Good morning cyber traders welcome back for the long 4th of July weekend. Good to see you mark Ben can see you Grant Ken Chuck everybody those great traders welcome back Hope everybody's all ready to go back to work.  Good to see Alita everybody Alright, so let's get to it. First of all a couple things that are gonna be going on this week Don't forget traders talk. Just let you know just got those upcoming events are gonna be up there on July 9th We got live trading with Falstow on July 11th, and don't forget the trading summit is coming up September 10th to September 12th. I know a lot of you guys been reserving your seats for it It's gonna be a nice explosive one. It's always a great event. Look forward seeing you guys there now. What happened on?  You know one thing I love about and the Opportunity you guys have is that by me living here in New York and and you know Being you know and surrounding myself with people that are in the industry because remember this is the financial capital of the World, you know, you know in my country club a lot of the traders people that go there are traders from big big big funds and They all have a different, you know perspective how the market works or how they trade the market and let me tell you They all said the same exact thing. They all said that the market looks higher market definitely looks higher, so You know and you know you see the job numbers coming out You see what's happening in the market and everything else So listen to swing trades are looking pretty good too. Also, but the day trading, you know Other than having what happened last week on on these holidays Hopefully you will learn a lot, but there's still was some opportunity to make some money on some stocks But we're looking pretty good as they help things go so far, but let's look at a couple of stocks I'm gonna get to this SGMO in a little bit because This was a pretty predictable pre-market trade. I know a lot of you guys trade it We'll talk about it and but I want to talk about what happened on Friday. First of all, let's start off with the KPT I trade right there, but a KPT I was a Great, great short. Let me fix this right here You can see this stock at 9 o'clock went from like 1040 all the way down to around 860 stock had a big big run up from 6 08 to 10. It was a great short It wasn't hard to borrow. I know a lot of you guys did great on it Some of you guys didn't kill it. You didn't have to I told you that's something that was gonna happen It was gonna be an easy market to trade as you know a lot of traders put their assistants in and they don't like to Ruffle the feathers and whatever it is. I just do a trend as a friend They won't buck it and that was a pretty good one for a lot of you guys the RV LV was another one on Friday Bring that up here. That one was also moved pretty nicely. That was a good afternoon runner And I know a lot of you didn't want to stick around on a Friday Especially it was beautiful on Friday gorgeous But that had a really nice run from the morning all the way going into the afternoon That was a typical Chart of what we trade in the market. You ran up the first hour from 35 all the way to 37 Flatlined which you know from following the cyber clock that everyone has or that will have the cyber clock on the mousepad and Then what after 230 230 37 all the way to about 39 just a great little mover right there So kind of worked out pretty well for all of us in the market You guys did pretty well wasn't a lot wasn't a lot but more than enough what we need now What's going on this morning? I want to start off with this SGMO because this is a pretty unique stock I know a lot of you guys traded already in the pre-market It's want to bring up the chart right here and if you go back to my my chat At 840 in the morning I'm just gonna copy that and put it back in the chat room, but at 840 in the morning I says ice order at 1380 now How do I know there was an ice order in 1380 where a lot of us didn't really see it as much on the level 3 but on level 4 When I go right here, you could see that right here. There was a big big seller right there and that was at the 30 1380 right there and I saw that order that was sitting out there And that's why it dropped off from 1380 went all the way back down to 1327 so guys remember When we're trading if you didn't have a game plan on that and you didn't see that big order out there you'd have got really crushed on that one and it was a nice profit listen going from 30 1325 to 1380, you know pretty much there's your days pay but that big ice order out there really pushed down that stock pretty quickly and Remember told about having a game plan, but anyway that stock is going back on my watch list It's still it is up to 30 16 percent almost a half a million shares already traded You do got nice old ice orders everywhere in it So I'm I am going to keep it back on my order Actually, right now is it right now. I don't see any buying going on right now I see a lot of selling coming in there. Let's see a big ice order just popped up at 1340. So We'll keep an eye on that is he on here in the matrix Now he's not even on here. It's on it's on my love. It's on my level four order. All right So that one looks pretty good.  It looks like it's got some support levels right around here around the 240 You know, maybe a little bit lower in the 30s. You could see it from yes from lat from Fridays So it looks like that one's holding up pretty well. That one looks pretty good the GNCA That one also up a little bit of 4% 40,000 shares some of you remember the stock if you look here in the long-term We chart we trade this stock one from five all the way to about 11 in two days So we know the stock does move go back to your journals and see what's up with that, you know, like I said It doesn't look like it's doing much now but because we trade in the past these things some sometimes come out of the woodworks and This was this one just got decimated right here. I don't know if she's on your short list or whatever But you know, it's not a pharmaceutical stock. So we know that they do come back. All right. That's a good one good spread Million shares down 20% just took a big big hit. Looks like it's got some support levels here I see some big buyers hovering here But if you look on the level three, you could see there's a 9,000 share cell or 4,000, you know 4,000, you know a lot of cells going on I want to see but but I want to see the holds of support but as of right now and seeing a little bit of a foul-steal flag and then You know about regarding about swing trading. I want to just bring this one stock up here I don't know if you guys you know looking for some blue chip stocks, but I was I was just watching a Fox business and you know the one This is not very very many newspapers. I would actually Would read when it comes to in finance But there's one that I give a lot of respect for and it definitely has some great writers and that is the barons and Barons, you know is you know only comes out on the weekend I've been you've been reading it and following it, you know since the day I started trading and They they have the one of the writers on there and you saying that, you know Delta is actually a pretty good buyer on that Delta is actually a really good buy. So keep an eye on Delta the only thing I have an issue with it It's got to break this resistance levels at 60 bucks. So we'll keep an eye on