Hi, this is MXUX. I just want to go through a SWAT analysis. I think this is a good time to do this for Lordstown Motors. I'm going to try to be direct and brief here. Let's see if we can go through this. The strengths right now of Lordstown Motors, or I've got it calling it here LEX, there's a commercial BEV certified and a homologated delivered to customers, has production cost advantages. That is the battery electric vehicle, the endurance. There is a BEV pickup truck, which is fleet-centered, which is in demand. That is the main strength of Lordstown Motors right now. They have a new MIHBV program confirmed, but the details have not worked out yet. That's a second strength. A third strength is they are watching their cash and they have $200 million, I think, and don't quote me, I think it's $250 million or perhaps a bit more with the monies from Foxconn so far on the new MIH program deal. That may be $270 million. Their burn rate was high last quarter because they started production. It should be less, but the burn rate is going to be somewhere between $50 million and $90 million, something like that per quarter, I believe. That's where we are right there. The weaknesses. Those are the main strengths right now. Again, BEV for sale, new MIHBV fleet program is confirmed, that's a big deal, and they do have a positive cash balance. Weakness. Stock price. The stock has dropped below $1. It faces potential Nasdaq delisting, depending on how long that goes on. That is not good. The BEV recalls, there have been two of the endurance, and I would say that these are not, as recalls go, that big. I believe the lightning has had nine or is it 19? So this is fairly common. These are not, these are second and third tier supplier problems, even fourth tier supplier problems. Now, so we have the stock price, and I do believe there may be some stock manipulation going on here. I have another video on that, but it doesn't matter right now. It's facing potential delisting, and the last and the BEV recalls, which these may be resolved, there is a video out of an endurance driving around Detroit, which implies to me that all the recall problems have been resolved. Again, we have funding. There's capital requirements that need to be met. The MIH project needs to be approved, okay. Now, with the approval of the MIH project, and I don't have the exact details in front of me, but 100 million, of that 170 million, I believe 50 to 70 million have been paid already. The 100 million pending is provided. They can work out the details to be earmarked for the MIH program, which Lord Sound Motors is going to develop. And that is a weakness. It's not done yet. And the BEV, the endurance, needs an OEM partner to go into full production. And that is another weakness. So potential delisting, the recalls, this may not be an issue anymore, and the funding. The MIH project needs approval and OEM partnership. Now, the opportunities for Lord Sound Motors, unrequited fleet demand, there is just a black hole of demand for BEV fleet vehicles of which Lord Sound Motors is. And with the MIH project, program slash program will even be a bigger fleet BEV provider. These are the federal municipal, municipal, commercial retail, you name it, hurts. There is just no end to the demand for BEV fleet vehicles. It's one of three BEV pickup trucks in production right now. Rivian, their fleet vehicle is their van, which they have by contract have to devote all production of that to Amazon. So there's no competition there. Ford has the Lightning Pro, which is barely in production. No one's getting any. And that's not really competition. GM has a series of fleet vehicles. No one's making any kind of dent in the fleet market because they're making so much money selling high price BEVs. So you know, right time, right product. Asset late model, the model of Lord Sound Motors is limited capital requirements. They don't have to build the new plants that Rivian's building. They don't have to go through, you know, all the maintenance of maintaining a plant and keeping it going while they're not in production or doing changes and so forth. It's a very, it's a very good model. I think other companies are going to follow this model in the future. They have a hundred million dollars of funding earmark for the MIH program. So that's pending, provided they can get the CFIS approval and bang out the details on that. They need to set milestones and so forth. And this is something I've been thinking about, which hasn't been openly stated, but this is Lord Sound Motors will own, I believe, this MIH program, this fleet program, fleet BEV program based on the MIH platform. What they develop, because you see, this is my way of thinking on this. They're not paying, it's not payment for service. They're buying stock, which is transferring money to Lord Sound Motors. And the condition of that stock purchase is that that money is to be applied to a certain program. So to my mind, and you can correct me if I'm wrong, Lord Sound Motors is going to be the beneficiary of this program. And the MIH program is an open source program. So this is really a proof of concept. Although they've had some other MIH program in Singapore and so forth vehicles built the model. What is it? Anyway, they have done it before, but this is really the main proving ground for an MIH platform program. So multiple vehicles, and they said it's going to be fleet. It's going to address different fleet needs than the endurance does. So they're going to have the endurance and other fleet vehicles. So these are very, there's a lot of opportunities here. There's demand, there's product. The business model is efficient. So, you know, and this other, the new program is funded $100 million, supposedly time to market, cost to market is supposed to be reduced. That may be enough to get to a working model with the MIH program. We'll have to see. Now, let's get to the threats. The ride stock price has dropped below a dollar. This is not a positive development. I think there may be some manipulation here. They have alluded to that in one of their SEC filings, but it doesn't matter if it's a manipulator or not. It has fallen. It faces below a dollar for a certain amount of time. It faces delisting by NASDAQ. So they have to take actions to get the price up. They're facing a reverse split of, I don't know, three to one or 15 to one, which I am in favor of because really what Lord's Time Motors has to do right now is stay in the game. Ride also faces delusion because they're going to be issuing more, they're recommending issuing more shares, which I also support. As I say, all Ride has to do right now is stay in the game. That's all they have to do. And whatever they have to do that, in my opinion, that's what they should do. Now, Lord's Time Motors faces cash depletion without earnings or funding slash funding. So their revenues on the sale of the endurance, the endurance is not profitable right now because it is not ramped. So without earnings or funding, they're going to face cash depletion. So if you look at what's going on, I believe the production of the first 500 endurance is financed. I think that's baked in. I think the MIH program, at least $100 million of it is baked in. And so what we're looking at is operational cash burn. And again, I guess that could go between $50 million and $90 million. So you can do the math on that. So we have cash. So we've always had the, as a startup, pre-revenue startup cash issues, now there is a stock price issue. There is limited information coming from Lord's Time Motors. And this may be because both Foxconn and Lord's Time have to agree on the information. According to the agreement they entered into the sale of the plant, they have to agree to what information is released. And for whatever reason, we do not have a lot of information coming