It's been a while I'm very very busy this past week. So if you're watching this as I'm doing it Yeah, so you see here, there's no maximum. Okay, so what I want to do is I'm gonna go ahead and set self dot max D it's DX equals Let's see here I'm not sure let's try five again I'm not really sure where the good number is for this self dot max d y equals Five so basically you want to say that's the maximum speed that this this object can go. So what I'll do is in my Where's that here in my enemy class for now? We could do it in the other we could do it in some of the other classes as well Well, let's try this and then let's go ahead and deal with the speed up Make sure Okay, so let's set your max speed So I'm gonna say if self dot DX is greater than self dot max DX and self dot DX Equal self dot max DX that'll limit the speed to whatever that number was that we put there L if self Dot DX now. This is where it gets a little tricky is less than self dot negative max X Negative self dot max DX Let me say self dot DX equals negative self dot max DX Okay, so what that does is if it's moving to the left DX is negative It'll deal with that case and I'm just gonna go ahead and copy this and I'm hoping this works I should probably test it first, but let's go ahead and put y's in there And again the the five, you know, you might want to change that We also make that as a variable like give up give certain types of maximum speed Yeah, there's all kinds of options we can do here. I don't know if five was a good number We'll have to kind of play around with it here. I'm gonna go ahead and run that And that's a mine, so it's not moving anywhere. Let's go ahead and kill that. Okay, so Okay, so you can see the red ones they're moving. I think that's not too too fast. I think that's a pretty decent speed oops See here, so you see how they are coming around a little bit and so the so all the reds will converge on the player like that one just did and The pinks will run away So you can see how they're kind of going away from the player and we can we can make this a little bit more advanced We could do some stuff with radars and things like that But let's go ahead and leave that just the way it is for now And the other thing that I think I did in my code and that's one of those things I forgot I should tell you what we'll leave it there I think that's a good good place to stop this one So you get the idea and this is this is also the same way that we can actually make a boss So what we could do is we can later create a boss when we say, okay, it's a boss and it has these attributes And so so the enemy so what we do is we came up with three different types And when we create it, we just give it a random type either a hunter a mine or surveillance hunters are red Mines are orange and surveillance is pink and If it is a hunter, it will go Towards the player it will try to find the player if it is a mine It will sit there with no speed and just kind of wait now We could add it like so it explodes at some point There's a lot of different things we could do and then if it's a surveillance type It runs away from the player and then also we had to set a maximum speed So that it doesn't end up going way too fast. We should probably put this code in The player as well, but we could we can add that later. Yeah, so that is that that was number 16 so now we have multiple enemy types Subscribe for updates keep on coding


Welcome in to GoMustangSports.com recap with women's ice hockey head coach Tori Emhoff as Endicott takes out the Mustangs five to one to close out the first semester. Coach you finished the unofficial first half four five and two take stock of your team here for us for a second. You know we really didn't want the scale to tip this way. We didn't show up. Endicott pulled ahead and we allowed it to happen. We took some irresponsible undisciplined penalties that gave them some power play goals that really helped them pull ahead. We were lazy in every zone and it was unfortunate. It just wasn't our hockey. It was hard to watch and we tried to turn it around. We had good moments but overall we just all weren't a hundred percent checked in. Now when you get back after Christmas you do get back into conference. What do you look for out of your team there? You know we had a little talk after the game here talking about getting on the ice when we can you know over break doing their workouts doing everything they can so when they come back we're not starting over. We're you know picking up where we left off and we're able to really push through and have a winning second half because you know coming into this weekend we had the potential to really pull ahead and we let the scale tip the other way. Alright coach try and enjoy Christmas break and we'll see you after the new year. Thanks Paul.


