It occurred to me that lots of people have no idea how an academic lab operates. I think people picture lots of nerdy-looking men in spotless white lab coats, putting colored liquids in test tubes, or writing on a clipboard in a sterile, ultra-clean environment. That's rarely the case. Much of the research in this country is done by people between the ages of 21 and 28, so it's a very young crowd. Many research labs, especially universities, are likely to have a radio on. Stain lab coats are passed down from generation to generation, if they're worn at all. Most people will be wearing T-shirts, even though safety protocols prohibit shorts or sandals. They are present in abundance. There are dirty labs, where no one takes responsibility to clean the benchtops. And there are compulsively clean labs, where everything is alphabetized. There's a lot of meetings, joking around, office pranks, paperwork, wasting time in late hours. In short, working in an academic lab is not that different from working almost anywhere else. I'm going to go through some of the key points of how an academic lab operates. First the people. There's a hierarchy of sorts, but very few formal titles. Imagine each lab as its own very tiny research company. The boss is called the principal investigator, or PI. He or she will have the equivalent of a PhD, or MD, and decades of research experience even as a junior faculty. They might have the title of assistant associate or just professor. Some are very hands on in their lab, and some have become more administrator than bench scientist. Their job is first and foremost to write papers and to submit grant proposals. Secondarily they manage the lab's resources, personnel, keep people focused and on track, and many of them have teaching and office hour responsibilities. The three to nine hours a week actually spent in lecture classes are really only the tip of a very large iceberg for an academic professor. A typical salary for a PI in the US might be between $55,000 and $95,000, depending on seniority in the institution. Although in some cases it's possible to supplement that from grants speaking and consulting. The next tier down are the postdocs, also sometimes called research fellows. These are PhD scientists who are looking to build a reputation, so they can go looking for a faculty spot and a lab of their own. Some write their own grants, and all write their own papers. Generating data and producing papers is what these guys do. They should expect to publish at least two papers a year. A postdoc could be anywhere from two to five years, and some people do multiple postdocs. They are the senior folks in the lab, and generally have a deep mastery of the topic they work in. You will find them at the bench writing papers or reading papers. Pay is highly variable, but a typical range might be $35,000 to $50,000. There are also grad students, sometimes called graduate research associates, or GRAs. While they work on their degree, they are expected to produce useful data and get at least some of it published. They are usually given their own project with some supervision from the PI or a postdoc. They're still developing some skills at the bench, and they also have to take time to study for classes. Some are given teaching assistant responsibilities, the so-called TAs. They make less than $30,000 working 30 to 50 hours a week. Lastly, but not least, are the technicians and specialists, administrators and student workers. Some labs hire professional technicians to maintain some stability in the lab, and take over some of the mentoring from the postdocs. Some have administrators who manage the grant accounts, do the purchasing and so forth, or the college department may furnish these resources in common. Some institutions have core facilities, containing equipment too expensive for a single lab to purchase or maintain, with on-saf personnel to manage the core equipment. For example, a licensed veterinarian may be employed to supervise a large animal colony. Salary is commensurate with experience, education and responsibilities, but don't expect to make as much as a PI in most cases. Where does the money come from? The major US granting institutions are the National Institutes of Health, which primarily funds biomedical and basic biology research, the National Science Foundation, which funds a much more broad scope of studies, and the Department of Energy, which focuses on certain specialized areas of bioinformatics, genomics and alternative energy. There are other smaller sources of funds, the EPA, the USDA, but by far the largest is the NIH. They disperse what are called extramural grants in the order of $15 billion. Compare that to the top pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Globally, Pfizer spends $8 billion in R&D every year. As opposed to extramural grants, intramural grants are dispersed to just the agencies of the NIH, which includes the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institute on Aging and so forth. A typical NIH grant is called an RO1 grant, which is usually for a few million dollars over one to five years. That sounds like a lot, but you need to pay salaries and benefits, purchase equipment and reagents to produce data, and don't forget the large chunk that the institution takes out, called overhead and indirect costs. At some universities this can be 30-40% of the grant amount. To keep the lab afloat, the PI needs to keep the grants coming in. To do that, they need to demonstrate that they are capable of producing useful and meaningful data. The people in the lab produce the data by running experiments to test hypotheses, at least in principle. In reality, the process is very dynamic. You can go on phishing expeditions, or screen a lot of possible targets for useful clues about what's going on. The results of one test might get you no closer to a conclusion, but might open up additional avenues of inquiry. The formal scientific method is rarely used in a vacuum. Scientists have hunches, they follow them, and adjust their hypotheses accordingly. Most labs will have staked at an area of specialty that is extremely narrow, a single virus or a single cellular pathway, or a particular disease or organism. This maximizes grant writing success because it's easy to establish yourself as a world expert when you have a very narrow focus for your research. This also prevents competition between PIs who came from the same lab. Each can stake out a particular aspect of their problem without competing for the same discoveries. This is strictly a casual honor system, and if a lab comes up with an exciting result outside their area of expertise, you can bet they'll publish it, no matter how many colleagues' toes they step on. The view of science as a utopian, communistic pursuit is rarely the case. Competition is the norm. Competition for publications, grants, and recognition.


