Institute for Conservation and the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. This program is being recorded and will be available for future reference in a few days. So we see we have, I believe I heard 250 registered, so welcome everyone. We're very excited to have you today. Our next webinar will be on the wet recovery of taxidermy and that will be on Thursday June 21st at 1 p.m. Eastern Time and we hope that all of you will join us for that. So before we begin our presentation today just a couple of quick tech notes. On your screen you'll see several boxes including one that's labeled chat on the left hand side. You can use that chat box to say hello and many of you are and welcome. I see we have people from all over so it's very exciting. You can use that to ask questions, share information. If you post a question I'll keep track of that and ask it to Karen our presenter at a good time. At the bottom of your screen you'll also see a box labeled web links. You can click on the title it'll be highlighted in blue and if you look at the URL will appear in the browse to you can click on the browse to and it'll take you directly to that site. So today I am very pleased to introduce you to our presenter Karen Valka. Karen Valka is a senior lecturer for preventative conservation in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. Before coming to the iSchool she was head of the paper conservation laboratory at the Henry Ranson Center. She served as director for education and professional development for the AIC from 2005 through 2011 and she is a founding member of the AIC Collection Care Network and serves as program chair. So Karen is taught and consulted at the National Library in Prague, the National Archives in Slovakia, the University of Buenos Aires, the Castillo, Dave Vissaro, the adult in Barcelona, Sun Yatsen University in the People's Republic of China. She's also a member of the National Heritage Responders. She has been deployed in several venues including Texas, Haiti and Puerto Rico and I have the fortune to work with Karen on her last deployment in San Juan. So without further ado I'd like to turn things over to Karen so she can start on today's wet recovery of book and paper. Hello, this webinar is intended for people with personal collections or small archival historic museum collections. It's not intended for people with a lot of experience or people who have large institutions with well-organized conservation departments and administrative staff. I'm sort of assuming that the people I'm talking to don't have any background in salvaging material and don't have a disaster plan in place and don't have any experience doing this sort of thing. Feel free to interrupt me whenever you like. I won't be reading the questions but Jason will and he can interrupt me at any time because I'd rather that you understood what I'm saying. I'll try to talk like a human rather than a conservator but if I throw out any terms that don't make sense please let me know right away. Excuse me. I was talking to a friend last night and telling them that I was going to do this and they said that's not how you do webinars so I hope this works. I'm going to start with some materials that I've gotten wet, a variety of different things. I have a lot of books and paper and some other objects and I have them in all sorts of states of disrepair and damage. I'll start with the books because they're the most straightforward in a lot of ways. So this is what happens. You come into a room where a pipe has burst or someone has left a tap on or there's been a leak in the roof or something happens and all of a sudden you have a bunch of materials that have gotten wet and you're not expecting it. The first step, the first step always is completely counterintuitive but it's to do nothing, to do absolutely nothing.  Excuse me. So step back, assess what's in front of you and then when you have a good idea of what it is go ahead and start working rationally, not in a frenzy. So here I have some books that have been soaking in a little bit of water for about 24 hours so they're not too badly damaged to hold that one aside. These are both paper backs and you can see the water has soaked up to about here so they're pretty wet on the bottom but not completely soaked. So what I'm going to do with them is to dry off the outside and put them on a towel and soak up any moisture that I can at which I'm just going to do one, at which point they're probably going to be damp rather than wet and then I'm going to start interleaving them. Right now I'm using paper towels that I've torn into sheets. If you don't have paper towels you can use newsprint or something else, paper towels are probably the best. I'm going to insert these oh every 10 to 20 pages if I can if I have enough time and enough paper towels or every quarter inch or so. This is, I'm trying to give very practical information and feel free to substitute materials, feel free to make this work for you.  It's very odd to be talking to someone and not getting any feedback so I apologize if I sound a little odd. I'm going to go through and finish interleaving these and after I've done that I'll go ahead and stand the book up on edge. So I'll press it out a little bit more and then stand it up on edge and fan it out. Now ideally if I can put this somewhere where I have a fan or some sort of air circulation or just good airflow coming through that'll help things dry out a lot more quickly. I don't want to put them all in a corner where they're not going to get any air circulation or they probably won't dry out. After it's sat like this for an hour or two or you know whatever works with my working schedule in this case only the bottom of it is wet so I'm going to either flip either flip each of these towels over. Actually I'm not going to do that sorry. I'm going to move them up to the dry part and have them sticking out the top and after I do that assuming I've gotten them all through I'm going to turn it around the other way and if it was drying from the bottom before I'll have it sitting on its head this time just so that I can make sure it gets dried out overall. Jason did that make sense? I'm only going to do that before. Absolutely. In this case this is a pamphlet. It's about the same level of dampness but it's I can't really stand this one up because it's too flimsy. It won't let me do it. What I'll do with this one is I might stick some more paper towels in between the leaves and they're probably going to fall out but I'm going to stick them in at first and then I'll take it and I have a clothesline behind me over here. Just take this in the center of the pamphlet and again try to fan off leaves a little bit and try to put it somewhere where I think it's going to get a little bit of airflow and let it hang out that way. You might not want to do it outside it might be too windy but that's going to depend on your situation. This is another very common situation where when I first put these books into the bin and put some water in the bottom they were much more narrow than they are now but they've soaked up a lot of water and the water has made them fan out and get a lot bigger. It's going to be a little bit difficult to get these books out because they're really tightly wedged in now so you're going to work on the strongest part of the book in this case I'm going for the hardbacks and then lift them out and go through the same procedures. I'm not going to bother to go through interleaving all of these books because you've probably got it from the first one but one point to make is I think you can probably see how this book is bent out of shape it's winging out over here and over here it's coming up over here it's not shaped like the book anymore. If I let it dry in this configuration it's going to be forever in that configuration what I need to do is shape it gently back into shape and get it as close to a rectangular block as I can and after I've done that you can see it's a little more even now after I've done that after I've gotten it back to be shaped as much like a book as I can then in fact I can go through and start interleaving again. If I don't do that if I leave it curled up this is a book this is a book on how to grow your own mold you liked for our disaster demos um it's dry it was very wet and we intentionally we intentionally curved all of the pages and let them dry like this and you can see they're going to stay like that I mean I can get it wet again and get that curling out but however you put things however you dry things that's the configuration they're going to be in when they're finally dried so and the same thing with this one we intentionally dried it misshapen so that you could see what happens it's completely misshapen you can still read it you can still leaf through and read the book but it's um not very booklike at this point on the other hand these are two that we interleaved and dried and they're fine I mean they're a little bit distorted on the bottom but they can go back on your shelf they can be red and in fact if you have them packed tightly on your shelf over time they're going to flatten out and become even better than they were when you first dried them so Jason were there any questions about any of that no questions so far I think everything's going well you could speak up a little bit but I think so far things great oh okay um I didn't put very many resources on the bottom of the screen for you because this is a hands-on demonstration and so I didn't do much about disaster planning that's been covered in lots of other places there are three resources that are really useful to have around one is this field guide there to emergency response this is available on the AIC website and it gives excellent hands-on information at the same place you can find this disaster wheel and everyone should have a copy of this it's just quick and fast and easy to use gives you very good solid practical information and I gave you a link to this disaster salvage chart on salvage at a glance that was done by the restaurant arts alliance can I forget why WAA seeks um and I think it's still available for free all three of those are excellent resources I have another tray of stuff over here that's the best camera angle for it I've got some books and some videotapes and some paper what you can't see on camera it just doesn't come across on camera is there are some pink and blue and yellow fragments floating around in the bottom there this is a much different situation than simply drying out a book in this case I don't really know what I have in front of me right now if that's the case it means safety becomes an issue because I don't know that there's not something strange in the bottom of this tray that could in fact be harmful a good indication is if you walk into a disaster situation and it really stinks you probably won't put on gloves for most books and paper you're probably okay without it if you have any reservations about what you're doing at all we're personal protective equipment and I'll go through that later when I show you how to take mode um but again this is where you're going to stand back and do nothing and just assess what's in front of you you're going to go through and decide which things are the most valuable which things you absolutely can't live without um and you're going to go through and decide you know maybe I can throw that one away maybe that one doesn't really matter to me so that's going to be individual for all of you for anyone who has a disaster plan in place you've already thought about that but most people with personal connections happened okay so this is a book I'm going to put that aside because we've talked about books already now I've got some paper documents that are very fragile but don't be afraid of it this paper is completely saturated and I can still pick it up and handle it so if I have stacks of paper like