Welcome to today's class super excited to have all of you guys logging in make sure if you get a chance. Here's Sarah She's just standing there Let me put this up here. We're together now Welcome to the show guys super excited to have you guys on here live Make sure that you check in with us if you're an og you've been watching this for a long time type og in the chat If you're new to the show you've never watched any of our live streams before type new in the chat And then also you guys know the drill if you understand Anything like our shop where our shop is where what our app is what an ergo brushes type it in the chat Get involved. Let's grow this room as big as we can I've got Sarah Mack here live with me today We're gonna see how these technical issues go you guys know this you know the drill you know the drill So Sarah, can you hear me? I guess is the first question Negative so this is let me see so she's gonna call back. This is how it works.  Let me get her in here What's up? Hey Piece of cake, right? I Don't know it keeps kicking me out. I know So I'm not sure why but let's see. Can you hear me and are you ready to roll? All right, so you just do your intro. Why don't you tell us who you are? What's going on today, and we'll go from there and we'll just take this as it goes All right. Well, like I told Matt before it would not be a class in 2021 without a little technical difficulties. So thank you so much for bearing with us I want to start off by saying thank you so much to Matt for having me My name is Sarah Mack and ergo styling tools today on free salon education We are such a huge fan of free salon education everything that you do for industry So I want to start off by saying thank you so much It's an honor to be here and thank you for everyone tuning in or taking the time to watch this video We truly truly appreciate it We wouldn't be here without all of you the hairdressers this industry. It's amazing. So My name is Sarah Mack and just like most of you I am a hairstylist behind the chair I reside in Southern California and I have my own studio and then I'm also an artistic educator for ergo styling tools So today I want to share with you a little bit about our tools. I want to talk about power dry I want to talk about body positioning and how important that is to our industry and to you The stylist and the longevity in your career And I also want to show you one of our signature techniques, which is called set lock and lift So that is what we have in store for you. I Have been behind the chair for 15 years now. And so I noticed right around year five I actually had to I started to have a little problems with my wrist and my shoulder Just like many new stylists into the industry and back then we didn't have social media So I definitely didn't have as much education at the start of my career as many people have access to now So I think that's really awesome And so yeah I started to have a lot of problems and I actually met Robert Reed the founder of ergo styling tools and I Learned so much from him and just everything he stands for and why he created this line for hair stylist He truly truly cares about The industry you as a hairstylist so our line is created by hair stylist for hair stylist So that is the first thing I love about ergo styling tools. So let me jump right into our tools and what we What we're kind of like known for but also I'll share a little bit what we also have in our Whole regimen over here at ergo styling tools But if you have never seen an ergo styling tool, we this is our signature Round brush and so let me just talk a little bit why I love this round brush I've used many round brushes throughout my 15 years and I know Matt's a fan, too So we really appreciate that and yes the first thing The first thing and also I should mention if if there's any questions at any time I'm sure I didn't get here Matt's intro But if you have a question hit Q and then ask your question Matt will pop it up for me Also, too, if you think of the question later after the live You can come find us on ergo styling tools on Instagram and Ask us anything or email us or you can ask Matt, too I'm sure he doesn't want all of the questions to forward on to us But please come connect with us. We love to connect with hairdressers. So wanted to make that disclaimer Let me start off with our round brush and the first thing you see is that this is all black So honestly one of my favorite things. I am that hairstylist all black every day all day So I just love like the look right off the bat because it's really professional looking Then also one thing you might notice is that the length of this I don't know. I don't have another one to compare it to but the length of our brush is a Little bit longer than most round brushes on the market, especially our barrel and I'll talk about that when we get into set lock and lift why that is really nice feature to have on these round brushes. Okay, the next thing you are going to notice is that we do have a silicone handle and these really nice grip. So when in those first five years I did work with a different A couple different kinds of brushes and I think part of the problem. Why my wrist start to went like go. Oh, oh. I feel It's never good when you hear the oh Are you there. I am. I don't think you know this She's probably going to get caught guys real quick. She'll be back. This is how it goes. I'm not sure why. So let me go here before she Starts This is where we get to decide. This is the fun part about these lives guys and we'll just this will be our little secret as we as we go through this class today. She'll be back in Sarah. Let me know if you can hear me. But what we try to see is if she starts cursing before because she doesn't know she's on camera. We'll see She doesn't know she's there. I can still see her. You guys can't Are you there. Yes. I'm gonna hang up. No, she left. All right, she'll be back. So guys, here's the deal. We do this breakup. I'm going to figure this out by next week. I promise. This is going to be like the highlight of my weekend. It's trying to figure this out for you guys. But you know, we just do a little commercial breaks and then we bring Sarah right back in. So Sarah, here's the deal. I have a feeling this is going to happen multiple times and it's okay. Let's just We'll work through it. We're going to figure this out for next time for sure because I don't know why this happens. Yes. But keep going. Keep doing your thing.  All right. All right. All right. Thanks. I took the opportunity during the commercial break just to grab all the brushes. For you guys so that next you can see that we have five. Let me get these in order. We have five different sizes of the rounds. So it starts with our smallest and it's called an ER 25 And it goes all the way up to our big daddy, which is also on back order. So you might have to wait till March for this one, but five different sizes. Then let me talk about The barrel. So this barrel is coated in ceramic, which is going to give you a nice even heat distribution across the barrel. The bristles are made of carbon and Turmaline and if you've never seen Turmaline black Okay, I'm still there. Okay, black Turmaline. This is black Turmaline. It's actually one of my favorite minerals. I use it in a lot of things, but this is a mineral and what it does is the way that bristles are made is it creates a Negative charge. Oh gosh, I'm probably going to mix this up now and our hair is positively charged. So it creates a charge one on the bristles. That are his opposite of our hair. So think of a magnet. So when the hair and the brush come together. It's opposite attract and what that's going to do is that's nicely going to shut down the cuticle for us, which we know when our cuticle is all the way closed. It gives us that nice shiny beautiful anti humidity like that beautiful, beautiful blowout. So the round is going to help you there. The other last thing I want to say about this round brush and this is one of my biggest things when I first came into the industry that I struggled with Is that when you're round brushing round brushing and when, oh gosh, it's just the worst thing when my client when I accidentally hurt my client. In any way, whether it's shampooing or when I was round brushing their hair and like I instantly get this sick feeling in my stomach. If they go, oh, or if it like anything like that. And so I can remember before or go using different round brushes where the hair would possibly get caught here right at this connection or in the end cap and it's just like the worst when you just like rip out like one or two of their little hairs. So I love this round brush because it has a seamless cap here. It's recessed into the barrel. So you're not going to get any snagged hairs here and then the barrel is also seamless here. So it's just really, really nice for that. Then really quickly, I want to go into our few our pals Matt. I watch your videos all the time. So I am personally a big flat wrapper as well. So I absolutely love these and then of course I have short hair. So This guy is my best friend. This is called our diamond head and I absolutely love this for my men's clients and for flat wrapping short hair gets really nice into the nape area into the fringe. And then we also have our classic polishing paddle. So a couple of things with the polishing paddle.  Just because it is 2021 and we're still in a pandemic. We all know behind the chair how important it is to disinfect our tools like More than ever, trust me, I travel around the world. I see the educators that aren't cleaning out their brushes. So You guys, we all know how important it is this year. And with this polishing paddle right here. It has two awesome features which are It's going to look like when you see this brush that a pin is missing, but that's actually a drain hole because that's another thing. Sometimes with paddle brushes, they don't have the drain holes.   