So we're here at Grow Hub today in Gainesville, Florida, and Grow Hub is a space where we have a landscape nursery operation, a compost operation, and a seed saving operation that helps support adults with disabilities. So really what we're trying to do here is like find annual plants, herbs and flowers that do well here. I love annual plants, but I don't want to fuss with them. I don't want to have to give them a lot. I want to see who can stand up to our conditions. Students with disabilities from high schools around the county come here every day and it's their school. So two of our criteria are does it grow well here and does it taste good? So this is where the seed cleaning happens. Seed cleaning is so important to have high quality seeds that are clean and disease free.  I really got passionate about food and how we grow it. So then seed saving, it was just kind of a happy accident and now there's no turning back. I'm so passionate about saving seeds that are good for here and keeping the biodiversity alive.


I'm Eric Kersmiths and welcome to Stand the Energy Man. I'm Stan Stenosterman from the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies under DBED and the High Tech Development Corporation over there in Manoa and we're here to talk about energy and I'm really happy actually my guest for this week that I plan to do this week called me and said he couldn't do it until next week and I'm even more fortunate to have a guy that been trying to get on my show for ages and ages and ages because to be quite frank with you he's one of the key reasons that I am such a fanatic about hydrogen he's I met him about two and a half years ago via Paul Ponteo from Blue Planet Research I read his book the hydrogen civilization solar hydrogen civilization and just started really thinking a lot about the benefits of hydrogen what it can do for our economy as we try and grow renewable energy and sustainable a sustainable economy really an overall sustainable economy using hydrogen so our guest today is our show today is called Dr. Hydrogen I presume and I say that because I know Roy McAllister is definitely a PhD level caliber guy who's a chemical engineer by training and is just super knowledgeable about ending all things hydrogen he's he's done a couple books and translated a couple books and put a couple books on DVD and we'll show those to you a little bit later so if you want to order yourself you can but he's he's for me the be all and end all of hydrogen info so Roy welcome to the show today we really appreciate you being on from over there in Arizona we had Claude Colerson here a couple weeks ago but you know you're you're his hero too and we're glad to have you on today so thanks for joining us well thanks for having me and can you tell us just a little bit about how you got into what you're doing and what why hydrogen and what got you so fired up about hydrogen because you're pretty darn passionate well I grew up in rural Kansas and my father's business was a machine shop for rebuilding engine we remand engines of all descriptions mostly for the oil field operations and for gas compressor station operations but many of them went into communities and became a total energy system to produce the electricity and the heat that would be left over with heat town hall or school or a hotel producing emails that was useful instead of being thrown away at a central power plant and eventually I came to work on the Santa say railroad and became very interested in the rail engines and improving their efficiency and ultimately was teaching at the University of Kansas in the 1960s and I realized that I was teaching would be engineers how to burn the fossil reserve faster and even by that time we were burning a million years of fossil oil gas and cool per year million years of nature's accumulation was burned every year and since then of course we've greatly magnified our demand for the fossil fuels but what I what I realized then and have realized more so ever since is that we can make a much better economy by not burning the carbon and that's resources so ultimately anything that rots or burns anything that's renewable and subject to rotting or anything that burns including fossil fuels can be much more valuable if you turn them into carbon and hydrogen so I've developed a number of practical ways and equipment returning substances that rot or burn into carbon and hydrogen the carbon can be used for instance to reinforce equipment that can be stronger than steel and lighter than a limo and then whatever application may require it more conductive and copper so the alitropes the various forms of carbon that can be utilized or virtually encyclopedic in variations and capabilities but consider for instance a roofing material that's carbon enhanced that can collect more energy in one day in many areas of application compared to the energy you get from burning that carbon one time so well here in Hawaii we're kind of lucky to because we actually deal a lot with fiberglass and polyester resins and epoxy resins in surfboards you know that's one of our big pastimes here and so the concept of carbon reinforced or carbon fiber reinforced products is actually not very foreign to the folks here in Hawaii particularly the surfers they understand the strength to weight and and all that good stuff but there's some other great properties in carbon fiber besides the the lightness and the strength what are some of the other advantages to carbon fiber and carbon well it's amazing yeah it's amazingly more corrosion resistant than a little bit more titanium or steel stainless steel so bullying has already proven that through the use of carbon reinforcement in a 777 787 that you have a much greater durability against the tag and corrosion for longevity and much more return on investment and that's coupled with the fuel savings so it's an exponential value in time as you save a lot of fuel but you also save a lot of maintenance as it goes on in service and and for like you know vehicles nowadays for those that work on vehicles and understand the direct current electric system 12-volt system in cars virtually the whole chassis and body is the the negative terminal and all you have to do is touch the negative terminal to the negative side of an appliance and then hot wire to the battery and you've got a current flow and so so you have that advantage with carbon as well don't you do and you have further advantage in optics you can make it a transparent like a diamond is transparent coating diamond like coatings that greatly improve the longevity and durability of optics of all kinds and then also can be a network of other colors but mostly by with enough depth can be black for collecting a wide spectrum of radiation or blocking it if you want to have protection against electromagnetic pulse damages I see but vast variety of better than burning applications but what are some of your current projects that you're working on that you'd you'd like to tell us about that you know can help us move towards that carbon and renewable sustainable economy well given that you can make a bet much better economy by not burning carbon and instead turning it into durable goods and what I'm working on more currently than is how to make hydrogen much more convenient and a product called Metro MET ROL is a net hydrogen liquid fuel that you can store at ambient temperature and pressure in existing gasoline or diesel or jet fuel tanks and so in use however it's the same as if you just use hydrogen even though you can carry it as a dense liquid with an energy density that's on par with gasoline or diesel so you have the ability to distribute this hydrogen as Metro use it for the purpose of operating a fuel cell or a heat engine or for that matter to cook your supper and have the impact on the environment as if you only use hydrogen I know that a lot of folks have tried to use hydrogen and internal combustion engines and just basically replaced the the fuel in the system without doing any compression or