Have you just drove the new booty? Yes. I'm in your business You and my business. Oh, don't do that. Don't do the To another video for today's video we are gonna get into my three month post app Q&A Three month post up.  I'm like, yes, girl So and y'all always asked me like questions on my BBL I feel like I answered a few of the questions that are repeatedly asked in my vlogs and stuff because now This is a lifestyle change like having a BBL is definitely a lifestyle change like everything's so different. Obviously You're comfortable 24 seven. It's crazy. Okay, everybody wants to get a BBL But literally, they know you gotta wear your firehouse foams Abor all that Even till this day, I'm in my Abor right now foams right now compressing like I don't play But anyways, we're gonna get to all that. So yeah, you're new here. Hey girl My name is Karen. I do not forget to like comment subscribe girl become a girl. Okay a girl What a W. Oh, yeah, let's just hop right into the Q&A So anyways y'all so before we even get started into this video I know you see the drip on my wrist. I know you see it I know you do because everybody always asks me about my arm candy my watch My watch is definitely something that I love and it doesn't matter how much something costs If it looks expensive and cute, I'm gonna wear it and that's just period and my watch is from JBW watches and Talk about ice me out, baby. Talk about ice me out Oh Period So this watch is from the JBW watch. This is the JBW crystal 28 is from their frosted collection This has 12 12 row diamonds, baby Ice me out ice me out literally though people always ask me where is my watch from like in public?  I'm like, I know No, I'm just kidding. I don't say I know but you know what I'm saying, you know what I'm saying Okay, watch has 12 real diamonds and over a thousand Sierowski crystals.  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You just cannot So like I say you can use Kyra 30 for 30% off and do not forget to click the link in the description box below To get all the inside scoop on what's happening all month long So anyway, so let's hop right into the questions. I said y'all asked a funny question And plenty and now was the time to ask because this is the video Okay, so I'm just gonna go through them and answer the ones that I think is relevant So The sex hit different now lol That's literally the first question y'all like I'm literally at the bottom. That's so funny. Um I only had sex with one person so far. Um, but he was scared to uh, you know, touch me Especially from like, you know The big but no, it doesn't it's Well from the back, I should say it does but I mean and I guess from him gripping it too Like, you know, like, you know Um, but yeah, I think it does hit different I think I just want to be more passionate and grabbed on and felt on especially because my body is like Uh, like especially my stomach is just more Um, I like it to be rubbed on so just rub. I mean, you know all that. Okay. We don't need to go into detail Um, but yeah, it hits a little different. Um, but yeah, I ain't mad at it What was the hardest part after surgery? The hardest part was probably Being in my fire and my fire compressing my coachy because these fires are have like an opening and It's just like your That this is the whole of the fire and then this is your crotch Like it's like literally squeezing it. That's probably the hardest thing. Honestly, I'm not even gonna lie to you And um, what was the other thing it's literally oh in the massages the massages at first um Girl the massages is no joke.  Okay, and that's just a period period How was it how what has it been? Weight wise like did you lose weight after already? Are you scared to lose fat?   I had eggs spinach avocado Um, I eat healthy fat. I don't eat out. I don't eat at fast I don't eat at fast food restaurants like that I mean I eat restaurant food when I go out, but I don't eat McDonald's. I don't I mean I'll eat McDonald's But I'm just saying I don't eat it on a regular. Um and stuff like that. I just try to you know Eat healthy meals and stuff like that. Um, I actually don't even know how much I weigh y'all Like I don't even know how much I weigh. I think I weigh 160 But because I just went to the doctor, but I don't think I don't know how much I weighed before. I think I made like 170 or something. I don't know Um, how are you recovering? I'm recovering. Well, it's coming along, you know Results don't show for real for real until like six months a year. So I'm only three months post-op Are you still swollen? Um, I'm only swollen if I'm out of my thigh high for so long My body is so used to being compressed like when I'm out of my thigh high my palms and stuff for so long My body just is swollen in my stomach.  So Yeah, I'm still swollen, but it's normal to still be swollen and stuff like when you're out of your thigh I don't know how girls don't wear their thigh high like I'm literally in my thigh 24 seven If I'm gonna take a picture or if I you know, I was just in Miami I was not in my fire, but my stomach like burns. It's like a burning sensation I don't know if I'm out of it too long. It feels weird. Um, I can't wait for that feeling to go away, but Yeah It's a body adi adi for me sis. Thank you pool Looking back. Was it the was all the pain in constant compression worth it?  I look in the mirror.   I weighed more So, yeah, how do you rate your massages from the in the beginning the massages are literally girl That's just like an eight and a half Um, but now I get massages easy because he like it feels so good Especially when I'm out of my fire because my size be itching So when she like massages to my size it feels so good But yeah, do you really like your results? Yes, I do like my results. I really love them. Um, I just can't wait My stomach is still shrinking yours. My body is changing all the time.  Um But and it's still still firm. It's still firm, but it's I feel like it's still gonna It's fatter see can you see so you can see after like eight weeks and I and I didn't sit until like two Two months, I didn't sit for until two months But I didn't sit for long periods of time like I was due to sit But um, I passed like the due date for like sitting and I was still not sitting in my massage like it was like you can see Um, but she was like, but you can't sit for long periods of time like right now I'm on my butt pillow. So if I don't have to sit, um, if I don't have to use My butt pillow, I won't use it.  I just like I used to it now. Um And uh I don't you like only if I'm out in public. I don't use my butt pillow. That's what I should say I don't use my butt pillow in public um, because I'm not sitting for a long periods of time so Were you happy with your body before our results satisfying I was happy with my body before but I wanted to enhance. I never had hips. I had an athletic body.  I ain't gonna lie to you But now I don't even have to be I turn around boot bootie pic don't even gotta do too much period Like literally I don't That's just the tea Is your scarring still there? Yes. Um, I have a lot of scarring on my back still. I'm gonna show y'all You can see right here like These little bumps. I mean now it's like a keloid like I gotta get a steroid shot in there or something And then I have two in the middle of my back that are like keloids Um, I need to get steroids on that because those are ugly like No, I don't want that but I'm trying to fade my marks with this scar gel Um, I put it on the screen if I can find a picture of it and then also the ambi fade cream and a lot of cocoa butter. Um, I don't Not to put stuff on my scars so Um, but the ones that are front are fade in a way, which is good But the back ones obviously I can't get to my back all the time. I need somebody to put lotion on my back But I need to start getting back there Do you have random phantom pain? Do you have any regrets? No I don't ever have any random pain the only pain that I know I'm about to have is if I'm out of my Faha for so long my back start burning the the front part of my stomach starts burning Girl, it's just crazy. Like I can't believe I still gotta go through this Um, does your stomach hurt after all the stuffing with your phaha? No, my stomach feels fine I like being compressed because I don't feel that burning sensation when I'm out of my phaha like Mm-hmm Do you still worry about hi? Yes all the time Um, I've ordered so many phahas is ridiculous. Like I have two on the way two phahas on the way But my favorite One is the tributo phaha, which I started off with But I also like the contour phaha the contour phaha is more stretchier than the tributo one because the tributo one has like a corset in it. Um, and I'm gonna show y'all when I stand up, but um Yeah, the contour one it's easy for me to Well, it's sometimes I struggle in it to get into it by myself But it's still easier to for me to put on but the tributo one I need somebody to help me put that one on Um, because the corset it just uh girl. I gotta It's a struggle. Um But yeah, I still wear my phaha and those are the two phahas that I've been wearing the contour phaha And then the tributo phaha I did order the high compression one But I don't I think my body is just not ready for that one yet Even though I wear it. I still wear it. Don't get me wrong. I still wear it But it's not comfortable at all. Like my first tributo phaha was comfortable Like I was able to wear under my clothes and then I got it taken in and baby. That's it with uh Can I breathe? Okay, but no that like this phaha game is nothing to be played with Okay, so if you are getting your body hung like you gotta know that you gotta be in your phaha Like I don't know how these girls without a phaha. Like what are you doing? Like aren't you burning?  