Now check this out, check this out, so this is the haul of Eugeo some early books, yeah, yeah controllers and great covers, great covers, some early books, I always knew Chichu was sitting on those controllers, good deal, it was pretty good deal, right? I have the superman one, but I need the elder guy says the Batman one, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you gotta get it. So check this out, this is, I bought these, right? It came out to $90 was a bid and then there's like $18 on top of that, it was like tax and their fees, so it came out to like, again, another hundred, what was it, let's say $120, right? $120 for these, okay, so let me show you what these are. So this is, I believe, counterfeit, right? Fake Eugeo Blazing Vortex cards and there's packs in this, right? There's packs in this, unopened packs and there's like four different colors and I believe these are fake, I'm pretty sure these are fake, right? Blazing Vortex might make, yeah, crazy, right? So there's these guys, right? There's how many? Four yellow ones, right? Maybe we do a live stream, we open these guys up, even though they're fake, we'll, and you guys can tell me if they're fake or not, so four, five yellow ones, there's four orange ones, right? Opening these packs used to be the breast thing, I'm birdie here, says. There's two blue ones, I finished it, well if they are fake, they're basically worthless, I don't know, I don't know, right? Some counterfeit stuff still goes for some money, I don't know, new pack smell, that new pack smell, not that it says, and then there's four green ones, right? Yeah, so I don't know if I got ripped off on this deal or not, I just wanted to get it, I just wanted to get it. Galaxy, well remember the time when I bought a new plane, hilarious pink, oh wow, they are only 1,000 of those boxes, last time I checked, they're selling for $1,300 per box, serious? I think these are fake man, I don't know if they're fake or not, like seriously, I went into this with minimal research, but when I got these, I started looking into this and then I went, oh wait a second, these are fake or maybe fake, I don't know, I think they're fake, right? So I was like okay, I mean the bottom's like this, so I don't know, right? I bought these for let's say 120 Canadian, that's around 85 US, right? 85 US. Now check this out, it's got a rule book, Hexsores, I don't know, Eugeo Hexsores, it's really good shape, Eugeo, Eugeo fans, what is this? It's real if you want it to be haha, check Looseness of Plastic Wrap, check Looseness of Plastic Wrap, let's check it out, oh yeah, check this out, some of these, like is that Loos? See, check this out, like they have these little holes in the back, I don't know if that's from packaging or them sitting around or whatnot, I was more a bago gun guy or however you spell that, Android says, the silly transformer balls, Galaxy One, my Bakugans always broke, I don't even know what Bakugans is, Oh my God, is the TV series with same name related? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the same name, Oh my God, now check this out, the main reason I bought these is because they had these Japanese cards in there, right? They're in rough shape, but I don't know if they're real or not, like I'm assuming these Japanese ones are real, but they may not be real, I don't know, and I'll show you, we'll take a look at these, so here's one of them, I looked online and these ones don't have the number at the bottom here, so I don't know if these are real or not, Power Rangers says, Exodia, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is one of the main ones that I looked at, I was like what, so is this for real or not? And I put it in the plastic bag by the way, I have these plastic bags, you know, the Egyptian cards, right? So there's this guy, right? So you guys let me know, is this for real or not, right? And then the back, check it out, would be funny if that's a casual grand or something, it'd be hilarious, I was like screw it man, I'm going with this thing, I was too old when the cards came out in 19, oh there's a plastic bag, they'll flew that, Naito, I missed out, if you played all five of them, instant win, is that what it is? Check this one out, again Japanese, I have no idea what this is, right? Real or fake, who knows? Well, someone knows, I don't know, right? I have no idea, again the backs are all the same, I think they're all the same anyway, right? There's this one, yeah I think the five, it's the whole body parts, it's got two arms, two legs and a thingamajigae, right? Oh check this out, I didn't know this, air match says holes in booster packs usually means they have been opened and re-sealed, then poked to release the air, really? Is that what it is? That's interesting to know, Mr. Pink's Chicho, you are the full package, my man, I watch all your videos, this one's like, look at this, totally rough, totally like torn, right? I watch all your videos from food, liqueur and cigars to comics, manga and politics, but now you whip out the Ujiko cards, this is peak content, my life is complete, hilarious, check this out, right, check this out, real or fake, I have no idea, oh my god, hunk, hunk, picnic new, this shit keeps rising high in this world, I just hope I won't be present when it finally fills the mouth, look at this one, look, it's got writing on it, and then there's the hand, oh my god, I found master game, like this part is like cut out, so I was assuming that these, I'm assuming that these ones are real, because they're pretty rough, right, but they may not be, I don't know, right, it's definitely Japanese on the cards, gotta love it, master games movie says, first time chat, I gotta pour myself more tequila, I'm gonna pour myself more tequila before I show you the cards in here and the bag, let's pour ourselves a little bit more drink, smoothie, I love you, hilarious, we're going neat, neat is delicious, for now anyway, I got a bowl of ice here, maybe we'll put ice in it, why not, no, no, let's stick with neat, neat is good, neat is good, salute gang, to master came, and yoji, yoji ho cards, cheers, Cheryl, I came across a card every now and again, behind the couch in a bin of off season clothes, and some recently between the seats in the back of my car, definitely in the back of your car, what you've been doing in the back of your car, Cheryl, definitely no longer mint condition, that's okay, some of these cars in mint condition, I don't know if these are the real ones anyway, they go for like 50 grand, 25 grand, 10 grand, 8 grand, check these guys out, so this is full of cards, so for example this one, this is blue eyed white dragon, I looked up this one and this one, it's not in mint condition, on the back it's got a little crease there, so I don't know if this is real or fake, but it looks real, it's got everything on there, that's supposed to be on there, let's see if we can focus it, so check that out, real or fake game, show tequila, I'll show the tequila airman, so there's 37 pages of these cards, this is the tequila, es polon, it's really nice, it's really nice, okay it's really nice, so I was happy, and I think what we'll do, we'll take a look at these under, and where we read our comic books, right, that's real, that one is real, that's great Mr. Pink's, awesome, I assume the cards in the binder are legit, I'm thinking as well, I want to know about the Japanese ones though, so I don't know if you guys know any of these cards, like Cheryl, I knew you were going to come back with your uncommon smoothie, thank you very much for the follow, the backseat of the car, Cheryl says chichou, not me, some grubby hand little dude that dropped them back there years ago, eating ice cream most likely, right, hilarious, hilarious, pink congratulations on making one million dollars in one day, the binder is real, yes, they look fine, really, that's great, so I got a Yoshiho set, so I don't know if there's any major collectible cards here, there are some that are really rough shape, and some that are really good shape, like look at this one, can you pull out the dark magician from the first page, okay sure, here I'll show you this one, ancient elf, right, so this one's not bad, the back looks great, ancient elf, right, so pink, you know your cards, okay let's check this out, dark magician, let's see if we can find the dark magician, dark magician yeah, here, is the dark magician powerful, I'm assuming these little things on top are his power, dark magician, ancient elf is not looking at the over 400, how to spot fake yojiko, oh yeah that's real, 100% real, nice, it's got a crease on the back, right, so check that out, so it's not in great shape, that's for sure, so I'm assuming these guys up here, right, they're the power of the dude, of the card, that's 100% real, nice, excellent, so how do you know, well anyway, it's super cool, that's 100% real, nice, there's the magical elf here, let's pull out these ones, battle war, battle war, so I'm assuming the ones that are in rough condition would be the for sure real, which is why I was assuming the Japanese ones would be real, right, finished dude, I got a card collection as well, but they have no value, but the design are just so cool in my opinion, yeah yeah I have some cards as well, that they don't have value, they just, I just love them, right, androidex, battle war and