Ferrari pole position. First row locked. 1-2. In the race 2-4. How can that happen? That shouldn't happen in Monaco when in 1st and 2nd qualifying. He should be 1-2 at the end of the race. They would not be sent to Charles when he asked for inters. They got undercut by Perez. They went too late. They even got undercut by Verstappen and Sainz. Came to the pit. Inters straight dry. Double stack pit stop lost time. That's not good for Ferrari. That's not good for Charles Leclerc. Barcelona should have won the race. Engine issue. Monaco should have won the race. Strategy issue. Him or I was on for P2. It's fun. So that's a lot of points gone for Charles and Ferrari. Obviously the season is not over, but they started 2020 very strong because in 2021 they completely stopped developing the car to focus on 2022. Whereas Red Bull was actually fighting for the whole championship in 2021. So I see Red Bull being getting stronger and stronger and Ferrari may not have what it takes to fight them. I hope they do, but my feeling is that it's going to go more towards Red Bull. But again, I may be wrong.


Is there someone in your life who makes you feel emotionally exhausted by just being around them? Do you know anyone who leaves you feeling upset, anxious, or stressed out whenever you're with them? These kinds of people are what psychologists call energy vampires.  But make no mistake, not everyone you dislike, disagree with, or find hard to get along with is an energy vampire. In fact, a recent article by NBC News actually states that energy vampires are often friends, family members, and co-workers who feed on our willingness to listen, attend, and care for others. Which can leave us feeling mentally and emotionally drained.  The issue maker. A common kind of energy vampire, the issue maker, is that person who loves to gossip, create conflict, and push other people's buttons, just because they thrive in crisis and love to stir up trouble just so they can be the center of attention. They often make mountains out of molehills just to gain the sympathy of others because they have an exaggerated sense of self-importance. Dr. Christian Northrup even suggests in her book Dodging Energy Vampires, an empath's guide to evading relationships that drain you and restoring your health and power, that many energy vampires have similarities with those diagnosed with antisocial, borderline, and or narcissistic personality disorder. The freeloader. Another type of energy vampire a lot of us encounter is the freeloader. As you can probably guess from their name, they often lurk in our schools and workplaces. It could be a slacker groupmate who isn't pulling their weight, or a manager who leaves you to do all the heavy lifting yourself, then swooping in to take the credit. Either way, the freeloader is known to prey on those too polite or too powerless to push back against them, according to NYU psychology professor Tessa West, author of Jerks at Work, Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them. The Self-Victimizing. An article by the Berkeley Well-Being Institute describes the self-victimizing type of energy vampire as the kind of person who doesn't know how to take responsibility for their actions or admit their mistakes. Another, they blame everyone else for whatever goes wrong in their life, and often expect others to care-take them for it. Their woe-as-me attitude makes them seem like hypocrites to everyone but themselves, and their constant need for you to take their side in a firm-less mindset can be emotionally draining. The dominating. There's a kind of energy vampire that always tries to one-up you. Never wanting to be outdone or outshone, these people don't want to share the spotlight. Narcissistic and envious. They can't be happy for you when you share good news with them. Instead, they try to put you down with backhanded compliments and thinly veiled insults. People who love to feel superior over others, like the dominating energy vampire, can be exhausting to be around because of how they constantly compete with you over the tiniest things. The acting won't let you in. And they feel the need to put you down just to make themselves feel good. The chronic critic. Next, we have the chronic critic. A type of energy vampire who gets their kick out of constantly criticizing those around them, preying on all your insecurities. And while it may seem obvious enough that people like this are red flags to your mental health, it can sometimes be difficult to recognize this behavior in others, especially if they're close friends who appear friendly and well-intentioned. Don't be fooled, though.  According to an article from Psychology Today written by psychologist Dr. Sherry Borg Carter, energy vampires are overly critical and find fault with just about everyone and everything in their lives. The fake friend in need. Last, but not the least, is the fake friend in need, eager to exploit your good nature and use it against you. This type of energy vampire will first try to get close to you. Only then will they start asking for favors, leaching off any kindness, sympathy, or understanding you show them. Usually, they'll try to monopolize your time by always asking for your help and guilting you into doing things you may not even want nor have the time and energy for. Demanding, but emotionally manipulative enough not to seem like it. They have no problem taking advantage of your kindness because they never take no for an answer. Now, did going through this list bring anyone in particular to mind?  Whoever this person might be. Always remember that it's not selfish to want to protect your own peace of mind and keep yourself from getting sucked dry by energy vampires. Practicing good self-care and establishing clear, healthy boundaries and keep you from getting overwhelmed by their negative energy. And by recognizing their problematic behaviors and trying to put an end to it, either by distancing yourself or calling them out on it, you are not only protecting yourself, but also others they might be victimizing to. So what kind of energy vampire do you need to be wary of most? Now do you plan to deal with them?


Welcome to this virtual celebration of your graduation from AUS. We know that this is no substitute for being together and we look forward to seeing you when circumstances permit. In spite of the difficulties you have persevered and have been successful. As you make the transition to life after graduation I am sure that your ability to persevere will serve you well. The University is proud of your accomplishments and grateful for the contributions that you've made to enriching AUS as students, as campus leaders, and as role models for your peers. I wish you continued success as you join your fellow alumni to make the world better. Congratulations again. I hope that you enjoy this video intended to celebrate all that you have accomplished. Congratulations. On behalf of His Highness, Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad al-Qasimi, member of the UAE Supreme Council, ruler of Sharjah, president of the American University of Sharjah, members of the Board of Trustees, the faculty and staff, congratulations to the class of fall 2020. Much has changed since the first day you stepped onto campus and the world has changed in unexpected ways. AUS has expanded facilities, launched new programs, enhanced research opportunities for faculty and students, and renewed the focus on student success, including an increased emphasis on the transition to University Due to the foresight and the extraordinary vision of His Highness, AUS today is not only characterized by the incredible buildings that we enjoy due to his generosity, but the campus is much more. It is a diverse academic community enriched by the students, staff, and faculty who contributed to the advancement of the academic mission of the University. While the change that has occurred at AUS has been significant, it pales in comparison to the change that has taken place in the world. The pre-final exam anxiety that you experienced just a short time ago may seem minor when compared to the challenges ahead. However, my confidence is restored each time I speak with AUS students and graduates who are confident, capable, and prepared to face a complex future. At just as you have successfully negotiated the challenges associated with pursuing a degree, I am confident that you will rise to the even greater challenges that lie ahead. Education is a gift that comes at a cost and sacrifice, and we should not forget to thank those who have supported you in order to make today possible. Please join me in recognizing the family members and friends who have supported you through this journey. Given what you have accomplished academically and as contributors of the AUS community through class discussions, community service initiatives, leadership roles, performances, extracurricular activities, and research and teaching assistants, I am confident that you will continue to make a difference in the world. Congratulations graduates. I am delighted to join you, your families and friends, in celebration of this major milestone in your lives. A degree from AUS is here finally, and it's indeed a distinct honor for me to share the excitement of this moment with all of you and to express the sense of pride that everyone in the AUS community feels for your accomplishments. We all know that you have come to this point through a great deal of dedication, persistence, and hard work. That is always the case for AUS graduates, but the fact that you have done so and that the severe restrictions mandated by the current pandemic simply adds to our pride and to our admiration for your achievements. It should also be a source of great joy to all of you. Rejoice in this your day and please accept my warmest congratulations on your graduation and my best wishes as you embark in the new phase in your life. Warm greetings to the graduating class of fall 2020. Even under normal circumstances, graduation is the culmination of a challenging journey. But you, on top of that, have had to contend with almost two semesters of learning in a global pandemic. The difficulties of learning remotely are significant. Yet my faculty colleagues who have taught you tell me that you have adapted well to these circumstances. So on this happy occasion, let me send you congratulations on behalf of my faculty and staff colleagues and other members of the CAD community.  We wish you all success in your life after CAD. The next phase of your life's journey is commencing. How exciting.  We also owe a debt of gratitude to family and friends who have given you love and support and kept you going. I have heard that leaving CAD is a bittersweet moment. Please stay in touch and let us know how you're doing. Good luck and God speed. Congratulations to the class of 2020. And I speak on behalf of all of us when I say that these are such exciting times ahead of us, despite the current global situation. Now I studied in CAD and I suppose that aspect of my university experience here at AUS that I will miss the most is the aspect of interaction and all the experiences that I've had because of the interaction with all sorts of people at AUS. Whether it's through working with different people, both professors and students or just having classes with such a diverse group of students. It's this aspect that has allowed me to have all sorts of opportunities and just a rich set of experiences. And it's also something that I miss the most this aspect of interaction, especially with online learning and distance learning and not having the opportunity to have this as much. But I am grateful and I do cherish the experiences that I've had over the past five years. And all the lessons that I've learned that I will definitely take and use in my life and my career going forward. And so congratulations to all of us. And may we all embrace the challenges and the opportunities that life will throw at us in the future. And most importantly, may we all stay healthy, and just stay positive. The world needs you and AUS will continue to need you. You along with the 16,000 alumni that you join will continue to remain an important part of the AUS community. Just as I hope that AUS will remain part of you. I look forward to the time we can gather to celebrate your graduation. Until then, I wish you continued success. Congratulations to all of the AUS students, friends, faculty, fellow graduates. We did it. We accomplished our dreams and our major steps that we took in this journey. I hope that wherever our future takes us, we allow it to take us somewhere and even beyond. The past four years were more than an academic journey. I will definitely miss my morning rides to Sharjah. And I will miss the ITF room at SBA. But I'm definitely prepared for a career in corporate finance. Besides quality education, AUS gave me friendships and memories that I will forever remain grateful for. It gave me the opportunity to represent students in the Student Council for one year, which I consider one of my greatest achievements. In the future, I hope the type you simply represent AUS as an alumina and make it any community proud. After graduating high school, I always went with the quote that says, Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. And this code has governed the life I live for the majority of my academic and social speech throughout my time in college. To thank you to my MCM department and faculty that shaped me to the woman I am today that you guys are looking at. And of course, my friends that turned into my family. I can't wait to see what the future holds for me and each one of you and take all that AUS has taught us over the four years, patience, commitment, hard work and kindness. Here's to our next journey of adulthood. AUS, you'll be missed. Thank you once again.


