Our next caller is Catherine from Virginia. Hey, Catherine, how can we help you? Hi, Cathy. Hey, so I am pregnant. I'm due in November and I'm also a police officer. So my question is going to be, how can I come back from pregnancy? Obviously having just delivered a kid, but then also go right into a very physically demanding position where my physical fitness is going to be, you know, it could be life and death for me or for somebody else. What do you guys recommend? Yeah, no, what are we doing right now? So right now I'm still able to to lift, do plenty of conditioning. I do. I'm running maps aesthetic right now. I'm in phase two been doing that for about a year and I just keep making progress. So I've stayed on it. I'm doing sprints. Well, once or twice a week, about one to 200 meters doing some stairs, Prince doing some tire flips to try and keep that conditioning up. And then able to keep up with the priming as I need to. And then core activation work. Yeah, you're pretty sure you're going to be all right.  First of all, thank you very much for what you do.  Especially the last couple of years. Really, especially last couple of years. So thanks for what you do and thanks for listening to the show. So most of the work that happens postpartum is actually what happens before you get pregnant and while you're pregnant because you're really setting your body up well for a nice bounce back afterwards. Now that being said, I do want to say this. There's, there's definitely a challenge that I've encountered. I've trained lots and lots of women pre, during and post pregnancy. And I've trained a lot of women who were very athletic and very fit going into it and then coming out. And here's the challenge I always run into. They almost always overestimate their ability postpartum. So here's the main thing that I want you to, to, to consider. Okay, there's your entire body is going to maintain lots of strength, fitness, and yes, you're going to have a baby and all that stuff. But one part of your body is going to radically change and radically change its recruitment pattern. And that has to do with the muscles of the core. Okay. Especially in the third trimester of pregnancy as the baby is really growing. It's stretching things out, your transverse abdominis stretches out, your abs stretch, you're going to lose connection to these muscles, or at least in comparison to the way that you were connected to them before. Then you have the baby and you go to work out.  And they can't figure out why their back is hurting or they can't figure out why their hips are bothering. Like, you know, I feel strong. It's really weird. Like I'm using a weight that's light, but my back is starting to bother me or my hips are starting to bother me. Like what's going on? It's all about that core recruitment. So the program I'm going to recommend places special emphasis on connecting to those muscles and especially connecting to those muscles through other movements. And that's going to be a map starter. Now, the reason why I set this question up or the answer up the way I'm doing it is because someone as fit as you as competitive as you is going to go into map starter and you're going to think, Oh, this is easy. It's too easy. I can go harder. Don't do that. Go map starter, trust the program. Cause what it's doing is it's trying as you follow the program, a lot of work on a physical ball, a lot of slow work. What you're going to do is you're going to reintegrate your core with the rest of your body after map starter, depending on how you feel, you could go into maps and a ball. Like you might even be able to go into maps aesthetic, but do a whole cycle of map starter as soon as you're cleared to work out. So like Sal, we've all had lots of experienced training clients like yourself in the exact situation you are. And I'll tell you that the question that you have is not going to be your problem and challenge. You are the type of person who I have to tell the calm down and like be okay with, we might have to cut back on some things. Be okay with, we might get a little softer for a little bit or a little weaker for a little bit. That's okay. You are absolutely crushing it. The fact that you are adding sprints and tire flips in maps aesthetic and you're pregnant right now, you are on pace to crush it. And you can absolutely, so long as your body is feeling and doing well, continue that on. I've had clients train pretty, pretty hard all the way up into the final month. So you, so long as you are feeling good and everything is fine, then you can continue on that pace. And like Sal said, that the real work is done right now.  But if you go into that pretty strong, you're going to rebound really quick. But then the, the, the tendency that someone like you has is wanting to get right back into it as fast as you can. It's totally the mindset. Like reestablishing stability and connection to your core. Like afterwards is going to be at the utmost important.   I mean, this is, we can relate to this. This is how we all, like when I tore my Achilles, this is the issue. Like I want to get back to myself. And so as soon as I start feeling pretty good, I'm stretching, I'm stretching the boundaries. Katrina was the same way after her, after her pregnancy, she wanted to get right into it right away. I remember wrestling with her about just staying starter. I know you. I'm already feeling good. Can we get to Anna ball? Just relax.  You're still in great shape. It's going to come back just as fast, relax. So that, that is actually the conversation. I feel like I can tell by your voice. I can tell by what you're doing already muscle memory is real. You know, it's all going to come back. Yeah. You're going to be good, man.  