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I've come a great distance over many years to say this to you. In my own time I was neither great nor especially brave, but I had firsthand knowledge of one thing, treason. We are betrayed by what is false within, not by men alone. It's true there are certain men branded as traitors, and I know some of their names. They begin with Judas Iscariot, who plotted for 30 pieces of silver. The roll call following his name is long and impressive, but remembering their names doesn't seem to be enough. For in your time, Norway was betrayed by a man named Quisling. France was eaten away by Laval and Patan, and in Czechoslovakia there's Heinlein. Yes, write their names down and remember them, but remember this too. Treason may begin like a small seed with one man's ambition, but it will only grow in the earth that is ready for it. Treason is one man and the blindness of people around him, I know. For my name is Major Matthew Clarkson, and for a time I served under a major general in the American Continental Army. His name is Benedict Arnold. I was assigned to General Arnold's staff early in the fall of 1977, and was ordered to report to him near a place called Saratoga. I found the general sitting alone in his tent and gave him my credentials. As I walked into his tent he said, Well, Major Clarkson, I see that you were in the Battle of Long Island. Yes, General Arnold. I was wounded there. And what do you say for yourself? Say, sir. Well, it's not the best recommendation. You ran like sheep, I hear. We were green troops, General Arnold. Green troops, yellow officers, I'd say. But General Washington himself. Except he's the commander in chief, of course. You'll see better fighting here if you can stand the pace. We hope to engage gentlemen Johnny Burgoyne soon. What will you think of that? I hope to be of service. Nicely stated, Clarkson. Ah, Major Franks, it's about time. The scout reports Burgoyne is ready to attack. Good. Now we'll trim his fancy curls and his German mercenaries. What a fine day for a fight. There's also this dispatch from General Ditz. Gates. Oh, not to see what the devil. By the way, Major Franks, this is Major Clarkson. He's my junior aide. Welcome to Saratoga, Major Clarkson. I knew it.   What are his orders, sir? Orders. You think I'd take his orders? Sir, I know it's not for me to say, but Gates has influenced Congress. Yes. That's why he sends these orders. He's afraid. Afraid someone else will win the war. Well, what do you say, Clarkson? It's not for me to say, sir. I just got you. Oh, come on, be a man. Speak up. But I don't know what orders were. That's the point. The point is, should I obey the orders of General Gates? Well, since he is your commanding officer, I will win battles, take orders from that man the militia calls the old fishwife.  What a to get you. A defeat. No, Clarkson. A good general makes his own rules. We're going, sir. He's attacking. Listen to that. The sound I like. And General Gates' orders, sir. His orders are that the left flank is not to engage the enemy. I won at Ticonderoga. I waited to the wilderness to attack Quebec. And he wants me not to engage the enemy. General Gates commands this army, sir. Clarkson, if you're on my staff, I think we should understand something. Yes, General Arnold. No matter who commands this army, I command you. And I want no timid men around me. Do you hear? We need victories to win this war. That's obvious, sir. It's not very clear to General Gates. If it isn't clear to you, take your blasted orders and go back with them. Well, what do you say? Aye. I'll stay, sir. Good. Major Franks, tell my orderly to bring my horse. Let her wait, sir. It's going to be a first-class fight, Clarkson. I'm glad to hear it, sir. Tell me, Clarkson. I've seen many young officers in this war. Most of them are weak. They quibble over everything. But you came around very quickly to my point of view. Why is that? Well, sir, we were defeated on Long Island, badly beaten. And it makes a man sick at heart, sir, that kind of defeat. Yes, Major. So I made up my mind, sir, that if I could find a strong man, a real leader, why, I'd follow him to hell and back. Clarkson, you think you could drink this? Give you strength. Thank you. What's wrong with me, Major Franks? I've been unconscious. Just a neck wound. You lost a lot of blood. And the general? Right here, Clarkson. They got me in the leg. We'll convalesce together. Oh, I didn't see you, General. I'm sorry about the legs. Well, it's true. If it weren't for this, we'd have chased them into the Atlantic. I was a first-class fighter. Just what you said. The general told me you did well, too. I didn't see you. He did nobly. Brought credit to himself. Carried my dispatch right between the lines. Tell me, sir, your leg. It's not serious. No, no, no. If I can keep those doctors from amputating. But even then, to be wounded in a victory is easy. I could even wish it had been my heart. No, sir. Well, I'd have my glory, then, and no more stupidity to contend with. And, uh, General Gates, sir, what has he done about the orders? He's conveniently forgotten them, so that he takes some credit for trimming Johnny Burgoyne. Oh, I knew there was no risk. There are even rewards for disobedience. They're going to reward you? Yes. I'm appointed military governor of Philadelphia. Well, well, speak up. Do you like that? Oh, Philadelphia, sir. There's not much action there. I hear it's mostly dancing, and Tory Ladies doesn't seem right for you, sir. There'll be plenty of action, Major. Tory Ladies, yes, and Tory Men. A pretty kettle of intrigue, Philadelphia. How does it sound to you, Major Clarkson? Well, sir, I told you I'd follow you to Helendike, and I guess that includes Philadelphia. Miss Sally Cornell, I never thought we'd meet again in Philadelphia. Neither did I, Major Clarkson. But Miss Sally, you were a rebel, girl. You don't belong here. And you were a rebel man, yet you are here. Yes, but I'm with an army and a rebel general, so I can't be corrupted. Shall we dance, Miss Sally? If you wish, Major Matt. Yes, you're here with an army. But the British don't fight the swords in Philadelphia. No. What are the weapons? Well, look at your general now. He's already lost his first engagement. Oh, you mean the redhead? What's dangerous about her? She's Peggy Shippen, and the British caller the Red Siren. I think General Arnold should be warned. He's talking to her now on the other side. On my soul, Miss Peggy Cliveden's a lovely house. Tell me one of those bullet marks. The Battle of Germantown, General. The British held this house. I hear they still do. In a way, General. But you don't seem to mind. No, no, I don't mind.  It's to please you and your royalist friends, Miss Peggy. I know you prefer a throne no matter who's on it. And would Mr. Washington care for your jokes? The King, Miss Peggy, may call him Mr. We call him General Washington. Very well, General Washington. After all, what can I do? You've conquered Philadelphia, and we are all of you. Come on, I'm on the terrace with me. All right. We'll go through here. Do you see what I mean, Matthew? She hasn't left him for a minute. Sally. Miss Sally, my general won't lose his head.  