Good morning. I am Technician Ziana Parrish with the Denver Police Recruiting Unit and on behalf of Chief Ron Thomas and the Denver Police Department I welcome each of you to this promotion ceremony Today 11 sworn members of the department are being promoted to the ranks of lieutenant and sergeant These 11 members of the department seated here today have devoted a tremendous amount of time Effort and energy to get to this very moment and are now being recognized for their skills and accomplishments We look forward to seeing them continue building their legacies in their new leadership roles and So far in their Denver Police careers. They have already served the Denver community for a combined 140 years at this time Will you please stand if you are able for the presentation of the colors by the Denver Police Honor Guard? Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all Please remain standing for the invocation delivered by Denver Police Chaplain, Father Dank Let us pray Heavenly Father in times past You raised up leaders for your people to provide for them guidance and directions We thank you that you have called forth on today this leaders Who's will be celebrating their promotions? We thank you for their hard work and determinations Through which they have earned and respect of their peers as they step into positions of increased responsibility We ask you to grant them wisdom in their decisions and courage in their leadership Through them bringing it about good for our city and our Denver Police Department We ask this in your name. Amen. Thank you, Father Dank. Please be seated Operating an effective and innovative police department requires the hard work talent and dedication of sworn and civilian personnel and The support of our public and private partners in the community I now like to take a few moments to introduce our special guest and members of our command staff and ask that we hold our applause until the end. Please stand to be recognized when your name is called Executive director of the Department of Safety Armando Sadate Department of Safety Chief of Staff Jeffrey Holliday Chief of Police Ron Thomas Deputy Chief of Police Joe Montoya Division Chief of Investigations Rick Kyle Division Chief of Patrol Erin Sanchez Division Chief of Administration Megan Dodge Again representing our Denver Police chaplain's unit is Father Dang District 2 Councilman Kevin Flynn District 6 Councilman Paul Cashman District 7 Councilwoman Flora Alvarez District Denver District Attorney Beth McCann Department of Safety Chief Compliance Officer Mary Dulaki Chief of Safety Financial Officer Shanae Cummings Denver Fire Chief Desmond Fulton Deputy Chief of Paramedics Brent Stevenson Emergency Communications Director Andrew Dameron Independent Monitor Elizabeth Castle Executive Director of the Denver Civil Service Nisi Murray Denver Civil Service Commissioner Noah Stout and Our Denver Police senior leadership staff District 1 Commander Edward Ledger Filling in for our District 2 Commander Carlos Aragon is Lieutenant Kevin Curtis District 3 Commander Joel Bell District 4 Commander Brad Quali District 5 Commander Marion Pinn District 6 Commander Kimberly Bowser Airport Police Division Commander Mark Chuck Major Crimes Division Commander Matt Clark Internal Affairs Bureau Commander Steve Addison Filling in for Commander Paul Jimenez with the Strategic Investigations Bureau is Lieutenant Aaron Kafer Conduct Review Division Commander Hans Levins Special Operations Division Commander Michael O'Donnell Diversity Equity and Support Bureau Commander Michelle Fomer Operational Innovation Unit Commander Jacob Herrera Crisis Service Bureau Director Chris Richardson Representing Strategic Initiatives Bureau Director Philip Gonshak is Program Manager Elisa DeTrolio Community Engagement Bureau Marie Dabbis Communications Bureau Director Doug Shepman Identification Bureau Daniel Everett Please join me in applauding their dedicated service to our community at this time I'd like to invite Executive Director Saudate to share his thoughts on today's promotions Thank you, and good morning. It's really a pleasure to be with you all here today these are some of my Promotion ceremonies and graduations and anytime we can get here to celebrate is always a making of a good day I wanted to acknowledge a couple of people as we go through the list of people to acknowledge We always miss a couple, but I just wanted to first acknowledge Councilwoman at large and co-chair of Safety Committee Councilwoman Serena Gonzalez Gutierrez. I also see some command staff here from the Denver Sheriff's Department I don't see you all I see major half major Brunning and major Orozco Thank you all for being here on behalf of the Sheriff's Office And I want to thank also all those here that may be representing other jurisdictions other law enforcement first responders And those that have served our armed forces Gratitude it for all that you do First off, I really want to talk about our new mayor mayor Mike Johnston. He is sorry. He could not be here this morning He was trying to make it He his schedule has become out of control. I know that he I think me Chief Thomas Curry late that really being busy, but his schedule seems even more uncontrollable So he is sorry. He cannot be here. He extends his congratulations to you all And he wishes you safety and you have his support I can talk about that support that he has for this department because I see it firsthand Every time I have an opportunity to speak with him and talk to him or brief him one of the first questions He asks is how are our officers doing? He really has been appreciative of the efforts you all have made in supporting housing the thousand As we are all preparing for the brutal temperatures We're going to experience this weekend and this week coming up. We're all reminded how dangerous it is to work outside Fact chief Thomas and I were on a call yesterday with city leaders as we're planning for the morade and We're worried about people in the cold that they're going to be out there as we celebrate a dr. Martin Luther King And you know people were also saying well How about our cops that are going to be out there and our first responders and it's almost a given like you're always out there, right? And and it it was it was nice that people were also considering you know our first responders that will be out in this cold I've seen it firsthand I've seen it as I drive to the city and also I'm out at these encampments You are all out there and you're leading with such compassion for folks that are in horrendous conditions And I really want to talk about that and extend the message. I have to you is about gratitude When I was thinking about what I would talk about today I try to have a special message around leadership or something that might might inspire But then I was thinking about what was what I was truly feeling and in these past several months And then I look back at just the years since the pandemic one thing I've been eternally grateful for is those of you in uniform Especially those with the Denver Police Department. You've been through a lot You've been through a lot of turmoil crisis criticism But what I continually see instead fastly see is you show up you answer the call You had to have their call to our community when COVID hit you were all out there still answering calls when we had this unknown Virus that was this wreaking havoc in our in our community You've answered the call when we had protest and unrest in our city You've answered the call since crisis and crisis that we've had since then Including the homelessness crisis and now what we're experiencing with newcomers coming to our city That have literally in some cases walk 3,000 miles to get here. They don't speak our language They're not prepared for our temperatures yet You all are out there trying to help them succeed and help them get be be safe in our community Every time there is a crisis or there's something a critical incident in our city and we unfortunately we've had probably too many I Get notification of what we've done and what our responses Every time I get that notification though It typically is also there's information about the heroic acts that our folks are out there doing how you mitigated Violent crime how you save lives Every time I put put down the phone and mill the night or I put or I answer that text I just say thank you and but that that's not enough first of all I I have just the Being thankful and the pride that I have in being one of the leaders of your departments is Is amazing be able to to represent you all is amazing because what you do What you do every day in our community what you do with your families and everything So I'd also like to just extend my gratitude to your loved ones and the family members that are here today They wouldn't be here without you your steadfast support through all the crises that we've been through Your support of them and their careers what they do is not easy And lastly I want to say thank you for answering the call again So not only do you enter the call to go out there and serve our community You all are answering the call to lead That's not easy Especially leading through times of crisis Especially leading employees that are dealing with these crises and things that we've had to deal with and to take on that extra Responsibility when not a lot of people are and in wanting to answer the call is truly Admirable, so thank you for everything and I really appreciate it be safe Executive director saw that day and now chief Thomas would like to share his words of encouragement with the leaders being promoted today Thank you. Good morning everyone You know, thank you all for being here for such a special day It's not just special for these individuals that sit here It's a special day for the Denver Police Department certainly special day for you all I think you all for for joining me here today I always like to begin by thanking the friends and loved ones of these promoters You know, I think we all understand, you know The sacrifices made every day, but you all deserve special recognition For the support that you've given these support ease During the times that they've needed, you know people to take up the slack And you know when they had to put in the extra work in order to prepare for this day But I want to caution you all that that their need for strong support does not end today In fact, I think it grows from this day forward You know, they are going to need your support because they're not going to just be responsible for their own Actions they're going to be responsible for the actions of others And so they'll continue to need your support now to the promoters You know, I gave a lot of thought as the director did about what I would what I would say to you And you know, it occurs to me that you all understand policing.   