out of Lord's Time Motors. We have SEC filings, but I don't know if that's a bad thing or a good thing, but there is limited information. And the other, and that I believe is part of the stock price issue. Thirdly, the government is the government dragging its feet impending the CFIS approval. Because the CFIS approval is required for the stock program to go through, for the stock investment to go through, and so forth. So that's another issue. So, I mean, we could have government dragging it. If you put your tin foil hat on, you could say the stock price has been manipulated downwards. I have a video on this that I have, I'm putting together a possibility. Or there may be macro issues not related to Lord's Time that have driven down the stock price as well. There's also the recall, but as I said, in my opinion, the recall is not as bad as it appears to be at first glance. So anyway, that's where we sit with the threats. Let's move forward. I have action items here. Lord's Time needs to resume endurance production and sales, okay? Even if it's a limited number of trucks coming off the line, they need to, you know, run that up the flagpole and show everyone that the recall has been resolved and production is underway. And that they're being, that products are being delivered to customers. And that they can successfully handle a recall. That's number one. Number two, they have, in my opinion, I'm not advising you to buy, sell, or hold any stock. And right, of course, is a high risk investment. Please seek professional advice before investing in any stock. But number two here is they need to secure the stock price LEX does. They need to do, in my opinion, a reverse split if necessary. And as well, if they could generate a positive announcement on the vehicle, on the fleet program, any type of positive announcement on securing a partner, on, you know, Neovagi doing some type of deal, any of this is going to boost the stock price. So whatever they have to do to boost the stock price, that's, they need to do that. They need to finalize the NIH program. They need to finalize the terms. They need to get the CFIS approval to get that capital, get that program underway. And as I said, I believe Lord St. Moses is going to own that program once they've launched it. So a lot is hinging on the stock price. A lot of it is hinging on positive news, catalyst and CFIS approval. And lastly, they need to secure an OEM partner for mass production of the BEV, of the endurance. And I believe they've been working on this. I have another video pending. I did a preview of the earnings call and I said the issues that should have been approached and I went over that video again and I compared it to what was announced. And you know, one of the keys there is this OEM partner. I think there is a good chance that this could happen, especially in the market. I mean, all of these are like a blockchain. They're all linked together. But certainly if you took a look at the fleet market and you look at the BEV pickup truck market, I mean, to be able to get into a program, you've got to figure that, you know, to launch a BEV pickup truck is going to cost you $500 million, you know, $900 million, a billion dollars. And to get into the endurance for half that price, a third of that price, whatever it may be, I think it's a no-brainer. But these are the things that Lord Steinmutter has to do. So by way of summary, Lord Steinmutter is in a great position to take advantage of the storage shortage of fleet BEVs with the endurance and the MIH program that they are developing, which I believe they will launch. And again, cost to market and time to market are supposed to be cut by 50% with this program, which would mean, you know, they could have, Hightower said he could have a car out in two years if it's cut by 50%. That's one year. Next year, this time, this other fleet program could be underway. And there's a shortage of fleet BEVs. Finance and capital issues are the rub. Chairman of the board, Daniel Neovagi, has connections to Hertz, where he was a former bird board member. Hertz, of course, is one of the biggest fleet buyers in the country. And Hi Finance, you know, he's a former icon, I can I can guy. So he does have connections. So it would appear to be that the ball right now is in Neovagi's court. He appears to be critical at this point. And I have down here, as I said, in a, in a what's called podcast, they mentioned that Rivian in the past has spoken with Foxconn. So is Rivian a potential partner for the endurance? They want to introduce a low cost line of battery electric vehicles. So, you know, I think there's potential there, I don't know what the status on that is, that is speculation on my part. But that would be an example of an OEM partner. Foxconn is investing in the Lordstown BEV plant heavily. Biskar, Paris pending, Monarch tractors in production. They're building a battery plant in Wisconsin. By the way, next door to that battery plant, Microsoft is putting in a gigantic data center. Initially, Foxconn had said their data center was going to be in Wisconsin. I am wondering if Microsoft is going to be part of that speculation on my part. There are even, they have stated to the Taiwan press that there are even more investments underway. But those are unknown at this time. So, Foxconn is, you know, all in on BEVs. They're all in on Lordstown. There's Lordstown, the location, Lordstown, their hub for BEV manufacturing. They're pulling together a really strong infrastructure there. And remember, Foxconn operates the battery line for Lordstown Motors, which Lordstown Motors owns, and the hub motor manufacturing line for Lordstown Motors, which Lordstown Motors owns at the Lordstown facility. So, Foxconn is all in. Now, via stock ownership from Foxconn, the via the stock ownership, the de facto financial support, Fox is at an ownership limit, I believe once this deal is consummated. So, to go further would change the status. I believe with the SEC and with CIFAS and certainly with Fox's board. So, I think that at least this tranche of financial support ends with this agreement for this MIH program. Now, there are other ways of doing that, but I'm just saying that's where we are. So, Lordstown Motors is in the captain's chair right now. They need to originate development solutions to get into production and secure funding. Right. They have had creative solutions in the past. So, they do have a creative approach to finance and they have come up with solutions in the past on, you know, things that surprise people and certainly they are capable of doing that again. They need a catalyst as far as their development. So, obviously, as I said, the return of production and deliveries of endurance would be one. An OEM partner would be another and whatever creative solution they might want to come up with. But this is where we are. I believe with Lordstown Motors and there's a lot of strengths and a lot of opportunities and we're now at the point where you know we have to get into production again and find a solution to the OEM partner they're looking for, whatever shape that may take. Looking forward to the stockholders meeting coming up and I think to my mind the most interesting thing here is that Lordstown Motors will own that MIH program fleet vehicle program once they develop it. In my mind, so this is, I think this alone increases the value of the stock or the potential of the company. Certainly with the fleet demand that's out there, I think you know they're going to basically have two product lines, an MIH product line and their own product line, both fleet directed and pushed at a fleet market that's starving. They simply have to do these other tasks, produce a catalyst, work out a creative funding solution and get an OEM partner of sorts for production. Okay, this is MXUX. Thanks for watching.


