Hello, and welcome back to another Aughty Time stream, autism stream. Place to be for all questions, autism, self-improvement, mental health related things. How are you guys doing? Ah, it's um... It's been a funny week this week, and I have been not doing so good with my nutrition at the moment. I need to get back on things. Hi, Joshua. How are you doing, man? Hi, Angela. Yeah, it's um... Things are a bit, still a bit tough, but I'm crawling through. Um, I wouldn't like to say powering through, because it is very gay, you know, it's taking some time to get back to things. Yes, we are finally back, Mr. Joshua, our hydration manager of the stream. How are you doing, Angela? Konstadina Zafiri says, good to see you again. I lay upside down, BRB, no worries. Hello, Mr. Austin. How are you? How's the gym going, man? Today I have been to the very lovely place called TK Max in the UK, to try and find some bargains. I'm trying to like, upgrade my style a little bit at the moment in prep for when I go to America and I start doing all these podcasts and TV shows and stuff. So, trying to get on point with things, really. Mark Dragunov says, hi, Tom. Nice to see you, man. Nice to see you too, Jack. How are you doing? As you all know, I am at the moment taking a bit of a step back from social media, from doing my regular posts. I have made like one since I did that post, but that was just kind of like, I just wanted to make that one. You love TK Max, yeah, it's a good place. Hi, Julian. How are you doing? It's been a while. I'm liking your infinity badge. Well, yeah, what was I saying? Yeah, life being very up and down at the moment and I'm just trying to kind of get to a point where I'm stable and there seems to be like, a lot of things that just like propping up everywhere that are just like, preventing me from self care and you know, doing all that stuff. I wouldn't like to say preventing, but it's definitely for in like a spanner in the works, I'd say. Audiences and Ways says, how are you doing in the summer heat? It's actually not too bad. It's pretty like, it's warm, but it's not like overwhelmingly warm at the moment. TK Max is good, yeah. Hello, Nathan. How are you doing, man? Looking Henshah's tag tank. Well, I'm trying. Like, it's only been like recently, I think about probably like three months ago that I started to do some like proper arm isolation work and it's starting to show a little bit. I've always been like really arm and shoulder dominant and just not really having any chest muscle at all. So I haven't really been focusing on like, trying to build my arms up as much as usual, as most people would. But I'm kind of getting to a point I want to like, maximize everything. Bree says, we have TK Max in the US, not a lot of clothing now. Well, there's a lot of stuff, a lot of stuff, TK Max in the UK. Angela says it was an emotional day week, emotional week, but feeling much better today. I'm glad that you're feeling better. What's been emotional about your week? Hi, Jordan. How are you doing, man? Joshua J. Williamson says, I hope you haven't been getting too much rain, Thomas. There's been like a little bit of like drizzle at the moment. So yeah, it's not too bad. It's a refreshing drizzle. You look great. Thank you very much, Brady. Jordan says, all good, Tom. How are you? Yeah, as I said, it's not doing the best at the moment, but I am trying my best. I'm going to the gym later. I'm going to try and like answer my emails that I've left for like two or three weeks and try and answer some DMs and stuff. But yeah, I'm trying to take a step back. I mean, if you're on YouTube, like I did release my podcast Monday this week, but I haven't been that good at like clipping things. But I think I'm going to leave the podcast clips for like the week after so that when I'm releasing a podcast, it's not just like that podcast and then like a stream of like the same clips from it. I'm going to leave it like a week a little bit. I'm going to put some streaming clips out that I did a week or so ago in the next couple of days. And I think I'm going to do like a proper stream at some point. So if you are interested in watching me commentate on autism content that's on YouTube, whether it's from the autistic community or from like mainstream creators, independent creators, that's what I'll be doing. It'll probably be like two to three hours can say it and chill and talk about different things and some questions, things like that. And that is over on my YouTube if you are on Instagram. It's terrible here for rain. Brin says I'm glad you're taking time for your mental health too. Well, yeah, I mean, it's like as part of my job, I work at charity and I work with quite a lot of young people with additional needs. So that could be autistic people, but it also could be various among different people. And I haven't really been able to go to any of like the in person events that we've been doing at the moment, which I felt really bad about. But, you know, I do a lot of like, we have like an hour every every couple of weeks where we can sit down. It's like this this whole peer support kind of thing. And it's really lovely and I often kind of share a lot about my experience in hopes that it might help. I talk a lot about like expectations that they may have themselves and things like that. And they also talk about like taking it taken easy on yourself when things are difficult. So I've got a, you know, some degree I've got to be like I've got a model like what I'm suggesting that people do when they're in a bad place. So it's kind of it's kind of good and kind of bad. But, you know, as life is streamed Diablo that for Diablo four, I don't think my Mac would be able to do that. To be honest, Austin, I think the most that my Mac can really handle is probably like RuneScape or like some some indie games or something. Maybe is messy autistic. I have no idea. Could very well be so I don't know. I'm not really into the lake. I'm not into football or for any Americans soccer. It's not really my cup of tea. Bree says that I've been struggling with hopelessness about the future not wanting to deal with school or work or talk to people and just being burnt out in life. How do you keep going as normal? Well, I suppose if I'm, you know, going to be open and vulnerable about it, I'm not doing the best at the moment. And I'd probably say that I am, you know, in a similar count to you, Bree, with things, it's difficult. And I think for me, it's all about those small wins, you know, trying to try to get yourself back up to the standard that you want is always going to be a tough thing.  Got to think of some small things that you can do each day that you can work up over a long period of time. Yes. It's tough. And I wish you the best with that because it's definitely something that I'm experiencing at the moment. Simon says, my guy, I'm a you're struggling to fill and record yourself. That's tough. Yeah, well, it's, it's, it's, it's a work in progress. If you look at any like top YouTubers, like I'm not by far not a top YouTuber.  But sometimes the best thing is to just start off and just keep, keep, keep going with it. And each time that you see something or you learn something, you make improvements and just keep going like that. Because if you enjoy it and that is the main thing, then you'll continue to upgrade the stuff that you're putting out over time. Dude, RIP for you. Upload more shorts. Oh, tip. Yeah, yeah, I know I'm, I do need to upload more shorts, but I am taking a step back from social media. So I usually put my reels out on Instagram and stuff. And then I will, you know, put obviously the amount of shorts and stuff. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. All Ali Ups are dancers. Why is it always so hard to take your own advice? Because often the advice that we give people, we give them, you know, we often treat other people better than we do ourselves. Like we think we're some kind of, well, I think I'm like, you know, I'm different. You know, I don't need to take on this dude, do these self-care things because I can just deal with it. And, you know, I think one of the best steps that I've made in terms of my self-care is by recognizing that I am not that.   You know, it's not, it's not always going to be like that. And it's hard but, you know, taking yourself seriously and caring about yourself is difficult. You know, it's boring sometimes.  But it's, you know, yeah. Yeah, yeah, I'm running two streams, one on Instagram, one on YouTube, yeah. Bree says, I've been trying to do things I know that I enjoy like hiking and camping, but even that is hard. Thank you. Yeah. And that starts the issue with burnout, depression, things like that.  So it's tough. Like, but over time, as I said, getting those small wins in, having a bit more compassion towards yourself, you know, you will get out of it. It's just, it can sometimes be frustrating when you know what your potential is when you're doing well. It's tough. Build about what he says. Hi, I'm Wendy. I'm an adult who's autism. Nice to meet you and listen to your podcast and Spotify. Thank you very much. Nice to have you in, Wendy. Absolutely, yeah. Bree says, and thank you for being vulnerable for us. It truly is helpful and means a lot. Well, it's, you know, it's, it's someone, someone's gotta be open about like doing badly with things like I am not doing the best with this all getting out of the burnout thing.   It's not, it's not always the reality of the situation, you know. I know, right? I've not brushed my teeth in 20 years. Surprisingly, I still got all of them not perfect, but lucky, I suppose my place is a mess. Yeah. That's the executive function thing. Build about what he says. I don't like teeth based or brushing my teeth. I get that. Um, what one trick that I found is, you know, because, you know, I confided in everybody that I've been struggling with something that I think might be BDD. So body dysmorphic disorder, which is body dysmorphia, but about your face. And so I'm, I'm quite preoccupied with it at the moment. And I got this toothpaste that I think it was called like high smile or something. Basically it, it whitens your teeth like immediately, like a couple of shades higher. So as part of somewhat somewhat riding on my, my vanity to improve my appearance of my face. I am, you know, I have that kind of immediate sort of response, immediate result from brushing my teeth, which has actually been quite helpful. And they also come in like some different flavors. I'm not sponsored. I got like a watermelon one and like a mango sorbet, you know, you feel furry after I feel like like having too much sugar makes my teeth feel furry. Brushing my teeth is like, it's not too bad. And the actual, the actual experience of brushing my teeth is not good. And the executive function it requires to do it is a lot. But you know, it's, it's something that goes up and down. And now that I've taken a bit of a step back with the things that I'm doing, I am managing to brush my teeth like the recommended amount of times per day. Not always in the morning, not always like last thing at night, but I do do it.  