anything and it just didn't seem to work out very well you know what's what's the key to really getting the performance out of an internal combustion engine using just hydrogen because as Paul Pontio points out and I know you probably told us to many people we've got a probably a couple billion internal combustion engines running on this planet and by the time we get fuel cell electric vehicles out there it's going to be a couple decades before we have them out there in mass just by the sheer volume that the industry has to start producing but you have some technology that you're looking at converting internal combustion engines to run off hydrogen and use this metro fuel and clean the air and then you don't lose any power can you explain that process well Paul's right it's really important to deal with the 1.2 billion and growing population of heat engines that run the industrial revolution for us and the way that I've learned to do it and actually make more power and much more range for energy efficiency out of the same engine by not traveling the air so the engines allowed to take in as much air as it can possibly get during intake and after the combustion chambers closed I directly inject the hydrogen and ignite it and for the large part it can be done after top-dead center so whatever pressure is in the injection is added to the torque production from the engine so you get better than diesel torque and better than diesel fuel efficiency out of a net hydrogen impact on the environment when you use a device that I called the smart club to provide that injection and we it enables the engine to last longer is because it burns that hydrogen within surplus air because you admitted more air you have more air and thus you can burn more fuel or burn whatever fuel is admitted as a stratified charge so it's insulated by air there's air on the piston and they're on the cylinders they're on the rig and they're on the valve so forth so that the hydrogen combustion produces steam and then the exhaust is condensable water you absolutely take away what is now wearing the engine by particles that are produced from fossil fuels or hydrocarbon fuels and you take away the assets they produce so you don't have corrosion on the variants of other critical surfaces from the acid that develops okay but you can have so the stratified charge part is I think something that is critical for people to understand that you know in a regular internal combustion engine you basically have a carburetor that mixes a fuel in the air injects it in well below top-dead center sucks it into the combustion chamber compresses that homogenized mix that that mix of air and fuel and then compresses it and then ignites it but your system you're saying you're basically just compressing all the air as much air as you can get into the cylinder compressing it and at a near top dead center you're injecting hydrogen into the middle of that air mass so what's the advantage to doing that well the advantage is as you suggest you burn on a surplus air basis and that air insulates the combustion of the hydrogen so the engine doesn't get as hot yeah so you're clean okay engine doesn't have blow by of the fuel air mixture of the homogeneous charge neither does it have the velocity that's immediate and large to the piston into the cylinder and incidentally by the aerosol production of the lubricating film so you don't lose your lubricant you don't lose the heat and you are able to complete the combustion much more rapidly than the typical hydrocarbon fuel hydrogen burns round numbers five to fifteen times faster higher the compression the faster it burns so you can do most of the injection after top dead center and add whatever pressure that you've delivered to purge development of the engine great and what does that do to the to the NOx release from the engine well you can absolutely prevent outside the nitrogen by the smart plug that watches the combustion and prevents the fuel rate from causing the peak combustion temperature to exceed about twenty two hundred degrees C above which you get outside of nitrogen and below which you do not and that's a big important factor when you when you do talk about air pollution and and contaminants in the air the things that everybody's concerned about is is carbon monoxide carbon dioxide and NOx and well and a lot of times and NOx is the real bugaboo to try and get rid of that's quite right but once you handle that question and do so for every mode of operation for recital or acceleration or cruise or full power your engine becomes an air cleaner for whatever you shouldn't have in your lungs it'll it'll eliminate pollen, entire particles and diesel suits and peroxyacetyl nitrate in the smog of a community as you operate you can do the public service drive and clean the air as you use hydrogen in retrofitted engine that's quite a concept that you'd actually use your internal combustion engine to clean the air I think that's what we really need to be focusing on nowadays to catch up because we've we've pushed the limits on internal combustion engines you know it's about time for us to take a quick break here Roy and I'm gonna break away for a second so we can talk about so many other shows and we'll be right back with you to talk a little bit more about Metrol and maybe get into your book hi and thanks for watching Think Tech Hawaii my name is Justine Espiritu and I host the Hawaii Food and Farmer series with my co-host Matthew Johnson of Awaku Fresh every week we bring on farmers as well as all the other individuals and organizations that help support a thriving sustainable food system in fact it's interesting to learn what others are doing so you don't have to be a Hawaii resident or producing food on Hawaii to be featured on the show like today's guest Wyatt Bryson of Jewels of the Forest and Michael Labs Solutions aloha thank you it's been a pleasure being on the show I love seeing what you guys do and I really support your mission and it's really nice being back in Hawaii and thank you again it's an honor so you can see guests like Wyatt every Thursday at 4 p.m. on Think Tech Hawaii thank you hey welcome back to my lunch hour stand the energy man here talking to Roy McAllister from Phoenix Arizona and Roy has been doing hydrogen since probably I was still trying to learn how to spell my own name this guy is is like the guru gurus in hydrogen and we've been we've been talking quite a bit the first half of the show about a process that he's developed called a metrol and a way of changing the timing and the injection of fuel into a regular internal combustion engine that can not only help give us a great performing engine but actually clean the air of pollutants that are that are in the air right now but the whole genesis he started with was the fact that he realized that you know his work around the railroads and things like that he was just basically teaching engineers to burn more carbon fuel and he wanted to make a difference in the world and you know a lot of people have a couple patents here and there you know one or two maybe five or six Mr. McAllister has over 200 patents in hydrogen and I think he has a challenge for everybody and I'd like to to start off right why don't you talk a little bit about you know what you'd like people to do you know this is your your chance to sit there and challenge everybody with what to do and move us all towards that that carbon emission free future and sustainable future the reason for the patents is to enable communities to have new ventures I envision 10,000 new communities around the world and so these new ventures can license that technology and I'll provide the technology transfers so that they can make a much more profitable outcome for carbon than to burn it and this is furthermore an opportunity for those communities to produce water think they can actually take bad water such as wastewater and electrolysis in the hydrogen and oxygen and use the hydrogen in an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell to make new water so you make clean water out of bad water in the operation and the metro can be used as an energy storage medium for storing any surplus wind or silver or moving water energy as the community saves for a rainy day so to speak or for a diurnal cycle during the day when they need energy in the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing you've been out here to Hawaii did you got to see blue planet research on the big island didn't you? Oh I'm really pleased with the progress I'll tell you what Hawaii has really good talent capabilities and examples of what to do blue planet research is really doing it both you and Hank Rogers are really doing the right thing in helping the public see hands-on in the sense of experiencing the use of hydrogen hands-on hydrogen at blue planet yeah I agree he's he's been my spark plug in my super ejector there for getting me going in hydrogen and firing me up with them when especially when I'm having a particularly challenging day I just call Paul he gets me all excited again about the kind of work we're doing it's it's just a joy to go over and spend some time on that ranch and work with them on the hydrogen projects so what are some of the well let me first of all talk about the solar hydrogen civilization book that you have out there it's been out and actually I don't know where my copy is because I think I've loaned it to somebody I never got it back so I may have to go on Amazon and buy a bunch of them to give out to folks and and get them up spinning up to speed on on your work there but that's kind of the genesis of your book right the getting the economy going and getting communities on board and making this an economic advantage them not just say environmental advantage them correct well it's very true in fact you know the idea of the book is to say that if you like civilizations you think civilizations worthwhile and I think it's the greatest invention of mankind on earth humans haven't had a better idea than to have civilization but if you want it to be successful more successful we need to have sustainable economic development in virtually every community so what the book is about is is how to do that how to take substances that are widely available that rot or burn and turn them into carbon as a durable good use the hydrogen as the energy currency for fuel cell and we have enough to carry the load and for engines in the meantime that make them able to carry more loads and do so much more endurance and return on investment okay you also have another DVD out there and one of the books that that you kind of worked on when you're with that one DVD was making hydrogen and what what should intrigue a lot of folks especially you folks that are a lot more technical chemical engineers chemistry majors physics majors into higher engineering stuff right is a great job of talking about the technology of making hydrogen and the surprising thing is the book he's using I think was published first in 1919 and the technology this hydrogen technology that that we're working with is not new technology it's been around for at least 150 years and the safety aspects the the benefits the electrical benefits I mean everything you can imagine about hydrogen has been studied so deeply and and Roy's kind of like the the font of all that knowledge compressed into one human being that's why it's so great to sit down and listen to him talk about it because he can approach the subject from strictly an engineering chemical engineering and and physics perspective or an economic perspective or a personal commitment and environmentally sustainable perspective and so I'd encourage everybody out there we've thrown up a couple of images of the that that book that I talked about which is chemistry and manufacture hydrogen the book is actually by Lithaline Teed in 1919 and you can get the DVD version where Roy actually has a discussion and explains the chemistry and explains the the processes but it must have been fun actually looking through that book Roy and and interpreting for us as regular folks all the things in that book but it's pretty amazing what what did you like most about that book by tea well first of all I really like to give credit to the pioneers of hydrogen and in my book the solar hydrogen civilization I devote quite a bit of print to the to the pioneers and you know you come to find Teed's work as really a worthwhile reference that by 1990 the chemistry was well worked out for how to make hydrogen by a number of different techniques and how to do so including by the way the the Civil War era technique that was used to have 3,000 successful hydrogen balloon observation flights that North used to fly higher than the ability of the rifles of the times or region but to do observations and to provide a good map of who was moving where and where they were strong and not in the Civil War well let's let's talk just a little bit about that for a second you know you the Civil War was like the mid-1800s 1860-1865 time frame and yet the Hindenburg was in the early 1900s so 60 years later so there was 60 years worth of using hydrogen in inflatable lighter-than-air airships and and did they have any major safety issues with hydrogen all that time you know it's amazing that until 1937 when the Hindenburg caught fire in Lakehurst, New Jersey the dirigibles the hydrogen dirigibles had a amazingly good safety record hydrogen dirigibles that flown transatlantic flights that flown around the poles around the North Pole of the on observation flights and had proven that the fastest way across the ocean and the safest way across the ocean is in the hydrogen dirigible. What's even more fascinating in that regard was that the designers even in the 30th-lowest time in the Civil War had clearly realized that this was a very inexpensive way to have a lighter-than-air capability of having the endurance in the air with whatever else you did for propulsion just having a lighter-than-air capability was the awareness advantage compared to having a heavier-than-air aircraft used a lot of fuel to keep up to say it altitude. The lighter-than-air concept was well proven to be safe and fast for transatlantic and transporter flights. Well that's you know hydrogen has such an amazing history and you did a great job of explaining that in in that DVD talking about Teed's work even talked about World War II when the Japanese used the hydrogen lifting body to to transport a bomb that made it all the way to the continental United States. That's pretty impressive as well and things that most people don't know and I really encourage folks to take a few minutes and look up Roy McAllister's work and definitely get his book Hydrogen Civilization and also maybe check out the DVD he did on Mr. Teed's book or Major Teed's book on production of hydrogen. They're both outstanding so you know Roy we've got about 30 seconds left I'd like to leave it to you for any closing comments. Well we can have a sustainable economic development in every community with the technologies that you're free to read on those published patents you can find on Google slash patents under my name Roy McAllister. So you got a lot of homework out there everyone definitely look at Roy's patents you can check out his works on that on the book he wrote and also the DVD he did on Teed's book and I'm telling you by the time you finish that you'll have more knowledge in your head about hydrogen you could possibly imagine. So Roy thanks for being with us on the show today and I guarantee you we're gonna have to have you back because there's so much more to talk about you have so much more more that you can impart on us on hydrogen and what it can do for our society. It's a joy working with you it's an honor to know you and I look forward to having you back here on another show later on so thank you so much and we'll catch you next time I'm over there you got to come to Hawaii sometime okay. Looking forward to it. Thanks Roy and until next week Stanley energy man signing off.