There's a drain hole at the end there. And so after you quads it, you can, you know, lay it out to dry or lay it down this way and it should completely dry out the inside, which is super important. The next thing you will notice. And just like the round brushes. These pins are also infused with carbon and tourmaline. So you're going to still get that beautiful shine. Yep. And She's frozen, but she's not, but she is. All right, I'm gonna go to me while she figures it out. Talk to you guys for a sec. See what we got. What do we got in the chat here? Jocelyn, I see your question there. I'm actually just going to have Sarah call back. I see your question. So I will, I'll get that up to Sarah as soon as she's back on here. Where do we get the brushes? You can get them at Shop FSE, which is our online store, Shop Free Salon Education. Here she is. What's up? Okay, so what I've tried. How's the pig? I've tried disconnecting from the internet now. So maybe that will help in just going off service. So All right, let's see. Is the picture still okay? Yeah, yeah, it looks good. Awesome. Okay, so we did have one question, Sarah. So I do want it because I think what happened was when you got caught off last time, you were going into more of what how it helped your wrist. So yeah, yeah. So Jocelyn was asking about that. I think that's a good tip if you want to go into that. Yeah. So with the wrist, when I was using, you're right, when I used to use different handles that didn't necessarily have this kind of grip. I used to actually also use some And I'll probably be like, you know, half the viewers are going to be like, I love the wood handles. But for me personally, when it was a wood handle without the grip. I don't know. I just had a really hard time turning it in my hand. So I that's just one thing that I love about this grip. Sometimes you still have moisture in their hair and you have Wet hands or, you know, you can get a little water on the brush. And so I love the silicone grip one because the longevity of the handle. In my opinion, last a little bit longer. And for my wrist. It's just so much easier because when we're round brush blowdrying all the time. We have these little micro movements and I just felt with like a different handle. I had to work even harder at moving or rotating the brush when I needed to.  When I was growing up national champion when I was 10 but you know I got a little wear and tear on my shoulder from that like constant motion. So same thing when we're round brushing. And I love working behind the chair. So I want to be able to do it for a long time. So I just started to research and look for methods that would help me in every little single way possible. So I hope that answers your question. It was mostly about the grip. Yeah, I think that was good. Okay, awesome. Okay, so back to our paddles and I'll talk about the pins next. So another thing with our pins is that these are molded. It's a single mold. So with the pen itself. So you'll see that there's like the little just like most paddle brushes. We have the little tip. And sometimes with the way that these pins are molded the tips and the pins will be molded separately and then placed together. This is one single mold. So you're not going to get these little tips breaking off over time, which again gives you a longevity in the brush. And then also it's just really nice on the scalp. Standard. And then when the brushes turned this way, you're going to see that the pins are not lined up. There's a row and they're going to kind of zigzag. So when we are blow drying this way when we have our paddle horizontal Then we're going to be able to get more tension on the hair because the pins are misaligned. Now I love using this paddle for detangling as well. So when you turn the brush vertical so straight up and down, you're going to be able to see That see you can almost see perfectly down if I could get this lined up perfectly down and they're really nicely lined up. This is going to be perfect for detangling. So multi functional. I love to flat wrap with this on long hair to if I'm going to dry cut on straight hair. It just perfect setup for me. So if there's no questions on those. I'm going to move into let's talk about power dry next actually because you probably are ready to see me get into some hair. Let's move her up a little bit. Obviously to like body position. We're going to talk a little bit about body position and all that. One thing I struggle with also at the beginning of my career was one will because at the beginning to you're like trying to learn all of the things with all of your tools. So you don't really think about moving your client up and down right like taking time to move up and down, but it's so important to actually get Your client or your mannequin. If you're practicing in your downtime, no sitting at the back table. That's a big pet peeve of mine. When you're starting out is you should always be working on something always figure out or at least watching one of my videos over on free salon education. And so if you're working on your mannequin or your client. Get her in the right spot. That's where I go off on tangent. So Appreciate that. That's okay. This is my favorite because she doesn't Can't hear me, but I just love the Oh, no. Part really got to get this fixed. We did this with Ben Brown, too. So it's obviously just an issue with this. I don't know. But you guys are the best. Thank you for hanging in there. Sarah Mac. So wasn't the Wi-Fi. Okay, so we're gonna move in. I'm not sure where I cut out, but we're gonna talk about body positioning next and I went off on a tangent. So it was probably good that I got cut off. I tend to do that on all my little things that come to my brain, but next we're going to talk about body position and just how important it is to get you set up and I want to talk about Like just the way we hold our blow dryers. Now I'm probably going to get half the viewers mad at me again when they see me tell them, please do not hold your blow dryer this way. So if anyone does Like I said, to each their own. It's just not recommended for longevity in your career because what that's doing is it's putting all the weight at the back and it's putting again more pressure on your wrist and Those micro movements and you going back and forth and then to with that. Sometimes these blow dryers like the tip of your blow dryer gets up to 400 500 degrees. So it's just like more chances of you burning yourself. This is our TT twin turbo 2000 this blow dryer is in our portfolio portfolio and I really love this. I've used it. Honestly, my whole career. I Used to my first assisting job. I was really lucky because I found Ergo Like I was using Ergo tools pretty early on because the guy assisted for was using Ergo. So it's awesome. I've had this blow dryer almost my whole entire career and what I love about it is that it's a shorter barrel. So you can get, I don't know. It just makes it more ergonomic, honestly, because you don't have to get your arms so far away with a longer barrel. If that makes sense.  And then, you know, the weight is nicely distributed across the barrel so that it's nice and ergonomic. I'm probably going to use that word a lot because Ergo Just goes with it. Okay, so I want to talk about power drying. Like I said, I'm a stylist behind the chair. I also do work on photo shoots. I mean, I've been on Big campaigns and stuff. So there are times when we blow dry from, you know, straight from the shampoo bowl to dry without a power dry. Totally, totally just need to know the situation. Also, I wouldn't recommend power drying, of course, on curly frizzier hair because when we try to power dry curly frizzy hair. That's just going to actually ruffle up that kind of cuticle even quicker and it's going to cause you to have to work harder on the back end. But if your clientele is like mine, which I again I travel all over. I see everybody's clientele. So most people have a fine to medium hair strand and then they have like a medium Actually like a thinner to medium density. It depends on, I mean, of course, there's a couple of exceptions, like, you know, in Miami, there's a lot of thick hair over in Miami and some areas. Texas, they have a lot of thick hair too, but it just depends, right. So a lot of my clients are they have a finer hair strand medium density. So I love to just like many hairstylists shortcut anything I can because at the end of the day to like not only is it about our body position or not body position, but like the longevity of our career. But I'm sorry, we are there to make money. So the more, especially with COVID and not being able to double book anymore.  So this is just one technique. Again, very situational. You have to know your client's hair. Where I utilize power drying to cut down on my overall service time, which allows me to get more clients into my chair, which allows me to make more money. So one thing you'll notice I am going to have to turn on the blow dryer. So that might be a little bit annoying. I won't talk during it and it will be Short burst, but I'm going to set this up for you. One thing we focus on at ergo when we are drying hair is that we start with like if you take a section of hair. And I'm just going to hold it up for you. This first inch is either you can call it section 123 ABC roots mid length ends. However, you want to phrase it and Alright, so Let's take this time. She's blowdrying. Let's take this time to talk about freeslawneducation.com app FSE now she'll be calling back FSE now you can download the app for free. We got tons of education on there. None of it cuts out like this. All right, Sarah's back. Alright, so I think I left off on you can phrase it roots mid length ends ABC. However, you want to go about it. So I like to say we Make sure the roots are dry first and then before you move on to the mid lengths, which is be and then ends are last. Now when I power dry. I honestly don't power dry the ends at all. And that's because ends are porous anyways.  So I really when I'm power drying. I actually mostly focus on roots and I move the hair all around. You're going to see me move the hair all around in different directions. If I want to create a lot of volume. In this my final blowout, then I'm going to move the hair forward and really focus on these routes that way when I am working on my blowout and this comes back over. I've already created some lift in my power dry. Now if she wants something flat and sleek. You're going to put her on her part and start power drying her into position that way. Okay, another thing you're going to see me do. You're not going to see me blowing the hair all over again. I want to aid in closing the cuticle down instead of ruffling it up even more. So everything's to go quicker. Save time. So you're going to see me work around the head. One last thing you're going to see me do when I do this is Everything needs to stay when it comes to body positioning. I like to think of it like from collar bone. I think this is like, you know how there's like a strike zone for any of my sports fans. Of course, I grew up playing softball. So, you know, there's a strike zone. Right. So for me, it's like here is I want to keep working in my strike zone. Okay, this is going to be the best for my body, my elbows, my shoulders, my wrists. Another thing which you can't really see me do right now, but I tend to Put whatever leg is hold or whatever arm is holding my blow dryer. That leg tends to go a little bit forward. If anyone Yeah, I don't really actually know how I was going to phrase that, but you'll also see me switch hands. So when I want to power dry on this side, but I want the hair moving away, like, how am I going to turn, you know, like this looks, it's so funny. So another thing we really have to work on when you want to become a better styler and finisher is being ambidextrous, which means you can use both of your hands, either way. I do tend to hold it the blow dryer in my right hand the most, but you'll see me when I come to this left side switch hands and start to move this hair. I'm not going to do this for very long. So this is going to be a very quick version of my power dry, but I just want you to see the mechanics of it. So turn your volume down on three, two, one. Sound back up again very quick version, but it shouldn't take you too long. Don't be afraid to put use your hands like I love my tools, but I think sometimes it's hair stylist. We forget that these are like some of our most useful and Powerful tools. So in this power drive. Don't be afraid to put a lot of a little bit of tension into their hair. It's also great because this feels, I mean, think about it.   