In this video, I'm going to talk about reflecting functions. This is going to be a video where I just go over a couple of examples of how to reflect a function either across the x-axis or the y-axis. OK, so let's go ahead and get started. Let g of x be the indicated transformation of f of x. OK, and then write the rule for g of x. Now remember when it says write the rule for g of x, basically we're just writing the equation for g of x. So I did try not to get that too confused. OK, so we're taking this f of x function, negative 2 thirds x minus 1, and we are going to reflect it across the x-axis. OK, now the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to show you using the notation, and then I'm going to show you using the graph. So there's kind of two ways that you can do this. But since they ask us to write the rule for g of x, what we need to do is write the equation, write the function itself. So that's the end goal, is to write the function. But I'm going to show you two different ways to do this. OK, so to take this function and reflect it across the x-axis, so here we go. We have to take f of x, and I want to change it. So now what I'm doing is I'm writing the mapping notation, the arrow notation I guess is another way to say it. So we're going to take f of x, and we're going to change it. If we want to reflect across the x-axis, basically everything is going to change. Our slope is going to change. Our y-intercept is going to change. Everything is going to change.  That's what happens when you reflect something across the x-axis. OK, so that's what the notation looks like, so let's look at the actual functions. So my g of x function, the new one, is simply just going to be the old one. It's going to be the old function, except I'm going to multiply everything times a negative. Now notice what we do here. This g of x, this right here, you can see from the previous videos that I've done about reflection, is that it always matches up with what we have right here. Basically this right part after the arrow, that's basically what we're doing. We're going to take the function itself and multiply by a negative. Now you've got to be careful here. You've got to use parentheses. Negative 2-thirds x minus 1, the entire function is going to be multiplied by a negative. Notice we took the f of x, replaced it with the entire function. Remember what f of x is up here. And then after we take this negative and distribute it, the new g of x function, the new rule, the new rule is going to be a positive 2-thirds x plus 1, positive 2-thirds x plus 1. So there's my answer. I can actually stop right there. If you understand how to do the notation, you can pretty much stop right there. That's the new rule for g of x after flipping f of x across the x-axis. Now I'm going to actually do this a little bit differently. I'm going to do this one more time. But I'm going to show you using a graph. I'm going to show you using this graph over here because there's basically two types of people. There's the people that understand the notation, which is right here. And then there's the people who need a picture. I'm kind of one of those people who need a picture. So I'm actually going to graph everything to see what it looks like.  So I got negative 1 for a y-intercept. And I have a slope of negative 2-thirds. So 1, 2, 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 1, 2, 3. There we go. And then down here, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3. I think that's a good enough point right there. Draw my nice straight line. And this is my f function. There we go. All right, now when I reflect this across the x-axis, the fancy way of saying this is that all the points are going to be equidistant from the line of reflection. What that basically means is all the points that I have on here. So this 1, 2, 3, 4 points, they're going to be reflected across the x-axis. Remember, your x-axis is here. Your y-axis is there. It's going to be reflected across the x-axis. And all these points are going to be equidistant from that line of reflection. So I'm going to change my color here. This point is 1, 2, 3 away. It's 3 away. And so on this other side, it's going to be 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. It's going to be about right there. And then this point is 1 away. So it's going to be 1 away on the other side. This one is 1 away. So it's going to be 1 away on the other side. And this one is 1, 2, 3 on the other side, or on this side, so it's going to be 1, 2, 3 on this other side. And here is what my g function looks like. Now you notice now, if you're doing this just with the graphing, you wouldn't have all this notation over here. But notice, we have a y-intercept of positive 1, positive 1 for the y-intercept. And then our slope from point to point, rise 2, run 1, 2, 3. Rise 2, run 1, 2, 3. Because the slope is a positive 2 thirds. Slope is a positive 2 thirds. So there's two ways you can look at it. You can either do the notation and figure out what the new rule is going to be, or you can graph everything and figure out what's going to be. I'm one of those people who likes to graph. I like to visually see what's going on. So this is over here is what I prefer. But again, there's those of us out here who understand the notation, and so we can do that. All right, one more example, and then I'll be done with this, one more example. Same direction, so let g of x be the indicated transformation of f of x, and then write the rule for g of x. Now notice it's the exact same function. But notice what I'm going to do here. I'm going to reflect across the y-axis. So basically what I'm doing is I'm showing you reflecting this equation across the y-axis and then across the x-axis. And I'm actually going to flip-flop this. I'm actually going to graph this first and show you what it looks like, and then I'm going to use the notation afterwards. It's a little bit different order. So I'm going to graph the first one. I'm going to graph f of x first. Do this kind of quickly, so negative 1, then 1, 2, 1, 2, 3. So I went the wrong way. It's got to be a negative slope, not a positive slope. So 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3. That little mistake that I made with the slope, that's one thing you always got to check. Do I have a positive slope or a negative slope? Because I did my slope correctly, I just went in the wrong direction. Make sure that you always graph. In this case, I was graphing a negative slope, so I got to go downhill. OK, and then now the other one is my g of x. I use a different color for this. It's going to be reflected across the y-axis. So the y-axis is here, x-axis is here, so everything's going to be reflected across this line. Now again, same as last time, points are going to be equidistant from your line of reflection. So basically, like this point here, is 1, 2, 3 away, so it's going to be 3 away on the other side, 1, 2, 3. So it's going to be about right there. This point is going to stay where it's at. It's on the line, so it doesn't really get reflected. It just stays right there. All right, so this one is 1, 2, 3 away, 1, 2, 3 away. And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 again. All right, connect all the dots to my nice straight line here, and this is my g function. OK, all right, for now, from that, what we can do is we can figure out what the rule, again, we're finding the rule for g, what the equation for g is. So g of x, the rule for it is going to be, OK, so now it has a y-intercept of negative 1. I'll put that right there on the end. Put that my x right there, and I need the slope. What's a positive slope? I'm going to go up 2 over 1, 2, 3, so 1, 2, 1, 2, 3. So I've got 2 thirds for a slope, 2 thirds for a slope. Now compare that to what our original equation was. It looks like the only thing that changed was our slope. The negative 1 for the y-intercept stayed the same. As you can see right here, the y-intercept stayed the same. But then it looks like the only thing that changed was our slope. Now that actually gives us a little bit of a hint of what we're going to do for the notation. So that's one way to solve it. That's one way to figure out what the rule is. Now the second way is to use your notation to figure it out. So take your old function, and we're going to change it by, now, when you're reflecting across the y-axis, we only take the negative just to the x portion of our equation, just to the x portion of our equation. Now this is a little bit different. Last one, I'm going to flip back to my last slide. My last slide here, a little bit different. If I'm reflecting across the x-axis, it's a negative times the entire function. Going forward again, if I'm reflecting across the y-axis, I take my negative, and I only multiply times the x portion. So my new g of x is going to be rewrite this. My old function, but I'm going to replace the x, replace the x with a negative x. Replace the x with a negative x. So that's what I'm going to do. So I have a negative 2 thirds, and then replace the x with a negative x. Replace the x with a negative x. Now what happens there is that a negative 2 thirds times a negative x, the negatives are going to cancel, and so that leaves me with a positive 2 thirds x. So that's how we can see with the notation how to get the rule for g of x. All right, those are my two examples of going over reflecting functions. Now notice I use the same function, and I just reflected it differently each time, but that will kind of give you a way to compare and contrast the different ways of reflecting across either the x-axis or the y-axis.