Y'all would never see my swelling because when I'm fresh when Right before I take a picture. I I like when I'm getting ready everything like that I keep my phaha on I keep it on but when I'm about to take a picture I take it right off and then put it right back on so y'all I'm fresh out of my phaha when I take my picture So y'all don't really see swelling Could you work a regular job and still get surgery? Um 100 there's a lot of people that get surgery and still work a regular job Like what do you mean? Like is that even a question?  Definitely went up Okay, what did you eat to feed the fat like a lot of protein avocado um eggs Just protein shakes stuff like that Do you feel different like physically and mentally? It feels weird because it feels like it doesn't feel different like when I first seen my flat stomach I was like, oh my god. I'm gonna stomach But um No, I don't feel different. Like I feel like I can wear anything that I want to that's what I well not really because I still got I still like Can't wear everything that I want to but I feel more confident Like I was confident before but I'm confident now like because I don't want all foobas So I can like be out with my stomach out, you know Buns out like come on. Let's do it one thing about me on my shoulder. It is No, I'm just waiting I'm kidding. How hard is it finding clothes to fit how you want them very difficult, especially pants because obviously The booty and you know waist ratio is not the same. So I always have to go get my Uh pants taken in which is fine. I don't care because I really wanted to fit really good. Um, but Yeah, like the only thing that really fits really. I mean even dresses I got to get taken in because you know that extra space in the back um But yeah, it's fine. I just get everything tailored. Um now Would you recommend your surgeon? Yes, I would I would recommend my my surgeon But I feel like people think he does stuff too natural. Um, but He really shapes the body good and you will only see that result if you Still go get your massages. Keep compressing because I'm not gonna lie to y'all I did not like my body at first. I was like, what is going on? I wrote him and everything I was like, why do I still got dip hips?  That was my experience. I mean some people see results asap But I didn't I seen results like after a month. So well three weeks. Um But yeah, because I met my massage lady and she was the one that was really teaching me how to compress Give my waist snatched and small And she would use like the machines on me. So really find a good massage person or whatever to help you Um, you know, because these doctors don't tell you about you gotta stay compressed You gotta wear your phones. You gotta wear a pie. You gotta wear all that They don't show you how to do it. They don't tell you you need to go get a binder.  She girl my girl is helping me out. So Yes, what did you tell them you wanted to look like I just was like I want my hips emphasized period and he was like I'm gonna give you as much hips as possible and I was like Big like period. That's all I had to say period And when my waist keeps getting Uh smaller my hips are gonna keep getting wider and I don't have no complaints on that baby and like So yeah, and I love like when I walk I'm like, you know, like when you would switch from side to side I Can you twerk or does it still Feel stiff.  I don't know how to twerk. Anyway, I need to learn Um, once these cheeks softening up, baby, let me let me get a little one two back there one two One cheek up one cheek up one cheek down one cheek down. Hey, let's get it. Okay period Like that's what I'm finna do. I finna, you know Same some classes. I'm gonna hit up the real calm sister and be like baby I know she said it's like in the ankles or something because she was teaching it on instagram live But I try to do that when I didn't have my butt. So I'm gonna try it again with my body softening up, you know Do the niggas be calling you now? girl Girl No, I'm just kidding.  I got this for me So I really don't care if I do get a man or don't get a man Like it is what it is, but I didn't get it for no man.  How long do you keep your fire on during the day three months later? I literally wear my fire all day. I sleep in it wake up in it.  That's just nasty How long do you have to go get massages?   It is expensive It does add up so make sure you get prepared for that because I know some people are like, oh, I'm three weeks I'm feeling good. I don't need a massages. Yes, you do You know, but I'm not the one to tell y'all what to do. So but Yeah, that's just me Will you get another bbl? No, I feel like I won't need one. Um, I think I'll be fine. I like my shape I like how it's coming along Um, so I don't think so and I don't think I wanted to go through this game. No, no, thank you If I if I needed to if I like, you know had the first round for like foundation and then the second round for to get the, you know Um volume that I want I feel like I would but I have the volume that I want because I feel like I started off with like a good foundation So I really don't feel like I am so Um Did you have any fibrosis?  You don't have no fibrosis You But I was preparing myself for the surgery. I was taking my vitamins I was drinking green juices like for a month straight because I had cove so I needed to get over cove and With that with me doing that and also at the same time that was still preparing me for my surgery I think it all that also helped me not get like fibrosis a lot of scar tissue or anything like that. So Make sure you go watch my video. I'm gonna tag it right here. Um, like how I got prepared for my surgery and like my Green juices and stuff like that How do you properly compress? Okay, so I wear I'm about to show y'all right now Okay, so I wear two foams on the side and then I have an ad board right here in the middle And then I have a binder that holds everything together and then I put my fire on So that's how I compressed. Did your career pressure you into getting a BVL? No, like I said, I feel like Um, I got this for me and my confidence and I always wanted this for a long time Even before I even started like posting pictures on social media and like, you know doing youtube and stuff like that I've been one of it. So Yeah, I got it from me And I'm happy that I went through it.   I feel like I'm okay. So I'm gonna show you how my well my hips right now are 45 And the week after I got back from surgery I measured myself and I was 45.  Um after a while so But the only thing that's different is my waist is shrinking. So I'm really happy about that. How did you get the Leave from work. Okay. So basically I didn't know this. This is another thing that I didn't know The doctor will not sign your leave-up absence for work, which is crazy to me. Um, Because like why is y'all not signing me so I can leave for work so I can get surgery like that's crazy So but anyway, so I had ended up going to see my um I had a primary care doctor and I had appointment with her and I told her, you know, I'm home girl. I'm doing surgery. So can you like write me up an excuse for me to like um Be absent and she was like, yeah girl. I got you. I'll sign it and I was like, oh my god. Yes So get a primary doctor. Tell them you're about to go get surgery. Um, and she worked at the hospital that I worked at So she was real cool like she was real cool. She was like, yeah, girl I've had I've done so many people. Um, like, you know pre-op For like their surgery. So yeah, of course and she was real.  