Uh huh. When you they tell you something you have no idea what they're saying. So it just gets them to relax. Again, it's adding to the client experience. I'm all about the experience. So yeah, I think that's about it with that. And then I would move into the midlights and ends. So moving on. Next thing that we're going to talk about is sectioning. So sectioning is also stylus preference. And I think it also depends on the density of hair. So density is the amount of strands that they have on their head. So obviously if that's Alrighty, so let me see here popping back up. I don't know why Skype's there doesn't need to be Here we go. The app somebody was asking it's FSE now FSE now right here and you can see Pop it on there. So if you go to the app store, you can download it. This class will also be remastered into a smaller version. So we'll cut out all of these little All of these little disconnections and we will put it into a smaller video. So Sarah, this will be salvaged and Yeah, everybody likes it. I got to be honest, people, you think it's annoying. It seems annoying, but people actually kind of enjoy it because it's Yeah, it's not too big of a break. It's nice on my end because I have a second to actually like wrap my brain around what I'm actually doing over here. Yeah, we started Go ahead. I don't know if you saw the Ben Brown class, but for some reason it was that was happening with him, which is why I got to figure this out. But he he was like, at least I get to drink, but he was like drinking a Pepsi every time he was Every time it was cut out. So here we go. All right. Yeah. Okay, so I was talking about density and sectioning. I actually took a poll recently on my Instagram. So if we're not connected on Instagram and you want to connect with me. I also love talking to people. It's Sarah Mac original over on Instagram. That's where you can find me most of the time, but I took a poll over there. The other day, asking if people Presection and clip away. It was about 50 50 again it's situational right so if they have a lot of density, which means they have a lot of strands on their head. Doesn't matter about the texture. Then a lot of times it's going to save you time if you just take the extra probably in real and realistically two minutes. I'm going to keep sectioning actually while I talk. To pre section this away. Again, it's just going to give you control and kind of give you a roadmap. So I'm sure Matt, you have a roadmap right when you are going to start a haircut.  It's the same thing behind the chair. Again, whether you're cutting styling or finishing I think a lot of people just think sectioning is for haircutting, but and then there's some haircuts where you don't section at all. So same thing. So all I like to do this is after my power dry to so there's still and I should mention in my power dry. I aim to get the hair dry about 80% That way there's enough moisture left in the hair that when I unwrap these pre sections that I don't have too many kinks and or anything in the hair. And I'll adjust the camera in just a second when I actually start blow drying. So you'll see that I started with a horseshoe section. I will say this horseshoe section is a little bit more narrow than like if you were, it's more narrow than your parietal ridge. And the reason for that is because this is where we're going to talk about the length of the barrel. So you don't want the horseshoe set section, say that five times fast To be wider than your brush barrel. Again, same thing as cutting. I love how everything crosses over. You're not going to take a section in your hands and cut past your knuckle. So it's the same thing. It's all for control and to get a really nice and result. So again there and then straight from there. I like to just go straight down down the ear and then we're going to just divide this back section and you can use a comb here a clip. I tend to use clips. Everybody has an opinion on it. See, and I'll turn, I'll get this girl turn for us. And then this is going to be a section here. And I'm going to also move the camera and I'll tilt it a little bit down for us. So I'm going to put a clip there and then I'm not going to. Okay, so it depends on which blowout I'm doing. But if I'm starting from the bottom and working up, then I'm not going to clip this away. But if I'm starting from the top, which is what I do with set lock and lift I start from the top and I'll explain why. Then I do clip this away because I'm going to work, obviously, from the bottom down. Now just because I am going to work set lock and lift from the bottom down doesn't mean you have to. One thing that you'll learn With me is that I don't think there's an absolute to anything. So I just like to share with Silas what works for me. Sorry, closing that power button and then you're going to take some nuggets with you that you find applicable to how you style hair. And you're going to change some things to that's what it's all about. I I don't really think there's one way to do anything broth. I need a charge. Oh, thanks. You're right there because it's reconnecting right now. Yeah, just disconnected. I mean it works out because She's She's getting it fixed. Hey, thank you guys for staying with us. I understand that this is going through it. Here's the thing that I love about all these different tips before she gets back on here is the fact that Guys, there's so much to break down in blow drying before you actually blow dry all of us know how to take a section pull it up in the air. What you guys got to understand is all the little tiny details that Sarah is putting in there are really valuable. So just Grab those little things and add them to your bullet drive. All right, got you back. Yes. Thank you. Yes. Thank you for that. Yeah, they're just yeah my little tips and tricks and I learned that like I've had so many mentors throughout the years and it's so funny because I'm like a hybrid of my mentors right or things that I learn online. You take some things with you. And my thing is if I can just share one thing that you could take home. That's a win for me and hopefully you win for you. Yeah, I Sarah, so I just want to kind of I like to see like what the audience is doing kind of address because People I feel like people get like impatient in a way and and I try to like preach to be a little more patient because The the amount of little things that we've gone over like that's what really separates like what I think separates a good hairdresser and a great one are those tiny little details and so Everybody I was saying like everybody knows how to to grab a section and pull it up and blow a dry like that to me is like okay cool basics we got it. But like the tiny like body position and sectioning and you know going through all of that and what you're about to share now.  So people to get impatient like well what are you trying to learn you just want to know how to pick it up because that's not understanding the why behind everything that we do so I think it's super cool and I know you're about to throw in a tip here so But I want people to understand that are in the chat that you got to have those little details then you build on that and now we're going to go into blow dry. Yes, and I know that everyone wants to see hair done I trust me I've been doing this a long time it's best to get right into here I totally understand. But like Matt saying it is really important and those are actually the things that I wish someone would have shared with me and then instead of me having to take 15 years to learn every single little detail along the way. So yes, thank you and thank you all for being patient and playing along now let me show you set lock and lift, this is one of our signatures and let's see i'm going to turn it this way, so my arms aren't in the way. And you're not going to see the rest of her head just because it's not that important anyways you're going to see the important part and you might not see the top of my head, but also not. A problem, so first thing was set lock and lift that we like to do is I start in this you shape section or horseshoe set shape section. And I start from the back of it and that's because I want to create this look is like that you know that Victoria secret runway look when it's all done and I have a mannequin back there so don't worry you don't have to watch me blow dry this whole mannequin. Back there with the finish set and we're going to take her down together and you'll see the end result but it's that going to give you that nice volume in the crown that beautiful bouncy curl. This is the technique we use for that so i'm going to use because she has actually i'm going to brush i'm going to go down one brush on this mannequin who has longer hair I use our ER 43. Because I do want a lot of revolutions for her she's a little bit shorter it's an Erica so i'm going to go with our ER 35.  Everything why I start back here is because i'm going to over direct this so i'm going to move up to this section and this one than this one, if I started here now i'm over directing this back section into my already set. curl so I started this back one I pre groom and then i'm going to over direct board wrap the hair around like that and then you're going to see me twist down. Now that's the lock the set in the lock, so let me do that one more time and i'm going to turn her towards you a little bit. So you can really see it from this angle pre groom pre groom.  