the US Congress and presidential elections. Voting. The people's chance to decide who they want to run their country and represent their interests. But how does it work in the United States of America? Across the pond voting is quite different. Like the UK Parliament the United States Congress has two houses. The House of Representatives and the Senate. Unlike the UK there are public elections for both houses and a third separate election is held to choose a president. In the US the president is both the head of state and the head of government. In the UK these roles are carried out separately by the Monarch and the Prime Minister. The House of Representatives in the US Congress is designed to give a voice to the people of every local voting region of America. Members of the House of Representatives stand for re-election every two years. Each state is split into districts and each district votes for one representative. The number of districts depends on the population of each state. For example, California the most popular state is split into 53 districts so has 53 representatives. But Alaska which is huge but has a really small population only has one district and therefore only one representative in the House. Like the UK House of Commons the election system is first past the post so the candidate with the most votes in each district wins the seat in the House of Representatives. The party that wins a majority of seats in the House takes control. The ideal situation for a president is that the House is controlled by their own party. However with elections held every two years there's always a mid-term election in the middle of a president's time in office. If the public thinks that the president's not doing a great job they can vote in more members of the opposition party making it more difficult for the president to pass laws. The Senate in the US Congress like the House of Lords in the UK Parliament is sometimes called the Upper House. George Washington described the Senate as the source that cools the coffee meaning that it's their job to scrutinize and question all proposals made by both the House of Representatives and the president before voting to decide whether they should proceed as law. Senators like members of the House of Representatives are also elected to their seats by the public. Senators serve six year terms and elections are staggered so every two years a third of the senators run for reelection. Each state is represented by two senators regardless of its population and again the first past the post voting system is used so the candidate with the most votes wins. So how do Americans choose their leader? Well presidential elections take place every four years. The two main parties the Democrats and the Republicans host big get-togethers where they choose their presidential candidates the person they think will be the best leader for the nation. The winning candidate then chooses their vice presidential candidate also known as their ruling mate to help support the campaign. Presidential candidates usually choose someone with different areas of skill or knowledge so they present voters with the best package together they're known as a ticket. Presidential candidates from both parties then start out on massive election campaigns to gain as much voter support as possible. They travel across the country and hold great big campaign rallies where they set out their policies and their ideas for the whole country. These campaigns cost money lots of it so both candidates have large campaign teams who help raise the tens of millions of dollars needed to keep them afloat. When it comes to election day the public go to the polls to vote for one presidential ticket so far so easy. However the public don't vote directly for their choice of president instead a system called the electoral college is used. Each state is allocated a number of electors that will make the final choice. A state has the same number of electors as it does senators and representatives. In most states all the electors will vote for the presidential ticket which receive the most support in the public vote. Finally the presidential ticket with the most electoral college votes becomes president and vice president of the United States of America. So that's how things work in the US a democracy like the UK but on a much larger scale.


When the narcissist Stares at you when a narcissist Locks eyes with you They make eye contact It can feel Very creepy You will feel like something is not right You will feel this not in your stomach or in your solar plexus And you may feel very confused You may be wondering Why this person is staring at you What is their desired outcome or result the reality is when a narcissist Gives you this predatory stare it can only mean that they are desiring to take something from you Because they have nothing to give other than an illusion As I've said before they can only manipulate to abuse you they can't give you what you want Which as we know is love a Deep emotional connection True intimacy Maybe a long-term relationship a marriage children Maybe all of these things and yes, they may be aware that that is what you are desiring They can see it in your eyes, but they can't give that to you They can only give you manipulation and deception Lies and future faking The false character and illusion That's all that they can give Because they're not about it for real You can only be about these things if you're operated in the higher frequencies And you will know when someone is about that for real you will see it in their eyes You will sense it have to say the truth and the truth is that that is actually very rare especially in today's world It is something that I have experienced myself Where I have crossed paths with another empath and when you get by empathic stare It's like someone actually sees the real you They can read into your soul and it's like you feel like something is being healed inside of you it may also stir up a bit of Desire as well But it's more in a high vibrational way because that desire quickly turns into love and Peace as well in that moment. It just feels right Because you recognize you understand that this person is Desiring to uplift you rather than desiring to take something away from you but with narcissists No It's not going to be like that with them When a narcissist makes eye contact with you It's all about what they can take from you That doesn't mean that they actually see you or recognize you they can't see you Because they lack empathy so they cannot connect to you they cannot share your feelings or understand your experience What actually happens is when they make eye contact with you They are projecting this idealized version of themselves onto you That's all that that is and when they devalue you and they give you that narcissistic stare Then they're projecting everything they hate about themselves onto you And then they're using that to justify the abuse In some cases further manipulation of deception or even gaslighting as well But that's just it I've said it before and I will say it again as well Narcissists they live in this world with a population of one All they see when they interact with other people. It's not your either a reflection of This idealized version of themselves in their minds Or you're a reflection of everything they can't stand about themselves You're either one of the two and maybe sometimes you can be both I'm not completely sure about that That's something I need to look into further before I can explain that to you but as far as I know You're either going to be this projected Version of their false character everything They wish and they've been waiting for or you're going to be everything they can't stand about themselves But they're never going to be able to look into your eyes and See and identify the real you Because to do that you need to have empathy You need to have this desire and need to raise the vibrations on this planet Which of course narcissists They don't care about that But what they do care about is using people for their own needs That's what's important to a narcissist And yes, it won't feel good when they make eye contact with you When they look into your eyes Because no matter what they say to you No matter how they try to portray it you already know exactly what is going on You know that they are desiring to take your energy away from you Which is why whenever you get around them Your vibrations go down you feel confused Some of you may even feel Lower vibrational emotions of desire maybe even pride Anger shame fear guilt You will feel all of these things Because they're pulling you down They can only give you what they've got They can't give you anything different Sometimes they may be able to disguise it for a moment Sorry about all the noise As you know, I do try to get away, but unfortunately Wherever I go, there are a lot of lorries and cars waiting Bikes So not too much I can do about that But yes, they will give you this very cold stare And in that moment in that process, they are sucking the life and soul out of you That doesn't mean that your soul is gone or dead Because they are actually can't take it away from you It's something where you're like sharing a moment together They're consuming a part of you at that time, but it doesn't completely go away Because they can't really participate and consume it They have to pull you in their direction Into their vibrational state Because that's the only way that they can feel like they're alive They can't do that any other way and yes, it is very sad If you tune into your empathy When you're around them You will feel Very bad for them because that is often what they will try to project onto you, but if you are Very aware of your empathic abilities, you will be able to Disidentify From whatever they're throwing at you when the old you you may have Owned it yourself and thought that there was something wrong with you You