that and then also. Yes, Ben They also were talking about Apple to Ben Ben just putting that little chat right there Regarding about Apple and I think they put that on it on a you put that on a sell On Apple if I'm almost positive Ben So that was a couple of blue chips that he pointed out. So anyway Listen is not a lot going on It's typical for a Monday morning, especially coming up from a weekend But I'm expected I expected to getting pretty volatile as the market opens up and then tomorrow It's gonna be a nice full day and I think everything's gonna go back to normal by then. All right, everybody in the meantime We'll see you back here at 2 30 for the afternoon meeting And I know we have a lot of new traders that are joining us today Listen, most important thing you need to do is just look listen and learn and talk to your education visor So he tells you exactly what's going on. Remember, I know everybody wants to trade doesn't mean you should okay And but the only way to know that is to see if other people make money So don't look don't count our money do what everyone else does All right, and everybody on all the fellow cyber traders that are here see something say something That's what it's all about. Good luck everyone. Happy trading. We'll see you back at 2 30


Since earliest times, man has been challenged by his environment. Nobody said it was going to be easy and it wasn't. The menace of tooth and claw and a host of other dangers was everywhere around him. Storm and flood left him isolated and helpless if he was lucky enough to survive at all. You couldn't exactly call it environmental control, but at least Noah did try to do something about it. Of course, Noah had a little advanced notice about what was going to happen to his environment. We too have some advanced warning about what is going to happen to ours. Like the weather, everybody talks about controlling modern man's environment, but how many people are doing something about it? These men are very definitely doing something about environmental control. They are engineers, scientists and technicians of the United States Army Environmental Hygiene Agency. Their job to help provide safer, healthier working conditions for military and other government personnel. Through continuous study, investigation and experiment, they work constantly toward a better environment. The U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency is located at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Its mission under the direction of the Surgeon General's office is to support the Army's preventive medicine program by providing its services wherever they are required within Army and Army-related installations. The agency was started in 1942 to provide industrial hygiene services to evaluate health hazards at Army installations and industrial type plants and to recommend control measures. Today, the original mission has been expanded to include a wide range of environmental services in medical, engineering and radiation areas. Here is an unprecedented array of scientific knowledge. Studies performed by Environmental Hygiene Agency engineers and scientists are made available not only to the U.S. Army on a worldwide basis, but to the other armed services, the academic community and to scientists of other nations. The degree of technical professional talent focused upon Army environmental health, both on the job and community-related. In today's complex industrial society, a multidisciplinary approach is essential to technical problem resolution. The agency mission is to provide specialized services through surveys and special studies in the field of environmental hygiene. Within this building are concentrated college and university-trained specialists who are experts in their fields. Any large plant or Army base presents a number of problems in engineering hygiene services. Air, water, waste disposal must be constantly under study for possible pollution and contamination. To consult and advise on these problems is the job of the engineering directorate of the agency. A mobile sanitary engineering laboratory equipped with latest scientific devices brings a team of specialists to a survey site. One of the major studies conducted by sanitary engineers is water quality in and around federal installations, including Army camps and industrial facilities. A pollution problem may involve a team of up to a dozen or more men and can call for the use of various sophisticated detection techniques. One method of pollution study is the use of remote monitoring sensors which are placed in streams or rivers. This remote system measures the characteristics of the water and telemeters the data back to the van. Here the data are analyzed and accumulated in the mobile van in preparation for computer analysis at the base laboratory. The team will measure the quality of a stream as it flows into an installation and then compare it with the quality of the water as it flows out of the area. Rainfall, drought and plant operation schedules may complicate the job of the sanitary engineering team. A water pollution field study can take more than two weeks in order to get suitable samples for analysis. At the Environmental Agency's laboratories studies are conducted in the biological treatment of industrial wastes. A scale model sewage treatment plant is used in determining the composition of compounds that will be needed to break up the various forms of waste products. Findings here will help in discovering new and more efficient methods for treatment of industrial waste water. In another type of sanitary engineering study, fish are raised in the laboratory and exposed to various concentrations of certain industrial contaminants. Study of fish survival tolerances may provide valuable data for recommending improved sanitation standards. Results of these experiments go a long way toward seeing that water resources around army facilities are kept free from pollution. This of course benefits the surrounding community. Agency's scientists conduct periodic studies in sanitary engineering at military installations and many plants involved in army activities. Air pollution has a high priority on the agency's testing schedules. Like the water studies, air pollution surveys are scheduled periodically at the industrial sites. Air samples are collected through a probe placed in the gas stream in a process exhaust system. A cable connects the probe to the meter box which registers pollutant levels. These pollution control experts are collecting an air sample from a suspected pollution source. To determine the nature of the pollutant material, air samples are returned to the agency and are carefully analyzed in a gas chromatograph. This chromatograph separates the air sample into its component pollutants for detailed study. What's in it? How bad is it? What can we recommend to clean it up? These are the simple questions that lie behind the complex investigations of the Army Environmental Hygiene Agency. They are questions that concern everyone. But to agency's scientists, they are more than questions. They are challenges, challenges that must be met with answers. To help come up with some of the answers, the scientist depends heavily on his survey equipment. A variety of highly intricate and sensitive detection devices are used by the agency's investigators. These devices must be kept in perfect working order if they are to do