Never good when she says oh my god popping in. she's going to go away. All right, this commercial break is brought to you by. Daily harvest. get your greens while you wait for somebody to come back on here we go. Hello. Okay, welcome back back okay so when I feel that it's getting dry I can do a quick temperature check with.  Because we all know, like sometimes if we have the brush all the way down here and other section it's really hard to. Get the blow dryer into that root area and that's going to be your number one cause of not keeping the volume in the hair is if you only get the root area route is where you get all your control on volume. So if you don't pre dry and then you only blow dry the root because you're in a rush or their scalp is getting too hot. And you only get it 90% dry, especially if you were in Florida and you go out into that humidity now that's just going to be wet again. In any kind of humidity and it's going to frizz back out and it's going to fall flat. So when we don't get it dry enough, that is why hair it still has moisture in the hair, you may not feel it really, but you really want to make sure it's nice and dry. So when I feel like that is nice and dry if it's coming loose, I can rewrap i'm going to slightly roll out now and start to work on my mid length. You're going to see that I never touch the tip of the blow dryer and especially near the root area I keep my blow dryer kind of moving and i'm not flicking my wrist again micro movements in the wrist i'm moving my whole arm. Okay, so that my wrist is staying as straight as possible and preserving my carpal tunnel, which I don't have anymore, I should have said that before. So after I really learned about body positioning everything my wrist is totally fine now I work 12 hours a day three days a week two to three days a week, so. And I can make it and I don't have an assistant anymore, so I am on my own. Okay roots are dry now i'm going to roll out and start to blow dry those mid lengths, I am moving with the cuticle when I am drying and moving this blow dryer again we're trying to close down that cuticle create shine. Not sure where the sound went there. Oh, she doesn't know so I got to hang up on her I should just talk and just let her just say exactly what she's doing. I do love this technique i'm just going to hang up so then she calls back and then that way we don't have any problems but. I do love this technique I love the idea of wrapping it around and then adding the heat and what do you guys think let me know in the chat. let's see. Her hair color is awesome cool cool tone ha ha get it um all right here she is. Hi all right okay um so I just it was perfect timing because I rolled my blow dry all the way in and I rolled it down and I let it set and cool down just a little bit and then i'm going to. To set this now i'm going to roll out and instead of flicking the brush out and just letting the ends go wherever this is going to be very controlled i'm using. In between my index and my middle finger i'm going to start to reinforce closing the cuticle with my hands and roll this at the same time roll my brush under okay. Then, if you have a tray or anything minds on the opposite side i'm going to just roll this in my hands I don't have any product on my hands, let me turn this actually so you guys can really get a good view. So we're rolling this I have it over directed slightly going taking it back to the basics beauty school you decide if you want to set it on base off base. If you want more volume just set it off base forward or back okay so i'm going to create a role just like that now for these top sections, I recommend using setting clips like this one i'm going to let this down. or not this one oh my gosh sorry for this top section I actually recommend going with a longer duck bill just because these are going to be your widest sections. And it's going to give you the most control there now I want to show you i'm going to clip this with another one like that. I want to show you the difference, if you are using along duck bill, I want you to see the difference in this one first. Try not to set it with something like these are my favorite for sectioning my haircuts because these put more tension on it, but when you are setting the blow dry try to go with the duck bill. It may seem standard, but like again I see it out there you guys so just a little tip this will not create a crease in your set and i'm going to pull this up for you, so you can see this finished.  The way you divide each section is going to again depend on density their hair thickness if they have. Not a lot of density you're probably going to be able to take bigger sections okay so a couple variables brush size density. And you're going to just keep taking horizontal partings and work up i'm going to actually switch the other mannequin for you. So you can kind of see how I have this set, let me know if you want to see me actually do the motion of set lock and lift one more time, or if we're good to move on. i'll just show you this this set, so you can see, I have for here in the top section so 1234 and you can kind of see through them this girl has a lot of hair. Then I went to my side sections next here's the only place where I don't roll under and let's see here, so these ones are actually I turn my brush vertical. And I set them vertically and that's because just like a curling iron set is really going to like kind of open up their cheekbones most people want their hair to curl away from their face, so that is on the sides, I have them set vertical. On both sides, you can really see that and I just set those with the littler double prong clips there. And then in the back these subdivisions again are just debate based on control so whatever amount of hair, you can control and you'll find with the ergo brushes because we have a longer barrel, you can actually take less sections which saves time. get you in more clients and again this blowout should last them three days, I mean it's the best when a client says to you after I wish I could blow dry my hair, the way you do that's called retention. For anyone new and retention is amazing and that's what you want behind the chair, you want those clients coming back, you want them talking about your blowout it's. it's just awesome okay so let's take these out really quick I know we are so short on time. Is that all right i'm actually going to you're good i'm going to let the people watching now so I. Unlike any other hair media company you'll ever probably find in the current happening right now I have a client so. So I literally cannot keep this live going you know she's going to finish and show you guys right now, but I can't keep this live going because I literally have a client waiting for me so. So it's a good thing because we're real hairdressers here doing real things. But I'd love for her to show it to you again and if I could just leave it going and she wouldn't it wouldn't stop on us, then I would do that, but I can't so. So Sarah is going to show you the end we're going to have Sarah back and and we're going to fix these tech issues so that she can easily do a class but ergo. is going to be part of the you know coming on this channel doing some lives and I promise it will be easier next time Sarah you're a pro. This isn't was not the easiest situation and I appreciate that. I don't think she can hear me say this right now nope. So i'm going to let her come back she's going to brush that out, but thank you guys so much for tuning in and for real my client is is waiting he's been here for five minutes now. So yes, go to work thanks but i'm going to let Sarah come back and close this out show you guys the end result and like I said I promise we'll do more blow dry classes and all of that. In the very near future i'm excited to have Sarah back on here when things are difficult. Be back. That looks beautiful. yeah so here it is you guys again we are sorry for the technical difficulties, but yes ergo will be back yeah and please connect with us again thank you so much map for having me. It was an honor it was truly an honor and if you guys have any questions please reach out to us again ergo styling tools or Sarah Mac original. ergo's instagram is ergo styling styling tools tools and then I have yours up there too so there's ergo styling tools and then you can also follow Sarah right here, there we go. You can find me through ergo to I am on that backside of our social media so if there's anything you want to see with ergo just yeah let us know we are always down to put out whatever. The people are looking for so thank you so much for having me matt thank you I was saying that I don't think you heard me, but you're definitely a pro this is not this is the hardest live. Ever because of cutting out and trying to remember what you're saying and all of that I think you did a great job I can't wait to have you guys back on here and we will work out these difficulties yeah. And it's no it's no worries yeah. But thank you so much everyone has a good job or a good job a good day and thanks for hanging tight alright guys I'll see you guys soon yeah thank you guys so much we'll see you on the next live right here on freesline education we'll see.


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I knew I was gonna see y'all later on today I figured it was gonna happen, but I did not know it would be because of the LA Ravens Striking again subscribe to the channel turn notifications on run them likes up because we got to talk about these Baltimore Chargers so this offseason has been a busy one for the charges because they've been doing everything that they possibly Can to be the Baltimore Ravens Let me remind you of how well their general manager is former director of player personnel right from a Ravens director of player personnel Joe Horty's the offensive coordinator is former Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman the running back that they signed former Ravens running back Gus Edwards offensive linemen a sign from a Ravens offensive linemen Bradley Bowsman the tight end they signed former Ravens tight end first-round draft pick by the way Hayden Hurst and now Now you add former Ravens was never a starter, but former Ravens fullback been Mason You think these charges respect the Baltimore Ravens now I get it that general manager is the one that makes the moves and the one that really builds the team That being Joe Horty's and now he's getting his first crack at being a general manager, which is great for him I do commend him on his work But these guys you could tell that he he really Appreciated where he came from and loves where he came from and will never forget and doesn't forget and hasn't forgotten Where he came from that being with the Baltimore Ravens, and I mean hey The charges wanted to be the Ravens so bad. They say you know what? John Harbaugh ain't going