would have taken on that fear anger guilt or shame But now what we tend to do is in past when we are aware we're intuitive in past We send it right back to where it belongs You project it right back to them and they don't like that Because then that allows you to remain in a high vibe state And that's what you really need to do when you're around them Because their power comes from getting you to resist Because when you resist certain things that they're throwing at you then You begin to feel the shame You begin to feel like something is wrong with you Which is exactly what they want because they want a trauma bond to you and leave you dependent on them for validation sad reality is that I certainly believe that narcissists do not have souls So to feel like they're alive they have to come around like come around people like me or you and Feed off our energy It sustains them It makes them feel alive The problem is they cannot Get your energy if you are being yourself If you are grounded in your body and mind And not in a manipulative or receptive state Where you are susceptible to them revelation If you're not in that state Then they cannot extract this energy from you So they have to pull you out of that state by feeding into your ego and Projecting this idealized version of themselves on to you Or by devaluing you Or another thing they will do is triangulate you with other people They will compare you to someone else and it could be in a good way or in a bad way But either way what they do it is they're trying to pull you out of your body They're trying to detach you from your soul So that they can jump into it And then they can partake in the fruits and the benefits of that And they will even take some of that and run off and Enjoy it with someone else Because they can't generate it on their own theories about it But yes, they do find it very sad That God or some higher power Allow these people to come down to this world without this Incredible ability that we have to generate This energy and these positive emotions from within yes, I actually find that very sad and I am very Compassionate towards those people Despite everything that I have been through with them in my life I can practice forgiveness and compassion from afar Of course, I don't like to get too close to these types of people Because as I've said all they're going to do is take And destroy They don't have the power or the energy to build you up Even when they try to take it from you because it only lasts for a very short period of time Which is why a lot of them become very obsessive they get addicted They become trauma bonded themselves And they develop these unhealthy attachments to you They become stalkers And once they've seen it in you they may see it in someone else and they'll already be ready They'll be ready for that next person with that predatory stare Ready to suck the life out of them too. Unfortunately. Yes. This is what these people will do It's very sick and twisted. Perhaps it is even demonic.  It's like there's no person inside of them The lights are on but no one is home. So how can they give anything to you? But many of us we fall for the lies and the future faking You remain stuck for many years of your life And you're just waiting for something Thinking that one day they're going to change they're going to replenish you After all of the energy and emotions that you've invested in them, but I can tell you that that is never going to happen They don't have it to give to you. They're not even real people If they were real people they would have empathy They will be able to share your feelings and understand your experience But all they can do is take Your feelings and experience away from you That's the only way that they can experience it They don't experience it through you But it's almost like they embody you In that moment, it's like they steal your soul for a moment and you may even begin to dissociate as well You may feel detached from your body as though a demon has just entered you You may have out-of-body experiences when you are dealing Which is why when they come around you you will start to feel these intense negative emotions You will feel desire pride anger guilt and shame and You will feel this not In your solar plexus in your stomach. I can actually feel it right now as I'm talking about this But yes, you will feel it It will be there and that is your gut instinct your intuition It's this empathic ability that you have And you need to be aware of it. You need to pay attention to it Because This empathy it can be a gift but also a curse as well because with so much empathy But you're sharing other people's feelings and perspective and their experience You're tapping into them and just like you're Almost coming out of your body as well In order to please them to satisfy them to make them happy Because yes, they need your body your mind your soul your energy and emotions You could even say that they want to be you and Sometimes you may feel like you want to be them Just to please them just to make them happy because you can sense it empathically And even from the words that they tell you the things that they do the actions of behaviors a Lot of them just want to be you They just want to jump into your body and take control of it, which is why a lot of times. Yes, they will turn you Into this puppet where they're pulling the strings where they can control you And it may seem like at times they just give up on their lives And they dedicate and devote their life To controlling you they may even isolate you so that they become the your only source of influence Where they are then brainwashing you because there's an empath you share their feelings and perspective And it becomes even more important than your own and you can sense it when you're around them you can sense the shame But yes, they have literally given up on themselves They see no power in being themselves They have completely given up on that They want nothing to do with it at all And I believe that they gave up on it a long time ago, but many of us we won't Know that because we weren't around so we don't know exactly What happened there? Although some of you may know it depends on who the narcissist in your life is But the reality is that as an empath everything All of the people you're dealing with Are always going to be a reflection of You as I've said before they do not exist They are not real The power comes from you and you may even find that the things that you like your ideals your virtues all of these things These things that mean something to you It may not always be who you actually are as a person Maybe you like certain music Movies you like certain foods, whatever it is and no one told you to like these things It's just something that means something to you They will go and steal those things as well as your energy and emotions And they will run off with that and create their own identity When it never meant anything to them to begin with but they will use it to create an identity for themselves While fooling everyone in the process as crazy as that sounds that is exactly what they will do And a lot of them. Yes, they already know they're already aware, but it is them They know that they have all of these things mixed up in their heads But even knowing that they will never tell you They will hide it from you sometimes your entire life because they don't want you to know who you are They don't want you to be you Narcissists is that Because of their narcissism and they're self-absorbed and they lack empathy Once they've abandoned their true self There is no going back for them Because everything is projected outwards They don't deal with the shame inside So it's all over for them once they've abandoned their identity For us empaths, it's very different They may have stolen your identity.  It doesn't work that way with Narcissists, but guess as I said when you do come up come across a real empath It is a really amazing experience When they make eye contact with you And that is something they may not do often as well Because empaths are often very protective of their energy empaths tend to have very strong boundaries While narcissists are completely boundary-less They will step all over you But as empaths we tend to cherish life We care about animals nature Even insects some of us wouldn't even hurt a fly else It's because we have a strong sense of self, but it doesn't matter how strong of a sense of self you have Narcissists they will not be able to see it Doesn't matter what they do They will only see a projection of Their idealized false self For a projection of everything they hate about themselves They will never be able to connect with the real you it's impossible They can see you but they can't see you You can see you and you know that you're there But they can't see that and many of them they will Try and wait forever Hoping that one day they will be able to connect to the real you, but it's impossible They will never know you They will never be able to see that side of you even if it's right in front of them And the reason why is because they lack empathy When they come around you that only desiring to take So whatever you have it goes away when you're around them And then they start to believe that they're real and you're fake Because when they come around you they Take parts of you and you will never see the real them as well, but there's this Thing that we share that we both have in common as empaths and narcissists But narcissists when they have the narcissistic rage When you cause an injury There's like the split second and you can see it in their eyes and that is when they experienced the rage There's a small window When you can see the real them in their eyes you can see this a scared Child and that is when they will lash out at you But with us as empaths because of their narcissism they can never see the real us and less Because they bring us down to the lower levels of