real, like look at those indeed, and I just found out that the designer, the artist for these, because I started down this rabbit hole, because someone asked, how do you stay motivated researching stuff, I got these things and I started looking into it, right, I start reading articles, checking price guys, looking about the fakes and not fakes and stuff like this, and then I found out that the original artist for these yojiho cards died in a boating accident last year, I believe, or in the last two years, which is unfortunate, so the artist, the original artist for these yojiho cards, if I read it correctly, if I understood it correctly, padre, those look like all old school cards too, really cool fun, yeah I liked it, it was great, they are not just assorted either, looks like a mostly complete set, oh really, android prices went mysteriously up, oops, oh there's another one of those, blue eyed white dragon, there's another blue eyed white dragon there too, I know the blue eyed this guy was selling for like 10 dollars, 15 dollars, I saw one go for like 20 dollars or something, birdie here, now I'm going to ebay, looking at yojiho cards, hilarious, spot of tea was just lurking, like it goes from the past, spot of tea, how are you doing brother, I hope you're doing well, I hope you're doing well, by the way spot of tea, we're slowly gonna reduce the political talks and get more into the collectible and readings and gardening stuff, right, and some scald nice, and which one's some scald, I don't know, you scroundrel ebay, I'll scroundrel wish, Nicholas Chicho please do a video of the yojiho cards with an overhead shot of the card, for sure that's the plan, like I really didn't plan on showing these today, right, I wanted to show them really close up, right, they look great, they look great, they, all I can say is, if someone really loved these cards, and I believe this was someone, I think it was a reseller that I bought it from, right, that was a reseller that I bought it from, right, so whoever owned these cards, just sending a message into the void, the ripples, they found a happy home, okay, with me, so if you loved these cards, if there was a lot of love in these cards, thank you very much for putting the love in these cards, because you made a chicho happy, right, and they will, they will get love in return, Mr. Pink's, the ones with the first edition will be worth more, they're all classic old cards from the first set, but a lot of them could be reprints, how do you know if they're reprints or not, there's two of these ones, I think I've seen more of that one, so I'm guessing there's multiple of some of these, is because the person that was collecting these was buying the packs and you get repeats, right, they're not all different, 1996, I believe 1996 was the first edition, that's the first set that came out, I believe, I'd buy anything with a burn mark, at least that is sure legit, with a burn mark, what's a burn mark, is that little, what do you call it, the holograph thing, the burn mark, like just the learning process of this is amazing, right, for the video you make of them, you should separate the shiny cards as they are likely to be worth more by shiny, I mean the artwork will be holographic, ah okay, okay, cool, nah, I'm fooling around, oh you're fooling around right there, look like a hamburger, monster, that says, is there any holograph, oh there's a is that a holograph, I don't know if there's a holograph one in here, blue eyed toon dragon, there's a blue eyed toon dragon, first, so airmat says first edition, notice the square at the bottom, right, gold or silver colored, silver, silver, oh and there's some gold too, there's silver and gold, yeah there's silver and gold, I'm assuming gold is first edition, Mr. Pink's, you can tell if they are reprints, if they don't have first edition under the artwork, between the picture and the textbook below it, do you have to say first edition or there's just, you can tell if they are reprints, if they don't have first edition under the artwork, yeah these have numbers on them, like the blue, white eye, whatever, blue eyes, white dragon has the sdk001 on it, it doesn't say first edition, I haven't seen anything that says first edition yet, cool, gold is limited or first edition, oh okay, silver for all others, okay, pink, thank you for finding my old card collection, they got taken, taken when my house was burglar, awesome, so gold hold on, what was it, gold, gold is limited or first edition, okay, silver for all others, silver for others, so there's a lot of silver here, but there was some gold as well, right, first edition will be on the left, so card code, code is on the right, yeah yeah that's the card code, I don't see any first edition, no I don't see any first edition yet, thank you for that by the way gang, you guys are giving me more info than I could find online, I think that might be from a starter deck, oligarchiccio I agree, we need more collectible streams to give happiness back, indeed, hamburgerlord, hamburgerlord, oh there's a first edition here, check this out, ah we found one, so if there's one there must be more, or there may be more, or we hope there will be more, so check this one out, black wing, Abra holds the mega quick, this one is first edition, check it out, see that, first edition, that's cool, thank you for that, now we know, and it's got the holograph, oh that's cool, when I look at it myself the holograph just seems silver, Echicho is sort of a nickname I picked up, it's a many years ago, first edition, it sounds like the word from uncle in Bulgarian, yeah yeah other people have come in and said it sounds like it means uncle in Bulgarian, which is great, I'm an uncle too, airmage for those with gold foil and no first edition, it means the card is from a limited edition series, with no additional runs of that card are made, right on, that sounds like a collectible to me, Mr. Supreme, yeah it makes sense, as first edition cards from that time would most likely be graded and sold separately, okay, we found one first edition, that's good, black lotus goes for thousands if you have it, black lotus, oh I'll have to look for it, I'm just looking for first edition right now, what limited sounds good too, right, which is the first edition card, it was this one, black, the top one here, this one, not one, let's see, focused, oh black yeah oh black lotus is magic to gather, yeah yeah yeah yeah, that's true, black lotus is magic to gather, oops I lost my place, where was I, okay well I can't remember if I was there or here, no I sure, I've already flipped through two of these, any first editions, no first editions, there's a robot fish there, oh unfortunately the black, black wing card looks fake, so I think most of the cards in the binder might be fake, oh really, but most of them look real, might be fake, but most of them look real, most of them are from older sets, but the black wing card came out way after the other cards in the binder, so fake may have been mixed up with them, oh really okay, how do you know it's fake, how do you know it's fake, that's one thing I couldn't figure out, how do you know it's fake, maybe fake in this binder's first edition, the knowledge of the yin and yang, should just send the black card to me in order to make sure, circle 2003, okay okay, the stars above the image look weird and the text is a lot thicker than the others, oh let's check it out, good knowledge, good knowledge, okay so this one is the same thickness of the text, so again these two might be fake as well, girl force, just arrived, is that a binder of Eugeo, it is indeed, it is indeed, some fake, some real, some girl force says, the way to check is by referencing the colors, okay, see check this one out, this is also says first edition, this one also says first edition, koki muyo overdose, and it's a lot nicer, right, so it says first edition, so because of text color, so the text is too thick, if someone has played these you would know that this was fake, right, okay okay, good to know, because you can look at this one here, I'll do a comparison to you guys, watch this, because this is from the same thing, all right check it out, let me hold this out, oh and look at that, wow the back could be just because of color, let's see if this will focus, come on, very hard getting a focus like this, difficult, let me see if I can do it like this, and then look at the back, but this one's more worn out, so look at the back, and this one's less worn out, but the outside rim of the color is less faded, see check that out, check that out, so this one real, this one fake, right, real fake, possibly, we have an expert here, so real fake, the colors are off, this one's redder, the coloring on there, nice, Mr. Pink's, all the older cars in the binder look real though, but it seems there are some newer cars mixed in the binder, and the newer ones I've seen that have first edition on them, definitely look fake, awesome, good to know, so these newer ones might have been the fake packs that the person bought, and they put it in here, very nice to know, very nice to know, so we can actually possibly go through this and pull out the reels and the fakes, very nice, this is great info, this is great info, oh we'll put our cigar on the side, I think we won't change it over time, very nice, yeah here's another first edition of