I literally just came from the credit union But if I was to offer this hundred dollar bill to each of you, who would who would take it?  What if I what if I took one of the corners and crumpled it a little bit, but you still take it? Of course you would what if I what if I balled it up? What if I put it on the ground and got a dirty? Still take it. I'm sure. I'm sure Why is that because it's still a hundred dollars.  Thank you Thank you, chief Thomas Now with the assistance of executive director saldate and chief Thomas We will begin our badge and certificate presentations When each name is called the officer and those who will be pending on their badge are invited to come up on the stage Those who will be joining their officer on stage are asked to meet technician Dominguez to the family staging area to the right of the stage Before your officer's name is called the order of the officers being called is in your program Please note that department photographers will be taking individual pictures of each officer during badge and certificate presentations And with that let's begin Lieutenant Jeffrey Masangelo Lieutenant Jeffrey Masangelo Lieutenant Jeffrey Masangelo began serving with the Denver Police Department on January 10th of 2005 Lieutenant Masangelo's previous DPD assignments include district 4 patrol The scat marijuana team detective district 4 patrol sergeant that no investigation sergeant He has earned life-saving award Distinguished service cross award the merit award top cop chief unit citation and nine official accommodations His new assignment will be front-range task force Joining him on stage to pin his new badge is his wife Vanessa his daughter Sophia and son Brody Lieutenant Maria Cameron Aldridge Lieutenant Maria Cameron Aldridge began serving with the Denver Police Department on November 1st of 1999 She holds a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice and criminology from Metro State University Lieutenant Cameron Aldridge in previous Denver Police assignments include officer and technician in district 1 Corporal in district 1 Sergeant in district 3 Sergeant of internal affairs division Sergeant in the major crimes missing an exploited persons unit sergeant of public nuisance and abatement and sergeants of professional development unit She has earned multiple official Commodations and commentary letters and a star award her new assignment will be chief of staff for the division chief of administration and division chief of Investigations joining her on stage to pin her new badge is her father retired corporal Daniel Cameron Mother Rose Cameron husband detective Ethan Aldridge and daughter Emma Parton Michael Green Sergeant Michael Green began serving with the Denver Police Department on December 28th 2015 he holds a bachelor of science degree in political science from University of Colorado Denver Sergeant Green's previous DPD assignments include district 1. He has earned the preservation of life award His new assignment will be district 6 Joining him on stage to pin his new badge is his son Colin Green Alejandro Zapien Mata Sergeant Alejandro Zapien Mata began serving with the Denver Police Department on May 1st of 2017 He holds a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice from Metro State University Sergeant Zapien Mata's previous DPD assignments include special operations response team and district 6 His new assignment will be district 3 Joining him on stage to pin his new badge is his wife Jordan parents Javier and Sandra siblings Jorge and Leslie Sergeant Carl Roller began serving with the Denver Police Department on January 16th of 1994 Sergeant Roller's previous DPD assignments include officer district 4 patrol Technician and corporal in district 1 and corporal of our TRU He has earned three Medal of Valor awards three distinguished service cross awards three star awards Life-saving and police merit award his new assignment will be district 5 Joining him on stage to pin his new badge is his wife Shirley Roller Antony Gutierrez McCain Sergeant Antony Gutierrez McCain began serving with the Denver Police Department on December 30th of 2013 He holds a bachelor of science degree in sociology from Metro State University Sergeant Gutierrez McCain's previous DPD assignments include district 3 His new assignment will be district 6 He has earned official commendation letters Joining him on stage to pin on his new badge is his wife Nicole and daughter Sophia Matthew Traheal Sergeant Matthew Traheal began serving with the Denver Police Department on October 1st of 2007 Sergeant Traheal's previous DPD assignments include district 2 DIA Traffic Operations DUI unit and Traffic Operations neighborhood enforcement team He has earned the service award several official accommodations several top cop awards The Windsor Gardens Optimist Club and Distinguished Service Cross Award His new assignment will be district 5 joining him on stage to pin his new badge is his wife Lauren and daughter Ava Milner Sergeant Rick Milner began serving the Denver Police Department on June 30th of 2014 He holds a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice from Metro State University Sergeant Milner's previous DPD assignments include district 3 patrol District 3 impact district 3 narcotics detective and TIU detective He has earned multiple official commentary letters His new assignment will be district 6 joining him on stage to pin his new badge is his wife Natalie and daughter Kelsey Jordan Pitzley Sergeant Jordan Pitzley began serving the Denver Police Department on August 3rd of 2015 he holds a bachelor of science degree in sociology from the University of Colorado Sergeant Pittley's previous DPD assignments include district 3 patrol district 3 impact and district 3 corporal His new assignment will be district 6 joining him on stage to pin on his new badge is his wife Mieshka Pitzley Alberto Ulloa Sergeant Alberto Ulloa began serving with the Denver Police Department on December 28th of 2015 Sergeant Ulloa's previous DPD assignments include district 3 corporal and district 4 impact He has earned the NAMI award. His new assignment will be district 2 Joining him on stage to pin his new badge is his dad Carlos mom Marcia Sister Christina and nephews Ethan and Andrew at Clements Sergeant Matt Clements began serving with the Denver Police Department on June 30th of 2014 Sergeant Clements previous DPD assignments include district 6 patrol District 6 impact Detective with the fentanyl investigations team his new assignment will be district 3 Joining him on stage to pin his new badge is fiance corporal Julie Reyes and kids Kennedy and Carson Please join me again in congratulating these 11 deserving officers Please stand if you are able for the benediction My father dang congratulations to the newly Promoted chief. I thought like you're gonna give them a hundred dollar cash bonus today Let us pray Lord we ask you to be with us In a very special way as we face the challenges that we must face each day Teach us To be compassion for the innocence that we see Help us to protect and serve those who would depend on us and when the duty calls to danger Walk closely by outside And still in us great courage and be our strength and our guide We ask this in your name Amen Thank you father dang Please be seated At the conclusion of the ceremony we invite you to enjoy refreshments provided by the office of the chief of police They are set up here to the left of the stage To all of our newly promoted officers, please come to the front of the stage for a group photo following the end of this ceremony There will also be a photo opportunity for the officers and their families immediately following the ceremony right here in the front of the stage in Closing achieving promotion within the Denver Police Department is an exceptional accomplishment These 11 members of the department standing in front of you today have demonstrated through their hard work that they are ready and Committed to leading others in fulfilling the mission of the Denver Police Department Again, congratulations This concludes our ceremony. Thank you all for coming


When the narcissist wants you to return It may seem like the narcissist is done with you They may have discarded you and moved on to another situation They may have met someone else But then some time goes by and they contact you They tell you they want you to return because once the narcissist has had some time away from you It begins to feel fresh and new again It's similar to the narcissist taking a drug again and again Until it no longer has the same effect But when they take some time away from the drug They can then experience its true potency This is what happens when the narcissist spends some time away from you When they come back Everything feels new again But this only lasts for a short amount of time Because when a narcissist is around their supply They demand all of their time and attention They milk it for all its worth Until it no longer has the same effect on them Until they get bored But once the narcissist has spent some time away from you They will want you to return They will be waiting for an opportunity to lure you in again They will want you to return if you were a good supply Or if they want to get revenge on you for some perceived injury Because these are the only reasons why the narcissist would want you to return It's not because they miss you It's not because they love you or care for you It's all about them It's all about how you can benefit them or make their lives more convenient When the narcissist discards you Or if you leave them It may seem like they're not interested in you And for a moment They may be preoccupied with other sources of supply It may take some time until they finally hover you But when they get bored They will want you to return Even if they're just bringing you in to punish you But they're not going to reveal their true intentions to you Unless they know that you are no longer susceptible to their manipulation If they know that you're not going to buy into the illusion Their mask will be off They will show you exactly who they are And they will use it to coerce you into returning to them They will try to induce fear or shame within you They will try to make you feel guilty Because they're expecting that to make you give in If the narcissist doesn't think that you're going to return to them They will try to enmesh themselves into every aspect of your life They will contact your family and friends And they will try to gain their trust and use them to do their bidding They will start a smear campaign Your family and friends may become the narcissist flying monkeys And anything you say to them may go back to the narcissist It may be difficult But you may find that you have to cut off certain friends and family members Because once