It's boring, you know, it's, it can often be like a lot of sensory distress as well. Kenzie Flies says that I might be autistic. What should I do? I'm a young, younger minor. My dad was making stereotypical autistic jokes about me, which made me notice that I might have level one high functioning autism. I definitely go, I definitely look into it more. I don't know how old you are, so I don't want to give any recommendations, but I definitely talk to your doctor or talk to anyone that you can and do some research about it, follow some actually autistic accounts, read about their experiences, see if that's something that you feel quite strongly. Maybe look at sort of the basic outline of what autism is in terms of diagnosis. You can try that. Yeah, it's a tough time and there's a lot of, as you said, like the, you know, the way that people are telling you is free jokes and it's often not like it doesn't have the best like stigma around it. It's to anyone outside of the autistic community or to anyone who doesn't have a very positive view of autism or a neutral view of autism. It can definitely feel like this kind of ugly label that's kind of put on you, but it's not like that. There's a lot of nuance to it and it does make it tough. It does make it tough to kind of accept that you are and feel okay about it and even tell people about it. It's just something that, you know, I mean, when I was diagnosed when I was 10, so I went through my teenage hood pretty much just despising the fact that I was autistic. You know, I put like all of the negative experiences that I was having onto myself and because I was autistic. Whereas it was a lot to do with the adjustments and the environment that was around me. So it's just kind of a little bit of a frame shift and as I got older I understood it as more as something that's not just social sensory problems. You know, it's a lot more nuanced than that. Cmonkey Lads says, I also get a sunken stomach feeling in trains weird. Yeah, sometimes the sensory sort of, especially like the executive function about travelling can be quite hard. I'm 25, haha, you're good bro. I don't go doctors. Even then, even registered, I never get sick enough for her. Well, that's good. I know a lot of autistic people really hate the hospital just because of how difficult the sensory experience can be. You know, you've got a lot of contrast, the bright lights, you've got a lot of noises and smells and like all that kind of stuff. Bree says, I tried to play a song I like brush to the beat. That's a good idea. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't happen. Yeah, I think I found use like in, so I have a routine where I go to the gym and then I come back and I have a shower because I'm sweaty and I need a shower. And after I've cleaned myself, I try to like brush my teeth in the shower. That seems to be a lot easier for me to work in. The only problem with that is that, you know, I have to go to the gym beforehand. And if I miss a day at the gym, I might be like, oh, I don't want to go for a shower and then I don't brush my teeth. And, you know, so I'm a habit of, I'm a creature of routine and habit. Joshua G says, I hope you're having a great day, Thomas. It's been not too bad. As I said, got some some cool clothes from TK Max. Andrea Dion and this says that I've been told I don't look autistic in my best chasing music voice.   It's crazy. Yeah, I mean, it's a lot to do with the stereotypes that are out there and the stuff in movies, stuff in TV shows, stuff in the media, you know, like they pick people who look a certain way because that's how they think autistic people are. You say a lot. It's something that's called like typecasting. I know some autistic actors who can't even get like an autistic role because they look too handsome or they look too good. And they just work out for that kind of thing. Now they want these kind of white male, nerdy, weedy guys. Nothing wrong with that, but that's what they look for in terms of like what autism looks like. And then that propagates this this annoying stereotype. It's very very annoying. Thank you tiny habit creator for buying a badge. Much appreciated. I think someone someone else bought a badge and I might have just got caught up with. Yes, Joshua J. Thank you. Thank you for Joshua G rather. Thank you for the badge as well. I appreciate that. Exactly boring also. I mostly hide from others.  I mean, I definitely used to do that. I'm trying not to as much in adulthood because I'm I think in general and I'm a bit of an I'm kind of like an ambivert. So I'm like in the middle of introvert and extrovert like I find relaxation in both of them. But the issue of being autistic is that usually my social battery is pretty flat. So it leaves me in a weird situation where I'm craving social interaction. But at the same time I can't handle it and it's not good for my like mental health. So it's it's it's a weird balance to strike. I think I very much like socializing conjugate tasks. Yeah, that is good. Have you ever tried neurofeedback? What were the kind of results? The feedback once. I think it was this like this headband that I put on at university that you basically monitors if you're thinking. So like it's linked to this meditation app. And if you're thinking a lot, then like the music that it relates to you is really stormy. And then as you get more children or more relaxed, you do you stop thinking about things so much. It becomes like bright and sunny. And if it becomes bright and sunny for long enough, you get like little birds tweeting and stuff. So I tried that and it was actually really cool. I think it's biofeedback can be really important because of the aspects of elixifying me. Definitely. Tabi Habit creator says that you are such an inspiration to my daughter and I both recently diagnosed autistic. I am so glad that makes me really happy to hear. Makes me really happy to hear. Thank you for the badge. Tabi Habit. You got one early. Yes, she did. I'm sorry. I missed it. Seamunkey lads says I have neighbors downstairs and they received my Amazon package. But I didn't want to disturb them for asking for my stuff. I feel bad and getting butterflies in my stomach. That's the way I was looking for. Yeah, I mean the rate of anxiety among autistic people is quite high. And because of our negative social experiences, we can often feel a lot of social anxiety. It's hard to know exactly how to approach it because it's a very long term thing. I think sometimes we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to perform in social situations. Like I definitely did when I was younger. When I was in group situations, I was like, right, I need to talk and be social and to be extroverted so that people like me more. It's not always the case, you know, and sometimes just sitting back listening in and chipping in. Now and again, not putting too much of yourself forward all the time. It can be a lot more comfortable. And some people appreciate it more, you know. Not everybody wants to be friends with people who are like talking constantly all the time and being extroverted and like pulling the group in together, you know. Hello, Alyssa. How are you doing? Would you guys be interested to see what I got from Tiki Max? Bree says, I use someone who has a lot of friends or just want to very close friends. I do have like one or two kind of really close friends. It's a bit weird because most of my really good friends, we don't really talk very much, but it's like when we meet up with each other, it's like, you know, it just kind of flows and we get on really well together. I do have a lot of friends, I would say, maybe. I don't really know about like how to classify like people that you know really. I don't know if that's, it doesn't feel very comfortable to me doing that. See, Mungi says, I'm good, but I try hard with new people. It's good to put your best foot forward, I suppose. Angela says, yes, you would like to see my new clothes. No, don't worry about it. Don't worry about spam, you know, it's all good, man. Well, Bryce family, how are you? It has been a while. Okay, right. Well, I am going to go get my new items of clothing, but I will be back in like 30 seconds. You can time me. Let's go. Is that 30 seconds? Did I, did I get it? Okay, right. Here we go. First item of clothing, which is annoyingly attached to some shorts that I don't think will fit me. But it's, it's a real pain to like try and find clothes that fit. Okay. I counted 24. Okay. Right. So I did it properly. Right. Okay. I can just, so first item of clothing. So I'm very, I'm trying to, I'm trying to get some more shirts that I like. So I've gone with some, it's a bit like, like the actual large version of it was really, really loose. And the only had a small, so I have like, um, yeah. So this is the first one. It's like a weird graphic smiley thing. I'm trying to find, it's, it's also difficult because I have to find something that fits me first, but I also have to find something that fits my very dark alternative aesthetic. I've got some shorts as well. I don't know if they fit or not because I did get like the small version of it. They might do. We'll see. We'll see. So that is item number one. Feel like, I feel like I'm doing one of those, um, do you know, like those shows that are on TV at like late night that sell and they're like bid off different items of clothing. Have you seen it? I can't remember what they called. You think less. I feel your pain. I'm looking for new swimwear today. Totally. Thank you, Ali. Okay, next thing. This is what this is like my favorite thing that I got today. It's another shirt, of course, because I have too many t-shirts and they don't have a lot of shirts. QVC. Yeah. That is it. Bit like the shopping channel. Yeah. Me and my mom used to, um, we used to like watch them late at night when we couldn't sleep. And, um, it was, uh, it was funny because I just like the way that they speak and they're just like trying to like describe the clothes in different ways without like saying the same thing, but they just come and they have to do it with like 20, 15 minutes straight. Here we go. This is like the best fitting one that I've got. So it's like properly like fits me well. Sort of the arms are obviously going to be a bit tight. But what can you expect? Here we go. I think it looks pretty good. You like the dragon one? Good. I think it's my favorite one. This one, I think I'm going to wear it on its own. The, like the, this one. These are shorts, but that shirt. I'm going to try and like wear it on top of something. Okay. I got some shorts. Just kind of black shorts. Not very interesting. And I got this one because I don't really go for patterns, but because it is black and white, I thought like, you know, I'll give it a go. I'll try it on. And it fits really well. Actually, it's just, I think the stomach area is just a bit like too loose. It looks quite good. I like it even though it's very flowery. Too many gains. Flex time. You used to watch those as a kid when you couldn't sleep too. That's so funny. We'll see monkey. It's, uh, I do, I do a lot of like public speaking and I've done a lot of podcasts. I think of my time. I genuinely just really enjoy doing the streams. I really enjoy it a lot. That's why I'm thinking of pivoting my channel to be like a podcast stream hybrid thing. Yes, you like the dragons. When are you coming to the US? Um, I think probably in about a month or so. Then we around like less Las Vegas area. I watched the weather channel when I couldn't sleep. Do, do, do, do, do. Jettler Lads says loving the new clothes. Man, you look great. Thank you very much. Um, it's, it's definitely like I am trying to find some things that I can wear that are a bit more like nice, not just t-shirts and gym tops and joggers like I usually have. I mean, I'm obviously going to be wearing like I didn't manage to find any bottoms apart from my shorts. The last one that I got is a bit kind of out there. I think I'm thinking maybe gym top, maybe sunny weather kind of thing.  