Masked Hero Divine Wind, right, and the text is thicker, so that's a great way to know, that's a great way to know, nice, and Karate Man, so Mr. Pink says so Karate Man is real, but the other one is fake, so most of the cars in here are real, they're not first editions but they're real, right, check it out, check it out, we're getting somewhere, we're getting somewhere, information, prouler ranger, looks like the foil square on the first edition isn't flush with the bottom of the Karate there, okay cool, cool, good to know, good to know, yeah there's some first editions here that the text is darker, and then there's one here that the text is dark, oh check this out, so the later binder, so the text starts getting darker for the pages towards the end, so the newer ones at the beginning of the binder, the text is light colored, oh there's one first edition here, oh there's a couple that are darker, oh there's some first dark color and then light color, nice, so that's the first step in separating the fake from the real, very cool, very cool, but we'll keep on flipping, we'll go through the whole binder, I'll show it to you guys, it's, the viral corner is important, looks like foil on the first, okay, isn't flush, okay, Android, I don't even care about car collections at all, but the effort of chat and the excitement of Chico is a wonderful, nice, nice, I like it too, I enjoy the stuff, really, it's human artifacts, right, is this, oh this is like, this is like three missing here on this one, Mr. Pink's, yeah the foil square on the bottom corner is important too, for telling if they are fake or not, okay, cool, cool, cool, J-PAL Chico, what's the character name on the one you think may be fake, oh well, from what we understand, they're definitely fake, the character name, oh I lost it, what was it, it was, this guy, Koki Miru Overdose, Koki Miru Overdose, this one, fake, right, Mr. Pink's, I still see a lot of older cards there, cards later on in the binder, okay, cool, cool, awesome, so as the saying goes, a fool and their money are easily parted, right, were we a fool in buying these, or was I a fool in buying these, not we, me, I don't think so, just a pure joy, I got out of this, and what I've learned from this, right, education costs money, really gang, costs time and time is money, right, in this case it costs time and money, right, but it's fun to do together, fun to do together, air match, well worth it, well worth it, I think so too, really just, like I spent like two and a half hours yesterday looking into this, right, the education to me is priceless, anroidex, oh no, what I, what I have, what, no, oh no, what have I done, what have I done Gijang, what have you done, and then that's it, that's the end of the binder, but we look at these under the, in our reading setup gang, for sure we do, okay, for sure we do, let me put this guy here, because this is, and I'm really curious about these Japanese cards, really curious about these Japanese cards, fun, this excitement and journey alone is priceless, agreed, agreed, Father Ranger, build a deck and start playing for money, you have the cards, you do, nice, Mr. Pink's, I've seen multiple blue eyes dragon and dragon magician cards throughout and they are hollows too, depending on the condition of them alone, they can be worth around 10 pounds each, so around 15 Canadian I think, nice, awesome, awesome, super fun, super fun, super, thank you very much for the feedback by the way, Mr. Pink's, I really appreciate it, it's like just a, just learning, just a learning process of it is fantastic for me, I love, I love learning, I love experiencing new things, novelty really, right, and this was great, this is great, Allah God, we only talk the truth here, even if it's unpleasant information, indeed, indeed, salute, salute, Mr. Pink's, salute to you brother and everybody else that helps, helped and shared information, thank you.


Hi, I'm Sarah of St. Pete Firments and today I'm going to show you how to turn this cabbage into magical sauerkraut using only wild yeast and bacteria that I'm breathing right now in the air. All we need today is cabbage and salt. Some other kitchen tools and equipment you're going to need are something to cut on, cutting board, a jar or something to ferment in, a bowl and a knife and a gram scale. Let's begin. I like to chop my sauerkraut somewhat fine. You can make it more coarse or finer depending on how you like it as long as all the pieces are somewhat uniform. Be sure to save an outer leaf of the cabbage because we're going to use it later. Next we're going to weigh out 600 grams of the cabbage we just shredded. Next I'm going to add 15 grams of sea salt. Adding the proper amount of sea salt is super important when making fermented foods. It allows for a comfortable environment for beneficial microbes to grow. I live in Florida which is a warm climate so I am going to use a two and a half percent salinity by weight which means two and a half percent of all of my sauerkraut is going to be sea salt. I'm just going to take that 15 grams of sea salt and sprinkle that into my cabbage shreds. We're just going to massage this all up together. You know you're ready for the next step when you squeeze your cabbage shreds and brine drips easily. Now we're going to pack all of this into our vessel. As you're packing all of this you want to make sure that you're pressing it as tightly as you can getting rid of any air bubbles. And once you have everything packed tightly you're going to use that outer cabbage leaf from earlier and place that on top. It's going to keep everything nice and oxygen free during the fermentation process. The goal is to keep everything pressed below the brine. Once everything is packed and settled in you're just going to screw a cap onto your jar and make sure you have a couple inches of head space because things are going to expand during the fermentation process. We're going to place this jar in a bowl that way if any brine spills during the fermentation process you have something to catch it. During the first four to five days of fermentation is when your sauerkraut is going to be most active and you want to keep it pressed below the brine at least once a day. After about a week you can give it a taste and see if it's sour to your liking. I like to ferment my sauerkraut for about three weeks. At that point when it's done fermenting it won't be as bubbly and active. The texture will change. It'll be a little more translucent and have good flavor. You can stick this in your fridge where it will last well over a year. So what is wild fermentation? Basically we're transforming food through the process of microbes metabolizing nutrients. There's all kinds of foods that can be fermented. Really any kind of food can be fermented through this process of microbial magic. Some of the benefits of making fermented foods is that it's easy. It's low input. You don't need a lot of tools and equipment. You don't need any special machines. You really don't even need electricity which is one reason I love it so much. It's a really sustainable way to make food. It's also of course extremely healthy. Everyone's trying to better their microbiome and what better way than to consume cultured foods that have beneficial microbes. These beneficial microbes help to predigest our food so we can absorb more nutrients and it's just easier on our digestive system.  Grain bowls are so nice because you can use whatever rice or beans, eggs, tempeh, fresh veggies. Anything you want you can make it yours and sauerkraut just sets it off. It's so delicious and so good. My fermentation journey began about eight years ago. I was fermenting at home. I started with kombucha and I just really fell in love with the process and the taste and that really resonated with me. I felt like this was something I could bring back to St. Petersburg and share with my community. Now we've been operating for almost five years and we're super thankful to our city and our community. We supply vegetable ferments like sauerkraut, lacto fermented pickles of all kinds, kimchi, abicavas, and kombucha. Now you've made your sauerkraut. Congratulations! The hardest part is waiting. I believe fermentation is for everyone and it's simple. You just got to try it. I hope it goes well for you. Just enjoy it and have fun with it.


Hi there everyone, today we are unboxing the Adata XPG SX950 SSD. It offers 3 speeds of up to 560MBps and rides speeds of up to 520MBps. We have the 240GB version, which comes with 6 years of warranty and it uses 3D NAND technology. The latter means that you get more capacity in less physical space, which is quite remarkable. Let's open this up now and check what's on the inside. We have some plastic package and it carries some warranty and service leaflet, a blue plate with bolts which can be used to attach this SSD to your desktop configuration, quite useful. We have the 2.5 inch SSD itself. It bears the XPG logo and some sort of a fire image, which suggests the aggressive nature of this product. We have the interface, some product information and that's basically it. Additionally you get the spacer, which can be quite useful if you want to install the SSD in your notebook and that's basically it. That's all for today. Thank you for tuning in. If you like this video, don't forget to subscribe, share and comment. Bye-bye!