So welcome back to my channel and welcome if you're new here. Happy Friday. It is Friday So it is way in day But today is a little bit different because I am actually headed to my very first in-person in workshop Meeting in months literally over three months. They just reopened our WW studios at very limited Capacities we actually had to sign up in advance to attend the workshop here in the studio, which I did I don't know if I'm going to like it It's going to be odd and different because we have to sit very far apart from each other There are no weeklies due to paper You can't bring coffee and you have to weigh in in your shoes And I also heard that you may not even be able to use the facilities So I am actually weighing in at home today and then I am going to record that weight into my app I probably am not weighing in at the WW workshop Because I don't want to weigh in in my shoes and in the clothes that I'm wearing out and about today So it's going to be a little bit different But I am interested in Feeling out the new dynamic of the in-person workshop since the COVID so that's where I'm headed right now I will be back to share the topic we discussed my thoughts on the new version of the in-person workout And of course my weigh-in so happy Friday friends So I am out of the virtual workshop and First things first I want to show you my charm. So they had a summer Challenge for WW over the last few months if you attended the zoom meetings And if you knew the keyword or the secret word you earned yourself a charm So I got my summer charm today, which is super exciting So that was one good thing about going to the workshop was getting my charm I will insert a picture here of what the workshop looked like. It was very very different. The seats are very spread out You sit kind of an odd Areas in the meeting room I was correct in my assumption that there was no week or no weekly handout because of paper Wands were done in your shoes.  I did not try to use the facilities I noticed that the doors were open so you may be able to use the facilities and then the Guides do not write your weight in your book and if you choose to buy Anything in the workshop. It is cash only so it was interesting if I'm being a hundred percent Transparent and completely honest. I didn't enjoy it like I did before I didn't feel that camaraderie of the workshop as much because you're sitting literally so far away from everybody That it's hard to talk to people. It's just uncomfortable in your mask But they actually would not even let me bring my coffee in so I had to go back and put that in my car So for me, although I liked going and seeing my leader in person I'm not sure that I will continue to go to in-person workshops until things kind of get a little bit more back to normal So that's my personal opinion I also chose not to weigh in because of the shoe thing But I do have my weigh-in on my home scale, which has been my scale for the last few months So that's kind of a rundown of how things went at the workshop today So yeah, that's my feelings That's my thoughts if you have attended a new the new version of the in-person workshop Leave that down in the comments and let us know what your thoughts are Maybe you really enjoyed it and you're back to the in-person workshops But I think for me I'm going to continue to take advantage of zoom and see how things go in the future So let's jump into this week's workshop topic It was what happens in our bodies when we sleep track your sleep to be mindful of your sleep habits Using things like your Fitbit is a great way to track your sleep if you wear it throughout the night It will tell you how many hours of solid sleep you had how many hours of restless sleep and how many hours or Minutes that you were awake throughout the night It's important to know if we're feeling that kind of lethargic feeling every day. Maybe we're not getting enough sleep Maybe we're not getting high quality sleep. We're not letting our body have the time to rebuild itself overnight So tracking your sleep. I think is really really important. So this week at the workshop WW shared three tips on how to track your sleep and how to make sure that you're getting enough sleep Tracking your sleep is also self-care It's knowing how we are feeling how our body is feeling So grab a cup of coffee in the morning and spend some time really taking a look at your sleep habits One thing you can do if you don't have a fitness tracker or if you're not wearing your fitness tracker at night I'll be honest. I very rarely rarely wear my Fitbit at night You can log your sleep in the WW app log how many hours of sleep you had you can even put in how you're feeling How you feel that that night's sleep went for you. How are you feeling the next day? Are you refreshed? Are you still tired? But take a moment when you're having your daily cup of coffee or tea or eating your breakfast or sitting outside enjoying The beautiful bird singing on your patio. Take a moment and track your sleep Whether that be again in your fitness tracker or take advantage of the sleep tracking in the WW app Also as part of the sleep tracking portion of the WW app You can rate on a scale of one to five how you felt about your sleep You can thumbs up or thumbs down your sleep and you can really take some notes and make some strategic Planning for the next night's sleep if you have the WW app Anyways, and you're using that to track your food Why not take advantage of the app and track your sleep as well? And also then at the end of the week you can see a pattern You can see a pattern and how your sleep was you can see what notes you took how you were feeling because let's be honest We don't remember how we felt on Monday on Friday, especially when it comes to our sleep So really be mindful and honest in your tracking in your note taking See a pattern in your sleep and then that way you know where you can improve things and I know that life gets busy I know things happen. I know right now is an incredibly bizarre and weird time and sometimes sleep is literally the last thing It's on the back burner is the last thing on our mind, but sleep is so important for me I know I don't make good food choices when I'm tired I am not reaching for veggies. I'm reaching for junk food and that is a fact and I know that about myself I can wake up in the morning from a night of not very good sleep and already know How my eating is going to go that day. So I am very mindful of sleep I want to make sure I'm getting enough sleep because I know exactly How I'm gonna do in my food how much I'm not going to want to exercise or move that day even though I'm eating all the extra calories So I know that sleep is important for me and I think that sleep is important for just about everybody So make it a moment of self-care make it something you strive for to get enough sleep every night So now let's take a moment and talk about my week So as I mentioned in my weigh-in video last