nowhere. Let's get old Jim Jim. Come on run a show, baby And there you have it man. So with the charges them signing been Mason. I love it, man I love it. It's like the charges. They've been controlling the Ravens heavy all offseason all offseason long But I seriously though I do think it's just a really a sign of respect It's a sign of respect for how the Baltimore Ravens operate again. Joe Horty's being the general manager He knows the ins and outs of the Baltimore Ravens He's there for a long time worked his way up and now he worked his way out and now he's doing his own thing in La, but I do think it's a deep sign of respect for how the Ravens operate deep sign of respect for the work ethic of their coaching staff or the work ethic of all those players that They brought in and with some of them they were recent former Ravens But some of them were not so recent from Ravens, but all of those players that we named They all got their start one way or another Drafted undrafted Drafted high drafted low. They all got their start with the Baltimore Ravens been Mason But been Mason. He's somebody that John hardball would talk about and say that he is a very very hard worker He said despite him and I didn't really get no playing time. I Really don't remember. I think maybe there was maybe Kobe is I don't remember how long been Mason been around for but I don't remember him getting on the field like ever Really don't remember but anyway Been amazing somebody that hop on always talked about being a very hard working despite him not getting much playing time Hop on talked about how he would be one of those people. That's so that's first day of practice and last out and whatnot So that's a good thing for him. I always thought the year that we drafted been Mason I thought that that was going to be a wrap for Pat Riccardo. I really did I thought been Mason was going to be the Pat Riccardo replacement The year that we drafted been Mason, you know, I forget when it was.  Nope He certainly was it and there's still a lot of questions about that draft and that draft picking what now But we talk about that another time. Well, we probably won't but anyway, um, we've been Mason I remember the whole The whole ordeal, I mean, it was always meant to be after been Mason left the Ravens for a little bit Then came back to the Ravens. It was always meant to be that he was gonna leave It was just a matter of time that he left the Baltimore Ravens because I remember When they him in the Ravens, they agreed to like one of them wink wink deals Those wing wing deals not not Don Martin deal wink But one of the deals where you it's like a handshake deal like okay. Hey been Mason.  I got you. So they did They did that we've been Mason years ago years ago. Y'all remember the story. They did that we've been Mason and Apparently they agreed to one of those wing wing deals. So they cut them. They released them and Remember it was a pressure and how ball was like, hey, well, I mean a reporter asked how ball Hey, what's going on a bit Mason? Where's been Mason at what happened to been Mason and how balls like oh, I'll let him address that when he wants to address I'll let him answer that quote and the way that he said it was like Snappy hardball because we get a lot of different versions of hardball throughout the season It depends on what his mood is and then I get it. Oh, but how ball he obviously wasn't feeling been mason Who's that about the way that he said it was like whoa and then like an hour maybe two hours later Oh Ben Mason former Baltimore Raven assigned with the New England Patriots. Oh Okay, that's why he was acting like that instead been mason's name with that just that small Yeah, he wasn't feeling him at all. Um, so but been makes it end up coming back. Anyway a little later on But now a now he gets his real opportunity and what helps him out is that Obviously familiar with the system that they run Or that they're gonna run over there With the charges being Greg Roman system But um, this will be a cool opportunity for him because I'm I don't know how much to what extent since Gus Edwards. He was running with The the starters he and then probably the two so I'm not sure what extent Then Mason's relationship is with him But maybe they did get a little bit involved in maybe maybe Been makes was able to block for him at some point in practice. Maybe maybe But yeah, so well, it shouldn't be nothing to pick that up So that's happy for been mason school for been mason good opportunity for been mason And now he'll be blocking it. He'll be blocking with a lot of Ravens He didn't hers gonna be over there blocking Bradley Bowden gonna be over there blocking. I'm sure Greg Rome I mean, excuse me, not Greg Roman Gus Edwards at some point. He gonna be over there blocking to Justin Herbert he got to be looking around like Okay This is gonna be different because The way that the you look at the charges And I don't know all the ins and outs of everything and all the operations and every single roster move that they did But when you look at the charges and you see how they're moving at least from an outsider's perspective Chargers fans would obviously know a lot more than me. But when you look at how they're moving from the outside in It does seem very 2020 Ravens because you look and They got rid and I know a lot of it had to do with money But they got rid of Mike Williams top receiver they got rid of Kenan Allen didn't want to take a pic of money Top receivers they got rid of them, too it was said on the defensive side of the ball that They still had money problems, but they made it work with Joey Bolsa and Khalil Mac So they made it work on the defensive side of the ball as far as keeping their talent the most talented people But on the offensive side of the ball, especially at wire receiver. They're not this ain't working out. You gotta go So hey But again, I don't know all the ins and outs very well that that's what it looks like to me But you know with Greg Roman system that they put a heavy emphasis on tight ends I would Justin Herbert I Do think that and I've said this multiple times before That the efficiency is gonna go up the yards passing yards are going to go down The efficiency is going to go up. So I think touchdowns will stay about the same I think interceptions will definitely go down Though for him. So things gonna be different for Justin Herbert. Maybe he gonna be running a little RPO He's gonna learn how to take off a little bit more and whatnot. So we're gonna see how he looks in That system because as we know We've seen a lot of mobile quarterbacks be in that system Alex Smith for a little bit But then we saw Colin Kaepernick. He did this thing Tyrone Taylor when Greg Roman was in Buffalo And then obviously Lamar Jackson in Baltimore when Greg Roman was there So these mobile quarterbacks they they be doing their thing in that system as far as taking off So Justin Herbert, this is gonna be a new age.


We're really, really happy we pre-seasoned. We've been really fortunate that the weather has been good for us. And we've been on our beautiful grass soccer fields at the new Owings Mills East facility. So it's been excellent. We've been able to do a little bit of work on the turf as well, just to improve our speed of play. But overall, really happy with the dynamic of the team or team culture has been excellent. The work rate has been excellent. We are just really excited for this young group, this young team to really develop. And they've really been pushing themselves. And, you know, again, it's just been a great experience to be back on the grass. The skills that these guys learn during pre-season, as well as everything, tactically and technically, will help them when the pressure comes in those high games this year. They're making smart decisions. They're taking care of themselves. These are all things that they'll need to do when classes start and as they progress through the season. Our ultimate goal is obviously to win the Mac title. And we know that it's going to be tough in a very tough conference. Even being picked to finish tied for a third in the pre-season poll doesn't show the depth of the conference. It's a very strong conference from top to bottom. Those are going to be tough. Those are every one of those conference games is going to be tough. And that's our goal, our goal is to make the top three, hopefully top two so we could get a home playoff game and then obviously advance to the Mac Championship and advance to the NCAA tournament. We want to be the first team in men's soccer history as Stevenson to make the NCAA tournament. We look forward to every game. We'll take each game as it comes. We're very excited for the non-conference schedule we've put together. We have a lot of tough games starting on the road with St. Mary's and Penn State Harrisburg. St. Mary's beat us in overtime last year, 1-0 and Penn State Harrisburg knocked off Messiah and were able to be in the NCAA tournament. They won their conference. We play a lot of good teams in the Centennial. Johns Hopkins, Washington, Gettysburg, who all made the NCAA tournament last year. We have tough games. Every week, Catholic that won their conference made the NCAA tournament. So we have a very strong non-conference schedule. And that's to prepare us for conference. We win some of those games. We have a great opportunity and at large, but each one of those games we'll prepare us for how tough our conference is. Obviously, Messiah being the toughest one. But we're excited for that first game against Eastern at home. We're excited to get on our new Bermuda grass fields. We're excited to start the tradition again of playing on grass that we did back in 2010 when I was the women's coach. So we're excited to be back. And we're thankful for Stevenson for being able to provide our student athletes with a great complex to move this soccer program forward into the future.