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So in this case, we're going to be talking about hyperbolic decline. There's a couple other declines, there's harmonic decline, exponential decline. The difference between them is how conservative they may be, maybe like exponential is the most conservative estimate. You would use that in volumetric reservoirs. Hyperbolic, which we're going to be talking about, you'd use in non-volumetric reservoirs. And harmonic is more theoretical. It's not likely, it's like the best payout if possible, but we really don't see that. So we're going to be talking about hyperbolic in this case. So we're going to have three parameters here. We're going to have QOI, which is your initial production of oil, which is 2,000 STV per day. We're going to have a DI coefficient, which is 0.50 per year, and then we're going to have a B value, which is 0.9. This B really is what differentiates your curves for exponential, your harmonic, and hyperbolic. So there's a couple of equations we're going to be using to do this. So what we're trying to do is we're going to be finding future production rates at different times, and also at the same time, finally, what our cumulative production is and all that. And so for the first thing, this is like initially, so we're going to be using two different equations. We're going to be using equation 4.73 and 4.74. So equation 4.73 is this. So it's going to be your production of oil is equal to your initial production of oil. And this equation at work is for hyperbolic. B, DI, T, where T is time over B, and where T will be in terms of years. Another equation we're going to be dealing with is QO1-B equals QOI1-B minus your cumulative oil production up to a certain time times your DI1-B over QOI to the power of B. So with these equations, we can predict future flow rates, knowing that B equals 0.9 and DI equals 0.5 per year, and also that initial production of oil is 2,000 STB per day. So the first thing we're going to do is we are going to calculate QO for year 1. So we're going to be doing that by using... It's going to be the equation right here just rearranged a little bit. So the first equation I listed rearranged a little bit. So it's going to be QO. So this is going to be for, let's see, year 1. It's going to equal to 2,000 because this is our QOI. So I'll put... We're going to be using this equation, so it's going to be 2,000 divided by 1 plus B, which is 0.9 times D, which we know is 0.5. And then T is in terms of years, which is why this is in terms of year, so they cancel. So this is going to be 1 because we're interested about year 1, or it's a one-year time step anyway. That's why we're going to be using a 1 here. And then this is going to be the 1 over B power, so just 1 over 0.9. And when you do this, you're going to find that your oil production after one year is going to be 1,323.5 STB per day. And then if you want to find what your cumulative oil production is at this point, you're going to be rearranging this equation to solve for NP. So NP is going to equal... I'll rearrange it for you so it's easier to follow. So NP is going to equal QOIB divided by DI 1 minus B. And this is all going to be multiplied by QOI to the power of 1 minus B minus QO, which we just found, 1 minus B. So then we solve for NP. So QOIB, that's going to be just the 2000. So DI is 0.5, 1 minus 0.9. So we're going to have QOI, which I said is 2000. This is going to be to the 0.1 power because 1 minus 0.9 will be 0.1. Minus QO, which we just found, is 1,323.5 to the 0.1 power. Okay, so this should be QOI to the power of B, not subscript B. So 2000 will be to the 0.9 power. So it's 2000 to the 0.9 power divided by 0.5 times 1 minus 0.9 times this quantity here. And so when you do this math, you're going to find that your cumulative oil production after one year is going to be 1,617.84, and that's going to be STB per day. And since this is a cumulative oil production, we're going to want this in terms of STB. We're going to try to get rid of that time. So what we do is we multiply this by 365 because we are just interested in the cumulative oil. So 1617.84 times 365 will give us a cumulative oil production of 590,485.7 STB. And so this is what our cumulative oil production is after one year and our flow rate after one year is 1,323.5 STB per day. And now we can just move on to year two and it's going to be the same process. So the first thing you're going to do is you're going to find your QO for year two. So to do that, you're now going to have, excuse me, going to be equal to the same equation we have up here. But now the T, since it's two years, is going to be two instead of one. So that's the difference here. So it's going to be 2,000 divided by 1 plus 0.9 times 0.5 times 2 because it's two years. And this is going to be to the 1 over 0.9 power. This is going to give you 980.2 STB per day. And the same thing with the equation up here for NP. We can just solve that real quick. So it's just going to be still 2,000 because it's QOI to the B power. So it's still to 0.9 divided by 0.51 minus 0.9. Then it's going to be multiplied by 2,000 because it's like I said, it's QOI to the 1 minus B. So it's going to be to the 0.1 minus our flow rate we just found. So it's going to be 980.2 to the 0.1 power. So as I was working up here earlier, so this is what you get for NP. But keep in mind your units of NP, your production of oil will be a volume. So it'll just be STB. So I just have this as a rate because I need to convert it to how much it would be in a year just because we're looking for cumulative production in terms of years. So I had to multiply this by 365. And so now using doing for year two, I get a flow rate of 980.2 STB per day. And so I'm solving for my cumulative production of oil. In terms of if I look at in terms of rate per day, I'm going to have, this is going to be 2753.24. This is going to be STB per day. But I want this in terms of for one year. So I'm going to multiply this by, I'll just do that here. So I'm going to multiply this 2753.24 times, so this is STB per day. I'll multiply this by 365 days in one year. So this is going to get me 1,004,968 STB. So this will be my cumulative production of oil. And so if I want to get a yearly production for year two. So this is going to be my total production so far for combining year one and year two. So if I wanted to just look at year two, I would multiply, let's say this is MP2 and this is MP1. I would multiply, or I'm sorry, I subtract MP2 minus MP1. And this will give me my yearly production in year two. So that will just be 1,004,968 minus 590,485. And that will equal, should equal about 414,000 STB or so. And so you can keep doing this process. So if we were to do it for year three, it would be very similar. So QO for year three is going to be 2,000 divided by 1 plus 0,9 times the D, which is 0.5 times 3 because we're dealing with three years now. And this would all be, so 1 over 0.9 power. And so QO for year three would equal 774 STB per day. And using this QO and the equation we have to solve for MP, just doing the same process would get our NP to equal 1,322,292.6 STB per day. And so if we wanted to find the cumulative production in just year three alone, we would subtract the 1.3 million by the 1.004 million. That would give us a yearly production in year three. Note how in year one it increased by about almost 600,000. Year two, it increased 414,000. Year three, it only increased by 318,000 or so. So as time goes on, your rate or your cumulative production each year is going to fall off. And that's why the B value matters because say if you were to have one, for example, like I believe it would just be a constant. So you're going to have like the same change in your cumulative production each year. Or like for exponential, for example, when your B is very low, like zero, it's going to fall off very quickly, which is why it's the most conservative. So you can keep doing the same process for multiple years and to see what your production may be, your cumulative production may be in five years from now. And so it helps you forecast maybe like the life of a well maybe worth it or not to drill. So I just noticed this should have an extra zero right here for 414,000. And like I said, your cumulative production of oil will be in terms of STB. It's a volume, not a rate. Rate is going to be like flow rate, where it's volume over time. Where in this case, this is just volume, like NP and they all have units of STB because you're talking about oil. Now if you're talking about gas, you might have like GGP, which is going to be like SCF. You could also be dealing with water, but it's going to be terms of volume and not STB per day. And that will be it for this problem.