week my mother-in-law passed away last Monday So not this week but the week before so things have just been really busy for us We finally got the death certificate in the mail yesterday. So we were able to go to her bank close that out We picked up the 30 plus boxes of things that she had stored at a friend's house and our goal tomorrow Saturday is to go through all of those items and now my husband wants to have a yard sale because we literally you guys we Have so much from her that we don't need plus I am doing some refresh of home decor in our house. So honestly He's right having a yard sale makes a lot of sense It's just a lot of work for me because guess who will be doing most of the yard sale work In fact today, I am going to go to the Dollar Tree to grab Some boards and markers and you know the things that the Dollar Tree sells for yard sales So now I have that on my plate as well I am going to use my open house signs for real estate to put on the corner So I'll buy some fun poster board put that over the top of the open house sign and pop it on the corner We live out of town a little bit kind of in the country So I want to make sure that I'm drawing in enough traffic Figuring out where else I should advertise So it's just another thing that I have to take care of this next week in addition to real estate my nutrition course youtube so Keeping busy though is good for me because it keeps this Away from food. So keeping busy is a good thing for me. It just it can be overwhelming and a little bit stressful So I have that going on as well. It is also my very very favorite time of the month Or not. So I'm feeling blah. I'm feeling gross and bloated. It's about day Three or four for me. So this is when I really start to feel the worst So I was dreading even weighing in today because I thought there's no way I'm going to lose weight Even though I will say I did jazz or size Four times this last week, which I am so proud of myself I've been filming this last week as well for a what I eat in a week that is coming out on sunday So you don't want to miss it. I have lots of fun stuff to share with you guys in this what I eat in a week So stay tuned on sunday for that. So I've been doing that this whole week filming that Doing my workouts today is a work in the yard day I need to spray weeds do some weed whacking around the front part of our house And also need to respray some insect killer on my rose bush. It had some diseases So I've been kind of babying my little rose bush out front. So I am going to get in some activity today even though I'm not going to jazz or size. There's just not a class unfortunately today So my plan is to still get my 10,000 steps today still have active minutes helping my husband out in the yard So I feel good about this last week. I feel good about my eating. I feel good about my activity I don't feel good about being a girl, but I feel good about everything else this last week So when I did step on the scale at home today, I actually lost point eight So almost an entire pound mid cycle is amazing for me. So I'm very very thankful for that I haven't lost as much each week so far in august that I Wanted to where my goal was but like I mentioned last week life has really really happened this month So I'm just grateful for a loss in general. I will take it. I'm happy with it So once my monthly cycle is over here in the next few days I can really push hard this next week to have a little bit bigger loss And make up a little bit of ground from the first part of august, but I'm doing really well Mentally, I'm doing really well I am loving my food that I've been eating I've been loving having a little bit more freedom with calories and points and I've been loving being able to go back to jazz or size and see my friends and do the workout in person I definitely get a much much better workout that way. So mentally, I'm doing really well And I'm grateful so grateful for that considering Everything that's been going on in the last couple weeks in my life. So of course, I want to hear from you guys I want to know how you guys are doing. I know things are still crazy and up in the air And there's a lot of unknowns, but let me know down in the comments how you guys are doing How is your week? How is your weigh-in? How are you doing overall in general? If you are new, I'd love for you to stick around hit the little subscribe button and the bell next to it So you're notified when new videos are uploaded thumbs up this video if you love these weigh-ins I love these little car chats and sharing how my week went with you guys It's honestly one of my favorite videos to film So definitely thumbs it up if you love it so that I can continue to put these out every Friday for you So let's make this next week great. Let's get enough sleep Let's be mindful and take a little self-care of the sleep for this next week and see if getting good sleep all week Helps with next week's weight loss. So thank you guys again. So much for hanging out with me I have a fantastic grocery haul coming your way tomorrow and don't forget about the what and I What I eat in a week coming on sunday grab your coffee Watch my video talk with me in the comments and have a wonderful Friday. Love you guys. Bye Hi


From VOA Learning English, this is the economics report. North and South Korea reopened their joint factory zone recently. Lines of trucks and cars crossed South Korea's northern border on the way to K-Song, North Korea. About 800 South Korean workers and their supervisors entered the jointly operated K-Song industrial complex. They brought materials and parts to restart production for the first time in months. South Korean managers expressed happiness at returning to work. Ji Yoon-tae is deputy chief of a South Korean company in K-Song. He said it was very hard while the factories were closed. From now on, he says he hopes everything works out well and the factory zone comes back to life. In April, North Korea removed about 53,000 workers from the joint manufacturing effort. Their withdrawal resulted from military tensions with South Korea and the United States. South Korean companies say they lost about one billion dollars from the suspension of work at the factories. The industrial area produces cloth, watches, and parts for electronic products. After months of negotiations, the two Koreas reached a deal to reopen the area. They agreed to set up a joint committee to settle future problems. Officials from the two sides have been holding weekly meetings to discuss other details. The reopening is seen as the most important sign of warming relations between North and South Korea since the North carried out missile and nuclear tests. Choi Kyung-lim is South Korea's deputy minister of trade, industry, and energy. He told reporters in Seoul that the government hopes many Chinese companies will invest in K-Song. China is North Korea's closest ally. For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villareal.