this I'm going to pick it up and squeeze some of the moisture out or put it down on a towel and blot some of the moisture out and then I'm going to lift it up again and lay it out in a cool dry place with air circulation if I have enough space to separate these pieces of paper and lay them out one leaf at a time I'll do that but you're very rarely going to have that much space so it's okay to go ahead and dry them in stacks of 10 or 20 leaves um if it has to be more than 10 or 20 leaves go with it wait nice sorry my computer shut off for a minute um okay so in the tray you can see I have some sort of photographs over here I guess you it's hard to see that on camera but in person it's obvious that this is the back of photographs over here these are cds um this I can tell is a stereo card and this is an envelope with some stuff in it if it's stuff in my personal collections I probably have a pretty good idea of what it is and how important it is to me if I go back to my disaster wheel it's going to tell me that if I have cds I can just pull them out of the water and I can rinse them off and I can let them dry I'm putting them down on this piece of paper with the media side up um this shiny plastic side doesn't have the media this flat side that might have a label or some writing or something on it that in fact has all of your media encoded in it and at this point it's fairly fragile I can show you that this is not collection material these are all things that have been discarded um so if I take this and scrape it you can see that I can scrape the data right off the disc that's why you want to dry it with this side up and the shiny side down don't scrape your own materials like that um okay then I'm gonna go through and I've decided that this vcr tape is the next most important thing to me so it's a vcr tape that's in a cardboard box if I can pull it out in this case I can pull it out of the cardboard box and it's coming out just fine I'm going to take the cardboard box and just blot it with a towel and again I'm gonna stand it up and let it air dry or lay it on its side and let it air dry and just put it in the place with good ventilation the vcr tape you can look on the disaster reel or salvage chart and see that they'll tell you to rinse it with clean water assuming you have clean water so you can run it it's probably better to dip it it's probably better to dip it in a bucket of clean water and then let it drain this one was pretty wet to begin with and then just let it dry like that if it's not really really wet if it's just a little bit damp I'm not going to go ahead and dip it in a bucket of water but this one is already saturated we've had pretty good success with these we've done that and taken them out and dried them like this and actually gotten them to play again you can't be guaranteed that you're going to have a success rate but it's a pretty good shot that you're going to okay at this point I'm going to get rid of all this stuff and again none of this is collection material this is all stuff that is being thrown out if it were collection material I wouldn't be throwing it out um here and I have this is Jason I have one question for you would you recommend using paper towels for wet documents like you did with the books yes if I have paper towels I'm going to use paper towels if I don't have paper towels I'm going to use cherry cloth towels I'm going to use old sheets I'm going to use use newsprint I would rather have newsprint that doesn't have print on it if newsprint with print on it is the only thing that I have I'm going to go ahead and use that I'm I'm going to use anything that's made out of cellulose so that cotton or paper I'm not going to use polyester towels or nylon towels because they're not going to absorb any moisture but anything that's going to absorb moisture is going to be fine I'd like it to be clean and white but I'll take what I can get in disaster and Karen before we move away from books can you rewet um this shape and book to straighten it back out yes we can and I was going to get to that later but we'll do it now I'll show you okay I've got two more cases of books here types of books this one it's really hard to get a book this wet this is really wet I've had this thing soaking for four days it took that long to get it this wet um it's not often that you get books that are quite this wet if you do it's the first sort of thing first it's just like the others where you take it and put it down on a towel and now you're really going to have to work with it to get some moisture out of it and I will get to the bent up open just a minute but these two were in together um so you'll squeeze as much moisture out as you can you can put it in between towels with the weight on the top of it until you can get it damp you're not going to have great success with a book like this this is a big heavy book that's completely saturated and you can see how it's misshapen up here if I get it dry it's still going to be in a configuration like this if I can replace this book I will if I absolutely have to dry it I'll go ahead squeeze as much out of it as I can and until it gets damp and then I'll go ahead and interleave it if I can't if I have too many other things that I'm dealing with at one time I'll go ahead and take this book and keep it as flat as I can I don't know that I tore that large enough and I'll take a piece of wax paper or parchment or some other sort of interleaving paper and wrap the book in it I'll stack it flat like that with any other books I'll stack them all as flat as I can and then I'll freeze them if they're frozen they're stabilized and that doesn't really do a lot to draw them out but what it does is buys me some time and then I can go ahead and unfreeze it later okay this one I intentionally crunched up before I got it wet trying not to drip water all over my computer but this one is intentionally hunched up and you can see how the pages are folded in on each other it's a fairly fragile piece of paper and if I try to separate it like this I run the risk of tearing the paper if I this is better in a bigger bucket but it's harder to see on camera so if I take this paper and put it in a bucket of water it allows me to the paper becomes very very flexible and it allows me to open up those leaves which you can't really see because of the camera angle here um but it allows me to open it up and get it flat this is an inset that I'm just going to take out and then I can take this completely saturated pamphlet while it's all right while it's really wet like this in fact I can move the paper around and manipulate it um and then I take this and put it down on a sheet of towel or a blotter paper or a newsprint or whatever and again squeeze the moisture out of it um keep working it until it's damp and then I can go ahead and either hang it on the line or interleave it it's too wet to manipulate right now you'll be able to plan your space a little more efficiently if you don't have only this in your space that's what fits on camera so I'm a little limited I'm also trying to not flood my computer because our IT people will be really mad at me if I drown the computer okay so now I'm on to photographic materials and these are all snapshots these at this point I can see that they're envelopes with negative sticking out of them and this is a stereo card so at this point I'm going to assume that they're all of equal value and I'm just going to go ahead and lift up the one that's on top so again I want a towel or some blotter or something to work on for the table um I have this micro spatula it's a tool that I really like that works very very well you don't have one of those you might have an artist's palette knife and they work really well or you might have something that's just pretty much like a table knife and that'll work fine as well I'm not going to be able I'm going to make the decision to sacrifice this envelope it's got some information on the back of it which is probably the people in the negatives so I want to make sure that I keep that but I'm going to go ahead and carefully cut this envelope on the side and the reason I'm doing that is because the negatives are more important to me than the envelope you decide the envelope is more important to you you might want to make a different decision if I'm looking at these negatives I can now peel this back and actually see what's going on this is not going to be captured on camera but I can describe it to you one side of the negative is going to be very very shiny and the other side is going to have a little bit more texture to it the side with more texture to it is the emulsion side and that's the side that's a lot more vulnerable so I'm going to work on this with the shiny side up I'm going to deal with the shiny side here I'm going to peel this envelope away and now I'm going to lift this negative out of the envelope and put it down on the towel with the emulsion side up because if I put it down on the towel with the emulsion side down that very fragile emulsion is going to stick to the towel and I'm going to lose it if I dry it this way I you can have a lot of success I actually talked someone through that doing this she had about 400 of them over water and we couldn't get to her we actually talked her through it over the phone and I think she had about a 90 success rate so these things are a lot more resilient than you think and one of the reasons that I like talking to people about personal papers and small collections is anytime you go through a disaster situation in the aftermath of it you'll see tons and tons and tons of things that were thrown away that you know could have been saved if someone had just taken a little bit of time they didn't have to get rid of all those photographs all those documents so take it slowly and think about it at this point I'm going to be dealing with color materials color photograph materials and so at this point I'm going to go ahead and put gloves on you could argue that I should have had gloves on when I was treating the black and white photograph or negative and probably would have been good to have them on you don't always have gloves and you're not don't think it's quite as big a deal when they're wet here it's color materials and I'm putting gloves on more for my own safety than what I think I'm going to do to the photographs because the other thing you don't get over video is these color materials get really stinky when they're wet and if they're stinky they're probably not good for me they're not that bad but I feel like I need to have a respirator on but I don't think I really want to be sticking my hands in those chemicals so I'm going to I'm going to take this group of photographs out as one unit and this is fairly typical and you see how this is white all of the photographic emulsion is gone at this point but this has been soaking in the bath for about four days so I'm not really surprised and you can see that photographic emulsion is just completely coming off that's gone there is nothing anyone can do about that photograph it's gone but if I peel this away the part that was covered up by another photograph is still there and in fact is still intact it's really really fragile at this point but if I pull these apart very carefully and let them dry on a towel like this I'm going to let them dry face up with the image side up and you can see where they weren't protected from anything all of the emulsion is gone um but the image area where it was in contact with another photograph it's still there it's the variation that you get in these situations is truly amazing sometimes you'll get things that have no damage and sometimes they'll be completely gone they would have appeared to be exactly the same thing at first but they just act differently um so again go through slowly and carefully and save what you can we had success in limberly with saving photographs that have