This is the, this is the issue because I because because I do neck training for like when I get back into combat sports and stuff. I have like, um, my neck is very thick at the moment and it is sometimes hard to know if it makes it difficult to have like clothes. I mean, obviously, like, look, it was nearly, but it's a bit too tight around the neck, but I like it. Um, it would look like this if I didn't have my top on under. If you, if you can see, I have like loads of bumps everywhere. I think it's something that I think I might have got like sick or something because of my anxiety levels at the moment. There we go. So this is, this is the, the other one, which I like. I love the hood on that. Also, it's just a great shirt though.  Okie dokie. That is, that is all of the clothing items. We'll take some bids on what we want going one, two, three, seven to the bidder in the right.  Where have they gone? For anyone who doesn't know, I like to listen to music pretty much all the time. So yeah, um, I'm glad you like the little clothing whole thing. Mary says it looks good. Glad. Joe Z Rock says you are so cute slash hot. Believe it yourself. I'm trying to some degree to take on board positive criticism about my appearance, but it is not. You know, it's, it's a bit tough at the moment. The BDD is in full swing. I don't actually mind videos so much, but it's definitely like a, like a problem for me with photographs. It's one of the reasons why I haven't been posting as much because it just kind of like, I just, I just can't have a picture in my face. I suppose I could do like images and text and things like that. But I do very much like to keep a routine to like the type of posts that I do. Seamunks dad says my own catchphrase are made up means showing off in a good way. I see monkey letters as well. I heard did someone say music? I know a perfect song. Land of confusion by Genesis. Okay. I'll give that a go. Land of confusion. I'm not going to appear on the stream, but I will be listening to it. There we go. Oh, this looks, um, a bit, uh, metal-y. I was right. I've got it on now. You love the Cliven Hall, Joshua J. G keeps in J. Ally upside down says, uh, you're listening to music just now. Yeah. Um, well, that's brilliant. It's, uh, it's really regulating for me. You know, it's, um, I have, I think, like some people, some, I did see some research or some like, um, some suggestions by like, scientists and doctors and people, um, about, like, setting the scene for when you're in work mode and when you're in sleep mode. And for me, um, the way, just because I like listening to music, but also when I listen to music and I have my headphones in, it puts me in a, in a place to be like in speaking mode. You know, I do it when I'm doing public speaking. I do it when I'm doing videos, um, podcasts, live streams, any, anytime, um, that I'm going to speak. Um, and then another reason that I have them in is because I actually find my voice to be like a source of sensory distress. Um, quite a lot actually. You know, um, so when I have these in, it reduces. My perception of my own voice a little bit. It's kind of got that noise reducing aspect of it. Um, so it allows me to speak louder than I usually do as well. It's very interesting thing to have to be like put off by your own voice. So people will be like, Oh yeah, you're so quiet, Tom, like talking to me out in the public. Um, but yeah, it's, it's, it's literally because I don't like setting myself off. It's crazy. It's crazy. Uh, Bree says what kind of music is your favorite? I like alternative classical and rock. That is a very good combo. Um, I like everything really. I don't really have a specific like if it's a good song, I'll listen to it. You know, I don't tend to listen to a lot of songs that are in the mainstream just not because I don't like them. Um, but just because I hear them a lot. And any song that I hear a lot when I don't necessarily want to listen to it, um, it just kind of grates on me. You know, um, but I listened to a lot of dark trap music, um, rap, metal, um, a lot of alternative stuff to be honest. Um, but I do have a playlist of kind of chill, um, perhaps a little bit downbeat. Melancholic kind of music that I like to listen to a lot. Uh, Angela says me and my boyfriend love listening to music all day and he's a very good music set up. So the sound is so good. I love it. That does sound like the thing. Yes. Yeah. I don't know if I'd be able to get it past copyright, but your land of confusion song. Very good. Um, I think I've heard sons of plunder from disturbed before. Which I really liked, but I will add this to my, to my playlist. So thank you. Um, music is my way to regulate my emotions and relax. Yeah. Same. And also some, sometimes, uh, if I'm struggling to really process something that's getting me down quite a lot. Um, it might sound a bit weird, but I tend to put on really sad music because, um, sometimes I'm not always aware of how I'm feeling. And it allows me to be a bit more cathartic with like releasing my emotions. Like I find it very difficult to like cry and, um, get upset about things. Um, so a lot of the time, if I'm wanting to process, get past something, really understand how I'm feeling about something. Um, music does a lot for me to like bring it to the surface, I guess. Uh, ginger Pisces. What is that? No worries, Daniel. Uh, it will be, um, in the, uh, the, what's it, um, there will be a replay of the stream. If you want to go check it out. Um, I will be doing at some point, as I've said a little bit earlier, um, a longer stream. Um, probably what be tomorrow, not sure if it'll be Sunday. It might be quite late, late on Sunday or maybe, uh, Monday, uh, any, any point. I will be streaming at some point in a while. So thank you very much for sticking by. See monkey and all your questions and comments and stuff. I really appreciate it, man. Good luck with your channel. Hello, mistaken millennial. How are you doing? Chat. The lads says, uh, how do you manage relationships? Okay. When you're struggling with mental health, it can be so different for everybody. Um, I think, I think when I'm struggling with my mental health, I tend to be perhaps a little bit more independent in the way that I approach life. Um, don't worry about spamming. Um, Daniel says, uh, not like we sleep much anyway. It's Sunday. Sounds good. Totally. Thank you, Mr. Austin for a gifted, uh, sub to Mr. Curious. Thank you very much for that.  Absolutely. Thank you, man. Um, but yeah, no, I think a lot of the time when I'm struggling, I need to have a bit more focus on myself. So I tend to sort of become a bit more pull, like pull back from friendships, relationships, things like that. And trying to focus on myself and, and implement a lot of self care. Shout out to actual logistics. Indeed. Shout from the roof. Uh, good luck. Good luck. A melon says, I hope you're good. What would you say is the best way to set up a good surrounding to decrease sensory struggles? Like how to reduce the effects of it generally. Um, we can do two things. You can like adjust the things that you have around like your lights. Um, if you have the money for it, you can soundproof places. Um, you can get a fan, which I do a lot, which kind of overrides background noise a little bit for me. Um, or you can just get some accessories that you can have anywhere. So like ear defenders, sunglasses, blue light glasses, um, noise cancelling earbuds, like I have, there's, there's the things that helped me a lot. Um, and if you're wanting to, I would definitely recommend auditing the things that you have around because you might have some appliances that have like an electrical buzz to them. And that can cause a lot of distress for me. Definitely.  Um, just show me how a lot. You can get like these galaxy lights as well that have like a projection on your ceiling, which I find really relaxing, especially if I'm having like a meltdown or a shut down or something, you just stick it on and it's, it's good. It helps me regulate a lot. Ally upside down said that's super interesting for sure. Thanks so much for explaining. And the idea I will try it as well. You're welcome. Remember to stay hydrated. That is the Joshua G hydration reminder for y'all.  Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Hello, George. You okay, man? So we have about two minutes and then, uh, you needed the hydration reminder. Yeah. Joshua. Joshua G is the man for the hydrations. Um, it is very important, especially when it's a little bit warmer. So much, much appreciated Joshua G. Uh, yeah. So we've got two minutes left to the stream. Um, if you've got a question that you want to ask that's burning to be tongue, uh, go for it.  That sounded Dutch. What sounded Dutch? Ladies is the best city. You like leads? I mean, I'm not really much, much of a city person. To be honest, I do like my towns and villages. 10 minutes. That sounds Dutch. I'm just enjoying listening to disturb now. Try not to like head bang. I get stressed out driving in bigger cities. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, you grew up in Jenny fields. Oh, you're quite close, son. That's cool. Denny fields a cool place. Uh, orders and ways has come to Copenhagen if you want. Thank you. Uh, Joe, uh, said rocks as a, what advice would I think you might have sent that a little bit too, too early there. Uh, I hate those straws that get stressed out being in the passenger sheet on the M 25. Interesting. I, um, I find like car journeys, like being in the passenger seat really relaxing and regulating for me. Like some, sometimes if I'm really struggling and I'm like unable to sleep, like I'll, I'll ask like my parents come around and take me, take me for a little drive, which always helps a lot. What advice would you give to a mom? Hmm. It depends. Like is this mom autistic themselves? Do they have an autistic child? How old is that child? You know, there's a lot of factors involved in that. Hate traffic. That's why I never bothered to drive. Yeah. It's definitely other people that, that calls me the most problems in life. I think that could be said for a lot of light autistic issues that, that we might have. Right. Um, it is being absolutely lovely to chat to you all today. And, um, as I said, we'll be off making posts. Not so much, um, lately, uh, but we'll be back on it in a couple of weeks, maybe three weeks. Um, and I will get back to you. Uh, if you have enjoyed the stream and you want to support my work, uh, make sure to give it a like and consider being a member. Um, it's only like 99p, so it's not long.  Um, you can find it on YouTube and pretty much everywhere else. And, um, I also do, as I said, those two to three hour live streams. So if you want to get, get involved in that, if you want to follow me over on YouTube, give me a sub. Um, you'll be able to be notified when that, when that happens. I will try and make an insta story, but, um, I think you have to like be subbed or you have to have a YouTube account in order to comment and get involved. But yeah. Um, anyways, uh, wait, it says that I've been streaming for 52 minutes. Oh yeah, it's because I started, started later. Didn't know. Right. Well, I've just, I've just like done an exit sequence. So I think we'll probably try and wrap things up now. Um, thank you guys on Instagram for, uh, coming chilling out, asking questions. And also thank you to everybody who bought a badge. Um, very much helps a lot. Um, and I will see you next week. Five, five, 30 PM BST on Fridays. Take that guys and YouTube. Thank you for, for joining in. It's been lovely to have you again. And it's really nice that we're, um, yeah, it's being really cool. Um, I hope you, you guys had a good time. See you later, Julian. Thank you. See monkey, Angela, Daniel, uh, mistaken millennial for, um, coming and chilling out. Thank you very much, Austin. Oh, that's brilliant. I really appreciate that a lot. Really, really appreciate it. And, uh, anyone else that I haven't said goodbye to yet? I think that's everybody. It's nice to see you again, Julian, by the way. See you later, guys.


