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Dragon Ball Super Episode 95 is one episode everyone must watch.

This Frieza dominant episode has some shocking moments that changed our way of thinking about

the powers of The Gods and Mortals.

Even though most of the pre-tournament episodes were building the hype up, this episode alone

has a lot of entertainment value, which makes every moment worth it.

Episode 94 and 95 combined, has portrayed the personality of Frieza much more accurately

than the entire Resurrection F arc, which was a Solo Frieza arc, and I find that to

be amusing.

Another aspect that must be mentioned is the animation quality.

The improvement is ungodly; just compare these shots from the last time Frieza was here and

the latest Goku v Frieza battle.

If you have friends who started watching Super but then didn't continue because they couldn't

tolerate the animation, you must share this with them, and invite them to give it another

shot.

In this episode, The Kaioshin of Universe 9 says Frieza is more of a God of Destruction

than Sidra, and why wouldn't he?!

Sidra being desperate gave some of his energy, the hakai like energy to a low-level mortal

assassin so that he could take Frieza out.

So, it was in the hands of that Dog looking assassin, and with some tricks, he is able

to strike Frieza or maybe Frieza let him do that; because he makes a total Joke of the

Hakai attack.

Hakai is a god of destruction special attack, which is supposed to erase a mortal out of

existence forever, permanently; you won't even find their soul in the afterworld.

But, Frieza not only survives that attack but completely takes it under his own control.

This was such a stunning moment, looks like the emperor of evil might be mightier than

some of the Gods of Destruction, and with time who knows what he will do.

Frieza then goes on to suddenly strike Goku with that Hakai Ball, Goku who kind of forgot

who Frieza really was, after that Bro fist, and was thus caught off guard.

Now, this leads to the moment of the episode that dumb people got to bitch about.

That is even though Frieza was able to squeeze out of the Hakai ball, Goku wasn't.

So, the dumb bitch people are saying this means Goku is weaker than Frieza, confirmed.

But, what happened here is obvious.

Frieza was in his Golden From or the strongest form, while Goku was in his base form or the

weakest form.

If Goku was in his SSB form, he would be able to do the same.

This episode also gave a good little explanation about how Frieza became so different, and

it's that Frieza trained his mind when he was trapped in heaven, in the worst possible

way imaginable for someone like him.

So, now he has a lot of control and can sustain the Golden Form for a longer period of time.

The last time around his only weakness was the stamina of his Golden Form, and he now

doesn't have that problem.

So once the Hakai ball failed against Frieza, all the assassins Freezes, but Frieza then

tortures them and finds out the communicator to Universe 9.

This episode had a lot of violence, not of DBZ level, but way higher compared to what

we have been seeing.

However, we then see Frieza's intelligent yet deceiving mind in play, as he tries to

negotiate and strike a deal with U9 of taking him in their team.

But, the thing about Universe 9 is they are not good at being good, they are not good

at being evil either.

They are the useless type.

They hesitate and what not, and loses the opportunity of taking one of the strongest

fighters you would ever find in their team.

So remember there was a rumored spoiler that was revealed a few days ago, and claimed that

Frieza will join Universe 4 betraying U7.

So we didn't get anything like that in this episode, there wasn't any strong hint either,

but the interesting thing is U9 Kaioshin did check the rulebook and mentioned there's

no rule against taking a fighter from another Universe.

So, I wonder if that element will get used, and Frieza did show his intention of joining

another Universe.

So could it still be possible that Frieza ends up joining U4?

The next episode preview doesn't show only that the tournament is about to begin, but

nothing about Frieza.

So what do you think?

Comment and let me know.

At the end of the episode, there was a little Goku v Frieza battle, and the understanding

was whoever gets the better of it, the other will follow his term, but no one gets the

better of it, because they were evenly matched.

It's worth mentioning that, Goku didn't use Kaio-ken over SSB because he doesn't want

to lose that much energy before the battle royal, so no he wasn't going full power.

So we are left in a confusing situation as to what will happen regarding this.

The thing about Frieza is that he is totally unpredictable, not only to Goku and other

character but even to us the audiences.

That is rare and I love that.

He could do about anything from here onwards.

There's an issue of him betraying, also a new issue has arrived that Frieza wants

to Trump over The Gods of Destruction.

Now, watching someone like Sidra must have boosted his confidence too.