fear guilt and shame They can't really sense the higher vibrations. They're not even attracted to that at all They're only attracted to the lower vibrations So they can sense when you feel desire When you want something or when you want something to change And that's as deep as it gets for them They can't sense any of the higher vibrations But they can sense your desire and when a narcissist Is make an eye contact with you They also see that small window But they see the real you They see who you actually are Just for that split second And then they see it they see What you want They know it and then they will create illusions of What they think you want to see Well at the same time creating A false narrative which they were late to use for smear campaigns Networks to destroy you But the reality is that yes, they knew exactly what you wanted all along They could see it in your eyes Just as you can see it in their eyes when they rage When you cause an injury You can see exactly what they want Now that I can see it as well When you see the narcissist rage You see in their eyes I think we all know what do they want Destruction They want to destroy you When you cause that injury And there's no discipline, no self-control No empathy or compassion You see it in their eyes they want to destroy you They want to destroy Everything If it means that they can get to you If you were both on a ship they would sink the ship And drown you with them They would take down their own lives Just to get to you They would destroy everything Because yes you can see it in their eyes when they rage That's what they want Destruction And what do we want to impasse We all want the same thing And you can see it in our eyes They see it They can see that in a child that we have Only for a split second When first they make us feel a lot of Fear Anger, guilt, shame And then they present An illusion, revelation And if we're susceptible to it There will be that brief window where they can see it in our eyes Exactly what we want And what we want is Peace Love Joy That's what we all want as impasse Well Narcissus You can see it in their eyes they want destruction They want to destroy anything real Anything good They want to be the source of its destruction And yes that does give them a lot of supply It really does Knowing this information It should leave you better able to protect yourself By knowing that yes this is what they want And if you didn't know that before then I think I've just confirmed that to you And it's sad but this is just the way that they are And I could get into that as well But that's really for another video I can go very deep into that too But yes that's really it That's what they want is destruction Because at some level they do recognize Your power, your value They recognize that you are a good genuine person Who just wants to Experience peace, love and joy And share that with other people And they will only decide to take that away from you And from anyone else who it might otherwise come into contact with I know this may be quite a disturbing video for a lot of you But for me by this point I've experienced it all And all I want to do is just share this truth with you So I hope it is helpful Just came down here in the BMW To see this amazing view and share it with you So you can see it in their eyes No matter a person says or does to you It doesn't make a difference And it's never going to change No matter how much abuse or manipulation you've been through People will always see your intentions in your eyes They will know exactly what you want Typically with narcissists It is when you cause that injury Because all other times it can be difficult to see the real them Which when they're seeking something from you And then you see that narcissistic stare But with us it tends to be When they make us feel fear, guilt, anger or shame And then they present us with manipulation or an illusion And then we feel desire for something But whatever it is we tend to desire good things Peace, love and joy We tend to just want to give out That's just what we like to do And I could go deeper into it as well I think that's enough for this video I mean sometimes empaths do tend to have larger eyes Larger pupils Like almost like an innocent look in their eyes Where they seem receptive And they're receptive because they're trying to Figure something out They're trying to solve a situation They're trying to help, they're trying to give So they're not looking to take They're not trying to receive And we could argue Narcissists may have smaller eyes, smaller pupils This may not always be the case of course But that's typically what I have seen in my experience With narcissists They do tend to be squinting Like they're trying to send something in you Like they're trying to see what you want so they can manipulate you They're trying to take something from you But this is just my theory from my own experience It's not something that I've researched So if you believe that you have smaller eyes or smaller pupils Please don't take this as an offence or anything Because this is just based on my own experience And it may have been a different experience for you But yes I think it's something to be aware of as well Because we think of children as innocent And they tend to have larger eyes, larger pupils They're not looking to take so much They tend to be more higher vibrational And as well when your eyes are open It means that you're more receptive When you have larger pupils You're able to absorb the energy But as we know narcissists seem to have a lot of difficulty When it comes to energy They can't generate it from within And also they're not typically attracted to high vibrational people But they will still come around you Because they desire to take to leech off your energy Which is why a lot of times you may find That they just come in with a love bombing They steal your energy and then they ghost you Then they're gone And then sometimes again they may come back with a hoover Just to take some more But they'll always take it back to where they know they belong Which is typically around their enablers or flying monkeys Which might have been you at one point And when we're around them We do sink down to the lower vibrations as well We take on their fear, their guilt, their shame Even their desires at times And we think that these emotions belong to us But when you get away from them and you go no contact You spend some time by yourself to heal Then it feels amazing You feel like you finally found peace And even love for yourself Because you have Because you can But narcissists No They can't do any of that But this is something that we can do And we should Continue to do it Of course it's very difficult to do when you're around them It's something that I've been practicing It's not easy to do at all I'm not 100% sure if it is possible But to maintain Because I consider myself to be very high vibrational To maintain This high vibration Around narcissists It's something that I've struggled to do myself I'd love to know if it's worked for you So you can let me know about that in the comments down below But typically what works for me Is If I'm not around Narcissists At the current time Self-reflection Meditation Spending time in nature with animals These types of things could be very effective at replenishing Your energy But if you're doing these things around narcissists That actually opens you up It gives them Greater access to your energy Which is why whenever you're doing something Where you seem distracted You're focused You're learning You're receptive to something You're giving energy out So then it'll come around you And take it And you'll feel depleted Which can happen Even if you're around them And you are Watching high vibrational content on your phone Or you're listening to music Or even if you go to a park or a beach together You won't be able to experience the full effects of it Because although you're open You're aware You're receptive to it It will push you off that frequency And while you're receptive in that moment They will be able to steal your energy So you do need to be very cautious of that If you think that it's helping you sometimes When you're playing music When you're around them And not saying that it can't Of course it does depend what type of music Because they will tend to use it against you as well And distort the meanings and interpretations of it It gives them an opportunity to project their negative energy onto you So these are all important things to be aware of They will filter Their Values, beliefs, perspectives and experiences through you And then you will begin to take on that energy And of course it will never be anything good It will always be something negative from them And of course they will always come up with some reason or excuse Some justification It will always be because of something you've done Maybe you don't have enough money You're not attractive enough They will always Pitch this Goal or something you have to obtain In order to finally please them and make them happy But no matter what it is, it cannot be achieved Even if you strive to achieve it And one day you finally get it They will move the goalposts Or they will see something wrong with it They will use the double bind You can never achieve their impossible expectations Because even if one day you did manage to do that Then that would mean that they'd have to give something to you And what can they do? Just not be a narcissist anymore It wouldn't work So all they can do is move the goalposts They can't do that for you It's not possible Narcissists are takers They're not looking to give or share And many times when you're around them You're isolated and they're your only source of influence They will project their desires onto you And you will find that you're taking that on And because you feel depleted, you've been neglected You may start to think that you want that as well And it's