Our economy is completely unbalanced and it's breaking our society. House prices soar while incomes stagnate. Job security is falling and there's no funding for a greener economy to prevent climate disaster. And all the while the rich just get richer. The reason? Where the money flows, the economy grows. Most new money is created by banks through loans. And most of this is being pumped into financial and property markets instead of boosting productive investment, jobs and wages. What's the solution? We want to shift the flow of new money away from financial speculation into affordable housing, green infrastructure and the real economy. What can politicians do about it? Our politicians have powerful tools available to them to rebalance our economy to make sure the money in banking system works for the interests of our society, not against it. Will you join our growing movement and ask your MP to build a fair and sustainable economy? Together we can start to tip the balance.


I'm John Mosby, president of Highline College. On behalf of our wonderful students, faculty, and staff, I'd like to wish you all a very happy holidays, a safe end to 2021, and most of all is with great optimism and hope that I wish you a healthy and prosperous 2022. Take care and we'll see you in the new year. Thanks.


Hey, this is Brett, and this 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe SE all-wheel drive is stock number 23J256B. I am here at Summit Automotive in Van Lack, Wisconsin. Your new and used SUV headquarters. This 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe has the 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. It puts out 190 horsepower. It's paired up with the 8-speed automatic transmission, and it is an all-wheel drive vehicle. This Hyundai Santa Fe has been fully safety and inspected by our service shop. It has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off, and this vehicle is 100% ready to go. It has four brand new tires as well. I'm going to go all the way around in this video. Inside, start it up, take a look under the hood, give you the most accurate representation that I can of the vehicle. Twilight Black Metallic is the color. I show all my videos in 4K, and if you like the video, you can subscribe to my YouTube channel, which is youtube.com slash Summit Auto. Click the bell notification so you get updates on the videos I do each and every day, as well as having access to one of the largest catalogs of vehicle walk-arounds on YouTube. This one comes with the painted 17-inch alloy wheels. They're in really nice shape, and it has brand new Yokohama Avid S34 tires. These are 235-65R 17 tires. They still have the little wear knobs on there. We put those on in our safety inspection. This is a clean title history, clean car facts vehicle. It has the LED running lights and the factory projector lamp headlamps. We're going to turn all those on at the end of the video so you can see just how nice and bright they are. Front bumper is in fantastic condition. I really like this kind of gold chrome that they have on here, or maybe it's kind of like a bronze hue to it. Looks really good. The hood is in fantastic condition. I didn't see any dents or dings on there, and you can see just how nice and reflective that paint is. Passenger side front fender, no dents or dings on there. And the passenger side front wheel, no major scuffs or scrapes on there. Twilight black metallic has a lot of metal flake in it. It reminds me of like Ford Tuxedo Black. It's got some purples. Let's see if we can get it to focus. There we go. Some greens, some purples, some golds in there as well. Really a cool color. And in the sunlight it really pops, especially with how nice this paint is. As you go down this side of this 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe, take note of how clean that body is, how reflective and mirror like that paint is. I take these HD videos, so if you're far away, or even if you're close by and you're just not able to make the trip down, but you're still interested in purchasing a vehicle, you can see the vehicle, hear the vehicle, and have confidence in what you're looking at before you even get here so you can make a smart and informed buy decision from wherever you're at, or just make the decision to come take a look at the vehicle because you know it's going to be in really nice shape. Back wheels in excellent shape as well. And if this video helps you do that, let your salesman know that you saw the video, that it was helpful and that Brett sent you. Back tires are brand new as well. Four-wheel disc brakes. And then I can keep doing these videos each and every day for our great customers all over the United States. Here at Summit, automotive. Rear bumper is absolutely perfect. The rear gate is in fantastic condition as well. And I'm going to see if this is just a manual raised gate. I thought maybe it was power, but it's not. Back storage area is very nice and clean. There is jack tools back here and more storage underneath there. You have three different spots. That's pretty nice. I get a 12-volt power point back here. Those seats do fold on. I'll show you how that works in just a minute. You can see those shocks are doing a nice job holding that rear gate up. And that shuts nice and easily and solidly. Coming around the driver's side just as clean as that passenger side. Rear quarter looks really good. Door looks pretty good as well. And the driver's side rear wheel. No major scuffs or scrapes on there. And for full disclosure, that back tire is brand new too. The only imperfection I really saw in the entire vehicle was one tiny little ding on the door there. But other than that, this thing is in a really nice shape. You do get blind spot monitoring. This one also has a ton of safety features which we'll get into in just a second. Back seats are in excellent condition. You get this kind of dark charcoal cloth interior. Latch child safety system for any child car seats. You have some nice custom fit all-weather floor mats back here. You do get a couple of power points. Two USBs back here. You can get your rear vents. These seats do fold down like so. And you can see just how nice and almost completely flat that that goes to that back storage area which is really nice, especially if you have to haul a bunch of extra stuff. And this is going to take two hands to get it. There we go. And that goes up like that. Inside and bottoms of the doors all look really good on this vehicle. Inside the SC package gives you that dark charcoal cloth interior in the front. No rips, no tears on the seats. They look like they're in really nice shape. Manual seat height adjuster. Custom fit all-weather floor mats up here as well. This one does have blind spot monitoring, stability control. You can lock that all-wheel drive into place and lane departure warning. All our windows, locks and mirrors hop inside. Check out the miles, the radio and everything that this vehicle has to offer on the interior. You can see this one has 31,315 miles. You do get the digital speedometer on there, miles to empty outside temperature display. Instrument cluster is very nice and clean. The steering wheel is in fantastic condition. You do get cruise controls on the right, adaptive cruise controls on there as well. So between the lane departure, the blind spot and the adaptive cruise controls, lots of safety features on this vehicle. Bluetooth and audio controls on the left. You do get a touchscreen radio up here. You get AM and FM on this radio and you have different media that you can do. Your home screen, you can set up for your phone. You have different apps. You have Android Auto, Apple CarPlay on here as well so you can project your cell phone to the screen. So while this one doesn't have the factory navigation system, project your phone up there with Waze or Google Maps, then it's like you have nav right on the screen. There's your backup camera, which is working nicely as well. Down here are your climate controls, AUGS and USB controls. You get a 12-volt power point and another USB charger right there. USB to automatic transmission, start-stop capabilities. Downhill assist control and electronic parking brake. You get a nice all-weather format on that side as well and the passenger side seat no rips or tears on there. The headliner is in fantastic condition and you do get map lights right there. We'll start it up and take a look under the hood. Starts right up. No check engine lights or anything like that. Just a very nice vehicle all the way around. I would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today and hopefully from this HD video you've been able to verify. Verify the quality, condition, options and of course cleanliness of this Santa Fe all the way around inside. You can see just how nice and clean that grille is. And under the hood we have the 2.4-liter GDI 4-cylinder engine, 190 horsepower, engine day is very clean. Runs very smooth once again. This vehicle has been fully-safetyed and inspected by our service shop has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off. There's the emission sticker. It has four brand new tires and this vehicle is 100% ready to go.  And I would highly recommend this vehicle from a quality and condition standpoint. It's in really nice shape and to see more pictures of this vehicle or one of our other 550 new and used cars, trucks, SUVs, minivans, Wranglers, you name it we got to go to that website right there summitauto.com full pictures and descriptions of every single vehicle all at summitauto.com and if you'd like to check out more HD videos you can go to youtube.com slash summitauto. Click the bell notifications to get updates on the videos they do each and every day as well as having access to one of the largest catalogs of vehicle and SUV walk-arounds on YouTube. 8,000 videos and counting, in fact in a second you will see a link to subscribe to my YouTube channel in the upper left a link to more Santa Fe videos that I've done in the upper right a link to this vehicle on our website in the lower left and a link to one of our latest YouTube videos in the lower right click those check us out. 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Hello everybody, welcome back to another video. With me, Mr Thomas Henley, on the Aspergis growth channel. Today we're going to be talking about Aspergis and Girls. What are those mysterious, independent, unique, sexy creatures that roam this earth? Yes, the Aspie Girl. Very strange intro. Due to the fact I want to make this a concise and quick as possible video, right to the point, I have made a list that is completely tailored to the female autistic person, rather than the male autistic person, because of this I will not be going over the general traits of autism. However, if you would like to have a look at those traits and you would like to refresh your knowledge on autism, head over to this little link over here and check it out. So now that you have possibly clicked that link and gone over to another video and checked out and come back, we're going to be talking about the specific differences between males and females. Whether you're coming onto here just to find out whether you could be autistic or not, maybe you have a little bit of an inclination, maybe you connect a little bit with what I'm saying about autism. You've seen a few other videos thinking, hey, I could be autistic, but I'm not sure.  