All right, so I'm Amanda Scheer. I'm an assistant professor and extension plenipatologist with Alabama Cooperative Extension. I have a wide range of crop responsibilities, but I'm mainly gonna focus on turf grass diseases today, but I'm also your point of contact for ornamentals and some row crops as well. So the main thing I wanted to talk about was fungicide application considerations to manage turf grass diseases. As things are starting to green up, we're getting a lot more phone calls in the landscape about managing for turf grass diseases, starting to get some phone calls about patch diseases in turf as well as dollar spot. And of course on golf courses, they're always continuously, intensively managing for a lot of these diseases as well. So why do we even need to talk about fungicides? Well, if you look at our commercial turf grass IPM guide for diseases in turf, you'll see that this thing is a huge document with several fungicides listed. And so it can be quite daunting when you're trying to think about what type of fungicide you need for what type of disease. And really with fungicides, they account for a good input of your production budget, especially on golf course maintenance. It's about 13% in total maintenance costs. And so it's important when you're thinking about fungicides is what are they used for? They're primarily used to control diseases either by suppressing or slowing growth of that fungal pathogen itself or preventing the fungus from reproducing on your turf grass. It's important to note that they're not gonna promote turf grass growth as a whole. So you really have to in intensively manage turf or really damage turf, you need to look at the system as a whole. Nitrogen fertilization rates are really important, especially during the spring, when you start getting green up, a lot of people wanna put a lot of fertilizer out on their lawns, some herbicides as well. And so you need to do other things to kind of promote the growth of that turf. Fungicides are only active against a limited group of fungi. So it's important in turf grass selection, especially with narrow spectrum fungicides to know what diseases you have and then choose the right fungicide accordingly. So instead of focusing on the turf grass diseases, I've done webinars on those before. So feel free to check those out for more information. I believe they're all kind of posted up on our website or Facebook in our archives as well as YouTube. But I mainly wanted to go over the fungicide basics and what the categories of fungicides are, different considerations when selecting fungicides to manage diseases as a whole. And so it's important to know that there's kind of two main types, four fungicides in turf grass management. You have contacts which are considered protectants. So based on this figure, you can see those contacts don't move through the plant tissue. They just are on the surface of the plant versus systemics which are going to move through the plant tissue. And there's different categories of systemics. Some may just locally penetrate on the leaf blades. Some actually may flow through the vascular tissue. So it's important to note when to use a protectant versus a penetrant. So for your contacts, that's just provides just a general barrier that's applied to the leaf and stem surfaces of turf grass. It's most likely gonna be used for foliar disease control. It's not really gonna have much efficacy against a soil-borne pathogen like take all root rot. And essentially it just prevents one or more steps on that host surface. So the fungus can't enter or infect the plant. A lot of these are gonna be more broad spectrum, something like chlorothalinol is gonna be more broad spectrum and works more best as kind of a protectant or applied preventatively. And it's important to note with these that they're only active as long as they remain on the plant surface. And they have to remain on that plant surface at a sufficient concentration to inhibit that fungal growth. So that new growth is not gonna be protected. So a lot of times you have to do repeated applications at a regular schedule interval and you need to get thorough coverage. So you wanna make sure you're applying that according to the label to make sure that everything in the area that you're trying to protect is actually getting that adequate coverage. So any new fungus that enters the plant after that residual activity is kind of gone and if you don't do that repeated application, that fungus is not gonna be affected by that fungicide. So systemic fungicides, a lot of the turf grass fungicides are kind of moving more towards this. They typically have a more specific mode of action. They're more narrow spectrum. And since they're more narrow spectrum, it's a little bit easier to get those through the EPA process and labeled for use not only on turf, but other crops as well. These chemicals will penetrate the plant surfaces and they're moved within, typically within the vascular tissue. They can be used against foliar and root pathogens. They generally have a combination of kind of curative and protective properties with that extended residual activity. So versus protectants, with a curative, you may not have to apply it as often versus the preventative fungicides as long as you follow the label directions. So they can control fungi that have already entered the plant and initiated an infection and give you a little bit of curative action there. They can also inhibit fungi that are coming into the plant that are new, right? From initiating disease. So that's the preventative action there as well. So there's other, in addition to that, there's additional types of fungicides. There's a couple that are considered local penetrants. And these just kind of penetrate the plant surface just maybe in short distances right at that leaf tissue. But a majority of that fungicide is still going to remain on or near the plant surface. They're best considered as preventative fungicides, which include hyperbodion or vinsiclozin. So 26 GT is probably your best example for that. There is a new group of fungicides that includes triloxosterobin, which is compass, which is a mesosystemic, which it just really has a strong adherence to that plant surface. And then it is absorbed by the waxi layers, but it's not a true penetrant in that sense. And so that's still gonna work best as a preventative. So you may be wondering why I went through and gave you a lesson on different fungicide types. It really comes in terms of recovery process of turf. So one is gonna be, you know, once you see a disease, that recovery process is gonna be governed by the type of fungicide that you're applying. Also, of course, the environment, fertility and cultivation, we have to continue to manage the turf, try to keep it, you know, from getting stressed and more prone to infection. And sometimes excessive nitrogen levels can increase your risk for disease or too little nitrogen or some of your other micronutrients as well. And also, you know, cultural practices. But if you're looking just strictly at a fungicide point of view, this was a study that was done at NC State where they wanted to see the curative suppression of dollar spot with fungicides. And so you have five different fungicides. You have secure, which is in the blue bar, daconil, which is green, chipco, which is that kind of local penetrant in red. And you have nextema and posterity. And one of the things that you'll notice is that depending on the type of fungicide like daconil, that's gonna be work best and secure, but probably more preventatively. They aren't systemic, so you're not really gonna get that curative action like you're gonna see with maxteema, chipco and posterity. And so these were all applied at the same time on May 13th and they followed this through through two weeks. So they did not do a repeated application. You can see within that first week, all the fungicides are doing very well compared to that non-treated control. But then your protection kind of start to fall off towards the tail end of there where you still get some more bang for your buck, with those more curative type fungicides. And so the main takeaway from these is that you have to be patient also with recovery. It's not gonna be immediate. It's gonna take a couple of weeks at least and maybe some repeated applications. And those contact fungicides are not gonna give you those curative actions as we saw from that graph. And daconil and secure are gonna work best when applied preventatively. So you can do that maybe when you're most at risk for disease. And then if you do see that disease to start to develop a little bit more then go in with a more different mode of action or a more of a penetrant fungicide to give you that extra control there to gain that recovery of that turf. So in terms of fungicide basics, most of our fungicide failures are really either due to misidentification of the problem. So a lot of times, and this is more true for some homeowners where they see damage in a turf, they get really nervous about it and they throw everything in their arsenal. You know, a lot of fertility issues can be a confused sometimes with plant diseases. So if it is a fertility issue or maybe you just have poorly drained soil, a fungicide application isn't gonna help with that. So you're not gonna see that recovery. Also sometimes misapplying a fungicide, whether it's a