Item Number SCP-022 Object Class, Euclid Special Containment Procedures A vault door has been installed following incident 022-827 to seal SCP-022. It is to remain locked at all times, with the sole exception being the appearance of an instance of SCP-022-1. The original door to SCP-022 was destroyed during incident 022-827, with attempts at replacement being met with failure. Security cameras have been installed to monitor for instances of SCP-022-1. In the event that an instance of SCP-022-1 appears, automated systems should incinerate it the moment it leaves SCP-022. At this point, the vault door may be unlocked to admit cleanup crews. After the automated systems fail to destroy the instance of SCP-022-1, response teams are cleared to enter and neutralize it. Under no circumstances may any living human enter SCP-022, except at the order of Class 4 personnel for testing purposes. Class 4 personnel may also order instances of SCP-022-1 to be captured and held. However, they may not be removed from SCP-022 containment facilities. SCP-022 is a morgue in the basement of Great Britain Hospital. Until 1981, there were no reported anomalous occurrences within the morgue. Reports of strange activity were first received in November of 1981. The area was soon quarantined by the Foundation, with an official story being released that the entire building had been condemned. The reason for the sudden manifestation of its strange properties remains under investigation. Periodically, a random drawer within the morgue will open to reveal a cadaver under a covered sheet. After approximately six minutes open, the cadaver will animate and attempt to leave the morgue. At this point, the cadaver is given the designation SCP-022-1. In some cases, the cadaver will be too damaged or decomposed to successfully exit SCP-022, or even rise from the table it lies on. In this case, SCP-022-1 will typically struggle and twitch on the table until expiration occurs. Should an instance of SCP-022-1 expire while remaining on the table, the table slides back into the drawer, which then shuts. Reports indicate that the scent of burnt tissue is evident immediately following such an event. The energy source that sustains instances of SCP-022-1 is currently unknown. Instances do not breathe, eat, or sleep, and their bodies produce no heat. Analysis of SCP-022-1 following expiration has discovered no abnormal organs or chemicals present. They appear to be fully human cadavers. Instances also possess physical strength that exceeds that of normal humans, though direct testing has proven problematic. Researchers estimate the strength increase to be approximately 500 newtons, 112 pounds, of lifting force greater than what one would expect of a human body sharing a similar condition. Analysis is underway to determine if this effect is connected to the unknown power source, or if it is an entirely separate phenomenon. When body parts are severed from SCP-022-1, the portion with the greatest mass retains its effects. All other pieces become inert. Destruction of the head or brain does not neutralize SCP-022-1, instead the lower torso and limbs remain animate. Complete tissue destruction appears to be the only method of successfully terminating instances of SCP-022-1. Left alone, instances of SCP-022-1 will simply expire. All motion ceases and they appear to become normal cadavers again. The amount of time this takes depends on how damaged the body is and the rate of decomposition and can take anywhere between 2 days and 3 weeks. Investigation has revealed that the bodies acting as SCP-022-1 match the description of cadavers reported to have been stolen from morgues across the country. The mechanism for this transfer is currently being researched. Adding any new matter to SCP-022 has thus far proved impossible. Any object that enters SCP-022 disappears shortly after passing through the door, leaving no trace. This includes inanimate objects and biological specimens. So long as an instance of SCP-022-1 possesses a functioning mouth, tongue, and trachea, it is able to communicate fully with researchers. See the following interview log for details. Each of the following interviews begin in much the same way. The instance of SCP-022-1 will typically be hysterical until Foundation personnel are able to calm or restrain them. These portions have been omitted. Date. March. 1985. Interviewee. SCP-022-1-2. SCP-022-1-2. Interviewee. Dr. Brown. Notes. SCP-022-1-2 was the second instance of SCP-022-1 that the Foundation discovered, the first having been destroyed on site by Foundation agents. SCP-022-1-2 had the body of an Asian male, approximately 54 years old. Its chest had been stitched up, evidence of an autopsy. Begin log. Dr. Please identify yourself. SCP-022-1-2. My name is John- What?  Dr. That's what we're trying to figure out, John. How did you get to this... state? SCP-022-1-2. I... I don't know. I was driving my car, coming home from... Never mind. I was driving and I crashed. Dr. Then what happened? SCP-022-1-2. Nothing. I woke up here. Please. This has to be unintelligible. Dr. So you remember being in a car accident, then woke up here in the morgue. Do you have any idea how you got here? SCP-022-1-2. I didn't get here. Don't you get it? This isn't me. I'm not me. Dr. What do you mean you aren't you? At this point, SCP-022-1-2 became severely agitated and had to be physically restrained. This required six agents due to the strength increase associated with instances of SCP-022-1. Eventually, SCP-022-1-2 was calmed and the interview proceeded. Dr. Now, would you please explain what you meant? SCP-022-1-2. This is not me. I saw my reflection in the steel. I'm not some old Asian. This isn't me. And log. Following the last statement, SCP-022-1-2 began to smash its head against the wall. As further restrained, it began to scream unintelligibly for several hours before falling silent. It continued to struggle, though apparently unable to speak, for an additional six days until it finally ceased motion. During this time, it continued decomposing at a natural rate. An examination of the body following this interview was unable to determine a cause of death, as many of the internal organs had been removed. The only injury that did not appear to be a result of a previous surgery or autopsy was a damaged trachea. Date. March. 1981. Interviewee. SCP-022-1-5. Interviewer. Dr. Nowts. SCP-022-1-5. Animated shortly after D-5619 was sent into SCP-022, and subsequently disappeared. SCP-022-1-5 had the body of an approximately 12-year-old female, missing its right arm and a large portion of its torso. Following the incident with SCP-022-1-3, all instances of SCP-022-1 are physically restrained before being introduced to valuable personnel, with SCP-022-1-5 being no exception. Dr. Please state your name. SCP-022-1-5. What did you bastards do to me? Dr. Please state your name. SCP-022-1-5.  Dr. We have done nothing to you. Now please state your name. SCP-022-1-5. You know who I f***ing am. Dr. Refresh my memory then please. SCP-022-1-5.  Don't tell me you forgot me, Dr. Dr. Are you D-5619? SCP-022-1-5.  Change me f***ing back. And log. At this point, Dr. We asked SCP-022-1-5 several questions to verify its identity. Though its identity was confirmed to be that of D-5619, no further useful information was gained from SCP-022-1-5. It was kept in a holding cell until expiring two days later. After three weeks, the body of D-5619 animated as SCP-022-1-7 in a brief interview with SCP-022-1-7 it claimed to be an 89 year old female. Addendum 022-001. A request has been submitted to create a new entrance to SCP-022 by removing a portion of the south wall. Request pending approval. Addendum 022-002. A pile of matter was discovered on the floor of the room directly above SCP-022. It appeared to contain all matter that had been sent into SCP-022 with the exception of humans. All materials appeared broken and worn down. Metallic components were covered in large amounts of rust with all biological parts being in various stages of decomposition. Testing revealed that the time between inserting an object into SCP-022 and it reappearing above to be precisely 183 seconds. Humans who enter, however, do not appear in said pile. Instead, humans appear to become integrated into the morgue and may later animate as instances of SCP-022-1.