But if you are a parent or a friend or you're just generally interested in autism, this could also be a very interesting video for yourselves. One of the problems with autism in girls is that it's extremely underdiagnosed. There are generally a few differences between males and females. First of all, females tend to be more emotional, more social. So they find emotion connecting with people a lot easier than guys. And because of this, the traits and signs of autism in girls is a lot more subtle, a lot more harder to see.  Guys tend to be diagnosed a lot more frequently than girls because we tend to be a bit rubbish at social interaction for a good portion of our lives. Whereas the girls, you're a little bit more adept at that. One of the reasons why girls tend to be underdiagnosed is because you guys, girls, you engage in social mimicry. It's a form of masking where basically at its core, you are copying other people in order to fit into a social situation, group, whatever.  The typical traits of autism in girls are very hard to spot. So it's a lot to do with more of the way that they conduct themselves, their behaviors and their thoughts, their thought patterns, the way that they interpret situations. The way that you can tell that you are socially mimicking is by looking at your social interactions. Do you get exhausted after maybe one or two hours of talking to people, maybe you've gone out, you've gone into town with your mates, and it's been maybe one or two hours, you've had quite good conversation of people. You're doing really well, you've got friends, you're popular or whatever. Sorry. But you find yourself extremely exhausted and afterwards you feel like you have to go hide in a hole for a day or two or a week or a month. Some extreme cases. This is because it takes a lot of mental energy to mimic. It takes a lot of mental energy to mask in general. Masking is more of a exam sort of style approach to social interaction. Most people who aren't autistic will go about their daily life interacting with people without much thought. Sure there'll be situations like job interviews where they have to act in a certain way and they will probably feel quite exhausted after that. But when it comes to us autistics it's pretty much every single conversation that we have. Sure after a while it's going to get a little bit easier and it's going to flow a little bit more but you tend to use a lot of energy sort of dissecting the situation, understanding how you should act and how you should respond, trying to understand the whole dynamic that's going in a group. And that's a very exhausting thing to do. You will also find that you are very good at fitting in. You will copy facial expressions, copy speech patterns and even copy body language. The typical example that I use to demonstrate this is a schoolyard. So if you have an autistic guy, an autistic girl, if one of one of their friends comes up comes up to the autistic guy and says hi there would you like to play a game? The guy will respond in a sort of monotone voice saying yes I would like to play with you or something along those lines it's a little bit exaggerated there but you get the picture. But when it comes to the autistic girl if one of her friends comes along and says hi there would you like to play a game? She will respond with yeah that sounds really good. She will copy the speech patterns, she will fit in and that does a lot for building connections with people and it also does a lot for masking the fact that they're autistic. Honestly if you've gone your whole life thinking that this is the way that most people conduct themselves it's going to be pretty hard for you to think of it in another sort of light. One of the other ways that you can tell that you are masking or mimicking is that you will find that you'll have quite large differences in your communication style in different situations. If you're going to a sports club you'll find that you'll have a different personality and way of behaving for that situation if you go to school and it's in your inner certain group you'll have a typical way of interacting in that group and these situations differ quite drastically. They are different in non-autistics but it's a lot more dramatic so for example you could be quite outgoing and chatty and bubbly in your group at school but when you come home you could be quite sort of withdrawn, quiet, shy, focused on your interests and that is a good way of telling that you are engaging in social mimicry. You'll also find that due to the stress, natural stress that autistics have from social interaction you'll find yourself staying on the periphery of groups.  You'll also find that you have a little bit of a delay in your processing and responses during a social situation. These responses will be very detailed and long and this is why we call it monologuing and the tendency to go into extreme detail and monologue for hours and hours and hours bit of an exaggeration is quite an autistic trait. You may also find that you have special interests now although a lot of people have hobbies and things that they like autistics tend to gravitate around a set few or maybe one special interest that you have and this special interest is likely to be not involved with the group that you're in for example at school all of the girls are into trading card games. I'm just giving an example I'm not saying they are going to but it's more of a typical guy thing but if all of your friends are into trading cards sure you'll join then and you'll you'll get in on all the action but in your own time you'll have something that's quite important to you, something very different, something that people wouldn't expect you to like and you'll be very good or have a lot of knowledge about it. One of the more typical autistic stereotypes is that we tend to be a little bit more intelligent and verbal. A lot of autistic girls actually learn to read before they go into school this is called hyperlexia. They tend to have a lot more of an advanced vocabulary they tend to have a lot higher of an intelligence and they tend to excel in a lot of subjects that they are passionate about like really excel. If you find yourself consistently at the top of the class or you find yourself getting a lot of compliments from your friends or family or teachers that you are quite intelligent and bright for your age it could be a sign that you're autistic. One of the other traits of Asperger's syndrome is a tendency to deviate from social norms. This is because autistics don't generally understand the points of social norms. We like to go with what we like rather than what everybody else likes and although there are a lot of people who feel the same way and may not be autistic if you find that your opinions and interests and dress sense and whatever is quite different to the the normal sort of dress or interests of other people this could be a sign that you may be autistic. One of the common stereotypes of Asperger's in girls is that they tend to be a bit more bossy and controlling than your average person. They may quite often be described as a teacher's pet in school talking in a somewhat adult-like fashion to their fellow students. This is generally down to two reasons. One is autistics have a problem with mind blindness. Mind blindness is a concept where if you know something you expect other people to know it because it's right rather than the fact that they don't know it. For example if you know that the amount of things that I'm holding behind my back is two there's two here you will expect everybody else to know that what you have behind your back is two just because there is two behind your back. This is because you don't take into account other people's experiences you only focus on what is true and what is the fact rather than what other people may know. This can be quite a problem as if someone on the playground you know at school or given a school environment again does something that you don't like or something that you know. There may be more likely to create rules or boundaries to situations in order to feel more comfortable. We generally have a very inflexible mind meaning that we need boundaries for our creativity. Children play in order to grow their creative minds and to develop their social skills but in autistic people we need rules we need set boundaries. The autistic kid will likely create some rules before going into sort of a place scenario and going about and you know playing whatever and they will get very annoyed if someone breaks these rules and that comes across as being quite bossy or controlling. They may also adhere to the rules of the school so if they're in a classroom and there is a set amount of rules that their children have to follow and rules that everybody knows they are likely to try and enforce those rules hence the tying in of the teacher's pet into the aspergist world. So those are the basic sort of signs that you can look for signs of asperger syndrome in girls. There are some other signs but they're a little bit more on the tentative side that's the right adjective. Mood disorders in adolescents tend to be quite an across the board norm for autistic people. It's very highly likely that autistic girls or autistics in general will have an anxiety disorder. Second to that is a major depressive disorder or depression and it's very likely in kids and this may be down to the differences in our biology but it may also be down to our likelihood to be bullied and have a negative experience at school. If you imagine growing up and you know sort of fitting in all your life and not really having much problems getting to teenage hood everybody's changing and you just can't understand why and why people are changing and what the difference is in in the social dynamics around you it can be a very scary and unpredictable place hence the anxiety. A long-term experience with anxiety can cause depression as it is quite written about in the literature but it's also a result of feeling quite isolated and feeling like you don't really fit in with society and there's nothing more autistic than not feeling like everyone gets you or not feeling like you get other people. It's also quite highly linked to eating disorders in girls. Eating disorders being like anorexia, bulimia, overeating all of those things are a little bit more common in girls than guys and this is typically because girls have a lot more of an image problem they focus a lot more on how they look therefore eating disorders are a lot more common in autistic girls. Another one of the frightening statistics is that there is a shockingly high amount of sexual abuse in girls. It's not very fun for me to highlight this and talk about it but I think it is important for you to know the higher likelihood of sexual abuse could be down to a number of factors possibly due to the their appearance of being quite socially immature or naive through a difficulty in understanding social interactions and having a lack of stranger danger and built in them they can also struggle with getting hints from other people and so for example if you were going to a club or something and you were just there to have a nice time and dance and someone asks would