My name is Corinne Lechiri. I work at the Tindall Center for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia. And I work on the carbon-climate interactions. I first studied in high school physics, I really liked. I had a very good teacher and then I decided to do physics at university. But then I couldn't really find very much to do with physics. And I thought meteorology was a very interesting application of physics. I loved the weather. I just could see outside all the applications. So I registered to a master's in meteorology and I just drifted into climate science from there because they're really similar. The weather is climate science over very short periods and climate science is how the weather changes over decades. I focus now on carbon cycles. So I became interested in the drivers of climate change. So why is the climate changing? And carbon emissions is the biggest factor. So carbon is increasing in the atmosphere. But it doesn't entirely stay there. So about half of the emission, maybe even a bit more than half of the emission that we put in the atmosphere, end up in the natural environment. It ends up in the ocean and in the forest. And I'm very interested to look at what processes. So why does the carbon change pool? Why does it go from the atmosphere to the ocean? And is this limited? Is this going to continue forever in the future? Or will there come a point where the sinks will saturate or stop and stop absorbing this carbon we're putting in the atmosphere? There are mainly two carbon reservoirs that absorb carbon. We call them carbon sinks. The one that I'm most familiar with is the ocean carbon sink. So the ocean is potentially a huge sink for carbon. Say if we wait to the few thousand years, maybe 70% of the CO2 that we put in the atmosphere would end up in the ocean. But this happens very slowly because the interface between the atmosphere and the ocean is the ocean surface. It's very small compared to the whole ocean that is underneath the surface that we don't see. It's very deep and it has a very big mass and it can store a lot of carbon. So what happens is the carbon comes from the surface and it dissolves. It penetrates in the ocean, but then it has to be transported from the surface to the deep ocean where its real potential for storage is in the deep ocean where there's so much water. So I'm looking at these processes, so what determines how much carbon goes in the water this year, how much will go next year, and so on. And that depends on what is in the atmosphere and how fast the ocean circulation turns around. We have a lot of measurements, millions of measurements in the ocean surface of how the CO2 is changing. And the first thing that we see is that the CO2 is increasing the same way that CO2 is increasing in the atmosphere, but there is evidence that the CO2 in the ocean may not be following or may not be increasing at the same rate as the atmosphere. So the carbon sink, maybe we say weakening, so maybe not be so efficient at absorbing emissions as it used to be. And there's a lot of uncertainty in this because we don't quite have sufficient large-scale observation to know particularly whether that's a global problem or not. But I've worked a lot on the Southern Ocean, and the nice thing about the Southern Ocean is that it's almost all water. You have no continents south of maybe 30 south, so there's a whole chunk of the planet that is mainly ocean. So what you can do there that you cannot do elsewhere is look at the change in the carbon sink from the atmosphere. So you only measure in the atmosphere, you don't measure in the ocean, you measure in the atmosphere and you see what's happening underneath. And you can't do that in the Northern Hemisphere because there's too much exchanges with the forest and that blurs your signal. But we did this in the Southern Ocean, we used observations from others in the atmosphere and we looked at the 20-year period, was the carbon sink increasing as fast as we expected? And it wasn't, it was slowing down compared to the expectations. And we were able to link this at the time with the increasing wind at the surface of the ocean that is caused in part by climate change and in part by the depleting ozone hole, which is another human-induced problem. So we see changes there, they're only 20 years long, so it's not quite long enough to see whether these change are really persistent through time. But it's long enough to actually really be quite concerned and look quite a bit more carefully about how the sinks are behaving. So the oceans are warming and the carbon doesn't dissolve so much in warm water as in cold water. And so that is a factor that reduces also the effectiveness or the efficiency of the carbon sink in the ocean. But that's a well-known factor, so we account for this all the time when we do climate projection, we account for the well-known factors and that would be one of them. And the other one would be simply the chemistry of the carbon as it penetrates in the ocean. But the less well-known factor is how the ocean's circulations will change and how the marine ecosystem will change potentially affecting the carbon cycle. This is really where the source of all of the cutting-edge research, let's say, is. There's another very important carbon sink and that's the terrestrial biosphere and the processes there are completely different whereas in the ocean it's passive, so it's circulation, chemistry, the biology hasn't got very much to do in the ocean with the carbon sink just a little bit. And the terrestrial biosphere is completely different, it's plants. So forest trees grow more under more CO2 and their roots also build more so that when the trees and the leaves degrade, they accumulate in the soil and they pile up. And so it's a completely biological process on land. So in the natural carbon cycle there's a lot of fluxes of carbon dioxide. So carbon goes in and out of the ocean, in and out of the terrestrial biosphere every year. I mean in the terrestrial biosphere and the trees and the forest it's very easy to see if you live in a place that has a forest area with seasons, you see in the winter the trees they have no leaves and the spring comes and the leaves build up. This is all good carbon dioxide that goes in the leaves and in the fall, in the autumn when the leaves fall down then the carbon is emitted back in the atmosphere. So you have a huge signal there of CO2 going in and out of the atmosphere. What we're doing now is putting everything out of balance. So we're adding carbon to the atmosphere. It's new carbon, it's not part of the natural cycle. It's one that we've dug out of the fossil reservoir where they were stored and we've put them back in the atmosphere. This is new carbon and it puts the system out of balance. So the ocean and the terrestrial biosphere they're not at equilibrium with the atmospheric concentration of carbon that we have now. They're in disequilibrium and that's why we have carbon sinks and carbon uptakes of human emissions because we are not in equilibrium. The natural sink absorb about 55% of the CO2 emissions year after year so more than half of the emissions go in the natural environment. It's a huge service to humanity that the carbon sinks do. We keep track of fossil fuel emissions through energy statistics. So all countries around the world they report how much fuel they burn so coal or gas and this is quite well accounted for because it has a lot of economic implications. For instance, countries tax the energy system so companies that produce energy they have to declare how much they have burned and so these statistics are available and you can then transform the energy that is used through two CO2 emissions by looking at what they have actually burned and what is the quality of say the coal that has been burned. So this is how we account for the emissions. This is accounted for at the country level and then you can sum them up and account also for bunker fuels so fuels for shipping and fuel for aviation that come on top. Emissions from land use are accounted traditionally also by a statistics process. So countries declare their changes in land patterns so if they have a change in forest but also if they change from a crop land to a pasture for instance they have to account for that and they declare this to the FAO, the Food and Agricultural Organization and they published statistics on land cover areas so what is the cover change. Land use CO2 emissions are much more difficult to account for than fossil fuel burning and that's because when you burn fossil fuel you put the CO2 straight away into the atmosphere so it's instantaneous. If you cut a forest it's quite different. What happens is you cut the forest, you harvest the timber, the timber goes into furniture then typically the farmers will burn the residuals there's a little fire in their emissions there and also you have a secondary source which comes from the soil decay which takes some years to decades so you have a pulse to start with and then you have decades of decay to account for so it's much more difficult to account for the carbon emissions in that area. However, even with all the uncertainties together the CO2 carbon dioxide emissions from the forest sector is less than 10% of the total carbon emissions because the fossil fuel burning is so dominant. The main sources of uncertainty are for what is the quality of the fuel that is burned and how much of the fuel is burned so if you burn coal do you burn all the way to the bottom or do you burn is there some residual so these are the main uncertainty. Another big source of uncertainty is uncertainty that comes from countries in transition so if you have say a growth of emissions of 10% per year because you're in a very rapid stage of development then it's really difficult to keep track of statistics like energy that vary so fast. Once the transition is finished then the statistics become much easier to handle so this is another large source of uncertainty. This is much more difficult to account for so we try to account it's a small part the methane leaks in the carbon budget so usually we live with the uncertainty