Hey, this is Brett and this brand new 2022 Ram 2500 Crew Cab Short Box. Tradesman level 2 package is stock number 22T184. I am here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. You're new and used Ram and heavy-duty truck headquarters. This 2022 Ram 2500 has the 6.7 liter Cummins diesel engine. It's paired up with the 6-speed 68 RFE automatic transmission. This truck can tow a maximum of 18,840 pounds and has a max payload of 2,324 pounds. I'm going to go all the way around in this video to show you all the options on this truck and go over a little bit of everything inside and out. First off, this is Delmonico Red Paint Codes PRV. You get the chrome grille as well as the chrome bumpers. And you also get the cab lights up top. Notice you get the chrome 2500 Cummins and Ram logos on the side. Delmonico Red. It's got just a little bit of metal flake to it. Really a cool looking color. Let's see if we can get it to focus. There we go. Looks really good. The tradesman comes with the steel rims with the chrome covers. And this particular truck comes with Firestone Transforce HT tires. These are LT 27570 R18s, and they have kind of a highway tread pattern to them. Take a look at the original window sticker here. Feel free to pause this. I'm not going to go through everything, but some of the main things like the 2022 Ram 2500, 277 Cummins diesel 6-speed automatic 68 RFE automatic transmission. Everything on your left there is your standard equipment for the tradesman package. 373 axle ratio. And then the optional equipment starts right there with the Delmonico Red Pearl Coat, which is 200 bucks. Convenience group is 455, gives you the dual zone AC. This one has the fifth wheel and goose neck towing prep group, which is 545. The chrome appearance group, which gives you the chrome bumpers, is $1,445. The all season tires are on there as well, part of that chrome appearance group. Tradesman level two group is 1740, gives you the carpeted floor covering, front and rear floor mats, and power sliding rear window. Electronic shift on the fly transfer case is 295, or your push button four-wheel drive. Anti-spin rear differential is $495. The Cummins diesel is a $9,595 option. This one has the trailer tow mirrors with the manual fold-away, which is $195. You get these seven-inch TFT color display cluster, which is $75. Instrument panel mounted auxiliary switches, which are $145. Clearance lamps, which are $95. LED bed lighting, $165. Rear wheelhouse sliders, $195. Engine block heaters, $95. And then the big one on this one is the automatic leveling rear air suspension. I'll show you that in a second. That's $1,705. This one also has the Uconnect nav. You connect five with nav, which is $1590. And then you have the trailer brake controller, which is $395. And then you have your total MSRP of $71,790 to get your summit price with rebates and incentives. In the upper right-hand part of the screen is a link to our website to get all that pricing information and availability. Three-year 36 bumper-to-bumper and five-year 100,000 powertrain. Environmental performance is a B on both the greenhouse gas and small grinding, so pretty good. I get four and five stars, pretty much up and down the board only. It's over three, but everything else is very safe with this truck. I'd feel safe hauling my family around it. Probably would pull my camper pretty good as well. So the... Normally, the 2500s come with the rear coil springs, but with that suspension, the air-leveling suspension, they come with the airbags. Hard to see right here. It's easier to see them on this side. So right up there is your rear airbag suspension and the lever is right there. So when you get a heavy load, it pushes down on that lever, tells it to pump up those airbags to get the back end of the truck nice and level again. Anyways, receiver hitch, four-pin, seven-pin wiring, the chrome bumpers, chrome ram and four-by-four logo as well, has lock and tailgate, fifth wheel and gooseneck prep package. You get seven-pin and four-pin wiring back here, some nice side-box tie-downs. And then you have the LED bed lighting, which is really nice. And they got the button back here so you can turn that off and on. Tailgate's really light, really easy to close. And you can always tell... the lever, so that lever is right here. So when you get a heavy load, it'll actually push up on this lever telling it to pump up those airbags. You can always tell if it has the air suspension, because it'll have that sticker there. If nobody's taking it off. Has the heated fold-up mirrors, built-in directional signals, they fold up like so. They fold in like that. Inside the Tradesman Level 2 package, it gives you the dark charcoal and black cloth interior. 40-20-40 split bench seating on the front, like the design on there. Has the carpeting and the factory floor mats, auto head lamps, power windows, locks and mirrors.  Then you do get storage underneath the seats. These are your covers for that fifth wheel and gooseneck prep package. They go in those holes to cover those up when you're not using them. And then it does have the receiver hitch reducer in here as well. You do not get the in-floor storage on this side. And you do get side curtain, airbags, child safety locks on the back doors as well. We'll hop inside, check out the radio in Instrument Cluster. Boy, for only 75 bucks to get this nice digital screen here with the 7 inches, pretty good deal. Digital spinometer, you can put like your miles to empty, time, outside temp, miles per gallon. You can change all those corners to read whatever you want. And it's a really nice display. I can't believe it's only 75 bucks. That's a really good deal. Bluetooth and information center controls on the left. Cruise controls on the right. You get your 6-speed automatic transmission, 68 RFE. And then the Uconnect 5, 8.4 screen. You have AMFM and SiriusXM radio capabilities on here. This one also has the factory navigation system. So the Uconnect 5 system is supposed to be 5 times faster than the old Uconnect 4 system. So that's pretty neat. You can see it has the nav there. You have all your different apps including Android Auto, Apple CarPlay. You got with that leveling suspension, you can lower the bed on this truck. Hook up your Bluetooth phone. Check out your backup camera. You've made these cameras HD now, so they are crystal clear. And then you can zoom in on your receiver hitch to get hooked up to your boat camper trailer the first time. Every time. This one also has the off-road pages, which are pretty cool. You have your steering angle. You also have your transfer case, whether it's 2-wheel drive or 4-wheel drive. Latitude, longitude, altitude. You have your accessory gauges. And then your pitch and roll, which would be handy if you were hauling a big camper down hills and stuff. Anyways, down here you have your tactile tune and volume controls.  Factory brake controller. These six auxiliary up-fit switches. Alternate trailer height, so you can program a couple different trailers with this truck with that rear air level suspension. So if you got a heavier trailer, you can program that to be trailer one or trailer two. Toe haul mode, factory exhaust brake. You get two USBs, and an aux jack down there. And your keyless entry is nice. Alright, that's pretty much everything. You get assist and SOS buttons, auto dimming mirror on this truck. And nothing special with the headliner. But really a nice ride for to be hauling stuff with. We'll do a more final walk around here. And I would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today. 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Hello everyone, this is again Rokas. We're going to look at another meaningful topic together, which will help as much me as much normally helps other people, so I'm thrilled to be here again with you. Also, before we start, I wanted to thank everyone for your support. So there's a few videos which are still planned to be uploaded. I'm filming these a bit quicker than I'm uploading. So most likely the situation changed already, but as far as it's today, we have already about 100 subscribers. It's funny because when I started Aikido Shulei channel, which most of you probably know, it's more Aikido related YouTube channel, I gathered more than 8,000 subscribers, which then didn't feel like much, but at the same time, there was a lot of different material, which I was not always inspired about. A bit of it was more about trying to make a good YouTube channel, and so these 8,000 subscribers didn't feel like that much. But here, when I'm really passionate about what I'm talking about, and there's really a connection with you guys, I really feel that even that 100 is like, wow, it's so special because there's something big going on here. So I really wanted to thank you here for being here. If this is your first video, we'll get in touch later, but most of you probably aren't here for the first time, so it's cool. Okay, but let's not waste your time. Let's go ahead and discuss something. So this topic is going to be a bit Aikido related, but as you probably noticed, I'm trying to make it as vast as possible because Aikido is not just about Aikido. Aikido is about life, it's an mentality of life, and it can be applied to anyone, so Aikido is just going to be a small word in this video, it's more about everyone. But nonetheless, what I noticed in Aikido, what I noticed in my life and what I try to practice in Aikido sometimes, I call the Wii mentality. So you should see the text here, Wii mentality. There's I and there's Wii. And it's something that I picked up initially from my teacher since Epatric Acity, but it evolved as I practice myself. So the problem is in our world is that we tend to separate ourselves. We tend to be against others, we tend to be against life. We feel like we are this small, separated part of life that has to struggle to survive. You know, sometimes even people feel like God is unjust and He's punishing me, etc., etc., it's a whole old mentality. And the Wii mentality is actually rare to find. Basically the Wii mentality, what it means, whether I have the Wii mentality or not, or if you have the Wii mentality or not, you can check by asking yourself, am I more focused on my own personal needs and my own personal well-being? Or am I focused more about the Wii? Am I focused about the connective good of everyone? Am I focused on what's good for all of us? And it's funny because sometimes altruistic people who are trying to be good, oftentimes they are good, they try to forget themselves.  