You were aboard a Chinese junk run aground off the coast of Borneo and paddling toward you were the canoes of the deadly dyac headhunters.  Escape produced and directed by William M. Robeson and designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure. Tonight we escape to the Orient of 150 years ago to the Manila of 1790 in Richard Matthews Hallett's story of a wooden ship and an iron man, Miss Fortune's Isle. The water which was lying at anchor so close up against the jetty I could have leaned over and spit on the wheels of the elegant Spanish carriages clattering along the promenade. And that's exactly what I felt like doing. I'd been away from Salem for three years now. Three years of sailing at Trader Brig through the China Seas and south into the Spice Islands. All for one. The whole thing had grown stale, certainly. I was plainly and simply bored. Young Po stood beside me there at the taff rail and tried to console me with philosophy. He'd anchored his sailing junk alongside earlier in the day and come aboard to renew a friendship that started two years before a Tianxin when I hauled him out from under an executioner's axe. He was under it because he just sold me six fine fat pigs without remembering they happened to be the sacred property of the Tianxin temple. Oh, Yang Po was a real philosopher, all right. Anyway, my friend, I reserve my sympathies for the poor. You have gained much wealth and trade. Ah, and a few measly gold pieces. But the trouble is out here a man can't go it on his own. He needs backing. What more backing could a rash man desire than those eight brass cannon at the rail? Ah, they're fair guns, all right. But it's a flag I'm speaking of. Do these unworthy eyes not see a pin on there at the masthead? The bonning of Salem swings no weight out here. In the south it's the Dutch who call the terms. On the coast the British and here in Manila it's the Spanish. Ah, man, Yang Po, there she comes now and the second carers there. That's a fourth time since high noon she's come fast. Ah, four fine horses and two footmen. She rides in style. Watch, watch. She'll look up at the ship. She has every time today. Ha, there you see. Ah, that one. The little cage bird. You'll know her? I know of her. She is wife of Don Nasciso Crispo, the Spanish nobleman who is captain general of the island south of Zamboanga. He is in residence here in Manila. She looks very sad. Why she called the little caged bird? One glimpse of Don Nasciso would answer your question better than thousand words. She's very beautiful too. I'll swear she looked back and smiled just then. Captain Arad, once in pity I set free a parakeet which I had found caught in Annette. I still bear scar from its beak. Some things may be worth taking chances for. Ha, me, I find it so much simpler to go to sleep and dream of maidens on the moon. Ah, but the moon's too far away. Arad, where are you? Huh? Oh, up here, Michael, on the quarter deck. Oh, then the honorable red-headed one is still your first mate? Aye, there he is. What's the matter, Michael? Ah, matter indeed. Haven't you heard all the excitement in town? I've been looking. Ah, young poor, haven't they hung you yet? This on what they want is touched by your concern, Mr. O'King. What do you mean by excitement? I've been on board all day. Ah, now, last night with all their soldiers on guard and the stone ramparts and all, a band of pirates slipped ashore down coast and got through into the city. Pirate? Aye, ten thousand bushels of misfortune. They may possibly think it was me. Oh, they have no clue as to who it was. Got away scot-free, they did. And they almost abducted the captain general of Zamboango and Selt. What? Aye, aye. An important grandee by the name of Don Narcisco something or other. His guard finally heard them. Ah, pity. Fortune not with you, Captain Arad. Ah, but here's the part that'll stop you. There is no one in Manila that knows who they were, except yours truly, Michael O'King. Go on. Eh? Here. Have a look at that. It's a Manchester Cutlass. Aye. And there's a mark on the handle. Aye. It's one we traded to Sarif. Aye, aye, the bandit king of North Bonio. And it was me found this morning on the beach where the pirate boat came ashore. You found it? No, no, no, not quite. A melee by the name of Jambo brought it to me. Ah, Jambo. Ten thousand sampans filled with spoiled fish. You know the villain? I have used him as interpreter. He speak dayak, but in some form or incarnation he undoubtedly was eel. Ah. You know, I think this may be exactly what I need. Need? For what, Arad? Hmph. To make fortunes for the three of us. I certainly remember an unexpected appointment. Aye, aye, young Po. It's a plan that won't work without you. I'm not talking a bear profit. This means a fortune. I am amazed. There is much talk of money and yet very little talk of Spanish lady. Ha, ha. I've heard rumors on shore about these Spanish lasses. For one thing, they wear no stockings. Huh? And how's a man to know it, Michael? Hmph. You can't count too much on hearsay. Well, no, it was a Spaniard that told me. All right, now listen, lads. Let me tell you the plan. And if we're all agreed, I'll go ashore and talk to this Don Narciso. Ah, after I have heard it, I think I shall go and sacrifice why Rusta to Queen of Heaven, though I doubt it will do great deal of good. The only thing I can't understand is why this jam-boo didn't take the cutlass to Don Narciso in the first place. It is quite possible he did take it there in first place, Captain Harad. It is point worth consideration. It took a bit of talking right enough, but finally the others agreed to the plan. And no more than two hours later, I was talking to the Captain General of Zamboango himself. He turned out to be a little monkey of a man, yellow as a faded sunflower and much older than I expected to find. Thank you. Quite well. It satisfied the regard and your identification of those who perpetrated the outrage, Captain Harad. But, uh, not addictions and fatalities. I have also heard the stories of this pirate, Serif. No, I think a broad side of my thirty-two pounders can furnish him enough fatalities, Excellency. All right. It's not that simple. They say his headquarters on the Borneo coast is not in less than a fortress. Ah, there's only a bamboo stockade lying at the mouth of the river, and it's in range of the guns on my break. My friend Young Poe has been there. But, hard against the mouth of the river is the blue chalaca. Hmm, Miss Fortune's Island. And on it limestone caves filled with bird's nests worth fifty dollars a pound in Canton. That may well be, Captain Harad. But there is also the Eupastry. You must have heard of it. All right. But I can't a little on hearsay, Excellency. It is not hearsay. The dyke-head hunters poison the spears and arrows with its juices. I have seen men scratched by them die like that. Some things are worth taking chances for. I must say that I quite agree with you, Dutty, so. Uh, Captain Harad, may I present my wife, Donia Del Fino de Crispo. Uh, Captain Harad. I'm honored. Marfiso, I heard it all. You must agree to this expedition. Huh? You know the king's offer? Any man who reads these islands of pirates to be made a kondae with lands and tidal. I can have both lands and tidals, my dear. What is it you expect from this, Captain Harad? A fortune, Excellency. The bird's nest himself should be worth a half million Yankee dollars. And there's golden antimony in the river. And trade with the dykes. Uh, precisely, what is the plan of yours? Well, 50 of Seraph's men are Chinese who once served Yangpoh. They'll come in with us if he can get word to them. They'll make things easier. Okay, and how do you expect to get word to them? Yangpoh and I'll sail in ahead of his junk and try to contact them. My mate will bring up the water which 24 hours later and then we'll attack. And exactly, why have you come to me? Well, were I to do it without official support, I'd be judged a pirate myself, wouldn't I? I don't know. It would be a great thing if it could be done. Marfiso. See? Why not think of it tonight and decide in the morning? I think that may be a wise suggestion. May I allow me to show you out, Captain Harad? By your leave, Excellency. I'll see you tomorrow then. Good day, Captain. This way, please. He will agree. You may depend on it. Good. I hope also that his Excellency will accompany us personally. He will. You can be certain of it. You seem quite sure of that. Who do you think it was who had the cordless hand to you? You? It is the door, Captain. I will say, Ariositona. In our language, it means goodbye for a little while. For a little while, huh? Well, in that case, Ariosito. Delfino was right. The next morning, he agreed to it. And two days later, we sailed out of Manila Harbour. Don Narciso accompanied me on Young Po's Jonkin. Michael O'Cain followed at the helm of the Water Witch. Our luck deserted us as we rounded the Corregidor and sailed square into the tail end of a typhoon. There was little wind, but a heavy sea was running, and it took us on the port bow for all that night and the next day. We lost sight of the Water Witch. And the leaky old junk pitched and rolled like a dory. Young Po stayed mostly below in his bunk and dreamed peacefully of the maidens on the moon. Well, I stayed on deck and skipped her through it. It was late the second night before I had a chance to go down to my cabin. One is not just captain. Delfino, what on the name of the devil are you doing aboard? Being fussed about mostly. It is a very unsteady ship you have, Captain. There should be a lot more unsteady when 100 dyac head under start trying to board her. How did you arrive here? In a sack of feathers. It's really old that saved me during the storm, you know. Oh, confounder, don't you realize your husband is on board sleeping in the deck cabin? Suppose he should come down here for something. He did once. I hid in the wardrobe. Oh, all the fool tricks. But you did say, or you see it, though, for a little while. Yes, but it wasn't an invitation. Who could tell? Anyway, I shall prove quite valuable to you. I doubt it. You will see. Nardiso will become frightened at the last moment he always does. And what will you do? Whatever is required at the time. I am not afraid of fighting my captain. I have seen it before. Confounded we had a fortune in our region. Now you come along and ruin it. Don't underestimate me. Well, I won't do that again. You are very rude. I meant to be. Why did you marry him? I had no choice. My father was ambitious, but Nardiso was influential. And did your father realize his ambition? See, he became a colonel and was killed at the end of the egg of the chili. Oh, oh, I'm sorry. And now if you'll remove yourself from my bunk, I need some sleep. If you are going to move in here, then what am I going to do? Oh, you'll think of something. You made all your own plans so far. Oh, thank you. But if my husband sees me, then he may think you brought me on board.  