And you, you, you're doing the hard part, which I think we get a lot of people that are already deep into pregnancy or already had a baby. And then they're like, what should I do now? And they haven't done any training for the last nine months. Plus you're, you've been maintaining that. You're going to be just fine. Follow starter after the baby, stick it all the way through, even though you're going to feel like you can get into Anna ball. That's okay. You're still going to progress in that program and then move back into like, you know, Catherine, the challenge with being for lack of a better term disconnected from certain muscles is you almost can't tell it's, it's almost like you can't tell that you're disconnected. You're like, I feel okay, but it's literally you're not connected to that muscle. I can't, I remember I had a client who she was a competitive soccer player. She played, you know, division one soccer and then she was into fitness and same thing. And then after she had the baby, she's like, I feel great. I feel like I can go run. Let's go. And I said, no, you're not connected to your core. And we had kind of had this debate and I had her get down into a vacuum position. So all fours. And I said, I want you to do a vacuum. And she sat there and she's like, I can't, I can't bring it in. I'm like, it's hard to understand what it feels like to be disconnected from a muscle. But it's hard. It's really hard to tell. So you got to kind of trust the process. But if you do, you're going to do great. You're going to do really, really good. But try not to overdo it. Okay. Awesome. We'll do. Yeah. We'll send that over to you and keep, keep getting those bad guys. Okay. Yeah. Thanks so much guys. And can I, can I please just compliment you on your professionalism? I've watched this organization grow over the past couple years and I've been so impressed by the integrity of y'all's work and, and what you're putting together. So thanks, thanks for doing the good work and putting out a great product. We really appreciate it. Oh, thank you so much. Awesome. Thank you. Thanks guys. Yeah. This, this happened to Jessica.  I could tell as soon as she started, bro. Yeah. And she starts working out and she started getting after it.  Why is my back bothering? I'm like, honey, you're not, your core is not firing the way it used to. We have to get that back, get on the physio ball. I told her, I literally took a 10 and 15 pound dumbbell. I said, this is, you can't get any heavier than this. And she started doing it. And lo and behold, everything started feeling. Well, the thing that I had to explain to Katrina was, and it was hard for her this, because we had a very similar challenge. Same thing. She trained most all the way through the entire pregnancy, had to take a few weeks off right after the baby and then was right back in it. And she wanted to go ride an anabolic. And I'm like, no, we're going in starter. And then after the first week, she was already like, okay, I'm feeling good. I'm ready for anabolic. I'm like, no. And the thing that I try to explain to her too is that if you're getting results from starter, right, that it's minimal volume in comparison to anabolic, why would we go to anabolic? There's no reason to.  Our goal is to do as little as possible to elicit the most amount of change. So if you're telling me you're progressing, you're getting stronger, you're feeling better, week over week. Why would we jump out of this program and move into more just because you can do more? Don't why? So, and someone like this is more like us. More like. I can only imagine if it was me, I would be a hard head. It would be hard to get me to do the same thing. I know, I have to. I mean, and that's only fair that we admit that as we talked about this, like it, I feel so passionate about it and close to it because I know I have this, I'm guilty of the same bullshit. I mean, I'm dealing with it right now. I'm was, we had some momentum going. I felt so good at hitting it so hard and heavy. And now my elbow hurts, my shoulder hurts, my hip hurts. Why? Because I was pushing it and overreaching. Yeah, yeah. This is, this is the value of having a coach sometimes to tell you to pull back. Oh, totally. Walk you down.


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Christopher has osteosarcoma which is a specific kind of bone cancer that is relatively resistant to radiation. I came home from work and he was home with Chris. There were mentions of cancer, at that point I just didn't want to know anymore. It felt sort of, I don't know, unfair, it was like why would this happen to him, I mean he's so active, he's so excited, why would this happen to my little brother? Christopher ended up being a candidate for the Van Asse Rotation Plasty Procedure which is actually such a complex and rare procedure that it's only performed at a few hospital systems around the country. Kaiser Permanente selected to work with Stanford on this procedure because it would give him the best chance for a long term positive outcome. My favorite sport is basketball and that was the one that allowed me to be the most active. When there's a question of a leg versus a life, the leg becomes irrelevant. That means a rotation plasty where the ankle is converted into a knee joint by cutting out the whole knee area and then by rotating the foot and attaching the ankle to the thigh bone. We've been in Kaiser for a long time. Our experience was not just one of professional expertise that treated an illness. These were human beings that were treating our family. He's completed the therapy with no evidence of disease anywhere. He's at the point now where he's doing well enough that physical therapy is actually starting to back off and just let him live his own life. He's alive and he's healthy and all the test returns are back as good as they can be. The most exciting part of my job is actually seeing kids like Christopher actually back out there living their lives. We are still here today together as a family and we couldn't be more grateful. I mean they saved his life. He is running and jumping and playing and I don't know that there are words that I could say that would truly express how thankful. I can shoot. I can dribble around. I can do anything now that I could before I was diagnosed.