Oh, please, Matt, I'm serious. You don't know how bad it is here. Did you notice that tall, dark man who spoke to the general and Peggy a few minutes ago? Look, there have been dozens of people around him all evening. But this man is a Tory merchant. He trades with the British. If General Arnold isn't weak for redheads, he may be for money. And this man can offer him a great deal of money. Miss Sally, believe me. General Arnold is the strongest man in the Continental Army. He won't be interested in money. Besides, how do you know about this Tory merchant? I know about him because he's my father. Well, Major Clarkson, come in. I don't like to disturb you, sir. No, it's all right, Matthew. I thought I ought to consult with you about the summons. I'm ordered to appear at the State House tomorrow to testify. Testify before those yapping politicians about what? Well, I suppose, sir, it's about the court-martial they threaten for you. Oh, yes. And this worries you? You can count on me, sir. They won't get any information from me. And what information could they get? That I've made sacrifices, that I've spilt my blood and my money while the members haggle over my back page? Sir, you know I don't question your loyalty. No man could who's fought with you. And I'll with it. What worries you? Well, sir, it's all these months in Philadelphia. It's a bad place, sir. There's gossip and constant intrigue. And is gossip something that you fear? No, sir, but it might make it easier, sir, if you were cautious. I never thought I'd hear you urging caution, Matthew. In little ways, General Arnold, like... Well, like not seeing so much of Miss Peggy's ship in, sir. Her reputation is... That's enough, Matthew. I get enough meddling from these fools without you. Oh, no offense, sir. And I think that you should know that I am going to marry Miss Peggy. The Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania is now in session. Mr. Joseph Reed presiding. The clerk will now read the charges submitted against Major General Benedict Arnold. The indictment against Major General Benedict Arnold is... It is charged, first, General Arnold issued clearance papers to the ship Charming Nancy, suspected of trading with the British in New York. Such clearance being issued without the knowledge of the authority of the state. Second, General Arnold used public wagon for the transport of private property. The first witness before this body will be Major Clarkson, aide to General Arnold. Major, will you be seated? Thank you, Mr. Reed. You understand this is not a court, but merely an investigating committee. You will not be required to take the oath. I understand that. But still, we expect your cooperation. We are investigating profiteering, and we'll make certain recommendations on our findings to the Commander-in-Chief. I'll applaud you all I can, Mr. Reed. Splendid! That's the proper attitude. Mr. Reed. Yes, Mr. Matlock. May I put the first question? You're right ahead, Mr. Matlock. Thank you. Now, Major, what can you tell us of General Arnold's dealings with Mr. Cornell, a merchant? You mean Mr. Cornell who owns the Charming Nancy? That's right. I'm afraid I can tell you nothing, sir. Nothing? That's ridiculous, Major Clarkson. You signed clearance for the Charming Nancy. Did you do it on orders from General Arnold? I can't tell you that, sir. Major Clarkson. I don't think you understand the issue here. The issue is whether you are serving General Arnold or your country. If you insist on shielding General Arnold... Shield him? From what?  It takes a barrel of money to buy a barrel of flour. And Arnold lives like a king. You'll pardon me, Mr. Matlock, but I know only one thing. And what's that, Major? I know that when I serve my general, I serve my country very well. I know that his record in battle is my country's greatest glory and I know that in return he has received only slander and ingratitude. And, uh, is that all you have to say? Yes, that's all, sir. If you're finished with me... I know. You'd better wait outside until we're through. You can take a message from us to General Arnold. A message? Yes, Major. We're going to show General Benedict Arnold that Congress is running Philadelphia. You are listening to Treason starring Joseph Cotton and Richard Wolff on the Cavalcade of America sponsored by DuPont, maker of better things for better living through chemistry. Among the DuPont better things are Duco and Deluxe, which in peacetime will again beautify and protect America's automobiles, trucks, and refrigerators. As our DuPont Cavalcade continues, General Arnold, played by Richard Wolff, Major Matthew Clarkson, aide-de-contre General Arnold, played by Joseph Cotton, has returned to Cliveden, Arnold's home, and is talking to his fiancée, Sally Cornell. It's all over? Yes, Miss Sally. It's the general here. He'll be here. What happened? I have a message. I have a message for him from the Executive Council General Washington. General Washington? Then he has... I can't tell you not until I speak to General Arnold. Matthew, no matter what happened, I'm... Don't be depressed. Oh, how can I help it? After all, the Executive Council does represent the people, and one man isn't so important. One man? How can you talk like that? Have you forgotten Saratoga? Of course I haven't. But anyone could have changed. He could have changed. Sally, you must judge him. Everyone does. It seems no one knows the meaning of loyalty except myself. And Miss Peggy, thank the Lord, he has Miss Peggy. Yes, and he still has his charm. Please, Sally. Oh, I can't help it, Matt. I can't help feeling angry. When you came to Philadelphia, you were sure Peggy would have no effect on him. You knew she was bad, atory, but you had faith in him. Now, when he's done what you said he wouldn't, you still have faith in him. It's not that. After all, Miss Peggy does no harm. Except that she corresponds with enemy officers. Oh, you mean Major Andre. What harm does that do? Silly letters about the ladies' styles in New York?  Oh, I wish I could make you see. Well, Matt, I see the vultures turned you loose in one piece. Is Peggy here? She's in the library, General Arnold. So, Matt, give me your news. I'm afraid it's bad news, sir. Bad news? Well, they couldn't prove... They proved nothing except the charge of using the public wagons. Well, that's not a capital offense. No, sir. So, what's your bad news? It... it's going to hurt, sir. You see, the committee recommends that General Washington publicly reprimand you. But Washington never in this world... He will, sir. You'll receive his reprimand in the morning. Oh, well, let's come to this. You say Peggy's in the library? She's expecting you. I'll see you now. Remain here, Matthew. Peggy, I want to see you. Oh, startle me, Benedict. I'm sorry. He went so quiet. Come here. You look ill. Ill? Yes. I am ill. Sit down here, dear. Shall I get you something? No, no, no. Thank you. What is the matter with you? Oh, I know. It's the executive counsel. Yes. Well, tell me what happened. Washington. General Washington will publicly reprimand me. And is that so frightful? It's more than I can stand, Peggy. Washington. Yes, I still believed in Washington. I'm glad it's happened. No, Peggy. Why the only thing holding you back and realizing your... Your destiny was this infatuation for Washington. Now, you know he's like all the others. No, Peggy. He can't be. He's jealous, Benedict. Jealous because you're the greatest general since Marlboro. Only a king can appreciate you as you deserve. A king?  