So Yeah, get a primary care doctor so they can sign um your Uh pto stuff and like your leave and stuff like that. So you'll be able to get off work Um, but yeah, I asked for a month off She was like, okay So, yeah, I don't know how people go back after week three.  I took like a month In like a week later to post my first picture or whatever Um, but people out here are taking pictures after a week. I'm like girl How I don't have the energy. Have you had any hard lumps? Um post up the only hard thing that I have is right here in my lower abdomen on my right side That's what we're me and my massage lady are trying to get down.  My first time sitting y'all like It was in Atlanta. I was in Atlanta. I don't know I went to Atlanta And I was like, I'm not gonna fit on my but like I'm not gonna sit on it But I don't want then again. I don't want people thinking Oh, she kind of made me out like uh, and then my friends were telling me like girl It's not gonna go anywhere because they already had a bbl I was just like, uh, well, I'm not sitting for a long time and it's a little cushion.  I feel like I'm like, no I can't like when I'm going to get my hair done Well, normally when I go to get my hair done, I brought my but pillow, but this past time I had it in the car because I used it to drive And I was sitting in a chair for a long time.  No I mean it is a little heavier, but no Do you have any visible scars? No, only if I wear like something with my back out. Yes Would you say that the surgery or the fire and the massages made your way smaller? Definitely the massages. She does not play and also the fire. I definitely does contour and does help shape your butt.  So Um, yeah, it does help Tell us your doctor. Love you. I've been said who my doctor was My doctor is dr. Williams at 305 plastic surgery He is booked and busy.  He may say something like that. He didn't say that nothing like that to me He just is like I'm gonna put more volume and give you as much hips as possible I'm like, okay, but I do have uh stretchy skin So but he really shapes the body really good like at the end of the day You're gonna have hips and then people you may not see it asap But if you keep compressing and wearing a fire hot, you're gonna look so good You're gonna see it. You're going to see it. You're going to see it Like Hey, babe. Can we get a list of supplies or a pre-post-op?  That's really all I use. Um a robe Foams, that's really it. I don't know why people go through all these lists of stuff that they need Um, I didn't even use that much stuff y'all like I didn't use no you don't need no diaper You don't need none of that Don't get that because you're not gonna need it and you don't want to wear a diaper anyway Because it's gonna increase your butt. So don't do it. Have you just drove the new booty? Yes I'm in your business You in my business. Oh, don't do it.   Is this still there? Like let me make sure Because I'm so paranoid. I do not want my butt to go down. I don't want to dance. I don't want to know nothing But nothing happens because I don't sit that long and I just ordered a new bbl pillow I ordered the circle one that you sit on this one that I have right now. Um, let me show y'all This is the one you can see where I say I literally see My thighs right here and then my butt just hangs at the end. So yeah Does it look natural to you?  So It looks good.  I'm pretty sure it's a good view back there I know it is. They don't know if it's your butts. I know it is So will you get anything else done? I low key want to get my boobs done.  So yeah, that's the last question and I'm about to show y'all my We without my foams and stuff And my faha just so y'all can see my body and I'll put some pants on too Just so y'all can see how the ass look in my favorite leggings Well, you know my favorite tire which is skins So well, if you have seen my skins video, you've probably seen it But anyway, so let me just charge my camera real quick and I'm gonna come back So this is me and my travito faha Um, let me turn it this way so y'all can See so this is me three months post op. I meant to say that I can get in this faha without Um foams and stuff on by myself But I am on the second loop. But y'all look at how they are breaking like this is the only thing I don't like about this faha like it's so hard to get in so Sometimes the hooks will break and stuff like that. So I can breathe and talk and everything but Yeah, but Um, I like to go to sleep in this one. So I wake up snatched But yeah, and this is the one that I normally wear under my clothes because um, the other one is a little bit more loose And that's the one I wear my bones and my uh What is it at board? But it's not that loose. It's just looser than this. That's what I meant to say Um, because you don't want your faha to be so loose because it can build fluid and stuff. So But yeah, this is Three months Like I said, it's still firm Like the bottom part is you know jiggly but Yeah, but yeah, like I said, I love my results I'm maintaining everything. This is a lifestyle a whole different lifestyle change so Yeah, girl But I'm gonna show y'all how it looks when I put pants on hold on this hips rounds We love that booty Is a peach baby But yeah, this I love it. And then when I put my shirt on Grab each snatch for the gauze. Okay, so A lot of people think my booty is a shelf, but I like it. I don't I personally like it. So But yeah, I love my results Can't wait to find new faha comes so Yeah, but yeah y'all that is it for this video I hope you guys enjoyed and do not forget to click the link down below in the description box So y'all can get the inside scoop on all the weekly deals at school on all the weekly deals that's going on A month with jbw and don't forget to get this watch and you can use code kyra 30 for $30 off So yeah, y'all I love y'all so much. I hope you guys enjoyed and I will see y'all in the next video by girl You


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It's 6.39 right now, depending on how distracted I am from journaling. It might take me a while to finish that. I just wake up a little bit. I like to start my mornings with like something creative. So one of the things I do is come up with a video idea. Let's do it right now. Ooh, how about acting habits I want to form in 2022? Yeah, like acting habits I want to form in 2022 to help me become a better actor. So that'll be the idea of the video. Cool. See, I did it. Sometimes it takes me a long time. Sometimes I can come up with like five, but I like that because it just gets my brain going creatively. Okay, so now I'm going to do my finance sheet because finances are important. Submit to auditions and edit some videos. Also, if I had a self-tape audition I needed to film later right now would be the time where I would spend some time to memorize and I would have also memorized last night because it really helps me to sleep on lines. But let me edit for a little bit. So this morning so far I was able to do like my daily oops morning routines. I'm just going around looking at all of the casting calls for San Francisco NLA and Sacramento. Sometimes there's some over there. And now I need to hurry up because I have 15 minutes to get ready before I need to go to my nine to five and I will be at my nine to five until six thirty actually. Sometimes less times sometimes more right now I'm working between 16 and 24 hours a week. So on days like today it feels super busy. I still have to get like acting related stuff done in the morning and my morning routine just so that I feel more active. So I'm going to go get ready because blogging and trying to get ready and makes the getting ready process a lot slower. Hey guys, I am at work but I'm going to go have some lunch now. Okay so during lunch other than maybe eat I usually will look for auditions on my email. Any casting calls that I can submit to even though it's pretty slow I still do like to submit to as many auditions as I can. Can you see me? Yeah so that's what I'm going to do right now. I'm not really that hungry I might get something to drink like fills. Did you guys okay not an advertisement for fills and you should try not create waste but did you know that fills does not charge you extra for milk alternatives? I'm going to look through my email really quick for casting calls and then I'm going to go to fills. Should I? I'm home from work now and we're going to make some tacos with sweet potato fries and then after I will likely do some editing for YouTube and call it a night so I'm super hungry I'm so tired and hungry