And it sounds good on a certain level and it may be better than nothing, but at the same time it denies actually that I'm also a part of this whole. If I'm not able to be happy, if I'm not able to live a quality life myself, how the hell will I ever be able to give that to others? And that's a place a lot of us oftentimes fall into, and I was there too. It's sometimes even called the guru complex where without first attaining something unique, something amazing, we try to save the world. And actually what happens is at that point it's the same as we have dirty hands and we try to clean things up. It's just going to make it worse. So to tell you the truth, first of all, we have to become clean ourselves initially. And that's also an aspect of the wee mentality. The wee mentality understanding that I am a part of the whole. My well-being, my understanding, my quality life is also important, but it's not just about me. And that's the point where most people get stuck. They're either on one side or the other. It's either all about me or it's all about others. And even let me tell you the truth, even if you are a person of all about others or you know someone who's all about others, it actually has a tendency to be... It's also most of the times just an ego expression. It's, I am that one who sacrifices himself for others. I don't care about myself. It's a lot about me. I was there too, so trust me, I know what I'm talking. And I can see that because I've been there too. So to continue on, coming back to the wee mentality, wee mentality is so much more. The wee mentality actually respects the fact that I am a part of the whole. My well-being is as much as important as everybody else's. If I will feel like crap, there's no chance I will help others feel better. So I need to take care of myself too, but it cannot be just about myself. As we spoke in the previous video about being... I mentioned something about being the cells of the Earth, of this planet. It sounds a bit maybe cliche, but it's true. You know, we are all a part of this. We're all in the same boat. But so often we forget that. So often we feel like life is just about me. So often we feel that I need to take care of myself first before I take care of others. But in the wee mentality, when I... The wee mentality starts when I understand fully that I'm a part of the whole. That I have the right to be here as much as everyone else. And I have the responsibility to take care of myself as much as everyone else. That we have to... Whenever I ask myself whether I should do this or shouldn't do this. First of all, I should ask myself, Okay, is this going to make... Is this going to benefit the whole? Is it going to benefit not only me, but others too? And if it's just about me, or if it's just about others, there's something there is going to be missing. So there's a lot more we could talk about here. And there are principles about how to actually feel and understand when are you referring to the wee mentality, when it's the ego. And we are going to talk about that. And it's very cool, very special. Helps me a lot myself, but I don't want to put too much in one video. So we're going to stop here soon. But to already make a point here, to think, just ask yourself, Okay, so are you living in the me mentality or the wee mentality? Is every decision, every action you take is, first of all, primarily based on what you want to do and what's good for you or just good for others? Or are you thinking about the whole? Are you feeling as the part of the whole? Is your life about making the whole better or is it just about winning against others to become better, which is too often the case? So again, I will not go too far here. We'll stop here, but think about it. Try to feel into it and try to ask yourself, how much are you into me mentality? How much are you into wee mentality? And if you're very much into me mentality, just ask yourself, how can I become more part of the wee mentality? How can I benefit the whole? What can I do that will feel great to me and will feel good to others too? What will benefit not only me, but others too? And I think that's one of the secrets to an amazing, awesome life. If you have any ideas, comments, just share with them. Don't hesitate. Everyone's opinion is interesting. Everyone has something to say, to say it sincerely. Say what's really on my mind. And even if you have doubts, if you have some questions, let me know too. I'm always open and happy to discuss with you. And so yeah, as always, life is short. So let's make meaningful and harmonious. And I'll see you in the next video.


Welcome to the lecture series on process integration. Today, we will see how the number of units target is created. So, the topic of this lecture is number of unit target is module number 4, lecture number 5. We have already seen how to do targeting of hot utility and cold utility and the unit this is the second lecture on targeting. Here, we will target the number of units in the heat exchanger network. This is a known fact that the capital cost of chemical processes is dominated by the number of items on the flow sheet and hence there is a strong incentive to decrease the number of items on the flow sheet. This logic is also true for heat exchanger networks. There is a strong incentive to reduce the number of matches between hot and cold streams. This units targeting gives prior to the design the minimum number of units in the heat exchanger network. Suppose, I have designed two heat exchanger networks N 1 and N 2. If N 1 has got 10 number of units and N 2 has 15 number units, obviously I should go for N 1 because the cost of N 1 will be less than the N 2 and this logic is based on the fact that one big exchanger cost less than the two small exchangers which has equal area of that big heat exchanger. Now, let us demonstrate this numbers of unit targeting with an example. We see a stream table which has seven streams, four hot streams and three cold streams having delta T minimum is equal to 10 degree centigrade. The PTA analysis of this problem shows that it is a threshold problem and needs only cooling and no heating. That means, hot utility stream is not present and only cold utility stream is present. So, if we count number of streams including the utility streams, it will be seven process streams and one cold utility streams making total number of stream count to be 8. The minimum cooling load required for the above system is computed using PTA as 2126.89 units. Now, if I translate that stream table into a picture like this, we have four hot streams, hot one is 373.66 kilowatt, hot two is 604 kilowatt, hot three is 2100.8 kilowatt and hot four is 721.6 kilowatt, cold three is 819.36 kilowatt, cold two is 297.8 kilowatt, cold one is 556.01 kilowatt and cold utility requirement using the PTA is 2126.89 kilowatt. Let us remember again that this problem does not need a hot utility and that is why hot utility stream is not present here. Now, our aim is to design a heat exchanger network which will satisfy the need of cold utilities, cold streams from the heat of the hot streams and excess heat which is available with the hot stream will be pushed to the cold utility. So, total number of streams including the cold utility stream is 8 in this case. So, we start designing from the right to left. So, the cold three stream requires 819.36 kilowatt. Now, I can push the total heat available with the hot four stream that is 721.6 kilowatt at once to the cold stream. I cannot also push by dividing this heat into two three parts, but if I do so the number of heat exchangers will increase. Now, in a unit's target we always take of the streams to bring down the number of heat exchanger to a bare minimum. So, 721.6 kilowatt heat of hot stream number four is pushed to the cold stream number three. After pushing this heat the cold stream number three requires 97.76 kilowatt of heat to satisfy it. This heat comes from hot stream number three to cold stream number three and hence now the cold stream number three is satisfied, but there is some heat available with hot stream number three. Similarly, we see that cold stream number two requires 297.8 kilowatt heat and hot two has 604 kilowatt of heat. So, it can directly satisfy the cold two by giving its heat. So, it pushes 297.8 kilowatt of heat directly to the cold stream number two and ticks it up. That means this amount of heat satisfy the cold stream. The remaining heat with the hot two which is 306.2 is now pushed to cold stream number one which needs 556.01 kilowatt. Hence, it partially satisfy the cold one and another 294.81 kilowatt is required by the cold stream to be completely satisfied. This heat comes from hot one who has which has got a value of 373.6 kilowatt with it. So, the remaining 123.85 kilowatt with hot one will now be pushed to the cold utility because it is the extra heat which is available with hot one. Now, we see that some heat is available with hot three which is 2003.01 kilowatt extra and some extra heat is available with hot one. These two extra heats are now pushed to the cold utility which is 2126.89 kilowatt and which satisfies the cold utility. So, what we see now the all the heat which is available with the hot streams are pushed to the cold streams as well as cold utility. So, the whole system is in thermal balance. Now, to do so, we see that we are using seven number of heat exchangers H X 1, H X 2, H X 3, H X 4, 5, 6 and 7. So, can we develop a method to calculate that how much number of heat exchangers will be required if number of streams including hot utility and cold utilities are known to us. So, we see that 8 minus 1 is 7 that means we have 8 number of streams minus 1 gives us the number of heat exchangers required for this design. Let us take another example in this process only hot utility is required, but no cold utility is required. So, hot utility as steam is available with 1068 units of heat, one hot steam is available as 2570 units of heat. There are 3 cold streams cold stream number 1 requires 2233 units of heat, cold stream number 2 requires 413 units of heat and cold 3 requires 992 units of heat. Now, we have to develop a heat exchanger network for this so that the heat available with steam as well as hot stream number 1 is passed to this cold streams numbering 3. So, the total amount of heat available with steam which is 1068 is now pushed to cold 1 which requires 2233 units of heat. So, obviously this steam with its 1068 units of heat is not able to satisfy completely the cold 1. So, some heat from the hot stream number 1 has to go to the cold stream number 1 to satisfy it completely. So, we pass on now the remaining 1165 units of heat from hot stream to satisfy the cold stream. Now, the remaining 2 cold streams are then completely satisfied by transferring heat from the hot stream which are to satisfy cold 2 we are transferring 413 units of heat and to satisfy cold 3 we are transferring 992 units of heat. Now, this way all the heat available with the hot stream and this steam is now pushed to cold 1, 2, 3 streams and they are in thermal balance. Now, the heat exchangers which are required for this purpose is 4 that means 4 number of heat exchangers are required. Capacities are 992, 413, 1165 and 1068. Now, for the earlier problem the number of heat exchangers were given by 8 minus 1 is equal to 7 where 8 is the number of streams available. In this case the number of streams available where 5, so 5 minus 1 is 4 which is