Right to General Clinton in New York. You can send a letter by Mr. Cornell for Major Andre. No, no, no. I can't risk it. It's easy. When Washington reprimands you, take it graciously with a smile. You can afford to. And after we've married, ask him to appoint you to West Point. He never will. And your king will pay you handsomely for West Point? I suppose there's no dishonor in changing sides. It's been done before. And you'll be the leader of your country, not Mr. Washington. Yes, the leader of my country. And I? I'll be a duchess. Benedict. Benedict, do be quiet. You're so nervous. What? Oh, I'm sorry, Peggy. Who'll be at dinner? Major Clarkson arrived this afternoon. Matthew's here? He and Sally have been touring the fort. I don't like him snooping around. He's an idealistic boy. You might wonder at how the place has become so rundown. Matthew adores you. He'd never suspect me. Well, it doesn't really matter. The British will attack within a few days, but it's bad waiting. Oh, yes, but afterwards. Oh, my dear, it would be wonderful. General Clinton should have the plans of the fort by morning and raise on his way with them now by way of the Tarrytown Road. Washington, you may catch him in your net, too. That would be a victory. A strange sort of victory. No fighting. Clinton will attack? But the attack will only be a formality. We'll be outnumbered four to one. The first battle in history with the same general commands both sides. That is military history. Oh, it's dinner time. Pagan, I'm hungry. Well, come along. Sally and Matthew are probably waiting. I hope there's something worth eating. Sometimes, General, I think you forget this award. Matthew, Peggy said you'd arrived. Welcome to West Point. Thank you, sir. Well, we'll try to make you feel at home. That won't be difficult, sir, after all Miss Sally's here. Well, listen to him. And we spent the afternoon quarreling. Quarling? What do you find here to quarrel with? Oh, the usual thing. Miss Sally's intuition. She worries about spies. Spies? Miss Sally's lived too long in Philadelphia. Well, shall we sit down? Yes, let's. There's not much to eat. Only common soldiers fare. Salt fish, I despise it. Peggy, where's the butter? There isn't any. We'll manage without butter, General Arnold. I know. Where's the oil I bought in Philadelphia? Here it is, dear. Yes. Try this on your fish mats. Fine oil. I paid $80 for it. $80? Well, my friend Smith says that's 80 cents in continental money. Smith is a Tory, sir. What? Oh, yes. Yes, I suppose he is. Miss Sally wrote he'd visited here. Well, what are that? The devil might visit here. Perhaps, sir. But you shouldn't be seen in the company of a man like Smith. He's dangerous, sir. After all, you've already had trouble.  Benedict, please. I'm not threatening you, sir. But I think you should know that Smith is a spy.  For whom? How do you know this, Matthew? I asked. I inquired of people I knew in Albany. You inquired? You had the nerve? I did it to protect you, sir. You went over my head to make inquiries in Albany? And I thought I could trust you. But you're like the rest, sneaking, prying. Benedict, be careful. Major Clarkson, I order you...  I thought I could help you pack, Matthew. I'm almost finished. Miss Sally just sit there and talk to me.  Oh, no, Matt. I was proud that you stood up to him. Maybe now you'll believe me. Believe the general's a traitor just because he lost his temper? Nonsense, Miss Sally. But I told you this afternoon I have proof. Here, read this. A letter addressed to General Clinton in New York, from whom? Read it. Sir, I may soon be in a position to command the defenses of West Point and respectfully inquiring what price? Miss Sally, where did you get this? From my father. It's a copy. And? He took the original to New York. You think it's from Arnold? I'm sure of it. Matt, I wasn't sure when I first read it. Only afraid. But what else explains conditions here at West Point? A hundred men could take this fort. No. No, Miss Sally, I'm sure there's an explanation.  But if you're going to hear his explanation, you'd better hurry. Why, Miss Sally? Just before I came here, the general got a dispatch and it upset him. He asked that his horse be saddled. He's going somewhere. General Arnold, may I speak to you, sir? I'm in the devil of a hurry, boy. It'll only take a minute. Well, what is it? I don't want a price, sir, but where are you going? Well, you know that Washington is inspecting the area.  Well, this is a military fort, Major Clarkson. I thought there might be some connection that the dispatch was why you are leaving. Matthew, what are you driving? I don't quite know, sir. All I know is that this time I must be sure. Sure of what? I must know what's in that dispatch. Matthew, you're upset. We had a regrettable quarrel. Believe me, I'm sorry. I'm sorry too, sir. Then we'll forget it. And you can forget about the dispatch. The dispatch is incriminating. It won't incriminate you, Matthew. That's not what I asked, General Arnold. Well, then why not tell you? It is incriminating, from a rebel point of view. Was it about West Point, sir? I'm leaving, Matthew. My messenger to General Clinton was stopped and he carried the plans for the fort. It was Major Andre. And Miss Sally was right.  If you're afraid for yourself, I'll take you with me. After all, you've served me well. Yes, I've served you well. You've been like a son to me. You have youth, idealism. I've needed that. You call it idealism? Oh, come now, Matt. It's an easy choice and I won't forget your loyalty. Yes, I have had loyalty. But whom will you be loyal to, Benedict Arnold? Well, are you coming with me? No, no, General Arnold. I'm staying. Major Matthew Clarkson reporting. I've heard of you, Major. And now you command West Point. You joke with me, sir. No, I knew Arnold would run when he heard we'd stopped Andre. And I knew we'd find you there. I'm submitting myself for arrest, sir. Arrest, Major? For treason, sir. That's a big word, Major Clarkson. And an evil one. But we have no reason to believe. No, I'm guilty, sir. I'm guilty because I believed in Arnold, even when I should have known. That's treason, sir. I followed him blindly, blindly. That was treason against yourself, Major Clarkson. I can't arrest you for that. Against myself, sir? And I parole you to yourself. Major Clarkson, we who love the people must live and learn. And the hardest lesson is this, that men come to our cause for many reasons and leave it for many reasons. Because some men love only themselves. But there is one thing that is constant. Yes, I know, sir. Our cause is constant. Thank you, Joseph Carton and Richard Worf. Mr. Carton will return in just a few moments. And now here is Gain Whitman speaking for DuPont with news about beef steak and chemistry. You'd like to be able to go to your butcher and buy a tender, juicy steak whenever you felt like it. We all would. We Americans have found that we need more meat, not just for the armed forces in wartime, but for the whole country in peacetime. A chemical made by the DuPont Company, dissociated from the army, disodium phosphate added at least 4 million pounds of beef on the hoof to our national supply last year. There is every indication that it will add more than that in the future, as cattle raisers learn more about it. The need for this supplementary feed is a strange one. 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For the first time since 2008, the word growth has been back on the agenda at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. It may be returning globally, but the question of how to nurture and use it has been prominent in discussions here. Australian Premier Tony Abbott, who's chairing the G20 Group of Nations this year, says that economic growth has the power to change everything. Stronger economic growth is the key to addressing almost every global problem. Stronger growth requires lower, simpler and fairer taxes that don't stifle business creativity. And stronger growth requires getting government spending under control so that taxes can come down and reducing regulation so that productivity can rise. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed in the travelled Middle East healing growth to peace. The investment in the growth of the Israeli economy is good for our society and it's also good for our neighbours, whether they realise it or not. I believe that in the peace negotiations, advancing the economic peace alongside the political peace, one does not replace the other. And in the CCTV debate on China, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein predicted that growth in China would be good for the whole world. If China grows, it's great for China and that will be the principal beneficiary. But those Chinese will buy some goods that originate in America and it will be good for America too. Any growth in the world is good for everybody in the world. And with growth returning, dealing with the issues of climate change seems to be moving up the agenda here amongst the mountains of Davos. At this press conference, the European Union unveiled a target to cut carbon emissions by 40% by 2030, a move welcomed by the UN. In September I will host a climate summit in New York. I am asking government, business, finance and civil society to come with a bold announcement and actions because achieving an ambitious and legal climate agreement will require political leadership. Politicians will be back on stage here in Davos tomorrow with sessions from the UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Israel's President Shimon Perez.


probably started let's see it was around 2012 okay so at the time I I had just finished school I got a master's degree in San Diego and then I moved back home and then I got this job that I it was for a consulting firm doing transportation planning consulting so we did like needs impact studies and like best practices and made maps and charts and graphs for like bus companies I hated it I got laid off thankfully I probably got laid off because I was over it and like yeah yeah yeah that kind of thing fired essentially while I was doing that you know I kind of had this like epiphany of I should probably do something I care about and I was like oh I want to do something within skateboarding so I kind of like wrote out this little business plan I was gonna do a thing where like you know get like a van or like a box truck and fill it full of like little obstacles yeah and then go to like schools and park parks and rec departments and say hey we can teach how to skate and I looked it up and then sure enough there was a company doing it close to where I grew up in Long Beach met animals like oh this is cool and then you know kind of had two feelings upon meeting him and doing that little interview I was like one I like like him yeah I don't want to like fucking over especially because we're in the same area of course yeah and then on top of that I was like I looked at how much his instructors had to interact with like parents and the kids like there's a lot I'm a little shy yeah and I like that's not me yeah all right like back to the drawing board yeah and and then I was just thinking like well I you know was pretty handy and I made a lot of things as a kid maybe it makes hate ramps yeah and I made one for a nephew's birthday and then everyone like liked it and was like oh this is really cool it looks professional did you buy it I was like oh you guys think I bought this all right that's a good sign and so then I started selling them just on Craigslist and I made flyers 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more of our obstacles and more people's hands and it's not in in a way that it's like I want to make more money it's just like when we make these things it kind of like changes some kids lives and like they love it and now their friends are over yeah and it's like that is really like keeping them motivated to skate whereas maybe if they didn't have the ramp they might have like fallen back and they might have tried my bike instead oh yeah they might end up doing something else so seeing what it does for kids like for their friendships for their progression for like their their bonds with their their siblings and their family members like seeing that is like really really exciting so like all right I want to do impact as many lives as possible right yeah so from here like the goal is just to to get more of it out there yeah whether it's overseas whether it's you know eventually I'd like to find ways to end up in like bigger retailers of course and stuff like that so yeah just like from here on out fine-tune the obstacles come up with some new obstacles do some cool like co-labs maybe some signature series they have pros yeah try to do some cool events that was always kind of in the back of my mind so Dan was working for us in the shop and then he was like hey I'm gonna try this YouTube thing I was like okay cool yeah and then I was like ooh that'd be cool to have Dan like kind of manage and run like our YouTube as well and then so from there I was like all right what what what kind of stuff should be on our YouTube like yeah you know and I was just trying to think outside the box a little bit and I was like I want to get people like valuable information yeah whether it's how to cut a radius okay or you know how to countersink your your material like what is skate like what's the difference like so that was that's what sort of like started it was thinking about what was valuable ramp building information we can give yeah and then from there we were just thinking of like oh we can show people how to make cool stuff for potentially free yeah and then that that kind of became the theme for like three or four videos yeah those videos are really well yeah those those are great and it's super fun for us because you know I felt like a little kid again going around finding trash and yeah making something skatable and it's like I'm like more than happy to share that knowledge and it's like yeah maybe we will lose some sales like a handful of sales yeah but we're gonna get a couple hundred thousand eyeballs yeah on our brand exactly and then maybe we lost 20 sales out of making that video but maybe we gained like 200 loyal lifelong customers exactly yeah it's like the thinking like long-term overall yeah totally yeah let's see the biggest piece of advice would probably be like don't quit your day job like like keep it a side hustle and that's just across the board whether it's skateboarding or not skateboarding it's like if you have some passion project that you eventually want to turn into like your main thing like don't necessarily put all your eggs in one basket and be like I gotta get investors and like there's no right or wrong way to do it but a lot of those ones where people like they're like all right we got to build a team and get money and get a facility and get all these things it's like you really don't yeah and a lot of times when you build a team like a lot of those partnerships will unfortunately fail exactly yeah try to stay try to keep it your own if you can yeah you know hire employees don't don't don't bring in like too many partners or you do like make sure you guys have a great relationship great like lines of communication yeah and then yeah just be like very authentic in your brand right yeah because everything you do it's like you're representing yourself now you're representing your brand which is essentially reflecting on your product or your service yeah like whatever it might be so it's like you know the way you do one thing is the way you do everything and so if you're gonna if you're gonna like make a shitty logo if you know if you're gonna like have asked things it's gonna it's gonna carry on to everything else so it's like just do everything the best you