you like to come back and watch a Netflix or something you would think hey that's you know Netflix I'd like to do that in a matter of fact it could be for another reason and some people might not get that if you have emphasized with any of the things that I've been saying today on the video that you're watching you may be autistic but the only real surefire way to know is if you try and get a diagnosis you can watch some of my other videos about me talking about different aspects of being autistic and if you find that you feel a little bit more connected and you empathize with what I'm saying a little bit it might be a good shout to look into it more and try and try and dissect your own brain to you know figure out whether you you want to go and get a diagnosis or not it can be a little bit of a stressful situation to be analyzed by somebody but in the long run it can have a lot of benefits for yourself in terms of help at school help at work and just general understanding of yourself your flaws your strengths how to play to both of them to make your life um a little bit more easy and to help you get the most out of your time on this earth the last thing that I want to say before ending this video is there is a lot higher of a likelihood of being bullied there are differences between male and female bullying males tend to be a bit more physically abusive girls tend to be a bit more emotionally abusive sort of going for character attacks in order to embarrass people um or you know spread stuff about someone to devalue them in the eyes of other people and affect their social lives if you find that you have been you know bullied quite a few times at school you find that you seem to be the target of a lot of harassment and uncomfortable situations it could be a sign that you're autistic it's it's very unfortunately quite a synonymous thing with autism being bullied being misunderstood and alienated but hopefully learning a little bit more about yourself and a little bit more as I've said about your strengths and flaws it's going to help a lot so I hope you enjoyed this video I hope you found it helpful you have no idea how many times I have tried to shoot this video I am definitely not in the right mindset for making a video today I'm not in the in the flow of talking I'm not in the flow of conversation today and it's um I've probably redone this video about 11 or 12 times so I hope it came out as well as I think it has and I hope that you have took something away from this video and it's been inspired you to look into autism a little bit more hopefully this will help you on the way to getting a diagnosis if you're pretty sure that you are autistic if not um I hope that your understanding that you get from this video about autistics will help you communicate better and um generally have a better relationship with any autistic people that you come across or our friends with if you like the video please make sure to like it then I will know that you like it and I will try and make more of these videos if you want me to make some more videos on autism in girls please let me know I can make some videos that are a little bit more tailored a little bit more specific to each individual trait but in general I will mostly be going back um to my usual content unless you guys really smash that like button then I will I will try my best to make more if you want to see some more 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you're not see in the next video goodbye


Myself, Ganesh B. Aglavi working as an assistant professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering Valchinist of Technology, Sallapur. In this session, we will see theory and design of carburetor, learning outcome. At the end of the session, the students will be able to apply venture meter working principle to the carburetor and you will be able to draw the schematic diagram of simple carburetor. Now, definition of carburetor, so carburetor is the device in which the fluid and air is mixed and this mixture is connected to the engine. So, carburetor is used usually in the SI engine. The functions of the carburetors are to meter the fuel and to mix the air and fuel. So, both these functions are done by the carburetor. Now, this is the schematic diagram of the venture meter. Now, how the venture meter works? As you know, this is the convergent portion, divergent portion. These convergent, divergent portions are connected to each other and this is called venture meter. Now, what is happening when any fluid flows through the venture meter, which is the insulated one? Continuously, there is increase in the velocity and pressure decreases, though in the divergent portion, it increases by small amount, but that exit pressure is always less than inlet pressure. Now, the minimum cross sectional area is here. It is called the throat, now the throat is having the minimum pressure. So, what we will do now, we will try to connect this throat to one tank. Now, if we connect the manometer to this venture meter, you will find this pressure, downstream side pressure is less than upstream side pressure. So, if I connect now this throat to one tank to one tank, then that pressure will be acting on that tank. So, based on this venture meter, our carburetor works. So, before this, can you tell me the practical example of venture meter applications, I am asking? Yes, you are correct. In the steam jet refrigeration, it is used whenever you want to carry any material and want to maintain the low pressure, you could connect this venture meter to that application. Majorly, it is also used in the civil sector, ok. Now, so, usually what is done as this is the tank, just now I have spoken about this tank is communicating with the throat, if I puncture this time, then what is going to happen? The atmospheric pressure is going to act on this fluid. So, as this is the atmospheric pressure, as you know, this is the standard atmospheric pressure, which is equal to 1.01325 bar. So, this pressure is higher than the throat pressure, because of that, that this fluid will flow because of the vacuum generated at the throat on its own. And if we connect here the small convergent portion, there will be injection, injection of that fluid, ok. So, what I will do? I will pass the air through this venture meter and here instead of other, any other fluid like water except I will pour the petrol. Then this petrol is going to inject over here. So, there will be injection of fuel called petrol and this air is coming. So, this process is a throttling process. The spraying of the petrol at the throat is the throttling process because of that, the petrol droplets are exposed to lower pressure. So, vaporization of petrol is going to occur in the downstream side. This is called atomization process. Now, this working principle we are going to use in the simple carburetor. Now, this is the schematic diagram of the simple carburetor. So, what I did? The float chamber is taken. In the float chamber, I am going to maintain the petrol level constant. For that purpose, this float is used which is a hollow device which is sealed from all the sides. So, this float on the top side, there will be needle wall. That needle wall is connected to the fuel pipe which is connected to the fuel tank. So, depending upon the float level, the fuel is allowed. It may be stopped. It may be allowed depending upon the petrol level. If it increases, it will be stopped. If the float flows in the downward direction, more fuel is going to enter in the float chamber. Now, as this float chamber is communicating with the atmosphere, there is air vent. Now, this float chamber is connected to this venturi. This is the venturi. And at the throat, I am going to open the fuel jet. Now, the petrol level in the float chamber is at a lower height than this mouth of this jet one. Because here also, I am going to make it the convergent portion of the fuel jet. Due to the convergent portion, the velocity increases and pressure decreases. So, usually jet later is represented, is used for describing the height difference between this nozzle tip to the petrol level in the float chamber. That is jet. And it is always negative. Negative in the sense, if I take this as the reference line, then this will be in the negative side. This is the neutral condition and this is the positive. If you keep the petrol at par with the tip of the nozzle, then there are chances of flowing of the petrol as the vehicle is experiencing some inclinations. If the petrol level in the float chamber increases, there is overflow. So, to avoid this, the level is usually less than the tip of the nozzle. During the suction stroke, there is a suction of air. Air is going to flow through this venturi. And as air flows, the vacuum pressure is generated at the throat. Because of that, this petrol is sprayed, is injected in the upper direction and it will flow in the downward side because of the movement of the air in the downward portion. Because this is the downward type of the carburetor. There are two types are there, downward and up-draught. For up-draught, the air is going to flow in the upper direction, bottom to top. And in this schematic diagram, movement of air is in the downward direction. That is why it is called down-draught type of the carburetor. So just now we have seen this vacuum is responsible for injection of the petrol. Now that mixture is happening in the downstream side and this during suction stroke is supplied to the SI engine. Now in the simple carburetor, other devices like modifications are absent. In the sense, for low speed, the engine is getting the lean mixture. So it will give the trouble for the starting. And as the engine speed goes on increasing, it supplies more rich mixture, richer and richer. As we know, 9 to 19 is the recommended air-fuel ratio for any engine. If it decreases below 9, then it is too rich to burn, it is too rich to burn. So this is just introduction of the simple carburetor. We have seen the working principle of the venturi meter also. Now you are supposed to derive the relation for finding the mass of air, how it is calculated and also for mass of air. So if you know mass of air and mass of fuel, you will be able to calculate the air-fuel ratio. Once again, the another important point is that the nozzle tip here, it should be getting opened at the throat itself, otherwise vacuum may not be enough for suction of this petrol. So this is about the simple carburetor and this is the throttle valve. When you are throttling, means you are controlling this valve, opening and closing of the valve is happening. Normally, it is partially open. Partially open in the sense, you can consider 10 percent is the partially open side. So also now one activity is there, you just observe the type of carburetor used in the two-wheeler. It may be 100 cc vehicle two-wheeler, 150 cc or 200 cc. In BS4 norms and the carburetor was there, it was used in BS6 now instead of carburetor where shifted to the injector. So just observe the location, size and shape of the carburetor. So this activity you complete. In the assignment side, just draw the schematic diagram of the simple carburetor and do the survey of the carburetor type of a different manufacturer's two-wheeler. For further study, you could refer IC engine fundamentals by Heavill and by Echan Gupta.