coverage issue, not watering it in or not selecting the right fungicide for the proper disease can also be an issue. In terms of failures, I wanted to highlight that a lot of these chemicals, sometimes people wanna add additives to kind of improve the adherence or coverage of a fungicide. Don't add these additives like a surfactant to these fungicides unless the label says so because you're not gonna see a benefit from that. Sometimes it can have an adverse effect where you get an increase in phytotoxicity. Fertilizer solutions should typically be applied separately and shouldn't be mixed or tank mixed with those fungicides. This is especially true for any fungicides like Mancasette, Foscielle, or Chlorothalonil that has zinc, they contain metals. And so a lot of times, if you don't determine compatibility first, you can actually get some adverse reactions to that turf and make the problem worse. So sticking on the topic of fungicide failures and properly identifying the problem. This graph is just to represent that different fungicides with different mode of actions are going to have different activities on different plant diseases. So a lot of your OMI seeds like Pythium Blight or Yellow Tuff, you have very specific fungicides that have activity against those. A lot of your SDHIs, DMIs or QOIs are not gonna have activity against those OMI seeds. And you'll see that, you know, DMIs have pretty good broad spectrum activity against several plant diseases. Some of your SDHIs are gonna be a little bit more specific to something like Dollar Spot or Gray Leaf Spot and some of your patch diseases as well. The other reason why I wanted to bring up different types of fungicides and I specifically mentioned your DMIs and QOIs, these are single site fungicides. As I mentioned, a lot of these systemics have very narrow spectrum in terms of activity. And that, while it's good for, you know, the fact of the environment where you have less environmental toxicity issues, you know, less potential for it to be a human carcinogen or, you know, activity against aquatic organisms, it makes them more at risk for fungicide resistance development. And that's because they target one specific pathway or target site in that fungus. And so all it takes is a few genetic mutations for it to overcome that. And so it's important when you're applying fungicides is to rotate with multiple modes of action or incorporate a broad spectrum like chlorothalanil into a spray program if you have to do repeated applications. So there is fungicide resistance known in the turfgrass pathogens, Dollar Spot, Gray Leaf Spot, and then Brachnos and Pythium Blight all have known resistance to different fungicides, you know, DMIs and QOIs are going to be most at risk. So that includes your benzobenzene dial, Propoconazole, Stroboyurins, also theophonic methyl, as well as minifaxum. And so all of these, we do know that there is resistance to them. And so typically on those labels, it will tell you, you know, you're only limited to maybe one or two applications before you need to rotate to a different fungicide with a different mode of action. So it's important not to rely solely on fungicides for disease control, do those other things that, you know, like Dave Hahn and Scott McRoy, you know, promote in terms of promoting overall turfgrass health, you know, avoid using highly susceptible turfgrass varieties, you know, and there's some diseases like Tachol and St. Augustine. Sometimes you have to completely renovate those lawns, go away from St. Augustine when you go back into that. Limit the number of fungicide applications of those at-risk fungicides and alternate with those different frat groups. More recently to kind of help combat some of this fungicide resistance, we've moved to from just single active ingredients to fungicide products that contain multiple, you know, active ingredients with different modes of action. And so that's really kind of changed over the last decade. And more than two dozen combination products are currently on the market. These are gonna broaden your spectrum of activity, increase your efficacy, and help with that resistant management. And I don't expect you to memorize this table, but it's just to show you that, you know, we have, you know, something like Xteris that has a QOI and SDHI. So those frat groups 11 and seven. And so as long as you see those different numbers there, that means that they're a different mode of action. And so it makes it really easy. When you're looking at a label, it's one of the things that's always at the top or kind of right hand corner of those labels. So going back to when to use a fungicide. So keeping all of that in mind now that you know how to kind of alternate with different frat groups, when to use a preventative versus a curative. Preventative applications are perfectly fine to do as long as you know what type of diseases are likely to occur at that particular time. You know, with turfgrass diseases, they typically happen at the same time every year. And I have a slide on that, a couple of slides from now that'll kind of show when you're gonna see the damage. And it's just important to remember that if you don't have or haven't seen issues in that lawn in the past or on your golf course, you may not need to do a preventative application. It just all depends if what kind of variety you have, if it's zoysia or bentgrass for certain diseases. They should only be used when absolutely necessary. You know, lawn disease in one location does not mean it'll occur on adjacent landscape. So cultivar and environment are gonna be your primary factors in disease development. And that all goes back to that plant disease triangle where we have to have the pathogen present at the right time of year with that favorable environment and that susceptible host has to be there. So environmental conditions are gonna strongly influence your turfgrass disease development. You know, brown patch requires wet human conditions during warm to hot weather. You know, dollar spot likes a little bit more overcast kind of just for long periods of leaf wetness. And also micro environments can affect disease development. You know, one side of the building may have its own micro environment that's influenced by trees or other buildings that are around that or bodies of water and soil types. So sometimes it's perfectly acceptable to do spot treatments. It just depends on that particular situation. So here's just kind of a summary slide of when we're most likely gonna see some of these diseases. You'll notice that brown patch, dollar spot and spring dead spot we see in the spring and fall, gray leaf spot we start to see in the summer and fall as well, whereas take all root rot we see kind of in spring and summer. So if you just kind of remember what time of year you typically see these diseases that can kind of help govern if you feel like you need to do a preventative application before this kind of starts to develop. So it's also important to note a couple other things that I just wanna cover before ending my talk. Think about when you're gonna apply fungicides. So you don't wanna apply fungicides when it's too cold or too hot. Sometimes that can influence adverse reactions for those fungicides. So typically, you know, temperatures between 60 degrees and 85 degrees Fahrenheit kind of give you the best results with the lowest risk for phytotoxicity development. You also don't wanna apply fungicides to turf that's stressed either by drought or temperature before or at the time of application. If the turf is stressed it may kind of adversely react to those fungicides. Probably the biggest takeaway and I wanted to really end with this is coverage. Coverage is gonna govern your efficacy. You wanna make sure you're looking at those labels, select the proper nozzle sprayer and pressure to ensure those adequate coverage. You know, definitely keep track of the weather. You know, we're entering in a time where we kind of have a lot of afternoon showers. So when you apply a fungicide you wanna make sure it's at least allowed to dry on that surface for at least six hours to make sure it doesn't get washed off for that product to properly adhere. And some of your fungicides need to also be watered in especially if you're trying to get good efficacy against more of a soil-borne pathogen. Usually one gallon of water per thousand square feet should give you adequate coverage in addition to that. And I hope everyone knows this. Do not apply fungicides. When conditions are windy, you will get drift.  It may end up on other parts of the landscape where that fungicide is not really adequate for those particular plants in that landscape. And I know that was a lot to cover in a short period of time. I do wanna say if you're not sure what plant disease you have feel free to contact me if it's turf grass related. The Plant Diagnostic Lab is also an excellent resource. When you're looking at fungicides for selection our commercial turf and lawns disease and nematode control recommendations is a great resource. I update this yearly. If you also wanna look for efficacy data there is a publication put out by the University of Kentucky and in addition to the University of Wisconsin and Rutgers where they list the different fungicide active ingredients and in terms of efficacy. So it's a great resource to make sure you're selecting the proper fungicide there.