been underwater for a month that's where that doesn't often happen but sometimes you'll get lucky um okay jason are there any questions about this okay I'm going to get rid of all this stuff and go on to something else um so another envelope of acetate negatimer this one came through just fine I was hoping this one would completely melt sometimes they just completely melt and there's nothing you can do these are stereo cards and again you can just lay these out take as much moisture as you can with photographs in general don't touch the photographic image touch the back let the front air dry it might be a good idea to rinse them off if you have clean water you might also lose them completely and audio tape in that a cassette tape in that thing and it's just like the video tape in fact in this case it doesn't have very much water in it at all and so I'm just going to try it out flat let it dry it'll probably be just fine in fact we actually burned some of these we put a bunch of them through a fire and then put fire out with water and we're able to save those and we still played I'm surprised but it was um here's another tray full of stuff actually I want to show you a different one first sorry this is very very fragile newsprint that's floating around in water if I lift this up normally it tears it when it started if I lift it up it's going to tear very very easily and I'm not going to be able to deal with it but this is incredibly brittle and incredibly fragile paper so I'm going to make it even worse just to show you that there's a way to lift it out this is a piece of holotex it's um spun bond polyester and if I lift this out if I just get it started adhering in the corner it's going to stick to the polyester I can lift it out very safely that way and I can lay it down on the table I happen to use holotex spun bond polyester when I'm doing this because I'm in a lab and I have a lot of it around you can do the same thing with a pillowcase or a dish towel or anything else it's just when paper is really wet like that it'll stick to another surface you put one last thing in okay in this case I'm going to make the executive decision that this cigar catalog can get thrown away however now I've got manuscript material this is modern paper again I can pick it up if I work very very gently it's a little distorted and wrinkled now I can throw it back in that tray of water and lift it out with a sheet of polyester and get it flat if I want to do that if I put it down in this wrinkled configuration it's going to fly like that and it's going to be forever creased so I do want to put this back in about and flatten it out again and then you have things like this okay um this is going to be a little hard to see on camera there's some writing over here there was a whole bunch of writing over here but it's completely gone there was a little bit of it still left yesterday and I took it out of the water but it's disappeared now um these inks there were three different inks on this piece of paper and before they were wet they all looked like exactly the same ink but in fact when they're wet they act a lot differently and one of them just lost the information completely so again then you're going to decide if it's worth it to save this part of the information or if you just want to discard the whole thing if there were any there's a little bit of writing left here the seven two four if I take this piece of paper it's a little distorted you know and wrinkled but if I take this and throw it back in the bath to flatten it out again I'm going to lose those last couple of numbers so that's up to you whether or not you think that's worth it and last wet object I'm going to show you is a painting if the painting were in a frame I would take it out of the grain it's not it's just on a strainer I'm going to very carefully turn it over I want to dry it face up on blocks I don't want to dry it face down this painting has an interesting history I found it in trash one day on the way to work and I think this is about the 12th disaster it's been in so this is just acrylic on canvas you can see sometimes they come through remarkably well it has a lot of tide lines on the back because this is about its 12th disaster exercise but the paint layer is still in relatively good condition I want to put this up on blocks dry it flat I don't think I want to blot moisture off the surface of that because I don't know enough about paintings and frankly it scares me I might if I'm feeling really really brave you can see there's water puddled on the surface of this if I'm feeling really really brave I might go in from the side and use the least pressure I possibly can and try to blot up some of the moisture but paintings can flake and all sorts of things can happen to them so if I have the option I'm more inclined to let it air dry even though this one has went over and over and over again and you're not going to have blocks you're probably not going to have blocks but you might have these plastic boxes you might have bricks you might have two hands or something that you can turn over just try to put it up on something okay one thing it's really disheartening and upsetting when you come in and find that your collection is underwater and a large part of it is probably going to be destroyed there are a couple of things to think about it's a natural inclination to think that you can go ahead and work for 12 hours straight without a break because if you work for 12 hours straight you're not you're going to get more stuff done wrong you need to take a break you absolutely need to take a break you need to make yourself take a break meet the people around you take a break have a glass of water have a cup of coffee have a cookie and sit and rest for a while if you're working when you're really tired you're going to do damage to the materials that you're working on and you're going to hurt yourself um and I can tell you that from experience because I've worked way past when I should have been working time and time again but don't do it all right Jason I'm going to move on to mold back to get some other stuff hey Jason okay if it can air dry photographs even partially can you rewet them in order to aid in some yes ish um you risk catastrophic loss you might be able to get away with it you might not photographs are really funny beasts and they do unpredictable things um I've done that experimentally I've you know tried to rewet them and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't and I would consult a real photo conservator I'm not a photo conservator um I've just had I've been thrown into dealing with this stuff after disasters but the photos I tend to want to keep what's in front of me rather than pushing it any further but you can try it just recognize that you may lose it okay sounds good on okay I'm going to go on to how to deal with mold I have a molding pamphlet over here I'm not going to take that out yet I'm going to set up a working space and I'm going to put on personal protective equipment before I deal with this mold is a huge problem in the south because it's warm and humid down here um it's a problem other places as well not all molds are damaging not all molds are toxic or even allergens but some of them are and you can't test for every kind of mold that you have so I just make the assumption that they're all toxic and I go ahead and um assume that I need to use protection anytime I'm working with mold the other thing is the more you work with mold the more sensitive you're likely to become to it so you want to protect yourself so the first thing I'm going to do is prepare a working surface I've taken a piece of newsprint or any other cheap paper I folded three sides of it and I'm going to tape them together so that I have a nice little tray here and all of the dirt and debris is going to be contained in this tray and then I'm going to use what's called a soot sponge to remove the mold there um you can buy these things from conservation suppliers you can buy them from pet stores they're called pet hair removal sponges makeup sponges can be very similar it's just a vulcanized rubber sponge but they work really really well for taking stuff off and the advantage is any mold and soot that I take off is going to be contained in these fragments of the sponge itself and isn't going to fly all over and get into the air and I'm not going to breathe it in so for personal protective equipment I have a whole lot of it here for mold the first thing I'm going to do is get rid of my hair because it does nothing but get in the way um so we'll put that up in a rubber band going to put on a shirt a big old shirt that I can button all the way up I'm going to button this all the way the next thing I'm going to do is to take a minute the next thing I'm going to do is to cover my hair going back to my slavic roots here this is the glamour part of the job um after I do that I'm going to put on something to filter out the mold I have a couple of choices what I use when I'm working in areas that have a whole lot of mold is a half mask respirator and these are great I love working in these they're comfortable they're easy to wear when you're used to them but they do have to be fitted to your face so it's not likely that people outside collections are going to have them and if they're not properly fitted to your face they're not really very effective I'm going to use this n95 mask um I don't know that's focusing you do have to specify that it's n like Nancy 95 and that way you know you're going to be filtering out most things that are going to be harmful to you and I'll show you how to put that on in a minute what you don't want to use is one of these dust masks these are totally useless because they don't fit to your face they go over your nose and they leave big gaps all over if this is the only thing that you have if you absolutely have to use this go ahead and get surgical tape or some other tape and tape it to your face and that way at least it'll be sealed to your face it's not comfortable but it works um after I have all this on I'm going to go ahead and put the mask on so I have to put that over my head and you do start a run out of face landscape here so I'm going to take the bottom string and pull it up or yeah and then the upper string and pull it around the back of my head I'm going to take two fingers and press this metal strip to my face and conform it to my face as much as I can and then I'm going to try to fit my glasses on and then I'm going to put goggles on not pretty but safe and finally I'm going to take gloves now that I'm all suited up I'm going to take my moldy pamphlet I've had it sealed up in this envelope plastic is better but I've had it sealed up in this paper envelope and I'm just going to do a very small demonstration to show you how to take the mold off here I'm going to open it up to an opening that has lots of nice mold staining I'm going to take my soot sponge I have scissors but I can't find them now I'm going to cut off a piece of the soot sponge the thinner ones are easier to cut the reason I'm going to cut it into small fragments is it's going to be way more efficient and way more useful because I have a lot of different surface areas exposed if I use this one big block then I'm just going to soil the entire soot sponge and have to throw it away but here I can just use small pieces of it and I think I'll do it right here because that'll be easy to see if you look on this side where that finger is you can see that it's dark there's a lot of mold accretion on it I'm going to take this sponge and work in gentle circles working from the inside of the page to the outside of the page and the reason I'm working from the inside of the page to the outside of the page is I'm likely to do less damage doing it that way you can see I've got a lot of the mold on the sponge itself and here where my finger is pointing you can see