Patriot Prime Reviews is a channel for adult collectors and may not be suitable for children under 13 years of age. Viewer discretion is advised. Hey, what's going on guys? Patriot Prime here once again with another video review. But before I get started, I need you guys to do me a favor. If you're watching this video right here and are not a subscriber of Patriot Prime Reviews, please hit that subscribe button right now. It won't cost you a thing, but will help me and my channel out tremendously. Now, on to the review. And the items I'm looking at in this review is a brand new weapon set from Alpha Customs for Siege Barricade. This weapon set includes one illegally modified stun baton, one shotgun, a flashlight, two kaon guard machine pistols, a stun pistol, two knuckle spikes, two shoulder weapon mounts, two shoulder miniguns, two beam emitters or missiles, and one Decepticon prototype pistol. So now let's take a look at this weapon set on War for Cybertron Siege Barricade. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Now, before we get started, Alpha wanted me to let you guys know that the weapons I'm about to show you are in fact prototypes and the finished products should be available at the time of this video's release on his Facebook page or his eBay page. And I'll put a link to both of those in the description of this video. Now, the first weapon we're going to look at is the illegally modified stun baton. Let me get Barricade out of the way so my camera will focus on this. This is a pretty cool little weapon. I love the molded details on it. You can tell how it's illegally modified. You've got a stun baton right here, but you've got three serrated blades on the end. I think that's really cool. And that looks good on Barricade. Let's see. You attach a stun baton like so. So I dig that. That looks awesome. Of course, you can swing it around like so. That is really cool. Really adds to the viciousness of the character. The next weapon we're going to look at is the shotgun. I really like the looks of this as well. If you guys recall from my Barricade review, I used a Titan's Return. Excuse me, not Titan's Return, but a Combiner Wars shotgun when I displayed my Barricade. So I will definitely be using this. I love the looks of this. I love the paint scheme, how it looks burnt there on the end with some carbon scoring. That is really cool. A nice weapon. Let's go ahead and put that in Barricade's hand. See how he looks. So there you go. You got Barricade with the shotgun with the stun baton. He's ready for some fighting. The next item we'll take a look at is the flashlight. This is designed to look like a mag light, what law enforcement uses. Another really cool design with lots of nice sculpted details. Let's go ahead and remove Barricade's stun baton and put the flashlight in his hand. So there we go. Not sure why Barricade would need a flashlight, considering he has headlights there on his chest. But still a really cool addition. It really fits the police officer theme. You can also slide it in underneath. So he's shining it right in the Autobots eyes. What are you doing here? That is really, really cool. Now the next features I like or next accessories is these right here. These are the shoulder mounts. You can attach two different weapons to these. And these will go right here on top of Barricade's shoulders where these stock weapons go. You've got the little tab right there that will match into the tab on top of his shoulder. So we'll get both of those in. And just to let you guys know, these mounts will work in vehicle mode. Now you have a couple of different options for the mounts. You have these beam emitters, which I think look like missiles. But that's what they're called. Beam emitters. Very well sculpted. Lots of nice details. And they just simply slot right in to the shoulder mounts. Quit throwing them across the table there. So there we go. There is Barricade with the beam emitters. And I think that looks really good. I dig it. It's very G1 looking. Well, considering G1 Barricade was a hot pink race car. Now another option and my favorite option for these is the little miniguns. I love these things. Look at the sculpted details on those. Those are really cool. And these fit in the same way these beam emitters do. Let's go ahead and remove those. And with the minigun, you take the longer end. That's what slots in to the hole. Get that in there. And now we have Barricade with the miniguns on his shoulders. And I love that. He is totally badass looking now. Alpha kudos on this one. That is awesome. Next up we have the stun pistol. So this is kind of like a taser. Nice paint applications there. Looks really, really good. Let's go ahead and take the flashlight out. We'll put the taser or the stun pistol in his hand.  So another fine piece of weaponry for Barricade. Next up is these K-On-Guard machine pistols. And these kind of look like the stock pistols that Barricade came with. Except they're painted black. And this is to represent how the pistols look in Barricade's artwork. Now unlike the stock pistols, these do not connect to each other. So these are to be wielded individually. So let's go ahead and remove the shotgun and the stun pistol. And we'll put these in hand.  Slide that one in there. And there we have Barricade wielding his machine pistols. Now you can mount these on the shoulders. It takes a little work, but you want to use the clip section here. Actually let's use this one. The clip section will fit into the tab on his shoulder. It's a little tight, but there is an option that you can use. Next up is the spiked knuckles. And these are awesome. I have a set of siege knuckles for Barricade that say punish and enslave. But I really dig these ones. These are friggin Autobot tenderizers right here. So let's go ahead and put those in Barricade's hands. They slot in just like so. That one's a little tight. There we go. So there we have Barricade ready for some melee combat. And I love that. That is awesome looking. It's really cool. I love the looks of the spiked knuckle guards. And lastly we have the Decepticon prototype hand cannon. And if you're a fan of the 1986 Transformers movie, this one looks a little familiar. This is the weapon that Megatron used to get those final blasts in on Optimus Prime. Another very well sculpted weapon. I love the paint scheme. Very generation one. Let's go ahead and put that in Barricade's hands. See what he looks like. See what it looks like. That's another one that's a little tight. But there we go. There's a perfect fit. If there's somebody who's going to be wielding a prototype weapon, it would be Barricade. I want to give Alpha Customs a big shout out and thank you for this siege Barricade weapon set. Barricade has become one of my favorite Transformer characters. One of the best things to come out of Bayverse. And I'm so happy that Hasbro decided to give him a G1 style treatment in the new modern line. This weapon set really adds to the character. And I love how you can really mix and match them. See how now I have the Gatlin guns on the forearms. The machine pistols on the shoulders. He's got the shotgun, the stun baton. I think this looks awesome. And that's how my Barricade is going to look on my display shelf. Now if you want to set of these for yourself, as I said in the beginning, I'm going to put links to Alpha Customs eBay and Facebook page in the description of this video. Now guys, if you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like. Don't forget to subscribe. And don't forget to click that bell icon to get notified when I upload new reviews. Once again, this is Patriot Prime, signing out. Hula!