really crazy But they can actually get you to believe certain things About yourself that you desire and want And you may actually start to believe it And they can gaslight you and bring up things from the past To make you believe that it's true for you And it can drive you insane And sadly even in some experiences The victim or target can move on and still think that that is what they want When they wanted something very different Before they got around the narcissist So yes, that's something important to pay attention to as well And to remember to just trust your gut instinct, your intuition And when you're around them ask yourself What are they trying to get me to think or believe? What are they trying to get me to do? Once you become aware of it, you break the spell It destroys the illusion Because you're no longer being pulled into that frequency When they pull you into these frequencies It's typically at your expense You're not willingly doing it So they're pulling you out of yourself and out of your own character And into whatever they want you to be Which typically has something to do with them It has nothing to do with you Yes, I know I've gone really deep on this one A lot of important information But I hope it vives with you I hope it will help you in your situation And as always you can show your support by giving this video a thumbs up down below Let me know your thoughts in the comment section Hit that subscribe button To receive the notifications for my future videos And if you'd like to book a one on one with me You can do that from my website It is NarcSurvivor.co.uk And also there is my Instagram I have new pictures and videos of my travels on there Every day So follow me on Instagram, it is NarcSurvivor YouTube Alright, that's it for this one But I will speak to you in another video very soon I'd just like to thank you all for joining me And you all have a great day


Senator Joe Manchin and Senator Kirsten Sinema are on a power trip, but we can make them irrelevant after this year's election. Right now, we have only 48 real Democrats in the Senate. Manchin and Sinema are Democrats in name only and are allowing the filibuster to block the Democrats' agenda. They're acting more like the king and queen of the Democrats' agenda, deciding on their own to prevent critical measures from being enacted. Well, it's time to dethrone them and get a Democratic Senate that actually delivers, doing what it takes to get 50 votes to carve out the filibuster. Only then can we protect voting rights, codify Roe vs. Wade, pass universal background checks for gun sales, and protect the planet. So the question for the midterms is how to get to 50 real Democrats. The math isn't complicated, friends. We already have 36 Democratic senators or independents who vote with Democrats who are not up for reelection. Add to that seven or in safely Democratic seats. That gives us 43. We also need to defend these five who have a good chance of winning if we do what we can to help them. We also have fair odds of gaining two to three new real Democratic senators. John Fetterman in Pennsylvania supports abolishing the filibuster entirely and has pledged to be that 51st vote to pass voting rights, codify Roe vs. Wade, legalize marijuana, raise the minimum wage, and much more. He's running against celebrity snake oil salesman Dr. Oz, who's endorsed by Trump. Tim Ryan in Ohio also supports abolishing the filibuster, deciding the need to pass labor protections, raise the minimum wage, protect voting rights, and act on the climate. His opponent is author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance, who is promoting Trump's big lie and is once again endorsed by Trump. In Wisconsin, Mandela Barnes supports abolishing the filibuster to fight voter suppression and protect democracy. He will face Republican incumbent Ron Johnson, another proponent of Trump's big lie, who, when democracy was under attack on January 6th, was busy trying to hand deliver fake electors to the vice president. If we win seven of these crucial races, we get a real Democratic Senate that won't depend on King Manchin or Queen Sinema. With just a couple more Democrats in the Senate, Manchin and Sinema will be irrelevant and Democrats can finally deliver without being blocked by the filibuster. Friends, this is doable. Focus on these critical Senate races and let's make it happen.


Of all the worlds within our view, apparently ours is the only one with a sea. 350 million cubic miles of salt water, spreading its boundaries over more than two-thirds of the Earth's surface. Yet today, even as we reach for the stars, we know less about this ocean than we do the surface of the moon. The restless sea remains as it has since life first emerged from its waters, unexplored, unknown, its vast resources untapped, its rewards awaiting but men to master it. The sea has long been a challenge to many men of many nations. One of these men was the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Shortly before his tragic and untimely death, he made this statement. Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it. The seas offer a wealth of food for the people of the world. Mineral resources on land will ultimately reach their limits. We may be able to extract additional elements in the water to predict and perhaps someday to control changes in weather and climate is of the utmost importance to man everywhere. These changes are controlled to a large and yet unknown extent by what happens in the ocean. Additional research is necessary to identify the factors in this interplay. These are some of the reasons which compel us to embark upon an important national effort in oceanography. This is not a one-year program or even a ten-year program. It is the first step in a continuing effort to acquire and apply the information about a part of our world that will ultimately determine conditions of life in the rest of the world. The opportunities are there. A vigorous program will capture those opportunities. To meet this challenge, scientists today are working in every part of the world ocean. For these men, these oceanographers, the sea is a complex and demanding laboratory. Its waters must be probed and studied from the surface thousands of feet to the ocean floor. Expeditions must be conducted into areas remote from the centers of scientific research, from the ice-bound seas of the Arctic and Antarctic to the tropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean. For the most part, support of this worldwide research effort must come from the federal government. Support to build ships and laboratories, develop the instruments needed to collect data at sea. But the nation's resources for oceanography are limited. If we are to achieve mastery of the sea, they must be wisely managed, efficiently used. Toward this end, the president has instructed his science advisor, as director of the Office of Science and Technology, to prepare and coordinate a national oceanographic program through the Federal Council for Science and Technology, a pioneering tool in scientific management, represented on the Federal Council and directly responsible to the president, are senior policy advisors from all departments and agencies of the government, charged with the scientific and technical progress of this nation. To spearhead the national effort to master the sea, a permanent committee has been established within the Council, the Interagency Committee on Oceanography. ICO has prepared a long-range plan. The goal? Full understanding of the world ocean, to improve national defense, and promote the welfare, security, and economic well-being of the American people. Participating in this effort are all agencies of the federal government whose statutory responsibilities to the American people include problems in the ocean environment. Each has specific missions in the sea, which contribute to the objectives of the long-range plan. The Department of the Interior is interested in the exploitation of the resources of the ocean, its living resources, food, which its waters contain in abundance, its recreational resources enjoyed by so many Americans, the vast mineral resources of the sea must be mined and mapped to realize their full potential in the years to come. The Department of Commerce is interested in the sea as a vast highway vital to world trade, its mission to assure uninterrupted safe navigation through acquisition and dissemination of knowledge concerning the ocean environment, the weather influenced by the sea, ships designed and built to work at sea. The Department of the Treasury concerned with aids to marine navigation and safety at sea, a Coast Guard responsibility. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is concerned with the impact of pollutants on the marine environment, a problem that is growing with our expanding population and technology, concerned too with the purity of foods from the sea, and the effects of marine organisms upon the human body, responsible for furthering education in the marine sciences. The Atomic Energy Commission concerned with the effects of radioactive materials on the ocean environment. Specimens collected in support of the national program must be processed and described, a responsibility of the Smithsonian Institution, National Repository of Scientific Knowledge. The National Science Foundation's mission is to encourage the acquisition of new knowledge in all the marine sciences, basic fundamental knowledge essential to the continued progress of our nation, the Department of Defense responsible for maintaining freedom of the seas and preventing sea-launched attacks on the United States and her free world alive. A responsibility that requires this nation to be in constant readiness to project sea power to any part of the world when necessary for national security, charged with developing the weapons, vehicles, and tactics essential to command of the sea. This is a mission that demands a thorough knowledge of the Navy's three-dimensional operating environment, knowledge that can only be obtained through basic and applied research, knowledge based on the study of the human factors so vital to exploration and work at sea, knowledge needed to engineer and build at sea, and protect and improve our waterways and coastlines. For these agencies, the world ocean is a common laboratory. Each is using it to obtain knowledge important to its mission. The Interagency Committee on Oceanography provides a forum where coordination and planning, effective use of resources, and exchange of information all work toward meeting the objectives of its member agencies and the nation. Toward this end, the committee prepares annually the National Oceanographic Program. This is designed to assure over the years to come the orderly efficient administration of one of the most challenging efforts of our time. Conquest of this last frontier on our planet. Although the ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface, so little is known about its waters and boundaries that much of the national effort must be directed toward obtaining new knowledge. This quest for basic knowledge is being conducted by scientists representing many disciplines, working at colleges, universities, and research institutions. The goal of basic research is the acquisition of fundamental knowledge, the what, why, and how of ocean phenomena. Answers to these questions are greatly needed to realize the promise of the sea. One important objective of oceanographic research is a broad understanding of the Earth beneath the waters of the sea. In the quest for new knowledge, marine geologists are probing through thousands of feet of water to the bottom of the sea. Core pipe hits bottom. The sampler has been driven 40 feet into sediments on the ocean floor. Geologists now extrude the core sample. Millions of years of sedimentation, which must be studied. They are preserved as a small but significant part of the history of our planet. A key to understanding the climate in ages past and the distribution of minerals, plants, and animal life over the sea. The mountains, valleys, and the deep abyssal plains of the ocean's floor, these must be charted and studied if we are to master the sea. Geophysicists also probe to learn more about the fundamental structure of our planet. The forces of magnetism and gravity over the sea floor must be measured and mapped. The water of the sea. Another challenging objective of basic research. It's ever-changing physical and chemical properties must be studied over the entire face of the ocean at different times and at different depths. Here on the new research vessel Atlantis II, water which has just been obtained on a single oceanographic station is analyzed by chemists in a laboratory designed and equipped to handle a variety of experiments simultaneously. Strange that this, the most common substance on our planet, should be among the most complex. Oceanographers are studying and measuring the complex circulation systems of the ocean. Some of this work involves the use of devices that simulate the forces that drive the water of the ocean. However, theoretical work in the laboratory must eventually be verified at sea. Research must also be conducted above the sea to learn more fully the relationships between the ocean and atmosphere. Scientists are probing the skies over the sea, photographing cloud formations in an effort to understand the sea's influence on the weather of the earth. Oceanographers must measure the water-laden atmosphere into which the sea is drawn. Soon to fall upon the land, soon to return to the sea. An instrumented balloon to telemeter data on temperature and wind currents. Soon the atmosphere too will yield up its secrets. Marine biologists are seeking new knowledge about the life of the sea. The plants and animals comprising more than four fifths of the living things on earth. Specimens must be collected at every depth and in all the oceans of the world. Identified and described. The relationship between plants and animals must be studied. How they influence and how they are influenced by the chemical and physical properties of the sea. How they adapt to the marine environment. Patterns of behavior must be observed. Sharks. How are they distributed over the oceans of the world? What are their life histories? Sensors enable them to seek out their prey and kill. These are only a few of the many thousand questions biologists today are attempting to answer about life in the sea. Thus the quest for new knowledge is at the very foundation of the national oceanographic effort. Basic research. Our investment today for the scientific and engineering progress of tomorrow. Research is also being applied to help solve specific problems in the sea environment. Many vital to our security and welfare. Pollution of waters along our coasts is of tremendous concern to federal, state and local government. To meet this problem the public health service is studying the distribution of toxic chemicals, industrial wastes and other pollutants in the ocean. Here in the waters of New Jersey's Raritan Bay, scientists dredge for clans in an effort to measure pollution in selected areas per study. Shellfish are sensitive to harmful chemicals and organisms and are thus a good barometer as to the degree and distribution of pollutants in the sea. Research here and in laboratories throughout the nation promises to alleviate and perhaps someday solve one of our most urgent problems in the sea. Research sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission is directed toward understanding the impact of radioactive materials on the ocean environment. Although low level radioactive wastes are not a major problem in our offshore waters today, we must know more about their distribution and effect upon life in the sea should this knowledge ever be needed in an emergency. A concern to all Americans is the preservation and protection of our coasts facing the sea. This is all that remains of a once prosperous Oregon town washed away by the sea. To meet this problem, the Army Corps of Engineers is conducting research using large wave making machines. Work here and in other facilities of the Beach Erosion Board will help give engineers the knowledge needed to control the destructive forces of the sea along our many miles of coasts. For this must be an ocean that can continue to be enjoyed, preserved as the birthright of those who work, play and live by the sea. Off these same coasts and far into the ocean is one of our most important resources, food from the sea. Oceanographic research is vital to realize the promise of our fisheries and assure their wise management for generations to come. Toward this end, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries is conducting a broad program of research in many areas. Albatross Port, the Bureau's newest stern trawler, performs both fisheries research and general oceanography. Specimens trawled on research cruises provide important information on the distribution and abundance of the living populations of the ocean and their relation to its physical and chemical environment. Oceanographic research is also being applied to meet the problems of national defense. Here at the Navy Electronics Laboratory, scientists work from an oceanographic tower. This research is important to the design and operation of systems for detecting submarines. The Bathyskaft Trieste operates in support of a similar mission. This deep diving research vehicle enables scientists to collect important data on the propagation of sound under water and verify theories important to anti-submarine warfare. Deep diving vehicles will play an important role in locating and identifying large man-made objects on the ocean floor. A problem that was recently investigated by a deep-submergent systems review group established by the Secretary of the Navy. These studies emphasize the need for the United States to advance its under-seas technology so objects such as missile nose cones and submarines can be recovered or salvaged at any depth and trapped personnel rescue. Thus, many agencies of the government are conducting or sponsoring a variety of research projects to develop equipment and techniques important to their missions. The Interagency Committee on Oceanography provides the mechanism to identify agencies can work together, prevent needless duplication of research effort, and through mutual support, accelerate our national program. An essential part of this cooperative effort is ICO's National Plan for Ocean Surveys. These are large-scale systematic investigations designed to obtain data of all types over a wide ocean area. The Coast and Geodetic Survey is prominent in its contributions to this effort. Its ships operate in coastal and deep ocean areas to meet the requirements of the Department of Commerce and other agencies of the government. Here in the Gulf Stream, specialists rig boys to measure ocean currents. Each boy will be anchored in a position fixed by precise navigation. Data are radioed back to the ship to give continuous around-the-clock observations. Ships of the Coast and Geodetic Survey are today supporting the ocean survey effort in areas as yet uncharted, unexplored. Data collected are used to make charts for marine navigation and as surveys for the future development of the sea as a natural resource. The oceanographic work of the Department of Commerce is helping increase our ability to predict sea and weather conditions and develop information important to our ocean-going commerce. A predictable sea will result in faster, more comfortable voyages. Speed and protect new ships designed and built to meet the ocean on better terms. Violent changes across its surface can be known in time to warn and evacuate threatened areas. Hurricanes, typhoons, storm-generated waves, perhaps eventually even these destructive forces can be controlled