I think you can see on one side it's white and on the other side there's still quite a bit of mold you don't always get all of the mold stain off with this but you get a lot of it off yeah well you don't get the stain off you get the mold off so that it's not going to circulate and get into the air but you don't get the stains off if I've completely cleaned that then I'm going to put it into a good housing right now I'm putting it back to into its moldy pamphlet and and I'll put it in a plastic bag later and then I want to take off all of this equipment and get rid of it okay so the way I'm going to do it I'm going to take my gloves off first and turn them inside out and anything that I'm going to discard I'm going to put in here I'll take my goggles off and put them over to the side I'll wash those later I'm going to take this mask off and I can reuse this mask in fact the more I use it the more this sort of gets clogged up and it gets a little bit more efficient as you use it I do tend to take it outside and brush it off a little bit but I can reuse it I'm going to take the scarf off I'm going to take the shirt off and turn it inside out and with this stuff I'll turn this inside out I'll put this I'll wrap all of this stuff up together and I'll put it into a big plastic trash bag until I can get it into the laundry and then I'll take this and fold it up and it's all contained and now I can throw it right in the trash I'll take the trash out right away but there aren't any special procedures that you need to follow for getting rid of mold um then lastly I have a damp washcloth and I'll use that just to wipe off my face and neck and you know arms and anything I think might have gotten exposed to the mold okay any questions about that so one question that came up was about um after you use them do they impact reused so the sponges you were just using I couldn't hear you sorry do they do they come apart when you're using them or could they be washed and reused um I do sometimes wash them and reuse them because I'm cheap um or if I have a hepa vac I'll use that to um clean them out but yeah they can be so another question on that came up can you talk a little bit about drying of items and also about unfreezing process like how long it takes for something to thaw before you would start working on it again how long it takes to thaw is it depends on how big the book is if it's a thin pamphlet it's probably going to take oh seven hours to a day if it's a thick book it's probably going to take a couple of days and you probably want to put it in a thermos and let it thaw gently that way you just have to keep checking them you might be able to you're probably going to be able to dry out the outside of the book before you get to the inside of the book it's something that you just have to play by feel I didn't talk about freeze drying and I didn't do that intentionally because that's not something that's going to be available to personal collections or for the most part just for small institutions if you want to have something freeze dried you're going to have to go through one of the vendors um polygon bms cat one of those places and contract with them and it's generally not worthwhile for two or three books um if you have a couple of hundred books that's probably worthwhile yes that makes sense so a lot of I know a lot of webinar a lot of information is about you know as soon as you can freeze your stuff so you can get the later but as you know and I know that's not practical for a lot of places that don't have power afterwards so can you talk a little bit about if that's just not an option how you would try to attack a larger collection with powers not available yeah um the rule of thumb with mold the reason you want to get things dried quickly is you want to avoid growing mold the rule of thumb with mold is three days at 70 r h or above that's not strictly true I had some paper in here all semester I had it in the humidity chamber for 10 weeks before I got any mold um and sometimes you get it within 24 hours such as you just don't know but the rule of thumb is three days so you want to get things as dry as you possibly can before that three day period your options are to take your interleaving and keep changing it to um put the you know if I have these things if this part has gotten wet I want to move to a dry part over there if I've been using this paper towel I can take this one and put it in the sun and pull this one out you know and put a dry place in I'm just going to keep changing things as much as I can and using ventilation as much as I can and separating things as much as I can introduce as much airflow and I'm gonna take my chances um you can't always freeze everything because you don't have as you said you don't always have electricity so all you can do is try to get it as dry as you can as quickly as you can I know that's not a great answer but Karen thank you very much we've we have filled up our hour and I think we've answered most questions we really appreciate it and hopefully we will be hearing more from you in the future and of course this webinar will be available and all of the participants who registered whether you weren't able to to make it today or not will be sent the recording will be sent to everyone who registered it'll also be on the internet so we look forward to being able to rewatch it and see any tip we might have missed and thank you everyone for joining us today and especially thank you to Karen we ask that you just take a few minutes now before you log off complete the brief survey link on the screen and that's actually at the bottom to your right says participation evaluation and also there's links below it you can find out more information about FAIC and NCPTT if you want but you know tune in for our next webinar and by all means check out our the survey evaluation if you can and thank you again thanks Jason


we will be looking at five types of toxic relationships that you should avoid. Please note that overlap is possible and likely in any of these relationship types. Number one, narcissistic relationships. Have you ever felt that your partner rarely takes your feelings into consideration and everything they do is all about themselves? That they always undermine you and make you feel beneath them? Dr. Lisa Firestone, a psychologist and author, has pointed out that if your partner is all about themselves, always needing attention and affirmation, they may be high in narcissistic traits. Many studies have shown that in a narcissistic relationship, your partner is more likely to engage in manipulative and game-playing behaviors, which are designed to keep you coming back to them. These people usually have a difficult time loving someone else and lack the ability to feel empathy and genuine care for their partner's feelings. Number two, controlling relationships.  In many relationships, it's normal for one partner to take on more of a leadership role than the other. However, it becomes problematic when one partner needs to have complete control and dominance over everything without considering their partner's feelings. Relationship and family counselor Val Holden has identified controlling as a type of abuse in relationships. People suffering from a controlling relationship usually feel intimidated, insecure or guilty and emotionally abused by their partners. Some signs of controlling relationships include overactive jealousy, invading personal boundaries and attempting to isolate you from your friends and families. If these signs ever appear in your romantic relationship, it's important to take them seriously and to make sure you're safe and can leave if you need to. Number three, codependent relationships. When in love, it's normal to depend on your partner more than you would with other people. But are you finding that you cannot live without your partner? That they do everything for you that you couldn't do yourself. These are signs of codependency. Fort Behavioral Health, a Texas-based mental health organization has defined this type of relationship as a kind of dysfunctional relationship where one person is a caretaker and the other person takes advantage. It's worth noting that codependency can severely affect both sides of the relationship, not only the caregiver. Just like drugs, codependency is highly addictive and can be extremely destructive to your mental health. It allows one partner to sink deeper into the love addiction while forcing the other to sacrifice certain things in order to fulfill their partner. Fortunately, Medical News Today has found that taking small steps towards separation in the relationship, for instance, getting involved with a new hobby, friends or activity independently can help form a more positive and balanced connection with your loved one. Number four, scorecard relationships. Give and take is a primary role in a healthy relationship. In a good, loving relationship where you both genuinely care about the other's wellbeing, you will find that offering and taking actions towards each other is enjoyable and delightful. But have you ever noticed that your partner is always keeping track of what they're doing for you? That if everything isn't perfectly 50-50, they take an issue with it? This might be because they actually keep score of who contributes more in the relationship. This action of scorekeeping seems like a normal thing to maintain the balance in a relationship. However, Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein in his book, Why Can't You Read My Mind? has pointed out that this type of behavior can be extremely destructive to your loving relationship. It nurtures negative feelings as your partner only focuses on what you're not doing versus what you are doing. Whenever this situation happens to you, it's best to resist the urge to defend yourself or counter-attack. Instead, you can have an open conversation with your partner. If they really love you, they will listen to your feelings and give you guys a chance to reconnect and reboot. And number five, abusive relationship. And lastly, the most dangerous type of toxic relationship is when one is being physically or emotionally abusive to the other. According to Kids Health, a non-profit mental health organization, abuse means treating someone with violence, disrespect, cruelty, harm, or force. And when someone treats their partner in any of these ways, it's called an abusive relationship. Abusive relationships can be physical, sexual, or emotional, or it could be all of these. It's not always obvious to realize that you're in an abusive relationship and it's common for the victim to believe that it's their own fault and that they somehow deserve the abuse. This type of relationship can coincide with any of the other types and be difficult to get out of. However, it is important to know that you are never to blame for any abusive behaviors from your partner. Some emotionally abusive relationships look perfectly normal on the outside. Abusers come in all forms and can be anyone. It's important to remember that there are people who can help you every step of the way if this situation ever happens to you. If you're feeling threatened and harmed in your relationship, it's best to seek help from someone you trust and explore other options that can get you out. Loving is all about bringing you joy and happiness, not sorrow, pain, and fear. Getting out of a toxic relationship with someone you are deeply in love with might seem impossible, but often you will find the other side to be brighter than what you could imagine. If you're dealing with a toxic partner, there are a number of organizations that can offer you help and support. Talk to someone you trust, such as a friend, counselor, or youth worker. Remember that you're not alone. Share this video with anyone who may benefit from it and be sure to like and subscribe to keep up with Psych2Go's uploads. Take care.