Imagine, imagine, imagine that it's two o'clock in the morning and you're fast asleep until your phone rings. In your disoriented state, you knock over the glass of water on your bedside table reaching for your phone. You look at the display and numbers are coming up all blurry. As soon as you answer the call, you realize you've made a huge mistake.  Has anyone had this happen to them? Even with a glass of water? When you work as a freelancer, one of your jobs is to support your clients. Unfortunately, it's inevitable that some of these people are going to be angry. Although it may be the last thing you want to do in the moment, dealing with these situations can actually be a benefit to you and help you grow your business. Frustrated customers can provide excellent feedback on how you can improve, but that's not the only reason to reach out to these angry clients quickly. Your current and past clients can be either your biggest proponents or your worst enemies when it comes to getting new leads. If you think about your business, how significant has word of mouth been to your bottom line? Think about where your money comes from. A study conducted in 2014 revealed that almost 75% of freelancers list word of mouth marketing as their primary source of getting business. So if a customer fires you or you fire them while they're still angry, just think about the ripple effect that creates. Not only will you lose their business forever, but you'll lose out on the possibility of them selling you to any of their friends. That's why it's extremely important to quell the storm in these angry clients as quickly as possible, even if they don't remain your customers. When people are yelling or swearing at you, they're mad, they're stressed, they're frustrated. They're caught in a motion mind, and it's next to impossible for them to think calmly, rationally, and logically. It's a state of mind where thoughts and behaviors are simply a reaction to how you're feeling, and it's not the place to solve problems. I'm going to present a common scenario you've likely encountered as a freelancer.  Scene one, a motion mind. My website's down. I don't know what you've done, but nothing's loading and I'm losing thousands of dollars because of this. You need to fix this. This is urgent. Hold on a minute. I didn't do anything to your website, so don't blame me. If you want my help, you'll need to calm down first. Calm down? I can't be calm when my website's offline. I'm paying you to make sure it works, but maybe this is a sign that I should stop paying you. Fighting fire with fire can lead to an extremely heated situation. In this scene, did you see how quickly I got defensive? And then I got all wrapped up in my own emotion mind and things spiraled out of control. At this point, my client has lost faith in all of my abilities, and they will likely find someone else to work with, and I'll certainly never get a good reference from them. We've all been caught in emotion mind, and most likely we didn't make the best decisions. Understanding that without judgment is the first step in being able to help others temporarily stuck there. Opposite to emotion mind is logic mind. This is the space where rational, intellectual, and fact-based thinking happens. Emotions simply aren't part of the equation. When we're in logic mind, we remain calm, devise our strategies, and respond to the problem. Seeing as how much of our lives are working lives revolve around working with computers, either designing websites or writing code, it's fair to assume that we all spend a considerable amount of time in logic mind. So let me run through another scene of the angry client, and this time it might seem a bit more familiar. Scene two, logic mind. My website's down. I don't know what you've done, but nothing's loading and I'm losing thousands of dollars because of this. You need to fix this. This is urgent. Okay, can you tell me if anything has changed with the website recently? Did you install any new plugins or make any updates? I have no idea. Maintaining the website is your job. If you're not doing it properly, why the heck am I paying you? So in this scene, I certainly didn't escalate the problem, but by remaining in logic mind, I never addressed the customer's feelings. High intensity emotions like anger and frustration need to be addressed. They need to be diffused, and they can't be ignored. Otherwise, things can still get out of hand. Who here has tried to help someone, a client or not, and they just seem to get angrier at you? You may even have gotten a response of, you're not listening to me. Of course, it's noble to try and help. But what the customer really wanted, at least at first, was to be heard. So what can we do to ensure that our clients know that we've heard them? What can we do to ensure that our clients feel acknowledged? Well, while we're thinking logically about this, let's look at a Venn diagram. On one side, we've got emotion mind, and on the other side, we've got logic mind. That coveted middle ground that connects the two which otherwise can't communicate with each other is wise mind. Wise mind is a Buddhist concept, which leads to a balance of both logic and emotion. When we're in this state, we make better decisions because both our reason and our feelings are reassured. It's feeling sympathy for people having trouble, as well as proposing solutions to help them. Our challenge when working with angry clients is twofold. First, we need to get into and stay in wise mind. And second, we need to pull the customer out of their emotion mind and have them join us in wise mind. Just like flight safety instructions, you need to put the oxygen mask on yourself first before you're able to assist others. If you're not already in logic mind, it'll be impossible for you to help others get there. So here are a couple tips to help with this first challenge. Observe. Think of this like a quick 10 second meditation session. For example, take a deep breath and watch as the air passes from your nostrils to your lungs. Or if you're at your computer, imagine that you're in your fingertips as they rest lightly on your keyboard. Once you've observed, describe. Try and describe what you're experiencing. I can feel my heart beating in my chest quite heavily right now. Feel a little tension in my jaw. Succeeding in this first challenge takes practice and dedication, especially if you're getting yelled at. It does get easier. It's really easy to get pulled into emotion mind when someone insults you, attacks you, or offends you. But you need to know how to get your brain involved with all of its logic and reason to balance the scales so that your heart isn't making all the decisions. And likewise, if you're only in emotion mind, sorry, if you're only in logic mind, you need to tap into your feelings a bit so that your sentences will be understood. Our second challenge is to get them into wise mind too. Now don't worry, it doesn't involve any hypnosis or magical spells. All you need is genuine and sincere validation. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the verb validate as follows. Recognize or affirm the validity or worth of a person or their feelings or opinions. Cause a person to feel valued or worthwhile. Just reading that feels good. Of course we all want to be valued, that our thoughts and opinions matter, and that our feelings are valid. It feels great when someone actually takes the time to listen. Validation works beautifully because it works on a subconscious level. If it's done well, the person being validated simply feels like they've been listened to. If we're caught up in our emotions, having someone validate how we're feeling will have an immediate soothing effect. Our shoulders drop, our heart rate slows, and we're able to take a deep breath. Being heard feels good. That fiery emotion has been addressed, now it can be moved aside to make room for logic. As freelancers, you work very closely with your clients. Most likely you're the only person they call when there's a problem, a question, or anything going wrong with their website. Sometimes what you hear is pretty harsh. But how you respond can make a world of difference. Now that we know a bit more about Wise Mind and the power of validation, let me run through another scene of the angry client and we'll see how well it goes. Scene 3, Wise Mind. My website's down. I don't know what you've done, but nothing's loading and I'm losing thousands of dollars because of this. You need to fix this. This is urgent. Well, that's not good. I completely understand how vital it is to have your website online. Let's figure this out quickly and get things working again. Any chance you made any changes to your website recently or did just happen unexpectedly? Thanks for your help. I haven't changed anything. I leave that up to you because you know what you're doing. I have no idea what's happened. Let me know if you need anything from me. That's the exchange we're looking for. Once the client trusts that I'm on their side, we can solve the problem together. Let me dissect this exchange and I'll explain why things went so well. First, I imagine myself in the customer's shoes, the skill of empathy. I completely understand. Those words told the customer that I know what it's like to be in their position. With empathy, or sympathy in this case because my website has certainly crashed before, I was able to validate the customer's feelings of being stressed. Next, I made the customer feel listened to by echoing their words with a synonym. They used urgent, so I used vital. I could have also used crucial or critical. I just made sure to match their level of emotion in my choice of language. And finally, I reiterated that we're on the same team by using the word let's. The word builds trust and affirms to the customer that we need each other to solve the problem. And that is, after all, what we both want. Welcome to Wise Mind. So now that we've arrived, let me run through another example and we can put this into practice. If you receive the following email from someone, how would you respond? I just installed your plug-in and it gave me the white screen of death. I can't believe you would release a version that doesn't work. Don't you test your code first? If you don't fix this fast, you'll be losing a lot more customers than just me. Think about it. Remember the steps. Make sure you get into Wise Mind first. Figure out what emotions the customer must be feeling and validate them. And then finally propose a solution. This would probably be my process. My gut reaction is anger. I take offense to what that person just said. Of course I test my code. I'm on a staging site first. I'm clearly in a motion mind, as you can tell. So I need to get into Wise Mind. Okay, what's going on here? How would I feel in their shoes? I'd feel frustrated. I'd feel irritated that it's broken. I'm calling out for help right now. That's what this email is. So here's how I would respond back. Something very simple. How frustrating. Let's figure what's going wrong and fix it. That's all it takes. You've listened to the client. Now let's propose a solution. The infamous white screen typically points to a plug-in conflict. So let's start there. And that's it. I hope that this has been helpful. My name is Mindy Postoff. I'm a support ninja for WooCommerce. You can find me on Twitter at WooMindy. I'll be tweeting a link or the slides after this. We have a couple minutes for questions. I've left you all in a moment of zen. Thank you.