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What's up, guys? Guess what? As usual, I am stuck in some good old Los Angeles traffic making everybody around me nervous, making these people wonder if I am in fact looking at the road. Guess where we are going today? Do you remember that cutie Piper Raquel? Well, they have asked me to meet them at the bird store and I'm dying to know what it's about. I wonder if she spotted a bird there and she's decided she's going to steal it. What if somebody has come in with a bird and they want to help me do a heist? Why do you think she wants me to go to the bird store? Because as far as I know, all she's been doing is trying to take birds. Look at this person worried about my selfie stick. And by the way, my favorite comments are the ones where you guys let me know what your favorite part of the video is. You want to know why? Because sometimes it takes me like three days to edit a video and I'm just like happy to know that you liked that part. And even better, if you like a line in it and you give me a line quote, I love that. So who's bird do you think Piper is trying to steal today? I hope we don't get arrested today. I don't know. Actually, I think I could help her perform this heist in a very sleek manner. They didn't tell me what this is. I'm just assuming because she's running around stealing birds all the time. I guess we're gonna find out. Okay. Oh shoot. I can't get out of this car. I don't know what I just did. There's no way out of here. I'm gonna have to leave my belongings behind. Help. What kind of place has weird parking lot? Let's see what Piper has in store for us today. Oh my god. You know what? I was just imagining this guy today. Who is this? He just cuddles. Why did you call me here today? I thought you might need help stealing a parrot. Because I want you to help me pick a bird. Oh my god. You're picking a bird today? Yes. Are you going home with a bird today? Maybe. We're getting everything right. We're gonna have the crib and all the toys. We're getting everything ready? Yeah, but we really want your opinion because she has a narrow down to two. I have a narrow down to two. Is this guy one of them? I'm gonna get some of him in a second. I can't wait. She's so beautiful. It's such a pretty store. Let me try a little. Yeah. His name is Snuggle. Isn't that a Snuggle, baby? Oh my god.  Is he talking? Oh my god. I like that. I'm shrinking myself and stealing your shirt. So this is one option, right? Yeah. What is the other option? Can you bring one of the baby grays? A baby gray. Any baby gray. First of all, what about the fact that Cody bit you? This bird is so cute. They're getting so big. Oh my gosh. She's loving that. Oh my god, though. We don't even have balance yet. It's so good. Did you have George as the baby? No. He was like six months old. Okay. So yeah, he was on her one. He still had the baby eyes. Aw. Oh, see? Isn't it a hard decision? Well, I love this one. I love that one. I'll tell you what. This is what I think. I just said, because any baby bird that you see like this is going to be touching. If you don't get that bird, will you still want an African gray? Sort of. But not that much. Not that much? Yeah, because then Cody bit me.  Here's something to think about. You're doing your vlogs, right?  This bird's going to be a lot easier to run around and hang out with.  This guy will kind of love everyone right now because he doesn't know he's alive. And then later on Hunter will go and he'll be like, don't touch me. You know? And then it might be hard for anyone else to manage him. But don't get me wrong, you've kind of socialized and now this is gray. I just love my bird. Sniff it. Sniff it. What are you thinking of? I love him so much. You'll have to do a reveal. Yes, that's what we're going to do. We're going to do a gender reveal. That's what I'm going to do with Leo and also Cody. Oh, that's because they haven't been gender tested yet, right? That's funny. That bird has the best voice. I swear it could be like an operator on the phone. Yeah, they have such great voices. These guys are like, she can do anything. Sniff it, Hunter. Look at this. It's so sweet. I think Hunter should take home an African gray. I don't want to fall off the edge. You're lying. You know you want him. You're lying. You're lying. What are we doing? What are we doing, Piper? It's going to be a different cage if you get this bird versus this bird. So what do we do? Go check out the cage. Well, I think you got to decide on a bird first. Uh oh. What do you think? Do you have any preference?  I made a decision. What? What? You have a decision? Yes. I'm saying yes to this bird. I said yes to this bird. Yes. Yes to this bird? Yes. Why? Look at him. He's so pretty. It's snuggle. I'm snuggling with him. What about me? I'm snuggling. Uh oh. You need me in. I like how it's just like the perfect size for me.  What helped you make this decision that a small bird might be good for you? You did and also this bird did. Oh and by the way, just so you know, if it is a boy, his name is totally inspired by Picasso. What's his name going to be? Well remember how Hunter kept calling Picasso Pablo? Yeah. So we would totally name him Pablo if it was a boy. His name is Pablo. Did you know Pablo Picasso? Pablo, yes. Yes. And then Picasso, he's been like collapsed. Oh my god, no, my best friend. Wait a second. We've got a lot here going on.  