that we have what is a bigger topic at the moment is the methane leak in the methane budget so this methane concentration are starting to increase in the atmosphere after having been stable for 10 years and part of this is thought to be caused by increasing methane emissions but the source has not been determined yet. We know that there's emissions from fossil fuel that are unaccounted for and we know also that there's a contribution from wetlands tropical wetlands mostly so at the moment we don't have evidence for large emissions from permafrost so this is a big topic of research at the moment. Volcanic emissions of CO2 are very small there are about 1% of the emissions that we have now so it's a tiny fraction themselves they are negligible what they do however is when you have a volcano you change the climate a little bit for a year or two and then you have a response of the carbon sinks so the terrestrial biosphere for instance has more growth in the years that follow a volcano and so you can see a pulse in atmospheric CO2 because of the volcanic eruption a pulse, a sink in atmospheric CO2 actually not even a source but the source that comes from volcanoes directly is very small we don't monitor CO2 emissions from volcanoes directly but other teams around the world monitor atmospheric concentration of CO2 very accurately and then you can, if there was a big signal from volcanoes you would see it in the atmospheric CO2 network very clearly so what happens when we put carbon emissions into the atmosphere new carbon from burning fossil fuel or from deforestation what happens is it takes a long time for this carbon to readjust in the land and ocean eventually if we're prepared to wait long enough so that's thousands of years a lot of this carbon maybe 70% will end up in the ocean and the reason this takes time is that you have different adjustment times so the CO2 goes in the surface ocean it takes about one year to dissolve but how it is transported from the ocean surface to the intermediate and to the deep ocean depends on the ocean circulation and the ocean circulation takes hundreds to a thousand years to mix the entire ocean so that's the time scale that is really relevant here is take a molecule of CO2 we've put it in the atmosphere how long is it going to come before it ends in the deep ocean and it's a long period there's not one single time frame because there are several different reservoirs so there's a reservoir you could say the surface ocean is a reservoir because it sees the atmosphere every year with the season and the deep ocean is another reservoir and then on land again you have different reservoirs you have the biosphere that is above the ground and then you have the upper soil and then you have the deeper soil so we have to wait until all of these reservoirs have responded to the perturbation and that's why it takes about a hundred years for carbon dioxide to actually re-equilibrate what we call airborne fraction is the amount of the carbon emissions that we put in the atmosphere from human activity so the fraction of that stays there here I put one emission so one unit of carbon dioxide typically the airborne fraction will be 0.45 so 45% of the emission this year will remain in the atmosphere climate science is a very interesting problem from a scientific perspective it has very strong foundations so physical-based foundation we understand the mechanisms we understand the processes there are uncertainties of course but the uncertainties we know what they are and where they are there are in quantities if we put more carbon dioxide in the ocean in the atmosphere, apologies if we put more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere we will get more warming so this is all scientifically based this is where the science can assist society in making decisions that are good for itself I think that's what its role is climate scientists could be more proactive in explaining their science and talking about their results to the public in general to schools, to events, museums, policy makers and so on they could talk more they could make it more clear what their science is all about what our science is all about I think that would be really useful I think that also scientists could make a little bit more of an effort to simplify or to explain a little bit more simply what the consequences of their results are what their results are simply not just the consequences I think we have a lot to learn in terms of making sure that the results that we find that have implications for society are understood


Item Number – SCP-467 Object Class – Safe Special Containment Procedures – SCP-467 is currently located at Site B and is guarded by a single security personnel, changed daily. Although SCP-467 has no true anomalous lasting effects, the information it reveals can leave people with lasting effects of their own. While SCP-467 is being studied or moved, all involved personnel must have no cell phones, pagers, or other communication devices on them without clearance for testing. Description – SCP-467 appears to be an empty phone booth and was found in data expunged. The SCP Foundation discovered it due to a legend about a haunted phone that used to reside inside the booth, although testing has revealed that the phone was of no importance and the effects came from the booth itself. Even after the phone was removed, the booth itself remained a place of superstition before being recovered by data expunged. Although there is nothing extraordinary about the booth itself, so long as a human and a communications device are in the booth at the same time, its effects are easily observed. Communications devices receive a message from somebody the user knows. This call shows no preference for friends, family, loved ones, coworkers, or even just acquaintances. Curiously enough, later examination of phone records or call logs reveal that this call never happened, even though it may be observed and recorded. The caller has never even picked up the phone in the process, suggesting SCP-467 has a powerful form of telepathy. These calls divulge information that the user previously did not know, most commonly secrets and confessions. These calls range from insignificant to life-changing. A single user may use the phone booth more than once, provided that at least 24 hours have passed since their last use. It is suggested that the booth not be used for personal reasons. Addendum A collection of some of the more notable results has been collected and is still being formed. Test log 467 Various Subject, nature of call, and effects Subject Class D personnel, convicted of multiple violent crimes Nature of call Subject's mother, telling him she was disappointed with what he had done and admitting that she blamed herself for not raising them right. Effects Subject seemed mildly disturbed for several hours, repeatedly asked to be allowed to contact family. Subject's request was turned down. Subject Class D personnel, convicted of homicide Nature of call Subject received call from victim's family, saying that they never forgot, but they were slowly learning to forgive him. Effects Mild discomfort for several hours Subject Class D personnel, data expunged Nature of call Data expunged Effects Violent outbursts, intermittent with hysterical sobbing Subject was terminated after an attack on nearby researchers Subject Class D personnel Nature of call Received a call from researcher present in the room at the moment, saying that he thought the subject's haircut looked ridiculous. Effects Mild annoyance, followed by amusement Subject Class D personnel, convicted of several counts of rape. Nature of call Victim of subject, telling him she had managed to heal and grow past the crime since then, having started a family and working with women's rights organizations. Effects Subject was confused and admitted that he was not sure how to feel about that. A notable improvement in morale followed for several days. Subject Doctor writes Nature of call Unknown Effects Moderate depression for approximately two days, intermittent with doubt regarding working with the foundation. Full recovery followed Subject Doctor Iceberg Nature of call Unknown Effects No immediate effects Two days later began an argument with a researcher at site 17, which led to a mild physical conflict. Full reprimand followed Subject SCP-1599 Nature of call Message from subject's creator or creators, claiming they have lost its signal, don't know where it is gone, and that they are unable to recover it. Effects Subject denied the message came from its creator, and believed the message was a trick performed by its captors. Incident report On date expunged, near holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, a notable increase in disturbing or distressing calls has been observed. Theory currently holds that this is due to increased family tension, and urges to be nice to people at this point in time. Additionally, it was during the holiday season that the first two reported incidents occurred of occupant inside SCP-467 receiving a call from themselves, and other reported incidents of an occupant receiving a call from the deceased or non-existent. Further investigation pending on how personnel could lie to themselves, and how SCP-467 receives calls from non-existing sources.  Subject Class D Personnel Amnesic Testing Subject Nature of Call Subject's own voice, explaining forgotten events prior to amnesic testing Effects Subject seemed moderately confused, but showed no other effects Subject Class D Personnel Convicted of multiple counts of homicide Nature of Call Victim of Subject, angrily screaming for five minutes Effects Subject attempted to destroy SCP-467, immediate termination followed Subject Dr. Wright's Nature of Call Voice was described as that of a young child Dr. Wright's shut off the recording equipment after voice revealed to belong to data expunged Effects Data Expunged Subject Secretarial slash security staff break Nature of Call Dr. Eisberg Effects Lesson Complete If you missed the previous orientation, go watch SCP-466 Mobile Veins right now. Or for the complete course, watch this playlist.