the narcissist has infected them They're going to be no good to you They're just going to keep you connected to the narcissist And the narcissist will use any information they give them to monitor you To track your movements And to plan what they're going to do next When the narcissist wants you to return They may play the victim They may act like you or someone else did something to them And now they're in an unfortunate situation They may act like you abandoned them without help or support They will make it seem as though you are the only one who can save them As though there is nothing that anyone else can do for them They will give you fake apologies and fake epiphanies They will use future faking They will do anything to get you to return And because they know that you're an empath They will assume that certain things will work on you They will guilt trip you They will give you sob stories They will become attention hoes Where they will do anything to get your attention The narcissist will always try to make you feel bad They will always try to trigger your empathy Because they see that as your weakness They see it as something they can exploit So that they can get what they want But they never felt bad for you They never did anything to show that they care about you Yet they expect it from you While they use and abuse you Which is why when the narcissist tries to get you to return You need to pull away Don't fall for their sob stories Recognize that they are not worthy of your empathy Because they're only going to take advantage of it And then they will soon return to their own behaviors They will hurt you again and again Until you decide that you've had enough It's only when you make that decision to close the door That it will finally come to an end Thank you for watching I hope this video resonated with you Please like, comment, share and subscribe If you would like to donate My PayPal link is in the video description Coaching inquiries You can email me at coaching.narc-survivor.uk Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon


My name is Emma Aisbitt and I am a Fellow at the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. I've really focused on economic globalisation on trade and investment and its governance and how getting the rules right on that can really be the starting point to trying to make it a fairer but also a more environmentally sustainable world. I was always pretty good at maths and interested in using my skills to help the world, particularly for environmental purposes and originally my undergraduate degree was at UNSW in chemical engineering because I thought it was a good way of combining my skills and my interests but then I really did want to get the environmental aspect so I was privileged enough to get to take a Master's of Environmental Change and Management in Oxford and then I thought okay I'm all set up to be an environmental engineer and I did enjoy that and I worked for the EPA in New South Wales but after a while I started feeling frustrated that environmental engineers seem to be trying to fix up the problems at the end of the pipe whereas the source of the problems seem to be more structural in the global economy so that's why I went off to Berkeley to study economics and then I spent five and a half years at the University of Humboldt and came back to the ANU start of 2018 and I've been here since. The Grand Challenge Scheme is really about using the National Institutes grant that ANU has to take on grand challenges for the world and to really have an impact so this is about doing research on things that really matter but research that has an impact in the real world so the ANU puts its money where its mouth is on this and each of the grand challenges gets $10 million over five years and we've used a large part of our $10 million to hire an incredible team of early career researchers with a great mix of disciplines and genders to work together in a truly transdisciplinary way to try and help Australia shift from a very carbon intensive export profile to embedding renewable energy and helping the world as well as helping secure Australia's economic future. In particular, part of my appointment is as the Associate Director of Search for the ANU Grand Challenge, Zero Carbon Energy for the Asia Pacific and that is really relevant because that grand challenge is really about envisioning a new future for Australia which is led by a combination of our natural resources and the incredible renewable energy resources we have in Australia as well as our human resources which is really where the ANU and other universities can come in so Australia has traditionally exported a lot of raw materials as we know mining and gas. Upwards of 90% of these sort of embedded carbon emissions or greenhouse emissions from Australia's current export profile actually occur in the Asia Pacific so yes we have perhaps helped the Asia Pacific develop over recent decades but we've done that in a very carbon intensive way that is harmful for the whole world including the Asia Pacific and Australia and so really what we're looking at is how can we start still supporting growth in the region but doing it in a way that is not coming at the cost of all of our health and well-being. And this is really an opportunity to take our renewable resources and take our human capital and sort of move up the value chain and start embedding our renewable energy in clean products both to future proof Australia's export but also to make more use of the human capital that we have in Australia and really value it. Firstly I was very flattered to be asked to be a part of the GOA initiative and I think hats off to the ANU and to the initiative that really made sure that they got a mixture of people of different career stages and different genders and different disciplines although there was an emphasis for obvious reasons on people with an economics and policy background so I kind of fitted that in but also I think they wanted people who do think about the real world and how it interacts with academia so one of the things that was exciting about the GOA initiative was that we got we got to put forward ideas you know sort of share these ideas about how Australia can contribute so I was contributing I know others from the ANU were contributing to one of the scenario ideas where we have sort of this this research-led recovery which involves research around our energy transition and how that can really bring value both to Australia and to the region. I enjoy that I get to work on the things that I really care about and that intellectual freedom is just such an incredible privilege that we have and so to put my work time into following my passions and feeling like you might be actually doing good in the world is is just a real gift so I was really pleased to be able to use my expertise to make a contribution to the group of eight COVID-19 research reform task force. Climate change is real I mean there's no scientific doubt about that issue and it is having real consequences already of course storms have always happened but they're going to happen more often and they're going to happen with an underlying higher sea level rise we've had the terrible droughts that just keep happening and of course the bushfires that were completely unprecedented that's just Australia we're seeing consequences all around the world and I think the other reason perhaps that the ANU thought that this particular project was good to support is that actually we're at this tipping point we actually we can do it for so many years there was this oh but it's going to be so expensive and but we're at the point where renewable energy is actually cheaper than new-built coal-fired electricity so we really can do this all we need to do is overcome a vested interest but be this is a new way of doing a whole lot of things and this is why research and particularly sort of impact and engagement focused research it might really be able to tip us quick enough to actually smooth the curve in time so to speak to be honest the this grand challenge on zero carbon energy for the Asia Pacific has been really important part of my personal journey so I must admit I mean anyone who has been paying attention over the last decade perhaps would have reason to be concerned and certainly there was an element of feeling like we're going to hell in a hand basket to be honest and I think being part of this grand challenge and working with the engineers who've made this stuff happen who have made this reality and then thanks to it large but I must say to China making solar panels for example cheap enough I see that it really is possible and so I don't know if I have hope but why not keep trying anyway right I think if you look around the world you can see how badly things can go wrong if science is given a back seat in responding to crisis particularly the COVID crisis Australia has done a relatively good job thus far in terms of handling the immediate COVID health impacts with a strong emphasis on the science but we really need to make sure this is a major unprecedented economic catastrophe as well and if we are going to make sure that our society doesn't fall apart that we don't see structural poverty just becoming part of the Australian economic landscape if we want to take this opportunity to actually achieve sustainable development then we really will need all the best minds working together on this stuff and we will need research informed policy


So, we focus on a disease called rheumatic fever and this can lead to heart damage called rheumatic heart disease. So, it's important to prevent rheumatic fever so that we can prevent rheumatic heart disease. But there's no specific diagnostic test for rheumatic fever. So, what our lab is doing is trying to improve the diagnosis of rheumatic fever. Usually, we'll use a combination of clinical symptoms as well as evidence of a preceding strep infection. So, strep is a bacteria that actually causes rheumatic fever. So, we need to see that someone has seen a strep infection to be able to diagnose them. But it's not a very good test and so there's a lot of problems with it. So, our lab is trying to develop a way to measure the antibodies more efficiently to try and overcome some of those problems with the diagnosis. So, my work is making a technology that would quickly and accurately measure antibodies to the strep antigen. And this will overcome some of the obstacles that current clinical labs face because they have two separate tests and it's just a bit of time consuming and not very accurate. Strep and rheumatic fever mainly affect in New Zealand, Māori and Pacific children. So, there's a huge disparity, health disparity there. So, it's really important that we can get on to this and help prevent rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.