Ian! I got this new thing from Ikea. It's a shark. It's just an actual shark. Ian? Kyle, how did you know my name? This is K-Corpor from Different Dimensions. Blah, blah, blah. Can I get you some water and a mug? That's my favorite drink. I know. I'm you. Speed up. I've had a long day. This is the Kyle verse. Nope, just kidding. Slow down. This is a mess that I'm cleaning up. That's it. Kyle fragmented himself across all the space and time. Can't imagine how that happened. Are you holding an Ikea manual right now? No. Basically, there are a ton of Kyle's running around everywhere. No one knows which one is the real one. I love how every franchise is doing this exact thing. Yeah, me too. It's great for profits. Anyway, we rebranded short into the company name the K, as you can see from that awesome sign over there. It hurts my eyes. Yeah, that's the best part. Very topical.  I have been dealing with you all day. I'm so tired of hearing quips. I'm starting to sympathize with Spider-Man villains. I have questions. Of course you do. Since you're Kyle, do you have that dream where somebody important tells you that all the world's problems are your fault? No. Same. So how does copy Kyle play into all this? There's a bunch of them and they all made CKCs or copy Kyle copies because we just do the same dumb stuff over and over again. Are they buff Kyle's? Yes. Old Kyle's. Sometimes. Girl Kyle's? You don't weirdly know.  Yeah, especially if she were like blonde and really bitter and mean and nothing like me at all. Women. Am I right? Sorry, it's the money. So what do you do with the Kyle's when you find them? We put them in these test chambers where they just keep making videos because I guess they don't know how to do anything else. I'm trying to analyze it but it's hard so I'll probably just monetize whatever they make. Didn't we stop doing sketches like multiple times? Yeah, I tried but it doesn't work. I just kept falling into comas. You sure you're not sleeping? Bunch of the alternate universe Kyle's did stop eventually. About 80% of us are running successful D&D channels and a handful actually made it into Hollywood where we all directed exactly one okay Netflix show before getting arrested for assaulting either Joss Whedon or James Gunn at a party. Guess COVID didn't happen in those universes huh? That actually only happened in yours. Oh, that's a bummer. Yeah anyway after we get everything we can from them in the test chambers I just absorb them. Like in a business way, right? No, like in a highlander way. That's the end goal with all of this consolidation. Hopefully we end up with one Kyle at the end and then all of this makes sense. I don't know. Okay cool so I'm like the new recruit. No. Oh well why am I important? You're not you're just one of them. But I'm the wacky Ikea inventor Kyle. Yeah, that's pretty baseline. You don't have a lot going on. Sketch chambers are down the hall to the left. Take your pick. Go nuts. I gotta unpack my shark. Save it for in there. Wait, you are special. Really? Yeah, you're that guy. Exactly. Thank you. This is all your fault. Oh no the dream. Yeah, you caused every single problem up with the time machines, the cloning, the rogue AI. I'm pretty sure you did global warming. I just wanted a grilled cheese sandwich.  Oh good. No, it's a bad room. You're not gonna like it. You're doing all this to like cope with some self-hatred. Yeah. Okay, as long as we're on the same page.


How to destroy a narcissist when they gaslight you Narcissist will gaslight you They will make you question your own reality They will create a false narrative To make you doubt your perceptions and to mislead you or cause you distress Because they want to keep you off balance If they can keep you off balance It's easier for them to control you It gives them power over you and Narcissist want power and control So they will gaslight you The narcissist doesn't like it when you point out anything that is wrong with them They don't like it when you point out their faults or mistakes Or their flaws or imperfections They are very sensitive They cannot handle criticism You might point out that the narcissist is bad at driving And you might be careful to avoid offending them So you might just tell them to slow down But the narcissist is not going to accept your feedback Instead they're going to deflect it onto you They're going to gaslight you They're going to say that you're bad at driving Which may make you very confused Because maybe you believe that you're good at driving But they will go on and on They will bring up all of these real or imagined past situations where they believe that you are wrong You may not remember these situations clearly But from what you do remember you are okay But they will insist that on those occasions you weren't good at driving You almost crashed the car And everyone was looking at you Which then makes you doubt your own memory and perception It makes you question whether or not that actually happened Because there's no evidence There's nothing to prove whether or not it happened It's just the narcissist's word against your memory And they will be very dominant in their influence over you until eventually you begin to accept their vision of events You begin to believe that you are bad at driving And the scariest thing about this Is that the next time you are driving with the narcissist It will even affect your performance It will affect how you drive Because now you have this belief ingrained in your head That you're bad at driving So now you're going to do everything you can to avoid making a mistake Which inevitably causes you to make a mistake It's a self-fulfilling prophecy When the narcissist makes his prediction about you it can actually cause that prediction to become true It causes you to act conform to the expectations that were set set for you When before this event you may not have been bad at driving But now it has influenced your behavior Their distorted beliefs have had an effect on you But the reality is that they're just gaslighting you Narcissists are masters at gaslighting And it is their favorite trick to use when they are involved in an argument They will tell you the exact opposite of the truth They will flip it around on you But they're not consciously lying to you From their memory and perception you were a bad driver Narcissists have distorted perceptions Rather than the external world influencing their beliefs Their beliefs influence their external world And their beliefs are based on their feelings However they feel becomes the truth They see their feelings as facts Narcissists are shame-based people Who are doing everything they can to avoid reflecting on their shame So to avoid reflecting on it They have to mold and shape their perceptions into what they want it to be Into whatever makes them feel better about themselves It is designed to protect them from any emotional pain or distress Their emotional survival is dependent on them seeing themselves as hero or the victim And seeing you as someone who is bad or wrong The truth is irrelevant to the Narcissist Even if you had video evidence that you were good at driving It wouldn't make any difference They would still insist that you were bad Even if other people believed that you were good The Narcissists would think that their memory and perception is wrong Or they would say that they're just saying that to make you feel better The crazy thing is That they're not even thinking that they're lying They really believe that they're telling the truth Which is why they will be so insistent that you were wrong And eventually you will believe them It becomes shared psychosis And it all starts from the truth being based off their perspective feelings or opinions Rather than what is actually true Their feelings are more important to them than the truth They can't get past their own feelings So if they feel like something is true It is true But there's nothing you can say to talk them out of it Because they believe that their feelings are the truth So when you bring logic and reasoning They think you're just trying to manipulate them Because that's what they do They assume that everyone is fake like them They assume that everyone is trying To just gain an advantage Which is why they're so paranoid and hyper-vigilant They think that everyone's out to get them Because that's what they're doing When the Narcissists tries to gas like you You need to destroy them before they destroy you You need to attack and criticize them In the same way that they're doing to you You need to gas like them Something that you know they're insecure about Something that you don't really care about If the Narcissist says that you're bad at driving Tell them they're bad at painting Tell them that you may be bad at driving But at least you're not as bad as them as painting Then it will make them feeling secure Tell them that people laugh at their painting And how bad it is Then they will forget about your driving And they will be more focused on their painting Because they're very concerned with other people's opinions There's nothing more important to a Narcissist Than their image and reputation They care a lot about what other people think about them So when the Narcissist gas lights you Tell them that other people think they're no good It will worry them This is how you keep the Narcissist under control By telling them that other people disapprove of them It will cause them to panic Because they are dependent on other people for their sense of worth When the Narcissist is gas lighting you The worst thing you can do is stop the argument And point out that they're gas lighting you It's not going to help They're not going to admit it Many Narcissists will not even be aware That they're gas lighting you To destroy a Narcissist when they're gas lighting you You have to make them feel insecure You have to make them feel like other people do not value their qualities or abilities But if you're with a Narcissist and they're gas lighting you The best thing you can do is to walk away and go into contact Because it's not going to change The only one who can change anything is you 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 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Niger's Vice President Professor Yemi Oshibajo says he has neither civil bullets nor perfect approaches to reform the country's health care system. Professor Oshibajo said these are during the opening of a two-day presidential health reform committee retreat in Abuja. He said that delivering an efficient health care system would require a multi-sector approach across different levels of government and the private sector. As we've heard also has been incomplete and non-systemic, sometimes haphazard and it's estimated that will require between four billion per annum, that's US dollars to about four point five billion to be able to achieve universal health coverage. But with a population growth rate, that figure can only go higher, but any reform without the full participation of the states of course will fall short of a national health reform effort. So this is why it's so important.