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Here in this problem. We are trying to calculate the heat loss from the entire house Heat loss through windows heat loss through roof heat loss through walls and add them up We can directly calculate heat loss through windows area is given as 580 Square feet our value is given as 1 and HDD For state college is 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit days So heat loss season Is equal to 580 foot square Times 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit days times 24 hours in a day divided by one our value Foot square degrees Fahrenheit our or BTU So we can cancel these the heat loss through windows is 83,000,520,000 BTUs Similarly, we can calculate heat loss through roof area of the roof is given as 2,750 square feet Times 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit days Times 24 hours over a day divided by 22 Foot square degrees Fahrenheit our or BTU when you do this calculation We lose about 18 million BTUs through the roof For the wall heat loss we need to calculate the composite our value Because we are not given the our value straight away and we are given the area so let's calculate the composite our value the first layer is wood siding and wood siding is 0.81 in our value and The next layer is three-quarters inch plywood and whose our value is 0.94 and we got three inches of fiberglass and Each inch provides an our value of three point seven therefore three inches would be eleven point one Zero and we have another inch and a half of polyurethane Which has six point two five per inch our value Therefore one and a half inches would provide an our value of nine point three seven five At the end or inside we have half inch drywall and whose our value is point four five So together all these layers would provide an our value of twenty two point seven So heat loss now can be calculated we know the area that is 1920 foot square given and same six thousand degrees Fahrenheit days times 24 hours per day divided by 22.67 and This comes out to be 12 million 119 thousand 164 BTUs So when you add all these three heat losses the total heat loss is equal to 113 million 753 thousand 164 BTUs for heating season


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Teen miraculously survives a 10,000-foot fall into the Amazon. A plane crash. Everyone fears it, yet we all convince ourselves it will never happen. We insist the aircraft will withstand any turbulence, the crew knows what they're doing, and will make it to our destinations alive. But what if that's not the case? When a young German girl and her mother boarded a plane in Peru, they were expecting to greet the family's patriarch at the end of their flight and spend the holidays together as a family. However, one vicious storm literally turned what was meant to be a story of love and laughter into a tale of survival. Julian Coep was the daughter of German research biologists Hans and Maria. Since their field of expertise was tropical birds, Julian spent her entire youth in Peru, where she learned Spanish, biology, and eventually how to survive. It was December of 1971 and Hans Coepk was stationed in Pucalpa, a smaller city built within the rainforest of Peru. Julian and Maria had remained in Lima for Julian's high school studies and missed Hans dearly. In order to reunite their family for the holidays, Julian and Maria decided to fly to Pucalpa and visit Hans. Naturally before Christmas, tickets were selling fast and only a few airlines were available. Maria wanted to beat the rush and leave early, but Julian begged to stay in Lima a little longer so she could attend her school dance. They ended up buying two tickets for Lanza Airlines Flight 508 on December 24. About an hour into the flight, the aircraft got caught in a thunderstorm and hit severe turbulence. Despite the danger ahead of them, the crew pushed through, under pressure to meet the holiday schedule. The clouds became darker and darker until they were pitch black. The passengers saw nothing until a flash of glistening light struck the right wing. It was blown right off, and the motor was ignited. Maria grabbed her daughter's hand and calmly said this is it. The plane started to nosedive from 21,000 feet above sea level, and the rapid changes in air pressure caused people to lose consciousness left and right. Suddenly, the co-acts and their entire row of seats were launched out of the plane as the aircraft deteriorated. All Julian heard was wind as she plummeted for roughly two miles towards the earth. The last thing Julian saw before she lost consciousness was the vast, green canopy of the Amazon rainforest. Then, everything went dark. It wasn't until the next morning that Julian woke up, confused, aching, tired, and scared. She was still strapped to the row of seats, but her mom was nowhere to be found. As she tried to stand, she instantly blacked out again. By late afternoon on Christmas, Julian could finally stand. Her collarbone was broken, one of her eyes was swollen shut, and she had a large gash on her arm. Still, determined to find her mother, she began to walk through the dense trees. Unfortunately, her injuries weren't her only challenge she had fallen with nothing but the clothes on her back. She had no knife, no matches, no flashlight, no food, not even a pair of boots. Julian spent her first two days in the jungle calling out for her mom and trying to find something to eat.  As time went on, two possibilities dawned on Julian, that she might not find her mother and that she may have been thrown so far from the actual crash that she wouldn't be found. She had lost everything, but she had to keep going. Unlike most other girls her age, Julian had some survival training in the past. Years earlier, she had spent a year at a research station in the jungle with her parents, just 30 miles from where she was wandering. So she knew it was strange that none of the animals she passed seemed scared of her. If they weren't used to seeing humans, she knew that meant they never saw humans. She was very, very far from the nearest village. Most annoying of all was that, in addition to her isolation, ravenous insects of the Amazon attracted by her wounds swarmed to her. She got no rest, no sleep, no moment of peace. Despite her hunger, thirst and exhaustion, Julian pushed on until she finally found something other than flora and fauna, another row of seats with passengers strapped in. Gruesome as the site was, Julian knew she had to search the bodies for tools. One passenger had a Christmas cake, but much to her disappointment, it was so soaked with mud that it had been rendered inedible. Aside from that, she found a bag of lollipops. Finally she had something, anything to eat but was it enough? While the jarring row of seats brought Julian nothing but lollipops and despair, there was something behind it all that caught her attention. Her sight may have been impaired, but her ears heard the flow of water nearby. Not only did the stream of fresh water provide some much needed hydration, it gave Julian hope that maybe, just maybe, she could follow it for a while and find a village. Her hope flourished further when she recalled an anecdote about an American expedition team in Peru that had once been stranded with a wounded man in the wilderness. The team member had followed water back to Julian's parents' research station. Though it was just a tiny trickle, the stream, she knew, could eventually lead her to a river. And because locals in the area relied on rivers for transportation and fishing, she might be able to reach someone. It was all she had, so she went for it. Her memory of the story certainly paid off, as she eventually found the river from which the stream split. There was no time to lose, so she waited fearlessly into the wastewater.  The problem was, those weren't the only dangerous creatures in the water. Julian was still bleeding from her untreated wounds, and she was fully aware of peranias in the Amazon. There was nothing she could do to ward them off, but the stream was thankfully too strong for them to latch onto her. For days on end, she trudged forward, traversing the river and the mud of its banks, without a trace of humanity in sight. But then she stumbled into a problem much larger than peranias. Alligators were lining the riverbanks, bearing their teeth as she waited closer and closer, hoping they wouldn't try to attack her, Julian pushed through. By the grace of God, she made it past them. How lucky could she get? Finally, she saw something near the water that wasn't dangerous, a small, old, wooden fisherman's boat. She couldn't believe her eyes had hunger and sleep deprivation led her to hallucinate. No matter how exhausted she was, Julian figured the boat belonged to a poor villager and didn't want to steal it. Instead, drawing on her father's advice, she poured a tiny bit of gas from the motor and used it to disinfect her wounds. Desperately, she sought through the area around the boat. Was there any other sign of life? Of anyone that could save her? Then she spotted something she had longed to see for 10 days, a possible shelter. There was a hut located not far from the boat, where she could finally lay her head down. Still hungry, she tried to catch some frogs to eat, but they were too fast for her, so she gave up, sank down on the floor of the hut, and finally fell asleep. The next morning, after spending 11 days in the rainforest, Julian opened her eyes to see three confused faces looking over her. They were lumber workers who were astonished to find a girl asleep in their hut. Once the lumberman realized she was not a river spirit, they helped disinfect her and clean her, and then rode her for seven long hours downriver to the nearest village with an airfield and radio. There, Julian explained in her best, nearly delusional Spanish everything that had happened to her, and that her father would probably still be in Pucalpa or near the crash site looking for her. A few hours later, she was finally able to fall into her father's arms, who took her straight to the hospital. Based on Julian's recount of the events, specialists could locate every piece of the plane crash and search for survivors. As it turned out, Julian was the only survivor. All five crew members died, and so did 85 of the 86 passengers including Maria Coepke. Could Julian ever learn to cope after experiencing this kind of trauma?  Still, her story spread like wildfire, and she was soon receiving messages of support, admiration and sympathy. It lifted her spirits despite all of her pain and gave her the strength to move on with her life. Following in her parents' career footsteps, she returned to Germany and gained a doctorate in mammology, the study of mammals. When she wasn't working on her studies, she was involved in an even more personal project. Julian penned an award-winning autobiography, titled When I Fell from the Sky, which was released in 2011 and chronicled her fight for survival in the Amazon. She married a German man named Eric Diller. Those who want to see more of her story can watch the documentary Wings of Hope by Werner Herzog, who, coincidentally, was meant to be on the same flight, but missed it by a few minutes. As of February 2019, 64-year-old Julian specializes in bats and works as a researcher at the Zoological Institute in Munich. While she will never forget her days in the Amazon, she has triumphed over her trauma and come out a hero.