their job. The gas dilution board is used to create known mixtures of gases for the purpose of testing the accuracy of the detection instruments. Water and air pollution studies help the Army implement the presidential order calling for new and more stringent environmental controls at all federal installations. Personnel working in government plants come in contact with a variety of industrial materials such as paints, sprays and varnishes. When potential danger to employees from exposure in these areas is suspected, agency experts in industrial hygiene go to work on the problem. Equipment such as this atomic absorption instrument is used to check out samples taken from the environment under survey. The machine will measure concentrations of certain pollutants in the materials which might cause discomfort or danger to health. The radiation directorate of the agency is concerned with testing items which produce radiation. In the laser microwave division of the directorate, experts look for ways to prevent or reduce possible hazards in the use of laser beams for a growing variety of military purposes. The enormous power potential of the laser requires constant monitoring for burn effects and eye hazard to the operator and anyone else in the vicinity.  Other types of laser beams are used in artillery rangefinders. These must be checked out during development to make certain that they are not a hazard to personnel using the equipment in the field. Laser equipment is also monitored by agency laser experts at various satellite tracking facilities. Guidance in laser safety is provided to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This is not one of our moon travelers or a visitor from another planet. He is an expert in microwave radiation. Rest in protective clothing, his job is to monitor all equipment such as radar which produces radiation. By measuring the microwaves produced from the source, he can define areas within the microwave field that will be declared restricted to protect the health and safety of personnel. A hot meal for the soldier in the field has always been a concern of Army food planners. Mobile field kitchens containing high-speed microwave ovens are under development and the safety of these ovens must be thoroughly tested. Microwave ovens can leak microwave radiation if not properly constructed, maintained and cleaned. Agency experts check the construction of the ovens and develop maintenance guidance for the user. Food can be cooked in one-third the time it takes by conventional means. Monitoring of microwave oven doors and seals will be performed by medical department personnel both in the laboratory and wherever the circuits are located. Government personnel who work with radioactive materials require periodic medical observation. Wherever exposure to radiation is suspected, samples of breath or urine are tested for radiological contamination. Radiation content of the specimen is automatically printed out on teletype. A variety of sophisticated analytical equipment offers the scientist a means of evaluating radiation danger accurately and in the shortest possible time. A serious hazard to United States troops in the field is the possibility of acquiring diseases from insects. Studies in insect control are conducted by the entomological division of the agency's medical directorate, which is concerned with medical hazards to army personnel, dependents and civilian workers. Materials and equipment for insect and rodent control intended for use by the army are tested and evaluated. Close liaison is maintained with international health organizations stimulating a constant exchange of information of worldwide insect control measures. One of the great dangers in the use of insecticides and other pesticides, heavy contamination of the environment. Too much of the material may be deposited too fast in any given area. This may have a toxic effect on the environment and on people. One answer to this problem is a slow release pellet, which has been under careful experimentation by agency scientists. For use against weeds as well as insects, the pesticide is encased in a capsule which dissolves slowly over a long period of time and produces a very gradual release of the material. The release rate may be controlled and offers long-range pesticide protection. The pellets need only be dispersed once or twice a year. To protect the soldier against mosquito-borne diseases and bites, the Environmental Hygiene Agency developed this nylon and cotton mesh jacket. The garment, treated with a mosquito-resistant formula, retains its repellent qualities even after several washings. Field tests of the garment are conducted in areas with a high mosquito density. Agency scientists record the number of mosquito landings and probes per minute on the treated jacket for comparison with those on an untreated jacket exposed in the same area. In nearby water areas which contain mosquito larvae, or other insects, newly developed pesticides are tested by agency experts. The grasshopper, an airboat on loan from U.S. Army engineers, sprays test quantities of the materials. An important capability of the agency is investigation under scientifically controlled conditions in specially designed environmental chambers, combinations of time, climate, and season can be simulated for study purposes. Mosquitoes in these cages are reared under various temperatures and conditions of light and darkness. They will provide the means of determining the amount and strength of insecticides needed to eliminate them as a threat to the soldier. In certain environmental inquiries, field studies may be impractical or costly. For these situations, the control environmental test chamber offers a readily available opportunity for scientific evaluation. The search for environmental hazards extends to almost every activity in the federal service. In the toxicology division of the medical directorate, close watch is kept on the effects of potentially hazardous materials. Using specially designed equipment, experts test rocket fuels to determine possible toxic effect on personnel working in the missile and space programs. In the Occupational Health Division, optometry officers direct their efforts to the protection of eyes of service personnel and government workers. The fundist camera takes a picture of the retina of the eye. The photograph is used to ensure that no retinal damage has occurred as a result of exposure to certain occupational hazards. On the basis of agency examinations and surveys, recommendations may be made for improvement of physical surroundings, equipment, and protective materials. Among articles tested by the agency with recommendations for improvement have been such items as clothing, tropical combat boots, and personal body armor for the soldier. In the exposure of the soldier and the plant worker to high-intensity sound levels, hearing conservation becomes a critical problem. Agency scientists take their equipment into the field to make on-the-spot evaluation of noise hazards as they would affect the man on the job. In cooperation with other Army facilities, such as the Human Engineering Laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, agency experts provide consultation and coordination in developing safe environmental noise standards. Here, data is being compiled on noise levels from helicopter engines, which may be harmful to the pilot's