I mean seriously if Sidra can be one, why not Frieza.

Frieza does say he won't let Beerus do what he pleases, forever.

Frieza took notice of the fact, that standing on the verge of extinction; everyone has become

more or less desperate.

Beerus would have destroyed Frieza if the tournament wasn't waiting, Frieza realizes

this weak spot, and wants to take advantage of it.

So, Frieza has some plans, and imagine if he wins the Super Dragon Balls, he could even

become the next God of Destruction!

Goku has been saying from the beginning, If Frieza does something out of the line, they

could easily stop him, but if he becomes a God of Destruction that would be a different

story and Frieza won't have to worry about going back to hell either.

Initially, when Frieza was announced, I was skeptical about it, but now I am really enjoying

what they are doing with him.

How he has totally changed the equation in these 2 episodes, and overall I just think

the inclusion of Frieza has made things much more unpredictable.

Universe 7, in my opinion, are now the favorites to win the battle royal!

So what do you think?

Comment your thoughts and opinion down below!

See you in the next, Dragon Ball Super video!

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Lagos Fight Scene | Captain America Civil War (2016) | Movie Clip 4K - Duration: 3:55.

Body Armour, AR-15s.

I make 7 hostiles.

I make 5.

Sam.

4.

Rumlow's on the third floor.

Wanda, just like we practiced.

What about the gas?

Get it out.

Pack it up.

He's here.

Rumlow has a biological weapon.

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We're not gonna outrun them. Lose the truck.

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I've got four, they're splitting up.

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Why Trump's drug addiction task force should freak you out - Duration: 10:08.

Why Trump�s drug addiction task force should freak you out

This post originally appeared on The Fresh Toast.

Fresh Toast

The American opiate crisis continues to spiral out of control with no end in sight.

And the numbers stagger the mind.

More than half a million Americans died of drug overdoses from 2000 to 2015, according

to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Each day, 91 people in this country will die from an opioid overdose � more than 33,00o

a year.

And although the opioid addiction epidemic is global in scale, it is uniquely dire in

the United States.

We account for 4.4 percent of the global population, and yet we gobble up about 80 percent of the

worldwide opioids supply.

Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. and opioid addiction is

driving this epidemic.

In 2015, more than 20,000 overdose deaths were reported related to prescription pain

relievers, with another 13,ooo overdose deaths related to heroin.

About 80 percent of new heroin users started out misusing prescription painkillers.

To put the data in perspective, opioid deaths now surpass the peak in death by car crash

in 1972, AIDS deaths in 1995 and gun deaths in 1993.

To battle this deadly crisis, President Donald Trump in March created the President�s Commission

on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Epidemic, an advisory committee designed �to

review the state of drug addiction and the opioid epidemic and make recommendations regarding

how the Federal Government can best address this crisis.�

On Friday, the task force will hold its first meeting at the White House, to be livestreamed

beginning at 12:30 p.m. EST.

Almost immediately after announcing the committee, Trump selected New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

to lead it.

Clearly, solving America�s opioid epidemic will take bipartisan cooperation.

This is simply not an issue in which there is much disagreement.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) welcomed the news of the task force.

�Drug overdose deaths, the majority of which are from heroin and prescription opioids,

are a national crisis,� McCaskill said in a written statement.

�We�ll need the help of Governor Christie, President Trump, and others at all levels

of government, from any party affiliation, if we�re going to make progress and save

lives.�

But many health professionals and cannabis advocates are wary of Trump�s task force.

Nearly all the members selected to the committee have spoken out against marijuana legalization

� which runs counter to the overwhelming majority of the American people.

Christie, an ardent longtime opponent of cannabis regulation, will lead these members:

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, former U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy, Dr. Bertha

Madras of Harvard Medical School and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.

All but Cooper have a record of conflating cannabis consumption with opioid addiction.

When you add the fact that Attorney General Jeff Sessions clearly wants to put the brakes

on cannabis reform, you can understand the trepidation of marijuana advocates.

�Governor Christie has zero percent credibility on drug policy,� Eric Altieri, the executive

director of NORML, told Forbes last month.

�When it comes to cannabis� relationship to opioids from real-world experience, not

bluster and rhetoric, states that have medicinal and recreational cannabis laws on the books

see lower rates of overdose, lower rates of use, and lower rates of opioids being prescribed

to patients,� Altieri added.