So I've gotten quite a few messages asking, why does my Unreal character look different from yours? Or, hey, I can't find that character in the content browser. Or where can I get the character that I see in your videos? And the reason you can't find her is because it's a custom female doll that I specifically designed to act as a temporary placeholder for all of my female video game characters. And believe it or not, I have been trying very hard to make her available and share her with you guys on the Unreal market, but when I submitted the character to the market, they responded with this. So, listen, we're all professionals here. I have absolutely no problem making any of these changes and I have no hard feelings whatsoever with this email. The jigs, I kind of understand. And a part of me is like, really, the thigh physics too, but like I said before, I'm a new Unreal developer here. I just moved here from Unity last month and the Unity and Unreal marketplaces are extremely different. So I'm using this as a learning experience to make sure that all the future assets I submit to the Unreal marketplace fall under appropriate content. But just to make sure I understand these rules correctly, if we go to the marketplace right now and start looking up random things, super hot girls wearing tiny bikinis and swimsuits are fine. Sexy girls wearing latex and intimate lingerie are fine. Naked bodies and blueprints or special effects showing streams of blood, gore, human body, limbs and head decapitation, these have all been deemed appropriate for younger users on the market, but thigh jiggle physics on a metal doll is where you draw the line. Like, really, I just wanna make sure that I'm understanding this crystal clear because I do actually want to follow the rules. Like I said, I can and will remove all the jiggle physics and I will make sure that from here on, I will no longer refer to her as a mannequin. From this point on, she will be called a doll. It doesn't really bother me, but it does kind of complicate things for you guys here who are interested in downloading and using the cool stuff I create in Unreal 5 because I can tell you right now that every single character I create, male or female, is going to have jiggle physics by design. And what that means is from this day forward, I will have to release two separate versions of all of my characters. The full red version with jiggle physics included will be on my art station marketplace and the PG blue version will be available on the Unreal marketplace. Personally, I would have really preferred to keep everything in one place on the Unreal market, but I don't make the rules. I just wanted everyone here who's looking for the character wondering why it's taking so long for her to become available to understand what's really going on here behind the scenes. I'm trying my best to sort everything out and I'll keep you guys posted as soon as she's available, but when you see me release two versions of every character here on YouTube, now you guys know exactly why and what the difference between the two versions is. Hope that clears things up, hope that helps and as always, hope you have a fantastic day and I'll see you around.


The best jerseys in hockey are here and it's not even close. These are the Anaheim Ducks 30th Anniversary sweaters bringing back their secondary logo from the mid-90s. I'm sure you all remember these, they were cool then and they're cool now. Now we just got a little bit of a modern day shakeup. Now if you're wondering when you can see these babies in action, Sunday against the Boston Bruins is supposed to be when the Ducks are wearing these next. So what do you guys think, where do these rank among all-time NHL jerseys?


Suppose that a researcher is searching for academic articles about comic books and feminism during the civil rights movement, but can't seem to find any that connect all of these topics. After searching multiple databases, they find several articles about feminist comic books and others about feminism during the civil rights movement, but none that put these topics in conversation with each other. The researcher has identified a research gap, or in other words, a research topic which has not been addressed. As you browse articles related to your own research topic, think about the questions that haven't been answered, the questions that have yet to be explored. Identifying research gaps is a great way to come up with potential research questions.


Hello and welcome to NewsClick. Today we have here with us Dr. Rusha Ramnathan to speak about the Aadhar issue that has been in the news recently. Dr. Rusha, Supreme Court currently is hearing a plea on Aadhar being made mandatory for income tax returns and PAN card. Can you explain a little about it? See, the UID case has been in the court since 2012 and at least six times the Supreme Court has categorically said that UID should not be made mandatory. In August 2015, the court went one step further because the government was not listening at all. The court went one step further and said that not only can you not make it mandatory, you can only use it for PDS and LPG and nothing more. And this was also provoked by the government going to the court and telling the court that people of this country don't have a right to privacy. The question that of course is raised is why does the government need to say that there is no right to privacy for carrying on a project like the UID project? Are they going to deny? What is it that they intend to take away? And in October 2015, the government went again to the court and said that they wanted to expand this to a few more users. So the court at that time, a five-judge bench has given an order saying that you can expand it to four more users, but you can't do it more than that. And even in these six users, it can only be voluntary. It cannot be mandatory. And secondly, they've said all the orders that have been made by the court so far should be followed by the government. And in 2016, March, they passed an order through a money bill, which is also in challenge before the court. They passed a law saying and through a hurried kind of introduction, late introduction of multiple clauses in the finance bill, they have now said that they've gone one step further because they've said that you can't pay your income taxes unless you have your UID number. And you have to attach your UID number to the PAN card. And if you don't do it, they will cancel your PAN card. So now the poor have been told that if your biometrics doesn't work, then you don't get your food and many people are not getting their food. Now the others are being told that if you don't give this information and don't reveal yourself to the government, they are going to cancel the PAN card. The reason that they give is that they want to get rid of duplicates. Now when you look at the number of duplicates as they themselves have said in parliament, in 2007, there was an answer. In 2016, there was an answer. It's something like 0.4% or 0.04%. It's like 11 lakhs out of 250 million. So there is no way that there is a reasonable connection between the object that they say that they want to achieve and the kind of moves that they are making. The whole approach seems to be that the state owns everything that we have and they can take what they want whenever they want it. This is an extraordinary assertion of power. So the Supreme Court, at least from the press account, the Supreme Court seems to have said that Aadhar cannot be mandatory for welfare policies but whereas it can be made mandatory for bank accounts and PANs, how accurate is that? It's a misunderstanding of what happens in a courtroom and what happened on that day. So on the 27th of March, the case was to have been listed where petitioners were going to the court to ask that section 7 of the other act has to be should be stayed. What is section 7 of the other act? It says that you can make it a condition, that's the provision under which you can make it a condition for getting any services or any entitlements that you have, you know, benefits, services and subsidies. To get that, you can make it a condition that a person should have a UID number which they will then have or you have to go in and roll for the number. They wanted that to be suspended. Now when the court was looking at this is done at what is called the mentioning time. Now on the 27th of March, although it was listed, it got taken off the list and they were told that it will be on the 3rd of April. So the lawyer went to the court merely to tell the court that listen, please make sure that it comes up on the 3rd because it's an urgent kind of thing that we need to have it heard. During that time, the court said so what is this, what is this last order? And they were looking at the October 15th order. You must remember that they had not looked at from September 23rd through the six orders. They only saw the last order. The last order was taking off from the August 11th order. August 11th order is the order that gave the final kind of directions in that. Here all they did was to say that the Attorney General is guaranteeing that it will be voluntary. So how does it matter if we just add four more services to it? So they added in August, on August 11th, the court had been, I don't think the court was very happy with the government going to them and saying that the people of this country don't have a fundamental right to privacy. So it's during that time that the court said, okay, so we will have it heard by a larger bench. But in the meantime, you cannot use this. You can't compel people to enrol. And because the Attorney General said, oh, the poor don't have an