hearing. Experiments with various types of noise-reducing materials in the pilot's helmet are conducted to help prevent hearing damage. Noise levels are conveyed to the noise-control console. Here, the intensity of the engine sound, as it would be heard through the helmet worn by the pilot, is determined. An agency audiologist records the noise-level readings for future study. Similar tests aimed at hearing conservation are conducted at industrial plants producing equipment and materials for the U.S. Army. Using information collected in the field, audio experts plot noise contour curves which will provide guidance for future procurement of sound-reducing materials. A special environmental sciences division of the agency conducts surveys and provides guidance in housing sanitation, food services and equipment, and hospital environmental control. Family quarters, homes, barracks and recreation areas are checked for effectiveness of sanitary measures. Disposal techniques are studied and recommendations for improvement are made wherever they are necessary. No environmental problem is beyond the reach of agency scientists and technicians. The full investigative effort of the Army Environmental Hygiene Agency is available for reference in an automated information retrieval system. Reports of studies which have been performed by the agency on any environmental subject may be quickly located on computers. Photographic reproduction and a variety of coded and automated index devices provide flexible and quick access to information. The agency library has one of the most complete collections of published material on the subject of environmental control in the country. More than 20,000 volumes cover every conceivable aspect of the subject. Magazines and technical journals keep personnel of the agency up to date with latest environmental studies from all over the world. A complete library on incidents of air pollution over the past 10 years is available for study on microfilm. Field surveys, laboratory tests and recommendations by agency scientists are written up in detail and issued for guidance in environmental control action. The United States Army Environmental Hygiene Agency unique in its mission, dedicated in its effort, the only agency of its kind in the world with so many scientific disciplines working together to protect the health and safety of those who serve the nation. It is part of a continuing army effort to preserve the health of military men and their families and to improve the quality of man's environment. In keeping watch on their welfare, the neighboring community is also benefited by water that is purer, air that is cleaner and an environment that makes for healthier living.


Iodine is an element required for the production of thyroid hormone, and thyroid hormone regulates the metabolism of every single cell in the body. The importance of iodine in the diet has really been understated, as the body cannot produce any on its own, and if we don't have enough iodine, we don't have enough thyroid hormone. Problems from iodine deficiency can range from goiter to hypothyroidism, and especially developmental problems during key stages of life, such as pregnancy and childhood development. Goiter. Without adequate iodine, the thyroid progressively enlarges as it tries to keep up with demand of thyroid hormone production. Worldwide, iodine deficiency is the most common cause of thyroid enlargement and goiter. Hypothyroidism. While this is uncommon in the United States, although we've been told to believe, iodine deficiency is the most common cause of hypothyroidism worldwide. Thyroid hormones regulate many important biochemical reactions, including protein synthesis and enzymatic activity, and are critical determinants of metabolic activity. They are required for proper skeletal and central nervous system development in fetuses and infants. Thyroid hormone also helps the body use energy, stay warm, and keep the brain, heart, muscles, and other organs working as they should. Pregnancy-related problems. Iodine deficiency is especially important in women who are pregnant or nursing their infants. Severe deficiency has been associated with miscarriages, stillbirth, preterm delivery, and congenital abnormalities in their babies. Even mild iodine deficiency during their pregnancy, which may be present in some women in the United States, may be associated with low intelligence in children. Indigenous people are ancestors, hunter-gatherers, demonstrated iodine-seeking behavior. In the book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, by Weston Price, a dentist who went around in the early 1900s who was exploring indigenous groups because he was curious that they didn't have cavities, there is a woman who had a terrible goiter in her neck. She had come down from a 9,000-foot level in the mountains above Lake Edward. Here all the drinking water was snow water, which did not carry iodine. She had come down from the high area to the 6,000-foot level to gather the water, hyacinth, and other plants to obtain the ashes from these and other iodine-carrying plants to carry back to her children to prevent, as she explained, the formation of big neck, such as she had. The people living at the 6,000-foot level also used the ashes of these plants. Before the 1920s, iodine deficiency was common in the Great Lakes, Appalachian, parts of Northwestern United States, as well as most of Canada. The introduction of iodine salt removed this iodine deficiency, as well as this supposed goiter belt. Unfortunately, iodine deficiency is still an issue in a lot of countries. One interesting theory on iodine deficiency in regards to Neanderthals, or Neanderthals, if you're one of those people, is that they weren't necessarily Neanderthals because of genetics. It was because they were Cretans, aka people with severe iodine-related problems. This theory from Jerome Dobson was after observing the similarities in where Neanderthals were located to goiter belts of Central and Alpine Europe. This is countered by other anthropologists as they mention, key skeletal traits in Cretans are not found in Neanderthals. The most common theory is that Neanderthals disappeared because they interbred with modern humans. But there is certainly a lot of back and forth between these two ideas. One other interesting note is that although these two species coexisted, there is no evidence that they cohabitate or interbred, making this even more of a mystery. One thing to keep in mind is that modern-day Cretans are likely deficient in more things than just iodine. The only way to test this would be to follow a nutrient-dense diet absent of iodine. But that's not going to happen, and I don't think it needs to happen. There are plenty of Neanderthals still alive and kicking, judging by some of the YouTube comments. The molecular effects of iodine, as well as a lot of epidemiological evidence, points to its probable role in the prevention of cancers through its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. It has been shown in many studies that there is a statistical relationship to goiter and cancer. In collecting data for a book on iodine and the incidence of goiter, the accompanying maps were obtained, showing a resemblance between the distribution of goiter and cancer in Switzerland. A self-reported goiter is associated with significantly increased risk of stomach cancers in a large