you today this is Marc I'm doing great thanks for asking so what do these words have in common shoe lace passerby sister-in-law seat belt if you want to know the answer stay tuned because we're going to talk about compound nouns right we're going to talk about compound nouns and now is a word that names a person an animal a place an idea or a thing there can be concrete or abstract nouns a concrete noun is something that you can touch for example a table a whiteboard a house a fire an apple things that you can touch an abstract noun is for example nature love happiness their feelings ideas emotions qualities things that you cannot touch they're usually introduced with articles indefinite or definite articles for example an apple a house a computer the dog etc. also they can be to introduce with possessive adjectives like my suitcase his shirt etc. and determiners for example this glass that plant etc. I said that we're going to talk about compound nouns is a fixed expression made with more than one word so the first rule to follow is that the first part of the compound noun usually is a purpose or kind I will give you some examples later on the second part usually is who or what the stress is on the first syllable so we can't week and not weekend but week and and you can sometimes omit the second word only after mentioning it first so for example how often do you use your personal computer personal computer here is the compound now right and I can answer I use my computer every evening so I don't need to mention personal right so I just omit personal and I just mentioned per the computer don't forget that I used the in this case the possessive adjective my to identify which computer I'm talking about now some compound nouns are written with hyphens for example baby sitter and here we have a hyphen or brother-in-law here we have two hyphens and letter box these are examples and there are a lot of them others can be written with or without hyphen for example air conditioner you can write the hyphen or you can omit it living room okay with or without the hyphen some compounds that consist of more than two words are written partly with a hyphen and space for example back seat and here we have a hyphen back seat passenger no hyphen we can just add a space mother tongue speaker for example now obviously compound nouns can be countable and uncountable and I listed some countable ones blood donor here we don't need a hyphen blood donor bus stop car park uncountable ones further education so we don't say further educations but we say further education do it yourself fast food and then the toilet paper now I'm going to erase this and I'm going to show you other points about compound nouns actually I think is the most important point in this lesson right so we're back compound nouns are made of two words usually but sometimes more they're made up of noun plus noun for example house wife class mate plus room classroom etc then we have adjective plus noun for example high school old age dining room greenhouse or noun plus verb rainfall train spotting etc noun plus adverb passer by runner up or verb plus noun driving license washing machine adverb plus noun by standard for example an adjective plus verb dry cleaning so now let's recap in this lesson we talked about compound nouns but I first started by describing what a noun is a compound noun is a word made up of two or more words put together there can be noun plus noun adjective plus noun noun plus verb noun plus adverb etc just like nouns there can be countable or uncountable compound nouns well that's it for today thank you very much for watching please subscribe to my channel if you haven't subscribed yet you'll get a new lesson next week don't forget to share the lesson if you liked it and if you want you can write your own example of a compound noun under this video have a great day and see you next week take care bye bye


Russian soldiers widow makes anti-war plea. Our men are dying for nothing. Put Dumoy, a Russian movement of mostly wives and mothers of mobilized soldiers, calling for the return of their loved ones from the front lines and an end to mobilization, have released a video plea of a soldier's widow decrying the invasion of Ukraine according to the Moscow Times. The nine-minute long video recorded by St. Petersburg native Maria Ishkova claimed to have recorded the video in the Moscow occupied Ukrainian city of Burdiansk. She traveled there to celebrate the new year with her husband, who was called up in Russia's partial military mobilization last fall and hadn't been allowed to see his family since. I came on my own to Zaporizhia region to greet the new year with my husband, said Ishkova. Today his comrades called me and said that he died. What I want to tell everyone who is fighting for their beloved men is that there is no time left because every day can become fatal and it most likely will. Fight for them right in this moment. Do everything possible, she continued. Ishkova said her husband's mobilization and death forced her to wake up and realize that Russians and their minimal civic engagement are to blame for what is happening today. I came to Burdiansk and I want to tell you that people here don't need this war. Our men are dying for nothing, the widow said. Let's be more conscious. Let's make our own choices. Let's not close our eyes to the fact that hundreds of thousands of people are dying today and they are not showing this to you on television. Ishkova said Putt-Domoy rose to prominence in November when at least 30 of its members staged a protest in downtown Moscow to call on the Russian government to bring mobilized men back from the front lines. The movement soon became a frequent target of attacks by propagandists and security forces who accused its members of having ties with the West. Putt-Domoy told the Moscow Times that the post with Ishkova's video hasn't yet warranted any reaction or threats from Russian officials or its vocal backers despite containing harsh words of criticism. Maria, we send you our deepest condolences. All our women are with you. Putt-Domoy's team said in a public comment under Ishkova's emotional video.


Warning, this video will contain spoilers up to chapter 1043. You've been warned! Hello my Nakamataichi, this is Joygirl, and let's talk about what essentially everyone is talking about. Everyone who's caught up on the manga at least. And I know I've already talked about this review of Luffy being Joyboy to quite some length during my review of chapter 1043, but I've been thinking about this new development for essentially the entire weekend and I feel like I just have to talk about it and I have to share my thoughts with you or else I'm just gonna go crazy. So I've been trying my hardest to read and get to all of your comments and if I haven't made it to yours then my apologies. But I think I have rounded up the most popular or the most common ideas as well as those I personally found most interesting and I do want to delve into this topic further because obviously this is a chapter, this is a development that deserves the extra discussion. But first up, please do subscribe to the channel because I for one would really appreciate it and I promise you nothing, but plenty of One Piece content, so what more could you really want from a YouTube channel? But seriously, I want to start off by just expressing my incredible excitement about what we are witnessing.  