identity, poor don't have an identity, they said, okay, so where do you want to use it? He said PDS, they said, okay, he said LPG, they said, okay. And then he said NREJ, they said, that's it. Because there are many other challenges that are there to do this project, including matters of surveillance, including matters of national security, including matters of convergence, of profiling, multiple challenges that there are. So they said, you can't use it anywhere else because you can't render infrastructures serious issues that have been brought before the court. That was the August 11th order. Then on August 15th, all that the court did was to expand the two categories into six categories. That's all. So what did it mean that you can use the UID? The government can use it in six situations and nowhere else. So in those six situations, they were saying that even there, you have to make sure it is not mandatory but voluntary till the court has finally heard and decided the matter. This was there. Now when the court, these are two judges who are not part of the earlier bench, they've not seen all the papers. So the judge is looking at that case and he's saying, oh so it says that it should be voluntary for all of this. So that means it can be mandatory for the others. It's like an observation that is made by a judge who is just looking at a last order and not at the whole case. Now if the judge is intended that this should become an order, then you stated as an order, right? There's two things to remember. One is there is no order. It was an oral observation which then the council for the petitioner had gone ahead and explained that this is not what it was. Second thing to remember is that this was two judges sitting as a bench. That 15th October order was passed by five judges and among the things that they had said was that all the orders from September 23rd should be respected and should be followed by the government. So recently we have been hearing of a lot of data breaches that a lot of public databases have been, the lot of databases with the government have come out into the public. Can you explain a little about it? See this UID, there are two parts to this project. At least two parts. There are multiple parts. There are two main parts. One is that it is about the biometrics. The other part is about what is called seeding. Seeding means putting this number in every database. Both of them are problematic. Biometrics is a problem. First of all, it is untested technology. Secondly, it is forcing us to like the lawyer has been arguing in the court now. It is saying that the state has sovereignty over our bodies and whenever they say come and give your fingerprint, give your iris, you just have to give it. You do not have a choice. So this assertion of sovereignty is one huge problem in the context of biometrics. And the other thing is that since it is untested technology, as we have been seeing, large numbers of people are not able to access what is their entitlement because biometrics is being used on them. Right? So this is the poor. On the other side, you have this whole thing of seeding. Now seeding is partly, you know, it is about state, state surveillance, creating mechanisms for convergence of data. Corporates have a huge interest in this because if they are able to converge data and to be able to pick up what they want from wherever, the trading on data will continue. So this seeding is a very important part of what they want should happen. But it is dangerous for a people to have seeding done. Interestingly, when the other act was passed in 2016, it allowed for only two kinds of uses. One use was where they said that it is for authentication, which means that I go, I have give my number, I give my biometric, the central CIDR will say whether it matches or not. So is it me? Is it not? That's it. That's one set of uses. The other use that they say which has actually expanded what they said in the beginning because initially they said no data will be given by the UID database. They brought in EKYC and made it possible for that data to be given. Now what is this data? When you go, you give your number, you give your biometric, it is sent to them. You're supposed to give your consent to the information being sent by that is whatever is on their database to be sent to the user agency. So that's how GEO for instance has been collecting its where the consent is, I don't know because most people don't know what they are consenting to. But anyway, that data can come in. These are the only two uses. Neither of these talks about or permits the seeding of the number in that database.  You cannot retain the number either. What has in fact been done by the state and what is rampantly in practice is in fact, you know, all these are places where they are saying put your number, put your number, put your number. Putting your number in multiple databases is what creates potential for surveillance. It is very clear breach of privacy. There are no norms at all on how all this can be traded. And what in effect is, what in fact is happening, you know, there is an interesting clause in the other act. It's 2K, section 2K, which says that the demographic information that is collected about people shall not include information about race, caste, religion, income, medical records, these will not be collected by the UIDAI. Why do they say that? Because the moment you have all that information attached to a number, it profiles the person. So, they are saying we are not profiling. We are just identifying. And then you put that number in every database and the profiles get created. Now you have the Human Resources Development Ministry, which is collecting data from teachers saying, you know, I must say that what they are creating, the Indians who are supposed to feel a little better about ourselves at some stage and this government had promised us that feeling are now being told that we are a nation of fakes, duplicates and ghosts.  So, they are asking everyone to give their UID number along with their caste, their religion, their phone number, all this kind of information is now being collected and it is being attached to the UID number is being attached to it.  So, many of these people, it is not the HRD database, but you will find that there are multiple other databases that have been made public. And as you would know and I do not need to explain this here, that when you have in the digital world, in the digital age, once you put it up even for five minutes, multiple people have downloaded this information. So, the security of that information has got deeply compromised. So, apart from the security of the databases itself, how good is the biometric technology because we have been hearing that the workers of MNREGA are unable to access their wages because their fingerprints are unable to be authenticated. You know, it is a different stages that we have to worry about. There are many people who are not able to get on to the system, on to the UID, although they are going to enrol because it is not like they are dying to enrol. But since they do not have a choice that are people going to enrol, many people who are unable to get on to the system because they are biometric, it is not accepting their biometrics for whatever reason. Then once you have got on and you put your number into the system, when you go to access like you are saying wages, your biometrics have to work every time. And if it does not work, they say go and re-enrol. Now, re-enrolling is not just in, you know, when you have fingerprints that do not work. So, you actually had Mr. Nillikani given explanation when saying that, oh, that is not a problem. Okay, when he was asked about Andhra where they said it is 36 percent rejection rate, he explained that, you know, it is not 36 percent rejection. If a person, it means 36 percent of the times that people have come to authenticate, which means what that same person may have come three times, because you go once, it does not work.  So, each of those is calculated as one. So, there is, so he says it is not as if 36 percent of the people are losing out. So, then he says, anyway, if that happens to fingerprints, there is iris. And if iris does not work, there is OTP. So, a person must have a mobile phone which has the same number, which is on the UID database. And if that does not work, you have the local Munsif. Now, if this is that system, this is not me saying it, this is Mr. Nillikani offering this, saying that, oh, it is all not a problem at all. Everybody can get whatever, because this is how we work on it. Thank you, Dr. Usha. Thank you for coming.