Yeah, um good afternoon. I'm really glad to see you all here and Welcome to our panel discussion on like Birgit also said contributing to WordPress without knowing how to code I spoke mentioned my name is Birgit Olsson and unfortunately the original host I made the computer and as a panelist manual Who were original part of this panel? Couldn't attend due to the visa situation and on very short notice, I'm really glad that Jumko and Alicia agreed on participating on this panel and sharing their stories and I'm also very thankful for the WordCamp Europe content team who were very responsive to deal with this situation on short notice and Yeah, make the best of all so Now let me introduce again Alicia Jumko and Patricia. I invite you could you please introduce yourself for a short? Hi everybody, good afternoon. So I'm Alicia Roo. I'm Italian I work as a content designer and software localization specialist especially for many things and WordPress themes and plugins with a focus on inclusive and accessible writing and I started contributing WordPress in 2016 Hello, my name is Patricia. I come from the French-speaking part of Switzerland in Geneva I contribute to the community team by organizing events in my country WordPress meetup and I was in 10 years for 10 years and Co-organize in work games in Switzerland Hi, hello, and my name is Junko Nukanga Yeah, I live on a small island in Japan and called Ogizuma with a population of 115 people I'm freelance web designer and with WordPress, I I Organizer of World Camp Kansai and World Camp Kobe and I'm Deputy in the WordPress community and one of the this year's team lives. I Also do translation and report bugs when I notice them I'm not very good at English So and today I'm supported by my Japanese friend, Shusei Try to speak myself as much as possible, but sometimes I may miss Japanese. Sorry. Thank you Again, welcome to our panel and thank you for your assistance. So Okay, let's start with some personal experiences and our on your journey Could each of you share how you contribute to WordPress project and what initially inspired you to get involved and Why community? What do you personally get from contributing to WordPress and Patricia, would you like to start then we move over to Alicia and then to Junko. This is okay. Yeah Do you want to introduce yourself as well first? Okay, I call myself a WordPress veteran because I've used WordPress since the first release 20 years ago and I'm contributing to WordPress over 13 years and I started with translating WordPress in German and then I also started managing the local Translation platform on the word for start off thanks to Robert Windish who pushed me to do and That's when I started actively contributing to WordPress, but I also visited WordCams and Now I'm focusing more on creating more awareness for diversity Equality and inclusion in our in the WordPress community so that everyone feels welcome and belonging to the WordPress community Can you just repeat the question first question? Yes I guess why community and what do you personally get from contributing to WordPress community? Okay, so the first thing is I've made friends from all around the world and By organizing local meetups. I made long lasting friendship in my local Community, so that's what the main that is the main good thing that is to contribute to community and organizing events and I get to travel to what came Europe and nearby country WordCams for example from Switzerland I go to What came in France and Italy and I try to volunteer all the time because it's such an amazing experience What I get is because every time every month when we do local meetups I learned something new all the time, you know and over the years also I learned to how to organize events find sponsors race funds And it's good also to to have some diverse range of Speakers who talk about so many topics, so I learned a lot to meeting all those people. Thank you So in my case, I started contributing in 2016 and that those times I recently joined a WordPress company WP rocket, so I was already working in translations and I met Laura Sacko Which is who is one of the pillars of the Italian polyglots community and she on board it Immediately because she said you can speak languages you can speak Italian I also speak Spanish and French so being a polyglot was my thing right away and So I found the Italian community first then the Spanish one and then I met the European one as well so I really First of all, I'd say that my The main reason why I'm here is because of as Patricia was saying because of people and I met a lot of friends over the years, so Speaking at work and also contributing via slack and remotely with the community is a way to keep in touch with a lot of people Scattered around the world, so that's very precious for me and also professionally. It's been very important to I'd say that the community has been my first Training field because I learned about localization international internationalization very specific topics that it would have It would have been difficult maybe to pay Maybe online course or going to university just to learn those stuff So the community was very supportive also in that sense So I own it a lot own a lot also in that professional In the professional side of things. So yeah, yeah, thank you and very inspiring Hi, I focus on WordPress community and support betting and orientation for people who want to start a bad camp or and meet up and I Also concert with them about how to run the event and Why community and I think it is not easy to make money With community, but I believe it has helped me grow as a person At the time I think WordPress has brought me so far. I Can make friends With so many people. I would never know it to my daily life And here they are those I would never have thought Coming abroad Learning English like this if it was not for WordPress. I think that experience Itself Is a treasure to me Thank you very much. So as I understand You choose to contribute to WordPress because of the people within the WordPress community So you found someone who had introduced you are you picked up your own? profession in within and found your field I Would like to hear about your challenges and skills and how you overcome obstacles within Getting involved into the project What are the skills that I had you when you started contributing? When you what you learned through the process you told you you learned so much English also to contribute and What are the obstacles you saw? While contributing to WordPress Alice, would you like to start and we move on to Junco and then to you The main obstacles I found I think was just getting used to all the I don't know the many places where the community moves. There is this lack. There is the Make-over press. There are a lot of places of where and channels of communication So at first maybe for me was a bit difficult to understand where my people where where the polyglots met But at the same time the onboarding process was pretty Supportive so I always have people around that told me where to go where to find answers Well to read documentation. So yeah, I was kind of I think it's natural when you start doing something new You feel overwhelmed a little bit by the many information and flow of information you can get But I mean the good thing of the WordPress community is that there is a lot of people doing this for so many years and And they're very supportive. So it's easy to find your way Yeah, and that was the main obstacle I have to say in the Italian community is very open and welcoming so I've always felt at home I think relationships can be very difficult Most of us are doing WordPress things while having other jobs So communication in a limited time frame Can lead to Misunderstanding this We value dialogue, but at the same time we try to make sure our honest opinions are hard For example when some someone is struggling Struggling Thank you. With someone else in the community, I will not be the Referee, no, I know But I will be as honest as possible about what I think Yeah, very Important and if I am long I Approaches, I believe that even if the conflict is not resolved No need for apologizing The most of the people were attending to work in Europe are not native English speaking Yeah, I think and Honest so important. Yes So first Junco your English is better than my Japanese Thank you for contributing like this So about the struggle I faced first on my personal level, you know, I'm used to work alone I'm a kind of freelancer or rather solo printer So one of my struggled was to work with a team when we were organizing work in Switzerland So I had to learn to Work with others and I got better at that. I hope and on another level the struggle we faced organizing Evans especially work camps is about the multi lingual Part because the work campsite are not yet Multilingual and in Switzerland we speak so many languages So thankfully this year we had the help of a great Team mate mark mark how else made who used the great features of the site editor the full site editor and Blocks to create as free languages work in websites. So that was how we overcame this. It's much better now with the site editor and Yeah, there was so there is also struggles There is no budget for meetups Monthly meetup. So we have to get creative to find free venues and Yeah, we we somehow Used to that now But is now so because after the pandemic, you know, people get used to stay at home and Sometimes difficult to even have people coming to the meetups. So we have to get creative and that's good because we Train our creative mind. You know to find solutions. Yeah, that would be just regular. Thank you What do you think are? Also obstacles for new contributors to come to contribute to WordPress, especially for people who are afraid or intimidated by having to know code because as we are seeing in the WordPress community, there's some kind of Celebrity around the core committers and I feel myself or felt myself kind of intimidated at the beginning and how to contribute to a project like WordPress, it's an open source project and so many talented people are also giving their time and effort and skills to it, but I think we would like to have more people involved, especially in Underrepresented make teams for WordPress. Yes, as you mentioned you started with Translation and organizing events. You are organizing events. What obstacles do you feel are there for new contributors to Entry the WordPress ecosystem. Would you like to start? Yeah So go to sign you're a night you can I did even do more to So you're saying if there's too much Things to do and get worried that might be like an obstacle for the new contributors, you know, like Yeah, like don't they don't have to be scared like I have to do this I have to do that like they can just start small so that could be one of the obstacles the shi shi shi So What do you see that's up to go for new contributors to start? Yes, there is this misconception That I don't know to code. I cannot join or I'm not a designer I'm a beginner and I constantly repeat in meetups and Local work camps. You don't have to be so many things to do. We need you Yeah, I would say the first thing would be to attend meetups and local work camps and join the contributor day where there is an onboarding process, which is very welcoming also have a look at make dot WordPress dot org and Look at the description for each team because that you might find something that appeals to you, you know, and at the beginning when I started Organizing meetups. I didn't even know I was contributing to a large-scale community I was thinking oh, there is a local meetup about WordPress So I go there and they asked me that the two of I mean founder of this group were leaving the town And they asked two of us to take take it over I didn't even realize there was like 800 groups around the world and so many work camps I didn't know about so I was contributing without knowing