We get to go inside this store and find Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles masks. No guarantees but we're going to do our best and which guys do you want to get? Which colors? Michaelangelo? And who do you want to move? Rafael. Let's do Kawabunga. And Michaelangelo is the smallest. He's the youngest. Yeah. He's the baby, huh? He's the baby out of all the boys. Yeah. I know, but he's a man. Yeah, well, no, we don't get that. You get these little pieces over here. We get the little pieces right here. This is going to be the masks. Okay. Okay, you get your red. You get your orange. You all carry blue. Is that? Look! Oh! Mama's looking good. I showered with. Mama's looking good. Reach into my pocket here. Can I eat this one? Yeah. Pull it out. This is so precious. I think that's Donatello. It's blue. He's asking for me to wipe this off. Okay. We got a bottle. Can you see? Yeah. We've got three ninjas. Who do we have? I think that's Donatello. Oh, we might just need a fourth. Down the road. Send us Leonardo. That's right. Oh, precious. He slept through the whole thing. Yeah. Time. We are tired. We had a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle type of day. All right. In the 90s, the 90s, especially the early 90s, it was all about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I mean, I had everything. It was epic. Just epic. So it's interesting. They're kind of making a comeback. So I'm glad now that the little D'Amore clan can reinvigorate, if I can use that term, anology, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fandom, and just all around bodaciousness. Before I go to bed, I just got to read a comment. It made me chuckle from a couple of days ago on the 40-mile run vlog. This is from Keep It Simple podcast. I'm reading your comment. Yes, indeed. Basically, I was talking about equipment and gear that you need for a 40-mile run. And Keep It Simple podcast, which I don't know your name, but that's okay, wrote, I'd need a body bag for that run. Laugh out loud. Great vid, Seth. Anyway, that made me laugh. If you had a best and a lot of Gatorade and a lot of maybe cheeseburgers, Keep It Simple podcast. I bet you could. I bet you could do it. I bet you could do it. Sick beauty. Work hard. Love each other. Thanks for coming along with the adventure. See you tomorrow.


section 27 of the handy cyclopedia of things worth knowing this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Larissa Jaworski Brisbane Australia March 2007 the handy cyclopedia of things worth knowing by Joseph Trinan's published in 1911 section 27 principal American cities with population of over 100,000 in 1910 the population for 1900 is given by way of comparison New York New York population in 1910 four million seven hundred and sixty six thousand eight hundred and eighty three in nineteen hundred three million four hundred and thirty seven thousand two hundred and two Chicago Illinois population in nineteen ten two million one hundred and eighty five thousand two hundred and eighty three in nineteen hundred one million six hundred and ninety eight thousand five hundred and seventy two Philadelphia Pennsylvania population in nineteen ten one million five hundred and forty nine thousand and eight in nineteen hundred one million two hundred and ninety three thousand six hundred and ninety seven St. Louis Missouri population in nineteen ten six hundred and eighty seven thousand and twenty nine in nineteen hundred five hundred and seventy five thousand two hundred and thirty eight Boston Massachusetts population in nineteen ten six hundred and seventy thousand five hundred and eighty five in nineteen hundred five hundred and sixty thousand eight hundred and ninety two Cleveland Ohio population in nineteen ten five hundred and sixty thousand six hundred and sixty three in nineteen hundred three hundred and eighty one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven Baltimore Maryland population in nineteen ten five hundred and fifty eight thousand four hundred and eighty five in nineteen hundred five hundred and eight thousand nine hundred and fifty seven Pittsburgh Pennsylvania population in In 1910, 533,905. In 1900, 451,512. Detroit, Michigan. Population in 1910, 465,766. In 1900, 285,704. Buffalo, New York. Population in 1910, 423,715. In 1900, 352,387. San Francisco, California. Population in 1910, 416,912. In 1900, 342,782. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Population in 1910, 373,857. In 1900, 285,315. Cincinnati, Ohio. Population in 1910, 364,462. In 1900, 325,902. Newark, New Jersey. Population in 1910, 347,469. New Orleans, Louisiana. Population in 1910, 339,075. In 1900, 287,104. Washington, District of Columbia. Population in 1910, 331,069. In 1900, 278,817. Los Angeles, California. 319,198. In 1900, 102,479. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Population in 1910, 301,408. In 1900, 202,718. Jersey City, New Jersey. Population in 1910, 267,717. In 1900, 206,433. Kansas City, Missouri. Population in 1910, 248,331. In 1900, 163,752. Seattle, Washington. Population in 1910, 237,194. In 1900, 80,671. Indianapolis, Indiana. Population in 1910, 233,650. In 1900, 169,164. Providence, Rhode Island. Population in 1910, 224,326. In 1900, 175,597. Providence, Rhode Island. Population in 1910, 224,326. In 1900, 175,597. Louisville, Kentucky. Population in 1910, 223,928. In 1900, 204,731. Rochester, New York. Population in 1910, 218,149. In 1900, 162,608. St Paul, Minnesota. Population in 1910, 214,744. In 1900, 163,065. Denver, Colorado. Population in 1910, 213,381. In 1900, 133,859. Portland, Oregon. Population in 1910, 207,214. In 1900, 90,426. Columbus, Ohio. Population in 1910, 181,548. In 1900, 125,560. Toledo, Ohio. Population in 1910, 168,497. In 1900, 131,822. Atlanta, Georgia. Population in 1910, 154,839. In 1900, 89,672. Oakland, California. Population in 1910, 150,174. In 1900, 66,960. Worcester, Massachusetts. Population in 1910, 145,986. In 1900, 118,421. Syracuse, New York. Population in 1910, 137,249. In 1900, 108,374. New Haven, Connecticut. Population in 1910, 133,605. In 1900, 108,027. Birmingham, Alabama. Population in 1910, 132,683. In 1900, 38,415. Memphis, Tennessee. Population in 1910, 131,105. In 1900, 102,320. Scranton, Pennsylvania. Population in 1910, 129,867. In 1900, 102,026. Richmond, Virginia. Population in 1910, 127,628. In 1900, 85,050. Paterson, New Jersey. Population in 1910, 125,600. In 1900, 105,171. Omaha, Nebraska. Population in 1910, 124,096. In 1900, 102,555. Fall River, Massachusetts. Population in 1910, 119,295. In 1900, 104,803. Dayton, Ohio. Population in 1910, 116,577. In 1900, 85,333. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Population in 1910, 112,571. In 1900, 87,565. Nashville, Tennessee. Population in 1910, 110,364. In 1900, 80,865. Lowell, Massachusetts. Population in 1910, 106,294. In 1900, 94,969. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Population in 1910, 104,839. In 1900, 91,886. Spokane, Washington. Population in 1910, 104,402. In 1900, 36,848. Bridgeport, Connecticut. Population in 1910, 102,054. In 1900, 70,996. Albany, New York. Population in 1910, 100,253. In 1900, 94,151. State Flowers. The following list includes all the state flowers commonly accepted or officially adopted. Alabama, Goldenrod. Arizona, Sequoia Cactus. Arkansas, Apple Blossom. California, Poppy. Colorado, Columbine. Delaware, Peach Blossom. Georgia, Cherokee Rose. Idaho, Syringa. Illinois, Violet. Iowa, Wild Rose. Kansas, Sunflower. Louisiana, Magnolia. Maine, Pinecone. Michigan, Apple Blossom. Minnesota, Markerson. Mississippi, Magnolia. Montana, Bitterroot. Missouri, Goldenrod. Nebraska, Goldenrod. New Jersey, Sugar Maple Tree. New York, Rose. North Dakota, Goldenrod. Oklahoma, Mistletoe. Oregon, Oregon Grape. Rhode Island, Violet. Texas, Bluebonnet. Utah, Seago Lily. Vermont, Red Clover. Washington, Rhododendron. Height of noted structures. Following is the height in feet of some noted monuments and structures. Amiens Cathedral, 383 feet. Bunker Hill Monument, 221 feet. Capitol, Washington, 288 feet. City Hall, Philadelphia, 535 feet. Cologne Cathedral, 512 feet. Eiffel Tower, 984 feet. Florence Cathedral, 387 feet. Freeborg Cathedral, 386 feet. Masonic Temple, Chicago, 354 feet. Metropolitan Building, New York, 700 feet. Milan Cathedral, 360 feet. The Great Pyramid, 451 feet. Ruin Cathedral, 464 feet. St. Paul's London, 404 feet. St. Peter's, Rome, 433 feet. The Singer Building, New York, 612 feet. Strasbourg Cathedral, 465 feet. St. Stephen's, Vienna, 470 feet. Ward Building, Chicago, 394 feet. Washington Monument, 556 feet. The Maximum Age of Trees. Palm, 250 years. Elm, 355 years. Cyprus, 380 years. Harvey, 448 years. Maple, 516 years. Larch, 576 years. Lemon, 640 years. Plain, 720 years. Cedar, 800 years. Chestnut, 860 years. Walnut, 900 years. Lime, 1076 years. Spruce, 1200 years. 