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Hi everyone, Joe for Jasper's case of breaks calm coming at you with 2019 at 2020 panini mosaic basketball Ram team break number 44. It's a hanger edition of mosaic We're gonna do the break first and then at the end. We'll re-randomize everybody's names the top three names We'll get the final three spots in the basketball mixer and And that'll be in a separate video, but let's do the break first It's all these folks right here all these teams right there. Let's roll it. Let's randomize it Good luck everybody six times one and a five one two three four Three there's four five and a one six in the final time After six we've got Adam Kuperman all the way down to bread and one and a five six times for the teams and Six in final time after six we got the Los Angeles Lakers all the way down to the Pistons Lakers need to wake up after that game one. All right, Adam. You got my Lakers right here. There's the first half of the list Right there Chris Erickson Grizzly's opportunities And Quentin with the Pelicans right over here You can be 84 if you really wanted to Unless you're in prison then you probably couldn't there it is. We're looking for orange reactive oranges here So we're looking for I've seen Jason Jaspie pull some nice orange reactives out of here there. They aren't down there Stario Sarge Pascal Siakum wrappers up 85 75 now with 10 minutes left into the fourth quarter All right, so in behind to Lequina are some oranges Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Eric Pascal rookie orange reactive. I think this parallel looks really fun really sharp. We've got a Couple more here Admiral Schofield Wizards, that's for Sean the Pascal rookie goes to Kevin And behind the silver to Lequina is nice NBA debut Kobe white Chris Erickson in the Bulls. It's pretty strong and the to Lequina will go to the Knicks That'll be for Kevin and there you go ladies and gentlemen now Kobe white was pretty strong what could be stronger if you win a 300 plus dollar mixer spot So we've got three left Right here mixer will be in a separate video. So it'll be the top three names after Ten six and a four ten times top three after ten and ten and final time Now from four down to 30 My apologies. Thanks for giving this a shot. I appreciate it and Congrats to the top three Marco Sean and Brad The three of you are in the 13 box Zion basketball mixer. It's a pretty good one It's gonna come up in a separate video. So check that out. I'm Joe for Jasper's case breaks calm I'll break more with you next time


Hello people of the internet. My name is Johnny and welcome back boys to weekdays at Wilbur's remastered.  Let's hop straight into night three because that music is very loud. So I got I got some tips. I got some tips. So cam three. I already forget the tips. I had a look at them beforehand. Cam three is Hold on. I'll let him talk. That's not the right door. I said I forgot the tips and I did forget the tips. Okay. Cool. Cool. So Sheldon will appear based on the tips I got Sheldon will appear on this camera and Once he leaves camera three, that's when I flick over to the basement and I low him out with the with the alarm. That's what I've been told. All right.   Come on buckaroo. Oh my god. They're all here Jesus, they're all right there So he's left so he's there. I Can't remember. I think this guy Okay Okay Sure. Um Did you go to camp four? Yes, of course This cannot be it. This cannot be how you play dude So he's here, but I need to go into here and I need to find him on the cameras. So I hold this down What? And he's out Yeah Okay, so I can open this up I sure That's what I've been told. Uh-oh And Sheldon left and so did this guy Wilbur and you left Great, I'm glad the nights um Are very short. I will say that I just got done playing one night at flumpties again That video should probably be out already So yeah, those nights are like nine minutes long.       I win We win these We win these dude. So where's everyone? I was instructed to stay mostly on cam 3 And apparently night six is really annoying So close that Because of some sammy character. I don't know I'm going off of um Flame dragon's tips as always. They are a very helpful human being So, okay, it's 5 a.m. What 30% that's actually pretty good You are knowing though mr. Siegel Siegel sally Oh Okay, okay. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second I need to get no no no no no no no wait. Wait wait wait wait. I need to get what's his face this guy But I don't trust you Am I good Am I safe? I'm safe. Let's go pog champ Wait, did I am I safe? Where's the where's the where's the sheldon? Where's where's young sheldon? Where'd he go? I win We win these I don't know what I did, but I win I guess. Oh Well, you are interesting. What's up this way face?  Hmm. I'm not quite seeing anything. Uh-oh Oh What what happened? Is that your hand?  Are you reaching it? Okay? He's reaching out just to give me a hug guys. I need a hug. All right Night four. I don't Know what's going on with night four all I know is that night six is a pain So if night four was the same as night three hell man. I'm down All right, let's listen to phony Pick up the phone It's thursday Hello, okay Sheldon, I'm sure ship them off to where? Where are they being shipped to? Oh, hello? Okay, I don't know where they're being shipped out to boys just saying That was a refresh, right? Yes, it was. That's good. So he's gone Great. Great. Great. Great. Great. Great. Is that the bite of 87? No, it's 86 great. Um So Wilbur's right there Shut the door I'm pretty sure that's the door Again, I forget the tips even though. I literally looked at the looked at them like 10 minutes ago Uh sheldon's here so is what's his face? Open that up game Oh my god.  Just go No, okay Actually, that's fine because then I can open it up and I can open this up pog I'm sorry. I need to stop saying pog. Okay. Everyone's gone now, which means you are here Okay, where is this guy? Oh my god.  No, I'm not Come forward. Okay. What's going on? We're fine? Question mark? We're fine Cool. Again. I don't really know what I'm doing. All I know is that I need to do Okay, he's gone again. Wait, what are you gonna do though? Nothing I don't trust mr. Siegelman Okay, mr. Siegelman is fine Oh Oh Siegelman Siegelman Could be ambiance noises Okay, he reset. That's fine. Again. I don't necessarily know what I'm doing All I know is that if I follow the instructions that I was given Then I should be all right Okay, mr. Siegelman is nowhere to be seen Oh, I see him. Okay, so wilbur's gone Mr. Siegelman is coming There we go and wilbur's back, of course Mr. Siegelman is gone. I don't remember his name See mate Siegel. That's it See mate Siegel, but I I'm I'm gonna call him Siegelman Okay, he's gone. Wait, mr. Turtle Sheldon I got him. I forgot about him. I legitimately forgot about him so Uh, oh my god. No, no, no, no. I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm not dead.  He's at camp 10 Go away. Is he back up? No, dude, where is he? I can open this Where is he he's in camp eight now is he back up? You're here Okay, okay. I don't know what to do with mr. Siegelman. He's still there Dude, that is insane. Why is he still there? I think we've done it though We haven't done it though Sheldon will enter through the vents on cam eight. I think that said I can't tell my mic was in the way okay, so Keep track of Sheldon is what I'm gathering All right, we got a keep track of him. We almost had that too. We almost had that too That's kind of annoying. So Sheldon's right here.  So I hold this down, right? For how long? He's still there Are you kidding me? How long do I hold it? So is he okay? He's back now Okay, Siegelman's gone So you you got to hold that thing for a long time. My god.  All right, two people are gonna come back Look, Mr. Siegelman. He's a fun guy. Let me tell you. I know all about Mr. Siegelman He comes to my door and cam four and I'm like get out of here.  Here he is cam ten Get rid of him good No Where is he cam nine? Just go away Cam ten are you kidding me? dude, I Don't understand how I get rid of Sheldon It walked the first time and now he's just like he's immune to the alarm. Okay, so he's gone again Honestly, I have enough power.  I don't know if doing this takes power though Hopefully not And he is back wait Okay, uh, oh, okay. Wilbur is gone. You're gone Cool cool Cool great short. So Can I do that for the next night? I think honestly, we should be able to make it through night Is this night for this is night for I think we should be able to make it through night five this episode hopefully If it's just like this and it doesn't introduce Sammy because apparently night six is annoying so Next episode will do night six I can't wait for that. Okay. Well, okay You're gone I'm gonna get this guy. Uh, is he back? Yes. He is Cool Wait, no, that's not good. Wait, stop that I did it We win these this game is too easy. Ah, our good friend is missing Very interesting very interesting. Where did he go friend? Where did you go? Is that a wall? I think that's a wall Okay, um Is that blood? Is that blood or is that wires? I don't I don't know what I'm looking at Yeah, all right night five. Hopefully it's not that different because if it's not that different and it doesn't introduce anything new Like sammy We should be good. We should be good. And then next episode again, we'll check out what the hell is going on with sammy phony What's the haps? What is the sitch phony? Then again Hold on the what is that the phone call? That that that was legit the phone call. Wow. Um, cool. No new information then Great. I'm glad I would say that is like my one nitpick with this game now that I know What to do now that I know the difficulty I know all the characters uh stuff like that The only thing I don't like about this game is the phone calls. All right. I I love The lower I love that they are trying to introduce their their own lower But like man the phone calls are meant to be informational about the game's mechanics That is literally my only Complaint about this game. Everything else is great. Sheldon. Can you just go?  