can exactly make that bet yeah and like you said like it doesn't like it's all learning process mm-hmm like no one knows exactly this is like there's no set guideline of total how to start your skateboard business one I want to say like it's just and a lot of people are like oh you know did you do a business plan did you do projections you know you don't need to do that now you know you just go for it yeah and then hopefully there's some money in the bank in a couple months yeah and then you can build upon that but yeah it's like you could there's no right or wrong way to do it it's it's very much so like an art form in that way yeah yeah you know I didn't start it with any money like I was actually um I was unemployed at the time that I started doing this and the first job that I ever did I went to someone's house and was like yeah I offer rent building services and I was kind of like hey can I get that deposit check so I can buy material yeah it was literally like that you know it's like I needed that money just to get the materials going and then I got paid on that first job you know hustle made sure like he was super happy yeah make sure that he's gonna tell all his friends that it was great and to buy for me which which he did and I got you know probably like 15 other customers out of it and that that happens like across the board lights the power of like word of mouth is insane because it's like it's like a it's like a chain right and like if you break one link now the whole chain like won't hold exactly yeah and so it's like you have to be careful about every interaction every sale every like every step of the way you want to make sure that you're not burning somebody because you don't know who they know he might know somebody that wants a custom hundred thousand dollars skatepark and because they thought I'm a dick that's a really traditional work ethic yeah kind of you know that's really cool to see because I feel like in this day and age most of that is like lost in white definitely yeah yeah it's like you can't get greedy like you know you can't let your ego get in the way yeah and you can't like let money I know you got to make money but yeah it's like sometimes you got to bite the bullet like there's definitely jobs that we've done where we've had a you know it's called in high maintenance customers oh yeah that are like you know this scene isn't nice or this happen yeah and it rained and I thought it was gonna be more waterproof or whatever the case might be yeah and you know we always like hold our tongue kill them with kindness customers always right yeah okay what do we got to do to like make it right keep you happy like whether it's free shirts stickers come back when you do stuff yeah there's times you lose money on those things but it's like at least the the name is still in good standing of course yeah


I was driving in a car with a young woman at the beginning of the dream. She seemed to be a particular person I know, who formed a student of mine. And the central part of the dream involved an episode where I could look out through the top of the car. It was at night and see the whole dome of the sky very vividly. And the stars seemed to be extremely close. I could see them not as points of light but as spheres, as solid spheres. And I could make out all kinds of details such as the rings on planets like Saturn and Jupiter, which one wouldn't normally see. Even in the dream itself I remember being very struck by this, very impressed by this. I remember remarking to my companion that it would be a beautiful night for going for a walk. This dream begins. I'm driving by night with a female companion. It is therefore, he is not at home. He's not in his professional situation at the university. He's not milling around in a pub with other people. He's driving at night with a female companion. And there one could then ask him, how does one feel in such a situation? That's a situation where one relaxes, where one puts aside one's daily worries. One is open to nature, one is open to seeing something new. It depends on the relationship to the feminine companion, what else one has in mind. But it suggests also a rather possibly a love situation or at least a situation of positive companionship in contrast to intellectual effort or social amusement or so on. And it is night. Then we have to ask ourselves, what is it in the night? Again in the night we are inclined to be more open, more romantic, more reflective because our attention is not drawn away by telephones and outer things. It is a moment of relaxed reflection in general, where also the feeling and the repressed other sides of the personality come up. And now he looks up to the sky. The sky has always been one of the most fascinating sites for mankind. And if we go into the history of mankind, the stars have always been divine figures, gods even the Bushman in the Kalahari Desert see in every star constellation the great hunter or the great god in each constellation. And the stars is the realm where according to myth our soul comes from and where it returns after death in the stars. And if you think of the history of astrology and astrology has been spread not only in the west but also in India, China and everywhere in all high civilizations we have astrological traditions. There the stars always served to prognosticate the future to find out the future not only of a person but of mankind. In China a whole group of astrologers had to watch the sky day and night and report to the emperor all signs in the sky which were interpreted as relating to the fate of the Chinese empire. In a similar way in antiquity everything was seen in the sky. Do you feel that the destiny of individuals and societies is related to the constellation in the stars? The constellations in the sky represent the background constellations of great historical events. As if in our deeper unconscious we are not isolated, we are linked up with the whole of mankind. And mankind is dreaming a dream along which amounts for the changes in politics and religion and everything. If you think only how much the outlook of mankind has changed in the last 30 years you see how such big collective changes take place. And to look at the sky could therefore be seen. He's looking at the deeper constellations. Constellations comes from the word star, the togetherness of stars. The deeper constellations of collective and of his own personal life. Why does the dreamer try to find the constellation in the stars? He needs an orientation. Where am I in this time? What is my task? He looks up to the sky and sees especially this combination of Jupiter and Saturn. Now Saturn, as is well known, is an evil doer. Scorpion, serpents, the donkey and so on belong to his realm. He is a dark destructive spirit. And Jupiter is in general the star of the kings, of the king of justice, of a worldly expansion of a royal personality, of magnanimity and all the positive qualities of a royal personality. So what the dream tells the dreamer is that when he looks for the constellation of time and naturally also of his own life there is a combination of extreme opposites. It's a moment of change of where destructive and constructive forces are constellated simultaneously. He's only in the first part of the dream only impressed by the beauty of the nocturnal scene and proposes to go for a walk, leave the car and go for a walk. This is a big step forward. He gives up the mechanical way of moving through life. And when you walk you are in much closer touch with nature but you are also very much slowed down.  So that is the positive change which comes around from this vision on the sky.