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It's still plus politics and we're being joined by Reverend Joseph Hyab, Reverend, can you hear me now? Good evening. Good evening. So, yes, looking at all of the points that the bishop has, you know, Mashed, he's talked about the young, you know, assessing their position that they're here taking over. He's talked about the fact that Nigerians are being suffocated by the current system and, of course, the current events in the country.  We've talked about lack of good governance. Has anything really changed in recent months? Because yesterday I was talking to someone and the person was hoping that Mr. President will use the last few months that he has in office to effect some positive change. How do we get the President's attention on these matters that the bishop has spoken about? Let me begin by actually commanding Bishop Matthew Hasomoka for his first commitment and dedication in speaking out to power and saying things that mark us to the ordinary Nigerians. The truth about this is that virtually in every part of Nigeria, people are truly suffocated. People are in pain, those difficulties, things have really never changed. The challenge we have today is that, as I've always said, our leaders feel that they can govern us by rhetoric, we'll have died. You remember just last week, people came out, or people earlier this week, showing confines about the signing of the Electoral Bill and the kind of response we get from Presidents who do not even show that they care about the feelings of the bishop. But it needs for the youth to know that it is their time, not that they shall grow. We've heard about the young shall grow many years ago in Nigeria. Some of these leaders today were leaders even when they were in their prime age. But even in this food age, they still want to remain as their leaders. So what about the children they get back to? What about their grandchildren? What about the other young children? When will we give them opportunity? I'm not asking that leadership should be given completely to the young ones. Because I was about to ask, I was about to ask if the young people are ready. I begin to show their capability. Because I was going to ask that, how ready are young people? And I'm not in any way trying to say that the young people, that they're not young people who are ready for leadership. But then if we say today, let's take power and give it to all the young people, how ready are these young people to take the reins of power? When you look at the streets, go to many places, you will see young ladies who are doing excellent. Why should someone judge them? Because there is one young man who has made an arrow. The arrow of one young man is determined to complete 99% of other young people. So there are many young people in the area who have skills, who have leadership ability, who are actually showing that leadership in this small area of their healthcare place. Why don't we give them opportunity to go higher? You see, we are completely, even definitely the morale of young people, making it look as if if you're a young man, you cannot be anything, you cannot go to the discussion, you cannot go to every decision making. So we are not encouraging them to move on. The young people need to see deliberately that government is willing to give them space, government is giving them more and more opportunities so that they will come and show what is deposited in them. So I see them, many of them ready. The only thing is that they've never gotten the opportunity. So they were already frustrated with the opportunity to jump that they have applied more than 30, 50 cases and there is nothing. So sometimes, because of the position, you hear them saying things that if you don't understand where they are coming from, you may judge them wrongly. Some of them have actually gone to school, you know, they went through getting money to go to school, please, and after school, there is nothing to offer. So sometimes when you see them reacting, they are reacting to the situation. Give them the opportunity and you will see them excel because they are already doing it in many fields. If you are doing it, have we even called them to say, okay, since we are extending here, come and prove it in the nation, they are right, many of them are ready, they just need opportunity. But I'm also believing that we cannot say completely everything given to the young ones, but there will be a mix of young and old so that they will be learning through the process, growing through the process and becoming better. When you go out of the show of this country, you will see how young people are learning to take responsibility and become patriotic and independent and protect their country. Not necessarily with call. Why are we allowing our children to only go into your own? Talking about that, we are always very quick to put all our problems at the fit of the presidency or the president or the leader of the country. But then we failed to also push responsibilities on our local government chairman and our members of the State House of Assemblies, even the governors, we are always calling on the president, whether it be an Obasanjo or Yaradua or a Goodluck Jonathan, we are always calling on the president. We seem to forget that the governors are the ones who are saddled with the responsibility of making sure that lives are protected within the states, businesses thrive, the environment is very conducive for these businesses to thrive. And of course, I don't really think it's the job of governors or any government to give jobs to people, but of course create the environment for these jobs to thrive. So why are we not putting the same pressure we put on the president on our state governments? Because I see that all the time. Again... Well, let me leave you with the response to your question by saying that I live in Hyatt and Khan of Kaduna State, the organization I am representing. I don't think we share this idea of putting the blame on the presidency alone. We have told our governor several times where he is wrong and how he needs to adjust. We also tell local government where they are wrong and how they need to adjust. Just as we do tell the next president and his cabinet where they are wrong and where they need to adjust. But I want to also be honest to myself that many of the local government chairmen have leaders to offer because they've been kicked by their governors. The fact of all is that the little money, the grant that comes to them every month, if I go to them directly, it goes to one commissioner appointed by the governor. The commissioner just decide how much they are going to do. They will just come to the state house personally for buy-man or for procedures just for paper. But the real money is not with them. So sometimes we demand too much from them. You realize that their hands are tight. So I do know this alone about many local governments. And I know it's not only in Kaduna State in many local governments. Look, in many local governments in Nigeria. But you see, the governors have a responsibility and they are not leaving it, and they are not blaming the president. But we have, as Nigerians, we must ask to the governor questions to the president and questions to the local government chairmen because we do all elect all of them. So there is no one that is being asked. We are talking about security. You have to look at the president because he is the commander in chief of the embosses of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. When you look at the issue of construction of roads at state level, then you will talk about the governor and other things that he is supposed to do. When you look at certain employment and certain services in state hospitals or schools, you talk to the governor. When you talk to the local government, you look at the local government system and talk about primary school and primary healthcare. But you will also agree with me that even supermen who are always coming out to speak, they will be proud of this country. This country must not be made this way. We are proud of that too long. We cry that it was military regime. Now we are in a democracy. But this is even worse than a military dictatorship. Finally, before we go, Bishop Kuka made a point which is very, very important. She said whether we call it restructuring, rotation, zoning or whatever English name we want to give it, we know that something must happen. We need to disrupt this system because it is not working for the other 90% of many Nigerians. We need to bend the arc of justice for it to serve the people of Nigeria because we cannot continue like this without suffocating under the burden. Very interesting point. This is campaign season. We are hearing zoning. The zoning issue is being discussed every other day. The political parties are saying to zone or not to zone. We have heard restructuring for the past two years. It comes up before the campaign season, during campaigns and during elections. But then in reality, what do we need for our leaders and us, the people to do to make sure that the tide is turned for us? Because at the end of the day, we seem to be the grass that's suffering while the elephants are fighting in closing. I think we have been using so many terminologies in this country. And we just say the time where we don't ask in accordance with the time. That's why Peshawoka is saying that we must just do something. And what we need to do is number one, our leaders will begin to treat and act sincerely, speak and act sincerely. If we say we need restructuring, actually even campaign and talk about restructuring. Certainly when she came, there was nothing like restructuring. She even said to the committee about restructuring. The committee started talking about it. They were just buying time and wasting people's time, buying people's attention. But the reality is that they never intended. We talked about state police. I know that the game is still thrown. Another day the question will tell you that there's only one way that we will collapse the police. I think government is saying there is no sincerity. There's no commitment to doing it. But the reality is that Nigeria is not moving forward. So what can we do? Whether we call it whatever, can we do something to move this country forward? Can we do something to give the common man, the villager, the man who is not even in government to feel a sense of belonging to this country? Can we be clear and honest enough that leadership is not the background of just some selected people? You don't need to show the identity of your tribe or religion before you get certain privilege in Nigeria. You should get it by virtue of your qualification or you are better prepared than others. But we keep toying with people's minds and nothing is going. We favor our people. Nothing is moving. We suppress others. Nothing is moving. Can we be honest and treat Nigeria as a country that we love and we want to see things work for us? Well, Reverend Joseph, I have always a pleasure to have you here on the show. Thank you so much for speaking with us. Thank you for having me. All right. Well, thank you all for being part of the conversation tonight and that's it on Plus Politics.  And of course, a lot of people had something to say about it. We're hoping that someday she will regain her freedom. I'm Mary-Anna Corn. Thank you for watching. Do have a good evening. That was how they were silenced during the Chibok and the Dabchi girls until we start seeing rescues and negotiations with the captors and the eventual release of the girls. But on Lea Sharibu, the silence has been loud enough and I believe it's time for them to do something about her. She's a young girl with a very bright and prospect. I believe the silence is not good enough. What I have to say generally about the issue of kidnap, especially the kidnap of minors, is the government should take it very seriously because it's a disgrace to our nation and the government of the day where minors are kidnapped and nothing is done about it and we go about our daily activities as safe, there is no problem. It's a big shame and I expect that the government should take this more seriously and go after the kidnappers and release these minors because we owe them a duty of protecting their lives. I say perhaps the reason is because she's not from any influential family. Because in our present society, there's a lot of segregation, there's a lot of unevenness, disparity and discrimination. There's this divide of the rich and the poor if you don't have influence, if you don't have connections, a lot of things that are basic will somehow become luxury. So the reason why the government, somehow complacent on our own issue is because he's not connected to any of them. As I'm talking to you now, the president cannot do anything for that to release such child.