The New York Jets are alive and kicking and for the first time in the history of the New York Jets franchise, they found a way to beat the Philadelphia Eagles. A game in which it felt for three and a half quarters, this hard fought, spirited, impressive performance by the Jets defense. Without their two top corners, no sauce gardener, no DJ Reed, defensive line generating pressures left and right. You had guys disrupting and getting after Jalen Hurts and making him feel uncomfortable.


Hmm, can I edit and save changes in DevTools just like in my code editor? Well, with Workspace, you can. It does require a few steps to set it up and you'll be ready to go. Hi, I'm Jeseline. Let's dive into the Workspace. Here is my simple website. I have three files, an index.html, a JavaScript, and a CSS file. First, let's initiate a local web server to host our project. You can use whichever server you prefer. Personally, I use the Node.js HTTP server for simple projects, or parser which supports hot reload. In this example, we use parser and we run this npx command to launch a server. Then, we launch the URL in Chrome. By default, any changes you made in DevTools are not safe. These changes will go after a page is reloaded. However, with Workspace, we can change that. We can start setting up a workspace by dragging the source folder into the Sources panel. Alternatively, we can add it in the File System tab. Click Allow in the Chrome to give DevTools permission to read and write to the directory. Alright, let's try to make some changes in the index.html and save it with the Command-S or Control-S shortcuts. These changes will reflect immediately in the page thanks to hot reload. Next, change the color in CSS to Rebecca Purple and edit the log message in our script. Click on the grid button to check our new log. All the changes we just did in DevTools work in the browser even after the page load because these changes are safe in our source code. You could even open your code editor to double-check. Great, now we have everything up and running. I want to share a few tips and gotchas when working with Workspace. Tip number one, you should add only the source directory into Workspace instead of the whole project. In our example, our project folder has other files as well. For instance, this folder contains auto-generated minified files. We don't want to edit these files. In fact, including them in Workspace might cause side effects in our edits due to how source maps work. Here is another project built with View. When we add yet another source folder into Workspace, DevTools will show the folder name accordingly. For folders that are not relevant to the current page, DevTools graze them out by default. Tip number two, always edit files from the File System tab. Avoid editing files from the Pages tab or the Styles pane. First of all, edits that are made to the DOM tree and the Element.Style section don't work. This is intentional. Use this area for temporarily designed experimentation. The page revert to its original state when you reload the page. Depending on your locker server setup, editing styles that are linked to a CSS file may or may not work. For example, here is the page hosted with two different servers, Parcel and HTTP server. As you can see, the way that process the CSS files are different. With HTTP server, it serves the CSS files as they are. When you hover over the file name, the file URL is straightforward. In this case, at least in the Styles pane works, the changes are safe. On the other hand, Parcel optimizes the CSS files before displaying them. What you see in the Styles panes is not the original CSS files but the result of the source map. When you hover over the file name, you will notice the URL is more complex. In this case, edits in the Styles pane won't be safe. To make sure the edits are always safe, click on the link, do your changes in the file system tab and save it. The same concept applies to the page tab. Take note that edits in those auto-generated files won't be safe. Tip number three, use keyboard shortcuts to locate the files quicker. Regardless which panel you are in, use the Command O or Command P shortcut to open the file search dialog and quickly jump to the file. Tip number four is for the pros. Use the QuickSource tab to edit any source files while you are in another panel. Click the three-dot menu, select run command and open the QuickSource tab. Apply our previous tip. Use the Command O or Command P shortcut to open the file. However, instead of opening the file in the sources panel, it is shown in the QuickSource tab. Make your edits here, save it and refresh the page. This is great. It is nice to be able to make edits without switching to another panel. While the workspace feature is useful, there is definitely room for improvement. Tell us in the comments what you enjoyed about it and what you think could be improved. Lastly, go to google.gear-dev2-workspace to find out more about workspace. Thanks for watching. See you for the next two tips. Ciao!


This is one of the easiest ways to make better products for your customers. If you sell a service or product to a specific group of people, get those people together in person and meet them and find out what their lives look like, what their families look like, what are their goals, dreams, aspirations, fears. They're going to tell you every single painful you need to hit so that you can create the best possible products and services for them so they keep dying from you over and over again and you have a mutually beneficial relationship, win, win, and they're going to fund the process because we're here in Mexico.