Good day, fellow investors. A few weeks ago, I made a good video about copper being one of my best investment thesis. How I'm very bullish on copper of the next 5, 10 years. I think it's cheap. The economics, the difficulty of mining it, it's getting harder and harder. And how over the next 5, 10 years, the copper price will go higher and therefore is why I'm invested in. And then I got a lot of emails asking me, okay Sven, what is a good copper company to buy? I have one, I'm owning one company that's a pure copper miner. One is exposed to copper and another one a little bit. But I found one company that's a great company, a great copper miner. The price is perhaps a little bit higher, but it is one to watch and one that I have put on my cover stocks that I cover. I have 40 companies that I cover. I look, I adjust for earnings and I wait for them those price to fit my entry point. That's what I do on my stock market research platform. You can check that out whenever you want. The link is in the description below. All my research is less than $1 per day. So let's less than a cup of coffee with me per day and you get everything that I do structured, every trade, everything. So check it out when you get the time. Now let's go to Southern Copper Corporation. It has all the qualities of a great business and all the qualities I look when I look at stocks. But then when it comes to investing, you also have to look at, okay, what's going on? What are the catalyst? What might happen? When what might happen? And what might impact the stock price? Will it be a better bargain in the future and can I buy it at a discount at some point in time? Which is something I think I can, it might be able to do. When you have 40 stocks, it's enough that three of those become a bargain in a year and you do really, really well. So it might, it might not. Let me give you an overview of the company. Why I think it's a great business. What is the current valuation? What is the current expected return from my earnings model? And then you'll see how this fits your portfolio, whether you want to cover it, to follow it, put it on your watch list or whether you want just to follow what I do and have me cover it, follow earnings, follow the industry, things that happen for you. Let's start. So Southern Copper Corporation, when I looked at last time, 2018, it was very expensive, but now the stock price is significantly down. However, because of copper is down, expected recession, everything. But when you look at such things, when you see great companies going down, then it's always good to check them out. So Southern Copper is a company that has mines, copper mines in Mexico and Peru, and they have very good mines. And what I really like about them is that they have 70 years of mining ahead of them. There are a lot of mining companies that can mine for five, 10 years, have good economics, but what's next? What's after seven, after the 10th year? Well, they don't have to worry at Southern Copper about that because they have great mines, great assets, and they are a low-cost producer. When it comes to mining, there are always issues. Mining is not nice, but it is necessary for the world we live in. So there are protests again against the 1.4 billion new copper project that they plan to do in Peru. This will delay things. It has already been delayed for a decade due to projects. And we will see how that works out over the long term, but these projects are not everything that the company is. The company is diversified across many projects, and that's what actually makes it interesting and gives it the value. As you can see, the cash cost is then very low, and this is another benefit on top of the 70 years of production. So diversification with many projects and extremely low cash costs. If you look at the cost curve for copper miners, it is at the lowest cost curve. In the world, Glencore is also low, but Glencore has high debt attached to that mining. Then we have tech, tech is exposed to coal, vale, okay, low copper cost, but then iron ore, BHP differentiated, et cetera, et cetera. And then you have those very leveraged copper miners that if copper prices go down, are in trouble. But Southern Copper, if copper prices go down, they will make a billion, two billion less, but they will unlikely go bust because of their low copper mining costs. So that is the second advantage on top of the 70 years of mining ahead. And then the third key component of this company, they have been growing production slow and steady over the last 10 years. So really increasing production on those low cost, on the quality of their assets, investing on a higher return on capital invested. And their plan is to continue to do so in the future and increase production 105% over the next seven, eight, 10 years. If they do that, this stock will just be a double just because they increased production. If then all the copper fundamentals that we discussed in the other video evolve, this can also be a triple in the next 10 years. So that is a great return. Plus, they already have cash flows, they are paying a dividend, so they are rewarding shareholder. So a lot of things to like here. However, in the past, capital expenditures were around one billion per year. They plan to push that up to two billion per year. So that might put pressure on dividends. If copper prices go lower, the dividend might be cut. And whenever there is a dividend cut, there is so much selling because nobody wants to buy a company without a dividend or a company that just cut the dividend or those holding stocks just for the dividend are going for something else. And that's usually the best time to buy. So I'm waiting here for a period where capital expenditures are extremely high, revenues from copper, cash flows from copper are low due to low copper prices, perhaps a recession that leads the company to cut the dividend that leads the stock price to fall down and then I'm going to look at this great asset if it is a bargain, of course, compared to other investing opportunities. For now, if we look at my earnings model, I get to three billion in cash flow, very conservatively estimated in 2025. That's a 10% yield on current levels, 28 billion market capitalization, which is not enough for me. I'm looking for earnings yields of 15% today or in the future. But if there is a dividend yield of 10% in 2025, the stock will definitely double, the dividend yield will fall to 5%. So that's already a good return. If you add that 7% when the stock doubles over per year, plus 3, 4, 5% of dividend, that's a 15% return you can expect from this company over the long term, which is not bad and would fit many very portfolios, very, very well. However, for me, it's not enough now. I have a little bit better miners for now. I'm covering this, we'll adjust for earnings update, see how things work. But this is a great, great asset to look at, add and follow and add when it's really, really cheap because it can be a portfolio gem. Thank you for watching. Looking forward to your comments. I hope you enjoyed this. This is a really good company. And for now, I'm going to cover, look at what the management does, says, has done, look at the annual report.  So over time, I give myself a lot of time to really learn a company in debt and then compare it to other opportunities and then see whether it is a buy or not. Thank you for watching. Looking forward to your comments and I'll see you in the next video.


The president also disclosed that 5 million Nigerians have been vaccinated against COVID-19. This is as the government is exploring every possible avenue to get more vaccines into the country. This scenario predicted for our country never came. Even as the Delta variant continues to spread, we have built the capacity we need to respond now and into the future. I will therefore appeal to Nigerians not to take COVID lightly, add higher to public health and social measures, put your mask on and get vaccinated. Some 5 million vaccine doses have been administered to Nigerians through efforts led by the National Primary Health Care Department Agency and we will continue to explore options for purchase or acquisition of vaccines such as through COVAX and the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust.


Hello everyone, thank you for joining me today. My name is Joseph Ting, I am most recently a senior product manager at eBay for the collectibles team. I'm actually in the process of transitioning right now I will shortly be joining META as a product manager for the AR team but catching me at an interesting time in my professional career. I'm here to talk to you today about building products from zero to one. So before we get into it, I'd like to start by doing a little bit of a summary of the top level points of what I'll be talking through. So the first thing to note is that recruiters really value PM candidates with experience building products from zero to one. I'll talk a little bit about what is a zero to one product, what it entails to get there, and also why it is so valuable to have this experience, not only for your resume but also for your skill set and profile as well. Beyond that, selling your zero to one initiative up the internal ladder is the first biggest obstacle. So one of the things that is often understated is how much internal selling you need to do as a product manager, particularly when you are spinning up this initial zero to one initiative from the ground floor all the way through to its inevitable or eventual launch. Long term success hinges on your ability to quickly pivot from selling to execution. So I'll talk a little bit about this pivot and how as a product manager you need to navigate from selling that product and selling the idea and the vision of the initiative to actually being able to execute on it and deliver on it so that you can actually prove out the vision that you sold not only to your internal stakeholders but potentially to external stakeholders as well. I'll also be talking a little bit about ruthless prioritization and negotiation. So these are key attributes that are essential in getting your product from over the finish line and turning it from something that is just an idea into something that is actually tangible that people can use and interact with. And then finally, I'll talk a little bit about some of the risks associated with zero to one initiative zero to one initiatives are inherently risky, and they must always be treated as if they're delay away from being scrapped. So who am I? So I am a consumer technology focused product manager with five years of experience at three different organizations. At each of those three organizations, I have led a zero to one initiative all the way from inception all the way through to launch and post launch support. So I first was a product manager at BlackRock working on financial service products. I was working on their internal customer relationship management platform where I launched two separate zero to one initiatives, one being a client management tool. The other being a pipeline management tool to essentially help our internal sales people navigate the landscape of who they were selling to and how to identify those opportunities. At the RealReal, which is an e-commerce recently IPO company. I think the IPO I want to say two years ago, they are what I like to describe as a luxury end to end eBay.  I was a part of the seller experience team over there and I actually worked on their virtual consignment flows. So this was at the height of COVID and essentially figuring out how do we get our representatives over at the RealReal interacting with customers and potential clients in a way that is fully remote. And then most recently, I have been a senior product manager, the founding product manager of the eBay collectibles team and I'll talk a little bit about my experience as part of that team. So what have I worked on? I'm going to use my recent experience as an example of a zero to one initiative that I led all the way from again inception all the way through to launch. So at eBay, I originated the roadmap and the formation of the collectibles initiative. So what does that entail? So essentially what I wanted to bring to the table and what I wanted to develop as part of eBay was how do we build an experience for collectible enthusiasts?  