1,600 years. Olive, 2,000 years. You, 2,880 years. Baobab, 5,100 years. And Dragon, 5,900 years. Eucalyptus or Australian gumtree sometimes grows 24 feet in 3 months. Bamboo, 2 feet in 24 hours. Dictionary of Aeronautics. The new science of aeronautics has given rise to many new worlds, among them some of awkward derivation and even those properly formed and worthy of preservation in the language are often erroneously used. The following compact lexicon is therefore both interesting and instructive. Aeroplane. A generic term applied in common use to all classes of sustaining surfaces, strictly applicable only to flat surfaces. Adjusting surfaces. Commonly a comparatively small surface, usually at the end of a wing tip, used to adjust lateral balance, preferably restricted to surfaces capable of variable adjustment, but not of movement by controlling devices. See stabiliser and wing tip and compare aileron. Advancing edge. The front edge of a sustaining or other surface. Advancing surface. A surface that precedes another through the air, as in a double monoplane. Error curve. A proposed substitute for aeroplane. Error drone. A substitute proposed bilangely for aeroplane, strictly applicable to a course rather than to a vehicle. Aileron. A small hinged or separated wing tip or surface, capable of independent manipulation for the purpose of maintaining lateral balance. Aviation. Dynamic flight by means of heavier than air mechanisms. Aviator. The operator or pilot of a heavier than air machine. Aerofoil. Term used to indicate lifting surface. Angle of incidence. The angle which a line drawn from the leading to trailing edge of the plane makes with the horizontal trailing angle between the tangent to the trailing edge of the plane and the cord or a line drawn from the leading edge to the trailing edge. Arc. Any portion of a circle or other curve. Aspect. The top or plane view of an aeroplane surface. Automatic stability. Applied to lateral or longitudinal stability. Maintained by the action of suitable elements on mechanisms independent of any controlled exercised by the operator. There is a tendency to restrict the term of such stability secured by an automatic manipulation of controlling devices rather than to systems in which balance is maintained by the use of dihedral arrangements. Biplane. An aeroplane with two superposed main surfaces. Balance. To maintain equilibrium by hand or automatic movement of balancing surfaces as opposed to equilibrium maintained by stabilizing. C stabilizer. Body. The centre part of an aeroplane or other aerial vehicle in which the motor, fuel tanks, passenger accommodation etc. are placed. Camber. The camber of the ribs is the amount of curvature which is imparted to them in the same way that a motor cast spring or a road has a camber or curvature. Chassis. That part of the main framework of a monoplane to which the main planes and tailplanes are fitted and which contains the engine and aviators seat. Centre of pressure. Really a line of pressure along the underside of a wing or aeroplane surface on either side of which the pressures are equal. Centre of gravity. The centre of weight about which the vehicle balances in all directions. Cord. A straight line drawn between the ends of the arc of a circle or other curve. Dirigible. Stirrable or navigable applied to balloons. Derrick. A tower in which a falling weight is dropped in starting an aeroplane. Diagonal. A diagonal brace or stay in a framework. Dihedral. Set of wings. Pairs inclined at an upward angle to each other. Elevator. A principal supplementary surface usually of a miniature form of the main planes used for purpose of altering the vertical direction of machine. Gap. The distance between two main planes in a biplane. Gliding. Flying down a slant of air without power. Gyroscopic effect. The property of any rotating mass whereby it tends to maintain its plane of rotation against disturbing forces. Gausschismant or warping. Applied to the main planes and produces the same ultimate effect as the use of ailerons. Hanger. A shed for housing balloons or aeroplanes generally the latter. Horse power. A rate of work equivalent to the lifting of 33,000 foot-pound a minute. Head resistance. The resistance of the surface to movement through the air. Closely proportionate to its projected area. Heavier than air. Applied to dynamic flying machines weighing more than the air they displace. Horizontal rudder. A horizontally placed rudder for steering in vertical directions. Lift. The sustaining effect expressed in units of weight of an aeroplane or wing surface. Monoplane. An aeroplane with one or more main surfaces in the same horizontal plane. Main plane. Usually the largest or lowest supporting surface of a multi-surfaced aeroplane. Mast. A spar or strut used for the attachment of wire or other stays to stiffen the wings or other parts of a structure. Main spars. Lateral spars upon which the main planes are built. Main landing wheels. In and a lighting gear the wheels that take the chief shock in landing. Ornithopter. A dynamic flying machine of the heavier than air type in which suspension is provided by the effect of reciprocating wing surfaces. Pylon. A tower to mark the course in aerial racing contests. Ribs. Supports for the fabric made of ash or spruce and bent to the correct curves. Rudder. One or more steering planes are invariably fitted to practical machines to control the direction of flight. Superposed planes. Arrangement of one plane over the other. As in the right, as in and farman machines. Supplementary planes or surfaces. Additional surfaces which are used for stabilisation. Stabiliser. Any surface for automatically maintaining lateral or longitudinal balance. Struts. Fixtures used in biplane construction to maintain an equal distance between two planes. Skids. Long skates on which the machine can land safely. Span the distance from tip to tip of the main planes in a transverse direction of that flight. Soaring flight. The flight of certain large birds without wing flapping. Its solution and imitation constitute one of the problems of aerial navigation. Sustaining surface. Any surface placed in a horizontal or approximately horizontal position. Primarily for the purpose of affording suspension. Triplane. An aeroplane with three main surfaces. Webs. Small blocks of wood placed between the ribs which act as distance pieces. Wind warping. A system of maintaining lateral balance by differential twisting of wing tips in such manner as to increase the suspension on one side and decrease it on the other. New York Tribune. College colours. Amherst. Purple and white. Beloit. Old gold. Baudin. White. Brown. Brown and white. Columbia. Light blue and white. Cornell. Carnillion and white. Dartmouth. Green. Harvard. Crimson. Indiana. Crimson and cream. Iowa. Scallot and black. Iowa State. Cardinal and gold. Johns Hopkins. Black and old gold. Lake Forest. Red and black. Leland Stanford. Cardinal. Northwestern. Royal purple. Oberlin. Crimson and gold. Princeton. Orange and black. Perdue. Old gold and black. University of Chicago. Marrone. University of Illinois. Orange and navy blue. University of Michigan. Maze and blue. University of Minnesota. Old gold and marrone. University of Notre Dame. Gold and blue. University of Pennsylvania. Red and blue. University of Rochester. Dandelion yellow. University of Wisconsin. Cardinal. Vassa. Rose and gray. Williams. Royal purple. And Yale blue. The claims of osteopathy. Strictly construing the claims of osteopathic doctors, it is an anti-medicine system of practice for the cure of every disease to which the human body is liable. Dr. Andrew T. Still, who claims to have made the discoveries that led to the establishment of the School of Osteopathy, asserts that all diseases and lesions are the result of the luxation, dislocation or breakage of some bone or bones. This, however, is not now maintained to any great extent by his followers. Osteopathists, though, do generally claim that all diseases arise from some maladjustment of the bones of the human body. And that treatment, therefore, must be to secure the normal adjustment of the bones and ligaments that form the skeleton. They claim that a dislocation is not always the result of external violence. It may be caused by the ulceration of bones, the elongation of ligaments or excessive muscular action. The constriction of an important artery or vein, which may be caused by a very slightly displaced bone, an ingerated muscle or other organ, may produce an excess of blood in one part of the body, thereby causing a deficiency in some other part. A dislocated member will generally show ulceration in the form of the joint and axis of the limb, loss of power and proper motion, increased length or shortening of the limb, prominence at one point and depression at another, greatly impaired circulation and pain due to the obstruction of the nerve force in the parts involved. The osteopathist claims that pain and disease arise mainly from some maladjustment in some part of the body, and that a return to good health involves treatment for the normal adjustment of the skeleton. He asserts though any relaxation may only be partial, it may cause pressure at some point upon a blood vessel or a nerve of which the patient may be unconscious, and thus be a barrier to the restoration of good health. Osteopathy asserts that trying to heal the body of an ailment caused by a dislocated member, be it bone, ligament or nerve, by which abnormal pressure is maintained upon a blood vessel or a nerve, would be like trying to operate a machine with an important cog out of gear. To cure it involves the reduction of a dislocation, the breaking up of adhesions and the arousing of the innervated organ or organs partially or wholly failing in the performance of function. End of Section 27 For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibreVolves.org Recording by Sarah Jennings Selections from General Instructions for the Guidance of Post Office Inspectors in the Dominion of Canada by Alexander Campbell Section 1 General Instructions 1. You are required personally to superintend the performance of the routine work of your office and see that it is properly done. 2. This routine work should be suitably and fairly apportioned amongst your clerks. Each clerk under your superintendents being responsible for the duty assigned to him. You will, after fair warning, report to the Postmaster General and each clerk who fails correctly and efficiently to perform this duty. 3. Carefully superintend the working of the department in all its branches within the limits of your division. As, however, it is important that the operations of the department should be carried on under one uniform plan throughout the Dominion. Do not make any alterations in the system of doing work without the permission first obtained of the Postmaster General. 4. Endeavour to instill into all persons connected with the department in your division the importance of a harmonious working together for the good of the service and of each in his own sphere performing the duties assigned to him in an intelligent and thorough manner. 5. All letters received on official business should be carefully and promptly attended to. 6. All matters referred to you from the department at Ottawa should be disposed of with the least possible delay. 7. Prevision should be made for the performance of the ordinary routine work of your office when you are absent under the superintendence of your senior clerk. 