Good night. You were going to sleep? I hope to. Try the shrine of the Queen of Heavens, the last cabin in the stern. No one goes there but young Po, and he'll have to be told about you anyway. Good night.  Buenas noches. Woman or no woman aboard, it was too late to turn back now. And so two days later, we dropped anchor at the mouth of Serif's River. Off the port rail a quarter mile away lay the pirate stockade. It was backed up by the dark green mass of jungle. And on the opposite side of the junk across 100 yards or so of water was the beach of Miss Fortune's Isle, sloping back to break sharply on the foot of the limestone cliffs. And the upper shoulders of those cliffs were the caves with a fortune in edible birds nests. And between the cliffs and the water stood the upus tree. 100 legends were told about the upus tree, how its shadow could kill a man, how the spirit of a white goddess was present in the thick dark foliage of its top, and how birds that lighted on its branches fell dead to the ground. But one thing at least was true enough. The Dyaks made a horrible poison from the juice of its bark, and they worshiped the tree. Yang Po took the renegade interpreter, Jambu, with him, and went assured to pay his respects to Serif. And at the same time was to pass the word to his Chinese friends. It was late afternoon when he came back, and I'd become nearly as uneasy as Don Narciso. Yang Po came aboard alone and motioned me to follow him below, saying nothing until we were alone in my cabin. It is my humble opinion, Captain Arad, that Heaven favors us with the sighted lack of fortune. Why, what happened? Serif most polite, I most polite. We enjoy most friendly conversation while we both held our knives beneath our ropes, all very polite. Well, did you get word to your men? Serif blessed with presence of 200 Dyaks and 50 melees. My own brethren are unfortunately down the coast for two days. Oh, that's a bad piece of luck. But I have news of much worse one. Jambu, that son of 10,000 devils, has deserted us. Deserted? He has joined Serif. Oh, he'll tell him exactly what we're planning. Do not believe Jambu would do such a thing. Dolphina, I told you to stay out of this cabin. Jambu worships me. He's my slave wife. It was he who helped me sleep on board. So that's why he's done it. He has no deserted. What could he hope to gain by it? You probably. This, on what they want, offer a suggestion that we stand out to see until water which come tomorrow. A fine idea, except for one thing.  We're grounded on a mud bar with no chance of moving before the tide tomorrow morning. Well, we'll have to stand and fight. Yes, they are so careless. I forgot to tell you, they even neglected to cover powder during storm. The water ruined it. Then we'll not even have the four cannon. A really matter of slight importance. They only ornaments. They would blow up if we fired them. You could hardly have picked a more suitable time to tell me. Well, we'll fight without them. The impetuousity of youth. I think I sleep for a while and dream of maidens on the moon. Young Po, you'll stay on your feet and start your men boiling kettles of oil and piling rocks by the rail. It would be so much pleasant out to die in one sleep. If I know Siriff, he'll not attack until nearly midnight. Telfina, can you swim? I can do anything. Primarily, I want to know if you can swim. I can. Good. Young Po, I'll be back and help you in an hour. But I have a job to do first. Come along, Condesa. It was dark when we slipped into the water and struck out for the island. If I had tried to lower a boat, they might have seen us from the shore. I could see no other way to keep her out of it. The rest of us had no chance. I knew how the dyacs fought. We could expect no help. And on board, she would have been the only one of us left alive. Aye, Jambu would see to that. We made the beach safely, crossed it, and worked our way up the steep path on the face of the cliff. Finally, we reached the ledge in front of the caves. Boy, it is so dark here. It frightens me. Well, there's nothing to harm you. Bats in the caves, perhaps, but nothing else. I am to stay here alone, then? Aye, until the water which comes into anchor tomorrow. Light this torch, then, and signal them.  Where will you be tomorrow, Arret?  We'll have a fighting chance. You have no chance at all. And you know it, don't go. Stay with me, Arret. You know that's impossible. No, no, this man, young Po is no better than a pirate himself. And you cannot help him by losing your own life or stay with me. And what of your husband? Do not go back. I beg you, please, Arret. Delfina, you have a deadlier poison than the Eupus tree itself. Will you force me then to stay here in safety and watch you die on those decks there below us? Well, it makes so very much difference to you. So much that I would not care to be alive tomorrow.  I prayed for an earthquake's pirate's death, anything. I pray only that you may live through this night. Delfina, Delfina, I think there's nothing can be said. If then, if you must, you do. Kiss me. Buenas noches, predioso. Adiosito. Adiosito for a little while. Had I stayed there one moment longer, I should never have left her. Back aboard the junk, I found young Po rushing preparations for the hopeless fight that stood ahead of us. Don Narciso was shivering on the quarter deck and I saw no reason to tell him his wife had made the trip with us. The Chinese crew had piled stones and smoke parts at the rail, ready to throw down on the heads of the diacs who had tried aboard us. And kettles of oil were being heated over a brick hearth by the mast. Paper lanterns had been lighted and hung about the rigging. But outside the narrow limits of the deck we could see nothing. Nothing but the black wall of the Borneo night. The same dark wall shut off any side of the upus tree and of the cliff face where Delfina lay hidden. But I knew from the ledge she could see us moving about on the lighted deck. I loaded my pistols with the only dry powder aboard and we waited. There was no light unsure and no sound. And three hours went past. Seniors, have all possible measures been taken? My venerable Captain General, I have offered incense and rice to Queen of Heaven. If our enemies prevail after that, then we have mistreated them in some former life. I go below to sleep. Sleep? And who is to give orders to your men? They give them to one another, excellency, they are all commanders in their own right. We may perhaps meet later in third or fourth heaven. With power to our trader aboard and the ground to the ship.  Stay away from the rail, at least until after the smoke parts are thrown. The Dyaks use bamboo poles with iron hooks on the end. Now they can reach up and drag a man over the rail easier than picking coconuts. Captain Arat, perhaps we could... ...surrender and make peace somehow. Well, take no surrender, they want our heads. Look! They're on us! Young Paul, Dyakirikam! What's the real, sir, excellency? Use your cutlass if a head comes over the side and look out for the hooks. I'm dead! Siriffs, Dyaks' warriors had run their boats in against the sides of the junk, and now we're pushing their murderous hooks over the rail. The Chinese crew is fighting like madmen, torsing over smoke parts, smashing those heavy rocks down on the heads of the pirate marvel. Pouring out smoking kettles of boiling oil, and the whole curtain of night was torn by the screams of vaginas. We find ourselves suddenly without smoke parts or soothing oil, and rocks are nilly corn. Either be swarming aboard us in another two minutes. Where's the Captain General? He has retired to cabin. It would be enjoyable to say he hides there. Well, a lot of good it'll do him. What happened? Young Paul, they're on the island. It would appear top of sacred Yupa's tree has burst into flame. The great flaming torch of the tree spread into full bloom and leaped up to the heavens, lighting the whole sea around us. And everywhere about us screaming in hoarse terror, the Dyaks drew off in their boats and stared at the blazing death of the sacred tree. And then in full view on the glaring face of the cliff, the beautiful and weird figure of a woman, hair streaming behind it swung slowly out from behind the flame.  