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Hello and welcome to the Monday market update with me, David Madden. Today's date is Monday the 17th of December, 2018 and the time has just gone at 9.15 GMT. It's been a fairly subdued start to the European session this morning. Most of the major European indices are slightly in the red. We had a fairly mixed session in Asia overnight. The lack of volatility was probably a common theme in Asia overnight. Submarkets finished, higher markets finished, lower overall. We haven't seen a whole lot of movements. Essentially traders are still nervous about the slowdown of the slowdown in the global economy. At the back end of last week on Friday we were disappointing retail sales figures and also industrial production figures out of China. That's the playing on traders' minds and also at the back end of last week we had underwhelming service PMI figures out of Germany. And we also had very disappointing manufacturing and service PMI figures out of France. So it kind of adds weight to the argument that the eurozone is slowing down as well. So it's obviously quite worrying where the eurozone is slowing down and also is China the second largest economy in the world. Over the weekend we heard from the Bank of International Assetments and essentially they stated that while central bank policy begins to kind of emerge years after the credit crisis and begins to kind of normalise and we head back to an era of moving away from absolute rock bottom interest rates, we could see further set-offs in global stock markets. So traders are still a bit nervous about that. That's essentially the kind of the major and that added to the ongoing of course political uncertainty surrounding Brexit. Theresa May's deal that she's managed to cobble together with the European Union is deeply unpopular within Westminster but also what's also very unpopular is the idea of a second referendum. And what's also very unpopular is the idea of a no-deal Brexit. So all this uncertainty continues on, rambles on. It's likely to be hanging over the British pound. And there's essentially the major topics and themes of the past 72 hours. And now take a look at some of the major markets and see what things are getting on. Like I said, European economic markets are a bit lower this morning but not too low. So take a look here at the FTSE 100. As you can see it's been in, you know, ever since August it's been losing quite a lot of ground. A fast example of a downward trend, lower lows and lower highs. Granted we are off the lows of last week but still the market is still very much in the downward trend. And while we were in below the fifth day of moving average, this blue line here coincides with the psychology important 7000 mark. And it's likely we could see further losses on the FTSE 100. So we could be heading back down towards the recent low this area here which comes into play at 6,678. And then we could, if we help go below that again, we could be heading back down towards 6,500. And like I said, any rallies are likely to run resistance in around the 7000 mark. And if you go beyond that, the area 7,220, 7,200, that could also pose a potential area of resistance on the FTSE 100. Taking a look now at what's going on on the DAX, the general market. So the general market is actually even in worth shape than the FTSE 100. As you can see here, if you draw a line from the highs of June to the highs of July and also to the highs of September, granted, they actually trade a bit above the particular trend line. But there's a classic example of a trend line resistance coming into play on the DAX, the Germany 30. While we were in below this trend line here, it's likely we could see further losses on the Germany 30. We've seen a steady series of lower lows and lower highs. A classic example of a downward trend. And once again, while we remain below this trend line here, we could see further losses. So if you do look to kind of push further to the downside on the DAX, we could be looking at retesting the recent lows, which come into play just south of 10,600, 10,584. And if you go beyond that, we could be looking at heading down to 10,400. Any valleys covered in resistance at the psychology important 11,000 mark. And then if you go beyond that, this blue line here at the fifth and the moving average might come into play, which is 11,328. I take a look now at the U.S. markets. And we did a very interesting move, very interesting finish on the close on the S&P 500 last Friday. Have you taken the S&P? Sorry, we're currently looking... That's the Dow Jones. I'll look at the S&P 500 and then I'll come out of the Dow Jones in a second. A very interesting... We could see a very interesting session with the S&P 500. If you draw a trend line between the lows of February 2016 and November 2016, you get this trend line here. And as you can see, zooming in, this trend line was well respected back in October and also in November. And so the more trend line is respected, the more times the market bounces off trying to support, the more conflict you can become. The market is going to hold above it.  So as you can see here on a couple of occasions recently, it's managed to bounce off of it. We did trade below it, bounced around it, and as a Friday, we closed firmly below it. We closed just south of the psychology-important 2,600 mark. Now, the index features are promising that we're going to open above 2,600, but we're still well below this trend line support here. So this trend line may actually now begin to act as a resistance. And what we could potentially see is we might see the market rally back up towards this trend line in around the 2,644 region before potentially turning lower yet again because we have seen a few examples of lower highs. We've also seen a couple of lower lows as well on the S&P 500. And if you do manage to take out the recent low, a 2,582, that could take us back to a level not seen since April in a 2,553. And he moved to the upside, likely to run into resistance in around the psychology-important 2,700, and then beyond that 2,800. One of the tenets of Dow theory is that the averages must confirm each other. And as you saw there, the S&P 500 was previously being supported by the trend line support from the lows of February 16, the lows of February of November 2016 as well. Similarly, if we take a look here at the Dow Jones, if you draw a trend line between the lows of February, March, April, May, you get this trend line along here. And there's a few occasions, granted, for the market to manage to trade below it, but it did always manage to close back above it until now. And now what we're seeing is, similar to the S&P 500, the Dow Jones is closed firmly below its respective trend line. And Dow theory says the averages must confirm each other. So when both averages were above the respective trend line supports, you can be more confident both markets are going to move higher. Now that both markets have closed firmly below the respective trend line support, so you can be more confident that both markets are going to move lower. Obviously, if one goes above the trend line, one remains below it, you can then be less confident of which way the market is going to move. But while both are heading in the same direction, you can be more confident that that particular move, and in this case, that downward move is going to continue. So the index futures are suggesting the Dow Jones is going to open north of 24,000. And even if you do manage to open north at 24,000, we could have a scenario where we might head up towards this trend line year in around the 24,600 region before potentially turning lower yet again because we've seen a nice series of lower lows and also lower highs and lower lows along here on the Dow Jones. If you do take out 24,000 and if you do take out 23,877, that could take us back towards the may lows of 23,539. Any rallies in the Dow Jones, if you manage to go back above the trend line support, may run into resistance at this red line here, the two-digit moving average, which comes into play just south of 26,000. We could see in the number of occasions it act as both support and resistance recently. And if a metric has acted as both support and resistance recently, it makes it the more likely it will do so again in the future. Take a look now at what's going on in the gold market. So gold at a size will sell off between April and August. Ever since