Hey everyone, Shaber1000 here today We're gonna be trying out two new kinds of chips Stay tuned Okay, guys today, we've got two different kinds of chips here That monkey went to the store a little while ago, and she picked up at Windixie for a dollar And so they you know, I'm not getting any money for doing this It's just I thought I'd give it a shot and see what these guys think. They're five ounces each which is 142 grams but So they were a buck a piece of Windixie and we're gonna try them. This one here is Sriracha Which is It's upside down in the camera Anyhow, which is it's like that sauce that you get when you when you get a subway and you get that Sriracha sauce It's kind of hot.  I like it. So I'm going to try these first. We also have the Jamaican Jerk and these are by Essie Grocers Essie Grocers All right, so Get this open up and Let's try one here. Very nice. Very good How was the Sriracha? Loaded with flavor Crisp, you know, I haven't bought chips before believe it or not that we're still so Very good So far two thumbs up for this especially for a dollar It's not a huge bag, but it's pretty excited by you five ounces and they're not bad Now let's go with the Jamaican Jerk See how this one tastes Whoa, wow, it tastes like I don't know Two thumbs up for both bags, but we just want to show you this stuff. It's got a different flavor Very good Very fresh too for a dollar. Yes at Winn-Dixie. They may have them other places. I don't know But she got these at Winn-Dixie Essie Grocers That was the Sriracha And the Jamaican Jerk for a buck Two thumbs up for both of them.  So we're gonna do that for the kids See if it's worth a buck So thanks for watching guys and thanks monkey for getting the chips. These are awesome So if you guys like this kind of stuff go for it. All right, so Alright guys, I'm gonna get off here say shea bear the myth the man the legend Gone for now. Bye. Bye guys. Have a great week


To build new life in 180 days. All righty, that's the Transfer tile All right, we'll let this propagate and then we'll start it up Okay, folks. We did it T-minus zero grandchildren for the ancestor that was the goal since June July Lots to talk about. Let's just get going Yeah, okay, so first off grandchildren for the ancestor here was the overall timeline We actually stuck through it pretty well Assuming that we can ditch the simulated evolution stretch call had a typo in there the whole time But now we're one day later And no, you know a lot of this stuff doesn't work as well as calling it all green really might imply But we'll talk about it So the goal for today grandchildren for the ancestors on the t2 tiles. That's exactly what we just saw Even though the very first Reproduction by the ancestor had one failure and one live birth that right daughter went on to Produce two more copies of the ancestor code and there's a wild stuff That we'll take a look at a little bit in a minute. And so yeah, it's a pretty good fun But I said all along that I was gonna I felt a little confidence about being able to do this because I was willing to cheat as necessary So the one I mainly want to talk about here is the kind of cheats I did have to make and the kind of cheats I didn't have to make in order to get it to work So that's the cheat report. So first I want to have a bunch of disclaimers So ancestor 1312 that's version 3 sub version 2 in you know lex imitant So is ancestor 1312 isn't a von Neumann universal constructor. I mean that's sort of the holy grail I mean it's it's been achieved in the land of synchronous deterministic kajun kajun kind of stuff But I want to say what we have here what we just saw is absolutely not a universal constructor because It's not clear what universal really means you're supposed to be able to make anything But how big is anything The way 1312 is designed it does all of its building during its reproductive cycle Inside the diamond grid and that is very finite So you can only build things like that. So I don't even want to play in the universal constructor game And I want to say what exactly universal machine is a little bit unclear. Is it a von Neumann style self-replicator? Yeah, it absolutely is it's legit So how do we evaluate it if we can't evaluate it on universality? I want to apply the strict lego quality theory This is a theory I made up and the key question for strict lego quality theory is how many different kinds of parts does it use? And so if you could build something out of just one kind of part, you know The four by two white lego brick and you just have zillions of those then your cheat level would be extremely low One piece on the other hand the notorious Millennium Falcon kit That has I looked at the webpage this morning it has as far as I can tell over 650 different kinds of parts Including all kinds of little nubbles and nobles and it has a sheet of stickers that counts as one part This is like total cheating. So where does ancestor 1312 fall on the strict lego quality Cheat spectrum. Well, it doesn't do very well For one thing we've got 208 classes So, you know oom the language it's written in is an object oriented language you define classes to do stuff We've got 200 over 200 classes And by contrast in the synchronous deterministic universe of traditional cellular automata the von Neumann universal constructor that's out there by Is at 29 states and a ulam class is considerably more powerful than a state in a state table And so, you know, they're not really comparable because I wasn't trying to minimize the number of ulam classes I was trying to make the code Understandable so that I can get the engineering done and actually get this stuff to work I have a whole bunch of complaints Other things that are so the zombies, you know, if the if the reproduction fails if we don't manage to get code inside it Don't you think it would be nice if the grid would just like pop Well, but it didn't because it came from before when it used to be the case that there was no code So they were floating around so we need to redefine some of the underlying physics To do better and my biggest sin was the cell division process Which, you know, works sometimes and not sometimes uses a timer uses timers to decide how far to go And one of the things I learned is you should never use timers You're in the state of sin if you use timers in a deterministic system in sorry in a distributed system in a deterministic system Who cares? In a distributed system What you want to do is have some signal set out in the world That becomes visible to you when it's your when you can go on to your next step And you make signals that are visible to others so that they can tell when they can go on to the next step And so nobody has to just sit there and go one thousand two thousand three and then go But cell division uses timers Complex instruction set so blow a bunch of stuff. But again, the fundamental aspect of it is right Okay, open-endedness and robustness. So We got grandchildren for the ancestors. So officially speaking. I am not ashamed We adopted this six month Target and we made it Well, what happens next? So part two we'll take a look at it is as of up to this past midnight Just what's happening on the grid. It's still going.  It's always the left daughter Because that's just the way the geometry works or at least under normal circumstances See what's coming up here though Yeah, look at that Uh That diamond got a whole chunk of it chopped off and then it healed itself Same thing happened down here Yeah, um It healed itself And then it went on to reproduce. Can you believe that so this this guy down here?  She's having kids They're having kids Mostly now they've grown until they're locked up against the edge of the universe the same sort of thing we saw Uh with the zombies except now when somebody pops the space gets available the space gets taken So, you know, this is I never saw any of this in the simulator because I never let it run long enough I never had things reproducing as close to each other as they could possibly and so forth the cell division mechanism is quite Strong it's quite powerful if it sees hard cell three It's going to go and cut through it until it doesn't see it anymore and then it evaporates So if it gets close enough to a neighboring uh a grid a neighboring diamond it can just do what we saw So all of that was in a sense free robustness Okay living computation foundation first off welcome to our newest living computation foundation nerd francisco LCFN 250. Thank you so much for joining us In the publication divisions. I'm bringing this up because uh, I am really itching to write more english and that Potentially competes with writing ulam or splat or or code in general. There's just only so many hours in the day So I don't know exactly how that comes out, but it's going to be an issue going forward in 2023 Uh hoping to publish uh companion caring. My dad's manuscript in february. We'll see if that happens Okay, and next steps for the t2 tile project finally um First off Gotta write up ancestor 1312. It won't be ancestor 1312 I'm currently on 1315 and we'll be down the road from there by the time we lock it down to do experiments for publication But write this up somewhere the inside track would be the artificial life conference a life 23 Which is going to be in kaito this year. I would not be able to be going in person But it's a hybrid conference Or perhaps submit papers somewhere else. I am Pushing the cadence for t Tuesday updates back to the first t tuesday of every month It's sort of hard for me to believe that I did weekly For as long as I did and even bi-weekly is feeling, you know On the one hand, I feel like I'm kind of trained at this point. I I do want to get the work done I'm feeling that you know, there's