8. No portion of your work should be allowed to fall into a rear. If it should do so, however, from circumstances beyond your control, you will at once report the fact to the Postmaster General. 9. See that the time bills and mail transfer receipts are properly examined and filed away every day. A separate pigeonhole should be provided for each set of time bills and transfer receipts, the pigeonholes being arranged and labelled in alphabetical order. 10. When fines should, in your opinion, be imposed upon railway mail clerks, clerks in city offices, and other offices in the employ of the department. Full particulars of each case should be communicated to the Postmaster General and his authority for the imposition of the fine obtained. 11. Make once in every three months a regular and thorough inspection of all the details of account and general business in each city post office in your division. Without any prearranged date or notice of the time at which such inspection will be made. The inspection should, however, take place on the first of a month so that the accountant may be able to verify from your report the entries in the accounts of the Postmaster for the month proceeding. In making these inspections you must verify the stamp account of the office, personally count the stock on hand, and see that it agrees with the amount stated in the Postmaster's stamp account, made up to the last day of the month, to which account you should attach your signature. Satisfy yourself that all other items of revenue such as postage on unpaid matter, or insufficiently paid matter and on newspapers, also rent of boxes and drawers, etc., are truly brought to account. Certify to the number of both boxes and drawers rented at the time of your inspection. Investigate the state of the money order and savings bank business, and see that the regulations and instructions are closely adhered to. Enquire into the conduct and efficiency of each person employed. See that all work of the letter carrier's branch is promptly and accurately performed. That all the carriers are supplied with and wear uniforms. That an account is kept by the Postmaster of the cost thereof. And that the outlay incurred does not exceed the amount allowed by the Postmaster General. Forward to the Postmaster General the results of your inspection as promptly as possible, giving clear and full information on the several points inquired into. 12. See that all errors and irregularities are reported to you by the Postmaster or Railway Mail Clerk by whom observed. And that prompt steps are taken for their correction. Irregularities of whatever kind should be promptly inquired into and corrected, if overlooked they have always a tendency to increase. 13. Investigate thoroughly all cases of complaint. Obtain a clear statement of the charges made and of the facts which can be proved in support of these charges, and from these facts draw your conclusion. In cases where the evidence is conflicting, the characters and antecedents of the party's concerned may probably be important elements for consideration. 14. In making investigations bear in mind that any person who has been detected in one dishonest act may probably have been guilty of other dishonest act. And that your inquiry should therefore cover not only the particular case under investigation, but other irregular or fraudulent proceedings which it is possible may have been committed by the party suspected. This point should be particularly remembered in regard to offices transacting money order and savings bank business. 15. You have authority for the purpose of any official inquiry or investigation it may be your duty to make. To apply to any judge of the Superior or Exchequer Court of Canada, or of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec, or of any of the Superior Courts of either of the provinces, or to any judge or stipendiary magistrate in and for the territories, for an order that a subpoena may be issued from the court or magistrate, commanding any person therein named to appear before you at the time and place mentioned in the subpoena, and then and there to testify to all matters within his knowledge, and if so required to produce any document or thing he may have in his possession relative to such inquiry or investigation. And any witness may be summoned from any part of Canada, within or without the ordinary jurisdiction of the court, judge, or magistrate issuing the subpoena. Any reasonable travelling expenses being tendered to any witness so subpoenaed at the time of such service, and any person thus summoned who may neglect or refuse to appear, or refuse to give evidence or to produce the papers demanded of him, may by order of the court judge or magistrate who issued the subpoena be taken into custody and imprisoned in the common jail of the locality, as for contempt of court, for a period not exceeding 14 days. 16. You have also authority to examine any person on oath or affirmation on any matter pertinent to any investigation you make, and such oath or affirmation may be administered by you to any person you may so desire to examine. 17. You and any officer under you having the rank of assistant post office inspector have authority to require any postmaster or assistant postmaster in any post offices, male contractor, or other person in the employment or service of, or undertaking to perform any duty or work for the post office department to make and sign an oath or declaration in the following form or to a like effect. I insert the name of the person and the capacity in which she is employed in her by the post office. Do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, or declare, if the person is one entitled to declare instead of taking an oath in civil cases, that I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me by my employment in the service of the post office, and will abstain from everything forbidden by the laws for the establishment and government of the post office department in Canada, so help me God. 18. When a formal investigation is necessary, always give due notice to the complainant or complainants and the party or parties complained against of the time and place at which the investigation will be held. 19. In your reports to the postmaster general of the result of investigation, state whether the inquiry was made by personal or by correspondence, state also clearly in the proper order all the facts bearing on the case and the conclusions which these facts appear to justify. 20. In reporting on cases of a confidential character, in which it is not desirable that the facts should be made public, mark the word confidential both on the report and on the cover in which it is transmitted. 21. In all reports in which a previous report is referred to, state in addition to the number and date of the report referred to, its general purport. 22. In all reports, post offices should be called by their official names, and not the name by which they may be known in the locality. This rule applies especially to the maritime provinces. 23. It is desirable that you should make yourself acquainted, as far as may be practicable, with the general character and financial standing of each postmaster in your division who has charge of money order or savings bank duties. 24. In any case where you have reason for suspecting the possibility of irregular practices, or a disposition to withhold, even for short periods, post office monies, a confidential report should be made to the postmaster general in order that a close supervision may be kept by the superintendent on the returns and remittances received from such postmasters. 24. In cases of doubt always ask for instructions from the postmaster general, by letter if time permits, if not by telegraph. 25. When absolutely necessary, make use of the telegraph, compressing your message into as few words as are consistent with clearness of meaning. Do not, however, use the telegraph in cases where a letter will answer all the purposes required. 26. Observe in all manners connected with the department as strict an economy as is consistent with the efficient performance of the service. Do not in any case recommend additional expenditure unless the circumstances appear fully to justify it. 27. No outlay, whether for alteration in a mail service or for repairs, improvements, or fittings, must be incurred without the specific authority first obtained of the postmaster general. In every case, application for this authority must be accompanied by a full description of the work to be done and an estimate of the probable expenditure involved. 28. No person must be employed, even in a temporary capacity, without the sanction of the postmaster general previously obtained. 29. Furnish full particulars of any changes, especially of distribution, to the inspectors of other divisions which may be affected in any way by these changes, and cordially cooperate with them in the consideration and carrying out of any improvements which may generally benefit the service. 30. Make yourself thoroughly conversant with all acts of the Dominion Parliament relating in any way to the post office service, and with all regulations relating to the post office department, as well as with all details connected with its operation. 31. You have authority when you find it necessary to suspend a postmaster, clerk, or any other employee in your division. All the circumstances, however, should at once be reported to the postmaster general. 32. When it is noticed that postage stamps attached to letters or other postal matter frequently fall off, or if it should be found that the stamps are insufficiently gummed or badly perforated, the fact should be reported to the postmaster general, the name of the office at which the posting took place being given. 33. In closing a post office, or in transferring a post office to a newly appointed postmaster, always see that the accounts are made up to the day of closing or transfer, and that the balance due thereon is paid and deposited in the bank to the credit of the postmaster general. The assumption by an incoming postmaster of a balance due by his predecessor is objectionable. The amount due from the outgoing postmaster should in all cases be deposited as above to the credit of the postmaster general. 