population-based Chinese cohort. In another study, iodine-deficient people had been shown to have more occurrence of stomach cancer as well. There are many nutrients key to developmental stages of life, and iodine is no exception, especially in nursing women. If iodine is not present in the diet, it will not be present in the breast milk. This is also important during pregnancy, really any developmental stage of life. One source of iodine is seaweed, and you guys have seen me consume seaweed in several of my day of eating videos, and upon looking at this information, seaweed might not be the best source for some people. Levels of iodine in seaweed vary widely according to species and how the seaweed is dry. One study found a huge range of 2 to 817 micrograms of iodine per 100 grams. Odine content is reduced when seaweed is dried in the sun, and iodine may vaporize during cooking and humid storage conditions. So seaweed is a very inconsistent product to say the least. Seaweed also contains certain anti-nutrients, such as lignins, phytoestrogens, that can depress thyroid function. This may explain why thyroid problems, except for goiter, are common among the Japanese even though they eat a lot of seaweed. I think this ties a lot into the source of seaweed and how frequently you are consuming it. I don't think it would be bad to consume a sun-dried seaweed in a small amount once a week or once every two weeks, as long as you're not exceeding your recommended dosage of iodine every day. One thing that's super exciting to me is that you can actually get iodine transdermally. This study shows that iodine has approximately a 10% bioavailability when applied to your skin. One issue with this is controlling the dosage. It's hard to know how much iodine is actually being absorbed through your skin based on how much you put on. The other issue is anyone who's used iodine before knows how badly it stains certain things. I tried using this in my bathroom that had very nice, clean white grouting and tiles and it looked like someone killed a dog in there and left it for about five weeks. So definitely something to be said about being careful when applying this transdermally. I'm going to show you guys how I usually do this and keep in mind, do not rub this on a part of your body that you want people to see. So the fatty parts of the body tend to be ideal around the stomach area. So if you did want to rub this on your stomach, I would put a few drops. I would be very careful as it's a very thin liquid, so it will flow really quickly. So I just rub it in like that, leave it. I usually put on a lot more, occasionally I'll rub it all over my whole body and just test the absorption. Now as you can see after I rub this on my hands, my hands look like iodine and I really do like using iodine for sanitizing my hands. I've actually been doing that lately. That's how I've been getting my iodine by cleaning my hands with it. And people might think you're an alien, but people think I'm an alien anyway. Another issue to be brought up on the topic of iodine is that certain vegetables, especially cruciferous vegetables, can cause goiter. These anti-nutrients contained in things like cabbage and turnips have been found to cause hypothyroidism in animals. Two mechanisms can potentially explain this effect. The hydrolysis of progoitrin found in cruciferous vegetables may yield a compound known as goitrin, which may interfere with thyroid hormone synthesis. The hydrolysis of another class of glucosinolates known as indole glucosinolates results in the release of thiocyanate ions that can compete with iodine for uptake by the thyroid gland. One study in humans found that the consumption of 150 grams a day of cooked Brussels sprouts for four weeks had no adverse effect on thyroid function. But these were cooked and this has proven to reduce that specific anti-nutrient in the food. Now, drinking a raw kale shake every day might put you on your way to thyroid issues. One other thing I found out about was feeding seaweed to cattle reduced methane emissions by up to 99%. This really got me thinking that vitamins, minerals, elements play a much bigger role in nature and maybe even the universe. It's so interesting to me that a plant needs vitamin D2 just like humans need vitamin D3. A cow needs to convert the carotene in grass into retinol just like humans need to consume animal foods for the preformed version of vitamin A. There's something to be said about the importance of these vitamins and minerals and definitely a lot to be discovered over the next few years, few decades. We'll see what happens, but hey, I was here first, ladies and gentlemen. So a big shout out to adamatgrithin.com for the iodine protocol.  In order to find your ideal body temperature, you have to mess around with this a little bit. And the main sources of iodine, of course, are dietary. Seaweed is, to me, I think, still a good option. The best sources from an indigenous perspective would be shellfish, especially mollusks, clams, and really any seafood is a great source of iodine. Iodine is also contained in meat, eggs, dairy. It's much higher in eggs and dairy than it is in meat, especially raw, grass-fed, high-quality products. Those will contain iodine. I don't think your local supermarket milk is going to have a significant iodine content. I would also be wary of the iodine content of supermarket eggs. If you're going to a local farm and buying quality products, that's where the iodine content will be present. So liver is an example of an animal tissue that does have a reasonable amount of iodine, but you should really be either consuming seafood, supplementing transdermally, seeking foods that specifically have enough of an iodine content for you to optimize your health. Personally, I think I've overlooked the importance of iodine and probably a lot of other minerals and elements as well. The reason for this is because it's so easily, inherently achieved on a properly done indigenous or carnivore diet that you don't really have to worry about it. I was consuming fish eggs for most of my early years on the carnivore diet and I either consumed fish eggs or seaweed at some point in time because I realized that I needed to get iodine in my diet in some way. So thank you guys for watching. If you guys would like to support the channel, please like, subscribe, and share the video. In my Amazon shop down below, cod liver oil is a good source of iodine. There's also the canned cod liver and I have some seaweed from Maine Coast Sea vegetables. That's some decent quality stuff. If you guys want to get your hands on it immediately, they do sell this at a local hoe foods and the cod liver can be obtained at like a Polish or Russian grocer. They might even have some fish roe, fish eggs at reasonably affordable prices. If you guys want personalized question support, you can check out my Patreon. That's a great way to answer questions one-on-one. I'm on Instagram guys, I'm on Twitter arguing with people and posting cute selfies. If you guys do want to reach out to me for one-on-one consultations in regards to optimizing your lifestyle, maybe even considering an iodine protocol, you can send me an email frankatufano at gmail.com or contact me through the form on my website below. On that website is also some hygiene products like Frankie's Naturals lip balm, my hair pomade, my tooth powder, and some deodorant I wear.