August, the market has been broadly been pushing lower. Sorry, apologies. It's only been pushing higher. It's been recovering at a slow and steady enough rate. So it's seeking a higher high, higher low, higher high, higher low, higher high. And we hit a monthly month high only at the early point of this month. So we're broadly ever so slowly grinding out higher highs and higher lows. So if you do manage to continue on this kind of upward trend that's been in play since August, we could be looking at targeting this area here in around the 1265 area. Any move to the downside, it may count as support in around 1225. This blue line here, the 50 moving average. And you'll notice how it acted as support on a couple of occasions recently. And once again, if a market has acted as support recently, it makes it more likely to act as support again in the near term. And even if you do drop below 1225, if it allows you to remain above the kind of cycle as important as 1200, the outlook for gold could remain positive. Take a look now at what's going on on the oil market. The oil market has stabilized a lot recently. And the last five or six trading sessions, it's been very quiet in comparison to the previous number of weeks. So looking at our Brent crude oil, we can see here that after hitting a multi-year high in October, is in a very aggressive downward trend. A classic example of lower lows and lower highs. And we are off the lows of the, we're above the November lows, but we haven't really made that much ground. I would argue that there is some sort of a bit of a bottom forming in around here. And while we remain off the November lows, which come into play, which with the November lows are in the region of 5750, while we remain above the November lows, we could see the market push on higher. So we could see the market heading back up towards the $65 a barrel mark or $67.50 a barrel mark. But ultimately, we're very much in a downward trend. And should we take off the November lows, that would actually be quite bearish in itself. And that would point to levels not seen for over a year if we managed to take off the November lows. And we could be likely heading back down towards $56.73 or back down towards $55 a barrel. And keep an eye on what's going on now on the WTI market. In a very similar situation, after hitting about a year high in October, undergone a very, very aggressive sell-off. As you can see here, the lower lows and lower highs all the way down. Similar situation here. We're above the November lows, $49.29. While we remain above that, and while we can hold above the $50 a barrel mark, we could see the market push on higher from here because there's not a bargain under us. Potentially looking to get a snap up relatively cheap oil. And if you do manage to kind of push on higher from here, we could be likely heading back up towards this region here in just north of $58 a barrel. And if you go beyond that, the kind of cycle actually borne $60 a barrel then becoming an area to keep an eye on which coincides with this blue line here, the 50 moving average. If you do manage to take off the recent low, the November lows of $49.26, we could be looking at heading back down towards $47 a barrel. And if you do manage to hit that area, keep in mind we haven't seen $47 a barrel on WTI since September, since September 2017. So we will be talking about 50 month lows should they be reached. Take a look now what's going on on the euro versus US dollar. So as I mentioned, it's a disappointing economic indicators that are France and Germany last Friday. There's an ongoing political uncertainty over the budget in Italy as well. So the euro has been pretty much looking at a downward trend since September, which fits in with the wider downward trend since April. So while we continue to, while we can essentially hold below the kind of 115, 115 10 mark this area here, it's likely we could move further ground and we could be looking at retesting the November lows of one spot of $21.16. And then if you go below that, we're heading back down towards the one spot 11 10 region. And he moves to the upside. I like to run into resistance in a one spot 15 or one spot 15 10. And then if you go beyond that, we could be looking at heading up towards the September high, which comes to the play just north of 118. Take a look now at pound dollar. Like I said, there's a lot of uncertainty hanging over the pound because of Brexit. To be perfectly honest, it seems to me that they policy the politicians at Westminster don't seem to know what's going on in relation to Brexit, in relation of what's going to happen next. So therefore, how are the financial markets supposed to know? Ultimately, it's about this. If it appears that the UK is going to have a relatively soft speaking Brexit, or it's the softest kind of Brexit possible, that it's likely to be beneficial to the pound because it'd be good for business and it'd be likely that there'd be a minimal economic disruption or financial disruption because of the UK's departure from the European Union. But on the flip side of the coin, if it looks like we're heading towards a scenario where there's a no deal of Brexit even by purpose or by accident, if it looks like we're heading towards a no deal of Brexit scenario, that's likely to put a lot of pressure on the pound. Even though some of the economic indicators out of the UK have been fairly strong in recent months and in my view, the UK economy is in better shape than the Eurozone, it's the Brexit uncertainty that is hanging over and it's very evident here. The pound sold off heavily between April and August. Staged a bit of a comeback, but since September, once again, the uncertainty has kind of kicked back in. And like I said, it was only last week. It was only last week we were actually back at levels not seen since April 2017 on the pound versus the US dollar. Very much to the downside as a trend. If pressure comes on the pound again, we could have looked at heading back down towards the recent lows of one spot 2467. And if you go below that, we could be likely heading back down towards the 12365 area. Any move to the upside in the pound dollar are likely to run into resistance in around the kind of one spot, 2750 area. And then if you go beyond that, there are these big kind of psychological numbers to keep Maya for. Take a quick look at the week ahead and the week ahead article can be found on our website. If you go to cmcmarkas.com and under news and analysis, you will find the week ahead article. So scrolling ahead, later today in about half an hour time, we have Eurozone CPI numbers coming out. Tomorrow and Tuesday, FedEx have second quarter figures out. Darwin Restaurants have second quarter figures out. Also on Tuesday, on Wednesday, we have the update from the Federal Reserve and it's the market is pricing in a rate of a rate rise of 0.25%. But keep in mind, Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, said a couple of policy makers at the Federal Reserve believe that the Federal Reserve's interest rate is near or getting close to the, it's getting close to the neutral rate. So the update and the statement that will follow the Fed meeting on Wednesday will be closely watched. On Wednesday, we have UK CPI numbers out. On Wednesday, we have Canadian CPI and retail sales figures out. On Thursday, we have the Bank of Japan interest rate decision. On Thursday, we have the Bank of England interest rate decision. And on Thursday, we also have the UK retail sales. Just also worth pointing out, for those of you on our trading platform, keep an eye on the insights section of our trading platform. If you're going to mark a pulse, the second option down is insights. Some of the updates that we do in terms of written content for myself and other analysts get posted to insights. Some of it gets posted to our news site, which I will show you in the week ahead article. It's also worth keeping it off for the chart form section. The chart form section can be once again found under the mark of pulse and the chart form section can be updated by anybody. Myself and some of the other analysts regularly provide effective a screenshot of a particular market and this comment on what we think what kind of price action that we could see. That's also free for any of our clients to actually contribute to as well. So please feel free to do so. Lastly, if you have any comments on this video or any of the other videos we've made here at CMC Markets, please feel free to review and review reviews. And that's all for me this week. Thank you very much.