34. Except in very special cases, the opening and closing of offices should take effect on the first day of each month. 35. In the case of the transfer of a money order office, the transfer receipt should be sent to the superintendent of the money order branch at Ottawa by the first mail after the transfer takes effect. 36. Immoral publications and other articles, the transmission of which through the mail are prohibited, and which are sent to you by the railway mail clerks in your division, should be at once forwarded to the postmaster general. 37. All forms, books, stationery, etc. required for your office must be applied for by requisition to the postmaster general in accordance with the instructions contained in the catalogue articles and stock in the printing and supply branch of the department, a copy of which has been furnished to you. 38. If any of the regulations laid down in these instructions cannot be carried out in your division, you will make a confidential report to the postmaster general stating the reasons why this cannot be done. 39. Section 2. Arrangement of papers. 1. All papers and correspondence referring to the same case should be kept together. 2. No letters or papers should be put away until the matter to which they refer is fully disposed of. 3. Separate pigeonholes should be provided for all papers and letters according to their classification, so that when required they can be readily found. 4. The following classification is recommended for papers not finally disposed of. 1. Papers in reference to applications for new post offices. 2. Papers in reference to postmasters bonds for execution. 3. Papers in reference to applications for alterations and mail routes. 4. Papers in reference to railway mail service. 5. Papers in reference to advertisement of mail contracts. 6. Papers in reference to execution of mail contracts. 7. Papers in reference to arrears due from postmasters and ex-postmasters. 8. Papers in reference to cases of supposed loss of or abstractions from letters. 9. Papers in reference to distribution. 10. Papers in reference to matters requiring personal inquiry. 11. Letters from secretary awaiting answers. 12. Letters from postmasters, contractors and the public awaiting answers. For papers finally disposed of. 1. Mail contracts in force alphabetically arranged. 2. Mail contracts terminated alphabetically arranged. 3. Postmasters bonds in force alphabetically arranged. 4. Postmasters bonds terminated alphabetically arranged. 5. Letters from secretary arranged according to number. 6. Letters from post office department not numbered. 7. Letters from post office inspectors. 8. Letters from postmasters, contractors and the public alphabetically arranged. 9. Papers in reference to cases of actual losses of or abstractions from letters. 10. Papers in reference to cases of supposed loss of or abstractions in which the inquiry instituted shows that no actual loss or abstraction occurred. 11. Papers in reference to accounts included in monthly requisitions. 12. Papers in reference to arrears due from postmasters. 13. Papers in reference to railway mail service. 14. Papers in reference to distribution. Section 3. Books and records. 1. The books to be kept are as follows. 1. Book for press copies of reports to the postmaster general. 2. Book for press copies of such other letters, etc., as it may be necessary to copy. 3. Record of letters and references from the secretary. 4. Record of applications for lost letters, etc. 5. Record of actual losses of letters and abstractions of articles of value from letters. 6. Journal of travel and proceedings. Forms bound up. 7. Conduct return book. Press copies. 8. Order book for instructions to railway mail clerks in which should be entered the address of each clerk. 9. Book for recording number of miles traveled by railway mail clerks. 10. Record of errors made by railway mail clerks as shown by labels on packages which they have made up and which should be forwarded to you by the mail clerks or postmasters by whom opened as also of other errors made by the railway mail clerks reported to you. 11. Record of mail contracts. 12. Record of postmasters bonds. 13. Record of dates of expiration of contract. 14. Variation of expenditure book. 15. Record of transfer of offices. 16. Salary pay list book. 17. Contractors pay book. 18. Book for the record of requisitions to the postmaster general for payment of travelling charges and all other official expenses with the exception of salaries and mail services. 19. Arrears book. 20. Register of employees attached to your office including railway mail clerks in your division or under your superintendents. In the book a page should be devoted to each employee in which should be recorded name, date and place of birth, religion, class, salary, date of promotion, increase of salary, transfer, suspension, cases in which the employee has received special commendation or censure, date of resignation or removal or any other particular of which it is desirable a memorandum should be kept. 21. Cash book for entry of all monies received on a PO account with manner of disposal thereof. 22. Money order check book. 23. Pass book in which to record all registered letters dispatched. 24. Order book with margin to be used in all cases when an order is given for any article required for official use. 25. Telegraph books with margin on which should be recorded copies of all telegraphs sent on official business. 26. Corresponding offices book showing name of office with which each office in your division exchanges direct mails. 27. Book for recording changes in distribution. 28. Book for daily entry of time bills on ordinary mail routes. 29. Record of new offices established of old offices closed and changes in names of offices. 30. Book for requisitions for printing and stationary. Blank forms bound up. 31. Guard book for copies of notices inviting tenders for contracts. 32. Guard book for department orders and circulars. 33. Guard book for time bills of railways, etc. 2. It is very necessary that entries of all transactions should be promptly made in the books provided for their record. The keeping of memoranda on pieces of paper or trusting to memory in such matters is very objectionable. 3. All printing and binding required both by your own office in city or other offices must be done on requisition to the department at Ottawa. 4. Further, all stationary required both by your own city or other offices must be obtained by requisition in the proper form to the Postmaster General. The number of the articles as shown by the official catalogue being in all cases given. 6. New post offices. 1. In each report on an application for a new post office describe the locality in which it is proposed to establish the new office giving name of the township, number of lot and concession stating whether front or rear of the concession and county in which situated. In places where land is not so divided, give such particulars as may serve to indicate the exact position. State further the number of churches, schools, mills, stores, houses or other buildings in the immediate neighbourhood. The character of the surrounding land, whether well settled and the estimated number of families that the office applied for would accommodate its distance from all neighbouring offices, its estimated postal revenue, the mode and frequency of the service proposed, the estimated annual cost, whether any previous application for a post office in the same locality has already been reported on and such other information as may bear on the matter. 2. With each report on an application for a new post office should be sent a sketch or tracing from the map of your division showing as nearly as can be ascertained the position of the proposed office and mail route and the offices and mail routes already in operation in its neighbourhood. Section 7. Mail arrangements. 1. The principal object of all mail arrangements is to ensure the transit of the letters and papers to destination with the utmost possible dispatch. 2. The main routes throughout the provinces should connect with each other as closely as it is possible. 3. The branch routes should be so arranged as to form as close a connection as possible with the main lines. 4. Through bags should be exchanged by all offices between which pass a large number of letters and papers including travelling post offices on different routes. 5. As a general rule, an office has a large number of registered letters for another office with which it does not exchange direct mail. The registered letters may be enclosed in a sealed registered packet addressed to the office for which the letters are intended. The address of the packet, however, should in all cases be entered in the letter bill with which it is dispatched. When a packet is sent as above, it should be accompanied by a letter bill containing at foot an acknowledgement for registered letters. This acknowledgement should be filled up by the receiving office and returned to the dispatching office by the first post. 6. Where large numbers of registered letters pass between two offices, it is desirable that bags secured with the lead seal should be used. 7. An inspector should always be on the watch to ascertain what improvements can be made in the postal arrangements in his division. It should be his aim to anticipate the wants of the general public and to combine, as far as practicable, efficiency of service with the economy of expenditure. 8. Mail Service 1. It is very essential that a strict supervision should be maintained over the performance of the mail service, that all delays and irregularities should be promptly checked, and when necessary, fines imposed and enforced. 2. On all the important routes there should be suitable time bills, in which should be entered the hours of arrival and departure at each office, the names of the couriers, and the number of the mails received and delivered. 3. These time bills should be carefully checked and filed away, the check clerk affixing his initials to each bill. 4. You should be ready at all times to receive suggestions for improvements in the mail service, and if desirable, submit them for the consideration of the postmaster general. 