I really do feel like we are witnessing a historical moment in the making, a monumental moment in history, a chapter, a development that's going to go down as a historical event. And I don't even think that people are going to disagree with me or think that I'm over exaggerating things. This really may be the best payoff in Manga history. That smile, Luffy's grin in that last panel, may go down as the best smile in Shonen Manga history. And it really is a testament to the beautiful way that Oda has been telling his incredible story for the past almost 25 years. And I really am just so happy, not only that I get to witness it, but then also have the opportunity to share my absolute joy, to share my absolute love for the series with everyone else. But I think that's enough sappiness from me, so we'll get into the discussion. So like I said, something that I've been really enjoying over the last couple of days is reading all of your comments and reading all of the theories you've come up with, especially those concerning Luffy's Devil Fruit, its true nature and its true name. Now funny enough, the last video that I actually released before the latest chapter dropped was a discussion about the true nature of Luffy's Devil Fruit, because obviously that's been something that Oda has been teasing us with for quite a while now, ever since Who's Who's Reveal. And so there have been a lot of theories going around and now there are even more theories. So on top of the Sun Wukong idea which I discussed in that video, and make sure to check that video out if you haven't already, but something else I've seen come up a lot is the idea of a Hanuman Devil Fruit, which admittedly I've also seen my fellow YouTubers have a discussion on. And so this idea is based on the Hindu deity, Hanuman, and with some scholars even thinking that Hanuman was a source of inspiration for Sun Wukong, you can also see quite a lot of parallels between the Hindu deity and what we see in Luffy. You know, there's the fact that Hanuman is able to stretch his body parts much like Luffy's elastic body, as well as the fact that he can take on any form he wants through the art of Kamyarupa, which you could take to be similar to how Luffy's G4 forms takes on many shapes.  And also Hanuman's natural enemy is known to be the God of Thunder, Lightning and the Sky, which serves as quite a nice parallel to Luffy being the natural enemy of Anel. And actually for that last reason, I quite like that idea a lot, because as you guys may know, one of my biggest questions about the Sun Wukong idea was how then could you explain Luffy's natural resistance against lightning? Whereas in this case, that natural resistance seems to be an inherent part of Hanuman's legend. The fact that Hanuman can also take on whatever form quite nicely aligns with the idea that I've personally always leaned towards, the idea that Luffy's devil fruit power is something that will allow him to turn him into a full-fledged giant. And I have discussed my theories and thoughts as to why Luffy becoming a giant would work so well for the series in the past before, so do make sure to check that video out. But then going back to the Hanuman theory, which would then make Luffy's devil fruit a mythical zoan fruit, I did mention in my review that after chapter 1043 and what we saw of Yamato and Mako in that chapter, I do actually quite like the idea of Luffy's devil fruit being a mythical zoan now in terms of how then it could complete the Momotaro tale. Another popular idea is that of the resin-resin-nomie or the jushi-jushi-nomie, and I remember talking about this with my chat during the chapter reaction stream, but given that we know scientifically that rubber starts off as a liquid-like latex resin material and then with resin also being able to stretch but also harden and mold into different shapes, it does seem to fit quite well as another possibility of being Luffy's devil fruit. This one also provides quite a nice natural explanation as to how Luffy could resist anel's devil fruit powers because resin, like rubber, is also an insulator to electricity. And then not to mention, this could also be how we explain that goopy material, or that goopy substance that we saw on Luffy's head in that final panel. I've also seen some word play and number puns going around with the chapter 1043 or 1043 which in Japanese could be read as jushi-san, which could then translate to either resin man or resin fruit. And then obviously with chapter 1043 being the chapter where we potentially see Luffy awakening his devil fruit, the name of the devil fruit actually being contained or hinted in the chapter number will be a pretty awesome detail. And also if you're one of those people who don't like the idea of Luffy having a devil fruit that makes him a god or a deity figure, then resin as a natural element still feels along the same lines of something that Luffy has to work with rather than making him an automatic deity or automatic god figure. And so in that way I can understand why the resin fruit could also become such a popular idea. But then also I can see that same very reason working quite easily as a counter to the idea as well because why would Oda give the Gomu Gomu no Mi an alternate nature, an alternate name only for it to be almost as equally unceremonious? One idea I saw that could potentially answer that question was that resin could be linked to all of the legendary trees that we have in One Piece, perhaps most notably the Sunlight Tree Eve. And so the idea is that rather than the powers of resin, it's more the law field connections that makes the fruit so deserving of secrecy and specialty. Anyways, another popular idea that I saw was that Luffy has actually eaten the Nika Nika no Mi and so I suppose the idea would be that it's actually the devil fruit which makes Luffy, Joy Boy and the Sun God Nika. And I never actually thought about it that way to be honest, but maybe a part of the reason why this idea has become so popular is because some people don't like the idea of Luffy just being the outcome of destiny or being the chosen one to become Joy Boy. So at least this way, there's an explanation as to how, as to why Luffy is Joy Boy outside of fate or destiny. It's the idea that Luffy's inherited Joy Boy or Sun God Nika's will through the devil fruit instead. And this could particularly make sense if we adopt the speculation that's existed for a while that a devil fruit actually interacts or changes the soul and personality of its next consumer. That it imbues them with the will or personality of its previous owner based on what we've seen through Ace and Sabo and the passing on of the Meru Meru no Mi. I mean wouldn't it be funny if this is why Luffy only declares that he's going to set sail on his own and that he's going to become pirate king on his own at the end of chapter one because it was actually only upon eating the fruit that Joy Boy's will was passed on to him. And I'm obviously joking about that because I much prefer the original reason and I'm almost certain that this is the real reason, you know, that it was actually everything that he learned and how he matured after his experiences with the Sea Kings, with his own level of strength and what Shanks' sacrifice meant for him. But anyways, as plausible as these theories are and how all of these ideas present great points which could fit quite well into the story I do have to say that the most likely answer may very well be none of these because Oda really has the tendency of throwing us with something completely different, completely unexpected. And this is something that we witnessed really recently with the unveiling of Yamato's devil fruit. I remember for months, we were all theorizing as to what Yamato's devil fruit could be. There were all of these great theories, all of these great points being thrown around that could connect it to different legends and myths and how they could fit into the story. You know, there was the Biakor or the Kidion and then of course, Oda just completely blew us away with yet another mythical creature which just had such an impressive connection to the story in terms of how it made Yamato a guardian deity of Wano as well as how it could potentially fit into the Momotaro tale and in retrospect, it makes so much sense but at the time, I don't remember anyone throwing around the Okuchi Nomakami as a possibility so I really wouldn't be surprised if that's what we get with Luffy. Now of course, that doesn't mean that we have to stop theorizing because that's really part of the fun in my opinion so do actually make sure to leave a comment below on what your idea of Luffy's devil fruit is but anyways, something that has become quite apparent in the chapter is that it seems like Luffy may have died at least momentarily after Kaito's last blow. You know, the sound effects in the Japanese makes it pretty clear that Luffy's heartbeat stopped which is actually something that we've seen in the past when other characters have