Good morning and welcome to the chart of the week video with me David Madden Today's date is Friday the 16th of October 2020 and the time has just gone 1129 British summer time and this week's chart of the week is the US small cap 2000 as we call it on our platform. You might know it as the Russell 2000 If you take a look at the wider trend, we can see that since mid to late March, it's been a solid upper trend Major rebound witnessed just like many other many other Global stock markets and particularly US markets But if you take a look at the the highs that we achieved in October Didn't actually retest the highs of the particular pre-pandemic era So we haven't pulled back all the all the all the ground that was lost before in because of the pandemic And even if you go back further, we notice how The highest that were achieved in January 2020 or early 2020 Weren't even the all-time highs because they were achieved back in August 2018 So it's coming from a relatively low base It's possibly because the likes of the likes of say the S&P 500 and obviously the NASDAQ 100 have very high tech Components where the small cap market Isn't as influenced in relation to those stocks But nonetheless, it's been pushing higher the last few the last few last few weeks We can see here that in the middle of October not that long ago It it hit it's a multi-month high it hit the highest level. It's seen basically since February So it hit it and hit a eight month high We can see here in the last couple of sessions We're an aggressive move to the downside only only yesterday But notice how the body of this candle here completely engulfs the body of yesterday's of the candle on Wednesday So that is quite bullish in itself. The long wick on the candle here denotes indecision So it seems that you know, we had a couple we had a multi-month high We had it we lost ground Tuesday Wednesday. We sold off an early part of Thursday only to rebound That that's that that's quite a quite bullish. We are Indicating to be pushing on higher yet again So if we do press on higher from here, we could be looking at retesting Wednesday's high in around 16 1653 I should we go beyond that and you know, we would then be hitting fresh multi-month highs And then we could be heading up towards 17 hundred and beyond that We could be looking at retesting the highs achieved in early January in around at 17 12 If you do though Drift lower and I've moved to the downside support could be found from this area here 1600 you know, it's kind of a big number notice how that the 1600 zone But just north of it back in the middle of August acted as a resistance on the way up So as early as it's hardly a shock that acted as support only only yesterday If we do have a break below that we could head back down toward this zone here down around 1573 we saw some consolidation in that in the price in that in the zone In the kind of early early part of the month in early October I'd also acted at resistance in the middle of September and even if you go below that We could see support couldn't play from this blue line here. We can notice on a few occasions In the last few months that this blue line the fifth of the movie average acted as a support And if a metric is actually as support in the past it makes it more likely It will act as a port in the future although there are no guarantees and that comes into play in a 15 57 Now if you're gonna be trading the Russell 2000 these the US small cap 2000 It's worth your while noting noting what's going on another US indices So we can take a look at the SN at the we can notice here on the small cap the US small cap 2000 it's not too far away from a small to a month high and it's going to be above its fifth Today moving average whereas if you take a look what's going on on the S&P 500 It's a similar situation the highs that were in act the highs that were achieved in October Granted didn't take off the highs a retest the highs of September which were an all-time high But the highs but the highs that we achieved at the beginning of this week not too far away The all-time highs the S&P 500 is comfortably above this blue line here Which is which is it's 50-day moving average and the reason why I'm talking about this is because of doubt theory One of the tenants of doubt theory is that the averages must confirm each other and that essentially means markets that are quite similar you in this case to us stock indices if they're quite if they're they they should in theory Should be kind of moving in the same direction at the same time or if you're licking if you think the S&P Russell 2000 is going to continue to press higher It's likely we're going to see a positive move as well on the S&P 500 Where whereas if both indices and review lower you can then become more confident that the Broader team and equities is going to be to the downside. So if you are going to be trading The Russell 2000 I would keep an eye on what's going on with the S&P 500 Also in terms of in terms of Economic indicators today in about two hours time at 13 30 British summertime We have the announcement of US retail sales and that's going to give us a good indicator of what demand is like in the US So we could see some addition of volatility on the back of that That's all from this video. Thank you for listening. Have a good trading week and good luck


Good afternoon everyone and welcome. This is Melissa Armo with the Stock Swash and I thought I would review Amazon because it has earnings out tonight in approximately half an hour or so and My call for Amazon even though it's not doing anything yet It's just trading here alive in the day the market isn't closed yet today and Amazon has fallen today as you see But my call for Amazon when I looked at this morning Briefly when I was reviewing what earnings were out tonight, which I'd like to do before I close out the room My call for Amazon is at a gaps up tonight gaps up over $500 and possibly even up to 515 525 25 ish So if it gaps up to 500 or so Then the target would be like 510 515 and we'll have to see really where gaps I could gap I think it's gonna gap up over 500. That's my call for Amazon again I'm not getting this anywhere necessarily in my rating system my rating system waits for the gap and then you rate the gap once the gap has occurred So the Amazon gap whatever it does up or down can be rated per my 26 point system To determine if it will be a longer short tomorrow on the day to day trade. However, my Ability to read price action in sharts is calling Amazon to gap up And in fact, I said in the room this morning no chance of failure that Amazon does not gap up And it will get up tonight over 500 So this is not something that I teach in predicting the gap But I predict once the gap happens what it would do in the live day and then pass that So that's what I'm looking here for Amazon tonight. I thought I'd do a video again We'll see what it does I'll do another video later after the errands reports, but my call for tonight is that Amazon gaps up on their earnings report over $500 and That's what I see in the chart to see what it does. So we'll see how it follows through I have a great evening everyone if you're interested in more information Email me at Melissa at the stocks wish.com where you can learn how to trade gaps using my 26 point rating method Thanks, everyone. Have a good evening


Welcome back to my YouTube channel guys. Today we're going to talk about what it's like to be parents in New Zealand. Yes, we're going to talk about parenting, specifically those early years. Those years before your kids go to school and what are some of the differences. You're going to like this video. You're going to want to stay tuned all the way to the end where I make some reflections on what I think about parents here in New Zealand. So here we go. Now if you're not familiar with this channel, we are a family of six that have moved to New Zealand from the US and we have been here for five years. So probably before I dive into what it's like raising a kid here in New Zealand, I have only been here for five years. So keep that in mind. And these are the ages of my children when I first arrived. A two year old, a five year old, a nine year old and an 11 year old. And so I didn't ever have any of my babies here in New Zealand, but I did have some ones that weren't in school yet and then have gone all the way from primary, intermediate and to secondary school here. So I have kind of the whole gambit, but today let's focus on some of the cool things that they do here in New Zealand and some of the differences when you first have your babies here in New Zealand. Now I don't know everything. Okay. And like people keep bringing up things like, oh, I didn't know that. Well, because I've never had to go through it. But what I'm going to go through are the things that I do know. And then please comment below and share your own stories and just kind of let me know what I'm missing because that's honestly the best way I've learned through this YouTube channel, through my social media. I've learned so much about New Zealand, things that I thought I knew and just the depth is greater because of you guys. So please comment below. I really enjoy that. Now the first thing that I would talk about is now I didn't have babies here, but I have friends that have had babies or coworkers. And so I've, and I've heard things. So I've looked into it a little bit. They have what they call this best start program or no matter how much money you make or what your family situation that whole first year, they will pay you just to kind of support you. The government gives you just some support because you're having a baby. How cool is that? I think it comes out to around $60 a week or $240 a month. And it's for your whole first year of having a baby. So you don't need to qualify this by being low income or other factors, but it can continue until they're like two or three years old if you are in a more low income situation or you could use some extra support and there's just some stipulation around that. But everybody gets it for the first year. You get support money from the government because you know, things can be expensive. Food can be expensive. Baby stuff can be expensive. But you know what guys? It can be expensive everywhere. Even in the US, having kids is expensive. Okay. Not to mention how expensive it is to have babies in the healthcare system. And I think I've talked about this in other videos. I can link them above in terms of like what's it like to have kids in the US and how expensive is it because two of my kids were holding 20 grand. So yeah, that's a big expense and you don't get the support by the government in the US. But how cool in New Zealand that first year of life you get it then after that when they are like preschool age, they get another, okay, I don't know, it's like early childhood education. So they can go to what is called like a candy here, like a kindergarten, or just like a daycare, or I don't know, there's different names for everything. My two year old did do this and the government subsidizes so they'll pay 20 hours. So let's say you need 40 hours if you work full time and 20 hours the government will pay for for free for you to go to have your kid go to kindergarten and you can just send your kid part time. They don't have to go like the whole time. So what like that's amazing. Daycare in the US is very expensive. And you know, I know that different states have different low income programs for single moms of people with kids. So there isn't like there isn't that support in the US. I am not saying that. But like how cool like across the board that you can just kind of take your kids somewhere. So I took mine in to a Bernardo's here. And for just the 20 hours. And because I wasn't I was only working part time anyway. But it was just so nice.  