Okay guys, so I am back today with a top 5 WTF moments of the week and some of these are absolutely insane, they really are. If you guys do enjoy the video, leave them a like as much appreciated on my behalf and to be in with a chance of winning my weekly Destiny 2 beta called Giveaway or my Resurrectionist emblem giveaway, simply drop a comment down below. But let's get straight into this top 5. In at number 5, we have a clip sent in by WorstChewToy22. Now this isn't the playlist. Then we can also enter falling out of action. At number 4, we have a clip sent in by Bob Frank Studios. When you kill him, but the game is having none of it and basically self-resist the boss. Sent in by MythicMonster, and the subject of bosses being brought back to life. Here's Golgoth doing the same thing. Clip sent in by Leb Icon96. To me it looks as though this tank is trying to break dance. I mean what is actually going on here? Number 1, we have a clip sent in by Anubis108. As soon as I would have saw that tie and self-res, I would have switched my console off. Lucky to get the win to be honest. But guys, that is the end of this top 5 WTF moments of the week. If you enjoyed the video, leaving a like is much appreciated on my behalf. Thanks as always for stopping by and I will see you on that next one.


So we're here with Kamura Tech and who are you? I'm president of Kamura Tech. And what are we looking at here? Because we made a kind of printed electrodes to assemble some components on it and this is very thin and light. That's why to demonstrate that by printing on the balloon. And here what are we looking at? This is the same there? The same thickness is almost two micrometers film and they even put the circuit on it. And I hope this is useful against future biotechnology or biosensors also. Biotechnology, so patches we put on the skin and so how soon is this available? I hope so within five years. Within five years? Why so long? Can I do faster? No already we can attach the film on the balloon but the skin or health care things still need a long time. Because there's a lot of movements and it's better not to break the system right? That's right. So you have more challenges to fix? What are you saying there? Is this part of your expanding technology? We are producing machine also, printing machine. This very small print one meter. This type of output from this printer, even gravity offset printing, multiple in one machine. Silver nano? Copper nano what do you do? Our machine is now available for silver nano, copper nano, silver nano wire and conductive polymer like P.PSS things or even organic LED. And in future of course by printing MLCC or organic transistor for the future. And that is going to be used for the touch panel or additional layer, optical layer also. Nice. And what is this thing up here? What is that? This is the visual of the transistor and the filter. It's made by gravity offset printing. Actually in between these two electrodes there are wire mesh here. But the wire mesh line and space is 5 micron and 300 micron space. That's why almost invisible. And still we continue to developing the kind of finer size of the electrodes. But at this moment the limit is 5 micron wire mesh. So this invisible transparent, it's just light in the air. Yeah. It's with nothing nearly. There is something. But how does it work? It connects and... Yeah, it connects in between and here is a wire mesh and this side also another wire mesh. And both sides to conduct the electric power from one side to another side. That's why this LED turn on. Nice. So this is going to be bio? It's going to be what else? This is going to be the conductive film. Actually this kind of wire mesh is here. And by using this kind of 5 micrometer line and space 300 micrometer then you can make the kind of film, conductive, almost transparent conductive film by using this technology. Nice. And that will enable to EMI shield film or even in future touch panel film also.