In Forbes� story titled �Chris Christie Is The Last GOPer Who Should Be Leading Our

Opioid Fight,� Altieri slammed the N.J. governor and unsuccessful presidential candidate

as a suitable task force chairman:

Christie has spent much of his time as governor (and, as it happens, much of the opioid crisis)

fighting the rising tide of calls for cannabis reform in his state.

Last week, as part of opioid-themed comments, Christie even called the ever more crucial

and commonplace drive to bring regulated adult and medical cannabis use to New Jersey �total

stupidity� and �baloney,� and described any tax revenues from the industry as �blood

money.

�

In response, NORML released an open letter to the governor days later, explaining in

simple terms how scientific and social research have repeatedly shown that cannabis offers

quite the opposite of �baloney� in the face of opioid addiction.

Citing years of evidence-based conclusions, the letter pointed out, �It makes no sense

from a public health perspective, a fiscal perspective, or a moral perspective to perpetuate

the prosecution and stigmatization of those adults who choose to responsibly consume a

substance that is safer than either alcohol or tobacco.�

According to a 2106 survey published in The Journal of Pain, patients suffering from chronic

pain report a 64 percent decrease in opioid use.

They also experience fewer negative side effects and say their quality of life is better than

what they experienced under opioids.

A 2o14 study published in JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association, revealed

that opioid overdose deaths were roughly 25 percent lower in states that allowed medical

cannabis compared with those that did not.

Even the the National Institute on Drug Abuse disagrees with Christie.

According to NIDA:

Some preliminary studies have suggested that medical marijuana legalization might be associated

with decreased prescription opioid use and overdose deaths.

� Additionally, data suggests that medical marijuana treatment may reduce the opioid

dose prescribed for pain patients, and a recent study showed that availability of medical

marijuana for Medicare patients reduced prescribing of medications, including opioids, for their

pain.

The Christie-led task force meets just days after a firestorm over Sessions� desire

to crack down on states that have medical marijuana programs in place � defying 94

percent of the American public.

Sessions, who oversees the DEA, continues to mistakenly conflate the opioid crisis with

marijuana consumption.

The members selected to the opioid crisis task force appear to share the views of Christie

and Sessions.

Here is a brief rundown of each member:

N.J.

Gov. Chris Christie As noted above, Christie is one of the nation�s

leading voices in the anti-legalization movement.

Last month, he had this to say about legalization: �We are in the midst of the public health

crisis on opiates.

But people are saying pot�s OK.

This is nothing more than crazy liberals who want to say everything�s OK.� Clearly,

his comments run counter to the scientific evidence.

Former R.I.

Congressman Patrick Kennedy Kennedy, a liberal Democrat who has publicly

admitted to his past addiction to opioids, benzodiazepines, alcohol, stimulants and cocaine,

is affiliated with Project Sam, an anti-cannabis organization.

He crisscrosses the country and appears routinely on cable news programs vilifying cannabis

legalization.

Earlier this year, Kennedy was interviewed by Yahoo News and made the audacious claim

that the medicinal use of marijuana was �a Trojan horse designed to addict people.�

Kennedy says that Project Sam�s main focus is �educating the public about the harms

of marijuana legalization.�

According to Kennedy, �marijuana destroys the brain and expedites psychosis.

It�s just overall a very dangerous drug.

In terms of neurobiology, there�s no distinction between the quality and types of drugs that

people get addicted to.

That�s why they call it a gateway drug.

Addiction is addiction is addiction.�

Mass.

Gov. Charlie Baker Baker, a Republican, has supported medical

marijuana but was a fought vigorously against recreational legalization in Massachusetts

in last year�s election.

NORML gives the governor an F grade for cannabis policy.

During the 2016 campaign for legalization, Baker, a former health insurance executive,

said �I�m going to oppose that and I�m going to oppose that vigorously � with a

lot of help from a lot of other people in the addiction community.� He has also believes

marijuana use is a �significant first step� toward addiction to other drugs.

The �gateway theory� has been debunked over and over again.

There is no science to support his claim.

Last year, he wrote an opinion piece in the Boston Globe headlined �Mass. should not

legalize marijuana� in which he conflated cannabis use to opioid addiction.