the number of heat exchangers for this hen last hen. So, following the principle of maximizing the load which is called ticking of streams or utility roads or residuals leads to a design with a total number of 4 matches why we have done so because if you do not do the maximization of load by ticking of stream or utility loads or residuals we cannot reach to a minimum number of units and our aim is to calculate the minimum number of heat exchangers in the network which will satisfy the design or the requirement. So, a small correlation or formula can be generated which says that u minimum that is minimum number of units is equal to n minus 1 where u minimum is the minimum number of units including heaters and coolers and n is equal to total number of streams including utilities. So, if I develop this equation and apply to the earlier two problems I see that they predict the number of heat exchangers accurately. Now, the question is whether this equation is fool proof we will see that in some of the cases it fails and hence this equation has to be modified or enlarged. Now, let us see a problem with two hot streams two cold streams a hot utility and a cold utility hot utility is given by S T which is a steam and cold utility C W cold water and hot streams are H 1 H 2 cold streams are C 1 and C 2 this steam which is given by S T as 30 units of heating H 1 steam hot stream has got 70 units of heating H 2 is 90 unit of heating cold water that is C W is 50 units it can take heat C 2 can take 100 units of heat and C 1 can take 40 units of heat. This can be satisfied with this arrangement that means H 2 can pass on 50 units of heat to C W and take it off the remaining 40 can be passed on to the C 2, but it will not satisfy the C 2. So, the remaining 60 units to satisfy C 2 will come from H 1. So, this way H 2 and H 1 will satisfy C 2 by giving them giving it 100 units of heat the remaining 10 units of heat with H 1 will now pass on to C 1 and the remaining 30 units of heat which is required by C 1 will pass from S T that is steam. Now, we see here the all the heat available with the hot streams and hot utility are able to satisfy the cold utility and cold streams. So, they are in thermal balance and we are using 5 heat exchangers in this case having capacities 50, 40, 60, 10 and 30 units and the number of streams with us including the hot utility and cold utility is 6. So, if I apply this equation it satisfies N minus 1 because N minus 1 is 5 where N is 6 and here we have 5 heat exchangers. Now, the same problem can be done in this way that means H 2 gives 50 units of heat to cold water and remaining 40 of units of heat is passed to C 1 then H 1 gives 70 units of heat to C 2 and remaining 30 is passed on by the steam to C 2. If I arrange this way the heat exchangers I find that I am using one less heat exchangers that is 5 minus 1 equal to 4 and with 4 heat exchangers I am able to solve the problem a special case we see that H 2 satisfies C 1 and C W whereas, S T and H 1 satisfies C 2. So, there are two subsets inside it if there is a single subset obviously, there will be a second subset. So, we here we see that two subsets are available one subset is C 1 C W H 2 and other subset is S T H 1 and C 2. So, it appears as if it is a two problems because two separate components are available which are thermally satisfying each other or which are thermally satisfied internally. So, if I apply my rule to both the subset then 3 minus 1 or subset S T H 1 and C 2 is 2 and for the second H 2 C 1 and C W 3 minus 1 is 2. So, 2 plus 2 is 4. So, this way we can predict the number of heat exchanger in this arrangement. So, we see that the subset equality also plays a role in the determination of number of heat exchangers. So, in a heat exchanger network we should always search for subset equality and we by chance if we get subset equalities then we will be able to decrease the number of heat exchangers. Now, we see a second case here I put a extra line between steam to C 2 which transfers x amount of heat. If it transfers x amount of heat to C 2 then 30 minus x amount of heat will be transferred to C 1 and 10 plus x amount of heat from H 1 will be transferred to C 1 and when we add 30 minus x plus 10 plus x it is 40. So, it is C 1 is satisfied similarly 60 minus x will be transferred to C 2 and 40 units of heat will come from H 2 to C 2 and 50 units of heat goes to C W. So, this is also a arrangement which satisfies the need, but requires 6 heat exchangers. Now, let us analyze why it requires 6 heat exchangers we see that S T C 1 C 2 and H 1 forms a loop in many a times loops are necessary because in a loop the heat can be transferred from one unit to another unit and the heat loads become flexible, but for that flexibility we have to pay one extra unit. So, we see that if there is a loop in the heat exchanger network it will increase the number of heat exchangers. So, for each loop one heat exchanger will be added as in this arrangement there is only a single loop we are paying one more heat exchanger for this loop. So, though a loop gives flexibility in operation, but we have to give a tax in terms of a additional heat exchanger per loop. So, breaking loop will decrease the number of heat exchangers in a heat exchanger network. This we will see when we will develop non-MER designs and in a MER design we will find that always loops will exist and if you want to decrease the number of heat exchanger in the end then these loops are to be broken. So, loop also contributes to the number of heat exchangers and hence our equation should contain this. So, we saw that number of separate component contributes, number of loops contribute and number of streams including the hot utility and cold utility also contributes. So, u minimum is equal to n plus l minus s where u minimum is the number of units including heaters and coolers, n is the total number of streams including utilities that is hot utility and cold utility, l is the number of loops present in the hand and s is the number of separate components present in the hand. This equation is basically from graph theory in mathematics known as Euler's general network theorem. This theorem translates into the terminology of n and states that u minimum is equal to n plus l minus s. So, this is the full-fledged equation and we will always use this equation to target number of units in a hand. Normally we will like to avoid extra units and hence we will design for l is equal to 0 that means we will break the loop if there is a loop present in the hand and we will decrease the number of units and hence our aim will be to design hence for l equal to 0 and if we are lucky enough then there will be subset equality otherwise there will be no subset equality and hence the s value will be equal to 1. If I keep this values then the e q u minimum becomes n minus 1. Since the pinch divides the problem into two thermodynamically independent regions the targeting formula must be applied to each separately. When I am using pinch analysis for the design of heat exchanger network then it breaks the problem into two thermodynamically independent regions as through the pinch no heat transfer takes place. So, as far as thermal independence is concerned they are independent from each other but physically they look as if one unit one heat exchanger network but thermodynamically they are divided into two heat exchanger networks and hence I should apply this equation in the upper part of the pinch as well as to the lower part of the pinch and then the results should be added to find out what should be the minimum number of units in a design which uses the pinch analysis. So, the u minimum m e r that is maximum energy recovery design is equal to u minimum of the hot end which is the upper part of the pinch plus the u minimum of the cold end which is the lower part of the pinch. Let us take an example of a five stream problem when we use PTA we find that the hot utility requirement is 822.61 kilowatt cold utility requirement is 5 4 5 0.95 kilowatt hot pinch is 60 cold pinch is 50 because delta T minimum is 10. Now here we see that if the heat load of the cold stream 3 which is 4 4 7 9 can be brought to 4 4 7 8 there is a chance for subset equality and S will have a value of 2 and thereby decrease of number of units will be 1 for this case n is equal to 7 including h u and c u that is hot utility and cold utility l is equal to 0 and S equal to 2. So, n plus l minus S is equal to 5. So, if somehow a unit is cut down from the load of cold 3 7 7 7 4 4 7 9 and make it 4 4 7 8 we can drastically cut down the number of units by 1. So, in this case process modifications we should go for process modification and should try to bring down the colds 3 stream to 4 4 7 8 units. If subset equality is not created then n is equal to 7 l equal to 0 and S equal to 1 then the number of units minimum number of units is 6. Now if we apply this formula for the hot end as well as cold end then above the pinch this is hot end the number of streams are 4 including hot utility and S is equal to 1. So, 4 minus 1 is equal to 3 and for the below pinch this is 5 minus 1 is equal to 4. So, overall u minimum for the M e r design is 3 plus 4 equal to 7. So, what we conclude out of this if you do the targeting for the minimum number of units for M e r design then what we find that u minimum for the network is 3 plus 4 is equal to 7 units. If pinch division is not considered then number of streams including hot and cold utility is 7 S is equal to 1 l equal to 0. So, if pinch division is not considered then we call it a non M e r design and in a non M e r design u minimum is equal to 6 that means a non M e r design gives less number uses less number of heat exchangers than a M e r design. So, this conclusion we can find out here that u minimum M e r is always greater than the u minimum non M e r design. The number of units obtained in targeting of M e r design is more than the u minimum due to the fact that streams that cross the pinch are counted twice in a M e r design. This conclusion is that there is a trade up between the energy recovery and number of units employed in a M e r design. What does it mean if I am going for a M e r design then I am recovering maximum energy, but I am and my hot utility and cold utilities are minimum, but I am paying in terms of more number of units. Now, if I go for a non M e r design my hot utility requirement and cold utility requirement will increase, but I will able to decrease the number of units. So, decision is very simple if gain is there in a non M e r design then I should prefer a non M e r design. If there are losses in the non M e r design I should not prefer a non M e r design I should go for a M e r design and this decision will be clear when I do the cost targeting of a M e r design or I do the costing I find out the tax total annual cost of a M e r design and the total annual cost of a non M e r design. So, this I should remember there is always a trade up between energy recovery and number of units. Thank you.