died such as Korazone for example as well as the fact that both Momonosuke and Law made a comment about not being able to hear Luffy anymore and of course with Kaito as well, you know, someone of his combat level and experience he should really be able to tell the difference between someone who's just knocked out or dead and that also fits with everything that Kaito has been saying about death in this fight against Luffy even the last time they were fighting on the rooftop because even the last time Luffy was knocked off Onigashima it seemed like Kaito thought Luffy would die given that he was thrown off into the ocean so then the question that I think naturally arises is this a scenario where Luffy has actually died and is now being reborn reincarnated as Joy Boy the last panel certainly does suggest that that is what could be happening with Luffy's body right now because we have seen him emanate heat before a new form but that liquidy stuff on his head as if he's melting that's something that we haven't seen before possibly as if he's melting his outer layer to unveil a new figure his Joy Boy form or if you even go back to the silhouette of Sun God Nika that we saw before where parts of his hair looks like spiky flames and is that what's happening to Luffy is his head changing to become all flame like and also is this the reason why we got the narration box because Kaito was announced as the victor against Luffy but then ultimately Kaito is going to be defeated by Joy Boy and that's how the narrator is going to announce the final victor and I know a lot of people will be unhappy about Luffy just reincarnating as Joy Boy I mean in theory I'm not a fan of it either but this debate of reincarnation and destiny and fate versus free will or inherited will is a really huge topic and it really does deserve its own discussion but as of this moment my thoughts are just that I have full trust in Oda I mean if we think about Momonosuke being aged up as an example that was a plot development that a lot of people weren't happy with and I have to admit that before we actually saw it I wasn't personally a huge fan of it either but then of course that is exactly what we got and Oda delivered it beautifully I mean I just have no complaints from an artistic point that allusion to the painting was just incredible and I just found that panel of the two twin dragons just absolutely epic and then also from a storytelling standpoint I really don't think it detracted from Oda's story at all you know we still had to witness Momonosuke maturing in a realistic way and that's something that Oda is even still continuing right up to this point because we saw it again in the last chapter and the way that Momonosuke has been aged up physically was done in a way that it actually fits the story it's not like he just became suddenly strong overnight and suddenly possessed the level of strength and experience to be able to fight against Kaito the role that Momonosuke has played is just that he's now able to use his size to be able to pull the flame clouds you know he's just pulling Onigashima so that it doesn't fall off onto Wano which is a huge contribution but it's not like he's just become this all-powerful figure to become the main combatant to fight against the main enemy I just really think it's been a really well orchestrated totally believable development which is why I have to reiterate that I do have full faith in Oda because this is obviously something that he has put a lot of thought and work into you know whether he makes Luffy a complete reincarnation of Joy Boy or not this is a moment that he's been leading up to for a really long time now it's a development that he's been seeding and has been building up to for quite literally years and decades and you can actually tell just how much thought and work has been put into it because of all the little small details I mean Luffy having connections to both Joy Boy and Sun God Nika were there the connections were there even before those two figures' names were even uttered in the story you could draw connections to the two straw hat ships the going Mary with Mary obviously being a synonym for happiness or Joy and then the Thousand Sunny i.e. the Sun you also have the silhouette of Luffy in the Sky PR arc which obviously looks so damn similar to the one of Nika that we saw in Wano even the fan requested drawing that Oda did of Luffy as Street Fighter where he has flames on his hair which again you could make connections to the Sun God Nika and then the connections we've been able to make to the real life Joy Boy to the legend about a figure who carries a drum and liberates people through dance and song and happiness and laughter and then also even the bingsake song I mean despite that pirates and them being introduced to us you know quite literally years ago some of those lines from that song just fit so well it's actually exactly what we saw in the last chapter I just feel like there is a palpable reason why we are all just so so freaking hyped about this chapter it's because we know that this is a revelation that Oda has been building up to it's really a groundbreaking moment for the series and so although I can understand why some people are apprehensive I really just feel in my heart, feel in my bones and I can really say that Oda is delivering the story that he has been envisioning the story that he has been planning for decades and really I just can't wait but anyways I just wanted to share some of my general excitement my initial thoughts we obviously have a chapter break so now I'm pretty sure that my brain is just going to go into full speculation mode so we'll see what sort of videos and ideas come out of that so make sure to subscribe if you're interested in hearing more One Piece discussions but also let me know what you think by leaving comment below don't forget to like and share the video you can also join the Joyfleet Discord server or even become a patron member and I do want to thank all my patrons for help supporting the channel this is Joygirl and I'll see you again soon


To date, one of my favorite books of all time is The Righteous Mind, why good people are divided by politics and religion by Jonathan Haidt. Haidt is a moral and political philosopher, and when I really wanted to understand the differences between liberal and conservative morality, this book was perfection, and it's often cited by many respected intellectuals. Jonathan Haidt created moral matrices to help people better understand the differences between liberal and conservative morality. For example, liberals care more about the principles of liberty and are against oppression more than conservatives, but a more important value that separates liberals and conservatives is how we view authority. For the last four years, we've watched conservatives enable Donald Trump and believe he can do no wrong. Many of us sat back and were extremely frustrated how Trump's followers and the Republican Party turned a blind eye to the atrocities of his actions. But when you start to understand Haidt's moral matrix, it makes more sense. It doesn't make it right, but it makes sense. With that being said, now it's time for us on the left to do what we do, which is speaking up to authority.  