5. Leather bags should as a general rule be used on stage routes. On the outlying routes where the mails are exposed to the weather, waterproof canvas bags should be used. Section 9. Establishment of new routes or alterations in routes already in operation. 1. In making reports on proposed new mail routes or alterations of existing routes, state clearly, advantages to be obtained, additional cost per annum to be incurred, present revenue of the offices to be served. Increased revenue which it is estimated would result from proposed additional mail facilities. Give tables also of the present and proposed routes, showing offices served and intermediate distances. State also dates on which contracts which it is proposed to discontinue would terminate, provided previous notice were not given by the postmaster general. 2. With each report send a sketch or tracing from the post office map of your division, showing all the offices affected by the proposed arrangements, denoting the lines of existing routes which it is recommended should be discontinued in blue, and the new routes which it is recommended should be established in red. 3. All changes in mail service should, except in very special cases, take effect on the first day of each month. Section 12. Railway mail service. 1. This is a very important branch of the postal service, and will require your constant supervision. 2. A distribution book should be supplied the mail clerks on each road, which book should be corrected at least once in each month, or oftener should circumstances render it necessary. 3. Each mail clerk in your division should be examined frequently with the object of ascertaining if he has a proper knowledge of the distribution, and of the changes which have taken place in the distribution on the railway on which he has employed. 4. On every railway route there should be a time-bill which should pass from one end of the line to the other, and in which should be entered the particulars of all bags received and delivered by the mail clerks. 5. You are not authorized to issue passes for travelling in a postal car, except to a railway mail clerk actually going on duty. 6. No person accepting railway mail clerks on duty, the conductor of the train in the ordinary course of his duty, and the post office inspectors should be allowed access to the postal cars whilst en route with the mails. 7. You should make yourself acquainted with the conduct of the railway mail clerks when off as well as on duty, and report to the postmaster general any railway mail clerk who, to your knowledge, is at any time under the influence of liquor or otherwise misconducting himself. 8. Compensation is made to railway companies for mail service performed in a postal car at the rate of 6 cents per mile actually travelled by mixed trains and 8 cents per mile for quick passenger trains. Compensation is also made for the conveyance of bags in charge of the company's servants at the rate of from 2 to 4 cents per mile actually travelled by the trains performing such service. 9. When service by postal cars is necessary, the companies are bound to furnish travelling post offices suitably fitted up and to see that they are properly heated, lighted, and cleaned, and supplied with water. 10. All plans for the fitting up of these travelling post offices should, previous to being carried out, be submitted for the approval of the postmaster general. 11. No promise of remuneration for services performed in connection with the postal service should be made to any person in the employ of a railway company. For all such services, compensation is made to the company and the regular allowance paid to them. 12. Canvas bags as a general rule should be used for the railway mail service. The necessary supplies will be furnished on application to the postmaster general. 14. Travelling 1. Visit and inspect each money order and savings bank office in your division and make a report thereon to the postmaster general on the printed forms, as often as occasion serves, but at least once every year. 2. Visit and inspect every other office in your division as often as circumstances permit. 3. Do not, unless with good and sufficient reason, pass a post office without calling and inspecting it. 4. Keep before you a memorandum of cases requiring personal investigation so that in travelling you may be able to attend to as many of these cases as may be in the direction of your journey. 5. In travelling, ascertain as far as you are able if the service on the several routes over which you pass is in every respect satisfactorily performed, and make memoranda in your pocket memorandum book of any irregularities which you may observe or of any changes which you think desirable. 6. Note and take down particulars of any locality at which it is likely a post office may be required so that when applied for you may be able to report thereon. 7. In visiting a post office the following points should engage your attention. 1. Is the office provided with a sign, a letter box, pigeon holes for letters and papers for delivery and dispatch, other necessary fittings, forms and other necessary equipment. 2. Is it conveniently situated and provided with proper accommodation for the public? 3. Are the postmaster and his assistants duly sworn and do they understand their duties? 4. Has the postmaster proper stamps and material for postmarking letters, etc., and obliterating the stamps thereon? 5. Are the letter bills properly postmarked and filed? 6. Are the registered letters and mail key kept in a safe place? 7. Are the letters and papers for delivery properly postmarked? Are they all intended for the delivery of the office? Are they sorted into the proper boxes? Are there any which should have been sent to the dead letter office? 8. Are the newspapers for delivery all sorted in their proper pigeon holes? 9. Are all letters and papers posted for dispatch as well as for delivery at the office properly prepaid by stamp? Are the entries in the book of mail sent and received and the registered letter books properly made? 11. Are the instructions and circulars received from the department properly filed? 12. Are the notices sent for exhibition to the public properly posted? 13. Is there a notice posted in the lobby indicating the office hours and the times at which mails are closed and received? 14. Is the postmaster supplied with postage stamps sufficient to meet the requirements of the public? 15. Are the mails regularly received and dispatched and the provisions of the contracts under which the office is supplied properly carried out? 8. In the event of the office being a money order office, ascertain 1. If the entries in all the books are properly made? 2. Whether the cash book at offices where a cash book is kept is made up to date. And whether the date of the deposit receipts agree with the date for which the credit is taken therefore? 3. Whether the postmaster has in hand the balance due on money order account? 4. Whether all the numbers of the money orders taken from the order book are properly accounted for? 9. You should take every opportunity of ascertaining and noting down the character and standing of the several parties employed in the postal service. The information thus obtained may be of value. 10. You should also take every opportunity of collecting accurate information in regard to the settlement of the country, the position of the post offices, roads and distances, and with this object you should carry a map of the section of country through which you pass, and mark there on as much as you can of the above information. 17. Conclusion It is very important that each inspector should make himself thoroughly conversant with the foregoing regulations, and it will be the duty of the chief inspector when visiting the several divisions to ascertain whether these regulations are properly observed, and to report to the postmaster general such deviations as may come under his notice. 18. Alexander Campbell, Postmaster General, Ottawa, 1st August, 1879. End of selections from General Instructions for the Guidance of Post Office Inspectors in the Dominion of Canada by Alexander Campbell. This is the LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings in the public domain. To find out more or see how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. 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Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. I'm Owen Ross, the director for the Center for Church Development, the CCD. Today I want to talk to you about resilience. Child Development Professor Ann Mastin describes resilience as the phenomenon that occurs when in spite of serious threats to good outcomes, good outcomes still occur. The International Resilience Project defines resilience as the ability to respond in positive manners and adverse conditions. We sing this year and are we yet alive like we do every year. But this year I was quite struck by Charles Wesley's questions in the third verse. What troubles have we seen? What conflicts have we passed? Fightings without and fears within since we assembled last. We have seen many. In adverse conditions, the North Texas Conference Center for Church Development partner with the resilient people known as the United Methodists of the North Texas Conference. And here are just a few of the amazing outcomes that we have seen amidst these adverse conditions. First, gathering new faces and new spaces is our primary strategy as a conference to reach our mission fields. When the pandemic hit in March of 2020, we all became exiles from our church sanctuaries. As pastors and laities, we turned on our computers, our phones. We gathered in our living rooms, in our cars, in our offices. To connect with God and connect with one another, we started streaming and zooming. And in these adverse conditions, the resilience of our churches, of our pastors, of our laities resulted in innovative discipleship, innovative evangelism and innovative worship. I still laugh thinking about the meme, just like that all pastors are tele-evangelists. That was a funny meme, but I was inspired at the seriousness of our pastors and our laity at engaging in online ministries with passion, compassion, professionalism to help reach out to a world that