All right, so this issue of iGabat, you know the question at this point with his child when he was came down here from Montana was is there evidence of iGabat and toxicity and We typically do an exam under anesthesia do electrophysiology It turns out that many years ago when this drug was studied Don Creel and I were among the investigators That participated in gathering data That brought to the fore the issue of iGabat and toxicity in children and In this child that is you know definitely an issue and the thing that was striking with our exam under anesthesia was these changes depigmented areas from Mid peripheral retina out to the periphery The optic nerve notably looks Healthy we because of issues getting test accomplished did not get an OCT during our recent exam in our anesthesia But we did do the electrophysiology that you saw and the thing that struck me with that electrophysiology was that the cone ERG the flicker response, which is predominantly a cone response All we saw were stimulus flight spikes. That was a grossly abnormal Electroretinogram the manufacturer of sabral has recommended That testing be done every three months including electrophysiology and all children on the medication We have held the line in doing it here every six months recently incorporated doing OCT It turns out that retinal nerve fiber layer thinning has been identified as another Component of this toxicity in looking into this There are a couple of things with this kid and I want to show you some of the pictures. These are these areas of depigmentation that are present and Fortunately the posterior pole looks relatively normal One of the questions here is is this sabral toxicity and I apologize for the flashing I have no idea how to operate this when it works let alone how to troubleshoot it So if anyone has a clue, please jump in Any of the residents as far as is you know, if we were to consider other things, what else should we consider? You've got an abnormal electroretinogram in an infant who's got Borderline poor vision and some pigmentary retinal changes RP could be some sort of retinal dystrophy The other question in a child who's got abnormal neurologic function is is in my mind was is there some evidence of a metabolic Disease it turns out that we have him scheduled to see dr. Longo who is our pediatric geneticist metabolic specialist So we will hopefully have answers on that in the interim the plan Quite, you know forcefully to pediatric neurology was let's taper him off of vi gabatron while we were sorting this out We are going to bring him back at our next exam. We will do an OCT and we'll have more information in terms of looking into this What have we learned and what have I learned and putting this together for you? It turns out that vi gabatron is an irreversible inhibitor of GABA. I mean O transferase and When you have increased GABA you have decreased seizure activity Where is it most frequently used at least 90% of the patients that I see this medication used in Have tuberous sclerosis Why is it the magic bullet for seizures and in TS? That is an unknown Now the ERG changes that dr. Creel identified years ago include a decrease in the cone B wave Decreased in flicker amplitude and the thing that most people remember is Absence of oscillatory potentials those little spikes you see on the elevated portion of the B wave in the electro retina gram nasal Retin optic atrophy and nasal retinal kind of segmental Retinal atrophy were described by Ray Bunsik at hospital for sick kids in Toronto back in 2004 for monitoring again electro retina gram fundus photos and OCT now One thing I learned that I was not aware of is this has been associated with a cumulative dose greater than 1,500 grams of drug So we're going to need to start recording that when we see kids. We've not been doing that The other issue is question of does this have long-term implications? And there are at least two papers suggesting that it indeed does in adolescence with Documented several toxicity early in childhood when they were seen later when one could do a goldmine visual field and Do OCT looking carefully at nerve fiber layer thickness? There are abnormalities seen in adolescence from documented toxicity early in childhood Years down the road and and this is really opening a can of worms and then the other issue is these authors and this is a French group of investigators published in pediatric neurology presented VEP and ERG stimuli to Selected parts of the retina and what they found were that there were issues in the peripheral parts of the retina that they were there were abnormal when presenting these this Flashes both VEP and ERG In school-aged children who had been exposed years earlier and these were school-aged children who had been on the medication That did not have documented toxicity So there's real question about this and reason for us to be following these kids closely and so now Setting that aside. I want to wonder a thing. You're in clinic It's very busy you get a text and the text is from one of your radiology colleagues And the text basically just says what is this and do you need to see the patient today? and Here is the scan and and this is the only image I got and yes It was this fuzzy on my cell phone And you see what looks like a lens here and lens here and not much of an anterior chamber and so I'm wondering is this a child with anterior segment dysgenesis that they've discovered say tell me more about the patient It turns out that the patient is a healthy 12-year-old girl Head injured CT from an outside hospital Reported to have perfectly normal eye exams good visual acuity by mom and this was an artifact and I don't know in retrospect whether he sent this to me as a joke We're seriously asking a question, but you know on it when things don't look right You want to wonder about the source of the information and Back to the first case Questions comments particularly from our retina colleagues in neuro ophthalmology as far as this issue of by gabatron toxicity What percentage of all patients This is a rare occurrence it's a rare occurrence when we were doing they're doing the initial Treatment trials and we were doing electrophysiology. They're using much higher doses the doses They're using now are much lower and I Have this is the first patient in recent memory That I have recommended that they stop the medication Almost all the other patients we've been on have had good electrophysiology And we've had good stable electrophysiology and again the issue with this first ERG Understand is when you put a patient under general anesthesia It suppresses the EEG when you suppress the EEG you decrease the response that you're going to get with Electroretinogram in particular with the VEP So that anesthesia can alter it so comparing an awake study to an asleep study is Not necessarily a good thing to do and draw firm conclusions. Yes Not that I am aware of Yeah, this is if this is due to by gabatron This looks like RP and the other thing I'm going to do when we go back next with this child And they've got to come down from Montana and we have to coordinate care is I think it'd be wise to do an FA We can easily do that now with a ret cam And Glenn Jenkins has been very good about coming to do FAs for us And in helping us through that both with Pete's retina and pediatric ophthalmology services and doing an FA I think would help sort out where this is the other thing I thought as far as the metabolic disease of this could it be gyrate atrophy or something like that and But there you've got loss of coroid. This does not look to me like loss of cord It looks like simple loss of RPE I've never seen anything look just like this in any of the patients that I've either seen in person or published with by gabatron toxicity So I think the point thing is that the finding that this indeed is it can be a permanent change It well in it definitely Right Well, the other plea I would make is that Rather than having someone order the test I think that having someone Look at the eyes Carefully and thoughtfully is is highly desirable in terms of trying to sort these things out Yes, I mean the hard thing I think about Sable is it's it's an amazing drug for a lot of kids And so it's not like I mean In some cases you have to have the discussion with parents. Would you like to take them off this drug? Which is the only drug that can control their seizures or The trouble I've had with this drug is that when I put them under anesthesia and do these repeat ERG Sometimes I'll get a little lower. Sometimes they're a little higher and some of it a lot of it has to do with under anesthesia They're a little bit different and it depends on how light the anesthesia is and so I have trouble sorting that out and these are usually very Delayed children who you can't get much of an exam in clinic and so it's hard to know that but it isn't You know, it's really getting lower and you look at their exam in clinic and is it really worth putting these kids under anesthesia because These are kids with lots of other developmental problems But this is the only drug that controls their seizures It's a very it's a very difficult drug to deal with What I said that I'm impressed how kids with uncontrolled seizures Just are developmentally stalled or grass. They're in a vegetative state And they're there if you can't get the seizures under control Their life experience he goes to the teens so so this is this is often the option the parents have so I find that the parents are Often very comfortable with the risks of vision loss because their child for the first time is Developing their brain is not seizing and they're starting to eat milestones. It's so it is it's very complicated situation But then they say but you can put glasses on fix it And that's the the issue because those but this issue of Having a brain that functions is is important and it is a not agree a night-and-day difference baseline Rnfl Prior to So I think that I think that that sort of called into question because a lot of the studies are done Way later after the exposure. Yes, and it's you know Understandably a lot of patients were very young at Roman and couldn't have done a pre Treatment extensive testing right, but it's been somewhat Controversialist at the really frequency of how often this really occurs compared to the potential benefit of the drug It's tough call. We try to get pre treatment testing, you know, whenever possible In this situation we're in here Unusual for me where I've never seen the child the very first time I see them They've a been on it for a long time supposedly been tested and things don't look good And we're trying to sort out whether it's old or new which is exactly the case You know, there's just often a reason why they have a tractable epilepsy and end up on And that may definitely include a potential retinal issue Yes, rather than I'll bring additional info back that bursting Just Yes Yes It's in we're definitely they're already they're plugged into genetics Already and and hopefully we'll get some sort of answer in terms of an overall better overall diagnosis All right next