But first hand experience here. What do you think about that? Totally his small bird first. Small birds have a bigger personality. Oh my god. Look at that bird.  See, I think the bird knows. This bird already knows about her. This guy doesn't know he's alive. See if he likes Hunter. Oh yeah. You know when you visit a bird a few times, they know. When you take them home, they know you were the one that came. I feel like he knows us. I would say he knows you. See which bird I want like obsessed with? This guy right here. I'm going to like molest you later. You're going to choose a stand now? Yes. Wow, I love these stands. Here's something to know about stands and then you're going to tell me which one you think, okay? You want to make sure that you choose a stand where the bars are not on top of other bars so much. So that you're not always cleaning bars. Does that make sense? That's just a little tip, but you could still get any birds that you want. I really like this one. This one has a lot in it. Do you think he would use that though? Yeah, I think he'll use the swing. It's got different levels. We care about different levels. I love this bird and I'm really thinking about getting this one. You love this one and this is the one. We're going to bring it home today. Oh my god. We've got to get it set up for the baby. Okay, cages. Do you know what you're looking for? How funny is this? Kevin found me in here, not that he wasn't following me, but he goes. Well, it sounds like he was. I walked in here, I looked over, I saw her and I almost had a heart attack. So I can't believe I've... Are you a fan? Are you fanboying? I've been watching you for the past month or so, trying to get more information on a cockatoo. Oh my god. She would say no. No, actually, he can't. Everybody, these people, talk me out of it. They talk you out of a cockatoo and into a cockatoo. I was going to say, good job. They talk you out of a cockatoo. I'm so glad to be honest. She talked Piper out of a cockatoo. Piper won a cockatoo. She was like, do you want a two year old for the rest of their life? Wait, how funny is this? And he said he was trying to contact me, which is funny because this guy gets what he wants. Yeah. He was at the vet with his dog and he saw on her stories that she was right down the road and he messaged her. Oh, stay there. I'll meet you. There was I. What did you want to know about your macaw? Get the beacons in line, trim it in a better way. But if she's eating her seeds and like she's able to cut through them, you probably don't want to prevent her. Because sometimes people like shave that too short and it really affects the bird. You have to send me a picture. Yesterday I was watching your video about stress feathers. They told me that she has a lot of stress feathers. What are stress feathers? I really live down the street. Come meet her, please. Give me some pointers. Wait, you should bring her up here. Mama, I've heard down that he loves this. Oh my gosh. Let me see. Yeah, he said to train him upside down. Oh my gosh. She's so cute. I think Hunter's going to steal your bird. Oh yeah. That's a competition around. Uh-oh. A competition. Did you watch her in my video today? She took Jersey home. Jersey was in love with him. Jersey was in love with Hunter. Are you a sniffer? Are you a sniffer? Are you not a bird sniffer? Like, sniffer? Yeah, you will. She has bird sniffer shirts. Hunter has one. He was sniffing my bird off. I didn't realize how much he was sniffing it. Yeah, he just came in. He's like, Pablo's not so good. Picasso. This is Pablo. They're getting the dane ready. So is that your first bird that you? No, I also have a rose breasted. You do? Oh my gosh. And an African gray. Oh, cool. I have advice for Piper. She almost left with an African gray. Was an African gray or this guy? One thing I learned is African grays get really attached to one person. When I first picked him up, I loved everybody. And one day he got scared when I was reaching in to give him food. Ever since then he hated all guys. All guys. Only love my mom. I feel like that's a trend with birds. Like they hold grudges. Birds hold grudges. I'm actually working on an article about that for somebody's book because they're so emotional. You're dealing with emotions all day. They have levels of emotions that dogs don't have.  Like Jersey. And she likes like the Middle Eastern looking men.  She's got like a real crush. She's like, hey, well look at him. And she'd be like, hi. Jersey, where are you? You know what's on my head right now?  I love your shoes. Where are they from? I got them at teacher's. What are they? Like, bum. What are they? See, because I was wearing heels and I couldn't walk anymore. So I bought shoes. There you go. This one makes us come in here all the time. Oh yeah. I'm sure they're like. I love this one. It's beautiful. I bought something like this for Rocky. Kevin wants to know if you're going to his house. Well, I can't go to his house today. Why don't you bring a bird over here? Yeah.  It's down the street. We got to get toys and they got to disassemble. You can always pick out a stand. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So good. You're going to get it this Friday. Bye, Kevin. We'll see you in a minute. So this is it. This is the cage. Let's make sure we put this cage on hold. Oh, good. Magic. Hi. Are you handsome? Are you pretty? Yeah. Yeah. You're so smart. This one I love. Beauty. Is it me? Or is everything in my camera look oddly colored? Do you? Do you have any Rocky's girlfriend? Look at this bird.  