was increasingly isolated and increasingly frightened. While traditional new spaces like Messy Church, Dinner Church, FestiKids, they took a pause. New spaces and digital spaces began to emerge from our churches. Over a third of our North Texas Conference churches received grants from the Center for Church Development to help improve their equipment, their online presence for a total of over $60,000 of the CCD budget. Hundreds of you attended one or more of our numerous webinars that we had with experts in online and digital ministries. Now we are entering into a new season in the church and persons are hungering for community. Therefore the Center for Church Development, we have revamped our new faces and new spaces website. You can go to NTCUMC.org slash new-faces and we have the application there where you can directly answer the questions about your new space as well as receive training from some of our top practitioners of new spaces in the North Texas Conference. We have persons like Sylvia Wang, Patrick Littlefield, Ruben Alvarez and Shandyn Klein. We are also offering trainings through the Genesis cohort and through a two-day intensive New Start 101. While our Genesis cohort goes throughout the year, our intensive is this Thursday and Friday, June 17th and 18th and I know this is last minute for many of you, but we already have a great group of you already registered, but we have space for more. Second, this season has been adverse to starting new churches. However, God has made a way in the wilderness. While we all mourn the closing of any church, we also know the resilience of the gospel offers new opportunities whenever a church closes. Under the tutelage and leadership of North Central Lay Leader Kenneth Wolverton, we have revolutionized how we are using our legacy funds for new churches. We call the program ACE, which stands for Accelerated Church Expansion. We are turning closed churches into new churches faster than ever. The ACE program leverages our legacy funds so that we can purchase land quicker and we can build a first-phase building to get our churches strategically into the mission field quicker. And then these ACE churches reimburse our legacy funds through refinancing. So in theory, we should be able to accelerate new church starts with legacy funds until the Lord's return. Our first ACE church is Melissa UMC with Stacey Piacune as the pastor. Our partnering church, or the planting or senting church, is First McKinney. Through ACE, we are able to not only build Melissa's phase one building during the pandemic. This past May, Melissa UMC was able to move into their beautiful building and to launch worship. The ACE program also enabled us to purchase, for the site of Grace Avenue, Grace Chapel, a piece of property that God only knew how prime it would become. Through the leadership of pastors Courtney Schultz, Alex Williams, Millie and Laura Eccles Richter. The ACE program purchased Grace Chapel, a piece of farmland in West Prosper, East Aubrey. Within a year of purchasing this, Denton ISD came to us and asked to purchase a strip of land and we sold them a narrow strip of land across the north side of that property. Now they will be widening the road and right next to our future church will be a future middle school. Resilience is following Jeremiah's example and buying a piece of property in adverse conditions and then witnessing that piece of property become prime for the purposes of the Prince of Peace. My final topic for today is demographics. North Texas Conference we have work to do. The African American population is 15% of our mission field but only 7% of our members. That is a two-fold gap. Asian Americans are 6% of our mission field but only 2% of our congregants. That's a three-fold gap. Hispanic Latinx persons are 27% of our mission field yet only 3% of our members. That is a nine-fold gap. In response to these realities, the CCD has committed additional resources to those churches that are making disciples of Jesus Christ with these communities. First, the Black Church Matters. One of the jewels of the North Texas Conference Center for Church Development is the Black Church Initiative, BCI, from 2017 through 2020. The Reverend S. Diana Masters led BCI in the North Texas Conference. It equipped pastors and laity, strengthened preaching and leadership and invested in assessments of how our churches could be strengthened. Six BCI churches, St. Luke, Hamilton Park, St. Paul, Church of the Disciple, Warren and the Village, all invested heavily in their assessments. Now they have organized BCI teams, they have received a coach, they are working these assessments and they are assisting their congregations with their missions, ministries and outreach to live into this new season we are entering into as a church and as a world. One of these churches, the Village UMC, led by Reverend Derek Jacobs, they had been meeting in a strip center for a decade. Then the pandemic hit. With the pandemic, all of our congregations faced uncertainties, but the Village had a God-given dream. Many years ago, a generous saint had donated a piece of property to the North Texas Conference that became worth over a million dollars. The NTC granted that land to the Village to build a new church and the Village in turn reimbursed the NTC for many of the expenses related to that land. The Center for Church Development then offered a hundred thousand dollar challenge grant to the Village from the Legacy Funds from closed churches. The Village would have to raise two hundred thousand dollars and at that point they would receive the one hundred thousand dollars. The pandemic presented serious threats to raising money. However, the resilience of the Village congregation and their God-given dream resulted to them not only making that challenge grant, but in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, they broke ground, they constructed their building and they now have moved into their beautiful amazing facility on twelve acres of land on wintergreen right off I-35 into Soto, Texas. Church resilience is a generous congregation moving forward with their God-given dreams even when the world tries to tell them now is not the time. Next, to assist in reaching our Asian and Asian American mission fields, the CCD has held a number of collaborations, consultations and given a number of grants. This past March, the North Texas Conference constituted our first mission congregation. It was Emmanuel Korean with Pastor Sun Chul Kwan. We also had a church close in Fairview, Texas and the Center for Church Development worked with the Metro District, the North Central District and the Center for Connectional Resources to move first Korean, UMC and Richardson, Texas up to Fairview. Now the NTC is maintaining and expanding our presence and witness in this strategic location. Now, did you know that we have over 100,000 Asian Indians living in the bounds of the North Texas Conference? And did you know that the North Texas Conference has never had a full-time elder serving this community? This was a racial injustice that was in desperate need of correction. So the CCD reached out all the way to Cochin, India to recruit a gifted ordained Asian Indian elder named Sumesh Jacob. Then, in 2020, Reverend Jacob, first United Methodist Church of Capell, Tom Palmer Pastor and Bishop McKee made history when Bishop McKee appointed Reverend Jacob as a full-time associate pastor to First Capell. To tell you more about the demographics around First Capell, Capell ISD has become the first ISD in Texas having more Asian students than any other ethnicity. For example, Reverend Jacob's son Timothy attends an elementary school that is 85% Asian, most of whom, like the Jacob family, are from South Asia. Resilience is making history to reach new faces, even when conditions are tight, tough and adverse. Finally, in response to the nine-fold gap that we have in the underrepresentation of Hispanics Latinx in our North Texas Conference congregation, the Center for Church Development has invested additional resources in our Hispanic Latinx congregations. One of those resources is our two-year Latinx lay fellowship. Graduates include Ruben Alvarez, who is planting a new congregation out of Christ's foundry in partnership with Pleasant Mount. Eliana Rios has become an associate pastor to Rappahoe and Juan Rios an associate pastor at Casa Linda. Lovers Lane United Methodist Church and Walnut Hill Church recently hired graduate Betonese Baessa. In 2020, with the assistance and support of the CCD, the Center for Connectional Resources and the Metro District, Walnut Hill deeded all of its property to Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, and Lovers Lane adopted the still-vital Walnut Hill congregation. And Latinx intern Betonese Baessa is assisting them with reaching the diverse mission field around them. Nine out of the 17 initiatives receiving new church funding are working to reach the Hispanic Latinx mission field. One of these churches is Yahweh Rafa with Pastor George Enette Haddock. This year, in the midst of the pandemic, Yahweh Rafa moved out from underneath the comfort and the cover of first UMC Raulette and moved into a closed, non-denominational church in Balt Springs, Texas. Did you know that we had a town of 25,000 in the North Texas Conference with zero history of a United Methodist presence within its bounds? Well, that has changed. Resilience is launching a Latinx United Methodist Church in a town with no history of a United Methodist presence in the middle of a pandemic and seeing that church prosper. The staff of the CCD, Matt Temple, Jessica Vargas, Tracy Everson and I, as well as our function area teams, ask you for your prayers. The CCD has begun a new prayer ministry called the Orison. The Orison means prayer or petition to God. Each month, we present seven petitions for God to assist the North Texas Conference in reaching our mission field. Please go to ntcumc.org slash orison to see the latest petitions and to subscribe to have the petitions emailed to you each month. Charles Wesley's hymn has us ask, and are we yet alive? The answer is yes. By the grace and resilience given to us by our almighty God, North Texas Conference, we are alive.