Bertha Madras, Harvard Medical School Researcher Madras is the former Deputy Director of Demand

Reduction for the ONDCP and is the one non-politician on the task force.

She authored a story in the Washington Post headlined �5 Reasons Why Marijuana is Not

Medicine� and has fought against rescheduling marijuana.

She has called marijuana legalization �tragic for our country�

N.C.

Gov. Roy Cooper North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat,

defeated incumbent Pat McCrory last November.

McCrory was an ardent opponent of marijuana legalization.

Cooper, so far, has been mum about his position on cannabis.

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Why Katy Perry Could Be Headed For A Meltdown - Duration: 7:17.

Katy Perry may have been joking when she said she "hadn't shaved her head yet" in reference

to Britney Spears' 2007 breakdown, but those close to her have started to worry that she

may not be far off from her own meltdown.

From shearing off her infamous locks to enduring yet another heartbreaking romantic split to

her even more outrageous ensembles of late, Katy Perry's recent behaviors have had people

worrying about her, and here's why.

Split personalities

Perry recently revealed that she has a hard time reconciling the stage persona of "Katy

Perry" with the real woman that is "Katheryn Hudson."

"I built up this Katy Perry thing that everybody knows"

"It's fantastic.

But it's more of a facade."

In the revealing chat, she explained that part of the reason she decided to shear off

her hair was that she wanted to find a way to get back to her old self.

"I so badly want to be Kathryn Hudson that I don't even want to look like Katy Perry

anymore sometimes."

Such a drastic style switcheroo can be healing, but in Katy's case, it seems like she's struggling

to figure out who she is when she's not on the stage.

Part of the reason for her persona plight goes way back to the days before she was an

international starlet.

Tough childhood

As part of her revelatory discussion, Katy Perry revealed she didn't even know how to

play with her own nieces because she never got to genuinely play as a child.

That may be related to her parents' rigid upbringing, but also to her own professional

ambitions.

She explained,

"I started singing when I was 9, and then I started realizing 11, 12, 13, I started

going to Nashville to become more professional, you know?

To learn how to write a song … I started turning pro at 11."

Not to mention, Perry's parents are Evangelical Christian ministers, and she's admitted to

struggling with gaining their acceptance as a pop star and even just as a person.

"Well, my parents are great and I love them so much."

"They don't agree with some of the things I do and they do wish that I could do other

things."

In fact, Perry's father, Keith Hudson, once reportedly said during a sermon on his church

tour that Perry was a "devil child" and added, "They ask how can I preach if I produce a

girl who sang about kissing another girl.

I was at a concert of Katy's where there were 20,000.

I'm watching this generation and they were going at it.

It almost looked like church.

I stood there and wept and kept on weeping and weeping.

They're loving and worshipping the wrong thing."

Perry told Vogue in April 2017 that growing up, she "[was not] allowed to interact with

gay people, and there is some generational racism."

The Hudsons have also made anti-Semitic comments publicly, but Perry has learned to distance

herself from such remarks.

"I just have to say you are your own person.

I am my own person."

Even so, she's had some growing up to do when it comes to her understanding of others' perspectives.

She admitted online that she was a home-schooled Evangelical and that her schools were "makeshift"

and sheltered her from most of the secular world.

As a result, being called out for cultural appropriation for some of her music video

style choices came as a rude awakening.

"She told me about the power in black women's hair and how beautiful it is and about the

struggle, and I listened."

Unfortunately those hard lessons weren't the last she'd have to learn along the way of

her reawakening.

A critical miss

Perry received a slew of criticism for her awkward dance moves on Saturday Night Live,

but her GIF-ability is the least of her worries.

For the release of her newest album, Witness, she was unwittingly pitted against her long-standing

career rival Taylor Swift, who just so happened to have dropped her back catalogue on Spotify

the day before.

Although Perry swore her single "Swish Swish" wasn't aimed to answer Swift's "Bad Blood"

"No, it's not about anyone in particular and I've said that on the record."

… The lyrics say otherwise, and that unexpected competition from an old feud has certainly

put a damper on her streaming successes, just as the album's overall sales fall significantly

behind her 2013 release, Prism.

Matters of the heart

Perry admitted that she's single and would love to have a companion, and what's more

is that she has a specific list of attributes in mind for Mr. Right:

She explained to The Therapist,

"First and foremost, my love language is music, so I love music, and I love speaking through

music."