She says that she has a new child now. And the grandma. Oh, you're the grandma.  My grandfid? Yeah, feathered kid. Yeah. And that, Piper, is your fid. It's not a kid. It's a feathered kid. So we're getting three bowls, food, water, and fruit. Because you don't want the fruits to tarnish the food. Oh, we have the cage. I would recommend some other branches to different sizes. Are you excited? Piper, look at all these toys. This is what I would get within the bird. He's a baby. So I mean, there's not a lot that he's going to be able to do right now. But when he's ready, you would get one wood toy, one bead toy, one leather, one rope. Oh, they have socks. I know. It's like, if I'm not going to wear it, neither. It's my bird. But he could eat it. These are what you call foot toys. You could choose a foot toy.  Who is it? Oh my god. They're the softest. You literally brought your birds here. How exciting. Now we get to meet your birds. I still don't have a name for them. You don't have a name? Can we name? Can we name her? She is a girl. We're getting on her yet.  Do you want to step off? Here, my. Oh my god.  Oh wait, I see. This might have been damage that'll grow in, honestly. This happens all the time. People think that they need to do that. You don't need to. Who are you? It looks like a bird. Oh my god. This bird needs a name. But she's definitely a girl, right? Yeah. Okay. I would go with, you know, I love the name, but I think a lot of birds are named just like, Yeah, a lot of birds are named that. I'm in love with you. And you've had this girl a day? She's so sweet. She is sweet. What's your name? What's your name? I'm coming up with names. Just hang out with her for a minute. Maybe it'll come to you. You want your name to be Marla? I like Marla. Marla's cute. Short for Marlene. Marlene. Do you like the name Mar? It's the name Marlene. Forget that. Name's after me. You Marlene. Let's steal this bird, my bird. Yeah. I'm going to do a hide. So we could steal, right? Because we can't steal from the store. He can't carry two out. Kevin doesn't seem too concerned. This is not going to happen. I'm not like my Vinny. My Vinny is a gangsta too. What are you doing? Oh, I'm just going to start. Look at the body language, how this bird loves you. What is up with Vinny? Vinny.  Right here. Right now. I like Marlene. You're not even Marlene Marlene. Say yes to this. Are you saying yes to the name? Yes to the name. Yes. I think he's going to go home and change the name. No, I think he's going to keep it. Yeah. Yeah, I like it. I think it's super cute. I like it. Oh, you're crazy.  Okay, so you might want to get, since your bird has stress feathers, they're going to improve naturally, like in the malts, because you're going to be a good owner for the bird. But I like to get my bird obi-con and other feathers. So these are stress parts. You see, like where the feather has like marking. Yeah. It's not being beautiful in blue, it's black. But by being with you, that's going to improve with a better diet. I notice that she's already attached to me. Yes. She's in the same room as me, but not on me or next to me. Uh-huh. Or within like two feet, she'll just scream. Welcome to owning a parrot. What is like a one-six? Like that it's going to be quiet birdies that don't want love? Oh, she's cute. I know. How do you manage all these birds? How do I manage them? I don't want any more. I don't want any more. Let's have this one. Piper, let's go. Let's go. We're going to take it. We're going to take it, right? Because loves you, loves me, we can live together happily ever after. Yeah, love a million birds. Yeah. I don't like them. How amazing is this bird? You're so lucky. What sign are you? It's the only bird I've ever seen. Baby mannerism. Yeah, are you getting a stand? Wow, we're so productive today. We're getting everybody a stand. Yeah, I can see one. Oh, look at her. Is that what you're saying? Kind of. I know I can't. I don't have feet. So you're good. Well, that's it, right, Piper? When do you get to take your bird home? In about three and a half weeks. Three and a half weeks. How are we going to wait that long? I don't know. Hey, are you going to come back and visit Leo? Um, yes. He was asking about you. I missed a really good one. What did you say? Bubba, did you say Bubba? Did you wrap this video up for us when we weren't ready to wrap it up? Yes, did you say Bubba? Yes. Oh, Piper, I guess I was saying Bubba.  She doesn't like balloons. I'm definitely afraid of that. I don't want to do the balloon thing. You should have told me that. And now we got to steal Marley. He's not looking right now. Piper, you get the door. I'll get the bird, okay? Oh, look, she just came right up. Piper obviously wants to be relaxed. Let's go. He's mad. He's a tough decision. Well, is her name still Marley? Yes. Yes. Productive days. So you know what's up? Good that David's not at the window because he's busy making my drink. Guess what? She got a brown-headed parrot. One of my birds has been in this drive-thru twice. Oh, I'm the bird lady. What's your name? I'm Ashley. You're Ashley? Yes, ma'am. Do I know all of these now? David's a regular on the show now. Oh, wait. This is a show? Wait, are you a post being on YouTube because it's too late? No. Making drinks as he is talking about it. I know, right? Oh, yeah. See, that's what's good about a good woman. She knows where to place you.