How do we rotate it? It's gonna be very careful. This video is brought to you in part by TrueTech Tools. Quality tools, essential support. What's going on guys? So we're here to change these two compressors right here. The one short of the ground. I found these bad a couple months ago. Getting parts as near impossible. This one here is 83,000 ohms of ground. This is 96,000 ohms of ground. This one here is still running which is obviously a new one. So we've got to get these recovered. Got my one, two, three, four bottles of refrigerant. I've got two compressors back here. Truck's just a little bit busy. Got a recovery tank ready to go. This holds 90 pounds of 410A which you know it's a couple pounds there on that.  And we've got some new contactors for it. We've got some filter dryers.  This is going to take a little bit of time. So should be able to fit most of it all in here. The refrigerator, like I said, is getting replaced. Of course if I would have known that I was doing this today I would have probably brought a trailer with me. This is kind of ridiculous. Might try to push pull method today. I haven't done it before. And with this being 90 pounds it might actually be worthwhile to do it. My digital tisto scale there is capable of running 220 pounds. So we can actually use that if we need. I kind of love it when the lock mechanism don't work. Because the door's hinge is broke. That's fantastic. We've got our turn back on which we have the breakers for the compressors off here. So those are dead. We'll double check that at the compressors. That way this one here can still run allowing us to work on these and recover it. We'll have to get power from down over there to the for the 120 volts. This is all for 60. So we're going to do the push pull method here. It takes three hoses. So we've got the outgoing side of my compressor going into the suction line. We've got the discharge which technically is closest thing to the condenser coming out on three eighths coming into the liquid.  You've got this little valve right here. And you've got that valve there. I've already dumped in what I can get in it. Using the wireless scale right here. So we'll zero it and kick her on. Now it'd be nice to have a sight glass to show where it's going which we could have done that with the gauge set. We'll then throttle that in. So that liquid technically is not going into the machine. We're doing 410A too just so you know. So this is going to be sucking vapor the most part the whole time. And I'm not being impressed yet. We're only at 33. Not even half a pound. So we got everything open. Yes. I've never seen this valve thing here so this is new to me. Get the valve core removed with the valve core tool. Got the liquid there open. I don't know if it's really doing anything. 0.25 so we're actually losing refrigerant. This ain't even doing nothing. This ain't even working. All right. I just checked online again to make sure I'm doing it right because I've never really done it. But according to contracting business and the HVAC school they showed the same picture. We're doing it like they're showing and I'm not impressed. Something's not right either. This tank ain't right. We got half a pound. This is waste of time. All right. We're just going to do it like normal. Okay. We're at a whopping six and a half pounds which I don't feel is like really all that big of a deal. We've valved it off multiple times to making sure that we're going the right direction here and there's no check valves. I mean obviously we're coming out hot on the discharge. If I close my valve here it ends up raising the pressure. If I close it over there it goes zero. Everything's open. Just aren't. This isn't a whole lot of liquid. I don't think coming through it. So this is my ladder piece for a six foot ladder, eight foot, 10 foot whatever and then a handle for it. So here we've got the piece here. This slides back and forth. This is a little loose because there's always going to be a little play in there. We're going to use this to lift her up and drag her out and then rotate her around. Okay. We're pretty much down to zero-ish. We've got a little bit to go. Make the old EPA happy. 46 pounds. So we've lost a little bit. Just a little bit. We're going to take this off the pallet. That way it makes it a little easier to maneuver. The pallet's kind of screwing us too as far as height. How do we rotate it? It's going to be very curvy. Yep. Swing her out. Okay. So what we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and cut this pipe right off the compressor so we can get this out. We're going to use a bandsaw on this right now. That shavings is not going to get into the system because we're going to cut that back here with a pipe cutter once we've got these units out of it so that we can actually piece them up. So we're going to break the rules a little bit with a cutting-type device, but trying to get a pipe cutter in there that's big enough for that is not going to happen, at least not with anything I've got. This is probably the least amount of shavings you're going to get and you can get just that little bit there. That's it, which obviously would screw stuff up. But by doing it with that, we're right here. We don't have much fall here. I'm going to cut it with the pipe cutter like you're supposed to. This is going to allow us the room to get this out of here. You're not going to get a pipe cutter big enough to do, I think that's inch and a half or bigger, I forget. Either way, getting a pipe cutter that big is going to handle all the way out here. You're going to go this far. You can't do it. Yeah, I could have unswetted it, but as tight as this is, at one point or another you didn't cut it. So we've got these oil equalizers on here. I know that ain't the right word, but basically what it does. The oil came out awesome. That's good. That's all we need. I've got rags there in case we wanted to switch the caps off of the new compressor to these, but unfortunately we really can't do that. I'm not going to, oh, that looks good. Look at that O-ring there versus that O-ring there. The one looks good. The other one looks smashed. That might be where our leak was. I know that's what I was thinking. Man, it got smashed in there pretty good. So happy monkey in there like that. Back the tow truck up. Got the old tow truck here, so we'll back that thing up and we'll pick them up. Just keep your old toesies out of the way. Yeah, it looks a little leany, but you know what, it's doing pretty dang good. It's bright. It ain't bent the thing at all. I mean, that's just some slop in there. I don't care what you all say. I would, I'd rather have this than what I've got. None of my welds are broke, so all that there is just straight across. And I ain't even a full-time welder. Just what I've learned over the years, mainly working in a machine shop prior to