Hey there, NJRoot22.com here with another supermarket roundup flyer discussion vlog. I don't even know what to call this anymore, like nobody watches it, but I have a feeling some people do, because YouTube likes to mess up the accounts. Anyway, this is the final supermarket roundup discussion prior to the big holiday that everybody gets hyped up over Thanksgiving, which we I personally don't anymore.  I mean some families are maybe better and everybody misses each other and they have a loving like happy family. Some people don't have that luxury and our condolences to ourselves. But anyway, let's let's move on here. I'll give it to my flyer NJRoot22.com. I've been doing it now six months at least. We'll see how how it works out. We'll start out with Kings. Not a huge huge huge fan of Kings. We've said that a million times. We only shop there because they do have some high quality things. They're Bell and Evans products are sometimes on sale for buy one get one. The rest of the stuff is just overpriced and and convenience only and I say that every week and they have a massive flyer this week. I guess I don't know why they invested in this. Here's a good deal for this week. We absolutely love white cloud paper towels and toilet paper. They're buy one get one free and I think that's the best deal going right now for those. Those are the king of the toilet paper. At least the toilet paper. They're better than everything else. The paper towels I think bounty still the king but they're never going to be the price king ever. I don't care. So I've said this in the past. I'll remind everybody if you ever the best deals at at Kings that will compete ever with with any other markets sale sales are their buy one get one free items. Those are the only things that can compete price per unit. The only problem with the buy one get one free sales is that you need to buy two and that often may mean that something might go to waste. I don't know. I don't like that business model but whatever it is what it is. Going off off the charts here is the ocean state job lot.  We there are certain things we buy here regularly. We used to buy Bob's Red Mill but I try not to eat any grains at all or any. I mean they have some decent stuff but another thing we like to buy there is tea hot tea bags. They do look at this. I have a ladybug. A ladybug came to visit. See we have tens of millions of them flying around these days. They have really good British teas and I drink tea a lot. I make iced tea out of them for four tea bags in a quart of water like three times a day. So it comes out to be like a like a nickel a cup. I really like it but the crazy deals are good because if you find something you need or like the like is less than the need but there's something they have this week that I highly recommend and hopefully I can get mine before everybody rushes out after seeing this video which they're not going to do. It's this thing right here in the middle. See these go-co coconut bites. They're a low carb awesome awesome awesome snack. They're crunchy coconut bites. Some have sesame seeds and have chia nut chia whatever the hell they have in it but you get you buy 10 1.4 ounce bags of this these crunchy crunchy coconut bites and it's it's a decent snack. It satiates you. You get a $10 gift card free. That is the one deal I recommend this week and also I think which might be a not bad deal are this this set of LED Christmas lights. $6.99 is not bad for LED. I'm gonna buy a set for myself. I have a project it's a non Christmas related lighting project that I'm gonna use the LED lights for. Viva Viva Vantage don't recommend. They're the low-end. Don't don't buy it. They have good deals on the stretch tight and the freeze tight. Those are always premium saran wrap is the brand name but so that's that's it. There was no other crazy deals that we we recommend. You might find some that are great. I don't know maybe these slip slipper socks here might might make somebody happy but but that's it. IGA again we shop there because they're local. We like their prepared food. They have good fried chicken and other fresh things going on but with that we don't really see things like any sale items that we would go out of our way to go there and get. So I just I just try to support them here. We will talk about their bacon $3.99 the max we pay per pound for bacon ever. And lastly we have the final shop right sale for pre pre Thanksgiving and they have a I guess the supermarket equivalent of a Black Friday sale. They have a two-day sale for the Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving. They have something that I find interesting. Most of this stuff is probably worth overlooking.  I have to do the price per square foot but I'm going to see how much these bounty towels come out per square foot. I find excellent paper towels at at Aldi. I think it comes out to 1.5 cents per square foot. I haven't calculated the Wegmans price had it actually might even be less but 1.5 cents per square foot of premium paper towels is the max I want to pay. That's why you got to buy in bulk. But then here's something that I highly recommend as well especially there's two options two reasons why you should why you should take advantage of this $100 gift card order. Number one if you're going to buy gift cards for anybody this year buy them now and end if you're a shop right customer. Every hundred dollars you spend on gift cards on those two days are the 23rd and the 24th. You get $20 coupon to spend for food or other real items at shop right. Even if you don't have any friends and you're not giving out any gifts you could say you shop at Starbucks and you buy $100 worth of coffee a month. Buy $100 gift card for yourself and get a $20 shop right. It's just a smart way of rearranging the money and saving money. Somebody benefits but you'll be the end benefit for the short term. It's a 20% return on investment and they have all these rules and regulations on how to get a turkey. If we definitely qualified we're going to get the ham. The cook's shank half ham. Cook it in the oven for five hours at a low temperature. You have nice tender ham to eat. I'm not a big fan of turkey. I think turkey's overrated very much so. I didn't really see anything else worth talking about. Every week they have the good deal on the cheeses at shop right. They had the block cheese for like 99 cents last week. It's 50 percent more and then this week they have the shop right, ricotta and mozzarella on sale. They're not as good as the other brands but it's still a good deal. It's like what do you call it? Musical chairs. Every week it's the similar products but just different brands that get in the spotlight. I've also said that I don't talk about the junk food even though everybody like most people gravitate towards it and they'll probably stock up on things like Doritos or popcorners or potato chips or Tate's cookies. I can't talk about it because it would be fake for me to try and promote something that I don't believe in and that's probably bad for business at times but I think going against the trend before it turns, going against the grain before it turns has its advantages as well. I'll be first in line hopefully. Here's a good deal. I'll have to compare the price per pack. White cloud. At one point in time shop right had these when they reintroduced the new reformulated versions. They were 6.99 a pack and they really are the best toilet paper on the market. I think hands-down. Everything from the construction of the tube, the little tube that it's on, it's just a quality. I love quality things and here's some more stuff for their two days sale. I guess they're big Black Friday shop.  I didn't see anything. I mean they have this sharp aquos, aquios or whatever. 4k TV thing a 55 inch TV or 50 inch TV for 2.99 and I saw people walking out of the store with it. I don't really watch TV so it doesn't really matter much to us and we don't play video games. Oh here is the deal that I think is worth it for a lot of people especially parents with kids and a lot of toys. They have 30 pack of the Kodak Super Max alkaline batteries and I haven't done the test. They may or may not be as good as Energizer. Maybe they last 10% less. I don't know but 30 AA or AAA batteries for $3.99 it's like 12 cents or 13 cents a battery which is a damn good deal. Whereas here you're paying $2.77 at half price for 4 batteries. 8 count so that comes out to what? I don't know 30 something cents. So it's three times as much for Energizer. I think it's well worth it to have to change these you know a little bit more often than have to pay like 30 cents a battery as opposed to 13 cents a battery just just a matter of how often you have to change it. Some people I don't know don't don't get y'all bent out of shape. And I think that's it 11 minutes in the 12 seconds I went here and that's it. Oh here's a little tip for you like we got these $2 coupons and this is just in hindsight here but we got these $2 coupons for the shop right rotisserie chickens and I think I got like 10 or 20 of these $2 coupons. I found out that you can use as many coupons as it takes to bring it up to the price. So if the chicken is 8.49 you can use four $2 coupons and make it 49 cents. You just can't exceed the value of the product. So if you ever get multiple coupons for the same thing at the shop right brand you can almost reduce the cost to zero. I should have known that most of them expired but I got a eight pack of chicken yesterday for 49 cents. So that's it happy Thanksgiving. Take advantage of the deals don't forget you can that's like a 20% return on on your bank account. Bank accounts barely earn 1% these days. Have a nice Thanksgiving and we'll see what we do next week. I don't know when I'm gonna get my flyers but Thanksgiving is next week but I'm sure I'll find some time to do next week's circular roundup. Take care.