Today my friends we are going to look at my camera bag of 2020 so with no further ado let's get right into it. So starting off the backpack that I use is the Manfrotto Red Bee backpack. The look of it is decent not as cool as Peter McKinnon's backpack but what's more important is that it can safely transport my gear and have quick access to it. It has a rear axis which keeps the gear safe from potential thieves. Nobody can touch my gear. It also comes with a side tripod connection over here if you want to bring a tripod with you. My favorite parts are the two side and top axis points that allows me to quickly grab my camera and capture the moments on the go. There is a 15 inch holder for my MacBook Pro. The size is perfect for using it as a hand luggage. Overall really nice camera bag, works for my purpose and costs around 150 bucks. Ever played Mario Kart 64? Mario tell me what's my next item? This hasn't changed. I'm still loyal to my Sony a7 III. This is a full frame mirrorless camera that can shoot uncropped 4k 25 frames per second and 1080p at 120 frames per second. I had this camera for about a year now and the reason why I love this camera so much is because it's packed with tons of features. You can get a lot of value for its price. It has a great low light capability, five axis in body stabilization, accurate autofocus, a battery that lasts more than half a day and that is just the beginning. At around $2,000 you get a workhorse of a camera and I think it's among the best camera you can buy currently for its price. I use this camera for all of my project and has never let me down. If I could just bring one lens with me, it would be the Sony 24-2105 f4. The image quality you get is outstanding and covers all of the focal lengths that I need. The aperture of f4 offers a nice bokeh when extending it fully and having the subject close to the lens. The range is more than enough for me and the Sony 24-2105 just costs roughly around $1,100. This is definitely a great all-around lens to have in your camera bag. To have continuous control over the light passing through the lens I use an ND filter from Tiffin. Now by just rotating it you can see how it starts to get dark. It's like sunglasses for your camera. This can help in many ways for example if you want to decrease the depth of field by using a wider aperture to separate the subject from the background or maintain your shutter speed which is usually double the frame rate if you're going for that cinematic look. I don't recommend investing in a cheap one especially if you're using a high quality lens on your camera.  Next on our list are the Sony MPF-Z100 batteries. I always bring at least two separate batteries with me. These are the original Sony batteries that I use for the Sony a7 III. They are expensive and cost around $8 each but you can definitely get cheaper ones like the Wasabi power battery. Those cost around 53 bucks. Next comes the DJI Mavic Pro 2. At home I don't use this drone that much. It's kind of overrated but when I travel I always bring it with me. I just love flying with this drone. I can get some really unique shots and produces a nice 4K 10-bit image quality. It's also very durable. I have crashed it a few times but it still works like a charm. I like the redesigned propellers that make it far quieter than the older models. I don't like it when people watch me fly. I just get really nervous. So having these silent propellers will definitely help keep the attention low. The Mavic Pro 2 doesn't come cheap. It's around $1,500 with the Flymore kit which includes two batteries and other goodies that you probably don't want to miss out. If you're more of a hobbyist drone flyer then this drone might not be for you. Next comes my editing machine. I use the MacBook Pro that is right over there. This is the Retina 50 inch model and I bought this like mid-2015 that has a 2.2 GHz quad core and an Intel Iris Pro graphics card. It's not the best but it's powerful enough to handle my basic 4K edits. Nothing too crazy though. As for our next item I edit off a portable SSD. This is the Samsung portable SSD T5. It has 500 GB storage and has a superfast transfer speed up to 540 Mbps which is important for video editing. It's very small and therefore doesn't use much space. Since it's an SSD it doesn't have any moving parts in it and is shock resistant. This one costs around $90 and goes up depending on the size you get. Very reliable, top quality, definitely a must have if you're editing on the go. I store all of my memory cards in this memory card case holder from Beway. It's compatible with SD and micro SD cards. The great thing about it is that it provides full protection, very easy to carry, doesn't use up much space. You can simply slip it into your camera bag and that's it. Now comes my favorite item, the DJI Osmo Mobile 3. If you have a smartphone that can shoot video then definitely get this gimbal. Together with the Filmic Pro app you can get some really nice footages. I use this gimbal with my iPhone Pro Max. I have done lots of videos with it. This just adds so much value for the price of $130 because you can get some really unique shots that would not be possible when shooting handheld. In some occasions I even just bring the small gimbal and my iPhone with me and leave the rest of the gear at the hotel. Who cares? Sometimes I just want to take it easy and not carry a bunch of stuff with me. Just have a relaxed day but still have the opportunity to capture moments. I recently upgraded from the Aperture M9 to the Aperture ALMC. This is probably the most advanced LED light Aperture has ever made. This is a bi-color and RGB light. This thing runs up to two hours of use at max brightness. It comes with built-in magnets on the bottom for mounting it on a metal base. What I really like are the different built-in light modes. You can pair the MC with the Seatus Link app that gives you a ton of more options. You can use it as a hair light or as a practical light in