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This is the rhyme from Veda, which means, that Ayurveda is nothing but for longevity. And Charaka says, Ayurveda has no starting, no ending. It is anadan and anadi, which means the knowledge of Ayurveda has been remaining in the universe all the time to come. In that way, Ayurveda came into literary existence through some Hidhas like Charaka, Sushruta and Bhagpada, some 3,000 years back. In fact, these two schools of thought led to the writing of two major books on Ayurveda, Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita. Most of the modern illnesses, because modern medicine has eliminated many of the infectious diseases, the overall, you know, living conditions have improved. But these diseases, what we call as the lifestyle disorders, are really going to be the problem of the future. All of a sudden, we wake up in the morning and we discover that something is wrong. We go to doctor and we notice that after checking blood, our blood sugar is high. And we are labelled as diabetes, but this does not happen overnight. It is a sequential process. Modern science or modern medicine, we have no clue how it happens in a sequential manner. First, the imbalance happens, say, in one dosha. Okay? Then this dosha will accumulate. That is stage one. After that, it sort of gets into a state of agitation. That is stage two. Stage three is that it spreads into the body. Stage four, it goes into a vulnerable area. Up to this point, Ayurveda can actually reverse everything. Because stage five is the manifestation of disease. Stage six is the manifestation of complications. All these diseases are originated because of the body's imbalance. Ayurveda says how it can correct the body's imbalances by two methods. One is the pacification method, Samana Jigalsha. Second one is the purification method. The purificatory method is Shodhana Jigalsha, the famous Panchakarma, which we do in almost all good authentic Ayurvedic hospitals. In Ayurvedic medicine, the practice of Panchakarma is a therapeutic way of eliminating toxic elements from the body. During the massage with warm handmade herbal oils, the body is detoxified through the skin. In Ayurveda, this oil treatment is called Snehana. The use of Svedana will result in the patient breaking out in a sweat. A successful Panchakarma treatment helps eliminate the accumulated toxins in the body. And yoga brings man to the natural state of tranquility, which is equilibrium. Contemporary Ayurveda consists of proprietary Ayurvedic formulations that are validated by modern science. In early 30s, there was no medicine that brought down blood pressure. There was no anti-hypertensive medicine. The only way to bring down blood pressure was to drain blood. So the first anti-hypertensive product given to the world was given by the founder of Himalaya Drug Company. It was made from the root of a plant called Rovalphea Serpentina. Subsequently, Siba extracted the active principle or the chemical that was responsible for bringing down blood pressure. And that chemical was called Rezapine. Now Ayurveda obviously had, because herbal medicine we know has great value. A lot of the modern medicine comes out of herbal medicine. If we take Ayurveda the way it has been known or all the herbal medicines, and there are people in government institutions and privately who have actually done the pharmacopia on herbal medicine, that we apply modern scientific techniques to herbal medicine and try to make an amalgam between the two, not only as complementary but as a fusion. I think that there is room to fuse modern medicine and herbal medicine to achieve two things. One, that your therapies will be equally good or more effective. Two, they will be imminently more human friendly so that you don't have to cut out the body or you don't have to use x-ray and all that. And third, it would be half the price. As we progress through the 21st century, it can truly be said that Ayurvedic medicine has gone global, gaining international interest and respect as an alternative means of caring for physical and mental health. I see why our medical doctors are coming to our training. They're coming because they have lost their dharma, as you say. You know, they won't study medicine because they wanted to do something for humanity. Then they ended up in a technical medicine. Now they're coming to our trainings in Ayurvedic medicine because they're finding back to their own profession and they're finding back to their own mission in life they want to share. Today, one of the world's most ancient and continuously practiced medical systems is seeking its place in the modern world. What we see today in western countries and also globally is a trend towards integration, towards integrative medicine. And for our understanding in the universitarian setup, it does not mean a sort of random integration of therapeutic elements, but it means the integration of the best possible therapeutic tools for our individual patients out of the mixture of different therapeutic modes. Suppose we have a patient who comes in with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis on the knee, so joint and bone disorders and asks us for help or for our medical advice. This patient will of course also receive Ayurvedic treatment. I'm a gynecologist and obstetrician, so I try to find holistic concepts for the treatment in gynecology and obstetrics. We deal with pregnant women like with patients, and this is wrong. But we can help them to have a good pregnancy, to have a good time using also these techniques of natural herbs, of meditation, of yoga during pregnancies. Also we start to teach the mothers to apply Ayurvedic massage to their newborn babies every day. This moment they start with the massage, the babies are very quiet, very relaxed, and this is I think a very important and pleasant atmosphere. Ayurveda being a holistic form of medicine, it bears close resemblance to European medical traditions. Europeans therefore have found a growing acceptance of this ancient medical system. Ayurveda is the science of 21st century. Ayurveda is actually futuristic medicine. Ayurveda is not a medicine of past at all. In my opinion everything starts from the mind, in any case. So we cannot ignore it and I would say 20% of diseases should be treated by modern medicine. And the remaining by Ayurveda and all the hundred other systems that also exist. The Ayurvedic medicine and these ancient medicine combinedly I think can be immense benefit to humanity.