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When he is attacked in any way, water shields will appear around him to deflect the attack back to the attackers. Interviewed SCP-777 Dark Blade Interviewer, Dr. ██████ Begin log SCP-777 Hello, 777, I trust you are enjoying your new accommodations. SCP-777 I am, but you must call me Dark Blade. Your SCP name is not the one that was given to me. SCP-777 Of course, Dark Blade. Now, why are you staying at the Foundation? SCP-777 Because, Doctor, my mission tells me I must. SCP-777 What mission is that? Dark Blade looks to the ceiling. I can't tell you, but it will save the known world. SCP-777 Then I am glad we found you. End log Closing statement, it seems SCP-777 will be a very important asset to the Foundation. I know he is our savior, but we don't need fansites to him. Come on, people. Dr. ██████ Addendum 777-1 Dark Blade is recently taken up to guitar, and being a fast learner has mastered the skill. Addendum 777-2 A mild security breach was reported on ██████ Dark Blade neither confirmed nor denied any part in the event, but instead grinned slightly. Establishment of Dark Blade's Sentinels. Clough, you are the one who I've been waiting for? I am. Then I am ready.  I am Death Metal, the son of Satan, wielder of the guitar, a weeping soul, half saiyan heir to son Goku. Then together, let us ride and cleanse the world. By the tears of Mephistopheles, it shall be so. Yorick, you wanted to speak with me, sir? I did. What must I do?   Take up your gun-tana and come with me. Yes, my master. Researcher Crack, hello, SCP-777? Please, call me Dark Blade. You wanted to see me, yes? You, thou homely succubus, will become my concubine. Is that objectionable? No, of course not. Tinky. Dr. Bright- Ooh-ooh! What'd I get to be? You, my friend, are Bobo, my stalwart companion comic-release sidekick. You get the fetched coffee, keep my weapons polished and generally make the rest of it look awesome by comparison. That doesn't sound very glamorous. You also get to wear this cool viking helmet. Do you want decaf or regular? Dr. Klein, good morning, SCP-777. It's Dark Blade, sorry. Ah, yes, of course. My apologies. How are you, Dark Blade? Just fine, thank you. Well, that's great. Is there, um, is there anything I can do for you? No, nothing I can think of, although I appreciate your asking. I see, I'll- I'll be on my way out then. Goodbye. Goodbye. The video opens with Dark Blade deep in meditation, his sword across his knees. Dark Blade sits in blissful peace for several moments before he speaks, apparently to the shadowed door. I know you're there, scion of the machine. I'm not ready for this, lord. You were a built-ready machine. You just need the right words. No, I cannot. It is to- X, Y, Z, Z, Y, I, D, D, Q, D, God, Quicken, argh! Dr. Gears drops to his knees, screaming as his mechanical implants tear through his skin. Every available surface glistening with gun barrels, rise, scion of the machine, so you may show them. We shall bestow the path of the distrasticity upon them. Dr. Edison, here's a report on SCP-682 that you asked for, Mr. Dark Blade. Thank you, Edison, or should I say Space Detective Common Mask X? Heh, you're perceptive as ever, Dark Blade. Here I was, thinking you forgot about your old rival. Puff of smoke, Edison appears a split second later, wearing a spandex outfit with a visor helmet. You'll pay for the horrible things you did to me all those years ago. I've moved on, Edison. I've turned away from the darkness to embrace the light. Someday you'll understand. Someday I'll even atone for the vague sins I've committed upon you during my dark and troubled past that led to your decision to join the Galaxy Federation to spy on the Foundation in hopes that you could someday kill me. So, pulls out laser sword. Shall we dance? Indeed. Pulls out katana. Dr. Trebuchet, 777 is it? Call me Dark Blade. Blarkade? Dark Blade uses a phoenix down on Dr. Trebuchet, who is immediately brought back to life. Come with me, epiphany, and we shall destroy the mechogenerators that are draining life energy from the planet. Save in the world through eco-terrorism and corporate sabotage, count me in. Dark Blade picks epiphany up like a duffel bag by the strap on her lab coat and jumps over the edge of a bridge onto a passing train below. They vanish off into the horizon. Dark Blade is sitting on a bed of roses, wearing black jeans and a black t-shirt he purchased from Hot Topic. Research Assistant Corbett burst in with purple highlighted hair and purple foundation on. So, you came back, Blade? Yes, I came back. For you. Leading in. Never leave again, Blade. Crying. Dark Blade grabs Research Assistant Corbett's chin and looks him in the eye. I never will, Salmon. Embraces Research Assistant Corbett. ████████. Oh, Blade. Filming. You guys are so hot. Dark Blade is shown in his room, meditating over the shark enclosure. Every agent roadrunner enters the room, looking somewhat perturbed. I was called? Indeed you were. I have need of your vehicle. Oh, what for? I would be participating in a race. The prizes are artifacts that allow the user to ascend to Godhood. My extremely stereotypical rival is entering, and I must see to it that his desire for power remains unfulfilled. You can have it. Over my dead body. Dark Blade slowly stands and enters a fighting stance. Then you leave me no choice. Roadrunner tears his handgun out of his holster and levels it at Dark Blade.  Dark Blade proceeded to deflect all 10-45 caliber rounds away from himself using his unreal reactions in his katana. The last deflected round struck Roadrunner in the head, killing him. The security fee cuts off here and resumes half an hour later. Any traces of violence at the scene are gone, as well as the corpse. On the far wall, Roadrunner CZ-97B is seen mounted along with the many other trophies that Dark Blade has taken from his fallen foes. Roadrunner's vehicle will immediately be queased to Dark Blade. For further information, please view Experiment Log 777-A. Experiment Log 777-A SCP-777, who will be referred to as Blade due to higher authorization from the O5s because it is shorter, was politely asked if he would assist with assisting the Foundation's experiments. He answered that he would because he has an enduring respect for the Foundation, even though we do not possess the means to force him to do anything. Indeed, we could not even monitor him were it not for his cooperation. It should be again noted that Blade's cooperation is very much appreciated. Test A1-S Blade's attack shield was tested vs. various forms of attack. It was found to redirect both regular damage, damage damage, and empathic mind control memetic damage, happy damage, aka damage to happiness, namely by surviving a 3.4 gigaton nuclear blast and being able to explain in detail SCP-055's nature. Test L8-P Blade proved inedible to SCP-524. Obviously, as SCP-524 is especially savage, a hard fight was expected, but Blade just cut it in two with a katana. All of the researchers present were impressed, but Blade was very modest. Test R-70 Blade was asked to spectate a fight between two other subjects. Partway into the match, Blade expressed his demand for the progression of the combat and entered the ring, quickly dispatching both parties. Apologies to the researchers involved for the premature decommission of SCP-682 and SCP-076. Test O7-I Blade was observed while he ate a baked potato. He remarked on its flavor and ██████████. Test LKF Blade explained that he was bored and ran to SCP-001 in order to discuss the failures of the Abrahamic religions. Test XXX Blade's irresistible attractiveness to members of both sexes was tested. Agent ████████ attempted to sleep with Blade despite being happily married. All spectators agreed that Blade was really so hot, I mean, really. Test BFS Although this wasn't intended as a test, Blade was observed using SCP-572 to dismember several Ninja Class-Ds at the Foundation Maintain for just such experimental purposes. Test FU Exclamation Point When introduced to SCP-056, SCP-056 was deeply respectful, even reverent.  Agent ██████ and Deputy ██████ both agreed that SCP-056 was utterly sincere. Again, Blade politely and modestly rebuffed the praise because it makes him feel uncomfortable, because his ego is not significant. Test EYG SCP-87 was introduced to Blade, and the pair were left alone in the same room for a 14-hour period. The next morning, SCP-87 was found to have covered the room's walls and furnishings with gushing purple prose regarding he of the luscious hare and ebb and armor, and several pretty pictures of smiling suns on happy meadows. Test OM-343 SCP-343 breached containment only to reappear next to Blade and attempted to initiate a high-five. Blade left him hanging and commented, I don't believe in you. SCP-343 immediately vanished and is now listed as decommissioned. Test WTF-Lole BBQ Soundly humiliated SCP-076-2 by pulling a katana from another dimension, then having said katana, pull another smaller katana out of a different dimension.


What you want to do is figure out how to work half the time and get twice as much done, so that you can take a vacation, so that you can paint a painting and have time, some downtime. So you can go on vacation with your family.   But the people that get ahead are not just grinders. They're not. The grind is necessary, work is necessary, but it's never a goal. It's a necessity. The goal is very different. The goal of life is not to breathe. Breathing is a necessity. The goal of life is to enjoy your life, to do something important. You breathe because you must. You work because you must, but you never say, well, you know why I'm here? It's just to breathe? No. You're not here just to work. Working harder doesn't always change the game.


So we are here to support the NATO enhanced air policing mission which is to safeguard the integrity of the NATO airspace and support our allies in showing resolve to in protecting that airspace. Since deploying to Poland we've had four Alpha scramble which are decided upon by the Kaoc in Germany and they decide to scramble assets to intercept Russian aircraft in these cases that are approaching NATO airspace in order to shadow them or provide information on the flight path of those aircraft. Most of our training is done with partners that are based close by so the Polish Polish Air Force both MiG-29 and F-16s but also the US Air Force who are based in Lusk in Poland with F-15s right now the French Air Force with Rafales out of Lithuania but also German aircraft out of Estonia for example. So what makes the F-35 unique is its capability to use its sensors to provide situational awareness both to the F-35 pilot but also to other aircraft that are participating in the mission together with the F-35. So our main goal is to provide additional situational awareness as we call it to other aircraft and support their mission with our sensors. What do we feel? This is a great deal of gratitude and we feel that support so we are not alone here and we know that there is somebody behind our back standing for us there and supporting us so this this emotionally is quite important that builds friendship and true trust I would say.