the background. You could use it as a key light but you might want to add an additional diffuser. Overall very small light fits perfectly into my camera bag. Next on the list we have the RODE Video Micro. This produces really great audio for its size. It comes with a windshield and doesn't really take up much space. Also great for vlogging and because it's a shotgun mic you can just point it right at you and start talking. What I really like about it is that it doesn't need additional battery. You can just plug it into your camera and you're ready to go. Very affordable mic runs around $50. This is an ultra compact wireless microphone system with a transmitter and a receiver which I recently added to my camera bag. They have built-in rechargeable batteries that last up to seven hours. It has a built-in mic and has an LCD screen that displays useful information. Definitely a great and simple solution for wireless audio. This comes in handy for me if I'm traveling in another country and need to create a YouTube video. I can just simply turn on the microphone, clip it onto my shirt and start recording. The audio quality is not too bad. I wouldn't say it's outstanding but it's certainly good enough for my talking head videos. This wireless microphone makes a lot of sense if you're using a mirrorless or DSLR camera. Great for run and gun shooting. Definitely something to have since it's so small and compact. On the bag attached I have the camera clip from Peak Design. I use it a lot when I go hiking. It has a quick release lock on it. You can just press the red button to quickly take the plate off. When I mount the camera on the plate it feels really secure and I can just leave the camera hanging without worrying that it will fall off. Coming from the same brand I use the Peak Design camera strap. It has quick anchor mounts which allows me to quickly clip the camera on and off the strap. If I don't use a gimbal I use the strap to get more stable footage. Last but not least we have the DJI Ronin S. Awesome gimbal. It can operate up to 12 hours which is more than enough. I had done lots of projects with it. I guess for a more travel friendly gimbal you might want to go with the Ronin SC. It's more of a lightweight design around 1.1 kilo whereas the Ronin S weighs at 1.8 kilo to get the SC version since I'm using a mirrorless camera with the Sony 24-105mm. Both of them weigh together 1.2 kilo and the Ronin SC can handle up to 2 kilos. Anyway the Ronin S is still a great gimbal for getting unique shots. Definitely something that will always stay in my camera bag. That was it for today's video guys. If you haven't subscribed to my channel please do so. I would greatly appreciate it. I'm hoping to reach 1000 subscribers one day and when that happens we are going to celebrate it together. Thank you so much for your support and see you in the next video.


Hello and welcome to this incredibly rainy episode of the Private Property Home Shopper Show. Today I'm standing outside a country mansion that boasts four bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms and a three car garage. This home is dotted around with plenty of incredible homes right here in Hyde Park. But before we talk more about the home to my left, let me let you know that you can find your new home on privateproperty.co.za. My name is Chad Rivera, this is the Private Property Home Shopper Show. Welcome home. And yet we are inside the entry hall, transporting ourselves slightly because of the rain outside. But this home is absolutely stunning. I'm surrounded on three sides by floor to ceiling gloss, looking out onto incredibly well manicured lawns and this entry hall is no less special because of the recessed LED lighting above me projecting onto a vaunted ceiling really making this home feel warm and cozy as well as spacious and airy. Moving forward into the rest of the entry hall, we've got a winding staircase snaking its way all the way up to the top level and then a glass elevator that we're going to be taking a look at later that takes you up to that top level as well. On my left hand side we've got your guest bathroom as well as a really warm and cozy reception room and I think we're going to start off with that. The first lounge in this house is the perfect movie watching spot. The room is super cozy thanks to the carpeted floors and the gorgeous library wall. But of course any home theater like this isn't complete without a screen and this space doesn't disappoint. The projector screen is cleverly tucked away so the room remains clutter free. Leaving the reception area behind these wood floors continue into a formal lounge area. Swap the wood for stunning carpets and a huge space to call your own very very comforting because we've got a wood fireplace there situated into a really really nice and quite large mantle but this home with the tall ceilings really does make you think of a state house or a country home looking out onto the beautiful greenery of the garden as well as an incredible pool I have to admit this home without a doubt really does ooze opulence and refinement but a lot of warmth as well now one of the cooler things I've seen yet that we've never noticed before in another home is these windows right here so the bottom windows open upwards and the top windows and this is all connected on a pulley system open downwards so regardless of where that breeze might be you're always gonna have a really really airy fresh and beautifully spacious home but if you've got pets you don't even need to worry about a doggie door or possibly a kitty door because it's built in I really like it is a super cool feature and this room right here leads immediately through these double doors again gloss continuing that feeling of openness in this home without it feeling too empty onto this and this is another thing that I think is very very special and now why I like this room is threefold we're playing around with the flooring we went from really beautiful wood flooring