Hello everyone and welcome to this week's Product School webinar. Thanks for joining us today. Just in case you didn't know, Product School teaches product management, coding, data analytics, and digital marketing courses online and in our 15 campuses worldwide. On top of that, every week, we offer some amazing local product management events and host online webinars, live streams, and ask me anything sessions. Head over to productschool.com after this webinar to check them out. Today, we have an awesome guest presenting. I'd like to introduce you to Lillia Gorbachev. Lillia is currently a product manager at Intermedia in St. Petersburg, Russia. Previously, she has worked as a project manager at Yendex Money and a software testing engineer at both Logic Explorers and EMX. Feel free to leave any questions for Lillia in the comments and I'll be sure to ask her them at the end. Without further ado, let's welcome Lillia. Thanks for joining us today. Hello everybody. Thank you for having me today. And I'm so excited to be here. So let's start. So today we will talk about testing with partners, how to test with partners, how to work with partners, and how to select partners for your testing. In most cases, we will be talking about beta testing. So before we start, just several words about me. I have more than 10 years in IT and I started as a QA engineer. And still, software development, software engineering is my passion. That's why I'm still here working as a product manager. So how we, we will talk about how to attract partners, how to be attractive for partners, as a beta testing provider, how to plan a beta, and what we should do and what we shouldn't. So let's start. When I talk about partners, I have in my mind several types of partners and it could be a value-added reseller, it could be an OEM, it could be an MSP, it could be a referral. But for our discussion today, in most cases, I would refer to MSP and value-added reseller because these two types of partners provide services, but they are working as independent providers. And they are the most active participants in beta in most cases and they have knowledge that we're interested in. So first of all, why do we care about partners? Why do we trust partners? And why do we want to test our software with partners? So different companies have different styles of business and if we do sell our product through partners, it means that partners are our best friends. We trust partners, we work with them. And according to analytics, up to 70% of IT purchases are made through partners. That's why it is important channel for us, for our companies and for us as a product managers. And we need to care about partners because they actually make money with us. It means they bring money to our companies. And what is important here, that actually we need to have two sales. The first one from our company to our partner and the second one from our partner to the end user, the end customer. It means that if we don't have the sale number one, we have nothing. So we need to take care of our partners. We need to be on the same page. At the same time, our partners have the knowledge about their end customers because they do care about them. They, in most cases, they sell not only your products, but other products. They do provide services like support and maintenance and a lot of other services. So they are actually treasured for us. They have a lot of information we as a product manager are interested in. So let's imagine we have a new exciting feature that we would like to test. We would like to have a beta testing with our partner. So from my experience, there are two main options here. Option number one, when we test the feature, the product with partners only. And this is a great option when we want to mitigate our risks, when we want to have more control over the testing process. But it is not suitable option for all cases because we have a limited target audience. And in cases, when we need a special target audience, beta testing with partners will not be the best option. That's why we have option number two when we test with our partners and their clients. It is better because we have more audience for our testing. At the same time, we have partner as a source of information, as our provider to end users' world. And we can reach our target audience. We can select the target audience more carefully to make sure that we test our product, test our feature with the right target audience. But at the same time, we have more risks. We cannot control, like end to end, the beta testing process. And in most cases, we have less feedback because we have additional steps in our beta testing process. It means that we will have less information. So let's talk about partners, how we attract, how we engage partners, how we need to be attractive for our partners. So I use multiple sources for partner engagement, feedback, sales team, interviews, events, and cold emails. So let's take a look at each source of our partners, our beta process. And I will share how I use different sources for my purposes and what are the best practices from my experience. So the first one, this is the feedback. It's completely free resource for you because everybody now has a feedback button on their site. And a partner end user could actually provide the feedback for you. So if your partner provided a feedback via any channel, it means they already invested their time in you, in your product. They do care about your product. It means they tend to invest even more. So if you follow up with this kind of partner who provided feedback, ask more information, ask what you think about this or that feature, ask to participate in beta. They probably, in most cases, say, yeah, yeah. I want to try. Let's do it. Another pretty interactive source of partners, this is the events. And it could be conference if your company organizes conferences for partners. It could be any kind of forum or Q&A session or a webinar, anything. In intermediate, we have tried a webinar for partners as a source of beta testers for us. And it worked pretty well. So it was a regular webinar for partner. And at the end, we said, OK, if you want to participate in beta for this product, this feature, please let us know. And we have a number of partners. So this is the great source of partners. And at the same time, if your partner participates in this kind of events, it means that they actually involved in your product, they are interested in selling your product. It means that you can count on them. So they will not only just say, OK, I will install the application and do nothing after that. No, no, no, they will install your application. They will sign up for beta. They will provide feedback. And if you ask to perform any kind of special scenarios, they will do that. So this is the main target to find not only just any partner, but engaged partner. Sales team. Yes, we all know our sales members. We need to keep in touch with them to know what's going on with partners, who is interested in what features, who is saying what, and the sales team, they actually great source, not only feedback, not only information regarding lost deals, but also information regarding your partners, who actually asked regarding this feature in last month, for example, who is super excited about the upcoming feature you're working on, who said that he's super excited and wanted to participate in any kind of activities that you will provide. You will know all of that from your sales team. Another source of your partners interviews and surveys. So probably everybody has surveys or interviews. I think this is what we do, actually. So no matter why you survey your partners, at the end of your survey, you can ask for participation. Like, are you interested in this? Let's try it. And actually, when you ask to participate in beta, it doesn't mean that you need a perfect product at that stage. So your partners are really partners for you. And you can create manual beta testing with manual steps. It could be not fully automated workflow for them. And it is critical to try something very quickly to understand is it working or oh no. And to try these raw ideas, raw features, raw products, perform some kind of testing, it is really great to have the feedback as early as possible. So when you run your feedback sessions, regarding feedback sessions with your partners, ask about beta