How do we create a more engaging experience on platform for users? As part of this in July of 2021, we launched our first product as part of that broader initiative, which was the collection platform. So the way that I like to characterize this is this is essentially a portfolio management tool, first for trading cards later for other products in the future. So this is something that is publicly available in the app today. So if you go to the eBay app and you go to the left hand nav and Android and just the standard navigation in iOS, you'll actually be able to see this product live in the experience today. So my experience involves not only spinning up that initiative from the ground floor and essentially creating the business case around why we should be doing this in the first place, but also launching this platform live to site. So how do we define a zero to one initiative? What is a zero to one initiative? Really, because we'll be talking about this during the entire the entirety of the presentation. So it's helpful to understand how I define a zero to one initiative and how to think about this. So really a zero to one initiative is a brand new product suite of products or initiative where you are essentially leading the entire product development lifecycle from origination, ideation, prototyping, all the way through to execution and actual delivery of that product. Now, in thinking about the differences between a zero to one initiative and a fully matured initiative, you can think about it in a variety of different ways. So there are a couple of key characteristics to look at. Some that I would look at are, have there been any historical product launches? If yes, it's probably, if not a fully matured initiative, at least one that's not a zero to one initiative. Has a roadmap been established at all whatsoever? How well codified, how well established is that roadmap? If it's very well-baked, if it's very well established, then it's probably not a zero to one initiative. PM ownership, does someone own this already? Is there a part of the organization that owns this already? If so, probably not a zero to one initiative. The product mission, how well defined is it? Has someone gone to you and said, this is really what we're looking to do in this very specific way? If so, probably not a zero to one initiative. And then finally, organizational support. So how behind this initiative is the organization? Typically for a zero to one initiative, at its very earliest stage, it tends to have either no support or not meaningful support. So that's something to look for as well. One thing that I should call out is that zero to one initiatives do not have to be wholly original ideas. You don't have to be inventing, you know, the brand, the brandest, newest, most cutting edge technology ever invented, right? This is something where what you need to be focused on is what has your organization, what has your team, what has your division not done successfully or not done already, right? So this is something that is new to your team, new to your organization, but not necessarily new in an objective absolute sense. So just something to bear in mind. So, secondarily, why should you care about zero to one initiative? So we're talking a lot about zero to one initiatives and what they are. But why should you as a product manager, whether you're a junior mid level or senior product manager care about building a zero to one initiative or zero to one product? Well, really it comes down to two things. The first is development of skills and for simplicity sake, we'll just call these zero to one skills. In essence, when you are building something all the way from the beginning, all the way through execution, delivery, launch, post launch support, you are seeing the product, the product development cycle through its entirety. And because of that, you're going to develop an extremely robust, fulsome skillset as a product manager, you're going to see everything that product management has to offer, at least at the individual contributed level. So some of these skills include product ideation and origination, the ability to map out the user competitive landscape, the ability to say is this product feasible, the ability to convince people that a product is feasible or not feasible. Being able to do internal stakeholder management and the selling necessary to get it from just a mere idea that has no sponsorship to a heavily supported vision that can be turned into an actual roadmap and execution plan. And then finally, execution of skills, the ability to just deliver on this project to be able to take the vision, the big picture that you've kind of mapped out and you're trying to sell to people and actually be able to turn it into a real product. And then finally, once the product is actually live and launched, being able to take feedback on that product and be able to continuously iterate after the fact. The second major reason why you're going to want to build a zero to one product is the enhanced profile that that's going to build for recruitment as well. So there are a couple of connotations and implications that come along with building something from zero to one. The first thing to note is that if you're operating in the tech space, which or you have a desire to operate in the tech space, which I imagine all of you or most of you do or are. There's a general culture of entrepreneurship in tech culture and history of entrepreneurship. And that's not to say that every single product manager at every single level is necessarily a board entrepreneur or could even be an entrepreneur. But there is a deep history, culture and fondness of skills that imply entrepreneurship and building something zero to one implies a strong level of internal entrepreneurship. Not necessarily that you could build your own company, but that you could build something from scratch inside of an organization, which for the most part is what most of you should aspire or do aspire to working on. Beyond that, there's just an implied aptitude and all of the zero to one skills that I spoke to earlier, as well as an implied ability to navigate organizational ambiguity and politics. So organizations are complex, the larger the organization, the older the organization, the more complex it's going to be. And even young organizations have their own nuances that need to be negotiated and navigated. So when you build something from zero to one, particularly a big scope, big impact project. That is something that you will have to navigate as you as you go through that experience. And that's something that when you're being recruited for a tech organization, that's something that recruiters will be on the lookout for. And then finally, it's just a proven track record of success. So there are a lot of things that can go wrong in building a zero to one initiative product or or project and taking it all the way through means that you've had to navigate a lot of that risk very, very carefully and very, very well. So, along with that just comes the proven track record of having taken something from merely an idea merely a concept into something that users can actually interact and engage with. So how do you even start how do you take this thing from, you know, maybe just the germ of an idea into something that has sponsorship of a leader or an organization. Well, one of the things that is often understated in terms of spinning an initiative up from the ground floor is product company fit. So product market fit I think is well understood. How well does this product fit within the competitive landscape, how well does this fit with our company's profile and what we're known for. Product company fit is essentially saying is essentially to say how well equipped is this organization to either do zero to one initiatives in general, or this specific zero to one initiative how aligned is it with the objectives of the organization. Right, because one of the things that we talk a lot about in product management is how does this product fit for the user how does it fit for the use case that we're solving for. But what's spoken a little bit less frequently is how well does this fit with the organization's strategic imperatives and the strategic imperatives of leaders within our organization. So a couple things to call out here, you're going to need a balance of both create creativity and salesmanship salesman man woman ship. The idea behind this is essentially that you need the creativity to come up with the idea and define the requirements create an interesting experience that you know has a really exciting one sentence summary. And the salesmanship salesman woman ship comes in in terms of getting advocacy from leaders within your organization because without advocacy from leaders within your organization. Your initiative is essentially going to be dead on arrival. And that's really important to understand that you need a sponsor you need an advocate to get this initiative from zero to one. Beyond that, you are responsible as the product manager to really make a strong business and product case as to why this makes sense. So this involves everything from saying, what is the market opportunity and out the likelihood that we can actually claim that market opportunity, as well as saying, is this something that we could feasibly to do, given the technology that our organization is already leveraging given the things that we've already built. Given the teams competencies that the skills we have on staff or our ability to recruit for those skills. Do we have an ability to actually execute on this. And as I spoke to earlier, some organizations are just better equipped generally to support zero to one initiatives and that can be anything from financial support, strategic support, political support, and or cultural support. So it's not only the element of we can afford to do this or we can afford to do this, but is there the political will, is there the internal drive to deliver on these types of initiatives, or is this something that's going to fall on deaf ears. So these are all considerations you need to make, and work that you need to do as a product manager to make sure that your germ of an idea catalyzes into something much more substantial that can garner support from leadership within the organization. So, so okay, so let's move past that. Let's say that you have come up with your idea, you have successfully sold it up the leadership ladder and, and now you have advocates supporting your initiative. How do you successfully execute on that initiative. So as I spoke to earlier, that pivot is going to be really important and it happens rather suddenly where you all of a sudden go from your selling this big vision you are trying to sell leadership on the, of a zero to one initiative, the idea that you could build something new and you could be first or best or whatever, right. And very quickly you're going to have to pivot from that salesy visionary to someone who is a brass tax executor someone who is just there to build and launch this product. So the first thing you're going to need to do is you're going to need to rank all features and products that you have on your roadmap that were included in your original vision documents, and really come up with a very firmly established point of view from your from where you are in terms of what is are the most important features products to build in what order. Then you always