to carpet now to tiles and those tiles serve a very very practical purpose because this is your indoor outdoor area you've got two sets of sliding stackable glass doors you can open up these as well as these or you can close and change it depending on the weather depending on what you're trying to achieve or just depending on what you want your guests to feel when you're entertaining in this home so much space here both for a lounge suite as well as a dining room table and this dining room table isn't just here for looks because right here you've got your indoor outdoor bright area gas bright as well as an extractor all the way out you can do this at any point any weather any season if you want to have a really nice bright so that because favorite pastime you've got it covered but in terms of entertainment we see it once again one of the most popular features that we see in all the homes and that is those recessed ceiling speakers for entertainment throughout the home now we've got another set of sliding doors and those sliding doors are right here gain all of the gloss you can open it up and depending on how you style your home walk immediately into your informal lounge we're going to take the long way around because there's so much to look at and you get a quick peek of that glass elevator behind me follow me and let's take a look and yeah we are within the informal lounge area again space is tantamount throughout this home I must admit I love the space I also love how comfortable and cozy it feels well again you've got these incredible views of the rose gardens behind me the green lush grass the outside dining room area and then what kind of country home would this be without another fireplace again recessed into a beautiful mantle tall ceilings really nice lighting and right next to this informal lounge well is your dining room area let's take a look a couple of quick steps and we find ourselves immediately into your dining room area this definitely a formal dining room area this is a place that you're going to be impressing all of your guests with and another fireplace right there so I can't if we include the briar that is four different fireplaces one two three four you know you're in a special home with four different fireplaces windows now overlooking more gardens super tall ceilings beautiful chandeliers and behind me again befitting any country home or in this case country mansion your wine look double built-in fridges and a whole stack of wine so if you are wine connoisseur this is definitely the home for you and what I'd like to maybe point out is that this home the lines of it are super clean it is quite a contemporary home so you've got a lot of leeway depending on how you style the home if you want it to be classic if you maybe wanted to be more modern or if you like this warm cozy feeling that box is also checked and yeah we are in the kitchen and those classic timeless lines continue above us we've got a sloped ceiling leading off into windows really letting the light pour in from the top which brings a lot of that warmth and then so many windows around the perimeter looking onto your garden which I love because I think cooking and being one with nature while cooking really does make it feel all the more special the center island is enormous so regardless of how many people you're entertaining I think you could probably fit all those dishes yeah but those small little touches that make it easy to cooking are all present we've got your utility sink we've got that built-in plug points which I really like we've also got your five point gas stove over here all of your burners as well as an oven underneath extractor fan there another oven over here under counter storage running all the way through as well as display cabinetry and then if you want something smaller more intimate you've got this space right here which acts as a breakfast look for you and the family again surrounded by windows all of them and this is one thing I'd love to point out is that the quality the finishes of the home even down to the brassware in this case silverware is absolutely incredible the home feels brand spanking you and it's not often you find homes of this size still feeling so well taken care of both the scullery and the pantry is exactly what you'd expect from a 23 million red house it carries through the modern country style design of the kitchen there's space for all of your appliances and an extra fridge but that's not all this little room also has a walk-in pantry with more than enough space for all of your dry goodies and now with the bottom floor wrapped up all the living areas taken care of it's time for us to take a journey upstairs and see what the bedrooms have in store for us and here we are on that wrapping staircase that we saw early on in the episode beautiful staircase lovely carpet running all the way up the staircase but on the staircase you really get to appreciate what your entry or looks like and I think homes like this the finer details do count a lot you want to live in a home that you can really enjoy living in where you walk through or walk into every room and you're like wow this is mine finally I've made it and this home definitely has that feature so we're on the top level on my right is that glass elevator perfect if you want to take the shortcut upstairs and I love how downstairs it is completely glass all the walls are glass you can look through it it doesn't look like one of those big bulky elevators we've seen in the past however we're in the bedroom section of the home for security we've got this drop-down security door although right here in the middle of a hypoch I don't think it's gonna be a really big concern we're coming through a gated row that is security and access controlled first bedroom off to my right it's time to take a look and now here we are within the bedroom wing of the home now there are two bedrooms yeah both in with a very own ensuite bathroom both in large spacious airy with