not a lot of time and a lot of stuff. I want to do so the the the We'll see we'll see I think a monthly cadence Hopefully will be a little bit more easy to manage and have a slightly higher quality stuff Can go a little deeper and a little less of the you know midnight before the assignment is through We'll see and then there is this question Do you know so we're done with grandchildren for the ancestor check mission accomplished Do we want to adopt a major development challenge? For 2023 if so, what would it be? I know what it would be. It would be Taking building on what we've got here these individual little cells that are capable of reproduction and motion and all of this stuff and Figure out ways to let them communicate with each other signal between them and do multicellular system control of some sort and it would be even unbelievably much more slow And taking unbelievably much more hardware to do the simplest task. But again, that's the point of the demo Right more English and write more Dave Ackley channel videos people have been asking for it over there And I feel like that would be a good thing to do In addition or instead of that's the thing So I'm not sure how much to be the main focus to keep pushing on the t2 tile code base for now Hesitate to say for now there that feels like a rationalization I don't know. Well, so we'll see so That's it the next t Tuesday update will be on february 7th the first tuesday in february My goals are to kill zombies. I've gotten that somewhat better But also structurally change the physics and get the ancestor to do more cool stuff Think about rnd whether to do it and have a little bit of fun Every day Folks, thank you so much for dropping in to check it out. Happy new year and Hope you have a good year. I hope to see you next time


okay here we are the first northeaster blizzard of 2017 all right northeast in New Jersey okay well actually the whole northeast got hit all right got hit pretty bad we're still waiting for the landscaper to come in with the snow plow to plow but it must be really busy they must have a lot of clients to do and that's it I mean I have to just find out if the weather forecast was inaccurate okay concerning what we received must be some some I don't know when men work together in a laborious fashion okay outdoors why the why must they always be loud and obnoxious why can't they just get the job done and just keep their voices down now this guy's big mouth is on my video as you can see the windshield factor is pretty bad yeah yes it's freezing thankfully I have a very good Polish vodka distilled six times in the freezer I also have some dark spice rum with mango chunks in it that I placed in there I have very good yinling porter craft beer in the refrigerator yinling yes yinling America's oldest brewery even though some beer snobs consider yinling to be garbage but that's okay it's affordable I'm not gonna pay top dollar for any fucking craft beer I'm telling you right now all right it's got to be craft beer of quality and it must be affordable all right and that's it the first blizzard of 2017 I mean it's kind of late it's like it's Tuesday look at this fucking calendar it's Tuesday March 14th yes it is March 14th pretty soon it'll be st. Patrick's Day believe it or not with all the snow on the ground how about that I hope it's taken care of so I can go get my corn beef and cabbage and cook up a storm at home I'll be very upset if I can't make corn beef brisket and cabbage with those little those very small golden potatoes or red skin potatoes I don't care you know the gentleman over there is lucky enough to have a fireplace which I really love the aroma of a fireplace you see these wind chimes these bamboo wind chimes are from the Dollar Tree cost me a dollar each I stock up on them every year when they wear out see what I do I use a wooden clothespin keep them going they're up all year round clinging and all year round 24 7 every season of the year all right this is James P Madonna signing off I hope this is I know it's the first snowstorm I hope it's the last one this was an officially a nor'easter and technically this time of year should have been heavy rain which is usually the case in March all right but because of climate change it's not that way and we were going from warm very warm spring days to freezing cold and back to warmth again and it is definitely something screwy going on with the weather as of late so James P Madonna signing off at least I got some fresh air instead of getting aggravated and pissed off with a bunch of fucking assholes and social media right this guy you know most people that plow don't know how to plow properly they go open down the middle of the street they don't they never plowed aside so so so we get the parking spaces back again they don't do that a lot of brain cell deficient people in this world today I'm telling you good gooberty goo


Hey guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel. So for today's video, I am going to be doing my Sephora VIP sale haul.  It's a pretty big deal here in the makeup community. So if you want to see what I picked up, then just keep watching.  I did not go super crazy this time, but I'm actually really happy with the amount that I bought. I'm also going to feature a few other makeup products that you can purchase at Sephora. I didn't, but I will explain that at the end of the video. So anyways, let me show you what I actually got for the sale. So the first thing that I picked up was the Fenty Beauty Pro Filter Hydrating Primer. I did play with some of the items in this haul, so at least I get to tell you my opinion on some of the products. So beautiful, typical Fenty packaging. And I wore this today and I really like how it made my skin feel. It made my skin feel a little bit moisturized, but also like slippery. I don't know, it was really good. I liked the feeling. Obviously, I'm going to have to play with this more, but I do have more dry skin, so I was very excited to see Fenty come out with a hydrating primer. And you know, Fenty is very trendy here on YouTube, so I do like to get familiar with the products that they put out. So I did pick this up even though I certainly did not need it. Of course, I had to pick up the Pro Filter Foundation as well. I will be doing a wear test. I have to do a wear test on this foundation and the ABH. So I will be filming one tomorrow. So yes, Fenty really, really, really needed to create a hydrating foundation. So I'm so happy that they finally did it. It took them forever if you ask me. I've heard nothing but good things about this so far. So my expectations are high. I got mine in the shade 230. That's the shade that I am in the other foundation that they have. So hopefully this is a match. I mean, it looks like my skin to me. So I'm super excited to play with this. Continuing on with the face. I did pick up a concealer to try. This is the Tarte Creaseless Concealer. I just got one of the mini ones. I love when they have mini sizes available because I have so much makeup. I don't need to be buying full-size products. So it's always nice when I can get a mini size for a little bit cheaper. So I got mine in the shade 20N, which is a light neutral color. I don't know. It's looking kind of really white. This looks really white. I don't know. I don't like concealers that are too brightening, but my friend here, Tara Lynn, she loves this concealer. So I did want to give it a go. I heard it's very moisturizing under the eyes and I always love a good moisturizing concealer. So super excited to try this. Ooh, it feels very, very thick. I also picked up a face mist. I've just been wanting it for so long that I had to pick it up. It's one of those items where I just would always pick it up, put it in my basket, take it out. I don't need this.  So I got the Fursali Rose Gold Skin Mist and this is like the most gorgeous thing in the world. I put this on my face every time I go into the store. It is an orange cream, a sickle dream. I don't necessarily know that it does anything for my skin, but it's pretty to look at. It has a nice mist and it smells super amazing. So this is actually the first Fursali product that I've ever purchased and yeah, I cannot wait to use this and then update you guys on my thoughts on it, even though it is an older product. Very excited about it. I also picked up two highlighting items. So the first one is a recommendation from my friend Alicia. She put this in her recommendations video and she also put it in like, I believe it was her top five highlighter video. So I've been eyeing this.  