It isn't like there isn't a ton of rules around it. Like it's just given to you if you have a kid that's not eligible for school yet because of their age. And so yeah, they're like, well, because moms need to go food shopping and moms need to do this and like, wow, like to me that was like a whole new concept that someone that you could get some child care for free. So that you could just manage life instead of dragging them around with you everywhere, which was just my experience. But in addition to all of these government things, the parents of New Zealand have gotten together and they created this thing called play center. And kind of every like little pocket of New Zealand has their own play center that is created by parents, built by parents, run by parents. And it is a great, great concept. Okay. And I'm sure there's places in the US that have this, but if you don't, you should copy this idea. It's a great idea. And so basically, like, so every like little township will have like their own play center. So the concept is that it would be like walkable or something that you would get too easily with your child. And so this is for children that are not in school yet. Okay. And basically there's like these little centers, so there's just kind of like build these buildings, they don't they're not fancy or anything with like a little playground and like a little art area and kind of whatever the parents can work out and that people just volunteer time to build this and do this. And it's very cool. And so basically the concept is this is that it's big and it's run by parents. So if you come and you volunteer like a day or two a week to run the play center or help manage it or do activities with the children, then you can drop your kid off for a couple of days and you don't have to be there. So it's kind of like that sharing of the responsibility realizing that it's really exhausting and that we can support each other and have places where kids can learn to socialize really well. And that's a really cool concept. So they have this play center here. And so my son went to play center as well, the one in our area, and you would just go for like a couple hours in the morning and it would just and each community is different and they set it up differently and whatever makes sense for the parents that are involved in it. But how cool? Like they just kind of created this concept. There's a whole history behind it. I've read it. I don't remember it off hand, but other parents are just kind of coming together to support each other because in the US you basically have play dates where you kind of make, you know, time to get together with other parents. So like you can have an adult conversation and the kids can play together.  Even if it's just for a couple hours is amazing. So I don't know. It just felt like when I came here, I had four kids when I was in the US. And when I came here, just like the amount of support that I felt for having those toddler years, which can be very hard and demanding was amazing. So it's very cool. Good job, New Zealand. Another cool thing that they have in New Zealand, and I have to tell you real quick, is they have this thing called a toy library. And it's, you know, for when kids play with toys, I guess kind of probably before school age, right? And you go and it's like, it's like a library that would have books, but instead has toys. So the toys that, you know, they kind of grow on a toys quite quickly.  Like you can check them out for, you know, it varies how long you can check them out for, but how cool is that? Like, it doesn't make sense for us to all be buying all these toys that they grow out of and you don't need any more than your whole house is filled with toys. Like you'll see this in the U.S. houses are filled with a lot of toys, but they don't need to be because you just go to the library and like, okay, they've grown out of that. Let's get the next stage item. And there's lots of choices and the kids can go and they can check out things. And it was great. And I, it is really also great when like, I didn't have that many young kids when I got here. So I used it a little bit, but not a ton. But then if I had visitors coming that had young kids or ones that, you know, with toys that I don't really have anymore, was great because I swam to the toy library, checked some out. And then so when you have some people visiting, that's really great. It's a toy library concept. And I've heard from some Americans that they do have it in various states, but I wouldn't say it's an overall very common thing, but so cool. So copy that idea as well. Very good one. Okay, so that gives you a quick summary of what the services and the things are here in New Zealand that I've never seen before or that were new to me and were very cool. I just thought I'd take a few minutes to kind of reflect on what I just think about parents in New Zealand and how I see it differently. Like, yeah, I would say it is different. I would say parents are really relaxed. This is what I really like about the parents here is they're really relaxed. They're very chill. You know, it's very much the New Zealand way. Like no worries.  And that's kind of also how they raise their kids. And so what I really notice about New Zealanders is that there's not, you know, they're not yelling at their children. They're just like, they're always very calm. Like, I just love the calm New Zealand voice. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Like maybe it's because my personality is more of like, but like, it's just very calm. And they're always talking so nice and calming with kids. I always notice New Zealanders are explaining things that go, they take the time to explain things to their kids. And I'm saying that Americans don't. It's just noticeable across the board, kind of what I'm seeing. And yeah, we're, and they're not helicopter parents here. They're not, they know the value of their child exploring and trying new things and digging into this and that, learning their limits on their own. And they're very, you know, it's like when a kid spells or when a kid makes a mistake or everybody's like, no worries.  And that was fine with me. I didn't know. I don't think that that's bad either. I'm just saying that it was really different that it was like, oh, it's okay. I just really liked that. It took the stress out because I know that I was an anxious kid. And so how nice to grow up in an environment where like, if I make a mistake, it isn't, you know, like I'm going to get trouble. So that's one reflection on QE parents. And they are just like very relaxed. And I just noticed like, you know, they're not like, I noticed in this, there's such a variety of the way people parent in the US. So there's no really comparison and also in New Zealand. But like, yeah, I don't really see helicopter parents here. I don't see people like hovering over their kid. Maybe people that are internationals from other countries, I do see it a little bit more. But in general, like just like, ah, chill, no worries, you know. And another thing that I notice about kids when they're in primary school and I was growing up, what is really noticeable to me was the kids are very talkative in class like, and it's encouraged by the teacher.   Whereas here, it's kind of can stand up and say whatever they think. And it was just very noticeable to me, like even a lot of the teachers of my kids have said, oh, I really like having your kids in class, they just sit and listen. Because that's how we were taught, right? That's how you're taught to live. You're not just supposed to just stand up and whatever you think. But it's just very cool because I noticed that kids have a level of confidence that I haven't seen before. A level of confidence in feeling okay about what they think about something and how they're feeling about something and they just talk about it easily. And I like that. And I like that they're just very comfortable sharing their opinion at a very young age. I noticed that in schools, they require that they do public speaking more than stand up and talk and share. And I really like that. Like I really think that that needs to start at a younger age. Maybe it's because I'm a public speaking teacher, but that's another story. So I just noticed that they're just kids are just comfortable communicating. And that was just another reflection that I had about kids in New Zealand. Well, I feel like I could go on and on and on about the subject. So I'm going to stop for now. But if you have questions or comments or things you'd like me to talk about around this kind of subject and education in general, I'm happy to do that. So put that in the comments and I will put it in another video. 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Russia wants to buy artillery munitions from North Korea. United States intelligence data indicates that Russia is trying to expand military interaction with North Korea and purchase a batch of artillery shells from it in order to use them in the war against Ukraine. John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council in the White House, said this. Our information indicates that Russia is seeking to increase military cooperation with North Korea, such as through North Korea's sale of artillery munitions to Russia. Kirby stressed. Kirby said Washington is linking the recent visit of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to North Korea with Russia's efforts to convince North Korea to sell artillery munitions to Russia so that it could use them in the war against Ukraine. At the same time, Kirby emphasized that any agreements between Moscow and Pyongyang regarding weapons supply would directly violate several UN Security Council resolutions. Kirby noted that the United States would continue to make efforts to identify and prevent any Russian attempts to purchase artillery munitions from North Korea or any other state ready to support the Kremlin's war against Ukraine. Kirby also said it shows how desperate Putin is, as well as how the strong pressure of Western sanctions is affecting his war machine, forcing him to turn to countries like North Korea or Iran for help.


This paper proposes an improved numerical simulation method for soft rock tunnels under high geostress conditions. It takes into account the effects of confining pressure on the mechanical properties of surrounding rock and introduces a transverse loop discriminate update procedure into the iteration calculation process of FLAC3D. This allows for the automatic updating of the mechanical parameters of surrounding rock with their variable stress states. An improved expression of the longitudinal deformation profile, LDP, for tunnels considering the confining pressure influence is also proposed based on numerous simulation results for a soft rock tunnel. This article was authored by Yu Tsang Dong, Hai Zhang, Zheng Guazhou, and others.