this crap when I was way too young to be in one. So we can cut back maybe five, six inches and then just put it right there. Might be a little speckless. Some dust in there of some sort. That's his oil. Nope, oil. Get the suction there and make sure it's happy. We're going to hook these oil lines up in the back. Here's our bolts. We're going to hook these oil lines up on the back first because it's going to be really hard to manipulate that copper. We've got the brackets undone right now from up here, which has pretty much made it real easy there to move them around. So you can see right there, we got a raised edge there. So the seal's got to go into the compressor first. We'll put a little bit of nylog on it. We should be good. Right there, right off the bat. Ain't much we can do about it. They didn't do us any favors, that's for sure. Okay, I'll get the little umbrella out here. We've got equalization line on. Everything's done. You've seen that. He's getting the brackets bulk part, but we've got to get these sized up. What we're trying to do is keep the compressor sealed as much as possible so that we're not absorbing moisture into the oil. A little trick of just using my knife straight up and down works pretty good. Screes and fancy measuring devices. So we're good to go there, but I'm a little afraid if we have to move that. You don't want to praise it in yet because if we have to move it for that, then we'd be screwing ourselves. So we're just going to keep her shut up as good as we got it. Probably a better way to do it. That's the reason why you should be making the video. I'm just a hackaroni. Didn't use a tape measure at all, buddy. In first cut, we're good to go. Not bad. It's a hack and jack job. Hack and mow, there's hack and jack. Watch out for hack and mow because hack and jack is here. I don't give a...  Well, I'm ready to burn this hogdog in, purge that direction, pop this apart. What? All right, cool. I won't even... There's something leaking here, too. So we'll let that go for a second. Obviously, I can't shove it through the compressor, but we can at least purge it out as best as we can. You can force it through the suction problem is then you'd have to pressurize the whole thing. I don't think I have any ball valves.  So I can't even utilize the ball valve, the next ball valve, if there is one back here. So we're just going to do our best to get her purged out. All right, so we got that all burned. Everything's done there. We haven't wiped it off yet to make it all look pretty. The filter dryer there. That's what the inside of the pipe would look like if you weren't using nitrogen. Did you heard that a hundred and fifty? Freaking tough. We did switch it to the suction as, you know, grooves on it. We're going to wipe that all off. There's a seal right here that tends to leak. If you replace that, it comes in, they like to replace it every time, but I got to come back tomorrow, 24 hours later, and change this filter dryer. Lead wholesome goodness on it. Yeah, screen, your screen.  We're going to use some brake cleaner on this. That's got a lot of chunks of stuff in there. Yeah, that thing's just a flipping mess. Look at that screen. Does not look good at all. That's just, that's, does not look like it's been wiped out for a while. Let's just say that. This is a burnout. I think it was burned out once before. Not sure why they keep losing compressors. We can't tell when it's not running. So we're going to get this thing all cleaned up. And like I said, we'll come back and we'll change it. There's a little mesh thing there behind that. Okay, filter dryer. That usually comes with a key here on the side, but it's the next best thing.  You can see a big difference here and it's more zebrary. That's this mesh a little more than I do to replace that seal tomorrow. I ain't going to replace it tonight just to have it destroyed tomorrow. Wall valve here and an electronic expansion valve on the other side, which is still not going to make it very easy to work, so like it's supposed to, then you have to recover all charge. All right guys, so I guess 25 pounds after doing the 20 and tighten planed spokes and start pattern 25 to 30 pounds in in-link test. Pulling her down right now. We're using the big eight CFM or 10 CFM, whatever this thing is. Gas ballast on, valve course yanks. This unit is 60 tons, but we're making progress. It's just slow. All right, so we're spraying this down. Oh, there's a leak right there. Look at that. All right, so we ended up taking it back out, put the seal in there.  So here I am doing it again. This is why I never cut corners because I always get caught and not taking a chance. So we made sure that each one of the edge corners went in there, pretty self-explanatory. Just one thing, stuff go wrong and it always does when things are already taken too long. So we're tweaked back to 30 pounds on this hunky monkey. Okay, we triple checked it because I knew he was having a hard time pulling it back. So let's go ahead and use my pliers that everybody hates because they're jealous. Spray it with the go-go juice on there. As of right now, it's not leaking. Can't see down there. So I'll get over here and take a look, but I think we got it. Okay, so we're starting over again. My fault for not doing a little pressure test. Put the bubble there. Got these labels so you'll know which one's wedged. Leftover stickers. Still waiting. We got some time here. I knew something wasn't right when it wasn't dropping. All right, so this is not getting down and that don't lie to me. So we're going to valve off the pump over there. We just put a generic compound gauge on there. This thing is never taking this long. We're about two digits, three digits. I mean, it's 520. Yeah, yeah, it's coming up. There's a big leak somewhere. All right, guys, that's where we're going to have to stop it at. As you can tell, this crap show didn't go very well. So we ended up putting nitrogen back into the unit. So for a holding charge, we had to get a hold of the people in charge to get permission to continue forward. It says right in our contract or our quote that anything above and beyond what we quoted has to be approved. So at this point, we're getting ready to go back on Monday and go ahead and start looking for the leak. So I appreciate you guys taking the time to watch the video. There will be a part two. If you guys enjoyed it, please hit the like button down below. If you haven't subscribed, I don't know why you haven't. Please do so. Click the notification bell. And until next time, I will catch you guys on the next one later.


The best part about my job is the kids, definitely. They're my favourite people on earth. Actually you're shaping the future, you're giving them the skills that they need and you're equipping them for that life after education. It's the best decision I've ever made really.