He's giving us the wider boat because we're bigger. Three whistles, right? Three whistles mean what? Stop, I'll stop. A lot of them are here because of these guys, but I tell you, it's on TV, it's in the paper, the art, there's no fun. Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Never have a cure!


Internal Revenue Service IRS tax news. COVID tax relief IRS provides broad-based penalty relief for certain 2019 and 2020 returns due to the pandemic, $1.2 billion and penalties being refunded to 1.6 million tax payers. IRS penalty relief.   I mean, hey, I'm pretty sure you're the one that put my left testicle and the vice in the first place.  I think Biff and the IRS have realized that their continual blows to taxpayers' head have actually reduced their overall lunch money proceeds. It's almost like people need to use their noggin somehow to make the money like in the first place. Until this revelation, Biff and the IRS always thought that money just grew on trees that like taxpayers had in their backyard. But I mean, honestly, even if that were true, somebody has to water the tree, take care of it.  That's right, Phil. I, the taxpayer, am that golden goose. What's that, Phil? You didn't think I agreed with the idea that dude goose's could lay eggs golden or otherwise? Well, I don't think dudes can lay eggs, Phil. It's I mean, it's just a metaphor. Lay golden egg. I totally like laid the beautiful goose sets who laid the golden egg. I don't know, Phil.   A dude goose is a gander, really, Phil? Man, that goose and gander scene makes way more sense now. But first, an attempt at a joke. Some people like traveling down memory lane. We need to take the treacherous journey down memory lane. But my memory, it's more like a memory highway. Here we go. Memory lane is traffic zooming at all hours of the night with convoys of Mack trucks crashing into the side of my skull. Stevens, what is that smell? Well, I'm trying to sleep. Mary, I'm trying to sleep. Honestly, I specifically requested an apartment away from the highway. Oh, great. I specifically asked not to be seated next to a baby. I are 2022-155 August 24, 2022, Washington to help struggling taxpayers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Internal Revenue Service today issued notice 2022-36. There's a link to that here, which provides penalty relief to most people and businesses who file certain 2019 or 2020 returns late. Now, this is kind of an interesting penalty relief here, because you can see in the wording, they kind of make it sound like, as if this is another stimulus payment that they're paying out all this money, but they're only paying it out to certain in certain circumstances. And they're actually paying it out to people who filed late. So they didn't actually comply with the law. So that might be good or beneficial to some people or not. But it seems like it kind of incentivizes or it's benefiting the people that didn't file on time, which you could think is a good thing or a bad thing. It's kind of an interesting situation in the case. The IRS is also taking an additional step to help those who paid these penalties already. So if they're going to remove a penalty, then the question is going to be, well, if you have not yet paid the penalty, they can basically automatically apply that, you would think. But if you already paid the penalty and they're going to remove it, they're going to have to pay you back the penalty. So nearly 1.6 million taxpayers will automatically receive more than $1.2 billion in refunds or credits. And I think this looks to me in my kind of cynical mind these days, because I think I have some reason to be a little bit cynical. It looks to me like this step might have been done just so they can put this out there, which looks kind of like another stimulus payment. Right? They're able to say we were, we sent out nearly 1.6 million taxpayers, 1.2 billion in refunds. But really they're sending out those for penalties that they removed the penalties. It's not like a stimulus payment to anyone and the people that are getting those are actually the people that were not in compliance with filing on time. So again, it could be a good thing, but it seems a little bit in any case. Many of these payments will be completed by the end of September, besides providing relief to both individuals and businesses impacted by the pandemic. This step is designed to allow the IRS to focus its resources on processing backlog, tax return and taxpayer correspondence to help return to normal operations for 2023 filing season. Again, I'm not exactly sure how this helps that helps them focus more on this, right? But clearly they do need to focus more on getting the law back in place because the tax law has changed a lot in the last couple of years. That's not how the tax law is usually designed, because we like to have certainty in the law, whether you're a business or an individual, it should be, we should be able to predict what's going to happen in the future. Uncertainty usually leads to not being able to plan, which leads to bad business decisions and individual decisions. So hopefully they're going to be able to get back on track with some kind of consistency. They also had backlogs on the tax returns, due in part to the changes in the tax code and in the fact that that they had the pandemic social distancing, which was applied kind of from a top-down perspective. So IRS got hit with the social distancing. So you would think they got a big backlog, they do have a big backlog in particular of the paper tax returns, which you would need someone to physically look at in order to process them. So I think they hired a bunch more people in the last bill that was passed. So again, I'm not sure if I completely like what the last bill or anything either, but hopefully they got more people that can at least get the tax returns back in order. Quote, throughout the pandemic, the IRS has worked hard to support the nation and provide relief to people in many different ways. End quote, said IRS Commissioner Chuck Reddick. Quote, the penalty relief issued today is yet another way the agency is supporting people during this unprecedented time. This penalty relief will be automatic for people or businesses to qualify. There's no need to call in quote. So whatever if you qualify for it, they should be able to process it and take care of it automatically without any action on your behalf for the most part. The relief applies to the failure to file penalties. So we have a failure to file penalty. So again, this is actually again, it's not it's not a stimulus payment going out to everybody. They're actually benefiting people who didn't comply. They didn't they didn't file for whatever reason. So it might be a good thing or a bad thing, but it's kind of an interesting step. The penalty is typically assessed at a rate of 5% per month and up to 25% of the unpaid tax when a federal income tax return is filed late. This relief applies to forms in both the Form 1040 and 1120 series, as well as others listed in notice 2022-36 posted today on IRS.gov. To qualify for this relief, any eligible income tax return must be filed on or before September 30th, 2022. In addition, the IRS is providing penalty relief to banks, employers and other businesses required to file various information returns, such as those in the 1099 series. To qualify for relief, the notice states that eligible 2019 returns must have been filed by August 1st, 2020 and eligible 2020 returns must have been filed by August 1st, 2021, because both of these deadlines fell on a weekend, a 2019 return will still be considered