And at the sight of their white goddess escaping from her prison in the tree, the Dyaks broke and panicked and turned their boats and raced for the shore. And while I thought of the signal torch I'd left with Delfina, suddenly the battle was over. 10,000 bushels of unexpected good fortune.  All right, then you recognize them. These vulnerable eyes have never looked upon sight more fair. I shall address her here after as princess of heaven. You have done all right. And I think perhaps another recognized her also. Ramba, did you not see it? That was Delfina. It was my wife. I know. She was aboard with us. Abored with us? By your permission, senor? No, she stowed away and asked at the knowledge of her presence we kept from you. I have no doubt she found you quite agreeable to such a plan. Take care, excellency. Take care? I will see you hung, senor. And thus for her, I shall weep her through the streets of Vanilla. We will discuss that later. I do not discuss my decisions. In fact, it may be that I bring her board at once and perhaps beat her to death on this very deck. You pardon me. It is my humble opinion that elderly men should learn to control their emotions. Wait, there's a Dyak warrior hiding there by the rail. The boats have gone and left him. Excellency! Excellency, away from that rail! I take notice from you, senor. Get back! Look out! Silence! Don't get us! Wait, young po! They come in about shooting, Captain Aran. Hi, but a little use to the Captain General, I'm afraid. See what you can do from young po. I'm going ashore to look after her. See what I can do for him. Now, how can I be expected to replace man's head on his body, especially when head seems to have rolled overboard? There's not the least bit of use in giving me a poet's blindy or reprobate.  So dreams of Queen of Heaven, Mr. O'King. Not to mention, of course, those of princess. Oh, that Spanish lad, eh?  I plan to devote a remainder of my unworthy life to rescue of small birds from nets. Oh, that pent is time. Oh, oh, come in, Eh, Rat. I've been wondering where to find you. I was charting the course. Ah, well, we can sail in the morning. Both ships are nearly loaded. Good, we'll head for Kent. Young po, this friend of yours there, this. Hon quat, some good quality of silk to trade. I eat these possible. Ah, silk is it now? And what will you be wanting silk for, Eh, Rat? Well, uh... Well, it's not silk. I mean, not exactly. Oh, come on, come on. It's what? What? Uh... If it's not silk, Eh, Rat, then what is it, hm? Oh, all right, Michael, if you have to know everything. I want to trade with them for... for a dozen pair of silk stockings. Escape is produced and directed by William M. Robeson. And tonight brought you Miss Fortune's Isle by Richard Matthews Hallett. Adapted for radio by Les Crutchfield. With Paul Freese as Captain Eh, Rat. Virginia Gregg as Donia Delfina. Bill Conrad as Jean Paul. Barry Kroger as Don Narciso. And Tony Barrett as Mike O'Kane.


Oh man, the only reason you could be clicking on this video is because you've finally done it. You've finally done something to get your ad account blocked. Maybe you try pushing through a video with a gun in it too many times. Maybe they finally caught on to the fact that you had a naked girl twerking in the background of the video. Whatever it is, I won't judge because trust me, I've been there. I've had a good amount of ad accounts blocked. And contrary to what you might be thinking right now, it's not the end of the world. What's going on? My name is Kory, Music Marketer and co-founder of Country Brand Agency. And today, I want to talk to you about what you need to do should you ever get one of your ad accounts blocked. Now, I'm going to give you some general rule of thumb to what to do if your account gets blocked on any of the major ad platforms. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube, whatever it is, these rules usually apply and usually are best case scenario practices. Now, I'm not going to be able to walk you through the exact process for every single ad account because that would be a lot just to be real with you. But I can at least give you some general guidelines on what to do, should you ever end up in that situation. Now, before we get into all of that, come and follow me on Instagram and TikTok. Links will be in the description below. Come talk to me, come engage with me, come give me some of your ideas, all that good stuff. Also, make sure you go and check out the new brand man network site. We are taking new applicants into the course series. We finally opened the doors back up to people who want to join. So check that out. The link will be in the description below as well. Make sure you get in. We definitely got some cool stuff going on over there. Now, with that being said, let's go ahead and get into today's video. Now, usually when it comes down to getting your ad account blocked, no matter what platform it is, it's usually because you violated some type of principle either multiple times or you violated it before your account had enough clout to where you could be making those type of mistakes.  We got the video pushed through. It ran for maybe about two weeks or so. And then Facebook called it. We tried to appeal it. It got through again. Facebook called it again. We pushed it through one more time. They called it a third time and they were like, no, that's it. We're done with you. And they blocked our account permanently. I still haven't gotten back into that ad account to this day. I've also had an ad account blocked before because I violated a guideline of the Facebook ad platform. And at this point that ad platform or that ad account was maybe about two or three weeks old. So I hadn't built up enough reputation on the Facebook ad manager platform for them to even let me slide with one mistake. And that's the one thing I see a lot of artists going through is that a lot of the times you guys will make ad accounts, go and try to set it up and then get your ad account blocked from the beginning because you violated the rule of that platform before you had enough credibility on the platform to be doing things like that, which brings me to the first tip for what you need to do to really prevent your account from getting blocked. This is more of a preventative method, but you need to understand what the different guidelines are on the ad platforms and what they will block and not block as far as content. Now, most of these ad platforms have similar things that block.  Those are some of the basic things that are usually applied across all ad platforms across the board. But some of them have very specific things that they block that others may not. For example, you cannot show cartoonish looking violence in a Facebook ad. I once had a client get his ad blocked because he was copying the Batman, POW, BAM stuff that comes up whenever the old school Batman cartoons would come on, they would punch people.  I don't remember the exact term they used, but basically they blocked it for cartoonish violence. So the first thing that you need to do in order to one prevent your account from getting blocked, but to also know what you need to do next in case your account does get blocked, is you need to understand why it got blocked in the first place. What rule did you violate? Why did your piece of content get flagged? Because if you don't figure out what the root of the issue is, you won't be able to fix it and then all you're going to do is risk getting either another ad account blocked, whether that be your own or some type of marketers or advertisers, or you'll never really understand what happened and you'll always be at the mercy of the ad platform. That's the last thing you want to be at is at the mercy of the ad platform. So first thing out the gate, go read the Facebook ad policy terms for advertising. Go read the Google ad policy terms for advertising. Whatever platform you're advertising on, Snapchat, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Spotify, whatever it is, please read the rules for what type of content they will block, what things they allow and what things they don't allow.  So let's assume you've gone through that, you got it now, now you know, these are the things that will get my video blocked or my content blocked. Now you know what to stay away from. So let's talk about what do you do if you've made it past that point?  You know what I'm saying? I ain't got 2020, I ain't got past 2020. So we got to figure something to do right now. I got you, bro. So the first thing that I do whenever a piece of content gets blocked that leads to my ad account getting blocked is I always try to appeal it. Now, most advertising platforms have a space where you can actually appeal the decision of the ad platform. Facebook is their Facebook ad support team. Google is their Google ad support.  And you can just outright appeal their decision. It's usually a matter of hitting them up. First, asking them like, hey, what policy did I violate?  Yo, we noticed that stripper was snorting coke on this frame. Like we caught that. They'll usually tell you why. And sometimes you can appeal it and get the decision reversed. Now, if it's something that's not crazy, you know, like let's say, you know, sometimes certain drug things show up in the video, even the gun stuff, you know, sometimes you can get it appealed and pushed through because either whoever is doing the new appeal just completely misses when it got the video blocked in the beginning. Or you meet somebody that doesn't care. You know, it doesn't be realized. You find somebody that's like, yo, do your thing. I'm saying let it, let it get pushed through.  