All right, so it's an announcement for the library that we've just released on Monday, and it's about the fully homomorphic encryption and You all you by now you've been to at least one talk about FHE so you know what it's about and While I'm talking you can just meditate on this picture above That explains it pretty much and if you want to know more about FHE and latest cryptography you can There are still a few if you seconds available to a screenshot or snapshot this these two links one is the collection of Collection of papers about FHE and the second one is a very good book a review FHE and just a few points that I want to emphasize about the algorithm that we use in this in this library is first that There's a very huge suffatex expansion 16,000 times two kilobytes per bit of plain text Second the operations on suffatex all the gates the binary gates that we have on beats are very fast but what takes time is the bootstrapping because all the separations introduce errors and after each operation we need to get rid of them and that's what takes the majority of time and Okay So there are two implementations of the FHE on torus one of them is pure C++ Called FHE and the second one is QFHE which is based on CUDA. So why do we need Python then? Well, we're touch we are targeting GPUs So we can hide all the overheads of Python behind our synchronous Calls to the kernels on GPUs so it doesn't really matter that the Python is slow because the GPU is fast and All this score generation that we can do on Python helps a lot with optimizing for performance and I use that a lot in the library And of course, Python is easy. It's easy to install. It's easy to see what is happening It's easy to test easy to hack to do something with it And that's how an example looks like that's what you can find in the repository. It's just You create a key There's no point to probably here.  It's an end gate right on the sequence of bits Now for the most important part the performance of course, and that's what what we have in the in the title First I compare it compared with the TPG. Of course, it's a bit, you know Not very fair because TPG uses CPU, but we have a hundred hundred times speed up As compared to the FHG. That's using FFT for bootstrap That's what TPG uses and also we can compare it to QFHE which uses entity. Okay, which is a Fully like transform on finite fields and it has about the same speed, but new FHG supports open sale as well It's written in Python instead of QDA. So, you know, it's still good And if you want to see it you can check it out on this repository here Thank you. Yeah, that's it


Thank you everyone for coming I'm happy to be here. My name is Ben Kaufman and today I'm going to talk about The Austrian theory of the business cycle and how I believe we could use Bitcoin to transform the economy From such recurring booms and busts to more sustainable economic growth So let's start by understanding how how the economy grows What it really looks like this process so as manuals as manual said The division of labor is a critical critical part special specialization is a critical part in economic growth As Adam Smith also suggested, but I believe that the main driver for economic growth Also, as Carl Manger said that is the availability of capital for production So economic growth, I believe is all about the availability of capital goods It's our factors of production For from simple tools like this fishing rod to the more complicated Tools like the huge vessels that we have today The more capital that we have the more capital goods that are available for production The more productive and efficient labor is and the more that we can produce as society But in order to have such capital goods those factors of production We need to first take the time to produce them. That is we need to use what? Bombard called more roundabout processes of production That is first producing the the capital goods and only later producing with them the consumption goods In short it is like We need to move from short-term and From short-term view to a more longer-term view and longer are our processes of production So for example, we can think of a primitive fisherman He could either catch fish using his bare hands Just a few fish today, or he could first take the time to build a fishing rod And catch no fish at first, but later use it to catch much more fish But how does the how does a fisherman decides between these two processes of production? Well, he does he does that according to his time preference in simple terms time preference as Professor Poliet said before time preference is the extent to which a person values the present more than the future So in our example, if the fisherman has a high time preference, it means that he values the present much more than the future and he won't find the increase in productivity which a fishing guard could give him Enough to compensate for delaying his consumption today of fish But if it's low enough He will prefer to take the longer process of first producing the fishing guard and only later Use it to catch much more fish But while our fisherman is working in isolation, this is not the state of the market economy, which is about the vision of labor So how this thing work in the market economy? Well as people start saving more and lowering their time preference it will affect the interest rate the interest rate in the market is The reflection of time preference of people The Lord the time preference of people the more capital there is to borrow from and the lower the time preference of people will be And the Lord the interest rate will be Now as the interest rate is lowered Entrepreneurs can obtain capital much more and much less costly capital is much less costly for entrepreneurs to obtain and So production will become more profitable This is This is sorry entrepreneurs will then start loan taking on more loans and use this funds to expand their production processes to take Processes which are more around about of producing Increasingly more complex processes Yeah So as the production expanses entrepreneurs start taking more loans and use them to buy the goods that were saved in the first step When people started increasing their savings, they will integrate the new saved capital into the production structure they will use it to enhance the production structure and Get the capital which was saved in the first step into the actual structure of production This is how the division of labor works in in the market in a sense and so as As they start producing more eventually, they will be new goods available and use a greater supply of goods available Which creates kind of a positive feedback loop? in a sense of people being able to Produce and say to save even more capital without diminishing their consumption And use this extra capital to produce even more Lowering their time preference even farther and so on well, but now know how do we get from such such Positive loop of economic growth to to the business cycles or according to the Austrian theory Developed first by the economist von Mises The problem starts when governments and banks start to expand credit Essentially in the present they do so in various methods quantitative easing or fractional reserve banking, which is Practically insured by the taxpayers Or other accounting tricks, but the essential point is that they all Bring money into the economy essentially out of finair But how this new money affects the the process that we just discussed So as first the credit expansion will reduce the interest rate Since credit is more of a abundant now money is more abundant banks can loan More in at cheaper rates without diminishing the the money that they still hold So the first consequence is that the interest rate will be lower As we have seen as the interest rate is lower entrepreneurs will start expanding their production Production will become more profitable for them Sorry as so as they start They will start taking out more loans and use and use them to buy capital goods But as we've seen the new money that they obtained was created essentially out of finair it was not because New savings were Accumulated and no new capital is is actually available And therefore they will not actually be enough Enough capital to match this new demand. So in a sense, there will be more demand for Production goods, but not more supply Which will cause their prices to rise and So as the prices of production goods start rising Entrepreneurs will have to take more loans in order to finish their productions processes that they've started In a sense, there is an illusion that there is more capital available than actually there is It is as if our fishermen if you continue our example Would try to build a huge fishing vessel While it doesn't have the capital to finish to finish such production is in his lifetime He will essentially be wasting his time and effort to build something which will remain unfinished And so when entrepreneurs need have to start take on more loans The interest rate will start to draw it will start to rise There will be a new demand for loans to complete all production processes which will push the interest rate back up This is when all the investments which were made during the boom period during the Period when a production is started to expand will be exposed as and unprofitable so in a sense the the boom basically induced investments in projects which were unprofitable in the a Real interest rate in interest rate which corresponds to the actual time preference of people As there is not enough capital to actually complete all the projects do and this Shortage of capital will become apparent And you will not entrepreneurs will not be able to complete their projects They will not have enough capital and there will be massive Collapse of businesses and of course I had employment which we known as which is known as a recession during the recession all what means is called malinvestment are liquidated and capital left is either lost or Move to other and more profitable businesses in a sense. It is if we continue our example even farther it is our fishermen realizing that his plans were unrealistic and stopping to aces time and money on this on the ambitious construction of a vessel and actually moving to build something more realistic like the fishing rod And so essentially during the boom all these malinvestments that are liquidated are basically curing the market from the expansion or that happened in the first step It is the readjustment of the market to real conditions of time preference of people and so eventually as all the malinvestments are liquidated and and the capital that is being moved to According to the real-time preference of people the economy can go back to its actual tweets on the right track The economy can continue again to grow To actually grow and function But it is so how do we stop such such business cycles Well, it is true that we can Stop the we can delay the business cycle by returning to the first step and expanding credit even farther It is not possible to completely prevent it by expanding credit Eventually either resources run out or hyperinflation begins So while central banks and governments now try to postpone such a crisis a crisis all they do is just Enlarge