So, as you know, we're here today to honor employees for their dedicated service to the City of Portland. We have 203 employees who are being honored for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 years of service. That's a combined total of 3,195 years of service. Before we move on, I want to acknowledge the work of the Service Recognition Committee because we tend to get to the end of these things and forget to thank those who put it all together. So, right off the bat, I'd like to thank Tom Chiazzo, Carleen Kessler, Janice Kimball, and Kathy Vosmas for Human Resources. Yay! Keith Hansen and Jack O'Donnell, Recreation and Facilities. Mary McCarthy and Mary Obradovich, Barron Center, and I apologize in advance for names that I mess up. I'm Clarkson Woodward with the Police Department, Kathy Williams, Public Services, and Jessica Grondin from the City Manager's Office. And for anyone, those of you who don't know, I'm Shealy Hill Christian, Acting City Manager, and it is my pleasure to be here with you today. I'm going to do the first door prize. This is for a $100 gas card. And stuff these days. All right, I don't have a drum roll, so I need your attention. Thank you! The number is 770-823. Let's just say we have a winner-pending confirmation, you know. Jackie Sertin is the winner of the $100 gas gift card. I'll give her another one in a few minutes, so stay tuned. All right, we're getting ready to give away another door prize. This one is a Fitbit wireless wristband. Keep track of your activity, and it syncs wirelessly to your computer. The number is 770-911. Is that you? Mayor Brennan is with us, and he'd like to make a few remarks if we could have your attention for just a moment, and then he'll be giving away the next door prize. Thank you. Thank you, Shealy. It's very nice to be here. Obviously, when I got up this morning, it was a little cloudy and overcast, and we had a lot of rain last night. And to be here today, and this great venue, and to have the sun out is really terrific. And I just want to tell you very quickly a couple of stories. But last month, when Bill Clinton, the former president, came to Portland, I had the opportunity to meet with him for five or 10 minutes before he spoke. And the first thing he said to me was, you have a beautiful city. And I said to him, that's what James Carvelle just told me two weeks ago. And he looked at me, he was very confused by what I said. And I know you're going to say a lot of people are confused by things I say, but he looked at me as a little confused as to how I had been talking to James Carvelle. And as many of you know, when Clinton was elected president in 1992, James Carvelle was his senior political advisor. So two weeks before I had met Clinton, I was running on the Eastern prom. And somebody stopped me, and I was talking to them. And they said, James Carvelle is running by. And I said, oh, so I chased after James Carvelle. And I caught up with him. I said, I'm the mayor of Portland. And I said, have you ever been here before? And he said, no, but you have a beautiful city. So from James Carvelle, from Bill Clinton, we both had affirmations that we have a beautiful city. And I agreed with them and told them that I certainly didn't disagree with them of their perspective that we have a beautiful city. And certainly, the reason that we have a city that is so beautiful, that is so prosperous, and that has enjoyed so much acclaim is because of the people sitting in this room today. And it's because of your hard work, your dedication. And oftentimes it's not recognized. Oftentimes it's not seen. And oftentimes it may not be noticed. But there are many of us that recognize that without you, we would not have the city that we have. And sometimes I get a little almost embarrassed when I go meet with other mayors in the state of Maine. And we start talking about Portland just got ranked last week as the best number one minor league baseball city in the United States. And two weeks before that, we were rated as a 19th best educated city in the United States, which is pretty good company to be in. So it's very nice to have these accolades and to have this recognition. But it is due to the work of the people that are here. How many of you are in public works or have something to do with the cemetery? Okay. I have a plot in the cemetery at Evergreen. And it's very humbling to run by there every day and look at the plot that I've invested in at this point. But the cemetery has looked very good this year. But Outside Magazine just rated Evergreen Cemetery as one of the fifth best mountain biking trails in the state of Maine. And their National Magazine said that when people visit the city of Portland, they should go to Evergreen Cemetery and have an opportunity to ride on the bike trail in Evergreen Cemetery. So there are all kinds of different parts of the city that are recognized. But lastly, what I'd like to say, obviously we've had transition this year with the city manager. And we now have an acting city manager. And the city council has a great deal of confidence in our city manager, our acting city manager. And one of the things that Sheila has done, and I was just talking to her about this the other day, that I think is a very good instinct on her part. At least three or four times, she has said to me before I've launched off into a particular direction, she said, well, first let's talk to the staff. And let's see what the staff has to say. And I think that's a culture and that's an attribute that we want to create within the city of Portland. And I think Sheila is setting the tone of that, that we need to make sure that we're consulting with you, that we're talking with you, that we're getting the best ideas that you have to bring forward to us. And then again, before I go off in the wrong direction with something, at least I will have, and the council will have the wisdom and the input from city staff. So I look forward to working with Sheila and to continue to try to build those bridges and to work to improve our communication between all of you and myself and with the city council. So again, thank you very much. And I hope everybody has their full fill of what there is to eat. And again, thank you very much for all the work that you have shown for the city of Portland and the dedication that you have provided to the city over the years. Oh, our next door prize. Anybody know what Roku is? I'm a big fan. This is a good gift, not gift, door prize, all right? So we're just going to pick one of these up. They're all turtle turtles. Okay, just read the number. That's 770843. Okay, so Tom Doyle. Tom Doyle. Congratulations. Thank you very much. All right, now we're going to get to the next part of the program. We need everyone's cooperation to keep this moving along. What I'm going to do is read these names by group, group meaning years of service. I'm going to ask all of those in attendance in that group to come to the front of the room and then we're all going to gather for a photo and then you'll move off and I'll call the next group and we'll do it again. Everybody got that? All right, we're going to see how this works. There are 39 employees being honored for five years of service. This is a combined total of 195 years of service. And if I mispronounce your name, I apologize in advance. Here's where my organizational skills just fell apart. Okay, five years of service. Ready? Francesca Addison. Dan Aguilera. People should be coming this way. You failed the first test. Michael Blank. Evan Bamba. Are you eating? Is that it? You don't want to get up? Martha Barrero. Merle Bowman. Mary Desimone. Did I say that right? Matthew Dissel. Hong Van Dong. Justin Fertia. Thomas Gavani. Majda Hadjibulik. I know I messed that one up. Sorry. Victoria Hansen. Matthew Herman. Charles Hogden. Jeffrey Hogden. Joanne Huntington. Eric Johnson. Catherine Jones. Christina Long. Ann Lang. Colleen LePage. Carol McKenzie. Cecilia Martinez. Joshua McDonald. Stephanie Parker. Kimberly Pavlis. Lisa Reagan. Muriel Richards. Bernadette Richards. Jonathan Roberts. Thomas Santuri III. David Shirts. William Sears Jr. Tara Snyder. Nancy Snyder. Eric Stenicki. Martin Tuttle. That's the list. Alright, thank you. Alright, so the next group. Ten-year employees. Since you've seen the five-year employees do such a wonderful job, I have high expectations. Next I'm going to read the name of 48 employees being honored for ten years of service. This represents a total of 480 years of service. These employees received a $25 gift card. Alright, ten-year employees. Kimberly Adams. Scott Ballard. Kola Woli-Bankoli. Muhammad Bari. Tammy Butner. Patrick Connolly. Clayton Copp III. April Crowley. Don Davidson. Vincent DeFilippo Jr. Carol Ann Dumpy. Jennifer Elwell. Michael Farmer. Jeb Garrish. Jerry Goss. Patricia Greenlaw. Sheldon Grigori. Andrew Haggerty. Daniel Hondo. Christine Horn. Gregory Hughes. Gail Johnson. Judith Johnson. Brendan Joyce. Peter Kenney. Allison Knox. Mirislaa Krasinski. Laura Larichelle. Robert Lauterbach Jr. Abigail Levitt. Donna Marshall. Stanley Mason Jr. Robert Maloff. Richard Mullins. Angelco Napihallo. Sorry. Tyler Nash. Ethan Owens. Janet Paul. Michael Pindexter. Author Peterson Jr. and Ricket Roger Robinson. Douglas Runcardi Jr. Michael Russell. William Stratus. William Van Dins. Okay, next we have 43 employees being honored for 15 years of service. This represents a combined total of 645 years of service. These employees received a $50 gift card. All right, pay attention. Okay, 15 years. Let's start coming up. Kevin Austin. Phyllis Bannister. Adam Benke. Karina Benke. Janine Bork. Jessica Brown. Julie Kenaferina. Laurie Carlson. Christina Carlstrom. Kevin Cashman. Betsy Chapman. Richard Chip Putt. David Crowley. Carl Dolbo. Thomas Doyle. Christopher Fabian Matthew Fitzgerald. Melissa Graffam. Gordon Greenlaw. Paul Halstrom Jr. Marvin Hamilton. Chad Johnston. Mark LaPage. Brian LaTarte. David Melendez. William Needleman. David Nichols. James Nichols. Claire Norton. Jane O'Connell. Ricky Patnoud. Lisa Pirata. Jay Robinson. Sanchez St. John. Miss Sally Tefer. Ann Marie Taylor. Scott True. Christopher Vale. Tammy Byer. Edward Walsh. Tanisha Warren. Kelly Waters. And Charles Wardell Jr. Give them a big round of applause, please. Next, we have 19 employees being honored for 20 years of service. This represents a combined total of 380 years of service, and these employees received a $75 gift card. Their names are Tracy Chalecki. Michael Clanotte. Dean, and I'm messing these names up, Dean Goodale. Suzanne Jennings. William Johnson. James Kettie. Charles Libby III. Sandra Markowski. Terry McGuire. Paul Murphy. Mary Purham. John Peverata. William Price. Rachel Ross. Linda Skelza. Clifford Strout. Dennis Swan. James Vance. And Bruce Warner. 20 years of service. Next, we have 33 employees being honored for 25 years of service. This represents a combined total of 825 years of service. These employees receive a $100 gift card. Dean Berry. Alan Bouchard. Jackie Certain. Stephen Cumback. Herbert Denison. Daniel Dyer. Are they just moving slow because they've been here 25 years? Are they here? Oh, it's a turkey. Okay. John Everett. Patrick Flynn. Gary Hutchinson. Kathleen Kilburn. Daniel LaRachel. Carl Leonard. Joanne Lester. Charles Loring. Karen Marston. Andrew Martin. I was like, who's Andrew? Sean Mehan. Carol Merritt. Lisa Napoleoni. Thomas O'Connor. Steven Pellerin. Robert Pelletier. Robert Pender. James Sloan. James Sweatt. Michelle Sweeney. Jeff Tarling. Scott Tomes. Bradford Williams. Kathy Williams. Vanessa Woodward. Lee Wright. And Carol Young. 