need to be comfortable asking for a little more than you think you're going to get right so when you go into conversations, either with leadership, engineering managers, partner partner stakeholders, internal partner stakeholders. You need to be able to enter that conversation, really understanding what it is you want to get out of that conversation, you know what are you negotiating for what are you willing to give up. And, and that's, that's exactly the thing right you need to be able to enter that conversation from with a very strong point of view, in terms of what you see as the true MVP. And then, finally, you really need to be very disciplined about what knowing when to put your pencil down and essentially say to yourself, you know what requirements are finalized. This is the final MVP that we are comfortable with. This is something that everyone involved is agreed upon. And this is what we're going to execute on. Now, there are always going to be those micro decisions that need to happen in the moment as you're executing. And there's you're also acting upon incomplete information. So there will be decisions that you will need to make in the future tradeoffs and conversations that will happen as you're actually executing on the product. But to the best of your ability, you need to establish a deadline for yourself as to when you say, okay, you know what, you know what, this is it. This is the final prioritized list. This is what we're moving forward with. So finally, let's talk about some of the risks associated with a zero to one initiative. So when I presented that initial definition of a zero to one initiative, you might have been asking yourself, saying to yourself, it sounds like there's not a lot there, there, and that's exactly right, right? Because with a zero to one initiative, you're essentially building this thing from the ground up. And when there's not a lot to go off of, there's a lot of unknowns that you're going to have to address straight out of the get go. So a couple of things. The first thing is very early in a zero to one initiatives life cycle. That zero to one initiative is particularly vulnerable to changes in decision making processes and changes in decision makers. Right. So let's say that today you're talking to Steve, and Steve is the decision maker, and he really supports your initiative. And then tomorrow, Janet is the one responsible for making the decision and Janet doesn't support your decision. Well, guess what, today is today and Janet is the decision maker today.  So it's really important to know, you know, who is the decision maker, what is the decision making process, and being able to push it through that decision making process as quickly as possible. You know what, it kind of doesn't matter that Steve was the decision maker and Steve formally agreed with your decision. Today, Janet is the one who makes that decision. That kind of ties into my second point, which is to say that management changes in New York's can completely shift a business's strategic priorities. So while I've been at eBay, as an example, there have been some pretty major management shifts. There was a new CEO who was introduced to their company pretty shortly before I joined. So that led to a series of reorgs within the organization. Any, any one of those changes could have completely shifted the business's priorities to not align with the initiative that I had in mind. So that's really important to keep in mind at any point in time, you are one rear of the way from your initiative being absolutely canned. The other thing to consider is if you fail at a zero to one initiative, that will negatively impact your credibility within the organization. So let's say that you have gotten a bunch of leaders on board with supporting your zero to one initiative and you oversold the product viability by way too much. And it turns out as the team is executing on this, the project is way more time intensive, way more costly than they anticipated, and they end up deciding halfway through execution. They say, you know what, we thought this thing was going to take six months and, you know, a team of 15 engineers to work on, and it's turned out taking a full year and a team of 30 engineers. So, you know what, we're going to cut our losses and not do this initiative anymore. All of that wasted time essentially comes at the expense of your credibility within that organization. So essentially, you know, the next time that you maybe have a great zero to one initiative to bring to leaders, they may be a little bit more reticent to support you, just given that they've put their political capital online investing in you and your initiative. And then finally, even if a zero to one initiative is successful, a lot of times it'll draw unwanted attention from people who are trying to gravitate around that initiative's newfound success. So even though you put in all the work to build it up and, you know, make it what it was, you want to make sure that the people who ultimately are involved with the initiative actually care about making it successful, actually care about making the best possible product for your users, right? You want to make sure that the people who become involved with your project actually want to make a better product and don't just care about having the success associated with building a zero to one initiative, right? So just build all of that in mind. That's not to say that you shouldn't do a zero to one initiative. You know, again, I think I've been pretty strongly positive I'm building a zero to one initiative for all of the aforementioned reasons. But it is important to be aware of these risks as you go about this. And as you think about what something that you might want to build might look like in the future. So let's let's go to some of the final takeaways. So building a zero to one initiative crucial for building your profile and your skill set as a product manager. Zero to one initiatives are everywhere. So a lot of times people will say, you know, I have a really hard time finding a zero to one initiative. It is part of your responsibility as a product manager to identify these opportunities and to be able to bring them to light. That's part of the creativity element I spoke to earlier. Product company fit is as important as product market fit. So don't just think about the business opportunity. Don't just think about the competitive landscape and you know where the product fits within the product fits within this broader suite of products that your company offers. Really think about culturally, politically, organizationally, how does this fit within the context of your organization and what you're trying to sell the vision deliver the MVP. So really make sure that when you are trying to promote your initiative internally and get it off the ground to get advocates that you're selling, selling, selling, selling. And then finally make that pivot to delivery, executing on the MVP and the minimally viable products. So that's crucially important there. And then finally, always, always, always approach these initiatives as if they could be scrapped at a moment's notice because the truth is they can and they will. So not every zero to one initiative is going to be successful. Not everything you work on is going to be successful. But you need an urgency as the product manager to be able to say to yourself, this is something that is important to the organization, it's important to our users. So, you know, you have an urgency as a product manager to keep pushing keep promoting your initiative up until the moment it's delivered and even then continue to push on it, even if the initiative itself is successful. So I'd like to thank all of you for attending. You can feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn. My LinkedIn link is here at linkedin.com forward slash I am forward slash Joseph each day. So thank you all for taking the time to listen to me today. And I hope you all go out and build your zero to one initiatives. I'm excited to see what each of you builds in the future. Thank you so much.


Item number SCP-3949 Object Class Euclid Correction Neutralized Special Containment Procedures Foundation web crawler IO-NYSE is to monitor for posts mentioning Panumbra WAVE, further referred to as Panumbra Wave, or its characters. Any flagged posts are to be immediately reported to Mobile Task Force on Macron 5, codename true fans. Mobile Task Force on Macron 5 is to determine if these posts originated from SCP-3949, and if so, to respond to these posts until the SCP-3949 instance deletes itself. Description SCP-3949 denotes a series of accounts, presumably all created by a single entity, located on various social media websites, forums, and message boards. All of SCP-3949's posts enter around the non-existent animated series Panumbra Wave, or the fan community supposedly surrounding it. However, researchers have managed to extrapolate information about Panumbra Wave through SCP-3949's posts. According to these extrapolations, Panumbra Wave is in the sci-fi genre, and had four seasons before going on indefinite hiatus. In-depth information can be found in supplementary file 3949-R238. Posts to trace the origin of SCP-3949 have so far proven unsuccessful. Approximately two percent of people who view SCP-3949's posts will become convinced that Panumbra Wave exists, and that they have watched at least one episode of it. Remember details of Panumbra Wave are mostly consistent across different people. These false memories cease once SCP-3949 deletes itself, but can return upon the next SCP-3949 emergence. SCP-3949 has a very timid temperament, and generally does not respond positively to negative comments or responses to its posts. In most cases, SCP-3949 will respond a few times with attempts to induce guilt in the responder, before deleting itself and all its posts entirely. After this, SCP-3949 will reappear under a new username after a variable period ranging from 9 to 72 days. Under Incident 3949-119, SCP-3949 has not created any new accounts. After one year of inactivity, SCP-3949 was reclassed neutralized. Abbreviated SCP-3949 Incident Log Incident Number 014 Post Content A digital artwork created by SCP-3949 depicting two characters, Iridium and Tobill, embracing. Mobile Task Force Response Several comments noting the discrepancy in Iridium's skin color between the artwork, light brown, and the show, Dark Purple. Incident Number 057 Post Content A reposted fan fiction by the user ImaPorpis-119. Work is 18 chapters long, and primarily centers on an alternate ending to Season 2 where the Kairong army never reached the Mycarion Citadel, with a romantic subplot between two minor characters. Mobile Task Force Response Comments critiquing the overall grammar, dialogue, extreme mischaracterization of King Akash, as well as several statements that the two romantic leads of the work have never shared screen time in the show. Incident Number 066 Post Content A reposted uncredited artwork depicting one character wielding the Storm Sword and standing over a defeated foe. Mobile Task Force Response Several extensive comments analyzing previous fight scenes and statistics, ultimately concluding that the losing character would have easily defeated the other, and that the winning character would be incapable of wielding the Storm Sword in the first place. Incident Number 089 Post Content A video overlaying a non-existent song by Angel by Fireflight over a series of short clips of a climactic sword battle during Season 1 Episode 9. Mobile Task Force Response Several comments criticizing the choice of song and suggesting that scenes from later seasons would have been more visually appealing. Incident Number 119 Post Content A long, approximately 10,000 word post describing SCP-3949's personal life, experience while watching the show, and how the show has affected SCP-3949's life.