timely for purposes of relief provided under the notice if it was filed by August 3rd, 2020, and a 2020 return will be considered timely for purposes of this relief provided under the notice if it was filed by August 2nd, 2021, the notice provides details on the information returns that are eligible for relief. The notice also provides details on relief for filers of various international information returns, such as those reporting transactions with foreign trusts, receipt of foreign gifts and ownership interests in foreign corporations. To qualify for this relief, any eligible tax return must be filed on or before September 30th, 2022. Relief is automatic. Most of the $2.1 billion in refunds delivered to eligible taxpayers by next month. Penalty relief is automatic. So again, remember, this isn't a stimulus payment because it kind of sounds like they're just sending out checks again, but that's not the case. It would only apply under certain circumstances if you had a penalty that they're relieving. So penalty relief is automatic. This means that eligible taxpayers need not apply for it. If already assessed, penalties will be abated. If already paid, the taxpayer will receive a credit or refund as a result, nearly 1.6 million taxpayers will already paid. The penalty are receiving refunds totaling more than 2.1.2 billion. And again, I think this is the headline that they keep on wanting to repeat, which looks like a stimulus payment kind of, right? They're trying to say we're giving you money, but really it's only for a specific relief of these penalties, situation for people that actually didn't comply with the thing. OK, so most eligible taxpayers will receive their refund by the end of September. Penalty relief is not available in some situations, such as where a fraudulent return was filed, where the penalties are part of an accepted offer in compromise or a closing agreement, or where the penalties were finally determined by a court. For details, you can see notice 2022-36. It's available on IRS.gov, the website. There's a link to here as well. This relief is limited to penalties that the notice specifically states are eligible for relief. Other penalties, such as the failure to pay penalty, are not eligible, but for these ineligible penalties, taxpayers may use existing penalty relief procedures, such as applying for relief under the reasonable cause criteria or the first time abate program. So it's that program. It's kind of like if you've ever like not made your credit card payment on time, for example, and they charge you like a penalty and you call them and you say, hey, look, I've already I've always paid my credit card on time and I messed up, would you abate the penalty?  And so the IRS kind of works in a similar way. So if you have a first time penalty, if the pandemic hits you and you're like, ah, I didn't file, I panicked, I didn't think I could pay the taxes. Maybe maybe that's why I didn't file. Or if you didn't file, that's the penalty that might get abated automatically, but you might have other penalties that don't fall under this, that it's a first time thing because people panic with the pandemic and what not. So you might be able to contact the IRS and and see if you can get basically good behavior penalty relief for that first time penalty, or especially for a one time penalty situation. So for that, you can visit IRS dot gov penalty relief for details there. Quote penalty relief is a complex issue for the IRS to administer and quote Reddick said, quote, we've been working on this initiative for months following concerns we've we've heard from taxpayers, the tax community and others, including Congress. This is another major step to help taxpayers. And we encourage those affected by this to review the guidelines and quote. So there's links to that stuff here. You can take a look at it in more detail and it'll be a link to this in the description.


Hello, I wanna welcome you to Prophecy Files Briefing and I hope that you've been enjoying the messages we've been bringing here, these short little clips to help you to be able to realize just how close we are to the coming of the Lord. And I hope you'll share it out on your social media like many of you have been doing. We are increasing in the audience and that's what we need to do is get the word out about the imminent return of Jesus Christ. Today I wanna focus in on the nation of Israel as it relates to Bible prophecy and specifically from the Old Testament. So stay with me for just a moment. There's some information you need to hear from straight from the article and this is the title of the article. Biden and Bebe, Benjamin Netanyahu, red lines for Rafa put them on a collision course. I truly believe it could be a collision course with America. Here's what the article says. President Biden and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu laid out contradictory red lines about the war in Gaza in recent days that could put them on a collision course if Israel invades Rafa in the Southern Gaza in the next few weeks. This is what three officials told Axios, this particular author of this article. Why does that matter? The article reads, the US officials say an Israeli military operation in Rafa would likely lead to a significant shift in United States policy, including an end to the defense of Israel as the United Nations and restrictions on the use of United States weapons by Israeli defense forces in Gaza. Now what's driving this according to the interview on Saturday, President Biden was asked whether an Israeli military operation in Rafa was a red line for the administration and he said, yes it is. A third United States official, this article says, is likely, said it is likely that Israeli operations in Rafa will lead to the United States allowing a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire to pass. The United States has vetoed resolutions brought to the Security Council three times since the beginning of the war on October the 7th last year. If Netanyahu, they said, decides to defy Biden and go for such an operation, it will be a showdown, according to a senior US official. Now I want you to understand from this particular article and many, many others how important and significant it is that the strategy and the communications and all that you're hearing in the news concerning Israel and the United States and a two state solution and withdrawing funding and all of that kind of thing to cease and desist against Hamas has all been resisted by the Prime Minister, Mr. Netanyahu, because it's not the first time that he has heard this kind of statements coming from the United States leadership. This article in short reads that Israel must change course in Gaza to keep international support according to the foreign minister of Australia. In this article, she is quoted as saying that if President Biden said on Saturday that Netanyahu was hurting Israel more than helping as this article reads and she goes on to say in this article that Israel will lose its support if it doesn't have a ceasefire very soon. Look at the pressure being applied to the nation of Israel. Now, another article and you may not have heard about this but there is a continual attack happening from the Houthis in Yemen. This went in just recent hours of this recording against the United States ship Pinocchio in the Red Sea. As well as just a few hours ago, the UN is having hearings on Hamas and the sexual violence that took place. In fact, a special envoy was brought in as she witnessed firsthand what is said to be, quote in this article, scenes of unspeakable