25 years of service. Next, we have 10 employees being honored for 30 years of service. This represents a combined total of 300 years of service. These employees received a $125 gift card. Their names are Robert Bickford, Frank Bransley, Gregory Cass, David Lord, Paul Nichols, James Randall, Raymond Smith, Judith Swazoko, Gretel Varney, and David Zabura. Next, we're going to do two more door prizes. We have a Garmin. My new Vanna White skills. The winner is, the last three numbers are 982. Last name, Williams. What's the name of the winner? Brad Williams is the winner. Congratulations, Brad. This is what everybody was holding out for. There's a lot of tickets in there. Yeah, the Neutroninja. Juicer. The number is 820. Congratulations. And the winner is Christina Carlstrom. Congratulations. We're moving right along. Next, we have employees with 35 and 40 years of service. Each of these, well, some of these individuals will be honored with remarks by a representative from their department. The first name on the list is Richard Blackburn, who has 35 years of service. So the first thing I will say is I haven't known him that long. So I was looking for information. I went on the internet. I paid the $40. I looked at all this credit card information. I did a background check. I couldn't find a thing. I even had Dan digging his emails. No luck. So what I will tell you is that he's the city's tax assessor. One of his greatest achievements has been maintaining a $7 billion tax valuation. And there's a reason that's important. He's the city's tax reevaluations. I understand that he doesn't usually take traditional time off in the summer like most of us. Instead he spends most of his vacation time during the spring and fall hunting and fishing at his camp, which is in Parmesan Lake near the Canadian border. I haven't had the pleasure of working for Rick Long, but everybody I ask had one thing to say and I think after 35 years of service, if that's all I could find out, it's a testament to your work here in the city. So thank you very much. I did, however, find an article from November 2002 that Rick is the reason Peaks Island wanted to succeed from Britain. But I wasn't going to bring that up. Next we have Jacqueline Sylveas, and we have remarks by Karen. Karen. Jackie, where are you? I want to see you. Hi. Oh, you're here. That's great. I get to say these right to you. Well, we're all celebrating with Jackie for 35 years with the city of Portland at the Barron Center. I know that I've worked with her for 30 years, and I've learned over those 30 years that CNAs are extraordinary people. They're expert at taking care of others, and Jackie's one of those extraordinary individuals. I really believe that. I'm sure she cannot tell us how many patients and residents she's taken care of over the years, but it's been thousands upon thousands upon thousands, I'm sure of it. She's changed those lives. Jackie's the kind of caregiver you would want taking care of, your mother, your father, or even you. I know that. I do know that. Her nurse manager is kind of pushy, like a lot of nurses are kind of pushy, which is why they're good at nursing. She said to me, I think just this morning, are you making remarks about Jackie? And I said, yes, I am. And she said, will you be sure to say that she advocates really hard for her patients, that she always fights for what's right? And so that's what people think about you, that you fight for what's right. I asked Jackie's co-workers a little bit about her, and they said that anytime anybody needs help, she's there. And you don't have to ask her, she's just there. And I can tell you this too, that maybe you know this. She's so quiet, so shy, and so private. It has been kind of hard to get personal anecdotes about Jackie. One of the things that her co-worker said, which I don't think you'll mind this, is apparently Jackie loves perfect hair. And everybody knows her hair is always the same, and she loves to go outside for her break, but she won't go outside for her break if the wind is blowing, because she doesn't want her hair messed up. Ah, see? And the other thing... All right, well, there, if anybody has any ideas about perfect hair dressers, come and see Jackie. It's funny. And this is a good timing for this remark. Jackie gets teased a lot for not smiling much. And I can tell you when she does smile, which you're doing now, which is really lovely, it's definitely worth the wait. The other thing I wanted to tell is a co-worker, I asked co-worker who's Jackie's favorite patient, and we're not supposed to have favorites. And we all do. And usually we have many favorites. And Jackie has, I think, probably many favorites, but this one favorite I'll call her Clara. That's not a real name. Clara's a little on the difficult side because she only wants to do what she wants to do. And she doesn't want to do anything anybody suggests is being safe or healthy or anything like that. And Jackie can get her to do just about anything. Just about anything. When we were talking more about Clara and Jackie, and Clara always asks where Jackie is. And one of the things that she, I think, recently said to Jackie was that she was a real peach. And it was very meaningful to Jackie, according to this co-worker, who said you had a tear in your eye. That's what Jackie's about. She's pretty special. What I didn't know about her is where, what is in her heart. And her heart has her granddaughters in it and her little dog, Minx, which is a lovely name for a dog. And you're smiling again. They named them? Well, it's a great name. It's a great name. What else can I say about her? Is that the Baron Center, I think, among nursing homes in the state, and especially locally, is really known for the excellent care that we give. And Jackie is the best example of that that I think I could think of. Congratulations. The last name on the list, let me do this again, is Joanna Coey. We just want to recognize and applaud her for 35 years in service.  So I saw no remarks, so I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I think my reputation speaks for itself. Her reputation. Anybody else want to come up and make remarks? No, I'm just going to say something. Thank you very much, Joanna, for your... Okay, next, we're at Employees for 40 years of service. These employees receive a $250 gift card, and their service award is going to be presented now. So the names I have are Linda, is it Nieves? That's right, okay. And remarks are going to be provided by Zach Sundquist and Greg Hughes. Are they here? Come on up. Congratulations, Linda. Well, I tell you, it's a fantastic day. It's a beautiful setting here at Ocean Gateway. It's great sharing the honors with everybody here, and it's my pleasure to be able to give a quick introduction for one of my friends and coworkers, Linda Nieves. After two years in nursery school as interning for the city of Portland in the building inspection, Linda started with the city on January 21, 1974. She continued working for Joe Gray. I think most of you know who Joe Gray is, and eventually moved to urban development in 1982. This was followed by a move to parks and recreation in 1983, and finally in 1997, she started at the Jet Port. She has had numerous positions at the Jet Port over those last few years. In 2004, I became a coworker with Linda. We formed a special friendship through these past 10 years, and I am honored to have her as one of my really good friends and so forth. I want to give you a couple memories of Linda, and for those of you that are lucky enough, number one, if you are ever invited to their barbecue, and this is the famous pig roast, do not turn it down. It is totally unbelievable. Scores of people show up every summer, and I have been lucky enough to go to a few of them. Number two, if you need help with a barbecue, a fish fry, a cookout, any kind of function, this young lady is the one to do. She not only is a great cook, she is a great organizer. I want to go back to 1974. I know most of you are too young to remember it, but the number one song in 1974, Barbara Streisand did it the way we were. The highest grossing film in 1974, it is now on reruns, was Warner Brothers' Blazing Saddles. Super Bowl VIII, the Miami Dolphins beat the Minnesota Vikings. The best book of that year, which became one of the most famous movies of all time, Jaws by Peter Benchley. Now, there's a name that not too many of us remember, but Lee Majors premiered in The Six Million Dollar Man. A first-class stamp in 1974 had the tremendous jump from eight cents to ten cents, and the World Trade Center is open in New York City. What sets Linda out, to me and to all of her coworkers, and one of her biggest strengths, is customer service. Now, most of us go by the motto of treating the customer like we would like to be treated. Linda has taken that a step above, and she treats the customer like the customer wants to be treated. And her great customer service, it's not a nine-to-five job for Linda, it's a way of living. Her great customer service not only goes to the customers at the jet port, it goes to all of her fellow workers and everybody else that works at the airport. I'm just proud to have Linda as my coworker, my friend, and she's the greatest. So, next, we have Mary McCarthy. You need no introduction, right? This is where I get to say, don't you hate it when the speaker asks a question and says, raise your hand. So I'm going to do that. Who in this room doesn't know Mary McCarthy? One person. You'll know her by the time you leave. You will know her by the time you leave. I promise that, because Mary's already checking you out. And chances are she's going to have a relative that she knows of yours or your neighbor or your kid used to work in the kitchen at the Baron Center or something like that, but she's going to know him. Mary is a remarkable woman, as you all know. We all know that. And I'm really quite proud and lucky to have her working at the Baron Center with me. You know, I have all these written remarks and it's like, I don't want to read them. I want to tell you that I was really easily, I easily nominated Mary for the Ganley Award in 2011. And I was really proud to do that. You know, I knew Bob Ganley worked for him like many of us did. And having that award was really important. And I was so proud to nominate Mary and have Mary get that award. I think that was real, real special, really special. The next paragraph I have is something that makes me kind of a little itchy. Mary believes limited resources inspire creative thinking. You know how many times she comes to me with inspired thinking? And it just, you know, it's like, no, Mary, we can't do that. And she really is a strong advocate for basically the residents at the Baron Center. There isn't anything she wouldn't do for them. She wouldn't, or for the employees. I wanted to say that Mary makes people happy. And all I have to do is say, do you know our whoopee pies? People know our whoopee pies. Perhaps you don't know. We have ice cream socials at the Baron Center. Sometimes they're for residents. Sometimes they're for staff. And they're wonderful occasions. Because she has, she does a lot of, what do you call that, field research on ice cream? She loves ice cream. So she does a lot of field research, and then we get the best ice cream there possibly could be at these ice cream socials. So sometime you might stop in at the Baron Center and you might see a lot of staff sort of in ice cream comas and you know it was an ice cream social day. Mary loves to make other people happy. She really does. She has, she wants a new dining room in the Baron Center. And she wants, she always wants me to put it in the budget. And I keep saying Mary, that means a new building. And I don't think she cares about that. She just wants a dining room for the residents. And she has made our day rooms into fine dining rooms. She's made the activity room, the Bernstein activity room we have on the first floor, the Flamingo Cafe. And residents come down to that. She's made our cafeteria the Flamingo Cafe for breakfast. There isn't anything she wouldn't do for them. There isn't anything. Mary is committed. She has a work ethic like, I wish everybody had that work ethic. She's amazing. Oh, and let me tell you this part. I'll read this part. Mary loves her family. Who doesn't, right? But her family is really, I think a bunch of characters a little bit like her. And she's the matriarch of all these characters. And she's a very benevolent one. There was a family excursion just recently to Ireland. And then I think probably to top that, she's going with a granddaughter to Disney to see her grandson who's working there for the semester. And she's going to be in Disney on Halloween with her two grandchildren. Now, if you're interested, just ask her what she's going to be dressed as on Halloween because there's already a plan for that. Mary dresses up as a Christmas elf during our Christmas family reception that we have. We have an open house at Christmas time. And I remember she didn't tell me about this. And she came over to where I was dressed as a little elf and she looked quite cute.  