the the bubble which is created They keep the illusion of more capital available than and you're actually is and allow for the malinvestments to squander scarce capital for a longer time period So what can we do? well the The prescription by the Austrian economists is to try and stop credit expansion from happening in the first place And this is where Bitcoin comes in So Okay, so I believe that Bitcoin could actually fix this as well first of all Bitcoin is non-inflationary it is limited to 21 million units as you know and it is produced by proof of fork So essentially nothing out of free narrow This limits the inflation in the M zero supply in the base Supply of money and prevents credit expansion from beginning in those In those levels, which is the first critical Task to stop the credit expansion at all Yes Yes, sure. So as Bitcoin is non-inflationary It is Created by proof of work and is limited to 21 million units. There is no inflation of the base layer There's no credit expansion in the there's no sorry. There's no monetary inflation in the first step There's no lender of last resort available It forces Rigidity in the money supply in the base money supply and so second point Yes, short answer is yes, but I will return to that later. Okay, yes, we will have a Q&A later or During the dinner. Yes, you can discuss this in more detail. Thank you. Thanks So the next point is that Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer cash is a chronic cash system as a Satoshi called it in the white paper This means that there are no and there's no necessary intermediaries in order to send and receive payments in Bitcoin You don't have to rely on banks or other institutions in order to send Bitcoin anywhere in the world This allows for much clearer separation of Cash, which is used for payments and cash, which is intended for lending for investments And allows more control of the people over their own funds and limits the power of banks to expand credit irresponsibly So the last point is that Bitcoin is a digital asset and as a digital asset it requires much less Central as it benefits much less from centralization of Ownership over it. So Bitcoin unlike gold doesn't benefit that much from having such a huge ford knocks for example it reduces the barriers of entrance for competition in In banking for Bitcoin Which I believe could In addition to be it to Bitcoin having no lender of last resort I believe this could force banks to be much more responsible With credit expansion and limit their ability to cause such booms and busts But so how how can we how can we achieve such such a transition such a system? Well, first we have a few obstacles. Sorry. It's wrong slides So first we have few obstacles I'm talking about mostly some politicians and central bankers and Economists So there is no important It is not important right now to deal with why these people like professor crewman think that Bitcoin is evil This is irrelevant for us right now And the only important thing to note is that they will not adopt Bitcoin on their own They will not allow Bitcoin to be part of the present financial system And so the the good news is that Bitcoin doesn't ask for permission It's already there It doesn't wait for politicians or central bankers to approve it or to integrate it It's already available for everybody to use And so And so as for example A congressman Patrick McHenry said Bitcoin is an unstoppable force It is something outside of the fine if the present financial system which allows companies today to start building a new infrastructure This is just a small example Of such companies, but it allows businesses and individuals to start a parallel financial system Which does not depend on the only present one sir So I believe that of course this change to such a new a new system such a young system Also cannot be an immediate change and nobody should expect Bitcoin to just Serve everybody right now. I believe but this transition can be done very gradually So already now there are many businesses that start accepting very small amounts of their entire Transactions in Bitcoin they don't rely on it for everything, but they already start interacting with it There is already many Already many individuals that put a fraction of their incomes and fraction of their savings into it And it is already the change has already begun. I believe and As again as say McHenry said it is an unstoppable change an unstoppable force I Sorry Yeah, so I believe that the Last thing I want to say is that my hope for the future for all this change for all this new system is to change public opinion to care more about political and financial freedom and more on our Subject here on the business cycle I believe that Bitcoin could change the public opinion that there is an in a so-called inherent tendency in the market economy for such booms and busts I believe that Bitcoin could Prove to people that a free market money a free competition a free market competition for money is both beneficial and Allows for much more sustainable economic growth So thank you everyone and are there any questions? Yes Yes, we had a few questions already during your talk. Would you like to catch up with us? Would you like to continue a question? perfect Any more questions? Yes, wait. I have a microphone Concerning inflation. It's right. You have a limited amount of bitcoins So this is not inflationary But you are importing inflation from the real money into Bitcoin Assuming that the exchange rate stays the same and the US dollar for example has 5% inflation Also Bitcoin has 5% inflation. So there are inflationary effects as long as this coin is not accepted as a mm-hmm Payment system Yeah, thanks for the question. I don't I mean I don't think that well right assuming that inflation from That the inflate the price doesn't change There it will be inflation price, but I don't see any reason to believe that the price will not change I mean the price is changing Constantly I don't see why why it shouldn't match the actual inflation But again, I think that build coin if we go to volatility I believe that it will be much less volatile as it goes more and more mainstream and have more and more users but I Also believe that it is counting for the for the inflation of the national currencies Very good one more question or okay perfect. Thank you, Ben. Okay. Thank you very much. Really interesting. Thank you very much Thank you


a couple things i need to go and not hit the truck big huge giant truck behind me because it's really big and it's sticking out and yeah i'm kind of close closer than i'd like happy sunday everybody it's sunday may 2nd it's 11 p.m or something like that and yeah about 12 after one anyway we're gonna take crazy pants out for a walk and then we're going to run over caught to cosco really quick because i've got some ancient video vhs videotape of which we had transferred to dvd a long time ago we might have done it as a diy i don't remember to be honest but the video the dvds are cracked so they're unreadable um cosco will still transfer the vhs tape to other media and these days they'll put it on a thumb drive so i think i'm going to spend the extra couple bucks and have these two videotapes put onto a thumb drive we have other vhs tapes i may have done at some point too but initially i just need these first two so it's almost 1 p.m on monday may 3rd i think it's the 3rd anyway um i filmed one two four videos quick videos this morning um one for my creative year one for a life of art and self-expression my two facebook groups links are in the link tree list of links down below along with my instagram my etsy shop and all that stuff um anyway i also filmed my mission inspiration video um and this month is going to be a talking one everything is drying i'm going to go have some lunch and then let it dry and then it should be ready for some still images afterwards um and i'll probably edit everything tomorrow maybe okay the noise outside that you hear probably humming in the background is my neighbor doing some power washing um i said the afternoon working on some more digital downloads um which will be in the etsy shop sometime this week um the patrons over on patreon are going to get them free so if you want free stuff like that they're going to get at least one of them um anyway so and then i cut um my copy of them out on avery sticker paper these are some um and um these are all including some of the watercolor faces that i've been painting lately and um and i cut them out um they're about one and a half by one and a half inches square approximately and then i of course couldn't throw i'm having trouble being coordinated okay i couldn't throw the little extra strips of label paper away for some reason today i don't have lots of acrylic sprays because fun fact i don't like them and i had one that was clogged and i already had to put it in a different bottle um but i do well obviously i own a few i own six um and usually they're the um mixed media art sprays these i have one more that's clogged so i'm gonna have to dig around and see if i have a bottle to put it in but they just clog their high maintenance and i'm not about doing art the time maintenance necessarily i don't yeah anyway um but i took the extra scraps of the abrid label paper um from cutting out the stickers and i put them in cookie sheets and i sprayed them with some of the acrylic sprays and we'll see what happens when they dry and yeah my two journal pages i did are both dry or drying and so that's good the two of the ones that i filmed and i've got some watercolor stuff out because i was thinking i was going to put watercolor on those label paper scraps and that's i was like wait don't have sprays somewhere i should probably use those up so i didn't use them up necessarily but i did use them i'm gonna end up getting wet because of course i didn't wear the right coat but how do you just not love the sound of rain all right let's get some more stuff welcome to tuesday uh april fourth 11 57 a.m almost lunchtime i know i got wrapped up in like three projects at once advertising for the class i'm teaching with bae agrob by the way there's still a student space available my link for the class is down in the video description um i am doing it in exciting class my part of the class there's a bunch of different teachers and they're all doing something different and all very exciting my part of the class is exploring our use of color in our art and new ways to come up with new color combinations and the developing of a tool reference tool for your art room that you can use to inspire you so um yeah i i hope you all choose to sign up for the class and anyway yeah so i've been working on ads for that my daughter's helping me she's in advertising and marketing by the way if you need somebody to do that she's available for hire um anyway i'm also going to be exploring more making my own stickers out of label paper this is these are just scraps of label paper and i ended up spraying them with some ink sprays inks and sprays i have left i don't have a lot of the sprays anymore but i really like kind of the washi tape thing that happened because of it and i already used some of the small pieces in my journal last night um and i'm thinking i'm going to do some