Now that it's official, we can start speaking the truth because frankly, Joe Biden sucks. I was extremely worried that after Biden was elected, in an effort to save face, everyone would just continue to act like he was the greatest president we're ever going to have. After spending the last few days on social media and talking with friends, I was pleasantly surprised that most people felt the same way I did. Not only that, but I saw people also recognizing that this is one of the important differences between people who voted for Trump and those who voted for Biden. I don't want to ruin anyone's great mood, but as a recovering drug addict, I feel I should warn you all about what we call the pink cloud. Oftentimes, when people first get sober, they feel incredible like they can conquer the world and nothing can go wrong, and we call this the pink cloud. Unfortunately, that pink cloud doesn't last for long. To counter the effect of the pink cloud, we enjoy that great feeling, while also being well aware that there's still work to do. And I believe that's the same thing we need to do with the election of Joe Biden and his vice president, Kamala Harris. So first, we're going to discuss everything wrong with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and then we're going to talk about some of the delusions Democrats are experiencing right now. Then we're going to ask, what can we do? And go over some solutions to make sure that we keep moving in the right direction. Biden getting elected was a great day, but there's still quite a bit of work to be done. But before we get started, if you're new to the rewired soul, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. Here, we use critical thinking and skepticism to better understand the world and improve our own well-being. And if you're interested in any of the books I mentioned, my affiliate links are always listed down in the description below. I just finished the incredible new book from Dr. Nicholas Christakis, Apollo's Arrow, the profound and enduring impact of coronavirus on the way we live. And I truly believe it's going to go down in history as one of the best books about the COVID pandemic of 2020. I think one of the most important parts of the book is when he discusses how even though we on the left pride ourselves as believers in science, we're also sometimes willfully ignorant and believe scientific evidence cares about moral values. Although the George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests were extremely important to show those in power, that we will not stand for how they treat black Americans, a lot of people were in denial. Yes, many people at the protests wore masks, but within weeks of the protests, we saw a major spike in COVID cases. The same scientists who advocated for social distancing then downplayed the effect these protests would have on COVID cases. Again, these protests were a worthwhile cause, but if experts want to remain respected, they need to be honest. During the protests, they should have been honest and said, COVID cases are going to spike, but some Americans feel that it's worth it to try and end police killings of unarmed black men. A statement like that wouldn't have given them as much clout with the left, but their integrity would have stayed intact. I bring this up because when Biden was elected, it was amazing day, and it was a bright light we all needed during this disaster over a year. But my job was on the floor as I saw everyone in the streets celebrating. I can't help but think the same people mad at Trump supporters who don't take COVID seriously and the people mad at celebrities for partying with some of the same people in massive crowds on the streets. This week, we had a record number of single day COVID cases, and with all of the celebrations, I think we're going to break more records. Why do I bring this up? Because COVID cases are about to spike after you celebrated a man winning who is against Medicare for All. Leading up to November 3rd, Donald Trump and other Republicans made claims that Joe Biden was a socialist and further left than Bernie Sanders.  We can't let the joy of this victory blind us to the fact that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have a lot of corporate interests. I'm optimistic, and some argued that they've both changed over the years, and I hope those people are correct. But we need to remember all of the things Joe Biden has been against so we can keep an eye on him and hold him accountable. Not only is he against Medicare for All, but he's also against legalizing marijuana. This year, we had an incredible shift in drug policies in a wide range of states. The war on drugs was one of the worst things to happen to this country, and we're finally waking up to that fact. Not only has the war on drugs disproportionately affected the black community, but we treat drug addicts like criminals rather than people who are sick. Here in Nevada, we legalized weed a few years ago, like other states, but Oregon just made the most progress by decriminalizing all drugs. And four more states legalized marijuana. The American people know that marijuana is far less harmful than legalized substances, like alcohol, and far less deadly than the addictive opioids that doctors prescribe by the millions. Unfortunately, Joe Biden has been very loud and clear about not wanting to legalize marijuana on a federal level. There are thousands of people who have a criminal record for marijuana possession, and we still have people in jail for it. Even with the legalization here in Nevada, since it's not legalized federally, you can be denied work or fired for having it in your system. As a half-black man, these policies are important to me. And while I'm ecstatic that Kamala Harris is not only the first female vice president, but she's also African-American and Asian-American. Unfortunately, as Attorney General, Kamala Harris was extremely strict on black people and crime. In an article from Afropunk.com, the writer stated, As someone from the Bay Area and living in Oakland, I am consistently reminded of her history of locking up black people in the Bay Area. Her track record consists of terrorizing black communities through the prison-industrial complex, and she has consistently shown herself to be an enemy to the masses of black people. The other day, this clip of Van Jones went viral. Well, it's easier to be a parent this morning. It's easier to be a dad. It's easier to tell your kids character matters. It matters. Tell the truth matters. Being a good person matters. During this time, don't be disillusioned that all of our problems are going to be solved because we removed Donald Trump from office. Remember, the deaths of Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, and many other black Americans all happened while Barack Obama was in office. No matter how many times Van Jones cries on television, we need to remember that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are taking care of people like him. I'm glad that they've mentioned raising the minimum wage. But weeks ago, Joe Biden basically said that you're only wealthy if you're making over $400,000 a year. In a country of 328 million people, the average income is $57,456 per year. And that's a generous number. I don't know about you, but I'm 35 years old and I've never made $50,000 a year in my life. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have shown who they are. And one of the biggest issues is that people think they're going to change now that they've been elected. The reality is that a vampire isn't polite just because you invited them into your house. In Joe Biden's victory speech, he thanked black Americans for helping him win the election. He said that they had his back and now he's going to have theirs. This week, Stacey Abrams became a household name for her work in Georgia and how she helped flip the state blue for the first time in years. Many are now calling for Biden to find a spot for Stacey Abrams in his cabinet. There have even been whispers that Bernie Sanders wants to be the labor secretary. Unfortunately, that's not how this thing works. Kyle Kalinsky from Secular Talk puts up perfectly in this video. There's a story about Bernie Sanders that came out a few days ago and it's been driving me crazy. The story is, oh, Bernie Sanders is hoping to become labor secretary under Joe Biden. This was reported in Politico. The fact that he's, quote, hoping for it, I nearly broke something when I read that. Hey, Bernie, you ran in the Democratic primary and got 30%. You won the first three states effectively. You had tremendous leverage. You know, you could have said to Joe, here's what I want in return for dropping out and endorsing you. You could have demanded to be labor secretary. You could have demanded it. You want me to drop out and campaign for you all around this country? Great, here are my demands. One of them is that I'm a labor secretary. Instead, he does everything Joe Biden wants and then has to leak to the media, I'm hoping he'll pick me for this thing he's never gonna pick me for. Why would he pick you? Why would he pick you? You've been campaigning all across the country for him. You do everything he wants anyway.  