Are you kidding me? Sheldon leave already No, Sheldon. No Well, I've dealt with everyone. Let me deal with you Okay, well, that's fun. Sheldon. Where are you man? Here he is Again, I don't know if this takes power. I'm just kind of hoping that it doesn't and I'm also half hoping that it walks Every time I use it Uh, which it did very nice bird man Okay, well good Not when birdman's gone though. We're not good. I'm gonna risk it again Actually, it's not risking it because everyone is there So it makes sense to do that Sheldon go away man Get get back up to cam 3 Uh-oh Uh-oh, here he is Go away, dude cam 9 Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous Okay, first of all, I was trying to hold it down, but it wouldn't work I don't know if I missed the button, but also I saw him on the camera. Dude. This is insane They literally introduce a new character as well next night I've heard that there was a um a power glitch though so I was told to use that on night six because apparently it's really difficult I don't know if other people have used it, but I mean Depending on how bad it is. I just might use it because I cannot imagine another character Like these three are hard enough good 4 a.m 40 percent. That's pretty good I have a feeling he's gonna go downstairs one more time I've also timed out each hour and they are 40 seconds. So Oh That is actually kind of good to know Okay bird man See mate seagull again. I know his name, but I like calling. I like calling him the bird man All right, so don't you judge me. Wilbur is gone Okay How much time we got left? I don't actually know Counting in intervals of 40 is not my strongest Okay, not my strongest. What should we call it? Let's give it a ham.  We should Night five is easy peasy. All right. What is our Thing if I'm being honest with you boys I don't really know what's going on here. Why am I choking? Are the others boxes? Oh, are those the boxes that the characters are being shipped in? Huh? I guess we'll find out next season. Oh wait. No Tragedy at local seafood restaurant Owen Anderson was found dead after a safety check on a seal animatronic mascot A lawsuit is currently underway to both the restaurant and the animatronic manufacturers Uh, the lawsuit was filed by Charles Anderson the father Daddy no Multiple VHS tapes have been scattered around the restaurant location. Anyone who has obtained these tapes should turn them over immediately The footage on those tapes may be graphic graphic or discur- the footage on those tapes may be graphic or disturbing The restaurant location is being shut down until further notice We recommend staying as far away as possible from the establishment to avoid interface interference with the cleanup crew and popo Interesting. Oh, just my favorite a sixth night custom night and an extras menu I am interested by the extras menu. So we'll we'll check it out. So here we have a wilbur Look at him the lad. Oh, I like that transition. I'll say that see mate seagull. Very nice Sheldon. He's actually kind of cute. I don't know what he's holding. Is that a lollipop? Sammy the seal. Oh, yeah, this is this is the guy I've been taught. I've been told about why does my mouse go behind them? I don't know those are the guys I've been told about behind the scenes Oh, so like modeling stuff or um renders I think that is That's not the office. Is it I don't think so. I didn't have a lot of time to look around the location Okay So that's one of the vents Okay, cool. So sixth night. We'll check out later in another episode custom night. I want to see what this is like Oh Oh, you can set them to the difficulty that they're on each night and of course there's challenges Ocean breeze wolf gang guys night out.   I just want to see what This is good.  So I just want to see quickly what insane mode is about also I want to see the office decorations.  I think that's the mug Or are you the mug? I think that's the mug. That's a bobblehead and that's a plushie. Oh, they're all so cute Okay, so Oh my god, it locks your power at 60. I cannot believe that that is That is insane, dude I mean, I think we could maybe beat it Maybe reset Maybe this is probably a streamable thing. This is definitely going to be a stream probably to get past all these challenges It's 1 a.m. Already. We've used 8% I'm not timing this around. That's a reset So Sheldon's here. I haven't seen wilbur I found wilbur Okay, we've used 10% Or 12 something like that. So Sheldon is gone. So he's there So let's get this all sorted out Okay Will was left Get out of here See me dudes. Oh, nope. They're both here now Of course and Sheldon's gone already 2 a.m 30% Oh my god, and he's still there It's gonna open these up. Okay. That was actually a good idea Uh, so where is he? He's at 10 great So i'm dead basically.  How? Actually, how he's in seven now So he was completely He's he's still not back He just ignored the alarm completely Wow Yeah, you know what? I don't want to do that. At least not I now. So yeah, all this stuff I don't think I'll do night one two three four five because I mean we did those so Oh, no, we'll definitely check out night six and Maybe a few challenges in custom night next episode, but that is it for me right now So thank you all so much for watching and I'll see you all on the flip side. Goodbye


Hi guys, welcome back to this video Those of you who don't know already I am currently pregnant. I'm doing April today's December 1st I'm due end of April, so I'm like 18 and a half weeks pregnant today And a lot of you also know that I have been working in the ICU for the last couple of years and most recently our ICU has been strictly COVID ICU and So a lot of you have reached out to me saying hey I'm pregnant my job You know wants me to decide whether I can work in the ICU or work with COVID patients versus not or your work Is forcing you to either work with COVID patients or not And so you were asking kind of my advice my opinions all that good stuff So I figured I'd just make a whole video on this so Little backstory we chose to get pregnant We did know that COVID was a thing when we did try to get pregnant So we knew it was a possibility that I'd be pregnant and taking care of COVID patients My work initially when COVID started did allow nurses to go To work on other units if they wanted to and then as you know, COVID became more of a thing That privilege so to speak was taken away. I know many workplaces are still allowing COVID or nurses Who get pregnant to go work in other areas, but at this time my job does not offer that however, with that being said that Does not really bother me and bothers me that it's not an option at least but Even if it was an option, I would have chose to stay working in My COVID ICU unit and let me kind of explain why some of you guys for I think I'm crazy But at the hospital I'm at Most recently we do test every patient that comes in But prior to that we did not COVID test every single patient that came to the hospital Even ICU patients that were getting admitted if they didn't, you know, meet certain criteria for testing We did not test them and so that means that potentially a patient could be in Another ICU a non-COVID ICU for several days And I could have been in there taking care of that patient just wearing, you know, a surgical mask and whatnot And then days later suddenly they go, oh, maybe we should test them for COVID and they get moved to the COVID ICU So I just did not personally want to risk having that extreme exposure Not wearing all the appropriate PPE for quote-unquote COVID patients. Sorry, my dog's itching her face if you hear that scratching And so I would rather knowingly take care of COVID patients or COVID rule-out patients wearing all the appropriate PPE while pregnant than to potentially be taking care of someone who ends up being a COVID patient For a certain amount of time not wearing all the PPE. So that was pretty much my main Factor. Now, it does make me a little anxious that we just don't quite know a whole lot about COVID during pregnancy and COVID with, you know, The developing baby and whatnot. I'm glad I'm out of my first trimester, which is where like most of the development happens I do have a healthy pregnancy so far. I am a healthy person in general So I'm not too concerned about me necessarily getting COVID I am a little more concerned about the effects on the baby in the womb or potentially a long term because we just don't know that But I chose to get pregnant during a pandemic And I'm just instead of like being so anxious about all these things that are out of my control I'm just gonna focus on what I can't control and that's wearing my PPE, washing my hands Minimizing my exposure and whatnot. I just feel like COVID is going to be around for a while And I could potentially get exposed at the grocery store just as I could potentially get exposed While I'm working. And so if I'm gonna get COVID, I'm gonna get COVID Now so far, I have not had it. I have had some pretty big exposures At work and outside of work with someone, you know, that I had been around for a while I eventually, you know, got it and whatnot. So It is what it is. This is a big deal in our world right now, and it just it is what it is. So I Think that answers most of the main questions a couple other questions were about, you know Going back to work and pumping if I am worried about that I'm not so worried about that. I Wash my hands and I take really good care of my pump equipment when I'm at work And so when I get to that point if we get to that point and COVID's still a big deal I will just be extra cautious. A lot of you guys have asked what I'm doing when I come home from work If I'm wearing different scrubs, so I'm taking any other precautions I'm taking pretty much the same precautions that I normally have been taking. I wear my same scrubs at work I don't wear surgical scrubs I used to but the availability of them just comes and goes and sometimes are not in your size And so I was like whatever. I'll just wear my regular scrubs and then immediately I get when I get home I take my shoes off in the garage. I take my scrubs off in the garage and then I put them in the laundry right away Washing my hands. Well, I will wipe down, you know, my keys and steering wheel I have just my lunch bag that you know goes to and from work. I don't use it for anything else And so I just try to be extra cautious I do plan on getting my antibodies tested again here in a couple of weeks when I do my next OB lab Blood draw he said that they could add that antibody test on there Because I've just had like so much exposure.  So I if I did get it I would have been asymptomatic But yeah, that's kind of me rambling now So I I stand by my decision to work in a COVID. I see you I don't want this to necessarily influence you one way or another. You ultimately have to do what's right for you and your family Whether that means staying working with COVID patients or maybe taking another job or working in another area You just have to weigh the risks and benefits of it all talk to your OB about it when I talked to my OB about it He was in full support of like, hey, yeah, I get it You're gonna get exposed and so if you're gonna get exposed you minus what will be wearing the PPE And that's kind of my philosophy on it I hope that answers some of your guys's questions and I will see you in my next video. Bye