more i also have an idea for some cheesecloths so i got out the rest of my sprays and then a few colors of ink that i don't have in spray um so i can do like rainbow rainbow like rainbow and so i'm saving the last video i got um another clip filmed for the use it or lose it um for um april and i i i'd labeled it may i'll have to fix that i can't just change the name after it's done saving anyway um where i did these if you want to know what i did for those or what they are you got to watch the use it or lose it it will air tuesday may 11th so maybe hit that little notifications bell down below by the subscribe button and then you'll know when the videos come out right and then if any of you dedicated followers out there have any idea what these are this is why i label things people because i don't have any idea i evidently mix these because these are home chef little containers that i reuse in the art room when we get home chef meal kits i think they might be diy fabric paint done with fabric medium maybe there is a yellow and orange and a white there is two colors of blue and a green and there's what looks like black i don't remember what they are they're in a little basket this is why i label everything because i have no idea they're still fluid so i haven't they haven't dried out so they haven't been down there so long they've dried out i'm gonna have to figure out something to use them up on again i don't know what they are um but i do have some scraps of canvas um that i can pull out and um maybe do something with those because yeah i gotta get used but yeah guys we are in the car obviously and um i've already been up working for a bit i filmed a video clip for the class i'm teaching in june i will insert it right here everyone do you ever feel like you're stuck in a color rut when you're working on your art or in your art journals do you always pick the same few colors every time do you need maybe a tool or technique to help you experiment play and maybe even mix new colors join me in a class i'm teaching with bae agrob shell c peg robinson marie linder petrofuchs in june i am for my portion teaching a class on doing exactly that helping you break out of your box and create a tool to help you break out of your color rut and show you how to use it so join me and let's play and experiment and have fun i think you're gonna enjoy all the content from all the teachers use the link down below to sign up today class starts in june get your spot now all right so i need to go to staples i need to pick up some stuff and then i've got to go drop the car off because today is time to drop the car off to have the water seal leak fixed or the water leak fixed i'm assuming it's a seal or something i know there's some drain pipes that go down the a pillar on both sides of the car from the sunroof and i think they're kind of known to be a leaky problem so i don't know this place that's all they do is car water leaks they don't do anything else so we're gonna go get it fixed okay so if you are a regular subscriber and follower of my youtube channel you'll notice i fixed a bunch of youtube shorts today that i did wrong i formatted a wrong i had quite a few on my channel but they were all formatted incorrectly so i fixed it and so you'll see a flurry of them showed up all on the same day um youtube shorts are just short one minute or less videos formatted in a vertical format instead of horizontal like the one you're watching now um i think they're competing with like tiktok and stuff anyway um one of the videos is advertising the class in june that's coming up that i'm teaching with bayagrob i think it's a pretty exciting class i'll link the short for it in the video description i also did one with a fun filter just because i felt like it for no particular reason it has absolutely nothing to do with the class i'll actually insert the video clip for that one right here um okay do you ever feel like you're stuck in a color rut that with your art or art journals you always pick the same few colors and things every time do you maybe need a tool or a technique that you can use and you can reference to to help you break out of that box and give you permission to try new colors and new things in your art well i for my portion of the class i'm teaching in june with bayagrob shellc pegg robison petrifuchs and marilander i'm going to show you a new tool you can make yourself to help you break out of at least the color rut i think you're gonna love it i show you how to use it join me in june get your spot today the link is down below i'll see you there i also spent a lot of time yesterday and today using up some more stuff i added some gold paints and inks to the purple that i did yesterday purpley pink inky spray color things i did yesterday i did the rest of the fabric with some more of the gold and some pearly white inks and things that i had to use them up i've got quite a few see all that back there and this over here like every surface is covered practically now it's all gotta dry and then i can pull out what i want to use for my personal stash i may put some in some goodie bags for the edgy shop i don't know yet and what else i think we have to go to the grocery store tonight we're gonna be taking the husband's sports car yeah we never do that so that'll be interesting i don't know about my car's in the shop hopefully getting the water leak oh and i wanted to show you guys so one of the things i was doing was the inky sprays thing using up stuff if you've watched use it or lose it um then you'll know and this is cheesecloth right it's not dry yet but i can't wait till it's dry i took the leavings from that and i had a piece of label paper in the bottom it's also not dry yet but and it's like one giant sticker so i'm going to be able to cut that up into strip like washi tapes type strips so and then this one is just leftover spray cheesecloth less bright but no less interesting and this is the coordinating piece of label paper that was underneath that these were dry enough to separate today they still are damp so they've got to finish drying but they were drying up to pull the label paper out from underneath i keep seeing birds in my path like literally that's the second one i've just seen today it seems like for the last week or so every time i go out for a one walk well for a walk i should say i see at least one bird that's interesting i'm not sure what the message is there i have to consult with my sister she's all knowing about things like this okay so it's 11 16 a.m thursday march 6th yeah march 6th it's been quite an eventful morning um it started off with me getting word for my doctor that we are lowering my blood pressure medicine by five more milligrams so yay means i'm doing the right thing and going in the right direction um my daughter's also going to be handling some advertising and marketing for me for the art business and the youtube channel and all of that stuff and we got some bugs worked out of that this morning so yay um no word on my car yet um but the husband is going to call uh at lunch if we don't hear um anything and check on see what's going up with that and my mother may not be procreating her procedure again today this week so the ambulance service that was supposed to give her her ride to her hospital had all of their vehicles vandalized last night so they had to cancel all ride appointments for today and because of the late notice there is literally nobody else to take her and it's not safe to take her in a private vehicle that's her condition is so bad so unless they can scramble and find a transportation for her or an alternative closer place to get her procedure done for the spinal fluid drain it looks like it's going to be put off again and how long they can do that before there are serious consequences and or permanent side effects who knows at this point i think that consequences may already be permanent so yeah that's a thing hey guys it is 12 30 friday march march holy cow may 7th i think got my car back yay it's all been fixed didn't cost nearly as much as we thought it was going to yay my mom was able to get her lumbar puncture she needed last night um via the emergency room there was a big um hoopla about that i think i've walked about it but i don't know anyway uh but she got that done we don't know um if it helped or not yet dad's trying to find out um in the meantime we are getting ready for an afternoon of painting so we've got a number of spots around the house that need touching up on the trim and the walls like that dark spot right there um where the old owners had something hanging and so we are having a local paint company um try to color match and finish match this wall paint so that we can touch that up um and we are painting two accent walls in the um guest bedrooms upstairs and we also have some spots around the trim that need touching up for that we already have the paint um because we had to have a window leak repaired and our contractor actually to pull the old trim off and had a color and finish match so we already have that um and there's a lot of spots like that are just nasty like around the laundry room doorway i don't know if that's going to show up on camera um so we're going to touch up some of those and um yeah it's going to probably take a few days i don't think we're going to get it done to all today but the kids are going to come over in a little bit and help um at least with the two big accent walls and uh yeah that's the only thing on the agenda for today so to be honest it's enough i needed that it's just painting around the house but it's not fun art painting you're just painting walls but that's okay all right that's it for the minute i got the plants watered i haven't gotten the sourdough starters fed but i may not do them until Monday and they should be okay until then because i fed them late last week and i may um make a couple batches of crackers when i do feed them and or a batch of bread because i haven't made either in those in a little bit and we're out so it's also cloudy outside again that's okay all right i'll be back guys we are going to sit here in front of my newly blue wall so each one of the guest rooms upstairs now has a accent wall that says color the other walls are this sort of sandy beige color um yeah and this is the one that's filled with artwork not that the whole house isn't but you know anyway we also got the previous owners had a lot of artwork on the walls and as do i and um they were hunters so they had a lot of trophies on the wall if you know what i'm talking about and um that's not my thing but it was theirs not fine um but they left a lot of holes in the wall that were touched up with the wrong color of paint so besides painting these two accent walls in each bedroom up here we went to a local mom and pop paint company miller paint by the way if you live in the pacific northwest you need paint for a project please do look them up their mom and pop um chain um each one each franchise is privately owned um and um they were so they have been so helpful um not only for this project but other projects for us and they we took a like four by four patch of this off of a wall in a spot behind the dryer nobody's going to ever see it so we peeled it off with some of the paper backing from