It's just reach out to the support team. That's what they're there for. They're meant to help you through the process of getting your account back if you haven't violated some policy or done something too crazy. And they usually have a lot more answers as to why or what you need to do next, you know, than, I don't know, other people outside of the platform. So start there. Like Lily, if your platform has been blocked, if your ad account has been blocked, go back to the support team or whatever platform that you're trying to get it unblocked on and just reach out to them and speak to them and ask them if they can unblock your platform or what did you do and see if you guys can come to some type of agreement that allows you to get your ad account back. All right, so let's assume that you did this, right? Let's assume that you reached out. You tried to talk to the support team. They wouldn't budge, right? There's something crazy in the video. You said something wild or maybe what they're telling you doesn't make sense, you know? What can you do next or what should you do next? And just to kind of give, you know, a little bit of a disclaimer, I don't know if this is like the right thing to do. Like, I don't know if this is what Facebook wants you to do or Twitter or YouTube or Snapchat or any of them really wants you to do. But this is what I do. And at this point, I'm honestly like a professional ad account blocker, you know what I'm saying? Like I've had at least three or four ad accounts get blocked as of me making this video. But once again, what I do in those scenarios is I just go make a new ad account. Now, most of them don't have any like super advanced IP tracking where they can really stop you from creating a whole new ad account. And normally it's as simple as creating a new business account or business manager account or whatever that equivalent is for the ad platform that you're looking at. Making a new account with a new email, setting it up, and then going about your way, which is why I stressed in the beginning, understanding why exactly you got your ad account blocked so that you don't make the same mistakes once you make your new account. So let's say that you do get your ad account blocked. You don't do your due diligence looking into why I got blocked exactly. You go complete the last step, make a new ad account, and then the same as that thing happens and then now you're out of another ad account and now you have to maybe go make a new dummy email or something like that. So if your ad account gets blocked on any ad platforms, don't stress. Don't stress about it. You can literally just make a completely new ad account. But please before you do, make sure you understand why you broke the guidelines in the first place and why they blocked you so that you don't end up in that same scenario. But yeah, that's really what I've done for all my ad scenarios. Like I said, I'm on my fourth ad account now as of me making this video. If I had an ad account blocked because of something the client did, had an ad account blocked because I didn't pay money on it on time, had another ad account get blocked because of something we were promoting for a show. And my ad account now is been stable. Like we haven't dealt with any issues. It's probably because of all the ads we run on the agency side. Like at this point, we've built up our ad accounts clout to the point to where if we run something that Facebook or YouTube or TikTok or Spotify doesn't like, they're usually pretty lean on us. They might give us a little slap on the wrist, but they don't block the whole account. But it took us time to get to that point. It took us time of running as the right way, making sure we didn't violate any of the guidelines, making sure we played by the rules and within the rules they set for us. And then when we slip up, the penalties aren't so harsh. Like I said, our ad might get blocked for a day or two. The whole account hasn't got blocked for a while. So fingers crossed, I'm trying to keep that street going. But other than that, I'm curious to know, have you ever gotten your ad account blocked on any platform? If so, what did you do to get it back? Did you get it back? If not, what are you working on to get that back in your arsenal and make sure you're not missing out on all this sweet pay advertising traffic that's literally out there on every single platform? Other than that, if you feel like you learned anything today, please like and share this video. Hit those post notifications as well as I wouldn't want you guys to miss anything. Once again, my name is Kory, and I'll see y'all next time.


I'm gonna need a medium-sized boot Goldilocks, can I get it? Alright, let me go check in the back and see if we got your size. Yeah, okay, let's see if you got my size of stock. Tier trays and accents are hot right now. We'll show you how we just did our spring makeover of our tier tray and a little prepping for the farmer's market. We'll show you how we did it right now. That is up a welcome back, do you like to do a little make it, so do we. And we have a new video each week. This week, Kim Sika looking at the old accents on the tier tray. Yes, so I don't know if you recall, but I don't know, months ago we made some tier tray accents for travel. Travel was our theme and it was so cute, but I guess it's been a year. I think that was going into the pandemic. And then, and so here it sets with the travel theme staring me in the face for like a year. Talented. Yes, can't go anywhere. So I'm tired of looking at it and I want to create some new tier tray accents for spring. Plus, it's March, y'all. We're getting ready for the farmer's market, so I thought this would be a good one to start to do a little test cut and test project and see if this is something we want to bring to the farmer's market. These tier trays seem to be so popular. Yeah. Smoking. Super hot. So a lot of requests actually, we've had a lot of comments requesting tier tray accents. Yeah. So I'm Terry emailed us. Oh, she's watching. So we're looking to make a set and then I thought we could display them at the farmer's market, bring a little tier tray, set them out so they can see if they're not familiar with it. Well, they are, but if they're not, they can kind of see what that looks like. And then we would have some unfinished kits and some finished projects and packaged them up really cute. So that's what I'm looking to test out in this week's project. Oh, excellent. Step one, we're going to gather all of our supplies. We just needed some quarter inch MDF and some eight inch MDF and some glue and some masking tape and some glitter. Yes, because I'm going to make some of these a shaker. I don't know if you've seen the tier tray accents and the ones that come in a little shaker. So I'm going to make a shaker version. So I've got some spring sequins here. And then to make the shaker, you're also going to need some clear plastic sheets that we're going to cut. And these are acetate sheets and I'll tell you a funny story. So I sent the kid, one of my kids, the oldest kid to the store to pick up some things that Michaels for me actually wanted some, I wanted sequins that had flowers, bunnies, something more spring. I mean, these are spring colors, but I wanted them to have shapes and anyway, she couldn't find them. She called and said, Hey, do you want just one pack of these acetate sheets? They're only $3. And I was like, Well, that's cool. And I was like, No, I just need one thinking to myself, I'll just go back and get another pack if I need them. That's great. They're only $3. When it came, when she came home, they were on clearance for $3. They're normally $13. So then I was like, you can just march right back up there and get me a couple more since they're unclear. But she didn't go. So I'm hoping next time I do get back up there. We'll have some more. So we got these at Michaels. You might have them in the clearance section. This was just last weekend. So they may be in the clearance section at your Michaels $3. $3. Yes. And we're going to use the glow forge to cut this. And I know that some people are like, Oh, I don't have a glow forge. Well, here's the great thing. One, we're going to have these kits in our store so you can purchase the unfinished kit and make it yourself, keep it for your own tear tray, sell it at your own farmer's market or or craft fair. Or the other thing is those of you that are cricket makers, you can take these to your trays and cut them out on heavy chipboard and either cut all the accents. It just takes a little bit longer. Cut the accents and heavy chipboard or just layer vinyl. So there is a couple of ways of doing it. I don't think we're going to have time in this video to do both methods. We will do it in a future video. We've already got some other tear tray accents planned that I want to test out for summer like a lemon and strawberry. I think they're going to be really cute. So we'll do one of those and we'll do it in a cricket version for those of you that are cricket makers version. Step two, we're going to make all of our cuts. I already made the design and Adobe Illustrator. I'm just going to import it in the glow forge and start cutting. We're going to start with one eighth inch MDF. Eighth inch pieces are cut. That's my shaker. Yeah. So we designed these rain boots. Problem is these are giant boots. These these boots are made for stomping. They're made for shaking. Yeah, I wanted these boots to be the shaker, but this is like a giant size shaker. I'm going to need we're going to need to make these a bit smaller. I just think they're too big like half that size.  