A long line of trucks unfolded on the side of the road on December 4 as Polish drivers have been blocking the crossings since November 6, demanding the reinstatement of a system where Ukrainian companies need permits to operate in the block and European truckers require permits to enter Ukraine. Some truckers, stuck for more than two weeks, expressed discontent with their situation. It's bad. It's hard, said Viktor Masinski, a truck driver from Kharkiv stranded at the border for 17 days, the permits were abolished after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year, but Polish truckers argue that this has led to unfair competition from their Ukrainian counterparts, Polish drivers have found support from Polish farmers and Slovakian truckers. They argue that their Ukrainian peers offer services at lower prices and transport goods within the EU, not just between the block and Ukraine. In response to the protests causing lines of up to 18 kilometers on the Polish side at major crossings, Ukraine opened a new small crossing in Euronivdal-Hobaykov to allow empty trucks to leave faster. The Ukrainian truckers are driving with us, there are a few hundred trucks at the moment. This line, let's say, from 12 days in Echerdze, will decrease to 10 or 7 days on the border. For Ukraine, it's great, because they have made one more crossing and their trucks are leaving faster. For us, we are still facing the same problem, because we are still standing in the line. The European Union, also Poland, wanted to help Ukraine, and it's very good that we should help, because we have a common enemy between Russia, to transport goods, those who are needed to the war, to be faster, so that there are no restrictions with permits and other regulations. So some humanitarian aid for the army, weapons, fuel, because when they had a closed access to fuel, okay, but what's different is business, and what's different is war. You have to limit that.


Hi, YouTube family. We are going to be going over some primers whether you have oily skin dry combo Whether you need to take care of your pores whether you need your your makeup to last longer Whatever it is. There is a primer out there for you that should help you This is just what I've learned about primers This is just what I know how they play on my skin and with different foundations And I wanted to pass that on to you guys had seen all of my primers in one drawer back here in my vanity when I did My room organization and asked if I would do a primer video. So here it is for you guys I'm really glad to be doing it. Make sure that before you leave here today. You please give me a thumbs up It really does help me out a lot. Okay, we're gonna go way back the original people that originally developed primers Was Smashbox because in their studios their makeup artists were realizing that they needed something to smooth out their faces So that they had that perfected photogenic airbrushed look and so they developed This it is basically just dimethicone or silicone and what it does is it goes over your skin fills in your pores Creates a barrier between your makeup and your moisturizer your foundation and your moisturizer It doesn't allow any breakthrough in your foundation And so they were the originals to do that and since then there's been oodles and countless amounts of Companies that have come out with basically the same thing. I have two here today I do want to mention a third which is elf mineral primer It is basically the exact same thing for a fraction of the cost and this one is the NYX pore filler Same exact ingredients in it has the dimethicone. The ingredients are basically the same same thing with this Revlon photo ready primer It is just skin perfecting So if you have very large pores and if you have oily skin, this may be the perfect thing for you It may be just exactly what you've been looking for the one thing that I want to talk about right away is If you are finding that the primer Does not look good with the foundation or you're having breakthrough through the day or you know, you're it just doesn't look right Check the ingredients on both of your products both primer and foundation The reason is is because if you have a dimethicone primer and you put an oil based foundation on top of that Not going to look that good or if you put an oil free Foundation on that not going to look that good either now that one's not as bad But you can kind of tell and I'll tell you honestly. I don't check the ingredients every time I purchase something I'm just trying it out basically But later on if I do find that things aren't going really well with the way my makeup looks or whatnot I will check the ingredients of both and usually it's that the ingredients just don't mix well together So dimethicone primers go good with dimethicone foundations Oil free foundations would go good with oil free primers etc. You get the gist So I actually have four different primers here that are oil free primers The first one is the prime and fine poor Poor refining anti shine base. Keep me matte long lasting oil free primer from catrice And this one is really good if you're oily and I will tell you that in the summer months I would put this in my t-zone where when it was humid and I was sweating and getting My menopausal power surges. I would put this in my t-zone so that my makeup wouldn't just melt off So this one is really good at keeping you matte if you're very oily that one might be when you want to try Another one is from nyx and this is the honey do do me up So this one is extremely hydrating and it does have claims of taking away the redness on your face Because of the little gold flecks that are in here. I haven't really found that that claim is true But the hydration in this is fantastic and it does sink into the skin very quickly So if you have very dry skin and you've been looking for a primer that hydrates You might want to look into this this one is not going to keep your foundation from breaking apart during the day with Your moisturizer underneath it. So it's not going to create that barrier But I have found that it's excellent in hydration. So if you need hydration, you're super dry This is really good. Then there's this one from tart and it's the double duty beauty primer This one has a slight coconut smell. It glides on the skin like a dream feels like silk And just sinks into your skin so quickly. It's just gorgeous. I absolutely love it But again, this doesn't take away the pores. It doesn't really give me a smooth canvas It does keep your foundation on for a long time for being one that doesn't have any Dimethicone in it But again, it does have that little bit of a coconut fragrance And if you're allergic to coconut because a lot of people Are finding that they're very sensitive to coconut they break out If you are you might want to skip on that because I know it does have some coconut in it Coconut oil or coconut extract or something in it. Okay. So this one I got on altsis 21 days of beauty And this is the derma blend Instagrip jelly primer This is a really interesting primer when you first put it on your skin It feels sticky like honey And you would think what in the world have they done and I did think that the first time I was trying to spread it out Because it almost feels like you can't spread it out because it's too thick and too sticky But it does a fantastic job of gripping your foundation all day long If you have an occasion where you're going to want to keep your makeup on your foundation on for 16 hours And you want it to look really good. This might be just what you need So it's interesting you it's a little bit of a learning curve with it. You might like it You might not but yeah, so those are all my ones that don't have any dimethicone in them The next two definitely have dimethicone in it and everybody has heard the tacha silk canvas primer Compared to the elf poreless putty primer the very first ingredient in here is the same exact ingredient in both of these But the tacha goes on to have some skin loving ingredients in it There's some essences and some herbs and different things in here And there is actually silk in this product so Personally, I don't feel like the price tag is worth it and a lot of people do A lot of people will you know, they'll only use this they swear by this. It is nice. It is silky It refines your skin. It makes your skin look very smooth. It takes care of those pores It creates that barrier between Your make your makeup and your moisturizer. So you're not going to have any breakthrough It does it checks all those boxes, but so does the elf one The only thing is that this one has the skin loving ingredients in it as well So if you're somebody that worries about that and you don't get it in your own skincare It might be something that you might want to invest in Personally, I prefer the elf one both of these when you dip into them They almost have like a cooling effect, especially the tacha one. You can definitely feel that cooling effect to it These are ones that I absolutely love. I use them both all the time Well, I repurchase the tacha one probably not Because it is such a hefty price tag and the elf one does the same thing Basically, so one of my very favorite primers of all times is the next angel veil This goes on Absolutely like you're just putting silk across your face. It doesn't necessarily sink into your skin But you don't notice it adding a lot of slip and I have two other primers This is the hourglass veil mineral and this one is the malli beauty perfect press prep poreless primer These three right here have the same exact ingredients in them These two right here the hourglass that cost a bloody ton of money and the angel veil same exact ingredients in them You guys and so does the malli So this is dimethicone based it is for smoothing it is for filling in those pores It is for helping with foundation breaking apart And it is also really good for oily skin But it's good for dry skin too because for me it locks in my moisturizer and really helps my moisturizer So actually the next angel veil is probably my all-time favorite as far as any ones that are just Dimethicone based and don't have any hydrating factors or anything like it So this would be like my number two pick Above any of these other primers that i've shown you in a recent video I did show everyone this revlon color stay prep and protect primer base with an spf of 34 in it My friend sherry from graceful beauty she is the one that touted this she has a whole video on it And how she feels like it just perfects her makeup and her skin looks so good without any makeup on it And it is a very very good primer I would say you guys this kind of just checks all the boxes It has the spf it has the pore smoothing the hydrating all of those things where it's going to help if you have oily skin It's going to help lock in your moisturizer if you have dry skin really a good primer That is that is like up there. So it's like tied with number two And then