that I was contributing, you know, but if When when I say now two people, please join we need It would be a dream if every WordPress user gave like five percent of their time for to contribute to the project As we we talked yesterday about five to five for the future. So it's yeah, it's good We we have a free and priceless solution that is WordPress. So it's good if we give back by any skill that you can contribute with Absolutely what Patricia said it all But I just wanted to add up that for my experience what I noticed is Meetup and maybe contributor days that were local work camps or even European ones Are very crowded. There's a lot of people starting from they want to contribute What I noticed is that sometimes it's difficult to make people say So you have a lot of onboarding the first day and then over time It's difficult to keep up Be a slack or doing remote contribution. So what Patricia said about finding your local places your local people it's very important to keep the motivation of that first contributor day because it's easy to On being on board and on the first day, but then when you get back home you get caught up with your job your family and your life and Maybe the contribution is worth left a bit on the side. So maybe as a community you we should keep on strongly encouraging people to keep in touch even remotely and Sharing the way we can do that without without even be back Let's think about how many people live in little towns or remote places where there's not even a local meetup So finding communities moments online and remotely is very it's still very important I just heard that a new meetup group has been created in Catalonia to be A rural Yeah, a rural meetup for Catalonia that will go from small towns to small towns because there is no meetups And that's that's a great initiative that could be should be Also for meetup organizers if you sometimes we don't have an ID who to invite what to do but to say at next month's meetup So we could simply do contribution So you would say the easiest entry point into the virtuous Contributions is are going to a meetup attending to a meetup or maybe organize a meetup But what's about the other projects and teams within a virtuous community? Which doesn't involve to Have the knowledge about how to code As we see we have the documentation team the training team who are building learn retrospect or Want to help to to build more confidence? We have also the WP diversity team who is very very passionate about to motivate and encourage new contributors to speak to be on a stage like this yes But also the testing for wordpress everything which every project which involves Development needs also other parts. I guess no developer is really fond of it of the idea to write the documentation or So What do you see? Are the most needed? Parts of the wordpress community contribution Equal system to jump in When you are not an developer I struggle with this word. Sorry. I'm not an active English speaking person So what do you think? It's the most runnable part of a community Where we need more active contributors. Do you like? Maybe Okay, we are going around Not for example translations is one of the the polyglots group is one of the groups that really is accessible to Almost anyone knowing their own language. That's what Laura Sacco told me when I said, I mean, you know Italian You know Italian well, I mean, of course you have to speak the language well, but there's a lot to do Even in the polyglots team without knowing how to code we translate plugins themes We translate the core but we also do a lot of documentation and have translating Documentation from other teams. So there's it really a lot to do of what the wordpress community has a whole produces there's a lot to translate and if you know your language well enough, there's always need for a good hand to To work on those documents and all the many things that the old community produces and Would like to translate I Started also To translate some years ago, but it's not where I was the best. So You know you depends what you like and you look at the list that as I said before on make dot what press dog And you see the list of all the teams and but what whatever it sounds good nice to you to participate you just join the slack and Begin to talk with people at that and the office hours on slack and read the chat Maybe you will find something very exciting. You will make friends as I love and Yeah, I think yeah, it's up to you what what you are good at what you like And In Japan and original region Japanese slug wordpress slug and And One week one time Gathering slug translation time we have and so Gathering and mentoring So kind You're doing some kind of WP translation days in Japanese where you're on board New contributors and also work on the project itself. Yeah Sorry, sorry. Sorry. So you do it weekly weekly. Yes, not monthly or not yearly We do it every Friday from 10 p.m. And we in Japan we welcome everybody to come in and Translate plugins or themes or even the documents. That's this amazing. I'm totally jealous So yeah, and whenever people come in we don't do it in zoom or in In-person style we do we only do it in slack so everybody can join from Let's say home or their work or maybe somewhere else and if there are newcomers coming in we always welcome them and we Ask them what they want to do and we try to guide them to how they can do it like Sustainably, I think Alice. I think we were saying that sustainability for you know, onboarding new contributors Key process. So that's what we've been that's what we've been doing in Japan and you're gonna spend part of that Also, so I think she said Translations keep on going. It would be a good thing to do Yeah, thank you. I'm just one short advice for new contributors What would you tell when someone approaches you I would like to contribute to WordPress, how can I get involved? How can I do it? What would you what would be your takeaway tip for them? Would you like to start? Yes, it's basically what I said before about looking what they like to do but I Would emphasize on the fact that it's a very inclusive community that we try to to like help all diverse diversity diverse people to to join and Yeah, make friends and eat good food at work. Can say a food is always a good topic Yeah, we say go all in don't worry and For everyone who's also listening not only contribute, sorry When you contribute to WordPress, it's not only about bringing in your own time and knowledge Money is always welcome So there we have some initiatives in a WordPress community and not only the five for the future program Where companies can pledge? Time or their employees can pledge time to contribute to WordPress, but also we have the W P collective I Hope I recall it right. I will treat about it. Yeah, where you as a company or a freelancer can donate your money So that contributors can get funded to pursue there and continue their work Incredibutions, especially if you are on a level with a high responsibility and or being a bottleneck because a big project like the WordPress is sometimes really hard to stay consistent if you are Working on it on your spare time and you don't have the financial backgrounds to Give in more time. So That's why I think it's important that we as a community also Make room and say this are these are contributors who are very involved and passionate about Contributing to WordPress we need to support them With room or even money to help them to stay on track So, yeah, that's what do you think about this? This is very important as far and my tip will be like find your people as Patricia was saying find you what you like, but also the people you like to spend time with so that's a very important part of the contributing experience and And ask a lot of questions because there will be a lot and but we have a lot of documentation and information to provide so Yeah, ask question and find find your people too. I mean we try to be a very inclusive and accessible community So I feel safe and given this tip you will find somebody you like. Thank you I guess there's also the mentorship program rolling in into so Where new contributors of WordPress I can get a personal mentor to guide them and Hari Shankar is currently hard working on it So please reach out on make wordpress.org reach out on Twitter to us If you have any questions, I would like to invite you and I'm really glad that you all attended to our panel and I would like to Open the floor for questions From our beloved audience, please Well, thank you so much a big hand before For all the panelists and when you get ready for your questions Line up up behind the microphones and then we need the microphones because the live audience will hear it And we have the first question over there Okay, now you're here. Hello My name is Toby I'm one of the global mentors for the polyglots team. So a couple of people in this room may have seen me before Wanted to ask do that's the community team have any Obvious place Where you would collect good ideas about how to do things in a different way Or what could be improved because I have a feeling that there are so many different things happening There are so many people involved that I A little bit loose track on okay, if I just have some idea. Is there any kind of Virtual box where I could just drop this idea so it doesn't get lost First on slack on the make what press a slack you find the channel to corresponding to the team you want to suggest things to and Then there would be a post Posted on make dot what press dot org with anyone Publicly can comment and bring new ideas. I Think in every channel there. There is office hours as well. So at that time, there's a lot of people to reply to you Yeah, thank you for your question. Thank you also for your dedicated work as Polyglots and we work together for a long time on a polyglots global polyglots mentor team So thank you also for your contribution store and your questions, please Hi, my name is Olga possibly some also saw me before anyway I'm wondering if you're what is your next big what press desire What you wish like big wish you can like accomplish with help of all this audience Who is are looking for us right now? So what do you want? Would you like and I hope run world camp Asia in Japan Do you have any ideas what's your best biggest wish for wordpress in the community I Would like to I mean we keep on talking about diversity and inclusion and accessibility Which is the three topics they like a lot about but a lot of people in the community care about this and We had some interesting panels yesterday and talks about these and we are talking about that It's a hot topic. I mean it's been a hot topic for years And so I hope that this conversation keep going and we find more places and times to To speak about it like face-to-face or even remotely, but like taking really good care of of this I would love for for what camp Europe to Be more European it means for example the Last year in Porto at the Thursday event They were Portuguese dancers and that that that bring a lot of the local feel Instead of only English international feel maybe in the future we can have like translation tool automated tools and ever more Yeah, something more European than rather than only like an international cosmopolitan Yes Translation Yeah My biggest wish is also to have some kind of entity within a wordpress community to ensure the Diversity equality and inclusion Not only on breadcams and meet up, but also within the contributing groups so that there is a dedicated team Who have the knowledge and work? Intensively to make sure that everyone despite of color or gender or sexual orientation or Skillset feels welcome and finds a place within the wordpress community Thank you. Oh, thank you sir. Great question. Oh, we have time for one more question Harry. Yeah All right. Hello Hi, everybody. My name is Harry Shankar. I am a community deputy and as Birgit mentioned I am