OK, all right, I'll go tweak it. We'll just make it a little smaller. Those are baby boots. I might go make a shaker with boots this size. I said like half the size. OK, so he said. OK, so he went from this size boot to this size boot. So you want something in between going to need a medium sized boot. Goldilocks, can I get? All right, let me go check in the back and see if we got your size. OK, let's see if you get my size of stock. Those boots at tears. All right, this is a good in this in between size. What do you think? It's like almost exactly in between. All right, I think it is a medium sized boot. Here's the large boot. Let me see. Let me stack them. Yeah, it's like right in between. In the twist. Well, it could be a little bit bigger, but I'm talking about. I mean, see, it could be just a little bit bigger. I don't know. Yeah, OK. All right, we're going to go with these medium sized boots and they're going to be a good size for a shaker. OK, I'm going to go cut out the quarter inch stuff. We're stomping. And that's just what they'll do. All right, here's the inside frame for the boots. The inside frame is quarter inch, so it'll give it some shake, shake room. And really didn't come out right. So I'm going to go see if we got one of these in the back, ma'am. Let's get a move on again. That's what my truck's supposed to look like. That's a lot better now. Now he'll stand and sit on the tray. Now I'm a little worried that he's too wide for the tray. He could pretty squatty a little bit, but let's do a test. So we'll just test and see. All right, this is the test run. Yeah, the test run, Kim. We'll see if it fits on my tear tray. If it doesn't fit on mine and won't fit on yours, we'll make the file smaller. It might fit on my tear tray, though, so we'll check both. Now we're going to cut the acetate to access the glass to the shaker. But the glow forge won't recognize the clear acetate. So we're going to put some masking tape on it. I'm going to go clear back down. How can you grab an X-Acto? What do you call it? Yeah, I don't have to say the whole thing. X-Acto, stat. I don't even see it. Where did it go? Any blade. Any blade. Does that one look good? It does. My little birdie's. OK. I got to show you my little bird legs. Little bird legs. You see how tiny they are? I just broke them. There we go. Yeah. OK. I think we're going to have to beef those up a wee bit. Let me go beef those up. I'll be right back. We'll be using our Country Chic paints. Love this stuff. And about 10 different colors. So I probably won't name them all off. But if you like some of the colors that you see we're using, you can get yours at CountryChicPaint.com. Using our coupon code, you'll get a 10% discount using Make 10. Now, what's exciting is soon we will be offering these paints in our store. We actually have a shipment on the way. So then we'll just have to put all the skews in and put them in the store. But until then, we are going to be offering some starter kits. They come in a Country Chic starter kit with a couple of paint colors and some accessories. And as soon as they come in, I'm going to show you probably next week's video, I hope. Next week's video, I'll show you what these cute little starter kits are like so that you guys could try it out if you wanted the whole starter kit. So I'm really excited about that. All right, sorry. Back to what we're doing. Let's paint our accents. Let's paint them. All right. Everything that you got, I think I'm going to start with the white. All right, yes. So because we have so much white, we're going to use this little mini sponge roller and this little mini tray and put some of our paint in there. Not a lot. We don't want to waste it. But this way, he can roll each one of these. And the great thing about using a relatively raw, dry sponge roller is when you're using this ship lat back, it won't get in the cracks if you keep it pretty dry. Don't get gloppy with it. We'll see what I can do. All right. And you'll do all the white backers in priline.  They all stick right together. That's a good one. Glue it down. We're going to assemble all the pieces. It's like a jigsaw puzzle. Paint is all dry. Next step, put it together. So I'm going to start with my two little lovebirds here because I love them and they're so cute. They are. This kit is going to be really cute, all assembled. But you will have to pack your patience because there's a lot of little pieces. Little pieces, I mean. Pack your patience for all the pieces. Paces. That's all I said. I'm going to put the frame on first so we know where the branch will go. I painted the boy bird in like a light brown. Look, I don't know why Gorilla Glue doesn't want to be our sponsor because now we're using Gorilla Glue. Gorilla Super Glue Gel. This stuff, my favorite stuff so far. A lot of control. Keep going. You don't have a lot of time with this stuff. Yeah, it said 10 to 45 seconds. Oh yeah, it's like 10 seconds. So we're using this one because it has a really fine tip and we're going to be gluing some really small pieces. All right. All right. This should be sitting on the bottom. So we can line up the. OK, we'll use our frame. We'll quickly take it off. Yeah, but then we'll know where the branch goes. We're going to add our little bird branch. So while I'm waiting for Garrett, today is his birthday. Oh yeah. Campybara, thank you, Grant. Oh, thanks. Can we get this out now or do you want to add the flowers? Yeah, pull it out. Oh, you know what, this is like I'm playing Operation. Yeah, yeah. Oh, Operation, were you any good at that game? Yeah. Like I said, super cute, but some tiny, tiny pieces. Top tip. He likes it. Top tip. He just put the super glue on the table and because it's gel, he can just dip it in the super glue and use a little tweezers and put it down there because our fingers aren't so fast trying to get this little thing in place. We're going to assemble our rain boot. Rain boots. Shaker. Rain boot shaker. We're putting our boots on. So we have our eighth inch top frame.  What did you do? A quarter inch frame. This is where the shaker is going to sit or the sequins and then my base. So we painted our base yellow like yellow rain boots. Now we're going to glue on. There's a where the base sits, where the little zigzag bottom sits. I'm missing a little piece right here. Don't lose your piece. We'll be fine without it. Don't worry, this thing is going to glue down perfectly. All right, it says shake, dab, and then I'm just going to put it around just a little bit every inch or so. It's stuck instantly. All right, so we have our base and now our quarter inch frame. So now we're going to add, well, now we're going to add the sequins and then add our acetate. I'm going to add heavy. I'm going to need deep. Is that too much to take some out? No, I don't think so. I think it's good. Oh my goodness, that really adds some pop to it, doesn't it? Yeah, it's very sparkly. Love it. All right, I'll let you do it this time. Usually Garrett's glue heavy tonight. He's the glue expert. He's the glue whisperer. This is my blue. Oh, the attention to detail on this thing. Yes, it's my finest creation. I think it's going to dry by the time you finish going all the way around. No, we're good. I'm a, I'm a old bro with this. You need some more up there? No, no, I don't. This stuff is crazy new. Let's see. I just let mine touch for like a second and it was done. Another tip, you should clean your acetate before you glue it down. We didn't do that, so I hope there aren't any major fingerprints on it. Mm, yeah, that's a good point. Can you see it? Shake it, baby. Oh, that turned out pretty great. Yeah, this look is so cute. It's exactly what I wanted. I hadn't made a shaker before, so I wanted to really add that. First time for shaking. It's my first shake. And the next is to add a little string for our streamer. We're going to run this around the middle, the center tier. Center tier. Think they'll sell? I think we should pair them with a tiered tray at the farmer's market. I think we should sell just the kit at the farmer's market or the finished kit at the farmer's market. I already have a plan of what we're doing at the farmer's market. I want to hear your thoughts, but well, first let me say this is the tiered tray we made. We built, yeah, last year when we did the travel tray. And now we just swapped out the accents and added our spring accents. So for next week, our next week's video is going to be a DIY tiered tray. Actually, we're going to do two versions. We're going to make another tray, not like this, a little bit different. And then we're going to use the Glowforge and you can buy a tiered tray kit. But it has a unique shape to it. I actually saw something at Hobby Lobby, very similar. And I asked if Garrett could design one for me like that. So I'm kind of excited. I am done. I just have to make a test cut. It'll be done by the time we film next week. Looks like we're about out of time. So if you're not going to join us on Patreon for our after show, we will see you next week where we'll do a building to make it again. And remember, this SVG and the kit will both be available in our store. Pop on over, pick one up, check out what we got. Make one for yourself, for your shelf. Make one for your shelf. Make one for yourself, shelf. Yeah. Your shelf shelf. Your three tiered shelf.