"Second is a sense of humor because life is a little bit too much unless you laugh."

"Third, I would like someone to be intelligent so I can learn."

"Fourth is spiritual: I want someone that really knows that there's something more than

them."

"Lastly, I like someone that's powerful.

I like someone who puts all that power into play."

As she herself admitted, that's a tall order, and despite many high-profile relationships,

she's been left empty-handed each and every time.

In fact, Perry's breakup with Orlando Bloom in February 2017 may have really hurt her.

An insider dished to Radar Online that Bloom and Perry were almost ready to walk down the

aisle when they split, saying,

"They were so into each other for almost a year and they even thought that they would

get married.

They had talked about marriage.

It is just really sad."

The thing is, though, he might not be the one she's really sad about right now.

Perry previously told Marie Claire that she and fellow singer John Mayer had to take a

break so she could process her divorce and improve her own self-esteem, and it sounds

like she may want to reconcile with him.

She admitted that of her last three relationships, Mayer was the best lover.

"Diplo ?"

"Yes."

"And then…

Mayer then Bloom?

Bloom then Mayer"

"OH!!

There it is!"

For what it's worth, Mayer seems to share the same residual affection for her as well.

He admitted to The New York Times that much of his new album, The Search For Everything,

most notably his single "Still Feel Like Your Man," is inspired by Perry.

Until those two figure out where they stand once and for all, they're both clearly suffering

from the breakup blues.

Serious struggles

Perry also admitted to struggling with alcohol abuse, which gives songs like "Last Friday

Night" a much darker tone than originally intended.

"It's not just been a one time that I felt really low.

And I have my own addictions that I struggle with…"

Although she was quick to clarify in her talk with The Therapist that she was referring

to a few drinks too many and that she's since turned to other avenues for escape, she's

also confessed to having suicidal thoughts.

She explained that her song, "By The Grace Of God," was about her struggle with suicidal

thoughts, saying,

"I sang it on tour but it's hard because I feel ashamed.

I feel ashamed that I would have those thoughts, that I'd feel that low and that depressed

… I get to live this wonderful life and I work very hard at it and I've been given

this gift, but I know that God has his hand on me … and it brings me through it."

Maybe this apple's not falling as far from her religious family tree as she might've

wanted to after all.

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Overly Excited Tourist Can't Handle Vegas - Duration: 2:30.

- Holy Aaron Paul, I'm in Las Vegas, city of spin.

Let's go see if we can smooch a prastitite,

and have a good time.

(funky music)

Holy snopes, would you look at the size of this pirate boat.

They say its 100 feet big, and it sinks

if you don't believe in Christ.

$3 for craps, I just took a free one!

Are you joking my ass, you're gonna get all wet!

Look into my ass.

I'm in front of the Las Vegas shower mountain.

I wish I brought my rubber duck.

Are you joking my ass, this one'll do.

Whoa baby boy, I'm at the famous Las Vegas

Wash-nit-shitafab.

My ass doesn't deserve it.

Well this part of town really stinks.

This must be why.

Seven frogs.

Ribbish ribbish.

Toly Crobus, look at the size of those hooters.

Those would be awesome to touch.

Here's a statue of me with my parents.

Well ducks, you better be careful,

there's a couple of hungry ass tunafish coming to get ya!

Are you joking my ass?

They got a manument of Santa Claus and his disciples.

It's pretty crazy crap.

The heck is this?

- [Man] Yours.

- Are you joking my ass?

Aw, no no no no no.

Holy snopes, look at the size of that Empire State Building.

They say it's 100 feet tall and when you get to the top,

you'll wish you hadn't.

Well this day has been a pretty big Wynn.

Get your stuff outta my ass,

look at the delts on this friggin' moose.

Holy snopes, I'm at the fellatio fountains.

They should be going off right about now.

Fuck!

They got a giant remote control, what am I in TV, TV, world?

Whoa baby boy, Game of Thrones!

New York City, I thought I was in Lost Bagels.

I'm losing my ass.

Are you joking my ass?

They got a giant statue of Listerine.

They say she's 100 feet tall

and she's addicted to cigarillos.

Get out of my ass at once.

Holy snopes, look at the size of this badger.