Governor Mark Dayton is appealing a judge's ruling that nullified his veto of the legislature's funding. Dayton zeroed out budgets for the House and Senate, hoping to force lawmakers back to St. Paul to rework tax breaks he says were too costly and other measures. But a Ramsey County judge said that action was unconstitutional last week. Dayton appealed the decision to the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


Between the age of 15 and 20, I went to a super cool church where we had guitars, drums. There was even some weirdo who hit a bongo. And also my pastor was in a rock band with my friend in the youth group. That's just how cool my church experience was. I haven't been back to church in about seven years. And honestly, my life has been completely fulfilled ever since then. I haven't felt the need for religion or anything like that. You can play the most trendy music, you can have the most epic light show, you can have the most relevant sermon illustrations that just blow people's mind. But at the end of the day, if you are not grounded in God's word preaching the clear gospel, then it's not going to have any real impact on people's souls. You see, a lot of churches seek to bring people in through entertainment, saying we got the best facilities, we got the best entertainment, it's just kind of a positive life message that everybody can get on board with and they bring in droves of people, but ultimately they have no lasting impact on these people's lives because they're not preaching the message that can transform us from the inside out. We don't need more tips and tricks on how to make our lives better. That is not what we need. We get enough of that from Oprah already. I'm telling you guys, we need pastors that are concerned with conveying what the Bible says to a dark and dying generation. Not just concerned with what sneakers they're wearing or trying to wear the most relevant clothing.  It may draw a lot of people in and it may be cool to post their videos on Facebook and Instagram or whatever, but if it's not grounded in the word of God, what are we doing? And people are walking away from the church because they think that's all it is. It's all a show. It's all entertainment. It's all about making you feel good about yourself. But that's not even the gospel. It's not a life improvement plan. It's a plan to give you eternal life and a restored relationship with God. That is so much more meaningful and important than just having relevant pastors or cool music or an epic sermon illustration. I just see so many of these stories of people walking away from the church, but they didn't even know what it was about. They were like, well, it was fun because I was young and you fit in and it was cool young adults group, but they weren't actually given the message that was most important. And that is a tragedy. Let me know what you guys think in the comments down below. Thanks to everyone on Patreon for supporting my content. I'm going to stay gospel centered. I hope you do too.


I didn't think it would ever come, honestly. After three amazing films, well, after one amazing film and then two other movies, I thought for sure this was a cash cow that were gonna milk dry. That was not the case though. We had the Animatrix, we had a couple video games, there was an online game where Morpheus apparently died, I didn't even know about that but it would explain why he's not in the new trailer or it doesn't explain it. I don't know what's happening in that trailer and that's good. I don't want to know, that's half the charm of the Matrix is figuring things out and puzzling through it with Neo together. Today I wanted to do a relatively quick video just talking about past Matrix memories, what the film franchise means to me, and where I'd like to see it go in the future. Maybe we'll relate. If you're new to the channel, hi, I'm Adam. I don't take things too seriously, but I do love movies and talking about them, so if you are as passionate as I am, maybe take the red pill. See how deep this rabbit hole goes. Sounded sexual. Just subscribe. That's what I'm saying, subscribe. The Matrix came out March 31st, 1999, yeah we're in the late 90s folks, it's gone back a ways and I remember it like it was yesterday. I still remember the marketing for this film and how bizarre the trailers were, showing very little. You had agents doing all sorts of weird body dysmorphia stuff. One dude with shades and a trench coat, dodging bullets. I have no idea what's happening, but I'm all in.  I don't know, I think it was a fishing trip and we're like, let's go to the movies because screw fishing. The film was insane. We had never witnessed anything so crazy before. It made you think it was complex. But then on top of that, we had phenomenal action, a killer soundtrack, and state-of-the-art technology that would be mimicked and parodied for years to come. I still remember being a kid in the theater in that opening scene when Agent Smith gets out of the car and the cops are like, our men are bringing her down right now and Agent Smith doesn't even look at it and he's just like, no lieutenant, your men are already dead. It's so good, he's so good. But then we jump into that scene greeted to carry on Moss as Trinity. She goes up into the air, the sound effects are insane. She's running on the rooftops, jumping across buildings, the cops are trying to keep up. Oh my God, I loved it. And then of course it ends as all fights end with her going through a telephone. So many freaking cool characters, Trinity, Morpheus, Neil of course, Agent Smith and the other agents, the Oracle, Spoon Boy, and that's just the first movie. Once Neil gets plugged into a simulation that teaches him kung fu, I was basically dead. The movie overwhelmed me with how amazing it was. After the film was done, we had multiple discussions amongst each other about where the movie could go next, if there was a sequel, about what was actually going on in the matrix. I had to explain it to like a dozen people who didn't even get the concept. I would also go on to watch this movie two more times in theaters. I was that invested in the movie.  Trinity, help. God, we were so annoying. I just know we were. I just know we were. If I could unearth some of the videos we made recreating the matrix fights or just make out our own versions, it would be quite the sight to see. Fortunately for everyone, that footage was lost to the world. The internet wasn't really much of a thing yet. It was taking shape. We had just shitty websites like built on GeoCities and Fire Angel or whatever that was called. Basically, those were the equivalent of WordPress or Wix today. They were sites where you could host images and text and not much more. I remember in computer classes just making multiple word docs full of images from the matrix, just opening up a file and just finding images online that I thought were badass from the film and just putting them in a centralized location so I could go, oh, that's the shot where they're fighting down in the subway and they have the guns and they're like, and you have the trail of the bullet and they're in like a circle. The flame of the gun goes. This is actually really crazy. I looked back and the matrix reloaded and revolutions were released six months apart in theaters. I don't know if that's ever happened before with the film trilogy or franchise. Maybe back to the future two and three.  