by science. A predictable sea will be a safer sea, a responsibility to which the United States Coast Guard has been traditionally dedicated. Today Coast Guard ships operate in all the oceans of the world in support of the national program. Green, source of icebergs threatening the North Atlantic shipping lanes. One important Coast Guard mission is the International Ice Patrol, where oceanographic data must be collected to predict the movement of ice into the North Atlantic. This work contributes to the ocean survey effort. In the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, station ships are especially useful for collecting data in one place over a long period of time. Recently Congress authorized the Coast Guard to expand the oceanographic capabilities of ships operating on ocean stations. Coast Guard light towers are also good platforms for making observations around the clock. Icebreakers of the Coast Guard are often the only ships that can penetrate ice-locked seas in the Arctic and Antarctic. Observations of ice, sea, and atmospheric conditions provide valuable information about this inaccessible but important part of the world ocean. The U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office works in direct support of naval forces at sea. From here, Navy and civilian specialists coordinate a worldwide data collection operation. Oceanographic ships of the Navy obtain information needed for maps, charts and atlases and supply data for environmental prediction systems used in naval warfare. This work requires trained technicians to make observations in all areas of the world ocean. Water samples to be checked for temperature, salinity, and other important information. Navy ships are testing and evaluating new instruments to study the sea. Here on the USS San Pablo, the thermistor chains. Each of its spine-like segments electrically senses temperature at a specified depth. Together, they give the oceanographer a better understanding of the temperature structure of the water. Information needed to predict sonar conditions under the sea. Thus, throughout the Navy, the survey effort is being accelerated to provide the fleet with the current on-the-spot oceanographic intelligence so important to naval operations at sea. Of primary importance to the entire research and survey effort are ships designed and built for oceanography. To meet this urgent requirement, the Interagency Committee on Oceanography is coordinating a long-range program of ship construction. Already, the first of these new vessels are working at sea. Research has also moved into the air over the sea. This Navy plane is equipped with instruments to collect oceanographic data. As instrumentation improves, aircraft may fill a large gap in the ICO's data collection program. Other platforms are being developed to study the sea. This floating instrumentation platform, FLIP, for short, offers the scientists stability for acoustics research. FLIP is towed to the oceanographic station. Ballast tanks are flooded, and the long cylinder slowly submerges. In the bow, instruments and living quarters for the scientific party. In an upright position, FLIP rides even in heavy seas with a minimum of interference to its instruments, 300 feet underwater. Deep diving exploration vehicles are also being developed, for today, research is moving underwater. Instrumentation is also vital to the national program. Advanced buoys, for collecting many types of oceanographic data. Scientists plan to establish networks to telemeter data to ships, aircraft, and eventually to orbiting oceanographic satellites. Buoys are especially needed to collect data for the weather services of the Navy and Air Force and the United States Weather Bureau, an important contributor to the national program. The Interagency Committee on Oceanography is encouraging the development of instrumentation by informing industry of the scientific community's needs. Already, these efforts are beginning to yield results, as the energy and resources of American industry are applied to meet the challenge of the sea. To test, evaluate, and intercalibrate these new instruments, the Naval Oceanographic Office has established in Washington an instrumentation center. Here, we'll help assure accurate uniform measurements. New instrumentation will multiply greatly the output of data collected on research and survey cruises. To handle this tremendous volume, modern data processing facilities are urgently needed, a problem currently being studied by the Interagency Committee on Oceanography. Biological specimens present unique problems, for these are data that cannot be digitized or filed. To process specimens collected for the national program, the Smithsonian Institution has established a sorting center. This new approach to data retrieval will be of great help to scientists engaged in taxonomic studies. Also in Washington, the National Oceanographic Data Center. Central clearing house for data received from government agencies, scientific institutions, and other nations engaged in research and survey work. Here, data are compiled, processed, and preserved in a form permitting rapid retrieval. Sure facilities must also be expanded to study data collected at sea, and carry out the many research projects requiring laboratory work. With government assistance, modern marine laboratories have been built and equipped for research in many areas. The new tools of oceanography are numerous. As the national program accelerates, scientists require advanced equipment, better instruments, facilities of all kinds to support research efforts involving many disciplines. An important function of the Interagency Committee on Oceanography is to anticipate these requirements and work with participating agencies and institutions to assure that scientific facilities are used to the best advantage. But laboratories and equipment are of little value without experienced creative scientists. As the national program accelerates, specialized knowledge in many scientific disciplines and in an increasing variety of technologies is needed. To follow in the footsteps of the scientific leaders of today, the Interagency Committee on Oceanography is studying ways of recruiting promising college and university students and preparing them for careers in oceanography. Federal grants from the National Science Foundation and the Office of Education are encouraging many young men and women to continue their studies in the marine sciences. These are the scientists of tomorrow who will seek their challenge in the sea. The Navy's far-reaching 10-year oceanographic program, TENOC, requires trained personnel. At the Naval Academy and throughout the Navy, training is being accelerated. Allied officers too are receiving specialized instruction at the Naval Oceanographic Office, encouraging evidence of the growing cooperation between the nations of the world in advancing the science of oceanography. The World Ocean, belonging to no nation yet a common laboratory for all, is so large, so complex that international scientific investigation is essential. To assure that the efforts of the United States are coordinated where possible with the 43 other nations having oceanographic programs, the ICO is working through the Department of State at the United Nations to participate in established scientific expeditions. The TENOC 64 program is going to be a keystone to the progress we're going to make. The Tropical Atlantic, Equalant, was recently the scene of an important cooperative effort involving the operations of ships from Argentina, Brazil, the Republic of the Congo, Brazzaville, the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Representing the United States were the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Navy, Coast Guard, and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. All made ships and research facilities available to the scientific community through the Interagency Committee on Oceanography. The waters of the Tropical Atlantic have the potential of becoming a major world fishery. In the Indian Ocean, the National Science Foundation is coordinating the participation of federal agencies and more than 100 American colleges and universities in the International Indian Ocean Expedition. Among the many areas of scientific interest are the geological and geophysical characteristics of this unique and relatively unknown part of the world ocean. This expedition will not only contribute to the United States' effort, but also promises to stimulate science in the nations of the Indian Ocean, many urgently needing protein food. This is one of many challenges to be met by the nations of the world. It is estimated that 440 billion pounds of fish could be taken from the oceans of the world each year without seriously depleting its abundant stock. 440 billion pounds. Five times the world's present annual catch. Thus, through international cooperation and an accelerating national program, knowledge of the sea is being broadened to help conquer this last frontier on our planet. The seas around us represent one of our most important resources. If vigorously developed, this resource can be of great benefit to the nation and to all mankind. But it will require concerted action, well directed, with vision and ingenuity. It will require the combined efforts of our scientists and institutions, both public and private, and the coordinated efforts of many federal agencies. It will involve substantial investments in the early years for the construction and operation of ship and shore facilities, for research and surveys, for development of new instruments, for charting the seas and gathering data, and the training of new scientific manpower. It will be an exciting enterprise in which all Americans should take part. The sea is all around us and is part of our lives. We should master it. We should know about it. And I'm glad that the United States is committed to this great effort.