They say he's 100 feet tall

and he thinks Sein-field was overrated.

Are you joking my ass?

If I had an M&M that big I'd get danabatrus.

Oh chilly willy, I wouldn't mind kissin' some of those boys.

Man did I have a good time here in Last Paynus.

That is why they call it the city of brotherly love.

It even was the best day of my whole life.

(funky music)

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What Actually Happens During Trade Deadlines - Duration: 1:18.

Gord Miller & the tradebreakers And we got one for you uh Bob McKenzie done deal?

Uh I think thats a reasonable assumption it's all speculative of course what I found interesting

uh for what its worth its all speculative of course annd we got one for you they are

going to listen on kevin shattenkirk doesnt mean they necce uh i think thats a reasonable

assumption what i found interesting uh for what its worth its all speculative of course

thats a reasonable assumption and we got one for you uh yeah pending a trade call you always

gotta be a little careful on trade deadline day kinda throw the rules out the window a

little bit but uh pending a trade call uh for what its worth its all speculative of

course and we got one for you doesnt mean they neccesarily will trade him depends on

the offer but i do think they will listen and potentially get something for him and

we got one for ya were still waiting to firm things up

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Rainbow Flag Book Tag Part 1 - Duration: 7:43.

Hey everybody!

Welcome back to Tanner's Books and beyond, and today i've got for you the Rainbow Flag Book Tag.

Though book-wise I am mainly focusing on EmojiAThon this month, June is also International Pride

Month, so I figured what better time than to do this very prideful tag?

This tag I was not actually tagged in, but I did see it a year ago on my friend RC's

channel over at NekuTheBookLocke (it's actually part of the reason I started subscribing to him).

It's a series of six questions, each one named after one of the colours in the Pride Flag

and focusing mainly on queer literature.

But here's where things get a bit tricky, or at least they do for me, because since

I've started trying to branch out and get more diverse books I've ended up with a lot

of queer books, and normally when I do a book tag I try and only do one book per question

because I don't want to make it so huge.

But I was looking at all my queer books and I realized there wasn't really anything that

I wanted to leave out.

So what I've ended up doing, what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna split this into two different videos.

I'm gonna do the first three questions in this one, the second three in a different

one, because otherwise this would take *echoing* EIGHT YEARS TO COMPLETE!

So let's get started.

#1 is Red: your favourite queer book that features a love story.

Now while a lot of the queer books I've read do feature love stories, I'd say my

favourite one of all would be If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo, which is about a trans girl

who moves to a new town and starts going to a new school right after she's completed transitioning

to female; that way no one has to know that she was Assigned Male at Brith and no one

has to know that she even transitioned at all, they just assume that she's a cis girl.

It's really good because I felt the love story was really well handled, especially the ending

which I felt (minor spoilers) by the end of the book the romance between her and her love

interest is not the emotional finale of the book.

It goes out of its way and makes it very clear to say that whether she gets together with

the guy in the end or not isn't as important as the fact that she now loves herself.

I think that's a very important message for young adults in general but especially queer

kids because, well, so often the Coming Out Narrative in fiction features a romance, and

that's great and nice and really hopeful, but sometimes someone needs to say "You know what?

This doesn't always happen in real life.

You may not immediately find a boyfriend or girlfriend or otherfriend as soon as you come out.

You might now ever find one!

But you know what, that's okay, because you're worthy of love on your own merits."

There's also Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire

Saenz which is just - it's just such a good love story guys, it's so cute, it's so sweet,

half the time I was reading it I was just going

*squeeeeeeee*

so this one is also totally worth checking out.

Now the second question is Orange, and that's to find a queer book filled with creativity,

and y'know it was really hard not to just stick every queer fantasy and sci-fi that

I owned in this category, so there are quite a few that I ended up shuffling into different

categories, and I still ended up with four books for this.

So I'll start with the book that I don't physically have, which is A History of Glitter and Blood

by Hannah Moskowitz.

This book is creative because it's a fantasy, but it's a low fantasy.

You've got stuff like gnomes and fairies and other fair folk and several fantasy tropes,

but it's a low fantasy because it's very gritty, they're all fighting each other to the death.

You've got platonic cannibalism, disembodied sentient eyes in jars, and another

reason it's creative is that every single person in this whole universe is bisexual.