violence. However, the Russian ambassadors to the UN said that it is half truths what she's saying that it didn't actually happen. My friends, the pressure that's being applied to the nation of Israel by all of the nations is one more indicator of the Ezekiel 38-39 war but for the United States of America, it sets us on a course of collision with the nation of Israel whose God is Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that has serious consequences not only in history for the United States but even in our future as we would take positions against the nation of Israel and the Jewish people. So over the past few weeks, President Biden has also been in the forefront of demanding that Israel accept a two-state solution with the Palestinians in a way of appeasing them. In other words, he would reward Hamas for their barbarism by giving them the land in Gaza that rightfully belongs to Israel according to the word of God. And many other things that are found in this, I'm summarizing this for you to have an understanding that this is not just something that has been talked about or seen or heard in what is happening right now. Many people have a convenient set of memory loss when it comes to the nation of Israel. The actions by the Biden administration toward Israel places the United States on a dangerous position for a lot of reasons, not to mention the very first in fact from the book of Genesis, that it brings God's curse upon a nation that will trifle itself according to the Bible with the nation of Israel. The Bible says in Genesis 12, three, I will bless them that bless thee and I will curse them that curse at thee and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. That word curse there deals with trifling or trifling with the nation of Israel. This is very important because God has given the land to Abraham and his descendants, not to any other people group or descendants of any other group, but to the nation of Israel and the Jewish people. Not only does it set a collision course for that, but it also is the prospect that is now on the table once again of a two-state solution, which in effect is the dividing of the land. Now stay with me from the book of Joel chapter three, verse number one, the Bible says this, for behold in those days and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations and bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations and parted my land, divided my land. And they have cast lots from my people and have given a boy for a harlot and sold a girl for wine that they may drink. This is so important because my friends, we're living in such a prophetic time and yet history confirms prophecy from the word of God. All you've got to do is take a look at it. Now what you've been hearing me talk about right now is too much to contain in one setting. So I want you to make sure you join me once again for the prophecy files briefing concerning Israel and how America is on a collision course.


Now in Kano, Muslim faithful have raised concerns over the high cost of rams and cows during the Eid al-Qaibra celebrations. Previous years, several of them were able to afford but rise in inflation and reduced income have prevented them this season. But some others have resorted to buying chicken for this celebration. Take a listen. According to what was obtainable last year and two years ago, the cost of cows and rams are on a high side. I came to buy a ram but I cannot again because of its high price. The ram I bought for 80,000 Naira last year is now sold for 120,000 Naira. Last year, rams were expensive but this year it is much more expensive and sellers are recording low sales and gains. Most of the cows and rams that were bought here two weeks ago have remained unsold because the high price chases customers away. Cows are now sold for as high as 1.5 million Naira and rams go for as high as 400,000 Naira. The insecurity and economic hardship has contributed to the hike in price of rams and cows in various markets. As you can see, the market isn't moving here, sales are really low and some people now prefer to buy chickens. Because of how high the cost of rams and cows have become, I have been getting many customers. It is obvious that the purchasing power of people during this sales and depression has really gone low which is why they prefer to buy chickens than rams and cows. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


This is a talk of emptiness, whether vegetarian, meat eater, celibate, all the different gradations, they're all categories. And clearly it's all about giving yourself over to an experience where the categories and the boxes and the concepts just dissolve away. And that experience is the answer. So it's a loosening of identification with those thoughts, those boxes and categories. And however the spirit guides that, I mean people sometimes will say, is indulgence better than repression? Or is repression better than indulgence? Kind of implying that they're both defense mechanisms that neither have a sense of total fulfillment with them, but one is neither better or worse than the other. And once you start to see that they're neither as better or worse, then you realize that the spirit's going to have to use whatever you're locked into to help unlock your mind. And it depends on how you're locked in of how you'll get unlocked. So that's why it's very spontaneous and it's highly individualized. We can't go back to the old days of religion like here's the do's and the don'ts and never do this. Always do that. Never do this. That will not get you out of the trap. But the guidance of the spirit, as long as perception lasts everything's just mirroring and reflecting mind and consciousness. So it's not so much that spirit dwells in the material form but the spirit is all it is and whatever veils into the spirit has to be removed or lifted. The veil has to be lifted to know the light. So again, I have had a three-legged cat with me even though the faces of the people have changed over the years. The most fixed your face has been this little cat face tripod. And it's been beautiful because even over here now in Hawaii I was getting reports back, oh she's not doing well and over and on I would hear she may be dying and all these different things. But I just see everything in terms of awareness and training and if you feel a sense of love and fullness and you let that just expand and expand, that's what this is about. It's about awakening to divine love. People, animals, plants, everything is just perceptual reflections and they help us remove the obstacles because whenever we have a charge with anything or an attachment like Buddha talked about to anything, then we do see we have something to release and it's actually helping us release it. It's helping us be aware of what we need to release. So I've seen it that way. It's not looking for a positive sense of relationships with people. Thank you for the mirroring that you're offering to my awareness that I may be free. But I've never had a sense of trying to find life in the temporary. The body is very temporary whether it's a cat body or a human body it's not going to be the eternal it's just a device that's getting used along the way. And caregiving can be a way of again, just like with Mother Teresa's service, it's a way of getting out of an ego itself as long as you don't make a self-concept out of it as a caretaker. And then you feel like a responsibility, a heaviness that comes in when you turn it into an identity. I do think it's beautiful how the Spirit comes through us in a very nurturing caring way, draws us higher and higher.