For a mark, let's all go down to the amusement park.  Come on everybody, let's go and do high. And ride the big coaster right up to the sky. Come on, come on, out to the park, where the gang has the ball on the midway. In the late 1800s, there was a farm overlooking the Monongalia River near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, owned by Anthony Kenny. The farm was known as Kenny's Grove, thanks to its many beautiful trees and scenery, and was a popular spot for local residents after the American Civil War. In 1898, a banker named Andrew Mellon and the Monongalia Street Railways Company leased the land from the Kenny family in hopes to create profits from charging patrons' fares on weekends by creating a trolley park on the land. The following year, in 1899, they added a carousel, casino hall, and dance pavilion to attract even more visitors. In 1900, a bandstand was added. In 1901, the old mill was constructed, and in 1902, the park's first roller coaster, the Figure 8 Toboggan, was also constructed. Over the course of those five years, the fate and the future of Kenny's Grove was sealed as an amusement and entertainment destination. Only a few short years later, when the trolley company shifted focus and no longer wanted to manage the park, the lease was taken over by the manager at the time, Andrew S. McSwiggan, and his partners, Frederick W. Heninger and A.F. Megan. They leased and operated the park starting in 1906, renaming it Kennywood Park, and that's when the fun really began. Though Megan didn't remain part of this management group for long, leaving the company and selling his shares to the other two partners in 1908, McSwiggan and Heninger had a vision of progress, technology, and innovation, and the park entered an era of growth. This period of growth was impressive and helped the park to survive the First World War. New additions continued as soon as the war ended and the era of growth continued right up until the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was during this era of growth that three classic wooden coasters were built. The racer, first constructed in 1910, the jackrabbit, built in 1920, and the pipin, known today as the Thunderbolt, originally built in 1924. Together, these rides make up the Kennywood Trio. The racer could be described as simultaneously the oldest and the newest of Kennywood's trio of classic woodies. Let me explain. The original Kennywood racer was built in 1910, making it by far the oldest of the three. The original design was a side-friction roller coaster, similar to the Leap the Dips coaster we looked at in a previous episode. This original version of the racer was designed and constructed by Frederick Ingersoll and John Miller and was the largest racing coaster in the world at the time of its opening. The racer cost roughly $50,000 to construct and, like other side-friction coasters, provided a notoriously smooth ride, racing its two trains on separate tracks. The trains consisted of three-seat cars with a capacity of 18 riders total. Unfortunately, this original racer was torn down in 1926 and the land was used for the new Kitty Land expansion. Kennywood did not intend to go along without its signature racing coaster, however, and in 1927, the new version of the ride was being designed by John Miller and built by Charlie Mock. Miller was chosen to design the ride thanks to the success of his previous work. McSwiggan wanted a new take on the racer that would be fun for children and adults alike. This new racer cost a fair bit more to build, $75,000, due to the way Miller designed the ride around the topography, with the highest hill being in a ravine and requiring much more lumber to compensate for the height. This version of the ride was also a mobius coaster, meaning that, though it appears to be two separate racing tracks, it's actually one continuous loop of track. This is a very unique type of ride and the Kennywood racer is one of only three mobius coasters remaining in the world and the only one in the United States. The trains on this mobius track turn away from each other as the riders depart the station and when they meet again at the lift hill, they have switched sides and they're on the opposite side that they were in the station, remaining that way for the remainder of the ride. After this reconstruction, the ride was no longer a side-friction coaster with the new trains locking onto the track using an additional set of wheels underneath the track rails. This allowed for more flexibility with the ride design, including banked curves and curves on the dips. Now, there were some changes made to this version of the racer throughout the years, with Andy Vettel removing the final hill on the coaster in 1949 and numerous redesigns of the loading platform, including an Art Deco redesign in 1946 and a modern redesign in the 1960s. The platform was brought back to its original 1927 glory after a restoration in 1990. To this day, the racer still stands with its max drop of 50 feet and max speed of 40 miles per hour, sending riders through its mobius track and pitting family members and friends against each other in friendly competition, not to mention famously allowing them to high-five each other along the way. Hopefully for many years to come. Hurry to Kennywood. We, those roller coasters, are really something and Kennywood has four of them. Lots of other rides too, something for everyone in the family. You're never too young or too old to have fun at Kennywood, the nation's greatest picnic park. Kennywood's kiddie land is the nation's largest. All kinds of rides through mother goose land, even the smallest tots will enjoy it. And the merry-go-round always a favorite. Don't leave anyone at home when you go to Kennywood, where there's always more to do and more to see. No, sir, never a dull moment at Kennywood, the nation's greatest picnic park. It's an unbelievable wonderland of fun. The tri-state's favorite playground, bigger and better than ever this year. Hurry, hurry, hurry. All aboard, let's go to Kennywood. The Jackrabbit is the only one of the Kennywood trio of classic woodies that still stands today in its original design, one of the oldest in the world to be still running in its original design and location. This awesome woodie was designed and built in 1920 by John A. Miller and Harry C. Baker. The Jackrabbit was actually one of the first rides built after Miller patented his new track design, which involved additional sets of wheels under and over the track, securing the cars to the track below and allowing for a myriad of new design possibilities. This allowed for many features of the Jackrabbit, including the 70-foot drop and double dip drop design, which gave riders their first taste of true ejector airtime and which is one of the signature elements of this ride. The Jackrabbit has faced a few small changes over the years, most notably the trains. The original trains for the Jackrabbit no longer sit on the ride, and the trains that you see today were manufactured by Edward Vettel Sr. in 1951, consisting of three cars with six seats each. These classic cars are well known for their small lap bar, which, though it disallows younger, shorter riders onto the ride for safety reasons, are considered a classic part of the coaster's history and allow for awesome airtime. Another significant change to the ride was the removal of the tunnel that once covered the turnaround section following the first drop. The removal was first done in 1947 when park officials were planning for the new train cars. A newer, shorter version of the tunnel was eventually built in its place during restoration efforts in 1991. The Jackrabbit, thanks to its rare preservation and wealth of history, has been designated an ace roller coaster landmark, as well as receiving ace coaster classic status. A legendary wooden classic, hopefully this ride continues to be preserved for generations of riders to come. If you like the Pippin, you'll love the Thunderbolt, Kennywood's fast track coaster. Free Circus acts daily at Kennywood, where the fun people are. The Kennywood Thunderbolt is the third and final of the Kennywood Trio. Built by John A. Miller in 1924, this ride was originally named the Pippin. The original version of this ride, the Pippin, was a terrain style layout, with its design largely based around the terrain on which it was built, utilizing the natural environment to its benefit. The ride was a fan favorite and went largely unchanged until 1958 when the original open front trains were replaced by the National Amusement Device Company trains from the Century Flyer. These are the same trains that can be seen on the Thunderbolt today. In 1967, the Pippin faced its largest change yet, undergoing an expansion of the track headed by Andy Vettel and transforming it into the Thunderbolt for the 1968 season. Most of the ride was left intact during this renovation, though the double dip, station turnaround to the first hill, and the original station itself were all removed for the transformation. Instead, new front helix hills and four drops down a ravine were added to make the new Thunderbolt design of the ride. Just like the Pippin did, the Thunderbolt follows the surrounding terrain with the maximum height of 70 feet, but a maximum drop of 90 feet, utilizing the ravine of the ride's terrain. In fact, the lift hill doesn't actually occur out of the station like most coasters. Instead, the riders go straight into their first drop coming out of the station, and the first lift hill takes place about halfway through the ride after the second drop. With a max speed of 55 miles per hour, the Thunderbolt completes its unusual circuit in 101 seconds and is a truly unique design. Now, the Thunderbolt has seen a few changes over the seasons, with one small speed bump hill from the inner helix at the front of the ride being removed in 1969, and the tunnel at the end of the first dip was removed in 1991 to allow for a view of the steel phantom when it was constructed. In addition, a small change was made to the ride cars in 1998 for Kennywood's 100th anniversary, with the headlights being restored and the trains being refurbished. Unfortunately, the ride did face some controversy in 1999 when ride operators failed to break a train approaching the station while another train was still being loaded. 30 people were injured in the crash, and some small electrical changes were made to the ride following the incident, including a partial removal of the headlights. The Thunderbolt, however, did make a comeback, and the necessary safety changes were put in place. This ride has been celebrated as a classic and a favorite over the years. The coaster was hailed by the New York Times as their number one roller coaster in 1974, and the ride has also achieved both ace coaster classic and coaster landmark status. So, this rounds out the historic Kennywood Trio. Kennywood is by far one of America's oldest amusement parks still operating and has some of the most classic and historic attractions in the US and in the world within its walls. Did you know about its rich history? Do you have a Kennywood story of your own to share? Please leave us a comment down below. We'd love to hear your thoughts. We'll see you guys on this week's ride through the coaster history at Kennywood. We hope to see you again next week when we continue exploring the historic rides of the USA. Thanks for watching.


Hello everyone and welcome to tonight's event the roast of crank gameplays you've sent in your submissions and now here he is himself the host of the whole show and the roasty Please thank you. Thank you all so much. You're too kind.  Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I said thank you. Hey everybody Welcome to the roast of crank gameplays the roast of me myself and I I asked you on Twitter Next week I'll be filming the roast of crank gameplays 2022 as part of my 10-year anniversary week So here you go use hashtag roast of crank gameplays and give me your best and boy Oh boy, did you give me your best? I have no idea if you gave me your best or not because I haven't looked at the tweets yet But here we go the roast of crank gameplays. 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Thank you guys so much for the roasts I hope that you enjoyed this video It's been so fun recently making videos and it's been so cool seeing how involved the community has been so thank you You guys so much. I really really appreciate it. I will see you guys Not only tomorrow, but on Monday the 29th a very very very big video will be coming out it is the 10-year anniversary of the channel So I'll be streaming on YouTube that morning and then leading into a YouTube premiere of a very big thing Also, if you feel like it On that day as well at 9 a.m. Pacific either 9 a.m. Pacific or 9 a.m. Eastern. I'm not sure there's 10-year anniversary t-shirts hoodies and extremely limited signed holographic posters as well So keep an eye out for that, but thank you guys so much. Hope you enjoyed I appreciate you submit in your roasts. I'll see you later You