participation. When you interview your partners regarding your new features, when you try and test your ideas, ask about participation in beta. And you can interview a partner for one project, one product, and ask to participate in the interview for another product. It will be OK for them. So don't just don't underestimate this source. And another one called emails. And I know that a lot of us don't like cold emails because of low response rate. And from my experience, I can say that the response rate for partners is pretty high comparing with the end users. So don't underestimate cold emails. They are not dead tried. And you will have more, even more engaged partners ready to participate in your activities. And at the same time, when you send cold emails, and for example, your partner replies that, I'm so sorry, I don't have clients with this new feature or with this target audience. It's OK. But at the same time, your partners will have the feeling that you, first of all, care about them. Second, you value their opinion. And probably next time, when you propose to participate in another feature test, and they will be happy, they will be happy to provide feedback to you. So we have a list of partners, right? We want to start. We are super excited about our new feature. So what about the plan? I can imagine that in your mind, you have the plan. Probably you have the plan in writing. But what's more important is to provide the plan to your partners. Because they are not only excited about your features, they are pretty busy doing business. That's why your plan will help them to plan their activities and to make sure they can participate in your beta. Then they can spend this amount of time on your beta and make sure that they actually can provide the valuable feedback. So when you provide the beta plan to your partners, make sure that you provide the start and the end date of the beta. Because they need to know how much time they need to invest in this kind of activity. So what to expect? How much time you need to invest on a daily basis, on a weekly basis, I don't know, whatever. Because when you set the expectations, it would be accepted as a positive. Because what you are doing, what you want from this process, that's why it is OK to participate, not to skip it. And it also will be great to provide some kind of guidance. What partners need to do during your beta testing process? Do they need to act like they do it on a regular basis? Do they need to actually follow special instructions or special scenarios for your testing? Do they need to pretend that they have another role? So you need to set it pretty clear, because probably your partner needs to identify the person who will participate in your beta. So another important point here, how to provide feedback? Because this is the actual target to get the feedback. And the gathering feedback mechanism should be super easy. It should be so, so easy. So because if you say this is the email address, just send me an email with your feedback, you will get less emails comparing with other automated feedback mechanisms. Because when they do use your application, they have an idea or they found a bug. They need to have an ability to send the feedback just immediately. They don't need to search for your email. And probably they don't remember. They cannot find your email. And this is how you can actually fail to get the feedback. So make sure that the feedback mechanism is super easy. And nobody can misunderstand what's expected here. So from my experience, it is also a good practice to explain how the feedback will be protested by you. Because they provide feedback to you and it's some kind of black nothing. So explain how would you process the feedback. So what are you looking for? Probably what kind of feedback you are looking for? I don't know, performance or bugs or any anything. And at the end of the day, set expectations regarding the exit interview. If you will have so. Or it could be a survey. Or you will ask to write some kind of free form email with overall impression from your feature. Something like that. The next important aspect of the beta testing with partners is calculation. You need to calculate how many partners do you need to have enough feedback and another aspect of it. So you need to have a certain amount of partners. So the feedback they will provide will be meaningful. So what do I mean by that? If you have two partners to test your feature, probably it's not enough. Because they can have pretty narrow experience. They have pretty special target audience. So you might not get this overall average feedback. So make sure you include different partners with different target audience. Or if you need with special target audience. So make sure that the feedback you will gather, it will be something for you. It will not represent some kind of corner cases or anything like that. At the same time, don't think that all partners will be 100% involved, 100% active. And everybody will provide 100-point list of feedback to you. So if you decide that, for example, you need 50 partners for your testing, add another five to have overall 50 partners feedback. Because somebody will have some emergency or they will be overloaded with their business questions. So make sure that you cover these risks. And another important point that beta testing with partners, this is the day-to-day interaction. And make sure you can handle this load. It could be your team, your product management team. You can also ask your development team, I don't know, QA engineers or developers that are interested. You can ask UX engineers to participate in this interaction. But make sure that you can actually handle the load. And several important items to remember for you. Don't ignore the feedback you're in beta. And this is the common case when you cannot handle the load. And you can do nothing during this beta but to process the feedback. So planning is everything. Always follow up. So make sure that you answer and say thank you for your feedback. Because it will help to build relationships with your partners. And at the same time, probably it will not be the last beta for you. So plan ahead. After you close your beta, ask your partners to participate in some kinds of future activities. So this is how you build your team, your trusted team of partners you can rely on and you can continue testing with. So that's all for today. Thank you for your attention. And I will be happy to answer your questions. Awesome. Thank you so much for that presentation, Lilia. That was great. One question we like to ask all of our speakers is, do you have any advice for aspiring product managers? Yeah. The best advice I can give is try it. Because at the beginning, it might be scary. You might be afraid to ruin your relationships with partners by doing something wrong. But we all human beings, we all make mistakes. So just try it. Just start doing that. And this is how you get the experience. There is no other way to get the experience. Awesome advice. I like it. One question I think is more of clarification. When you use the word partner, are you referring to stakeholders within the firm? No. No. I mean partners outside the company if you resell your product through the partner network. This is why if you resell your product through partners, this is how your partners know about your customers, about your end users. Awesome. OK, thank you. I think that wraps it up. We don't have any other questions. So thank you so much for presenting today. Before we leave, I want to give all of our viewers some more information about our upcoming courses and events so they have the resources to become a product manager. Our product management, coding, data analytics, and digital marketing courses are taught by industry experts working at companies like Google and Facebook. And in addition to that, we offer weekly online and onsite events at our 15 campuses around the US, UK, and Canada. If you're located near campus, make sure you stop by one of our weekly events every Wednesday and Thursday. Also, you can find us on social media at Product School and be sure to keep up with the latest product management content at theproductblog at productschool.com. So thank you all for enjoying. Thank you all for joining. Enjoy the rest of your day. And I hope to see you next week. Thank you, Lillia. Have a great day. Have me. Bye.