There's nothing like cruising through the city on your fixed-gear bike. In this episode, we're gonna show you how to stay safe in the streets Hey guys, I'm here with Don Ward. He's a bicycle safety expert and he's gonna be giving us some tips on bicycle safety Thanks, Amanda. The first thing that everyone should know when they're riding a bicycle on the streets is That we are treated the same as any other vehicle on the road And that means we're also subjected to the same laws and rules that everyone is observing on the streets So first things first Don't be a salmon rider. We want to ride straight. We want to be predictable We want to negotiate with drivers. So when we're changing lanes, we're looking back. We're scanning. We're signaling We're letting drivers know where we're gonna be so that we're not both in the same place at the same time And how far ahead should we scan do you think? That's the beauty of being on a bicycle is that we can see 300 degrees So we're scanning a hundred yards ahead. We're scanning 10 feet ahead. We're looking for potholes We're looking for ruts in the road. We're looking ahead to see the status of that light so that when we get to the Intersection, we're not making any silly decisions. We're timing the lights We're basically being that courteous wonderful bike rider that we should all be out there Can I get in trouble for not obeying car safety laws like stop signs or red lights? Yes, as a matter of fact a red light ticket in California is five hundred dollars That goes for bikes as well as cars. Yeah, okay, so not a good idea Don what is the door zone? The door zone Amanda is one of the most dangerous places for you to ride your bike It is that space where car drivers that are parked on the side of the road flip open their door without looking for you and all of a sudden you Run into that door and you get thrown out into traffic What we want to do is stay minimum four to five feet away from park cars at all times. All right. Thanks, Don I'm definitely never gonna ride in the door zone All right guys, that's it for this week if you have a comment Please leave it below or hit us up on our Twitter at purefix TV. That is all I'll see you next week


Since the 2000s, and especially in the last few years, the use of opioids has exploded. Whenever we hear about the opioid crisis and make no mistake, it is a crisis. It's always in the context of the last few years. But opioids aren't some new drug that was whipped up in a lab, like amphetamines or LSD. To truly understand the crisis, we'll have to go back. Back to the past. Opioids are actually one of the world's oldest known drugs. There's archaeological evidence of humans using Popover somniferum, a seed that can be used to produce opium in the Italian and Iberian peninsulas dating back more than 7,000 years. An opium was used medically in Sumeria and Egypt during the 4th century BC. Even Hippocrates was a fan, enjoying its sleep-inducing properties. Our modern understanding of opioids stems from India and China in the early part of the 1500s, when it was reintroduced to Western Europe after it had been used in the Far East for at least several hundred years. After the British East India Company saw the opium trade as a worthwhile investment, they expanded production and, through secret importation into China, started the opium wars. In the 19th century, two major scientific advances were made that had far-reaching effects. The first, around 1804, the German pharmacist Friedrich Sirdener isolated morphine from opium. This would allow doctors to administer the drug to treat pain. And the second, nearly 50 years later, was the refinement of the hypodermic needle by Alexander Wood and others. Development of the syringe with the subcutaneous needle made it possible to easily administer controlled, measurable doses directly into the bloodstream. With these inventions, morphine was initially hailed as a wonder drug for its ability to ease pain, and its side effects could help people sleep and control coughing and diarrhea. In the 60s, the 1860s, doctors began widely prescribing morphine and pharmacists would dispense it without restriction. The American Civil War saw extensive use of the drug to treat injured soldiers and began to normalize its regular use. After further research into its side effects and addictive capabilities, the United States criminalized non-clinical use of opium in 1914. Yeah, before that you could use it non-clinically. The use of opioids was stigmatized in society, and it was seen as a dangerous substance to be prescribed only as a last resort for dying patients. After that, use drastically declined. It was actually so difficult to get that many people who needed it for severe pain couldn't get a prescription. Recognizing its oversip and changing course, in 1970, the US government passed the Controlled Substances Act, which relaxed some of the controls surrounding opioids and made their prescription easier. And in 1966, OxyContin was released, accompanied by an aggressive marketing campaign promoting the use of opioids for pain relief. The marketing campaign, coupled with now relaxed regulations, led to an explosion in opioid prescriptions. And as patients prescriptions ran out and they found themselves addicted, they were pushed into a growing black market for heroin. And in the 1990s, the crisis only continued as misrepresented research and big pharma pushed doctors into prescribing more aggressive painkillers like Oxycodone and Hydrocodone to try to treat pain.  That's 50% more than those who die in car crashes on all U.S. roadways combined. So what's the problem with opioids? Well, they're actually really good at fighting pain, maybe a little too good. Opioids work by attaching themselves to opioid receptors on nerve cells in parts of your body like the brain and spinal cord. When this happens, the opioids block pain messages sent from the body through the spinal cord to the brain. This is great for patients in extreme pain, like after a car crash or with extreme burns. The problem is your body builds tolerance to them pretty quickly, so you need more of the drug to control the same amount of pain. On top of that, opioids are very addictive. This is because neurons get used to the opioids blocking your opioid receptors and so they become more active to compensate for the drug-suppressing signals. Think of it like if you cover a sink faucet with your finger. The pressure starts to build as the path of the water is blocked, but once you move your finger, the floodgates come pouring open. So once you stop taking opioids, the cells can stay way more active than normal, causing you to be hypersensitive to pain and be easily agitated and anxious. Naturally, this pushes many people back onto opioids, legally or illegally, and it's a big part of why the risks of opioid use are supposed to be taken into consideration before they're prescribed and should only be used in extreme circumstances. But lately, many stories have come to light that have highlighted that doctors haven't been showing restraint in giving prescriptions, and pharma companies have had nearly no checks or balances in place to prevent abuse like in the case of the 21 million painkillers that were shipped to a town of 3,000 over the course of seven years. That's nearly three pills for every person in the town every day. And that story isn't unique. As these stories have come to light, regulators have started coming down harder on the companies that have allowed the opioid crisis to grow out of control, and is showing some signs of working. Use of prescription opioids such as OxyContin and Vicodin fell at a record rate last year. Individual opioid prescriptions in the United States peaked at 255 million in 2012. After that, the numbers have been falling steadily to 199 million by 2017. And prescription opioid use in the US was down 17% in 2018, marking the largest annual decline ever recorded. But while that sounds like a positive, it isn't really. As prescription numbers have dropped, drug deaths haven't because the epidemic just evolved. When government restrictions cut off tens of thousands from pills, people who were already addicted to the opioid high, many turned to street heroin. A surge of heroin into the United States was followed by an even deadlier arrival of fentanyl, an opioid 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine. As a result, in the United States in 2017, 47,000 people died of opioid overdoses, more than the death toll from traffic accidents or gun deaths. Normally, this is the part of the video where I tell you the positive, or how things are getting better. But as it stands, it's hard to see the path forward. As the government continues to crack down on prescription opioids, it's likely that fewer people will get addicted. But that doesn't do much to address the hundreds of thousands already addicted. Hopefully in a few years, we can make an update video on how the crisis was solved and things turned around. Until then, stay safe. And remember, there's always more to learn.