trying to build a mentorship program for wordpress. So my question is to all of you Alice you mentioned about the contributor journey about like how somebody starts contributing At the contributor day, then they are not able to go forward like that comes into it I found a very interesting and that's the problem that I'm trying to solve I'm trying to you know get first of all point one get more people to come into wordpress and point two get them to stay So my question to all of you is mean you all you're all basically non non-code contributors I am a non-code contributor. My question to all of you is I Would like to hear your thoughts on how to solve that problem. How can we Get somebody who comes into the project to stay Based on your experience like what based on the three points that you faced What are the ideas that we can do to sort of like fix that problem? Thank you This is to all of you. Um, I would like First of all, thank you for your question That's really a pain point to keep contributing or contributors on track and keep them motivated to contribute for my experience we started in Germany the marketing team twice and Dried out because people disappeared because they couldn't Stay longer on the project and I think We need more involvement and as you mentioned the mentorship program. I think It's important that we stay in touch and communicate on regular basis and Ask for their needs also. What obstacles do they face during the journey? first of all, we learn as mentors and Experienced contributors, but also to maybe solve issues. We didn't see as an experimental season contributor Yeah, I have the same experience in the Italian polyglot team. I think we were one of the first teams to organize mentorship program inside the translation process so every experience translator had like One of you new contributors to to follow during their journey in the first at the beginning of their Translation journey and this worked very well because you have instantly you have a reference inside a community Somebody to speak and ask questions to and that's very important for people knowing Where to where to find that person that can solve the questions No, maybe not in the common channel, which is we can be intimidating sometimes now posing that question in the Whole group so having like a direct channel of communication with your mentor It's very important also for operational tasks like translations Do I have any I think you said it all Yeah, this and what you mentioned before to be a sponsor because for Independent workers, it's a bit more difficult to you know to balance with your client work Do you have additional You and I be the size of a contribution does not matter Everyone can contribute and let's encourage each other and the nice to each other Mr. Speaker, thank you very much Folks I don't know if they have this time I wanted to ask one more follow-up listen, but I want to be mindful of time. It's okay, but gets Can I ask one more question? Well Quick very quick. Okay. Not to everybody very short very quick question. So all of you know One answers Okay So It's it's related to this Many of you mentioned that life comes in the way that is a pain point which stopped you from contributing. I mean generally Other than that, is there anything in the project at this time that makes the process contributing slower prevents people from continuity continuously? I Think that's overwhelming of information. We need more guidance on the onboarding process on a WordPress site so make it more visual because Collecting information from every make team. I feel overwhelmed and I'm a seasoned contributor WordPress And I can't imagine how it feels for a newcomer So I think like you also did for your proposal for the mentorship program to visualize The past the contributor journey has some visual guiding How they can start and where can they jump into the project would be really awesome and designers you don't need to have to code or Project manager you don't need to code to contribute to those user journeys and contribute of journeys to work for us


Roll in Chucho. Can you elaborate on your statement about demons? How the UFOs could be demons?  There's one thing I read a long time ago. Must have been like 20 years ago or something like this. So I can't recall. It's just remember the main thesis of it, saying that the theory was, this person was pretty, I don't, I don't, I don't agree with it. I'm just saying it, right? Because I don't mind reading theories that I disagree with, because it gives you information, that UFOs were demons or agents of demons, agents of the devil, creating UFOs, making UFOs or bringing UFOs from their dimensions or whatever it is to plant the seeds in humanity to question the existence of God, specifically Christianity, right? Because a lot of these fundamentalists believe that the earth is a center of the universe and we are the only sentient beings in the universe and stuff like this, so UFOs are put into place by demons to make people question the existence of God or their one true God, right? That was the main thesis of it, the details of what I forgot.


I per finalitzar tenim a la Cristina Galusca, el títol de la seva xerrada és, I remember this. Then how do babies guess the meanings of words in such messy environments where their parents could be talking about tens of objects? Okay, well, not all parents are this messy. I will give you that, but still, the task of matching unfamiliar words to the objects they refer to is not easy at all. Now, if I really wanted you to understand what I meant, I could have used eye contact, so you knew I was talking to you. I could have gazed in the direction of the object I was talking about. I could have even pointed to the object I was referring to. Well, it turns out that research shows that babies are particularly receptive to eye contact, eye gaze, and pointing that we will call ostensive cues, and that ostensive cues make it a lot easier for babies to understand words and to learn language. But this is not the whole story. It's not that ostensive cues are only helpers. They really make it possible for you to transmit culture and to learn language. So, basically, what I'm trying to tell you right now is the following. As a teacher, I'm using eye contact and pointing to raise a red flag and tell you, hey, this is really important, you will need this later, pay attention. This is not even the most important and interesting thing about ostensive cues. What's particularly important is that whether you use ostensive cues or not makes a huge difference on how you perceive the environment around you and how you encode information. So, if I point to an object, a baby will pay attention and remember whether the object is a teddy bear or a lion. But if I do a reaching gesture towards the same object, they will encode the location. So, whether the object was here or here. So, basically, as a teacher, I'm using eye contact and pointing to guide your attention selectively to what I think is important for you to learn. And this is how you learn new words, like leu or new facts. But how do these ostensive cues actually work? What is their net benefit and what is the cognitive mechanism behind them? Well, these are the general questions I'm currently trying to answer in my research. So far, I've only focused on eye contact. We know that eye contact benefits learning. But how? Is it that eye contact increases your attention to everything so you will remember all types of information better? Or is eye contact relevant for some types of information only? So, if I gave you a series of digits, let's say, like my phone number, would you remember it better if I made eye contact with you? Or if I told you the names of my colleagues or the objects I carry in my bag today? Or what I had for breakfast, would you remember this better if I made eye contact? Which of these types of information would you remember if I made eye contact with you? Well, this is what I'm trying to answer in the next two years. But, meanwhile, have I convinced you of the superpowers of eye contact? And if so, next time you or you are the ones to make eye contact with this baby, please remember, with great eye contact comes great responsibility. Thank you.


Mr. President, the American people, Democrats, Republicans alike, families all across our nation understand what Ukraine is fighting to defend. What generations of Americans have also stepped up to protect and preserve. It's pretty basic, freedom, liberty, and sovereignty. And as I made clear at the UN this week, and you were there, the entire world has a stake in making sure that no nation, no aggressor, is allowed to take a neighbor's territory by force. The American people will never waver on our commitment to those values. That's why, together with our allies and partners, we will continue to provide security assistance to support Ukraine's progress in reclaiming its territory. And we'll continue to provide humanitarian aid to help millions of innocents suffering from your Russia's aggression. Russia alone, Russia alone stands in the way of peace. It could end this today. Instead, Russia is seeking more weapons for Iran and North Korea that would violate multiple UN Security Council resolutions that Moscow itself voted to put in place. And a new package of launchers and interceptors that's going to protect Ukraine, Ukraine's grain silos, hospitals, schools, and power plants. That will help save Ukrainian lives. Just as we're committed to helping Ukrainian people defend themselves now, we're also committed to helping them recover and rebuild for the future, including supporting reforms that are going to combat corruption, creating an environment where businesses can thrive and where American and European businesses want to invest. Russia is bombing grain silos in Ukraine and separating families, kidnapping. This is what I can't get over, kidnapping thousands of Ukrainian children. Instead, with the days beginning to turn colder, Russia hopes once more to use winter as a weapon against the people of Ukraine. But as I discussed with President Zelensky, the people of Ukraine are steeled for this struggle ahead. And the United States is going to continue to stand with you. Today, I approve the next trance of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, including more artillery, more ammunition, more anti-tank weapons. And next week, the first U.S. Abrams tanks will be delivered to Ukraine. We also focused on strengthening Ukraine's air defense capabilities to protect the critical infrastructure that provides heat and light during the coldest and darkest days of the year. Because that's what this is all about, the future, the future of freedom. America will never walk away from that. That's why 575 days later, we stand with Ukraine and will continue to stand with you, Mr. President. And that's why we're so proud of being able to be with you. Mr. President, we're with you and we're staying with you. So thank you very much, Mr. President Biden. Thank you for a warm meeting and very productive, strong negotiations. And today we have some important results. First, we agree to work on the future force of Ukraine. It's very important. And it's a strategic decision that will allow us to prevent any new aggression against us, against Ukraine, our people. And this will be one of the outcomes of Vilnius G7 declaration and our bilateral security arrangements. Fifth, we agreed on specific steps to expand the export of grain from Ukraine. And we will continue to work on the peace formula and the preparing inaugural summits. So thank you so much, not only for these points, for all these points, for all these 575 days. Thank you. Thank you all. Are you confident that Congress is going to support your efforts to get this supplemental aid? Did you get any assurances? A good judgment of the United States Congress. There's no alternative. Thank you. All right, we're ready. Thank you so much.