Senator Joe Manchin released an updated statement as to whether or not he'll be supporting his party's 3.5 trillion dollar reconciliation package and Spoiler alert he's not going to so alright if he's not gonna support that then progressives need to torpedo the bipartisan infrastructure deal That he desperately wants past that his donors more specifically want past and I'm gonna read you his updated statement which is just incredibly Stupid and bereft of common sense and just devoid of any understanding of what the country needs and wants currently But before we get to that I want to share an exchange that Joe Manchin had with the Bloomberg reporter Where he actually got really testy because that reporter actually asked him about his conflicts of interest and corruption And he did not like this at all So is Frank Thorpe on Twitter writes Manchin asked by Ari Natter whether an energy company Is a conflict of interest as he negotiates reconciliation Manchin says I've been in a blind trust for 20 years I have no idea what they're doing Ari says you're still getting dividends Manchin you got a problem. He actually said this Frank adds more from Ari Natter read the energy company Manchin founded your son still owns it doesn't he Manchin says you do best to change the Subject and if he doesn't change the subject, what are you gonna do? Hit him. Are you a big tough guy?  He did delegate control to his sons But the stipulation was that he can retake control at any time. That's not truly Separating from that conflict of interest and we saw that Donald Trump did govern in a way that made his businesses money And there were many government officials Saudis and whatnot that would stay at his hotels to give him a profit They knew that that would butter up the president. So I mean Joe Manchin is doing the same thing here There's no difference really So when you ask him about it, he gets really mad. It's a very touchy subject So maybe more reporters should actually do their job and question this corrupt asshole About this conflict of interest why he's refusing to Place his businesses in a blind trust and actually give up control of his businesses because it's interesting He still does the bidding for the fossil fuel industry so maybe There's this connection there. Maybe that conflict of interest is influencing his decisions I don't know. Maybe it's just me. So anyways, he basically came out against the 3.5 trillion dollar price tag He still is refusing to state specifically what he'd cut if it's universal pre-k child care Expanding health care. He won't say but he's against it because Spending money is bad according to this Republican He writes every member of Congress has a solemn duty to vote for what they believe is best for the country and the American people Not their party respectfully as I have said for months I can't support 3.5 trillion more in spending when we already have spent 5.4 trillion since last March at some point all of us regardless of party must ask the simple question How much is enough now? And I just want to pause there because when Biden was coming up with infrastructure before Biden even named a Price Joe Manchin said we should spend four trillion But all of a sudden he's reversing what he said previously probably because you got a phone call from his donors saying Let's rain it in a little bit So they're not spending that much on infrastructure itself, but on reconciliation They can invest in infrastructure and all of a sudden when he sees that a lot of this money is gonna benefit normal Americans He's against it because in his view that money should be benefiting his corporate donors special interests And that that's what this is about. This is him tacitly admitting that he's not gonna say that directly But that is what it's about. Let's be clear But it continues what I've made clear to the president and Democratic leaders is that spending trillions more on new and expanded government programs When we can't even pay for the essential social programs like Social Security and Medicare That's a lie is the definition of fiscal insanity Suggesting that spending trillions more will not have an impact on inflation Ignores the everyday reality that America's families continue to pay an unavoidable inflation tax Oh, give me a break proposing a historic expansion of social programs while ignoring the fact We are not in a recession and that millions of jobs remain open will only feed a dysfunction that could weaken our economic recovery This is the shared reality We all now face and it is this reality that must shape the future decisions that we as elected leaders must make so we'll pause again He's so concerned about working Americans so concerned Okay, so if you are arguing that this is going to lead to inflation Then what do you cut be specific? What do you cut? Do you cut out the? benefits for workers Who are working during a pandemic or essential workers who get paid time off? Are you going to cut the expansion of Medicare that people desperately need? It's not a very vast Expansion but it would make a huge difference dropping the age from 65 to 60 over years and expanding it to include dental hearing and vision What what do you cut Joe Manchin if you care so much about working people be very specific about what you think they should be denied He won't say because there's always some sort of a fucking excuse. He's pathetic Now let's skip to the very very end here He says if there is one final lesson that will continue to guide me in this difficult debate ahead It is this America is a great nation But great nations throughout history have been weakened by careless spending and bad policies now more than ever We must work together to avoid these fatal mistakes so that we may fulfill our greatest responsibility as elected leaders and Pass on a better America to the next generation He says we must work together as he torpedoes his own party's agenda and he says I care about future generations Meanwhile, you're not supporting this bill and you're effectively denying One small step towards Arming ourselves to mitigate the effects of climate change.  I mean, he's truly insufferable But okay, look if this is where we're at if we're at this point where both Kirsten cinema and Joe Manchin are going to torpedo this Then okay Progressives go nuclear vote down the infrastructure bill. They have enough votes about two dozen house lawmakers To torpedo everything.   So, okay I mean Joe Joe Biden is also to blame here as well. It's not just Kirsten cinema and Joe Manchin He knows that he's the president. He has a lot of authority and influence and he could make a difference But he's choosing not to so if this all goes up in flames So be it but progressives have to vote down that infrastructure deal. It's just not good enough There's like barely anything in there. There's some provisions in there that are good I think that you know expanding infrastructure roads bridges replacing some lead pipes is important But ultimately that is a giveaway to corporations and the real prize for the left is in that reconciliation package So if they don't get that you don't get what you want what your donors are pushing you to pass so, you know, it's sad but You know if Joe Biden wants this he's got to fight for it. It's not gonna be Rested on the shoulders of progressives. They shouldn't get the blame for this There's two people who are the lowest common denominator who are obstructing everything that the party wants Joe Manchin and Kirsten cinema Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. It's them not progressives because progressives were willing to support their agenda the bipartisan infrastructure deal The only stipulation was you support the reconciliation package They're saying no so progressives have to hold the line and say no and vote that down as well.