Of course he's gonna do that because he doesn't agree with you. He's a corporatist. It's already official. Joe Biden is president-elect and we got him for the next four years. But for some reason, a lot of articles have come out saying what Joe Biden needs to do for different classes of people who voted for him. Then there are the senators and politicians who endorsed him and then they asked for things in return after the fact. This man was just put in the most powerful position in the country. He doesn't have to do anything for the next three years until it's time for a reelection campaign. I don't mean to be a pessimist, but I'm a realist. I wish we lived in a world where politicians honored reciprocity, but that's not the case. For years, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris haven't worked for us. They've worked for the corporations. I'm glad that these two have given people much-needed hope, but now it's time to hold them accountable. So what can we do? This year we shattered voting records. I saw many theories flying around for why that is. Some people said that this just proved how bad Hillary Clinton was. And some think it shows that Joe Biden is just an amazing person. As a recovering drug addict, I respect how he's publicly handled being the father of another recovering drug addict, but I have a different theory for why he broke these voting records. I don't think I'm alone when I say that I think that people turned up in record numbers not because Biden is that good, but because Trump was that bad. You'd think World War III ended with the way people were celebrating. People flocked to the streets to chant, party, and play music. In London, they lit off fireworks, and then they rang church bells in Paris. The entire world celebrated, but we weren't celebrating the election of Joe Biden. We were celebrating the removal of Donald Trump. If we hope to make this country the one we know it can be, we need to keep the same energy for the next four years. This means that we need to pay attention and stay involved. The American people have spoken time and time again, and we're just asking to catch up to other developed nations. The majority of Americans want a single payer healthcare system and free college. We also want a green new deal. And as we saw with so many other states, we want the legalization of marijuana and an end to the drug war. This year we showed what can happen when we show up and make our voices heard. So over these next four years, we need to do it again and again and again on the local, state, and federal levels. I'm not a political scientist, but over these last four years, I've done everything I can to learn about how our system works. I spent the first 30 years of my life saying that I didn't care about politics and my vote doesn't matter.  This is why I encourage all of you to stay informed and see what's happening in your local elections and fight for what you believe in. While I don't agree with everything, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says I respect the hell out of her. And she's one of the most progressive voices we have for our generation. What's so inspiring about her is that she's a young woman who won an impossible election. And now everyone knows her name as she stands up for a social democracy. Since she was elected, we've seen more and more progressives be elected by major cities and states. And we have to keep that rolling. Relative to Donald Trump, any new president will look good. But Biden and Harris need to know that we'll vote them out in 2024. And it's not just them. Our local and state politicians hold a lot of power. And who they endorse matters. If they aren't standing up for what we want, we need to vote them out in the midterms. That's the only way we're going to elect a president that's working in our best interests as a society. Remember the pink cloud fades and by springtime of 2021, we're going to remember the state that this country has been in since before Donald Trump. People are still going to struggle to put food on the table. People are going to struggle to pay for rent and for healthcare. Before Donald Trump, suicide and overdose rates were on the rise for years and they've only gotten worse because of the pandemic.  But going back to where we started with Jonathan Haidt's moral matrix, there's a difference between those who voted for Trump and those who voted for Biden. We're not afraid to speak to authority and fight for the America that we all deserve to live in. All right, everybody, thank you for watching this video essay. And I wish you could see how insane my cat is right now. But anyways, anyways, yeah, sorry for the lack of uploads. Last week with the election and like watching everything go down was like insane. And I'm like, look, I'm just going to hold off on uploading until it's all over and everything like that. And I actually wrote this as a video essay for in the essay format. The other day over on medium. So yeah, by the way, follow me on Twitter and Instagram at the rewired soul. All of my videos, I write them out and I release them on medium before I release them as video essays because obviously I got to record and edit and all that stuff. So make sure you're following me over on Twitter and Instagram so you'll get like a sneak peek if you like reading rather than watching videos or if you just want both, I don't know. But also I'm working on some new series and everything and it's going to be very interactive on social media like I'm going to need input from all of you. So make sure you're following me at the rewired soul over on Twitter and Instagram. Also I'm on TikTok, baby. I'm on TikTok. Follow me at the rewired soul on TikTok. I'm all over the place. You'll never get rid of me. All right, but anyways, that's all I got for this video. If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up if you do. Make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. And a huge, huge thank you to everybody who supports the channel or on Patreon or getting the books that I recommend that are always down in the description. Those are affiliate links and some of it comes back help to support the channel. You're all amazing and I'll see you next time.


Hi, I'm Eugene Coe, an associate professor of orthopedics and neurosurgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Today we're drawing outside the lines, talking about cervical displacements. Patients often present with neck pain, and the neck pain can shoot down the arms and create a severe amount of what we call radiculopathy. And that neck pain is associated with radiculopathy, or arm pain, it's often due to disc herniations. And there's a way to preserve range of motion of the neck by getting the pressure off of the nerve elements by doing what we call cervical displacements. A cervical displacement is a condition where, is a surgery where we end up preserving the range of motion of the neck, and allowing the neck to have less pressure off the spinal cord. In a cervical herniated disc that often happens, you have a disc that bulges, and it's now irritating the spinal cord or the nerve elements. And here's the spinal cord in red. And you can see these disc bulges are now irritating it, and causing the neck pain as well as the shooting pain down the arm. And for patients that don't necessarily need a fusion and want to preserve range of motion and don't have any neck instability, we can offer them a cervical disc replacement, where instead of doing a fusion, we end up providing them with a cervical disc. And that's simply by removing this offending disc material here, and then placing a cervical disc replacement, which often contains two metal plates, and a piece of plastic here that allows that segment to continue its range of motion of the neck. As well as getting pressure off of the spinal cord, and you no longer have the arm pain. Often the cervical disc replacements are reserved for patients in their 30s or 40s. In summary, cervical disc replacement is a valid way of treating cervical myelopathy or radiculopathy, getting the pressure off the spinal cord, and preserving range of motion of the neck.