the sheetrock and brought it in and said can you color and finish match this they say they said we can but we're not the big box stores we will do it until it's right and it will take two or three hours okay that's a long time you know usually you go into the big box stores and they scan it takes five minutes right they did such a great job this color paint has been so hard to match and the finish on it has been so hard to match it's perfect absolutely perfect and so we went around after this wall was painted we had some paint to match this trim then we got this new paint for this and we went around and basically touched up every thing in the house that needed touching up it looks so great i am so happy um so the kids asked what i wanted for mother's day i said i want you to help me paint um they're getting there or having their wedding celebration in june they've already been legally married but the big giant wedding had to be put off because of covid so that is happening in june and we're having people here that are fully vaccinated and or negative you know we're being cautious but still we're having a few people come over and i want my house to look nice and i don't want all these weird spots on the walls and i want the guest rooms to finally be decorated and all of that stuff and so i said you know what i want for mother's day come help me with these projects at the house and so they spent most of this afternoon here and they're going to come back tomorrow with for a couple more things because there was a couple projects that kind of weren't on my list we have one spot on a corner that needed new mudding and taping basically and they've learned how to do that at their house they do a great job at it and it wasn't really on my list right now to do but it needed to be do eventually done eventually rebecca and paulia said you want us to fix it now so it's drying right now they're going to be fixing it and then painting it yay all right so it's going to be so great for the wedding i'm so happy so we're going to just let all the paint dry we did i've done nothing else today except this paint stuff so um i did paint stuff it was just walls um so we're going to um go have some get some takeout from somewhere we don't know where yet exactly and then just sit and chill for the rest of the day i think bob's back is really hurting him he has a really bad back so diy is not something we do a lot anymore um especially things like paint because it's really hard on his back um so i think we're going to spend the rest of the afternoon just chilling on the sofa probably or the evening i don't even know what time it is i have no idea anyway it's been a fun week um 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It's tough, I can't really explain it, it's hard to unless you go through it, but depression, wouldn't you? When I was growing up, the only thing that really mattered to me were sports. Hayden never stopped moving. He was constant motion. He was always the biggest and the fastest and as a sibling it was a little frustrating because he really didn't have to put too much effort into it as he was younger. He just kind of showed up and was great at everything. From the time that I can remember as a kid just knowing in the back of my mind it was I'm either going to be a professional baseball player or I'm going to play in the NFL for you know X amount of years. And I asked Hayden, I said, what do you want to do, do you want to play baseball? You want to go to college? He goes, well I really want to play baseball. So he went to play with the Pittsburgh Pirates down in Bradenton, Florida with their minor league camp and he did well. I remember going and watching and saying, oh my gosh he's going to get called up because he was just lights out throwing strikes and doing really well. He would start calling during the week and say, hey what are you doing this weekend? I said, oh nothing. Can you come down? I'm like, what's he want me to come down there for? And he would every week call me, come down, come down, come down. He wanted me around all the time. We would have phone conversations and he would tell me that he was struggling and he would tell me that he was starting to not be able to feel his hands when he would pitch or he didn't know where the ball was going. I just didn't understand that because again my entire life of watching him play he was just great. I kind of felt this weird feeling in my hand where the ball just wasn't sitting right. You know my hands were getting really sweaty and I felt like I didn't have control like I normally did.  I feel like I finally knew that something was really dark and something was really going on when we would FaceTime him and he was in a dark room in the middle of the day by himself. And I mean I, as far as his camera is away from me, I mean I couldn't even play catch with a kid and I'm supposed to be a professional baseball player and it was just, it was horrible. It really affected me on the field obviously and then off the field it just created a downward spiral in my life. He would get to the point with drinking that he would black out because he just didn't want to have those feelings anymore and it was very tough on us because he didn't come to us. He actually went to a pitching coach and just said, you know, I'm not enjoying this anymore. And he said, look, he said, I've never seen a kid try to fix something so hard in my life. He says, I've been doing this all my life. He says, we've done everything and he wants to move on. And the pitching coach said, well what do you miss? And he just said, I miss the football part. So he said, well go play football. And so I always told Hayden, it's gonna, it's gonna work out, it's gonna be okay. And I remember him telling me, mom, it's not working out, I'm done. I'm gonna go play football. And I told him, I thought he was crazy to sit there and walk into another sport that he had played one season of in high school. I mean, I thought he was insane. Really that moment where I decided to hang it up and leave baseball behind me was huge for me.  I honestly thought that I was gonna leave everything behind me. I get to South Carolina, you know, and I'm still drinking, I'm still turning to drugs, trying just to numb that pain, I guess, of having my childhood dream ripped away from me. What I went through for those three years was horrible. And he was drinking like he was at a bar. Like he was heavily drinking in a family setting just on a Saturday night with the rest of us to the point where he was getting like really intoxicated and really blacking out and kind of mean. And he's never been like that. I can't really explain it. It's hard to unless you go through it. But depression, when you feel like nobody's there, despite my family being so close and they're willing to do whatever. But when you're in that headspace and you're in that dark spot, you do, you feel alone. You feel like nobody's there, nobody cares. So I guess for me in those years, that's why I turned to drinking and pills and cocaine, anything that I could give my hands on to numb that feeling of embarrassment where I wouldn't have to explain myself to my family as to why my life was like unraveling. And one night it just caught up to me. I'll never forget my husband and I were at our lake house. I remember him coming in to the bedroom and saying, we have to go to Columbia. And I'm like, why are we driving to Columbia? And he goes, Hayden tried to take his life. When you get this message, it's pretty important. Please call me as soon as you can. Please call. At that point I wanted out. I just I'd fought for so long and I just I wanted it to be over. And for some reason, I got a second chance at this thing. He was embarrassed, humiliated. He was in this room and the room was like almost like a jail cell. We had five minutes that we were given to speak to him. And he held his head down and he wouldn't talk to us. And I said, Hayden, we have five minutes with you. You have to share with us what happened. It was the best and the worst thing that's ever happened in my life because when I made that decision, when I was sitting in that hospital room kind of reflecting on everything that I had done, I made a promise to myself like, I'm not going to do this again. For whatever reason, God looked down on me and gave me a second shot at this thing. And I made a promise. I'm going to make the most of this opportunity.  Even though they told him every single day, he was like, hey, you can't talk to him. And he demanded. He's like, I need to talk to him. And for four days called and just got rejected. Just having that support system in moments like that is just crucial. You don't know which way is up. You know, you're looking for help any way you can get it.  And he started just on his own, just cleaning up. He hasn't had a drink since that night. And I dove straight into football and I was working out two, three times a day.  I blocked everything out and I dove in 100%. And I just became a freak. Anything that I could do football lies, I was doing it because I was going to make it work. Braven select, Hayden Hurst. And all of a sudden, boom, my phone rings and Ozzie Newsom's on the other line. It's like, man, this is really happening. Once they showed it on the television and Hayden called the four of us together. And we had a wonderful embrace because we were thrilled for him. Because a lot of the emotion and anxiety and hard work that he put in came through and all that wonderful call. Shortly after the draft, he said, mom and dad, I want you guys to retire. And I thought, I said, no, not hardly.  He goes, mom, I want to start a foundation and I want to focus on young people because I want young people to learn the tools and the foundation for handling anxiety and learning from it. I got a lot of respect for what you did. He came out and talked about me and my mom have a foundation about suicide prevention. Yeah.  Appreciate your brotherhood. You collabed with him. Absolutely.  You know, I suffered loss in my family with suicide. What a brave thing to come out and talk about and then for the kind of the backlash that he got I thought was just completely outrageous. When Hayden has his cleats for a cause at December 6th game, he's not only representing his foundation, he's representing Dak Prescott and Solomon Thomas because that's what it's all about is getting the message out and letting people feel comfortable talking about their feelings. I think my message would be, don't make permanent decisions on temporary feelings. That there are resources out there to help you. You are loved. You are wanted. You are appreciated. You are put on this earth for a reason. We can do something to help you out. Don't hide it. You gotta be strong. Come forward with it. Let us know what's going on. Don't think that you are the only one out there having these feelings or thoughts and go to someone. Keep fighting. Keep going. Because as bad as dark as it gets, I promise you there is someone out there who cares and loves you and wants to see you succeed at whatever you do. It doesn't have to be professional sports. I promise you there is somebody out there in your life that loves you and that will support you and will help you get out of that situation.