I stand corrected by myself. Back to the future two and three came out six months apart. So matrix is going off of that playbook. The movies were filmed back to back, which is kind of weird for back to the future, not to go on a side tangent, but three seems like the most disjointed of the trilogy. It feels like the ugly duckling in the corner. Whereas one and two feel like one extended film. Anyway, reloaded and revolutions definitely feel like one longer movie as opposed to the first. The first would be The Odd Man Out. And this is where the disappointment starts to kind of fester in. Matrix Reloaded, I think is awesome. I don't think it's as good as the first. It kind of lost some of its style, some of its coolness. I don't know why because there's plenty of cool stuff going on. The film is far less about freeing minds, though, as it is about saving Zion.   Which does lead to some interesting questions. Like, do we really want to be free when this is the world we have to look forward to? There's tons of metaphors, symbolism, biblical references all throughout this thing.  But I saw all of these opening night and I would not change a thing. Even Revolutions, which is definitely a disappointment for me, over the years I've grown, I guess, a little softer on it. I think Matrix Reloaded gets to have the most fun out of the trilogy. It doesn't have to worry about the beginning or end. It can just really focus on doing some wild stuff in the middle.  The cameras are going underneath the cars. There's tons of practical effects work at play, believe it or not.   Taking out cars, fighting on the top, fighting on top of a semi-truck, as Neo's trying to rush over and help. Plus there's that burly brawl in the park. Half choreographed with real people, then we switch over to full-on video game. It doesn't age well at all. But we're in the Matrix, so kind of forgivable. Which is another nice thing about this trilogy. Since we're inside of a simulation, actors in real life that have actually died have to be replaced by other actors. Like the Oracle, for instance. She passed away between the filming of two and three. I do wish that Wachowski's knowing that they're inside of a computer program would have gotten a little bit more extreme with it.  Like something that's different. To really push home that point for audiences that, oh, I outgrew my shell, I needed to find a new one. There was many years where I was just sour on the third movie and I just didn't like it at all. Now I look back and I see what the Wachowskis were doing. I still would have liked to do the more free-in-mind sort of a thing and less about this whole Zion situation. But the other major storyline with Agent Smith is so cool that I forgive it now. The rain fights, the fact that Smith is a virus and he's ruining the Matrix, taking over everything, and they need to turn to Neo, the chosen one, to help stop him. They kind of make a deal with him that they'll do things better. They'll allow more minds to be opened. They'll let Zion stand. There's some really cool concepts there. And after watching it recently with my daughter for the first time, I got to relive all three movies over again through her eyes. It was such a cool experience. We brought home Chipotle. We're sitting down at lunch, eating, watching the movies, and I'm like half-watching the movie, half-watching her the whole time, just seeing her reaction and her response to things as she's getting blown away like I was in theaters. The first time Agent Smith seals up Neo's mouth, or removing the bog that's in his stomach, not like this. Not like this. How's he gonna be the one if he's dead? Mr. Anderson, we've missed you. Dodge this. Bzzz. I could have a panel on the Matrix and nerd out on it for like 24 hours straight without any breaks. That's how much I adore this trilogy. For good and bad. They did things that were so off the norm from Hollywood blockbusters and they went all in. They didn't sacrifice their vision for what they thought would work better for others. They just said, you know what? This is the course we're taking, whether you like it or not. So now all these years later, seeing the new movie, now directed by just one of the Wachowskis, not having the green filter, not having Neo look how he did before. No, Lawrence Fishburne as Morpheus. I need my fish. I need my fish. But some younger version of him, maybe, or maybe it's his son. Maybe it's just a guy that's cosplaying as him. I don't know. Why does Neo look like John Wick? Why is there no color grading on this thing? I know they say at the end of revolutions, which I just watched a few months back, that they, for the next reboot, the seventh reboot or the 10th, or however many that it's been, they do colorize the matrix more, how it used to be back before the sun was blocked out. They're trying to get it more accurate. So that would explain why we don't have the greens anymore. Now as for Neo's look, I don't know, we can speculate all day long, but it really doesn't amount to a hill of beans, as they say back in the 50s. I'm in touch. I'm in touch. Last time I checked, he also died in the original trilogy, along with Trinity. Morpheus, ironically, was one of the few that survived, and he's not even in this one. My guess is the matrix rebooted. These aren't even the same characters anymore. The computer told us that there's always a one that's going to save humanity, but that's just part of the construct, that's part of the programming. So it's very possible this is just a different version of Neo, and that's a different version of Trinity, completely different characters now. There might be some echoes, there might be some copying over, so that they can find what was once lost, and get those memories back. I don't know, there's all sorts of fun stuff they can do.  The matrix is really interesting because you have other properties like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, that continue to grow and flourish, and people dress up every year for Halloween as these characters. Constant TV shows going on at all times. I mean, Lord of the Rings has a new thing coming out on Amazon Prime, so this stuff's never really dormant or dead. But with the matrix, it kinda was. We had these amazing years of films, four or five really strong years. I'd say the matrix was relevant for a good almost decade, from the late 90s to like 2010. But then it just disappeared. It all changed, once the Fire Nation. And it's mind boggling because technology continues to grow and advance at an alarming rate. The matrix could have easily kept going with these ideas and concepts, but Warner Brothers or the Wachowskis or someone just completely dropped the ball. Whoever has ownership of that IP was just shitting it away. So I'm very happy it's back. There's so much you can do with this. There's so many stories you can tell. Much like Star Wars, they're going back to what they know. They're using Keanu Reeves again, Neo. They're using Karrion Moss again, which for fans like me, that's great. For us old timers that grew up with it, awesome. But I would like them to branch to different stories too because the matrix is massive, it's daunting. Do some other things with this story, with this world. And I'll be there. I think we'll all be there. Thanks for taking the time to listen to me talk about the matrix a little bit, make sure to effortlessly block and then hit that subscribe button. I don't know why you're blocking, but just jab the subscribe if you haven't. Stick around, I do a ton of movie content. Can't wait to talk more about the matrix in the future. And until then, just keep that red pill handy. Oh, you're still here. This is awkward. 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