She thought she could change his mind. You found the best place for your vengeful needs The love of a family is life's greatest blessing, but sometimes family members can be a curse These are true stories that validate this claim Introduce a mean uncle who never heard about the saying you can be a vener schnitzel or you can be a criminal But you can never be both So when he humiliates his nephew for not graduating high school The nephew made sure to graduate summa cum laude from the University of Nuclear Revenge The second story features a loose cannon uncle and his nephew when he goes after his nephew over something petty and calls the cops on him for No reason he finds himself in the crosshairs of nukes that are coming his way We end with a rough one which marked this episode for mature audiences only a Sister tries to seduce her brother's boyfriend because she wants to change his mind Seriously when this doesn't work. She tries to force it, but it doesn't go as planned Be sure to tell the like button that one revenge story a day will definitely keep the doctor away Emphasize it doesn't have to doubt your advice as you are an unlicensed professional Naturally viewer discretion is advised these true revenge stories might be disturbing to bad family members This happened a few years ago back in 2016 when I was in my senior year of high school I will start with some info about the victim of this story or in better terms the booty hole that got what he deserved in the end My dad has three siblings that are all older than him But all three are equally shitty as human beings while growing up My dad was slightly darker in skin tone than them. This was due to my grandma being white and grandpa brown-skinned They would use this against him during his childhood Bullying him for years and making sure he wouldn't forget that this was the reason why their parents divorced The worst of them was my older uncle who was a big bully snob who thought he was better than anyone else Going through the bullying and bad treatment of his brothers. My dad became mentally fricked and tried to fix this with alcohol Resulting in him becoming an raging alcoholic This in turn had a bad influence on me Which prompted me to move out two years ago and caused my own deal of traumas that I'm dealing with till this day But that's another story Anyways, in my country, the most important year in your life is your last year of high school It ends with a nationwide exam that determines if you're qualified to go to a university or not I'll add that the success rate of this exam is fairly low I live in a country that's in a declining economic state and failing this exam Would basically make you a drop out and force you to work a low paying job that won't amount to anything Yes, it's that bad But you do have the chance to keep repeating this process until you get a degree This way you could go to lesser university but still have a safety net that could get you out of the country Things did not go well for me due to family issues and me having undiagnosed adhd at the time that was causing me a lot of academic problems At the time I couldn't place this issue that I had so without me knowing the cause it made me feel really depressed Goes without saying that it ended up in me failing that year And due to the importance of that exam people saw it as a shame and kind of a big letdown Needless to say due to the long introduction my family never had a relationship with my uncles So they looked down on us due to my father being an alcoholic and us being dirt poor which made them think even lesser of us Bear in mind when grandpa passed away. They took everything of the inheritance and split it without giving anything to my dad This included a house and a piece of land that could have lifted us at least to a mid-class level Low and behold the worst of the uncles My dad's oldest brother who I haven't seen since I was seven came to visit us three days after failing my exams I mostly disliked him because of the stories I've heard about him But his visit wasn't welcome at all as it felt weird like he had no business being around us and he came uninvited My mom sat him down and started making the usual small talk Then she called me saying that my uncle wanted to say hi I went and the conversation went as follows Oh, look how much you've grown up. It's been a while since I've seen you You look just like your dad. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree after all Even in terms of being a successful person, you're following his footsteps Directly after saying this he let out the most loud and sarcastic evil laugh I immediately responded with what do you mean by that?  After this things devolved into a shouting match and he left I was mad for a while I couldn't forget the humiliation So I did what I needed to do and I decided that I would exact revenge one day I started plotting I kept digging till I discovered that all his business and assets are on his wife's name and he basically owns nothing So I concluded that he's committing tax fraud and ripping off his formal business associate out of a lot of money He's doing this before declaring bankruptcy and transferring the money assets and everything else he owns to his wife to evade taxes I had this insights because I also had contact with some of his former employees After thinking this through and asking how they stand towards him I got some to agree to testify these claims. Would this ever come to court? Their reason was simple. He truly was a human excrement of a person They emphasized how bad he would treat his employees saying it was absolute trash to work for him My plans were to go pro revenge on him But it all evolved out of my control into a gift from the gods Which forced me to make an anonymous account to tell the story as it went nuclear real quick I couldn't even hope for a better outcome than this He came to our house to meet my dad who was a jeweler by trade He wanted my dad to forge him a golden custom ring for his daughter's 10th birthday While he's in our house, he called out for me and asked if I could lend him a phone charger as his phone was dying At that moment it just hit me and I almost jumped from glee This was my chance to get his phone in my hands and dig around What if I could find any documents or emails that can be used later in the police case I was assembling against him So I told him I didn't have a charger brick, but I could charge his phone with a cable for my laptop Him not knowing any better like the true boomer. He is he gave me his phone without batting an eye His phone had a passcode and asking for it would be too suspicious So my plan to check his email went down the drain But no biggie as I removed his sd card and put it in my laptop I copied all his files, charged his phone and gave it back He left after finishing his business with my dad I then shut my door and locked myself in to check the files I found nothing at all, but as soon as I was giving up, I found a well hidden file This file had a few videos in it, and after going through them, I struck gold A full blown sexy time tape of him with another woman With his face fully visible clear as daylight, and I was literally singing from excitement Now I'm armed with nukes, I could finally start the ignition sequence I created a Facebook account, pretending to be the account of his mistress I made sure to be active for some weeks, befriending the people that were commenting and interacting with her actual page After this, I added his wife I introduced myself as her husband's mistress, but she didn't believe me at first Talking about personal information, only someone close could know Prove there might be some truth to what I'm telling So it got her intrigued I told her that he lied to me, by saying they were divorced He even promised, to ask my hand for marriage She then requested to talk on the phone So I told a female friend about the situation and asked to lend her voice, to which she agreed After talking to her on the phone, she was destroyed And this was when I sealed the deal, by sending the tape for good measure She filed for divorce immediately and even sued him for infidelity Making him lose custody and visitation rights to his girls She was scorned, and she went scorched earth She took everything from him She also took the house, all his money and assets, which was easy since they were on her name He became homeless overnight, with zero pennies to his name But that wasn't enough for me He didn't just humiliate me and my family He also badmouthed my mom I had to finish this I met up with his former business partner through a former employee This employee felt a special kind of hatred towards my uncle, so he had no problem with telling what my uncle did We got together to discuss further proceedings Making sure the concerning employee would testify against him in court After this, the partner agreed to file a lawsuit The cherry on top was yet to be delivered It came when his ex-wife testified against him She said he threatened her safety and their kids, if she didn't put the assets on her name She had actual phone recordings of him being abusive towards them In these, you could hear him threaten them all while forcing her to become his tax evasion tool She said she was afraid to share these before, due to fearing for her children's safety The judge would look upon the divorce case also, and the judge had everything he needed My uncle got 15 years in jail, and it went so fast that he couldn't even comprehend what happened before he was on his way to the slammer He'll never see his family again, and he'll never have his fortune back Just to add more insult to injury, I visited him a year ago and I just said one sentence This would have never happened, if you just didn't call me a loser, and I left The look on his face while he pieced everything together, almost cured my depression I never told my involvement in this story to a soul, except my little sister, my female friend that helped me, and now you But I had to tell him too, just to sleep better at night So my uncle came over to my house for my birthday, both of us are gun owners I compete in competitions and he's just the kind of guy to go to the range once a month We had gone shooting the previous day and only brought out a few guns, because we had some technical stuff to work on with a few guns So it wasn't really a trip just for shooting My uncle surprised me on the trip with some tannerite, which is an explosive you set off by shooting it So we ended up blowing some stuff up while out there, but saving most of it for the next day The next day, we were packing up to actually go out shooting for real Instead of spending the day tinkering, and my uncle asked me to bring one of my guns that is very expensive and hard to find MO, so he could shoot with it I told him I only had about 20 rounds for it and I would like to save them for another day, since I didn't know if I'd be able to find more Here's where things start falling apart My uncle is known to be a bit scummy and a hothead, so he snapped and tried guilting me into bringing the gun Telling me I owe him for the tannerite I told him that I didn't realize I would have to pay him back for a gift and if that was the case He could just have the remaining tannerite Then walked back to my room to start putting away my guns, since I could tell this was pretty much gonna ruin the day This made him lose his absolute shit and he starts yelling and stomping about me being an ungrateful piece of shit And how he should kick my ass to teach me a lesson At this point, I tell him to get out of my house if he's gonna threaten