just for us. I mean the House and the Senate doesn't a lot about humor, representing a bipartisan process of force for Ukraine. Zelensky did enter that room to applause. We were able to hear it from here just across the hallway. But once he gets inside, I imagine it's going to be a very tough intensity that he has with these senators. We saw some of them going in. But the dynamics here on Capitol Hill have not just been questions about a supplemental for some of these people. But that package is also going to be related to Israel, the state of Taiwan, and the support they're giving to those who act. The Republicans in this room have been clear that this is going to be a very tough sell for Zelensky to make. And that the White House might be sending in here to a bit of a pool of air. So the fact that it doesn't seem to be a problem for the Republicans on the Senate side, that there is the will or a path to get this done by we can see here when Zelensky entered the room. I asked him, what are the states here for your country? He didn't answer on the way in. But he has been clear and equivocal about the states in their settings. It's going to be interesting to see if he talks with reporters now. But you're right. He's got a full day of meetings here first on the Senate side, then crossing over to the House side for the first time with Speaker Mike Johnson, who has been someone that's been clear about the fact that there's not a lot of power type within the House of Republican Congress to continue sending news to Ukraine and that there needs to be a focus on the Southern border, specifically the harsh restrictions that House Republicans have put forward in their immigration and border bill in the past. That's not something that's going to make it to the Senate, but all of this amounts to a very sticky situation here for the end of your supplemental that seems less and less like Ukraine even if it's easier to make a final hit. No, that's not true. Mr. Gage is the one. He's the first. Mr. Gage is the one. Mr. Gage is the one. Mr. Gage is 5.6. Okay. So I think you might lower that a little bit, or is that at the right rate? I think that's about it right now. Okay. We'll test it out. We'll test it out. Yeah. Oh, that's perfect. Have a good day. Have a good day. Have a good day. I understand a part of the life of those people. Is there a part of the life of those people? Yeah. I'll turn me through. I understand a part of the life of those people. Yeah. Okay. Good. Good. Good. I shall move into the next session. Thank you all. Take your time. Thank you. Fight as you are. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, yeah. Also, since the last six times. 140 pounds. Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. Okay. That's the background this time. And she's been talking to the members of Israel. I think that many of us believe that after they put a speaker in place, several weeks of tunnels, that they would move forward to quickly sending aid to Israel. We'll be watched instead with the newly minted speaker, Mike Johnson, then tie that Israeli aid to budget offsets that actually didn't offset or pay for the aid. But we're also non-sparklers on the Senate side of this building. We're concerned about putting conditions on aid to one of our closest allies. That is how you ended up with this much larger supplemental package with both together Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and border conditions. It's something that the administration itself was the initial catalyst for action. They're the ones who pulled this package together in that form, thinking that border security conditions would pull some reluctant Republicans to the cause of Ukraine, and that Israel aid would also pull in some Republican support. Instead, what we've seen is we've watched Republicans, both in the House and Senate, really leverage this as a moment for the United States to look to its southern border. They have said that in the same way that they want to send aid to Israel to Ukraine, they also need to deal with the American border crisis that they see happening. And so we're watching them continue to play this game of, frankly, political chicken with border security and sending aid overseas. I imagine that's what we're going to hear from Speaker Mike Johnson when he meets with Zelensky himself later today, but I do think it's important to underscore that even Republicans who have been supportive of Ukraine aid, people like Senator Lindsey Graham, for example, have said they think that this is really a mission to fail for Zelensky coming here and having to effectively have senators say no to his face for more aid because they cannot come to some kind of bipartisan negotiation or bipartisan consensus on the border pieces and the immigration pieces of this supplemental package. Immigration, we know this, we've covered it for years up here on Capitol Hill. One of the thorniest issues that Congress has yet to contend with, frankly, is every time they seem to come to some kind of bipartisan consensus, it then falls apart before votes can happen on it. So substantive change on immigration reform now tied to equally thornier issues on the world stage. It's really a recipe for an action. Why don't you text me? Sorry, I couldn't pull your voice over. Yeah, if you can keep the camera off, just text me when you want to be, if you want to go back in or if you want to go back in. I was talking about if you stand, buddy, wait a minute. See, I saved it. Coming back. Walk down the hallway behind me, but you can walk towards the house in that direction. That's where his next meetings are. I can see that house is in the house of my dad, Johnson, so I'm sort of glad you're here. Addressing the press at this critical, critical moment of getting a sense of that from senators about some of the early leadouts about what happened in the room here. We were told that, I think, he talked about it. Okay, folks, I'll be very grateful. It was a very powerful meeting. President Salinsky made it so clear that we need to help, but if he gets to help, he could win this war and he outlined in some great detail a kind of health community and how it would help him win. He gets the help he needs. He will do. On the other hand, he'd be very, very dangerous for the United States. And I'd like to influence through any surrogate what is what we need to do to be great. He also, if you don't give the equipment, several things will happen. First, the military needs. But second, you're, and many of us, you say, what is going on here? They're not giving, they're not giving the equipment. Every year, we hold the United States post as allies of the U.S. military. In terms of this, we did not hear many. And in fact, we had expected Salinsky himself, at some point, to come and speak to us here. Obviously, that didn't happen, but our understanding was that he was going to come to the press with some kind of a message after this meeting. One of the things that we do know is brought up inside the room, which is really a sticking point to the larger conversation about what's going on with the border security. We know that immigration is brought up in the room.


These are the underwear I buried in the two-year rotation and so again what I've done is take advantage of the fact that they have that double panel in the front and a single panel in the back so I've put all the back panels up here. These are the three underwear that I planted in this field in May. I left them in there for six weeks and then I dug them up, I kind of shook off all the loose dirt and then I pinned my trophies to this board, two-year corn-soy rotation and you can see in each of these underwear yeah there's some degradation going on. They've been chewed up a bit and this is a no-till plot so there is more enhanced activities in the plot but in nearly all of them the back panel is intact and if you were to clean them up and put them on you could probably keep your butt from showing by what's left in terms of this material here on the back panel. Okay so that's two-year corn-soy.  In fact even the front panel has been degraded in all these except this last one here on the left but the back panel is pretty much gone on all of these. Now it looks like a pretty simple demo but if you're going to do this at home you need to remember a couple things. One is trying to bury more than one because who knows where you buried it.  Try and bury several of them. The other thing is you got to watch out what brand not all brands are made of the same thickness of cotton. This is fruit of the loom right and not all will have the same thickness some might be more and the other thing you got to look at is they're asymmetrical so in the back panel in the front you got the secret compartment and there's you know kind of two panels there so when you plant them in the ground you kind of want to make sure you're going to plant them with the front panel up or the front panel down but do it the same for all the different ones that you bury and you're going to bury them according to the instructions from NRCS two inches deep and so that's another tricky thing you got to get a shovel and skim off two inches of the soil and put that thing in and maybe leave a little bit of band sticking out but try and get it as flat as possible at two inches to give yourself a chance to see what the effects are of your different management options what we we decided to do is kind of compare a couple of fields of steves that had the same soil type but had some different management practices you could really see the difference in the microbial activity