Good morning everybody, from right beside that water tower. We're in Brainerd, Minnesota. I'm gonna run over to Pillager, Minnesota, which is the next town to the west from here.  Just tie down my load. There it is, put 46,000 pounds of wood and it's hardwood too. Like it's kind of jagged, got sharp edges. So I put corner protectors. I don't usually put corner protectors on lumber loads, but I was kind of worried about these straps or this wood eating through my straps, even though I'm not going too far. By the looks of it, I'm just taking this to our yard and we're gonna have a city guy deliver it into Winnipeg on Monday. We'll see if that plan changes. I don't mind delivering it, but we have other plans for me next week. Gotta go home for a couple of days first. Well, what next week worry about next week, right? Let's finish up this week. This is the Lakes of Detroit or Detroit Lakes, however you wanna pronounce it, Minnesota. I still haven't figured out why. You may have told me in the comments section last time, maybe I missed that one. I go through the comments every day, but why do they call it Detroit Lakes if it's in Minnesota? Why isn't it called Minnesota Lakes or like Minneapolis Lakes? Why is it Detroit Lakes? And where are the lakes? I don't see any lakes around here. The lumber I've got on my trailer is being delivered next week. Someone else will be delivering it for me. I just confirmed it. So I'll bring it to our yard and leave it there for whoever is gonna take care of that. I've gotta grab an empty step and head over to Winnipeg. We're gonna be going up north next week. Really far north, further north yet than I've ever been. I keep breaking my own records. They keep sending me further and further north, like edging me towards the ice roads. I know their plan. They're edging me closer and closer, closer, all of a sudden they're gonna be like, oh, come on, it's just a little further. It's just down the ice. The old blue is not going on the ice roads. Old blue is not going on those winter roads. Those roads destroy, they can destroy trucks if you're not careful. They're very rough. It's way too pretty to go up there. So no ice roads, no winter roads, but we're going pretty much to the end of the road. Remember last time we went up north, we went across on that ferry to, what was that reserve called again, Fort Something? Fort, Fort Nelson? No, forget it right now. Oh yeah, we took the ferry across. Remember we got stranded there for a couple of days. We're going further north than that, norther. So that should be interesting. They talked me into it, twisted my arm with a few nickels. They were pretty shiny, so I said, okay. Okay, for a couple of shiny nickels, we'll go up there. I'm going to look at the forecast though first. I don't want to get stranded up there again. We're on US Highway 10. We're going to meet up with Interstate 29 in Fargo. I'm going to go to the Blue Beacon and see if there's a long lineup. If there's not too long of a lineup, we're going to get in line and wash old blue. If there's too long of a lineup, I'm just going to say, nah, never mind. I just go home and wash it myself at the shop. I just, I know I don't do as good of a job, but, hey, when I do it, it is a lot cheaper. There's that, but you get what you pay for. If you pay nothing for it and do it yourself, it's not done as good. Pull me home. It's not the heaviest we've ever been, but we're probably sitting at about and just under 80,000 pounds.  Like I never floor it. I want this engine to last a long time yet. It's to three million kilometers or two million miles on this truck. And I want to get it to five million kilometers or three million miles and then make my decision, which will probably be to completely overhaul it, rebuild the engine and completely paint everything, take everything off the frame, sandblast, and paint the frame, paint the truck, stretch the frame out about 24 inches, and we'll have a brand new truck again, right? That's what I'm thinking. Just gonna get some money put in the bank. I've got a family to think of at home. I can't go blowing all my money on fancy shiny things for the truck, though I'd love to. Gotta make sure we got a roof over our heads, food on our plates, and money in the bank for if anything ever, you know, suddenly goes downhill.  You know, if that happens, gotta make sure that we're not gonna get ourselves in like trouble and need food and stuff, right? So once I have a comfortable big old nest egg in the bank somewhere, then we'll start pouring money into old blue. Now we're just gonna keep doing the little things, you know? Couple of trucks in line, that's okay, but if there's like a long lineup, no thank you. All right for this guy. Be white straight self. Oh, and this guy's trying to come out the entrance. That's another reason. Lined up all the way out here. I'm just gonna do a quick little loop. See behind the building to see if there's a huge long lineup or not. They sort of have it snaking around there. Well, thank you. I'm not staying here for an hour waiting for a truck wash. That's too bad. Oh well. I kind of figured there would be a long lineup today. It's a Friday when I'm filming this. The weather's nice, the sun's out. Not surprised that there's a big long lineup. Not a problem, I can do it myself. It's just not gonna be done quite as good, but who knows? If I had the time, I could do it even better. So when I go home, I don't usually have a lot of time. There's a lot of other things I need to get done. Don't mess up traffic anymore than I have to. Yeah, this is a bad time to come in here. Friday a rush hour. Only take 130 gallons or something. Well, the fuel price gap has definitely been closing between Canada and the United States, between Manitoba and North Dakota. In Manitoba, just up the road in St. Agath, fuel at the Flying J is $1.779 per liter, Canadian. Here with the conversion rate from $4.449 USD per US gallon, that equals $1.574 per liter, Canadian. So that's a difference of 20 and a half cents per liter from here to Canada. Remember, it was as high as a 50 cent gap per liter that you would say fueling in the US. What was that last month? Now I'm saving 20 and a half cents. I just rounded up to 21 cents. Saving 21 cents per liter. I bought 560 liters today. So 21 cents times, well, you know, let's stick with 21 and a half cents since if half a cent is a thing, times 560 liters, I saved $114.80 today. So it's not like I'm saving $300 a tank anymore. So the gap is closing. That's good. Still considerably cheaper here in the US. Had I just driven an hour up the road, I would have had to spend an extra $114 for the same amount of fuel. Some people even said it's the exact same fuel, comes from the same refinery. Crazy, right? Yeah, let's go home. Grab myself a couple of hot dogs. We're getting home kind of late. Made herself supper, I'm sure. Close to like 10 o'clock. We'll see how fast I can get old blue parked. Not taking everything home that I usually do. I usually wash everything, like the floor towels, bedding. This week, I'm just taking just the necessities home. I just want to get home. It's late already. It's probably about 11 o'clock, about 10 30. I wanted to be home a lot earlier, but it is what it is, and what it is, is trucking. Oh, boo, you did good. You had a good week. Yeah, I had fun too. Hope you have a good weekend. Have to get to some new shoes soon. Shoes are getting a little bit warm, okay? You like some new shoes? Me too. I'd hoping to get new tires on it this fall. I think I've been saying. Quite expensive though. I have two already behind the bar. Just got to get six more. And these tires are not cheap. They're about $1,000 each. And I need six more of them. And not only that, I also need new steers this fall as well. So all new shoes. And that's, well, nowadays, the price of tires have gone up so much. I mean, they'll probably be under $1,000 each. I still haven't gotten the invoice from those two tires. It's taken forever to process it through the account. I keep calling and saying, hey, what's going on here? But the final price, I mean, I know it's about $1,000 a tire. So that'd be what, $8,000 back here, plus $1,000 each up there. About $10,000 worth of rubber on this truck this year. And I'm going to have to set up some kind of like trucker Josh fund. I need tires. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. Everybody's got the same expenses as me. I'm not special. I just let you know what they are. Cause those of you who don't drive a truck probably don't realize how expensive it is to run these things.  It's expensive. It's about as expensive as you would think it would be plus twice that, but boy, is it fun.