me But then he charges up the stairs, coming at me My uncle is a very large and fit man, so I grab the bear spray out of my shooting bag The shooting range we use is in the middle of nowhere and pointed at him My uncle has been maced before, so he quickly backed down and left, damaging my door on the way out I just went about my day after this, packing up most of the guns but loading a couple into the car Because I planned to still head to the range as not to let him ruin my fun As I'm packing up the car, a couple police cars roll up and they start shouting at me to get on the ground And they put me in handcuffs I pretty quickly found out they were there because my uncle called and said I pointed a weapon at him and mentioned my guns I ended up having to show the police the footage from my security camera before they let me go After that day, I fully cut ties with my uncle and just moved on with my life But I came to find out that he was talking crap about me to family members Which is when I started plotting my revenge I knew my uncle illegally stored his restricted guns and I knew he spent quite a bit of money on them But I also knew the cops probably wouldn't bother since I had no proof I found out that my uncle had been shooting animals in his yard in the city And he brags to my grandma by sending pictures of his adventures One of the animals he shot is an endangered species and I knew my grandma's phone had the picture on it So I eventually snuck onto my grandma's phone and sent myself all the incriminating pictures Including ones of the illegal guns and reported it anonymously to the police Today, my uncle got arrested Fish and game seized his cars and guns His wife has pretty much left him since the police raid traumatized her and their kids All of his gun friends have gone off grid, so he has no support Court date and charges are unknown, but for my research, he's looking at a really long sentence I feel absolutely no remorse because I've always said I don't think him having access to firearms was safe Since he can be violent and he's overall a shitty person I can finally talk about this because all the legal proceedings have been dealt with I'll jump straight into it I'm a male and I gave my sister the whooping of her lifetime for harassing my boyfriend We're all in our 20s and I'm her elder So I've been dating my boyfriend mark for about five years He's the best thing that has ever happened to me He's kind, smart, understanding and absolutely beautiful He was a bit closed off when we started dating and was afraid to initiate any form of intimacy I thought it was because I was his first relationship and maybe he was nervous Six months into us dating, he tells me that between the ages of 5 and 12 he had a rough childhood His mother violated him in the most extreme sense of the word His father left when he was around 4 It messed him up in the head for a while and when it got out, his mother was arrested And he and his two older sisters were put in the custody of their grandparents, who they lived with ever since He was placed in intensive therapy and still goes to this day He's come a long way and has healed a lot, but he still has some days when he gets really depressed and cries Part of his therapy was exercising, so about two years ago he and I started doing some bodybuilding workouts I toned up a lot, put 20 extra pounds of muscle on and he toned up a bit too Because we've been dating for so long and have marriage in mind, he told my family, a less detailed version, and they welcomed him with love and support That was about three years after he told me Now for my sister Sally. I've suspected she's had a bit of a crush on him She'll flirt sometimes here and there, but he never reciprocated and usually ignored her I've talked to her about it many times, as it was becoming an issue, but she didn't listen To make a long story short, I had gone out one Saturday afternoon with some friends to get some drinks and left mark behind Because he didn't feel like going My sister had texted me prior to ask if she could borrow a few things from me, a sweatshirt, camera, and a third thing that doesn't come to mind at the moment I said sure and to get it whenever She went when I was out unknowingly When I came home, I found my boyfriend on the ground crying his eyes out and my sister trying to calm him down He was having a panic attack It's never safe to touch him when he has an episode because he may act out violently due to his headspace Her hands were all over him and he was trying to push her away Her shirt was also on the ground and she was only in her bra I tore her away and asked what the fuck she was doing She said that she was trying on the sweatshirt when he walked in on her freaked out and went into an episode However, mark threw his tears said she tried to touch him I asked my sister if it was true and she said no, but mark again said she tried to touch him We have cameras in the house and I pointed it out to my sister Her face went wet and I don't know what came over me, but all I saw was red I can't remember much because I was so intensely angry, but I know I whooped her so hard She forgot her first name I can't even remember if I was the one who called 911 or her though I do remember kind of snapping out of it because mark was still going through his episode and I could hear him cry Louder, so I had to help him get through it It's all a haze The aftermath was that I broke my sister's nose gave her a black eye and bruised her ribs She was in the hospital for a few days This all happened right before the end of 2019 and everything was just settled this last month After all this happened, I got a better sense of what took place As everything was recorded on our home cameras The incident happened in our kitchen The front door leads down a hall directly to our open kitchen and to the right is our living room that leads to the bedrooms We have these cameras in every room but the bathroom bedrooms because we have a great dane named butler He's black and has a white oval patch from his chest to his tummy He looks like a butler who likes to get into everything so we set up cameras to keep an eye on him while we're out The cameras don't have sound recording My sister didn't achieve violating mark but she did try to course him into having sexy time with her She didn't know beforehand that I was out when she came over I don't have the recording anymore. It was too painful to keep let alone watch Also, my memory of the whole thing is hazy, but I'll try to tell it from memory The tape would show the following events. It showed mark answering the door Again our cameras don't have sound recording But mark said that when he answered the door She told him that she was there to get my camera and sweatshirt. He said okay and let her in He was watching the television so he went back to his show while she walked into our room She called out to him for help and the camera showed mark getting up to help her I don't remember how long they were in there But the tape showed mark rush out of the room while holding his hands out as if trying to stop an attacker My sister then emerged half naked while holding onto her shirt Mark backed up into the kitchen still holding his hand out while she advanced towards him Mark said he was telling her to put her shirt on and to leave But she kept saying something along the lines of Hey, it's okay. I just need some help.  Just help me out a little I think by that point he was declining into a panic attack as he started shaking My sister took that opportunity to hug him She claimed she did it to try and calm him down But the tape showed her kind of grinding up on him He pushed her away and he fell to the ground crying and screaming She then got down by him and was trying to wave her hands through his hair Her other hand was also moving up towards his privates I remember from the tape seeing mark flinch backwards and try to push her away She always moved back closer to him A few minutes later is when I got home and beat her to an inch of her life I can't remember who called the police But the police had showed up and my sister limped to the door while I was trying to help mark calm down I kind of remember them asking questions and trying to help mark calm down They thought he was going into shock, so they put a blanket over him and the paramedics came My sister was quickly evaluated and then taken away to the hospital Mark and I stayed behind because by that point he had started to regain control again I remember my parents showing up and asking what happened, and I told them everything My mom stayed with mark and I while my dad drove to the hospital to see my sister Mark and I pressed charges on my sister, emotional trauma and sexual battery, class A1 felony where I'm from My sister tried to sue me, a misdemeanor charge, but it was dropped With the evidence we had provided, my sister was sentenced to 60 days of incarceration with a bond of $5,000 No one paid She also has to serve 200 hours of community service and her name was added to the offender registry She can appeal to the courts to have it removed after 10 years She was also placed under a restraining order On top of that, my sister owes us $25,000 My sister was cut off from the entire family and still is I got a small slap on the wrist and have to do 50 hours of community service Nothing too bad There was a moment where we thought I would get in trouble because I assaulted her when she wasn't making advances But I had a wonderful lawyer who explained that I had no way of knowing if she was going to do something else Therefore I acted out in self-defense for someone who couldn't protect themselves Mark regressed tremendously, to the point that he couldn't sleep in the same bed as me for months He was required to go into even more extensive therapy He's going in the right way, but he's nowhere like he was before it happened He has these moments when his eyes glass over and he gets this far away look It's something I've never seen before and I just know that he's reliving everything Sometimes there's nothing I can do when I have to watch him cry until he tires himself out and falls asleep It will take a long time for him to heal Part of me feels like it's my fault While I talked to her about how her flirting was inappropriate and made both Mark and I feel uncomfortable I sometimes let it slide, because Mark would ignore her and remove himself I never thought it would get that bad I feel like I should have been more mean in my telling her to back off I consider myself bisexual but I lean more towards men, while Mark is interested in men only He finds the female body disturbing, to the point that we have had to skip over full female nudity scenes in movies My sister knew of this When I asked her why she would do such a thing, she said that she thought she could change his mind I'm not proud of what I did, but I'm also not sorry I don't plan on doing anything like this again I honestly scared myself I could have killed her, I probably would have if I didn't snap out of it to help Mark That thought scares me I'm not a violent person, I don't condone violence But seeing him in such a vulnerable state after everything he had been through And knowing that it was my sister who did that to him After knowing everything he's been through, I just blacked out My therapist told me that when you're really close to somebody who has experienced a lot of trauma Sometimes that trauma rolls onto you So in stressful situations you can act out in ways you never thought you could However, there are ways to combat that And I've been doing a lot of work to make sure that something like this never happens again I'll end on a more positive note Some days it's hard, but he's been through so much and it's only making him stronger He's a wonderful man, an angel and I couldn't imagine my life without him He's honestly the funniest and wittiest person I've ever met And he always tries to be optimistic You stayed till the end, which means you're the one I make these episodes for I want to take this moment to thank you, I really appreciate you Remember that these stories really happened, and people chose to share it with us So I ask you to be respectful in the comment section I guess that'll be it, so I'll see you in the next one