Hi everybody, it's Brian and I just kind of wanted to make a little quick video note here. I had, if you've been watching my videos you know that for like a couple years now I've been wanting laser eye surgery so I wouldn't have to wear glasses and for a while I even went without glasses just to see if I could do it. Finally broke down, got the surgery. I went to a place called Southwest Michigan Eye Center. This is all kind of in case you're thinking of getting it. It's actually a pretty decent experience. I mean ironically I knew some of these people, like this guy actually lives next to my uncle but never met him, never met him. Dr. William A. Shray is the guy who did my surgery, very good doctor, nothing but positive things to say about him and the operation and ironically he used to sell me glasses at Pearlvision so I've kind of bumped into some of these fellows throughout life. But Dr. Shray is a pretty, pretty well-renowned surgeon here. He's got a lot under his belt and I felt really comfortable. I hope he doesn't mind, you know, thousands of people viewing his webpage but I actually live in Battle Creek and the surgery was in Lansing which actually kind of worked out well because I work in Lansing and live in Battle Creek so I just did like a half day but as you can see it's a hefty little drive here.  I mean I live in Michigan which I mean if you zoom out you see the United States it's actually pretty populated little area here but even so I still had to drive like an hour away to get this done so if you live in kind of a remote location you're definitely looking at a drive or at least an overnight stay.  If you know what a volume is, like an ad-aband, it calms you down, I didn't have one. I think the guy in front of me probably had like 60 because he was really not there, he was real nervous. Anyways, there's different types of sutures. There's PRK, lasek, and lasek. The differences is how they actually do it. PRK, they actually scrape the tissue on the top of your eye off, they just remove it. Lasek, they actually put like this little ring and they drop alcohol in it to dissolve the tissue. And lasek, they actually cut with like this little, they use, I think it's called a microfiblia or something like that, but the place that I went to, the Southwood Michigan Eye Center, they have this thing called intralase, so it's totally beladeless. It's all done with lasers, it's actually pretty sweet. And that's why I specifically went here because I didn't like the little, I probably mispronouncing it, microfib. It looks like a can opener for your eye. It's just very scary.  They use this intralase laser, which is all done with lasers. It's, see, why I blade free, how does it work? My internet's been acting kind of crazy lately, but I mean you could just kind of read about the intralase laser. I think it's called the exciser laser also. It's actually pretty sweet. Did a lot of reading about it. And I was fairly nervous going into this because I've, you know, like many of you, I went up to Google and I typed in, you know, lasek or PRK recovery and there are some horror stories out there. There's people that claim it made them blind. There's people that, you know, PRK is supposed to be the most painful version of all these with the longest recovery time because you're literally just peeling that flesh right off.    The reason why I had PRK instead of these others is I have high pressure in my eyes. Borderline glaucoma maybe.  And with these two, they actually like clamp your eye down with a vacuum. Lasek and lasek.  You can't move it. And that creates a tremendous amount of pressure in the eye. And if I already have high pressure, you can't do that. Where PRK, your eye is free-floating. You can move it around. They just clamp your eyes open so that you can't blink.  Alright so the actual surgery itself looks very similar to, let's see if I can pull up a bigger picture here, this right here. We got a couple people and they're watching some monitor off to the edge that you can't see and you've got the actual doctor performing the operation here. And the laser is this guy right here. Doesn't really look like you think a laser would look like. And I was looking for something like out of Terminator or something like that or Star Wars. But no, it's just this big, you know, machine looking thing. And you lay down and they give you a little stuffed animal to hold, which I think at one point I was squeezing the life out of. And they zap you. Now they put numbing drops in. And with PRK, and this is what I was talking about where it gets a little graphic here, is they actually scraped the top off using it. It looks like this little toothbrush thing. And when they first did it, my eye wasn't fully numb. I don't think that was any fault of the doctor. I'm just generally weird when it comes to drugs. They either hit me real hard or they don't hit me at all. And my, it didn't really hurt. It was just like it was something touching your eye. You could feel it. And I said, hey, you know, I'm not numb fully. And he's like, oh, we can fix that. And he numbed it up. And then as he was doing my eye, he said, you know, some people says this tickles. And I was like, yeah, right. How could this stick? And then it actually did tickle and I giggled a little bit. And then he did the left eye and it didn't, I didn't feel it at all. Yeah, there's no tickling, unfortunately. And what it does is it creates this rough, I shouldn't say it's rough, this clean surface.   And you've got this, you know, kind of fresh tissue bed here to work with. And then they laser directly on top of here and reshape the eye. And afterwards, this is not a picture of me because she is here and she is she, but you get to wear these sexy sunglasses for a little while. And you got to wear goggles to bed and all that. But just in case anybody was doing any interest or any investigation into like Southwest Michigan Eye Center, I'd highly recommend Dr. Shray. I can't really recommend any of the other doctors because I didn't have them. And PRK was not as bad. There was no pain. I mean, none, zero pain through the whole process. There was a little discomfort.  Because when you have an eye injury, your eye stops producing tears, or I shouldn't say stops, it really slows down to your production. Try to get dry. And those can kind of like sting a little bit. It's it's like getting shampoo in your eye. It's not as bad, but it's similar. And there were a couple nights where I'd wake up and my eyes would just itch like crazy itch. And he gave me a pretty hefty duty painkiller. And I took one of those didn't feel it. But I only took he gave me a bottle of 20 and I only took like two or three through the whole thing. I had my surgery on Thursday, went home pretty much just slept from Thursday to Friday morning. Friday morning, I got up to put my drops and stuff in. Friday morning, you have a follow up with the doctor. And I couldn't open my eyes. There's nothing wrong with them. It's just I had a really hard time opening it was like when you're in a dark room and somebody flips on the light, your eyes just don't want to open. I had that everything was real blurry and cloudy. And I think that's because where's that image? Yeah, when they do this, this has to grow back and as it does it doesn't grow back evenly. It's kind of like cloudy and misty. And they do put a surgical contact over you so that you don't get an infection. And my vision actually got really good. And I was really excited. And then they took the surgical contact out my vision went right down back to where it was. And I was kind of bummed about that. But I expected that because I did my research. And this morning I woke up and it's like I was amazed how well I could see I'm not 2020 but I'm sitting at my desk and I'm looking and I can actually see the coffee pot in the kitchen, which I could never see before. And even with glasses, it was always kind of difficult to see. So I would say my vision is probably going to be me get that nasty image out of there. Sorry, my vision is probably going to be 2020 you're very close to it. I'm trying to think of anything else here. There was no pain. It actually the surgery itself was literally like not even not even five minutes per eye. I mean, most of the time was just the prep work the actual zapping with the laser was like 30 seconds. No pain whatsoever.  And that's kind of a weird smell. It's kind of like burnt cat hair and bacon. Yeah, I was actually hungry after the operation can't creep me out a little bit. I think it creeped out everybody else. But the other final words of wisdom, it's going to be PRK has the longest recovery time out of all the operations. Where is that image? Because that tissue is gone. So my vision will fluctuate over the next few months. But so far nothing but good things to say about the operation, the doctor and the place. Man, I'm just I'm trying to relay like three days of my experience. Oh, recovery time. Yes. After the operation, I literally because you're going to be very light sensitive, I just went up in my bedroom with my iPod and I literally spent three days in bed with my eyes closed laying the pot listening to podcasts and just laying in bed and kind of napping on and off. And I'm really glad I did. You can probably force yourself to watch TV or go out with friends. But I just I just didn't want to I wanted my eyes to recover as fast as possible. So I'm pretty happy. If you have any questions, shoot me a message. If you watch any videos, you know, I'm usually extremely busy and I've got a lot of people messaging me, but I'm more than happy to answer questions about the surgery. That's it.