It's been very freeing for me to stop considering cheat days on the weekends. Hi guys, the baby's sleeping and I'm wearing makeup so we should make a video. I really wanted to talk about something that I got some feedback on from our Instagram account. The difference between dieting, the concept of dieting, and cheat days. So for years and years and years I did whatever diet was popular that month, that week, and then on the weekends I really kind of let myself go. I did the whole cheat day mentality and you know you really think okay I'm just gonna cheat on Saturday and then Saturday starts to bleed into Sunday and I was eventually kind of seeing myself cheating from Friday night dinner through Sunday night dinner which is like a third of your week so that's kind of a cheat 30% of life and I was really struggling to keep up my diet during the rest of the week so I've had kind of this profound shift in the mentality that I've used on dieting versus cheat days and instead of using those terms and sticking to those terms and planning a day that I'm gonna let myself binge instead I'm just kind of trying to live as healthy as I can throughout all seven days of the week and when an opportunity to have a meal that's unhealthy presents itself hey I'm feeling really lazy tonight can we order some takeout or hey we're headed over to my mom's house and she's making pasta dinner something like that then I can just enjoy those things instead of planning and thinking ahead and being like okay well on Thursday I've got a work event and you know that means I'm gonna be eating poorly then it means the rest of the week I have to be clean clean clean the less rules that I've made for myself and the less I've been militant about sticking to I can only cheat on this day actually the more healthy I've been throughout the week I found myself instead of cheating all weekend long I'll have some ice cream on a walk around the lake on Sunday afternoon but then I'll have a salad for lunch whatever it is I think a lot of this change started to happen when I started to meal plan very specifically because I've got all of these great ideas in my head for meals that I want to make and then I go buy the groceries for those things and if for some reason something comes up we get invited to dinner at Lenny's parents I now have the ingredients for lettuce wraps and I don't want them to go bad and so it's okay that we eat healthy tofu mushroom lettuce wraps on a Saturday I don't have to have Thai takeout food because it's Saturday and so I think that meal planning has actually changed I don't plan meals for the weekends but sometimes they end up kind of scooting their ways in if we miss them during the week so I probably plan five healthy lunches and five healthy dinners a week and whenever we happen to eat them we eat them it's been very freeing for me to stop considering cheat days on the weekends and instead just trying to be as healthy as I possibly can and enjoying the opportunities for if you like videos like this please subscribe to our channel hit that thumbs up and we'll see you in our next one thanks for watching


On the 5th of March, 1910, a baby boy called Momofukuko, Ando, was born into a wealthy Taiwanese family in Kagi, the present-day Chiayi, Taiwan. Ando would have had an ideal childhood if not for the disaster that struck during his infant days. He was only a few months old when his parents died, leaving him in the care of his paternal grandparents. Despite the untimely demise of his parents, Ando's childhood wasn't devoid of love. His grandparents raised him in the city of Tainan, Taiwan, where he was given the love and attention that anyone raised by their parents enjoyed at the time. Ando took a liking to business early in life thanks to his grandparents' spirit of enterprise. His grandparents ran a textile business and disinfluenced his interest in the fabric business at the onset of his adulthood. Like most children who were fairly privileged in their city, Ando received high-quality education in some of the best schools around, so he learned more about the world from school but strengthened his business argument by spending time at his grandparents' store after school or during the holidays. Ando's late parents had left him a fortune of 190,000 yen. When he came of age, his grandparents remitted his money to him, and with it, he traveled to Osaka, Japan to study economics at Ritsumeiken University. He also used some of the money to start a textile company, towing the part of his grandparents. He was 22 years old at the time. The year Ando turned 29, the Second World War began and put a strain to his business but despite the challenges of the world, Ando ran his business to the best of his ability and kept his head above the water. When it seemed like Ando's life was going to remain a series of uninterrupted successes and other disasters struck him. He had used some of his proceeds from his business to provide scholarship for students. This was considered a way of evading taxes under Japanese law. He was apprehended by the authorities and sent to jail. During his jail term of two years, Ando's business did not have sufficient supervision so it crashed and he was left with nothing. By the time he got out of jail, there was nothing for him to hold on to and life seemed bleak for him. But Ando had imbibed some good business acumen from his grandparents. By the time the world war ended, most businesses had gone up in flames and there was starvation in the land. The authorities requested that people ate bread made from wheat which was supplied as a relief package by the US. Ando looked around and saw that the best business to embark on at that time was one that solved the needs of people. He taught about building a food manufacturing company since there weren't many local food manufacturers and the demand for food was high. He began to experiment with a flashy fry method. Soon he developed the first pack of instant noodles on the 25th of August 1958 and those instant noodles packets were released into the market and became an instant success. The rest, they say, is history. So here's the thing. For an entrepreneur to thrive in business, they must choose a business that ultimately solves a problem. The successful entrepreneur must be a strategic thinker. Jim Collins said, focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path of greatness. A person who hopes to thrive in business must not conform to what's already obtainable in the society. You have to think of ways in which you will stand out, either by meeting the needs of people or by meeting the needs of people in a different way than what they are already used to. General Judge S. Barton Jr. said, good tactics can save even the worst strategy but bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy. An entrepreneur who hopes to grow their business must make practical decisions and not idealistic ones. Jack Welch said, strategy is simply resource allocation. When you strip away all the noise, that's what it comes down to. Strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete. It cannot be everything to everybody, no matter what the size of your business or how deep it spockets. Momofuku Ando succeeded because of his strategy. He first discovered what the people needed, then outdid other manufacturers by producing something altogether new and refreshing.


Hello Columbia and welcome to This Week in the City. Highlights brought to you from the public relations, media and marketing department with the City of Columbia. I am your host, Alicia Utsi. Hello and welcome to This Week in the City as we start out on Monday, May 30th. May 30th is a city holiday in observance of Memorial Day. All city offices will be closed. Any in-person services will need to be handled starting on Tuesday, May 31st. You can still call 911 in case of an emergency and you can also conduct business online with the City of Columbia on May 30th. Again, May 30th on Monday, all city offices will be closed. However, the solid waste schedule for all garbage, recycling and yard trash pickup will remain on a regular schedule. On Tuesday, May 31st, Columbia City Council will hold a budget workshop beginning at 1pm at City Hall. City Hall is located at 1737 Main Street. For agenda items regarding the budget workshop, please visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov. In honor of National Hug Your Cat Day, Columbia Animal Services has a free cat adoption special just for you. Celebrate National Hug Your Cat Day with free cat adoptions from the Columbia Animal Services. You can adopt a free cat from June 1st through the 4th at Columbia Animal Services located at 127 Humane Lane. The animal shelters open Monday through Friday from 8.30am until 5pm and on Saturday from 9am until 4pm. On Thursday, June 2nd, the Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 4pm at City Hall in Council Chambers and City Hall is located at 1737 Main Street. Please visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov for agenda items and please note that you can actually attend the meeting in person or view the live stream from our website or from our YouTube channel. Also on Thursday, June 2nd, the Columbia Police Department will hold a front porch roll call in the King's Grant neighborhood. For the exact location, please call the Columbia Police Department at 545-3500. Again, this is a front porch roll call in the King's Grant neighborhood on June 2nd. The front porch roll call will begin at 6.30pm. The Columbia Police Department will also hold another front porch roll call on June 3rd at the extended stay located at 1710 Kenley Road. This front porch roll call will begin at 6pm. Also this week, school is actually out for the summer. As the summer begins, please note that our Youth Services Guide is available to you. Please contact Public Relations Media and Marketing by calling 545-3020 or send us an email at PIO at ColumbiaSC.gov if you'd like to know how you can receive an online guide or a print publication. The print publication can be picked up at City Hall at 1737 Main Street or provided to your organization. And of course, visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov for the online Youth Services Guide. And for those youth organizations that are hosting activities this summer, please know that you can still email us your information. Send your email to youthprogramsatColumbiaSC.gov. Again, that's youthprogramsatColumbiaSC.gov to include your summer activities for youth in our community and be included in our Youth Services Guide for the City of Columbia. Thank you for joining us for This Week in the City and a very busy week it is. Again, for any information that you would like to receive regarding any of the announcements on this program, contact Public Relations Media and Marketing at 545-3020. Email us at PIO at ColumbiaSC.gov or you may visit our website at ColumbiaSC.gov and make sure you follow us on our social media platforms on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for the latest updates regarding the City of Columbia.