Senator Dianne Feinstein, who is approximately 1,273 years old, is reportedly in cognitive decline. And to make matters worse, she's been missing Senate Judiciary hearings for months now because she has a really bad case of the shingles, like the made worse, by her old age. Now, this is a problem because her absence has led to Biden's judicial appointments being stalled. They can't be confirmed without her being there. Now, given that our civil rights and civil liberties are under attack by far-right Federalist Society judges, I'd argue that confirming new judges should be one of, if not the highest priority for Democrats. I mean, this is really the one area where Biden can actually make a difference as president. But because Dianne Feinstein chose to cling to power rather than resign, it's created this issue for Democrats. Now, what they need to do is exert pressure on her to resign, but they don't want to do that, and I get it that's uncomfortable to have that conversation with a colleague. But the compromise here is unreasonable, in my opinion. Chuck Schumer is trying to temporarily replace her so that way the work can continue. The problem is that replacing her on this committee, even if it's temporarily, requires unanimous consent. Now, ask yourself this question. Do you think that Republicans are going to go along with that? No. Republicans, predictably, are not going along with that. And they're benefiting from this absence. So what would possess you to think that they're suddenly going to allow a temporary replacement so Biden's judicial appointments can be confirmed? Who is naive enough to think that they would go along with that? Well, apparently Chuck Schumer. HuffPost reports, a pair of Republicans who serve on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee made clear they won't vote to replace the 89 year old California Democrat on the panel, as she has requested due to health issues that have kept her away from Washington for nearly two months. Shocker here. Quote, I will not go along with Chuck Schumer's plan to replace Senator Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee and pack the court with activist judges. Joe Biden wants the Senate to rubber stamp his unqualified and controversial judges to radically transform America. That's how ironic Senator Marshall Blackburn tweeted on Monday. Senator Tom Cotton also urged Republicans over the weekend to not assist Democrats in confirming Joe Biden's most radical nominees to the courts. So this is not shocking. The only thing that's shocking about this is that only two Republicans have said that they're not going to go along with this publicly. But this was obviously always going to be what they do. Republicans are going to Republican. So this was never a realistic solution in the first place.  But she's refusing to retire. And as a result, she is single-handedly jeopardizing progress in the one area where, again, Biden can actually make a difference as president, as Mark Joseph Stern put it, by refusing to retire, Feinstein is making it impossible for Senate Democrats to push through the kind of diverse and progressive nominees whom Biden championed in his first two years. His track record on nominations is suddenly falling badly behind. This is an absolute disaster. He continues here, They're making their priorities clear, and he's right about that. The collective response from Democrats has basically been very, very wishy-washy. There's been a couple of Democrats to their credit who have spoken out and called on Feinstein to resign, Ro Khanna being one, Amy Klobuchar being another to her credit. But other Democrats, even ones who you would expect to do better, aren't willing to do that. Even Bernie Sanders is saying, no, I don't think it's right to force her to resign. Now, I understand Bernie Sanders, who is also a very old senator, doesn't want to be in this position where you base whether or not somebody should retire on their age, but it's not about age, right? It's not about age at all. In fact, I'd argue the fact that Diane Feinstein is super-duper old doesn't make her unqualified. What makes her unqualified and unfit to serve is the fact that she is in cognitive decline and is incapable of doing her job. So you can be 500 years old. I don't care.  Nobody's arguing that you should be forced to retire as soon as you reach a certain age. We're not proposing age limits. We're simply reasonably asking you to step down if you can no longer fulfill your obligations. But that isn't the overall message from Democrats. It's a mixed message. HuffPost continues, including on the debt ceiling that would require the California senator's presence. But then you have other senators saying the opposite, quote, the decision about whether somebody should resign rests on that individual themselves, Senator Bernie Sanders told MSNBCs inside with Jen Psaki, quote, I don't think she should be forced out. Rare Bernie L here, quote, we believe a senator should be able to make their own judgments about when they're retiring added Senator Kirsten Gillibrand during a Sunday interview on CNN State of the Union, quote, she has the right, in my opinion, to decide when she steps down. Now, on top of that, you have Nancy Pelosi implying that Ro Khanna is sexist and anyone else is sexist if they dare to suggest that Diane Feinstein retire. Now, I really need politicians, including Bernie Sanders, apparently, to understand that this isn't about them. This isn't about Diane Feinstein. This isn't about anyone politician. These politicians need to learn to decentralize themselves from these conversations and realize this is about the people who they represent, their constituents. And Diane Feinstein, factually speaking, has not been able to represent her constituents for years now. I mean, how long have we had reports that she is in cognitive decline, but this just makes matters worse.  And yet she chooses to selfishly cling to power despite doing active harm now. And let's be clear, Diane Feinstein is and always has been a very shitty senator. It's not like we're trying to protect her wonderful legacy.  Remember that? Basically any other corporate Democrat could replace her and nobody would notice. Nothing would really fundamentally change. The difference would be that you'd have one extra vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm Biden's nominations, but that's not happening. And now the same accusations of sexism are being floated, which was true with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Remember when there were calls for her to resign and Obama had a very gentle conversation trying to nudge her in that direction and she was defiant? Well, do I have to really remind everyone what happened after Ruth Bader Ginsburg selfishly chose to cling to power? Like I know that there's a little bit of taboo against speaking ill of the dead and liberals are going to be mad that I'm bringing this up.  She could have retired under Obama, but she didn't. And as a result, she died during Trump's presidency. And I know that that wasn't her plan, but it happened. She died because she refused to retire when she had the chance to. And she was replaced by Amy Coney Barrett, who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. So it's not about these politicians. It's not sexist to suggest that somebody who is very old and ill should retire if they're unable to fulfill their obligations. This is about the American people and us having our rights protected, what's left of our rights protected. So any politician who is refusing to unequivocally call for her resignation immediately, they're wrong.  And I find that morally reprehensible. And I love Bernie Sanders, but he is so wrong here. I get that he's old, too, and he doesn't want to be in a similar position. But I'm sorry, Bernie, if it comes to a point where you are no longer able to fulfill your obligations as a senator, people will be right to call on you to resign as well, but it hasn't reached that point. You can still fulfill your obligations. You're showing up to your committee hearings. You are still cognitively there. So this is about whether or not somebody cannot perform mentally and physically and she cannot. So obviously she must resign. That's the obvious solution. But Democrats are probably not going to call on her to resign. And as a result, we're all going to be fucked. Why? Because of this one lady's ego. It's just pathetic, but she could have retired literally decades ago and just taken all of her millions of dollars and just chilled on her yacht. But she chose to cling to power for selfish reasons. And now even when she is sick and cannot fulfill her obligation, she still refuses to give up power. And it's just, it's sick. These elites, again, are not the main characters and somebody needs to tell them that them being in power, it's not about them, it's about us. You represent us.