Though the genetic contribution to lifespan may be relatively minor, are there specific genes that have been associated with longevity? The leading method for complex genetic mapping is called genome-wide association analysis, which is essentially a massive game of go fish, comparing a million or more letters of DNA between groups of similar people looking for a match. So for example, if you stretch out the DNA of hundreds of centenarians and compare those sequences to that of non-centenarians, is there a DNA letter at a certain position that centenarians share disproportionately? The problem is hundreds of centenarians are all researchers are typically able to find. Extremely long-lived individuals such as centenarians comprise only a tiny fraction of the population on the order of 1 in 10,000 or so. As you can imagine, the more people you have in a genome-wide association study, the more likely you'll be able to find a needle in the DNA haystack. There are so few people available to study for extreme longevity research, it becomes much more difficult to identify trends. Some researchers have tried solving this problem by lowering the age requirement to 85. Then you can enroll thousands into your study, but making it to 90 is not the same as making it to 100. In fact, statistically, it's as hard to get from 90 to 100 as it is to get to 90 in the first place. By using younger age brackets, we may miss out on discovering some secret centenarian sauce. That brings us to the largest genome-wide association study of lifespan to date, based on data from a million people. How were researchers able to include so many subjects? By correlating the genetic fingerprints of half a million middle-aged individuals with the ages of both of their parents, they were able to find a dozen DNA regions linked to lifespan that appeared to account for up to five years' difference between individuals. Twelve DNA markers is actually a surprisingly low number, compared to height, for example, which is determined by more than 400 different DNA spots, although unlike lifespan, height is highly heritable. A review of all the genome-wide association studies for longevity put together only found one gene confirmed in multiple independent meta-analyses, the Alzheimer's gene, ApoE. Beyond just determining lower or higher dementia risk, ApoE is the single most important gene when it comes to longevity, though again, that's not necessarily saying much. ApoE codes for protein that is 299 amino acids long, called ApoLipoproteinE. Some people have ApoE genes that code for the protein with the amino acid 16 at positions 112 and 158, known as the ApoE2 variant. While others have an arginine in those spots, the ApoE4 variant of the protein, and ApoE3 is the third major type of variant, which has one of each. Having genes that code for the ApoE4 variant increases your risk of cognitive decline, full-blown Alzheimer's disease, and premature death. If you have one copy of the ApoE4 gene from your mother or father, your odds of becoming a centenarian are cut roughly in half, and if you have ApoE4 genes from both parents, your centenarian odds drop by more than 80%. What does this protein do to have such a powerful impact on our health and longevity? ApoE is the primary cholesterol carrier in the brain, and plays major role in packaging and transporting LDL cholesterol throughout the body. The LDL cholesterol level in those with ApoE4 genes averages more than 40 points higher than those with ApoE2 genes, gunking up the arteries that feed both the heart and the brain. LDL cholesterol is a risk factor not just for heart disease, but Alzheimer's disease as well.  The difference in cholesterol level caused by the different ApoE genes can simply disappear if you had a diet low enough in saturated fat and cholesterol, so diet can trump genetics. This may explain the so-called Nigerian paradox. If you inherit one ApoE4 gene, your risk of getting Alzheimer's may triple. If you get ApoE4 genes from both parents, which occurs in about one in 50 people in the US, you might end up with nine times the risk. The highest frequency of the ApoE4 variant occurs in Nigerians, but they also have some of the lowest rates of Alzheimer's disease. How could that be? The population with the highest rate of the Alzheimer's gene has one of the lowest rates of Alzheimer's disease? This contradiction may be explained by Nigerians' extremely low blood cholesterol levels thanks to a diet low in animal fat and consisting mainly of grains and vegetables. Humans may have evolved to maintain an LDL level of about 25, but the average in the Western world is approximately 120. It's no wonder heart disease is the leading cause of death in high-income countries, and Alzheimer's disease, according to the World Health Organization, is killer number two. Too often, doctors and patients have a fetalistic approach to chronic degenerative diseases, and Alzheimer's is no exception. It's all in your genes, they say, and what will happen will happen. But research shows that although you might have been dealt some poor genetic cards, you may be able to reshuffle the deck with diet.


So after an encouraging performance at Banzer last week, it must be nice to be back on home soil for this Saturday. Yeah, better display from us. We've got to take the qualities from that game into this weekend. We put some building blocks back in place for how we need to play. And this weekend's got to be no different, home or away. We've got to give ourselves a platform within the game to get a result. You know, the work ethic in the team was how we expect it. And there was more of an edge of determination about what's to get a result. I think all the supporters who came to the game could see that quite clearly. And we won that game. I put on this pot, but I obviously saw them on Tuesday night. They gave Westbourne a job. It'd be a good game. You'll see a good chance to see them in live action ahead of this weekend. Yeah, they played well. It was a good couple of times for Westbourne. They looked a little bit like Lugluster, like a lot of the Premiership teams have done. They're getting slower league positions. Yeah, Portvale deservedly took it to extra time and probably could have won it.