OK, what have we got here? Jonathan Allen, number 88 on the list of the top 100 NFL players in 2022. He's a defensive end.  And with that in mind, let's look at some stats. Jonathan without the H. All right then. He is a two-year athlete. He has been in the league for two years, two short years. Six foot three, 300 pounds. That's pretty standard. Alabama, sorry. No, he's been in the league for five years. And made his first Pro Bowl appearance last year. And came into the league with the 17th pick, round number one of the 2017 draft, played at Alabama from 2013 to 16. So it was a full four-year college football career. He's been a Washington commander the entire time, which I like to see. And he's had 264 total tackles, 26 sacks over five seasons, two fumble recoveries and one pass deflection. Well, I tell you what, he's doing it. Eyes. He wears number 93. Love that number. He keeps a fresh lineup. Look at that. The hair is perfect. Those three reasons are why I knew he was going to be great. It's not as fresh as yours, Mike. Let's be fair. I've been fortunate to play against him twice a year, ever since his rookie year. And to watch that maturation and development go. This guy's a combination of the big guys that use finesse and the big guys that use power. And you don't know which one you're going to get. And it's very scary. I would think for an offensive lineman. Bro, we're getting a little spooky out there, bro. It's easy to see how scary good Jonathan Allen is. However, it takes a closer look to understand why he is such a nightmare for offensive linemen. He can do the reading things that are tough in certain run situations and make it difficult. But actually, come to think of it. So he's a defensive end for the Washington team. And on the other side of the ball would be Chase Young, right? And then you've got Montez Sweat. No, not Montez Sweat. It's who were those two guys? The two guys on each end of the defensive line. It was Chase Young. And no, it was Montez Sweat. So that must mean they've got three absolute gun defensive ends on the team. But they still can't get into the playoffs. Oh well. Quite the season. Here's a showcase night for John Allen. And then at the same time, he can jet upfield, hit you with a quick arm over. This is just a tough matchup for the young left guard, John Runyon. He's just going to run right around him. He really mixes it up, which keeps you on your toes now more than he used to. Watch this pick stunt. Watch Jonathan Allen. He's going to go across the center's face, pick the left guard, and then just continue up. Oh, I like that. That is some real lateral movement. Part on these offensive linemen, right? Shit, yeah. There's no way that, you know, an oversized lineman. I'm not sure if that's even a thing. But someone who doesn't have the lateral ability, there's no way you can stop that. So that's the reason why Aaron Donald, sorry, Aaron Rogers was sacked, I suppose. You really don't know what's coming with that guy. He keeps offensive linemen confused. He's big and strong enough, and he's explosive. He's sacked by Jonathan Allen. Jonathan Allen just keeps fighting, keeps fighting, and he's able to just grab onto a leg. He got the crazy hump move. His hump move. Hump move? Hump move. Is that, I'm thinking like a squat plus a hip thrust at the exact same time. Let's have a look. No. I can't do it, but it's like they doing a rip. He kind of do a rip, but instead of ripping, he take his arm and throw the offensive linemen. He just got thrown again. It's just funny to see him throwing some of the offensive linemen. Watch Allen right here. He's going to come here. Boom. And when he hits the center right there, he's like, oh, you can't grab me? All right, I'm just going to keep pushing up the field. An incredibly gifted physical athlete and powerful guy. And whenever you have athleticism and power. Boy, Allen is good. Those are guys you don't like blocking. He's going to challenge one of those guys that will absolutely wreck a game. That's a great thing about football. Every series you get another opportunity to be great. Whereas 93 is a fresh lineup. What more else can I say? Must admit that final quote that we heard from old mate Allen, who said, you know, every set, you do have another opportunity to be great.  They might even take in some oxygen.  And that's just something you don't get in the game of rugby, especially for the big fellas.  So it's not really, I don't know, it's something I wish we could have in the game of rugby, but it's just not the case.  You have to be these days to play professional rugby anyway. You know, the big guys up front do have the speed to, sorry, the fitness and the speed to sort of have the best of both worlds. Anyways, guys, we're not talking about rugby here, but we are talking about NFL football. And in the next one, we're looking at Denzel Ward, cornerback for the Browns. There he is in all his glory. Guys, thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next one. Peace.


What's going on everybody welcome back to another video and we are continuing our series on the road to victory the road to the title The French open title to be specific and we are now talking about the defending champion on the men's side Rafa Nadal, let's go have a look at who he's gonna have to potentially beat in the coming rounds to get his 21st Grand Slam title so his first round opponent is locked in he's playing against Alexi Popperon and these two have played the one time Before it was actually a couple of weeks ago in Madrid with Rafa getting a straight sets wins So you would expect that Rafa would get through his first round match. His second round matchup is likely to be Frenchman Richard Gascay. Now these two have a long long history, but ever since they turned pro it's all been Nadal He leads their head-to-head 16-0 one of the most dominating head-to-head records of any two players You would expect that Rafa would get through his second round match against Gascay His third round is projected to be against number 26 seed Lorenzo Sonigo who's been in some form lately And these two have never actually played before so when that happens on clay You would expect that Rafa gets the win against a younger player like Sonigo his fourth round match There's two potential opponents the most obvious one being Yannick Sinner Who is the 18th seed and these two have only played twice before with Rafa getting wins both times and interestingly enough both of Those matches have been on clay Sinner yet to win a set so Rafa will be liking his chances against Sinner And the second opponent might be the 14th seed Montfies and Rafa has a 14-2 record against Montfies and has never lost a clay court match against the Frenchman So no matter what happens Rafa will love his chances going into that fourth round heading into the quarterfinals There are three potential opponents Rafa could be facing and all three are very dangerous first one being Andrei Rubelev The number seven seed now Rafa does have a leading head-to-head record against Rubelev 2-1 But they played in Monte Carlo a couple of months ago and Rubelev got the win It was a big shock so Rubelev is going to be walking into that matchup with some confidence Another potential opponent would be the 10th seed Schwarzman and Rafa has a 10-1 Record against Schwarzman so he'd be liking his chances But Schwarzman did beat him last year on the clay courts of Rome So Rafa is gonna have to be careful against Schwarzman However, he did beat Schwarzman a couple of weeks after that match at the French Open in the semi-finals So you would expect Rafa would get through Schwarzman and his third potential opponent could be the 24th seed Carrotseed now these two have never played before because Carrotseed is relatively new to the scene So if Carrotseed was to get to the quarterfinals and play Rafa You would expect that Rafa would win that matchup being that it was in Rafa's stadium at the French Open the court that he owns You never know Carrotseed could throw up some problems for Rafa So I think he wouldn't want to play him. If Rafa does make it to the semi-finals There are two big names that he's most likely to face and those are the two fellow goats Djokovic the world number one That's the most likely scenario for Nidal and these two have played a lot of times before with Djokovic leading the head-to-head 29-28 the last two times they have played have been on clay and Rafa has won both of those matches The last one being a couple of weeks ago in Rome So Rafa on the clay is gonna like his chances against Djokovic and the other one being Federer the number eight seed Which I think is less likely to happen But if he does in fact play Federer he actually has a 24-16 record over Roger And we all know that Rafa on the clay court dominates Federer in most situations with their last match being two years ago at the French Open the Dahl winning in straight set So if he does play Federer in the semi-finals you'd expect that Rafa would win going into the final now And there are three big names that Rafa is likely going to face one of them Sidney pass being the most likely the number five seed now Rafa does have a 7-2 record against Sidney pass But Sidney pass did beat him in an epic five setter at the Australian Open and almost beat Rafa in Barcelona He had championship points in that final Rafa getting the win So Sidney pass will be liking his chances against Rafa the second opponent the Rafa could face in the final is Dominic team the number four seed now Rafa does have a nine six record against team The team is one of their last two matches. So he'll be liking his chances against the Dahl The only thing is those were on hard court and the last time they played on a clay court It was Rafa winning in four and the other opponent Rafa could be facing in the final is the number six seed Zverev Now Rafa does have a six three record against Sasha Zverev But Zverev has won three of their last four matches with one of them being on clay in Madrid this year So if he does face Zverev and Zverev has a good day especially has a good serve on the day That could be a tough match for Rafa But again five sets at the French Open Rafa is always going to be the favorite against anybody So there it is the projected road to the final for Rafa into the title for Rafa Let me know down in the comments below how far can Rafa go can Rafa win another French Open I think it's going to be a lot tougher than previous years He's got some tough opponents from the fourth round onwards and some very interesting wildcard opponents too If he plays Carrots of who knows what could happen and of course the Djokovic Nadal matchup could be a semi-final That will be epic. But again, let me know down in the comments below how far can Rafa go this year at the French Open So the defending champion Rafa Nadal the god of clay has a pretty tough road ahead of him if he's going to defend his title


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