I recently got this little trial size of the smashbox photo finish primerizer Okay, this one checks the boxes to except for the spf parts So if you already wear sunscreen, which I wear sunscreen is my very last skincare step This one right here does the hydration if you have dry skin and it also has the dimethicone in it And this one has that cooling effect too when I rub it into my hand You can see right there that it just looks like it's almost I might not be able to see it It just kind of looks like it is just a moisturizer that is going into the skin and it does It just sinks into the skin so nice and immediately you can feel it drying down and you can feel that little bit of slip in it And it's just a beautiful product. However My very favorite number one primer is from malani and same thing. I got in a little trial size and thought Okay, this is for me. This one is the prime perfection This is the hydrating and pore refining one. This one is white comes out white the primerizer did too But again, you can feel those cooling effects of it, but it's a little bit thicker So I'll tell you why I like that It is a little bit thicker is that I feel like it gives me a little bit more Smoothing to my skin and a little bit more skin perfecting So I feel like my skin is just a little bit more perfected by it I actually put it in a very recent dupes video I believe that this is a dupe their ingredients are really close But I prefer this one because it is a little bit thicker because I can feel a little bit more Dimethicone in there and with my aging skin fine lines wrinkles pores all those fun things it smooths it out That's my number one. Holy grail primer and I will purchase it over and over again And I absolutely love that stuff. That's everything for today's video I hope that you guys did enjoy it if you guys have a primer that you absolutely cannot live without Let me know in the comment section below. I'd love to hear that and I may even try it out and put it in a Future video. Thank you guys so much for spending part of your day with me I really appreciate it and I have a visitor come on. This is smucker. She's not gonna look at the camera, but we'll make her there She is Take care of yourselves. You guys love you all very much. Have a great day and I'll catch you all in my next video. Bye guys


Okay in this video I want to explain to you right how do you scale to 100k plus plus plus To the big number months that you actually want to get to in e-commerce. Okay, so e-com, right? I Don't know about you. I feel like I'm always constantly in the environment, right? There are 17 18 year old millionaires or everybody is like wow, you know But that the truth of the matter is it's not not everybody's like that. Okay, not everybody. Sorry to say It's not everybody is deserving to have a business that generates like 3 to 500k per month. Okay? It's simply not that okay And so let me explain to you like the few things that you need to get right for you to actually Be able to hit those very very big number months like for 500k per month sort of thing Okay, there's a very very big difference between people doing like 60 80k per month Which is like a million dollars per year basically and the people doing like 3 400k per month Consistently as well. Okay, there's no just like some random spike up and then just everything goes on Okay, so I'm gonna explain to you these things and once you understand these three principles, right? You should be very very easily be able to scale to those numbers purely because if you know how to execute right and you know What to do it's just a matter of just doing it a lot of times people just don't do the work and yeah, okay? So let me go go right into these three things Okay, so point number one right point number one is to you need to be able to solve a Problem a lot of people experience. Okay, so the the model is like either you sell to a lot of people And then you sell at a low price point, right? And it's very mass market, right? And so everybody can buy this product and everybody whom you advertise to is able to give you money in some manner Okay, so that's basically you solve a problem number one that a lot of people experience Okay, so this can be anything from mass market.  Who can this company sell to they can sell to anybody who's like using a computer who uses a computer? Everybody okay, so that's number one you solve a problem a lot of people experience Okay, number two you solve a very painful problem. Okay, so a lot of the times right if you don't solve a problem that That it's not painful right people are just not gonna buy your product It's like as simple as that right like why why should I give you money versus to Amazon versus to whatever right? And so to be able to solve those very big problems You should be able to like go into markets where hey people are actually experiencing this problem and pain already And you are just satisfying that demand for the product right it you be surprised Okay, I've seen like stores and a lot of data like from a lot of people because I take a lot of sales calls Right and the stuff that people sell like it's just all over the place And so you might think oh this this doesn't make money. This doesn't make money Okay, as long as it solves someone's problem actually it does make money So you don't worry don't worry too much about the product per se Okay, worry about can this product right actually help solve my customers problem And if the answer to that question is yes, then I think you should definitely consider just try selling it Right, okay, so I don't like the concept of the winning product per se I don't like using that term as well because I feel like you are treating business like a lottery and You shouldn't be treating business like a lottery. It's the thing that Warren Buffett always says this but if you own a business right don't think of it as we can sell this business Thing about it is if I'm holding this business for the next 50 years for example, right? What what will we do right? You have a lot more a long-term perspective on how you're gonna operate and run the business Okay, so solve painful problems for people and that that will convince them enough for them for you for them to give you money Okay, that's number two. Okay, and lastly number three This is very very not brain dead, but very very easy to understand people don't understand This part. Okay, they always think about ads ads ads. Okay number three is actually care about your customers And deliver your promise. Okay, so for example, if I'm selling an acne cream, right? My my promise to the customer is that I am going to help you solve your acne problem Oh, dude, you have puberty. For example, you have a lot of oil on your skin Okay, I'm trying to help you with my product right here solve your acne so that you can have clearer skin You have no pimples no acne and stuff and you look really good Okay, a lot of times right that the product itself is not like it's an inferior product and inferior products don't sell like Truth be told right they can sell 20 30 K for example work of products by can they sell 600 700 K probably not Right and so the reason why people don't understand that marketing is just one one portion of the entire like business Life cycle and stuff right you need to actually deliver a product that promises a result a transformation Something that actually can deliver a result enough for the customer for it to justify that price point if that makes sense Okay, so if if how do I say this if you're selling acne cream right if the problem is very painful, right? Imagine for me I experienced this problem last time right when I was in secondary school right 14 15 years old right like it looks very very bad On your face and stuff right so if they can promise me a result that hey, I'm gonna solve any any problems You're not gonna look like shit all the time all of the time, right? Yeah, then I'm able to pay a certain amount for that right. I'm willing to fork out an amount But how do I say this if I receive the product and it does not solve my acne. I'm gonna be pissed Right, I'm never gonna buy from this brand again. Okay, so if you actually care about like start caring about your customers And ensuring that once they buy a product for example, right? Yeah, they get results with the product, right? They actually get the transformation that you actually promising to them right business actually becomes a lot lot easier And once you scale right? It's a very big compound effect such that it gets easier over time to sell an additional customer In accounting they call it variable cost essentially to sell a customer, right? so If more people for example a group of 50 people avoid your product they feel like they have really really good results with your product right here They're very very happy with the thing that they bought right They're gonna recommend those people and they're gonna give you testimonials, right? You layer on paid traffic You layer on ads over that you're able to scale much further because more people see that That these group of 50 people have really really good results and then you just continue the process Repeat forever and that's how you get to the 400 500k months that you're looking for okay So the reason why people don't or unable to do this right is because fundamentally once they start selling They always start with drop shipping or whatever is whatever it is, right? They don't reinvest back into Product development and ensuring the product is very very good. So this is what I think we can learn Especially the e-com guys, right? We can learn from the sass world. The sass world is all about recurring subscription They all about how can we continuously provide value for the customer such that they will pay us month over month over month over month Right, they are forced to think that way They're forced to think long-term because if the product itself is not good, right? People are gonna churn people are gonna stop buying from them Okay So in the same way think about how the product can deliver more value to the customer And you will be able to scale to the very very big numbers that you're looking for as well Okay, so let me just summarize my entire Speech or whatever it is one time. Okay, so the three things you need to focus on right number one Okay, solve solve a problem that a lot of people experience. Okay, ask yourself It's your product. Whatever you're selling now. Is it mass market? Is it like actually helping people? Okay, number two is it solving a painful problem? Okay, and number three Do you care about your customers? It's your product actually delivering the promise that you have promised your customers Okay, once you once you fix these three things Everything actually is so much easier. Okay, if you need help with your advertising I'll put the links down in this description below check out the VSL if you want to book a call with us or book a call Okay, and um, yep, I'll see you in the next video