We will next hear from Chris O'Brien who is the head of market development for Ehrlich and solar as soon as he is able to make his way up here since I called on him early. Thank you Carol well thanks I very much appreciate the opportunity to be here today and would also like to tell a couple of generally positive stories about solar. Let me begin with just a little bit of background about who are about our company because it's it's not a well-known name outside of Switzerland. We're a 100 year old Swiss company revenues about overall about three and a half billion dollars. The solar segment is one small piece of that probably the newest and smallest of six business segments but we have across all segments about 1500 employees in the US in Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania in North Carolina and but our solar segment today is relatively small so what do we do we're fundamentally it's a we're a technology company and our technology is we make the stuff that makes panels so if you will we make very good pizza ovens and a pizza and a PV panel is a pizza so we make the pizza ovens. We do that very quite well we invest a tremendous amount in innovation and technology over the last several years we've invested about 70 million dollars each year into improving our technology. The this we that our equipment produces thin film silicon PV panels. What we have done by continuing to invest has been to improve the competitiveness and the cost of production of making those panels to make PV and solar energy much more affordable for end customers. Examples we have just since 2008 the expected cost of making a panel with our standard equipment has reduced from a dollar 50 per watt by about 50 percent to about 70 cents per watt. The same piece of hardware basically the same set of hardware that a couple years ago made 60 megawatts per year now makes 120 megawatts per year just we get what we're doing fundamentally is bringing the smarts of the semiconductor industry the same people that have brought down the cost of iPads and flat screen TVs and brought that that same set of thinking and technology and experience with technology roadmaps into the PV industry. So we are I think what we have today we are funded a potential catalyst for very competitive new solar manufacturing we have strong we have customers across the globe. Today our customers are in Europe and in Asia there is a tremendous probably the strongest growth market force is in Asia. Important lesson important message is that that's not because labor is cheap. I think that's because really the policies to attract manufacturing have been excellent and stable and and have worked. I was in Germany last week at a trade show there I mean Manning mentioned the fact that the German market has outpaced the U.S. and again largely because the policies there have delivered a large market size and the and the scale is staggering I mean that the scale is roughly eight the installations in Germany left last year were roughly eight times the installations in the U.S. market U.S. market's been growing very quickly but a vision but Germany provides a vision of what stable policies can achieve. The trade show that I visited had 80,000 visitors there were roughly 14 exhibit halls each of which is probably the size of the Washington Convention Center. They were just staggering just to see the amount of the scale of the industry solar provides several times more of Germany's electricity than it does here in the U.S. and parts of Bavaria on a sunny day solar provides up to 30 can provide up to 30 percent of the power that's being delivered into the grid so it's it's it's really transformed the market there at the same time of an important part of the buzz there was that there were a couple things one is that people are seeing prices of PV coming down Manning mentioned earlier how low the prices are already they're expected to come down even further that's that's good news for end customers in all markets. Germans have achieved despite the fact that you know the wages are relatively high they've achieved costs of installing PV systems that are roughly half of what they are here so it's again just that scale matters and so we're optimistic that we can see solar continue to become more and more affordable with stable policies here. There is a strong interest and I think a consensus view there that the German or that the next big market to pop this is among a conference of global companies from Asia Europe U.S. that the U.S. is really the next big market to pop people are watching the market very carefully they're optimistic they but they need the stable policies in order to take the investments they've made and just build the market channels here build the production facilities to really build out the supply chain here in the U.S. I think that I'm sorry I think that one important open issue is you know the stability of the policies to some extent will dictate the amount of investment that comes to the U.S. I think you know as a company that is selling manufacturing equipment we have a strong interest in making sure that in having U.S. customers and there's the when we look at our turnkey factory and we run the numbers and say what if you if you put this factory in China if you put this factory in Eastern Germany or Eastern Germany if you put this factory in the U.S. I mean that the cost do not vary very much basically it's the differences in the noise and more largely offset by the cost of transporting panels from one place to the other. So I think the opportunities here to really create not only a strong end market for PV for solar energy here in the U.S. but really to create a stronger value chain using some of the newer and more innovative technologies. I think whether that happens or whether we become a large end market that imports a lot of most of that that product I think will depend to some extent on the stability of the policies going forward. One bit of last bit of good news I think that came out in the same report that Manning highlighted earlier the solar market insight report which is now available on on Cia's website is that the U.S. is actually that the manufacturing of panels in the U.S. grew last year quite quite significantly and an assessment that was done last year showed that the U.S. was actually a