Oh, yeah, look at that. Look at that birds nest imagine that right? That's Jim diggity right there This video is brought to you in part by TrueTech tools quality tools essential support What's up guys? So we're gonna take a look at some unit heaters a total of four of them that are inside this big old Warehouse right behind me. I see a bunch of birds nest from what I've looked at so far All right, right here is one high-tech non digital thermostat all of them I've turned on and they have all started to fire off which is not good because like I said There's combustible bird stuff in there. So you've got one heater right there Right there way back there and One right up here and thermostats are spread out all over the area. We've got our nitrogen tank here We're not running a regulator But big thing is if you ever do this make sure you don't use an end that can be stopped on the end because that's Potentially 2,500 to 3,000 psi and it could blow your eyeballs out. It was to break So it's not really smarter advisable to do over here is our lift. Thank goodness. I've got one because I Don't think we get up there very easily All right, that puts us straight up in the air nice and beautiful all right super deeper. Let's get started shall we we've got a potentially standing pilot here, which is mind-boggling that they are still staying lit get our small Phoenix light out that'll help out there we go We're in October right now. So it's getting ready to get cold and down to the 50s at night already Just whatever everybody's looking forward to. Oh Yeah, look at that. Look at that bird's nest imagine that right? That's Jim diggity right there Jim diggity in the house Hi tech redneck stuff bud What's crazy is the pilot is still lit This thing go up in a blaze of glory really quick Sorry, but I'm not going to go out of my way to get that just fancy fancy price some disease or something in there, but It's all good. I don't seem like it comes off very good Usually you can pull two pins and they just drop but of course I don't seem quite the case with this I think she's locked in there. Yep She's locked in so we could take this back panel completely off There we go And that was a brilliant design by the manufacturer You can't remove that That other stuff in the way Super deeper Okay, what I usually do So I blow all the dust out of them blow out the burners.  I got majority of the bird out of there Well, it's not bad. No, I this is actually pretty nice one Think I'm a wire tie that bottle in place that sucker going to fall over and blow my head off There we go. Yep. Nice and now we're secure now. We're OSHA standard. We're all good now Look at that nice clean pilot. Looks like it's staying lit Rotator back to on Do you want to go ahead and turn the thermostat up on this one? Actually, let me check the heat exchanger real quick that makes make sure that's all right. All right, so we can check up there I don't see anything up there on top And we're gonna check This heat exchanger here make sure we don't have to cracks down the center because usually that's where they crack at horizontal There's a little speck of something nothing there I mean the cracks for most part ain't going to cause a CO issue in a building like this, but it could cause a possible fire issue and That's not something that we want It appears to me going across the top Back sides That is probably fine. All right. Yeah, if you want to go ahead and turn it on. Let's see what happens here See if we got power on that transformer. Same thing we do with the solenoids. It should work Good amps. I've got power on it. See how I get some amperage here Yeah, I got power on it. My transformers live jump this sucker out. I passed that Come on There is a limit switch there if you see that but that is in line with a thermal couple Cast-files got power to it, but nothing's happening Sunhook one of these and see See if it doesn't click Never have like these where they intercept a thermal couple This limit's tripped. Well, it wouldn't be a limit trip. Got power 28 volts. I don't carry these on the truck anymore like I used to See if this limit up on top opens up it should take the thermal couple or take the yeah, knock the pilot out Like that Which tells us that the safety circuit inside the gas valve is working So we know that if the pilot goes out it will shut down. So yeah, we wouldn't have no transformer if any of those were tripped Sounds to me like we need a 24-volt steam and gas valve. So it's bad Need a gas valve.  It's to the left of that door. Look at that. Look at them beautiful flames Beautiful. We just loosen the two nuts or six screws on the side. I'm just gonna click Hopefully the fans all work Motor is Yeah tripped limit Everything you got here is broke man. That's maintenance issue there same thing that these are all the same Well, I thought I heard a click so I'm pretty sure our snap disc for our fan control is good Is that the only breaker box back here in the back? Okay, tell you what I'm gonna put a a meter on this and you flip them until we find it now We know for later Okay, so let's go ahead and check it with our meter Just to make sure not the worst in order to motor and it not be What's really wrong? Yeah, that's it Go ahead and kill it again. Okay. Well, we know for a fact Aroni That's the problem So go ahead and put those back on and we'll leave the cover off so it makes it easy We'll just And who knows how long it's gonna take to get back so we'll write on their bad motor Bad That way, you know for certain in case you forget there's nothing worse than forgetting Sometimes when you got this many of them, let's go ahead and drop this turkey back down There you go. Very good Yep, all of them the pilot's been running. All right, go ahead and turn this one on. Let's see what happens Yeah, it must be on a different burner or a different breaker a little bit of leaky jar on that pilot to me That's nice There goes the fan So you can tighten that up a little bit Yep, beautiful. Let's go ahead and swing this turkey down Yeah Down down down down That's kind of cool. I like this thing. It's pretty nice Yep, he's in there sleeping permanently sleeping. I think you got his beak caught in there and Yeah, he's not doing so well Not doing so hot this one good stuff This one kind of burn some stuff up Yeah, he's working a little over time here on this one Blue some of the birds out you're gonna need to order new limits I think those limits are all smoked and gone fan control to it. That's all smoked and gone We're probably gonna steal this fan Yep, that's it looks to me like we should be all just unhooked that fan From the box there's this two-quarter inch screws We'll go ahead and just cut these wires loose and we leave a little trig A little stig of a trig and that way we know which one it goes to for later, which obviously White's common. I know guys.  This is this is the big leagues Robin Peter and Pan Paul Making it go. It's not even hot out or cold out But It's like all the other crap that we can't get half the time There's that and we'll switch this around and we'll yank the fan right out of there. That's not too bad Good old Razzner, I mean they make some good stuff At least he used to I don't know how much so much in war, but yeah As long as the motor didn't get burned up It should be good We can get that other one Seems like it turns Yeah, it toasted that crap Toasted that completely so those are the two wires to go to the Thermal couple break which we'll have to Redo those and yeah, we could steal gas valve off of this one But I'm not fooling with that And this right here is the hive of old age one that needs to be replaced.  It might have disease in it of some sort The problem is see these wires are too too short now To work there we go Yeah, that's Was all melted together. Oh Yeah, that's lovely Yep, that is just lovely over two hours over there to close for the fan to come on and then a limit switch I believe is Hopefully turning off the gas valve. Thanks. I don't even where they went.  It's completely empty and let's go see if we can get this other one up and going then I'd be done for the day. It is Friday the 13th Hopefully this one's turned off still Let's take a peek here and make sure We got my cheater stick in here. Not that you should trust those anyway the fastest motor changes ever Those two little wires through there and we should be good to go Yep, look at that Just like grandma used to make With a name like Jack Henry, you know, it's got to be good. Yeah, that was an optional screw Tonight that's a weird one. Well, I'm just doing it on a Friday in general. I DJ'd for 20 years I never did any I maybe did one wedding on a Friday Low budget we got flames See whether we get fan. All right, so if in didn't start spawn it went the wrong direction and Need a capacitor so we're gonna drop it in there and hope that it works Transplant one and give her some juice All right, let's see if she gets a loose and crazy It was male blow the right direction this time Now another one had bearings seized up. So that's a different issue Yeah, these might be sleeve bushings are That's a little better Look done phonics worked for me. We've got two of them that are working Got this one here one over there. So they Not a big hurry now On there's going so that one over there We just got to get a gas valve for it and then that one over there. We just got to get limit switch fan control And fan motor this here basically is just a replacement fitting that goes into a regulator I bought a Fitting adapter to go to flare. But like I said, it's not really safe.  But I always wondered how these guys were blown out condenser coils With and with 250 pound regulator or 500 pound regulator. It's coming out like peeing out of a straw That's how you do it All right guys, so we're back again and What they decided to do because we couldn't get these parts that we needed Is we just went ahead and swapped out the gas valve And the motor so to round this up we took the gas valve in the motor from that heater down there on the far end And we pretty much transplanted the gas valve to this unit down there at the far end To and we also did the fan motor which we did on the earlier trip on this one here And then this one down here what we ended up doing was just completely disconnected it from the gas line It's just completely unhooking the gas line and the electrical from it And that unit is pretty well disconnected and they're going to scrap it They're going to put in a Tube they're going to put in a radiant heater over here above the dock And that's where they say they need the most of the heat at But these here are still working. I just got done going through they had a gas leak So I just went through with my infocon combustion and did not pick up anything So I don't think they really had a gas leak. I think they could have either had a A forklift that wasn't working right or what but This here's what I use for r290 and I use for my combustion leak Testing which is the gas made by infocon runs on 2d batteries. So they last forever and when they do go bad You just replace them has a figaro sensor in it, which That's using about half of the different brands out there Pretty simplistic and works pretty good But that's going to wrap this call completely up if you guys enjoyed this video I want to see more like it. I've got plenty of other ones check out these Links up here in the corners to the most recommended and the latest one released until next time guys We'll catch you on the next one later