incredible views and I even love the way the ceiling makes us home or just say this bedroom feel all the more larger and so much more special very cozy but the view yeah has to be the selling point you're looking out onto that in manicured garden as well as this beautiful landscape of trees behind these windows yeah and I love these windows it's the ones with the pulley systems built in it really does give you a modern take of one of those old timey feels the ensuite bathroom is full-size with a large shower single vanity and freestanding bath with a hand shower attachment the rest of the bedrooms are just as large spacious and stunning as the ones we've already seen in this home they all have expands of windows they're letting plenty of light carpeted floors and underfloor heating they also have their own ensuite bathrooms which come equipped with a shower bath and single vanity what more could you need and now it's finally time for us to take a look at the master suite of this incredible contemporary country mansion Yanhai Park just off to my right let's take a look and as usual double doors lead us into this master suite this room is the super-sized version of what we've seen so far beautiful room with plenty of space and double high ceilings right here I'm standing in to your very own pajama lounge within your bedroom windows as well as recessed windows looking out onto your pool area as well as garden letting a lot of greenery become the forefront thing that you see in this home because you've got these trees surrounding you as a privacy screen so almost does make you feel like you're in the forest and definitely not in the heart of Sant and I think Sant is about a five-minute drive from here and then all of the space leads on to your very own walk-in closet when take a look at the walk-in closet and then we're gonna take a look at what the master ensuite bathroom looks like follow me and let's see if you walk-in closet you've got all of the cupboard space you could ever want with cupboards lining all four walls you also got a window leading in some of that natural light and it is the perfect place to put the dresser you see there right now because getting ready so much easier with that natural light shining onto you really good down lighting and another nice feature that this house has is the whole home has got underfloor heating which means right here in the bathroom that's gonna come in really handy in those freezing South African winters you watch your bath tub right here front and center with windows leading all the way up plenty of privacy because of the foliage outside of the window and really beautiful plantation shutters that you can easily open and close as you see fit massive bath really really nice placement but if the bathroom isn't your thing you've got a walk-in shower behind me with a place there for you to sit down and relax in that very spacious shower his and hers vanities both of the under counter storage and both of those private mirrors so you're gonna never need to worry about your husband or your wife stealing any of your favorite face creams and then behind this door this privacy door you've got your toilet as well as bidet beautiful chandelier hanging overhead giving you that final touch to make this room feel all the more special but right now we've come to an end of this episode and showcasing this incredible home let's go downstairs and talk about how you can become the next owner unfortunately due to the rain we have to end the show off slightly differently so while you enjoy views of this home from the air let me tell you what you get when you purchase this home the home bar is four bedrooms four and a half bathrooms three garages incredible open spaces beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows classic ornamentation and clean lines all for 23 million rent if you'd like to become the next owner of this beautiful family home please contact law real estate and a thank you goes out to law real estate for allowing us to tour and show you what this home has to offer don't forget to like share and subscribe to this channel if you want to see some other incredible South African homes better yet hit that notification bell so you don't miss the private property podcast and all the other exciting shows we have to offer and remember you can find your new home on privateproperty.co.za but for myself Chad Rivera's and the team at the home shopper show thank you so much we'll see you next time it's time to get out of the drain goodbye


Hello, this is Laptop Media, and today, we will show you how to open the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14GA402 and what's inside of it. There is a total of 11 Philips head screws you need to undo to get inside of this notebook. The one in the bottom right corner is captive, and will gently pop the bottom panel so you can start the prying process from there. Please remember, it would be of great help to us if you just hit the like button and subscribe to our channel. That would motivate us to make even more and better videos for you. Inside, you will find a 76Wh battery pack. It lasts for 9 hours and 30 minutes of web browsing, or 8 hours and 30 minutes of video playback. To take it out, unplug the connector from the motherboard, and undo all 4 Philips head screws holding it in place. Memory wise, you get 8GB soldered to the motherboard, as well as 1 Sodom slot for DDR5 RAM sticks. The maximum capacity here is 24GB. In terms of storage, there is 1 M.2 PCI-EX4 slot, which works with Gen4 SSDs too. After you take the SSD out, you can proceed to remove the battery. You will find the biggest improvement from last year in the cooling section. Now, it sports a vapor chamber, which will dissipate the heat from the CPU, GPU, VRMs, and graphics memory. It is being helped by 2 heat pipes and 2 fans. If you'd like to see more disassembly videos of the latest notebooks we would highly appreciate if you hit the like button and subscribe to the channel.