Everyone dates - gender is irrelevant when it comes to falling in love and dating people,

no one judges anyone on what gender they're attracted to or whether they're falling in love

with one gender instead of another, no, everyone's bi, take it as it is, deal with it, it's great!

Then we've got Every Heart A Doorway by Seasnan MacGuire, which is a book that I keep on seeing

pop up more and more on BookTube which is great because I love it!

This is a book about all those kids that end up in fantasy lands, so they go to the fairy

lands or Oz or Wonderland, and then they have to come back home and deal with the trauma

of being in this place where all their dreams come true, then getting shoved back to this

place where - the real world, it sucks, like, no one's gonna argue that.

So they all go to this boarding school that teaches them how to deal with the fact that

they're stuck in the real world forever unless they get really lucky and are able to find

the doors back to their worlds again.

Of the main characters in this book there's an asexual girl, and there's also a trans

boy; he's really interesting because he was taken by the fairies to be their princess

when he was presenting as a girl, then he got kicked out when they found out that he

was actually a trans boy, so he's stuck in an interesting situation where he hates being

stuck in the real world but he also never wants to go back to his fantasy land because

he's really pissed at them for kicking him out for something so gross and petty.

Then there's Pile of Bones by Bailey Cunningham, which will always hold a soft spot in my heart

because it's set in my hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan.

Furthermore all four of the main characters in this book are queer.

What's really cool about this one is that it takes place in a Dungeons & Dragons type

world; and I don't just mean "vaguely inspired European fantasy", I mean when they go into

this world they become player characters that have stats and can even sometimes role dice

in order to make really important moves and power themselves up.

It doesn't get too deep into that in this first book, but it is part of a trilogy and

I'm sure that as things go on it's gonna get more and more in depth on the complexities

of that world, so that's gonna be really fun and this is a cool book just on its own.

Last on the creativity question (see what I mean when I said this was gonna take eight

years to complete?) we've got Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, which is not actually a fantasy

or sci-fi or any kind of spec fiction.

This is an autobiographical graphic novel - or autobiographic novel, if you will - about

the author's childhood and how she grew up with a very stern father.

Eventually she goes off to college she discovers her own sexuality, and when she comes out

to her parents she eventually is informed that her father is probably a closeted gay man as well.

It goes back and forth between her childhood and adulthood and after her father's death,

because her father did die shortly after they started to sort of try and bond with

each other over their shared experiences.

I really like this because it really plays with the medium and the art style.

You have Bechdel's own drawings in it, but also recreations of photos of her family and

her father, and you've also got reproductions of letters that she wrote and journal entries

and letters from her parents and town documents and maps of the surrounding area.

So it plays around with all these elements and it really helps create this scrapbook

story that gives a broad picture of her and her father's whole lives as far as she can make it.

So now we can finally move on to Question #3 and the final question for this video,

which is Yellow and a queer character who is happy and positive...this is one I had

trouble with just because a lot of the characters in my queer books seem pretty, well,

bitter and negative.

But eventually I was able to find some examples.

First from Labyrinth Lost we have Rishi, who is the best friend and eventual love interest

of the main character Alex.

She's a lesbian girl and when she gets embroiled in the whole fantasy adventure thing she

pretty much takes it all in stride. She's quite optimistic and she serves as the emotional core of Alex's journey;

she's the one who gives her the hope and happiness and confidence to keep going on her quest to save her family.

So she's kind of an unsung hero when it comes to this book.

I'm sure a lot of people focus on Alex's journey, and Alex's journey is pretty awesome, but

Rishi - I don't think Rishi would've succeeded without Alex's help.

So Rishi: pretty awesome!

Then there's Etta from Not Otherwise Specified.

Okay, Etta's kind of a mixed bag because she tries to be happy and positive, but like I

said she can be quite bitter and snarky and she goes through a lot of angsty stuff over

the course of this book.

But I'm putting her in this section because I feel like the end of her emotional character

arc is when she was finally able to find joy in doing the thing she loved.

She was able to draw happiness and confidence out of performing and doing musical theatre and stuff.

She was able to finally come full-circle as a character and I felt it was a really nice

way to end her character arc and a really good climax to the book as a whole.

So that concludes the first half of my Rainbow Flag Book Tag.

Hopefully it won't be too long until I manage to get the second half out?