And again, she'd do anything for the residents, anything. Personally, I love Mary. She makes the Baron Center look good. She makes the city look good. And all the people that work for her deserve all the credit for just supporting her and providing the kinds of things that we all count on when people come to the lovely city of Portland. I love you. Edward Dickout and Chief Lamoria. We're still at 40 years of service in case I've thrown you off completely. It would be nice if I were here to tell you about how well I knew steady Eddie. But I don't. I told him I was going to tell one story about him, so I'll do that. You know, when you come from away and you start out in a department that has over 230 employees, it's a big task to get to know everybody.  So everybody kept telling me about this guy, Steady Eddie, who had nearly 40 years on the job out at Rosemont. And so I kept thinking, as I met people, I said, well, if he's got almost 40 years on, why do I want to get to know him? He's not going to be here very long. So, you know, I went around and I made my rounds and I got to know everybody, and I did meet him once or twice. I think it was by accident. I went through the day room and he woke up and actually got out of his chair and said hello.  And I stood there and I thought about that for a minute and I said, wow, the joke's on me. He's thinking the same thing. Why do I want to get to know you? You're not going to be here any longer than the rest of them. There's no reason to get to know you. Hell, I didn't even know half of the other ones would walk through here. But beyond that, I do know Eddie and he has a great reputation in the department.  They really do. And for those times when they're faced with something that they haven't yet seen before and they're not quite sure of, having someone on the crew who grounds them and says, you know what, we can get through this because we've seen it before. And I think the important thing is it really, it says a lot about 40 years of service for any employee, but to see someone who's been on the front line running in and out of burning buildings and treating sick and injured people at three o'clock in the morning for 40 years straight, that really says a lot, you know. It really, really shows someone who's dedicated to what they do and what I'm in awe of is the amount of lives that Eddie has come in contact with. On an average, our fire and EMS crews see 10 to 15 people a day on emergency incidents and on a shift. And when you think of the thousands of shifts that Ed has worked and for each one of them, 10 to 12 people that he's touched, other people who are having the worst day of their life, and Ed walked into their life for a few minutes. And I think that that really says a lot for dedication, commitment, and compassion for the city. And as Mayor Brennan said, it's what makes us a very beautiful city. Congratulations, Ed. And for his sake and mine, I hope there isn't a number 10. And this is what I would like to say about this next individual is we save the best for last. We save the best for last. And this one is very, very important and it's someone that everyone in the city will recognize. And who I'd like to call up next is Ben Diaz Jr. From Fire Electrical. You know, it's such an honor to be able to honor an employee with 40 years of service. But to stand here and to be able to honor two from the same department is really, I think, a tribute to the members of the department and the employees of the city. Ben's award is very special. And I feel very honored to stand here and to give this to Ben today. And one of the reasons for that is although Ben was a fire department employee, he touched every single department in the city. And that is very, very important. His relationship with each and every department was one where he was a critical link to the things that they did. And many of you may not recognize that, but every time you pushed a button on a radio and had to get an urgent message to somebody else out there, whether it was dispatch or whether it was public services or any of those, that's Ben's work.  Even emails and anything data that went over fiber, that was Ben's work. And he worked tirelessly for 40 years maintaining critical infrastructure and communication systems that touched every department in the city. And it served every citizen and visitor to the city of Portland. And he did it with tenacity. He did it with grace. And he did it in a manner where nothing was impossible. And he did that for 40 years. And the changes that Ben saw to many would have been unsurmountable, the technology changes. But he did that. And he went, you know, when Ben started, there was no cell phone. There was no email. There was none of that. None. And Ben saw the transition of that. And he was a very, very important part of the city making that happen and doing what had to be done. And he was on the very edge of some of that technology that it came. It gives me great pleasure to honor Ben. And he has been a very loyal and steadfast worker for the city. And I wish him all the best in his retirement. And I thank you very much. It's on call for us to say a few words. But I've been privileged to work here with a lot of talented people. I think what the mayor alluded to saying was the talent is right here in front of us. What makes the city great. It's your love, your compassion to each other, the work you do, the vision you share. For all of us, I've seen it come. And I've seen it work out through. It's been a pleasure working with all of you. Take care. Next, I have Marie Davis. It's Marie here. We're not going to make remarks about Marie because we don't want to embarrass her, but we just want to say thank you so much for your service and a big round of applause for her years of service. Forty years. Thank you, Marie. Before we move to the next part of our program, I want to recognize Councillor Cheryl Lehman who has joined us. She's sitting over there. And as you know, there'll be a change in that district soon. So this is also an opportunity for everyone to give her another big round of applause and to say thank you so much for your years of service. All right. Now, the Robert B. Ganley Public Service Award. Can I have my drum roll again, please? Thank you. As many of you know, Bob Ganley passed away in December of 2000. He had served as city manager for 14-plus years. This award is presented annually to an employee of the City of Portland who exemplifies the dedication, knowledge, and passion for municipal public service, which characterized former city manager Robert B. Ganley's life. This will be the 13th winner of this service award. The first award winner was in 2002. This award is to recognize an employee whose works for the citizens of Portland demonstrates over a period of years characteristics such as efficient and economical use of city resources, mastery of skills and judgment required for successful performance of their duties, commitment to share knowledge and skills with co-workers, freely committed themselves, a real concern to improve the common good, respond genuinely to concerns of individual citizens, to be attentive, to voices not usually heard, and generally adheres to Bob Ganley's maxim that good public service is recognized by the substance of the performance, not by the style in which it is carried out. A selection committee comprised of previous award recipients, namely Mary McCarthy, 2011, Kevin Haley, 2010, Mark Spiller, 2009, Paul Bradbury, 2008, Kathy Alvis, 2006, Rick Nolan, 2004, and Julie Glass-Suck, 2002, Human Resources staff, Tom Chiazzo, Carlene Kessler and Janice Kimball, and Jessica Grondin had the difficult task of choosing this year's recipient. They tell me that we received 10 nominations for the 2014 award and that they were all very deserving. So at this time, I would like to announce the 2014 Robert B. Ganley Public Service Award winner is David Caldwell. David is a recreation supervisor and he has been here for 33 years. His commitment to the youth and families in Portland is unmatched. He has run two basketball leagues for over a decade with more than 400 kids each year. He has started numerous other leagues and activities for all ages and embodies recreation as his very being. He is a true recreation ambassador for the city. He oversees five community centers and I'm told that there is nothing he won't do to make an event or a program successful. On top of that, he's patient, kind, compassionate, and idealistic. These are nice things your coworkers said about you. He never says no, customers love him and they stop by just to say hi and his coworkers consider him their go-to guy. I want to say congratulations to David. This year's Robert Ganley Service Award recipient. David will receive the award, a $250 gift card to Sunday River, and a week off with pay. I think this would be a good time for a standing ovation. I think given the remarks I saw about David, I think we stand up, do it again. Well, thank you. First, I'll say it's pretty overwhelming when I found out a week ago. My boss, Sally DeLuca, who can't be here, where she was here, she's at a national conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. So she pulls us into our regular Wednesday staff meet a little early. So we're thinking when Sally comes to our site leader meetings, it's got to be a budget thing.  We got to do something. So she, you know, I was kind of, I was actually on time for the meeting. So she dropped that bomb instantly and it was like, what? And so I'm honored. Congratulations to all the other nominees and all the past winners. It's, as they say, it's awesome. And I'm still in shock that I received it. But having said that, I guess I do meet a lot of the criteria. Haven't ever really read it until I won it and went online and do it. So Bob and I have a couple of things in common. I live in South Portland, grew up there. Big football fan of red riots, although I do pull for the Bulldogs in the Rams since a lot of kids have gone through our programs. And I actually know more kids over here than over on the other side of the bridge now. But Bob, as you know, is a big football fan. And I forgot what year it was when his son Bob Jr. was playing. A lot of you have been around. He had public service trucks. It was a huge storm for a big playoff game. And we made sure the George Martin field was cleared off for that game. That was postponed from a Saturday. So I always kind of like got a kick out of that and said, yes, we collaborated. But it's just been a quick 33 years You know, it's not always fun. You think recreation is fun, but there's a lot of things that don't go our way. A lot of ideas we try. A lot of ideas that we do that take off and are great. But mainly it's all the collaboration, all the young kids. The best part of my job is seeing somebody come up to me who I have no idea who they are because when I knew them, they were like that. But now they're parents and they're in our programs, my volunteer coaches. And I got to mention the great staff we have at recreation. Most of us are pretty introverted, believe it or not, even though we're out in the public. We're just, you know, doing our daily job, doing a good thing for the community. You know, we do it quietly. We don't seek recognition, but this is really unbelievable that I'm recognized. I feel it's more of a team award if it's kind of cliche-ish, but it really is. We do a lot out there in the community and thanks again. It's unbelievable. My family members are here. Some of them. I have a huge family.  I wish they could have been here, but they grew up during my era, working nights, so I sacrificed. But at the same time, my job was, my bosses were really understanding and allowed us to get involved with our family, you know, when we needed, as far as coaching, education, whatever, so I appreciate that. But my wife, Joni, escaped from Reiki School for a few minutes to be here. My brother, Mark, who he knows some of the folks in this room, my sister, Kathy, and my sister, Carol, who's here and my brother-in-law, Norman, who worked for the city public services years ago. Anyway, thanks. Oh, and my little cousin, Will. Well, that's the end of our program. I want to thank everyone for coming and all the honorees. Again, thank you for your continued years of service. I want to let you know that we will be posting these pictures and videos of this event on the Intranet, and enjoy the rest of your afternoon and weekend. Thank you very much.


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