So thank you, Alicia. Her channel is kinky sweats. Definitely check her out. She's so funny, but she recommended this Givenchy shimmer powder in the shade shimmery gold. And first of all, look at this. That is so beautiful. I did use it today and I felt super guilty because I didn't want to mess up the embossment. But do you see how pretty this looks on my skin? This particular color is going to work well on a lot of different skin tones. Not if you're too fair, but if you are light to medium, it works really well and just do you see how pretty that is? It blended really nice into the skin. So thank you, Alicia, for recommending this because it is absolutely super happy I picked this up. The other highlighting product that I picked up is the Pat McGrath Sublime Skin Highlighter. I know it's very surprising that I don't own this. I do not know why I never picked this up, but it's just something that I skipped out on. And I think it was because I was a little bit turned off by this pink highlighter. I thought I don't really need any iridescent highlighters of weird colors. So I just didn't think of something that I would use. But you know, I am such a Pat McGrath fan and I base a lot of my videos here on my channel about Pat McGrath. So I can't be a phony. I have to own this. I have not yet used it. So I will keep you guys updated on my thoughts on this. I'm going to get better about doing update videos. I promise. I've heard good things about it. So I'm very excited to now have this in my collection. I've been eyeing it for a while. I've said next VIP sale. I was going to pick this up. So I surely did. The next thing I picked up is from Anastasia Beverly Hills. I've been playing around with their new complexion products. I missed this on its initial release. I just didn't look like something that I needed. And they now have it in a mini size. I believe it was $13 before the 20% off. I can get it out. But this is the eye primer from ABH. And I just thought that this looked like it would be really good for more colorful eye looks. So I did want to pick that up. Just wasn't something that I felt like I needed something like a big full size tube in. So when I saw this, this was a perfect way for me to try out the formula. Just have a little bit because I don't need a lot of it. Yeah, I'm excited to try this out. Educate myself about the product so I can share it with you guys without having to waste my money. So win-win situation. The other thing that I picked up also from Anastasia Beverly Hills had to try it out. Again, just to stay informed about the makeup world. This is the liquid eyeliner. Have not yet used it. Let's take a look at it now. I saw it looked pretty matte. So I was really excited about it. I'm always on the lookout for a good liquid eyeliner. I go in and out of phases with my preferences for liner. Lately, I've not been on an eyeliner kick, but maybe the soul kick it back in. This is what the wand looks like. Ooh, very black. I don't know that I love that wand, but I'll have to play around with it. You never know. I like the old purple packaging. I'm feeling that. So Anastasia is releasing way too much lately. They need to slow their roll down.  This is my life now. Eyeliner. Yes, that was great. Really excited about that. Ooh, this is looking really matte and black. I will keep you guys updated on this. The last thing that I ordered this day for the Sephora VIP sale is a new Charlotte Tilbury eyeshadow quad. I've been working on building my collection on these. I don't know. One day just hit me that I really like these for the longest time.  They're not really worth their money. You get a tiny amount of product for a pretty high price. So the value of them isn't good, but I love Charlotte Tilbury and I do like her eyeshadows. And again, I like to stay very educated about makeup brands for my channel. So I really have been wanting this one. This is the Golden Goddess. Pretty neutral colors. Very cool toned. Super excited about this. Let me do a swatch for you guys. Ooh, these feel really good. I've been hunting this one down because it was sold out at my Nordstrom for a while. Exaggerized was sold out and I'm really sad because I do want to pick that up. I believe it's the most popular, but really pretty wearable colors. So I'm excited to play with that. And that's all I got from the Sephora VIP sale. I do have some other items that I wanted to share with you just to share them with you while I'm at it. So I have a lot of busy art palettes that I've picked up. I didn't pick these up from Sephora. I actually picked these up from Muse Beauty Pro. But these are available on Sephora, I believe. So I figured I would share them with you guys. This was while they were having their really good deal on busy art palettes. So I picked up a lot that I've been wanting lately. You guys know how much I love busy art palettes. I got them for a really good deal. So this first one is Lo and Behold, the Neutral Matte. And I use it today so, so good unsurprisingly. These are my tones. I love these types of tones when it comes to my crease colors and building up that definition. So I'm really, really excited to be adding this to my collection. This is perfect for my kit as well. Probably won't be adding it to my kit right away because I want some time to love on it. But yeah, it worked beautifully today. That's all of my crease colors blended and it just worked really great. I also picked up Paris Nudes, which is just a bunch of neutral shimmery colors in different tones. I did use this color on my lid today, but that's the only color I have from here. And the reason why I bought this was just for a selection of neutral shimmery lid colors for my brides. When I do bridal makeup, I just feel like I tend to grab for colors like these a ton. So having it all in one palette in this quality would be great for me. And I mean, this is a gorgeous palette. Next one that I got, I know I'm ridiculous, is the Visi Art, obviously. This is the Brido Satin. I think of the ones I got this one might be my favorite or the one I'm most excited about. I haven't really put these on my eyes yet to be able to tell. But this one's a lot more fun as you can see and you can create a really cool look like this. You have some purples to play with. You have some champagnes, peachy golds. It's a very interesting selection of colors. This is called Brido Satin. I'm not gonna lie, I don't think based on the clients that I normally get, brides don't really play with these colors that much. All in all, it's a really pretty palette and I'm very excited to play with that one. This one's pretty up there with the favorites too. This is Sultry Muse. And by the way, yes, I will be doing a rankings video. I just keep adding Visi Art palettes to my collection. So then it pushes it back because I want to play with them and make sure I really have a good feel for the palette. So, but this is Sultry Muse and I think this one is going to be a lot of your guys' favorite. It's just beautiful, a lot of different shades and tones, different depths, which is really nice. You can really create a lot of different looks with this one. I swatched it, it is beautiful. I will say a lot of the colors here, like they're not all necessary because they are very similar colors in each of the palettes. But I'm a Visi Art collector, so I'm very happy with this one. So super pretty. Very excited to have updated my collection a little bit more. Oh, hold on. Let me grab something that you guys might want to see. Okay, so I did pick this up a few weeks ago and you guys know I have it because I put it in a poll asking if you guys wanted me to review it. It came in last, but I'm still going to show it to you. This is the Alcone palette with Visi Art. So this is their collaboration and look how pretty it is. I got this when I went to the makeup show in D.C. a few weeks back. It was at the Alcone stand and I couldn't stand it. I had to pick it up. It's just a beautifully laid out palette. So I'm not even sure if these are repetitive colors or if they are new colors, but I really couldn't think to put together a palette like this and I like to support the brand and I really like Alcone too. So this is a really gorgeous palette. So five Visi Art palettes in one video. Okay, I'm crazy. Last item to talk about with you guys that I picked up. This I picked up a few weeks back when I went to look for the exaggerize Charlotte Tilbury palette. But we do have another Charlotte Tilbury quad that I added and this is the Uptown Girl and normally I wouldn't think that I would go for a color scheme like this but in particular these two colors kind of sold it for me. She did a tutorial on her Instagram using this palette and that is why I did what I did and I'm very, very happy. I picked this up. I've been loving it you guys. I've worn this a few times already and not a color story that I'd normally go for but it's so pretty this color right here in particular. So this one's much more warm. This one's much more cool when you put them together. Loving these two. So I do need to play with them more but I'm very excited to be expanding my collection a little bit more when it comes to Charlotte Tilbury. But yeah, that is all I have for my Sephora VIP sale haul. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Let me know down below what you picked up from the sale. A lot of you guys already told me on Instagram. I loved reading through them. So if you bought anything else, let me know. Remember to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already. I hope you guys have a great day and I will see you guys in the next video. Bye.


I also had a bad crash in Molilla, banged my head there, had a small concussion. Freddy Lindgren went over the handlebars and smashed into the track. That was a rash move. It's good to go to the hospital to check my neck. I just had some pain in my neck, but everything was okay with the neck. I did have some headache for a couple of days, but now I'm feeling good. I raced over the weekend for my Polish club in Lublin and I'm feeling good. It's always a pleasure to put on the Swedish flag on your chest and ride for your country. We're going to have a great week together and I hope we're also going to have some success. Our first goal is to make it to the final and I still hope we can do that. It's like in any sport when they come to the World Cup, you know, you play for different clubs and you have to come together as a team, but we always had a good communication in the Swedish camp. We really enjoy each other's company. It's nice to speak only Swedish to each other for a week with the riders. I really look forward to it. We prepare as best as we can and we've got to give it all on the track and see what the result will be. It was tough. GB was way better. We never really had the close contact that we needed and now we have to regroup and be better in the race.