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I'm a side-to-goes volunteer. My name is Michael. I'm 17 and I enjoy long romantic walks down the beach Today's article is about people who tend to sleep late have a higher IQ by Risha May Risha got into a study when the psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa made a survey for people in their late 20s as the survey showed right here Kanazawa showed that those with the IQ of over 125 tended to go to bed around 12 30 a.m And wake up around 8 a.m. On the week days and go to bed around 1 45 a.m. And wake up around 11 a.m. On the weekends Those of normal intelligence tended to go to sleep from 12 a.m. To 7 30 a.m. On the weekdays and from 1 15 a.m. To 10 15 a.m. On the weekends Those of below normal intelligence tend to go to sleep from 11 45 a.m. To 7 20 a.m. On the weekdays and from 12 35 a.m. To 10 a.m. On the weekends as you can see that's a pretty big difference Now that doesn't mean because you go to sleep later You're more intelligent than those who don't there's plenty of factors to consider like some studies show that the more intelligent people Women in particularly tend to have children later on and have fewer children Which allows them to sleep in later on more than their friends or family members Another point factors the type of jobs people tend to hold which is also a big contribution when it comes to a person's Intelligence the point in a study that smarter people can adapt more quickly to changing conditions and Sometimes adapt habits that don't really make sense while people of lower IQ tend to restrict their activities to mostly the daytime But everything does have its up and downside Having less sleep is not really that healthy for the body night owls can be more prone to sickness like depression or heart failures They can also be less reliable more emotionally unstable and are more likely to have an addiction or an eating Disorder some addictions can be like alcohol or smoking while on the upside for early risers They can be more conscientious Persistent and can cooperate better. They can also cope better with academic requirements and receive better grades Which was sort of explain why staying up until 2 a.m. Playing Pokemon would not give you good grades Hypothetically speaking of course not from experience. I swear Some questions for you guys. Is it better to be a night owl or early riser? Do you tend to sleep late or wake up early and how does it affect you in the morning? And do you go to sleep late sometimes because it's a hard fall asleep for you? Don't forget to subscribe to the YouTube channel if you enjoyed and also make sure to follow them on Twitter Facebook and Tumblr. Well until next time see you guys


So this is my wrap-up video for January of 2018. I read 14 books this month. Part of it was because I had some weeks off for the holiday, but also there were some books towards the end of the month that I literally just powered through. Like, I could not put them down. So stick around, check it out. My Goodreads Challenge for 2018 is set to 130 books. I did 120 last year and I started late, so I thought that 130 would be a reasonable amount of books to read. And given that I read 14 books this month, like 14 times 12 is 168, so I'm on track. I really love the Goodreads Challenge, like it really pushes me to like find books that I haven't read before, or at least in the last year. And that means that I have to read a bunch of new books and I'm very much a homebody. I'm comfortable in what I know. And so I reread books a lot, but all of a sudden being pushed to read new books because a computer algorithm somewhere is like, uh-uh, you already read that book. My friend Chrissy says that I eat books. However, I maintain, do not eat books. Books are not for eating. Books are friends, not food. Okay, we're through with that. That's over. We're past it. Okay, recap. I started out this month with Book of Dust by Philip Pullman. It's book one. It's confusing because Book of Dust is a series title and it's really big on the cover and in really little words underneath it says La Belle Savage, which is the title of this specific book. But I really wish that they had, you know, flipped that because it's really confusing. Anyway, it looks like this. I'm going to put it here. It is a pure adventure set in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, which is an alternate dimension in which people have demons that are essentially a section of their soul that is outside of their body and takes various human, sorry, various animal forms. They do not take human forms. That would be even creepier than it already is. There is a ton of espionage and some science that we would probably call magic, all centering around a boy, a baby, and a canoe. Number two and three were The School for Good and Evil, and The School for Good and Evil, A World Without Princes. Anyway, these are middle grade readers, so I took them with a grain of salt. But I really found them to be very disingenuous. They were falsely subversive. I'm going to do another video about these because I've got the third one, so I'm going to read the third one and then make a video. But I really, I was very disappointed with these books. I actually, midway through reading this sucker, I really got very angry, so we'll see how the third one goes. Number four was Edge of the Abyss by, I'm going to say this wrong, Emily Skrottsky? We're going to go with that because that's what I've got. But I really loved this book. This is the second book in the Abyss Surround Us series. It follows the story of Cass, a young woman tasked with raising and training genetically modified sea monsters. Let's just say things do not go as planned. She's kidnapped onto a pirate ship and forced to train an illegally obtained Wreck-n-R-Pup, and all of a while has to figure out who she wants to be. This is made more complicated by one of her captors, who is a trainee to the captain. Her name is Swift, and yeah, it's hella gay. Anyway, it's action, adventure, and politics, and pirates, and pirate politics, and it's hella gay, so check it out. Number five is called This Darkness Mind by Mindy McGinnis. Okay, I love Mindy McGinnis. I love her. She wrote Female of the Species. She wrote a book called Madness So Discreet, which has no romantic plotline whatsoever, which I adore. But This Darkness Mind goes down a rabbit hole that I didn't want to go down. Like I probably shouldn't have read this book. Like it upset me a lot. I'm very sensitive to psychological thrillers and things that mess with your mind, and this is that. This is a classic psychological thriller to the nth. Basically, a young girl starts receiving messages from the twin sister she consumed in the womb, and that sister also controls the heart that beats in her chest. Fair warning. This book is a long, dark rabbit hole, and there is no light, no love, no joy on the other side. It is brilliantly written.  So I try really hard not to think about that book anymore. Excellent, excellent book. Deeply messed up. Okay. Number six is Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zapp. Yeah, I didn't know that. I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna play, I didn't know that. This book tells the story of Eliza as she tirelessly turns out her webcomic called Monstrous Seed. She has remained carefully anonymous despite massive fame worldwide and an income that is slightly higher than any high schooler has any right of having. Zero social skills, though. She tries her best to be literally invisible, but when a new boy shows up for senior year and is a huge fan of Monstrous Seed, so they obviously have something to talk about, will she be able to remain anonymous? This book is a sweet, delightful romance for nerds and also takes a bit of a look at what we expect from each other as people, maybe? I don't know. Read it for yourself. You tell me. Number seven is A Countess Below Stairs by Ava Ibbitson. This is a romantic comedy, like if Downton Abbey were more ironic and utterly hilarious. When I read it before, it definitely made me feel like it was a romance, but I didn't grasp all of the comedy. There is some serious, heavy irony happening within, and then the final scene is just like so ridiculous. And oh my god, it's just funny. If you're looking for something that really just goes after the fundamental ideologies of the Nazi party, read this book. It sounds ridiculous, but it's so true. Oh my goodness. Okay. Moving on. Number eight is Artemis by Andy Weir. Yes, he wrote another book. No, it is not the most illiterary. I think it could have gone past the editors two or three more times for some really like deep reads, like not necessarily cuts because all of the pieces come together really well. It's the actual sentence structure that I have. I'm just, I'm taking umbrage with it, guys. I'm taking umbrage with it. And while the writing could have definitely used some more love on this one, who can resist this premise? It is a heist on the moon with like mob connections and involving the production of aluminum, like only the mind of Andy Weir. Like, I'm just going to say that only the mind of Andy Weir could have made all of these like seemingly unrelated connections. It is beautifully ridiculous when I describe it, but it is horrifyingly plausible. That is Andy Weir's true gift, horrifying plausibility. I already returned them to the library, but numbers nine and ten on my list are The Queen of Blood and The Reluctant Queen by Sarah Beth Durst. I really struggle to summarize these