net exporter of affordable takes if you consider the entire value chain that's important. So some of the policies that were put in place to stimulate manufacturing investment worked in terms of providing incentives for investment but I would say particularly not only in module manufacturing but also in the production of some of the key materials that are used in making PV modules. So we have we have today a fairly good picture in terms of export in terms of our supply chain. It's it's fragile. It's fragile and and that they be because of the policies that are in place elsewhere to draw module manufacturers there. You know it's we need the continuation of that stable policy regime to make sure that the investments continue throughout the whole supply chain here in the U.S. And I'm going to stop there. I think I probably I probably ignored my one minute card because I think what's really critical to in terms of what you've been hearing from all three of these speakers terms of real jobs real economic growth and it really means you know investment in manufacturing here in this country and a development of domestic market as well as overseas. Question. It certainly has been. It has been but it's but it's changing very quickly so I think that the compensation rates currently for residential customers. I need to get the exact figure but it's something on the range of the rate of 50 percent higher than the retail electric rate for systems that are put on small roofs. Probably a probably about the same probably about the same premium for commercial customers. There's a there's a decided shift in Germany now towards steering solar installations towards favoring installations that are on rooftops. They've introduced policies increasingly that are more like the policies that we have here in the U.S. where customers are taking getting the full retail value of the electricity that they consume and then they they're given a incentive on top of on top of that. But the those feed and tariff rates are coming down markedly but that's part of the reason why that the systems of prices have come down. Also part of the reason why developers are looking to other markets including especially the U.S. as potential growth opportunities. OK. Over here. Policies are needed. So what are the key policies that are needed from for the solar industry to be posted in the U.S. Look around the globe in the way that people have done that there are different policies in pursuit. Germany obviously being one. But the one commonality is where the deployment of renewables is successful. You have a stable reliable policy that you put in place that the private sector can depend on. So if you want to look in the United States what are the challenges that you know from from visiting with our membership. The challenges that you have is finance. You have to have the capital up front to put the deploy the asset. But once you do you get good results. So in terms of the priorities for the solar industry in the legislative realm obviously retention of the underlying investment tax credit. It's proven to be extremely successful. It's doing what it's supposed to do in terms of job creation. You're seeing dramatic drop in costs and getting increased deployment. So when you put an incentive in place and looking at whether it's working or not it's pretty clear it's working and a lot of that has to do with reliability. Some other energy sectors have been plagued by on again off again tax incentives and you in the result is what you would expect in terms of their you know volatility in their marketplace. But beyond that when you look at what happened in you know when the stock market turned down in 2008 the economy is still not obviously fully recovered. You have a question of liquidity and efficiency with those tax credits. You have the underlying 1603 program that's administered by the Treasury Department that does a very nice job of allowing these partnerships that are often develop these projects. It allows you provides the liquidity that you need to make those deals work. That program has been extremely effective. Other some of the things that you know we're looking at they're important is an industry. Obviously they're regulatory requirements with citing issues. When you look at other you know other financing opportunities as well you know such as development of a green energy bank. The loan guarantee program has been particularly important to people who are doing concentrating solar power which is obviously a very promising technology as well. So there are a variety of things that we can do here in the United States to really allow us to reach our full potential because because echoing your sentiments here. The US if we do this right we're going to lead the world in solar deployment. When you look at our solar resources there's no reason that we shouldn't. We've got innovative companies that are doing amazing things across technologies whether it's commercial PV or whether it's CSP. It's all going to be effective. It's all going to work if we have the foresight and the vision to keep these policies in place and improve them. I might just mention CSP is concentrated solar power. OK. And in terms of the 1603 program. I believe that that right now would phase out the end of 20. It's a temporary provision. It expires at the end of this year. It was extended for one year. Right. And so right now there's kind of a big rush to get as many things in before that expires. And I think one of the things that that we have certainly learned as we've looked at policy issues across the globe and what we clearly saw in terms of the Germany experience was that the continuity of policy was terribly important in terms of investors in terms of manufacturing because in the United States too much our policy has looked like hiccups on a graph so that you've got it for a year maybe maybe two years and then you don't know whether it's going to be in again or whatever. And so it's been so tenuous that it has really kind of I think slowed us down from what the experience has been in other countries. And we've heard that over and over again from people in the private sector as well as from governments. I think that takes us to the end. I want to thank you very very much. These are really really important areas of economic growth for our country.