time for the Lawn Jean Chronoscope, a television journal of the important issues of the hour brought to you every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. A presentation of the Lawn Jean Wittner Watch Company, maker of Lawn Jean, the world's most honored watch, and Wittner, distinguished companion to the world-honored Lawn Jean. Good evening. This is Frank Knight. May I introduce our co-editors for this edition of the Lawn Jean Chronoscope. Mr. William Bradford Huey, editor of the American Mercury, and Mr. Henry Haslett, editor of the Freeman and contributing editor of Newsweek Magazine. Our distinguished guest for this evening is the honorable Wallace F. Bennett, United States Senator from Utah. The opinions expressed are necessarily those of the speakers. Well, Senator Bennett, you've made some vigorous speeches lately about the President's seizure of the steel industry. I wonder, one to ask you what you think the principal effects of that seizure are now likely to be. I think it has some long-range implications and some that are affecting us already. I think the principal long-range implication will be felt in the continuing study of the American people of the powers of the President. We're concerned again about whether there are any limitations on the powers of the President. And what do you think will be done about that? Well, the Supreme Court may do it by its decision. And I think if the Supreme Court should not do it, we may expect before too long to see a proposed amendment to the Constitution which might spell out in the Constitution the interpretation given by Judge Pine. You're saying, you're telling our audience, Senator, that in the event the Supreme Court does not sustain Judge Pine, that you think that Congress will then attempt to make Judge Pine's decision to write it into the Constitution? Is that correct, sir? Well, I think that will happen, whether it'll happen at this session of Congress, which has a short life ahead of it, or whether that might be postponed until 1953. As a member of Congress, and you think that that Congress must soon, in effect, specifically define the inherent powers of the President? Well, Congress has the power to amend the Constitution and the only power to initiate that, well, that isn't true. The states have a concurrent power. But I think Congress will exercise that power. Well, you think they have the intention? Do you think that's the sentiment of Congress at the present time that if the Supreme Court fails to sustain Judge Pine's decision that immediately Congress will do something of this sort? I think if the matter were up for a vote tomorrow, both houses would act that way over homing. Well, will it have any effect on labor legislation? I think that makes sense. An immediate effect. Yeah, I'm not sure how immediate the effect will be because, of course, the President has the Taft-Hartley law and he hasn't used it in this particular case. And there are many of us in Congress who feel that we shouldn't have any new labor legislation while this situation exists until after the President has used Taft-Hartley. But for the long run, I would expect some new labor legislation to grow out of this experience. Well, along what lines would it be a limitation of the right to strike? Is that one of the lines that it might take? Well, this seizure experience has shown that there is a limitation of the right to strike. Even the Union agrees that it will not strike against the government. And Judge Goldsboro in 1948 indicated that the courts take the position that labor may not strike against the ultimate interest of the nation, even though the government isn't involved. And you think there'll be any effort to restrain industry-wide unions or try to prevent the growth of these enormous industry-wide unions? I think that's a possibility. I was interested to discover that when the Sherman law was passed in 1890, unions were included as well as individuals and corporations. Specifically included? Yes. And they have since escaped by, well, by implication and by direct amending legislation. Well, weren't they immunized, so to speak, under the Clayton Law? That's right. And under the Norse LaGuardia Act and others. Now that may be restored. Now, Senator, you say that there is deep concern in the Senate over this constitutional issue. Do you believe that the American public is also deeply concerned? Well, I wish they were more deeply concerned. And I have the feeling that this may have introduced a new issue in the forthcoming campaign. And I hope the Republicans will do what they can to create a more widespread concern. You say that you wish they were more deeply concerned. Actually, you have found the public from your mail and otherwise to be rather apathetic, if you not. Well, my impression is that the public are more concerned about the immediate effects of the strike and the seizure and the implications of the price control problem. And they're not aware of the fundamental constitutional problem. As a practical politician, sir, why do you think that the American public is not greatly concerned over this constitutional issue, which you regard is so important? Well, in the first place, many Americans feel that all constitutional problems were settled 150 years ago and that we've passed the point where fundamental problems have to be resolved again. Well, this indifference doesn't seem to be reflected in the press. Do you think that there's a gap between the protest and the press present and the feeling of the people? Well, the fact that the press so overwhelmingly came out in opposition to the president's stand gives me hope that in the months ahead, its attitude will actually be reflected in the public opinion. I'd like to ask what the effect of this action will be on the control powers on the extension of the control powers and the kind of control powers that you think you people in Congress are going to let the president have. Well, those effects are already evident. So far as the Senate is concerned, the Senate Banking and Currency Committee has completed its work on the law to extend the president's powers. And it was practically finished with its work when the steel seizure happened, then it stopped dead. And since then it has gone back and completely revised its proposed law in these interesting respect. Originally they were to be extended a year. Now it's eight months. Originally they didn't do very much to the wage stabilization board. Now as a result of this experience, they practically rewrite the law affecting the wage stabilization board and take away from it all the powers it claimed in this particular decision. So they would still have a wage stabilization board that would be fixing wages while there would be a price controller fixing prices and neither of them would pay much attention to what the other was doing. This seems to be the situation present. Would that be continued under this legislation? I would imagine so. But the new board will be limited entirely to the question of what wages are within the stabilization formula have nothing to do with union shop or fringe benefits. And its membership will be made up of public members only and those would have to be confirmed by the Senate. So we have our hands on the wage stabilization. I believe you come from the very interesting state of Utah. Your governor Governor Lee has attracted a great deal of attention and you have a senator that's up for reelection this year. So I'm sure that our audience would like a few expressions from you on the political scene in the mountain states. Now has the Utah delegation to the Republican National Convention been selected. That was selected on the I can't remember the date but it was selected a couple of weeks ago in Salt Lake and it is 100 percent for Senator Taff 14 delegates. And what's the situation generally in the mountain states in the Republican Party. Well Senator Taff will have the great majority of the delegates from the mountain states. There have been one or two places where an Eisenhower Delegator 2 has slipped in but overwhelmingly it's overwhelmingly Taff country. And are you personally supporting Senator Taft. I have announced my position that way and I'm happy that my state supported me. And since that you have since the governor Governor Lee is up for reelection and also Senator Watkins in your state. Would you care to predict for our audience how Utah is likely to go in 1952. Well my sense of the attitude in Utah is that there as everywhere else there is a great unrest a great feeling that this is time for change. And I'm sure it's going to sweep both Senator Watkins and Governor Lee back into office together with many other Republican nominees. What do you think the effect is going to be on the election of Mr. Truman stand on seizure. Hasn't he in effect carried his party pretty far over the left with these statements by Vice President Barclay and Secretary Tobin and so on. What's going to be the effect on the nomination. Well I think he's made it very difficult for the middle of the road Democrats or the Jefferson Jeffersonian Democrats to stay with the Democratic Party. Not only with him as an individual but with the party whose path he says he's going to map. You think that it's likely then that the Democratic Party this year will have a new deal nominee and that they will run on a on on the new deal platform and the fair deal platform that the president is insisting upon. I think there's every every evidence that that will happen. The only possible candidate that can save him from that is Senator Russell. And I doubt that he's got power enough to get the nomination. You don't think that it's likely that we'll have a candidate that's nominated by both parties in. I certainly am not in favor of the one party system and I hope the Republicans don't contribute to it. And and you also think that that it would be best for the country if there is a real debate and a race between a new dealer or fair dealer and a conservative Republican. I think the American people have been wanting that for 20 years and I hope we have the wisdom to give it to him this time. And as a final question sir since you come from the great Mormon State of Utah and the Mormons have been known to be conservative in the past. Is the state leaning toward conservatism now do you think. Well my election would indicate a movement in that direction and I think the nineteen fifty two elections will bear it out. I say so well thank you very much for being with us tonight. The editorial board for this edition of the long gene chronoscope was Mr. William Bradford Huey and Mr. Henry Haslett. Our distinguished guest was the honorable Wallace F. Bennett United States Senator from Utah. It seems like a nice idea on the wedding day the bride and groom give watches to each other. 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Hello, DDS Stevens here, Senior Handler at the Internet Storm Center. Last week, Reader Henry submitted a malicious email attachment, a zip file that contains an HTML fish and I do the analysis here in this diary entry of last weekend. Now, there was also something special of that zip file and that's something I covered in a second diary entry of that weekend and that is that the file name of the HTML file is malformed, namely that it contains a carrier's return new line and this is something that maybe was done to make analysis detection more difficult. So for example, email scanners might have issues scanning a file which have special control characters in the file name like a catch return or a new line. Now, for my zip utility, that is not an issue. If you're just run zip dump on the zip file, the only thing here that happens is that this line here for this file is spread over two lines. So we first have an I.pmg file and then we have a myfx and so on.html file. So two files, but here we don't have one line per file, but because of the carrier's return new line, two files, but that doesn't hamper analysis. You can just select that file, for example, and for example, do an ASCII dump. No problem. Now, if you want to see exactly how the name is, what the special characters are, then you can use an option in my zip dump tool, option find, which will list all the zip records, the binary zip records that make up the binary structure of a zip file. So find and say that we want a listing. And then here you have five zip records. And here you can indeed see the name with the carrier's return new line here. So these are not printed as control characters, but they are escaped. Now, why do we have two entries? I mean, twice IP and G and twice myfx. Well, that's the structure of a zip file. So you have entries that have the file with the compressed file content itself. And then you have directory listing. So it's not a file directory. A file system directory is a directory into the zip file. And there the name is repeated, and then you have an end record. So with that option here, find and produce a listing. You can see special characters in file names with my zip dump tool. And like I showed, if you open this with seven zip, for example, then there is no issue. You can just see the file. While if you open this with Windows Explorer itself, the zip utility of Windows Explorer itself, then it only sees the PNG file, HTML file cannot be seen. And yeah, different utilities handle this differently. Like I posted in this diary entry here, for example, the latest winzip itself will give you a warning at something, an invalid file name. And then when you click away that warning, then IPNG is listed and not the HTML file. So various zip archive utilities handle this differently. And the actors who did this should actually have an ID where this will end up for the trick with control characters to work properly.