books, but at the core of it is the world that Sarah Beth Durst has built. Spirits, which are essential to the growth and maintenance of the forest that covers the planet that we live in, also want to destroy humans and everything that they create. And also everything that the spirits have created. Basically, they're very much wrapped up in their nature that says we must create, we must destroy. They're very driven by their id. They are id. They're id embodied if we're going to go back to Freud, which I know, but just go with me. The Queen is responsible for controlling the spirits within her domain. And just very, very interesting. Character is very interesting premise, very interesting world. I really just wanted to live in it. I don't care if my life is constantly being threatened by the spirits that embody my house. I don't care. I just really want to live there. The thing that really just drew me in and made me love it was the characters. Our two main characters, one is Delana and the other one, I'm forgetting, but both of them are just so interesting and intricate and very, very delicately created. And I really love how much went into building them and appreciating them. It very much gives the strong female characters back their true definition. A strong female character is not some girl who is physically strong. She is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but not because she can fight vampires. A strong female character is a person, and I really feel that Sarah Beth Durst has given personhood to these characters. And I think that's something to be applauded. So please read these books, tell me what you think. I'm really interested in what you guys think. But we're not done yet. Hang on, I've got this one. Number 11 is The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. The first in the Folk of the Air series. This book is the perfect storm that deposits you directly on the precipice of the next book and you fall into it so easily. Like I was drawn into this world. I wish I had the sequels already.  We'll see how it goes. Jude is the harsh twin, the violent twin, the dangerous twin, exactly what a childhood in fairyland would mold you into. When her parents were murdered, she and her sisters were kidnapped away to the estate of a duty-bound red cap. And it's even more complicated than that. Jude grows up and makes choices, and the axis of the folk shifts on her action. This is a story of spies and fairies and kings and king-makers. And every single one of you needs to read this book. I really enjoyed it. And 12, 13, and 14 is the Mara Dyer trilogy. Michelle Hodkin, I bow to you. They were, they were so hard to put down. These books are what I had hoped the The Stardust Mind book would be about. Deeply creepy. Yes. Psychologically baffling. Yes. But ultimately hopeful. A love story at its core. Mara Dyer is a deeply unreliable narrator, and I love that. The only survivor of a building's collapse, Mara has no memory of the events leading after her waking up in the hospital. Her family moves to help her get away from the trauma. But the trauma comes with her. First she's unreliable because she can't remember. And then she's unreliable because she doesn't believe it's really happening. And then she's unreliable because she knows it's real, but everybody else is telling her that she's crazy, and it just gets worse from there. Make sure you check the trigger warnings before you jump in, because they can be very triggering. But I'm not going to go into that now, but please take care of yourself when you are reading these books. When you're reading any books, when you're consuming any media, just check beforehand. Make sure you'll be okay. But oh my god. Yes. Just yes. Just yes. And yes, good. Yes. Good. And that is my 14th book January wrap up video. Let me know in comments what books you've read, what books you want to read, what books you've loved, what books I am totally wrong about. Come talk to me about books. Aviento. I think I just curtsied all the way out of frame.


Item number SCP-789-J Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-789-J is kept in my toilet, and only I can talk to it. Description SCP-789-J is a ghost that has a face. It lives in a toilet, and it talks to you while you poop.  SCP-789-J travels around in butts. You can only get rid of it by wiping. That is the moral of the story.   By Researcher James, age 11. SCP Foundation Tales That's The Joke Threat ID K-T-E-8-5-4-4 Porcelain Butt Good Authorized Response Level 7. Apocalypse Description Type Z-8-Pultergeist in Capable of Travel by Inhabiting Ute Subdued Temporarily by Death Taken to Avoid Falling Wiping is the… Ass I know the Thaumaturges already told us that it wouldn't be susceptible to targeted meta-exposure, but I still maintain that it was worth the shot. I didn't even need to use the whole page. Researcher James, age 8. Zero Seconds Test Commences Subject Instructed to Initiate Stated Protocols 14 Seconds Subject Reports Gastrointestinal Distress K-T-E-8-5-4-4 Porcelain Produces Characteristic Vocalization 23 Seconds K-T-E-8-5-4-4 Porcelain Attempts to Replicate via Subject's Posterior, but is hindered by Testing Protocols 3. 19. Subject Ceases Testing Protocols K-T-E-8-5-4-4 Porcelain Observed to be Subdued, but Active Subject Instructed to Remain on Toilet in Case Protocols Must Be Resumed 341. Classified Due to Subject's Unusually Small Frame and an Oversight in Toilet Selection 419. Classified I would have sworn that those cafeteria burritos would do the trick. Here's hoping they can get the guy new butt. Researcher James Researcher James was instructed to interview K-T-E-8-5-4-4 Porcelain to ascertain information that could assist in the entity's liquidation. Researcher James is seen pacing the restroom. Camera focused on K-T-E-8-5-4-4 Porcelain shows the entity in his toilet. Seen as dramatic. Begin interview So K-T-E-8-5-4-4 Porcelain If that is your real name, who are you?  And why should I believe you? Slam says hands on the toilet seat and presumably glares at the butt ghost in a threatening manner.  How bizarre. Stands up from the toilet seat and accesses a plastic baggie of goldfish crackers.  Butts do not equal love, you know. Fart. Poot. Poop. Choose on goldfish crackers like a hard-boiled detective would chew on a cigar. Fascinating. Truly fascinating.  Mine telling me why.  One last thing.  Wiping. Why does it get rid of you? Where are the hostages?   Attempts to snap its fingers, but he hasn't quite gotten that down yet. It all makes sense now. What else could the moral of the story be? I've got all I need to go to the presses with this. End interview. Closing statement. Researcher James was grounded for unrelated reasons after the conclusion of this interview. He knows he's only allowed one snack in the afternoon. And by the way, we don't have to make him a researcher just because only he can talk to it. Researcher James' dad. List ID 8544 Porcelain Gimmel A3 Description.  Four infectees were brought to the toilet containing the entity. The entity was destroyed by repeated exposure to emissions of the infectees. Question. Is there any reason we couldn't have just used normal lasers? Researcher James' dad. Yes. The reason is because butts. Researcher James. KTE 8X44 Porcelain. Liquidated. SCP Foundation Tales. An excerpt from Goodbye Ghost. Act II Scene II But can't they help you in some way? There is no cure, rebutt cancer. But what will I do without you? James, you never needed me in the first place. What do you mean? Inside of you lies the power. Not me. I'm only a spirit that haunts the posteriors of mammals. I can't let you go. You already have. Gestures to the frame photo of James with an arm wrapped around a yield sign? It's not what you think! No. It's what I know. But-but ghost. Shhh. Don't speak. You've broken my heart enough already. I can't let you go. You had no trouble letting your other women go. That was years ago, but ghost? A but ghost never forgets. You forgot me once. I had to go soul searching, James. And what did you find? I found my spirit place. The air was still, and the water was cool. I felt a presence. I turned a look, but no one was there. I was alone. The moon overhead gazed down on my prone body. I felt nothing and everything at once. And that's when I realized, my people need me. Ankle ghost will be fine. It's not just ankle ghost anymore, James, it's the world. What does it even mean that revoking ghost license is everywhere now? No! It's true. But what about your estranged relationship with your brother? Ghost but will either have to get out of my way or join me. How? James, you know me too well to question my ability in dealing with these issues. Very well. I can only hope you don't fail. Failure is not an option. Good luck. Thank you. Here, take this. Pass this plunger. I will not let you down. Goodbye, but ghost, salutes. Goodbye, James. Flushes. Something even the loneliest man can relate to. Goodbye, ghost brings us to realize our own mortality and the importance of our relationship with our friends, regardless of corporeality. Foundation Tribune. Day of the year, period, CI review.  The but ghost performance is the best of the year, if not the century. Time anomaly magazine.


I'm 38 years old. I live in Brooklyn, New York, and I travel all over the world with my music. Yes, of course I'm a migrant. I'm a result of my travelings and different life experiences. You know, we make judgments as human beings. It's very natural. We make judgments about everything that we know and everything that we don't know.