*chuckles* And yeah, I'm not gonna tag anyone yet because like I said, it's only halfway

through, you gotta wait until the end before you tag people!

So in that case I guess I'll just see you all *snap* later!

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REGIO WARRIOR CONTACT COLOUR ROLL CUT | Unboxing - Duration: 3:41.

Welcome to new video, today we have unboxing of Regio Warrior Contact Colour Roll Cut goalkeeper gloves.

We would like to thank the company Regio for sending us a pair of their gloves!

Enjoy the video!

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Through Her Lens - Amy Bohigian - Duration: 4:08.

- I think Nelson is the kind of place that draws people

who want to feel connected and part of something meaningful.

When you're coming from an urban environment

where you're in your car half the time

or you're feeling like you're there for the work,

I think there's something here that is offered

to people who want that lifestyle.

That's what draws so many of us here.

And then there's this brilliant creative energy here.

If you want to do something creative,

every door opens to you.

I grew up in the Midwest of the States in St. Louis.

I had a suburban kind of lifestyle,

parents who were at my games,

and a brother who I looked up to.

Eventually I went off to liberal arts school

on the east coast.

Then I knew for sure I was an educator.

So I pursued a master's degree in education

from Harvard University.

I went off and did a bunch of work

with lower income youth,

like an alternative education program.

When it was time for me to shift that,

I really looked at what was missing from what I was doing.

I actually took a whole bunch of career tests.

What really stood out was that I need to figure out

a way to express my creativity.

On all these tests, it was, like, creativity was missing.

When I saw that, I was like,

"Well, what have I always loved to do?"

And it was always filmmaking.

It was the hobby that I always had

from the time I was a little kid.

When I moved to Nelson,

it happens to be they started the independent film program

at Selkirk College.

I was like, "This is a little bit too coincidental,"

and I needed to look into that in there.

I spent my first year in Nelson at that program

learning everything I could about film.

One of the projects I did, Conceiving Family,

was a documentary film about how my wife

and I adopted our twins.

I wanted to explore our own adoption process

and the challenges we faced as a lesbian couple

and also those of other gay families

that had started through adoption.

I felt like that was kind of missing.

While it was really personal,

I felt like I was able to contribute

to this missing dialogue that was out there.

To me, it's the exact reason I got into filmmaking.

It created that impact that I was hoping to create

when I first started.

We're not a traditional family, per se.

But it doesn't feel like we're any different

than anyone else here.

I really felt like when I moved to Nelson,

it was really important for me

to get involved in the local community.

You can't sit back in a place like this

and not take some responsibility.

There's a lot of accountability in a place

where people know each other.

We know our neighbours.

So for me to contribute,

I just looked to see what I could give back.

To me, I'd always worked with youth.

To get to know youth in the community

is kind of like helping to raise that next generation.

As a filmmaker, it was obvious to me

that a film camp was the next step.

In the summer, we bring together dozens of youth,

all ages, from six to 18,

to come and make their own films.

- My name is Amy and I'm Theo's mama.

I'm really happy to be here today.

Who's gonna draw with me today?

Okay, cool.

I feel like there's a willingness to say, "Yes,"

here that I've never experienced anywhere else.

That got my career going.

Now, I'm 10, 11 years in to running my business

and I haven't slowed down.

It's because Nelson's nurturing in that way

to people who want to create a dream and see it through.

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Paying Patients to Control Their HIV - Duration: 2:47.

Improving the public health costs money.

Sure, you can create a program that might give you a positive return-on-investment in

the long term, but pretty much every program has some up-front cost associated with it.

More and more, enterprising researchers are asking whether cutting out the middle-man,

and giving this money directly to patients, can be as effective as more traditional interventions.

And that's the case in this study, appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The big question – can paying patients with HIV to plug-in to care and keep their viral

load suppressed improve outcomes?

Think of this as two separate trials.

The first offered patients newly diagnosed with HIV $125 if they successfully got plugged

in to the care network.

This rate of "linkage to care" was pretty high to begin with – roughly 75% in the

34 sites that were randomized in this study.

As you can see in the table, rates improved over time.

But they improved similarly regardless of the presence or absence of financial incentives.

No statistically significant effect seen here.

Here's the thing on that though.

Since the baseline rate of linkage to care in both arms was pretty high – my quick

and dirty statistics suggest that there would have to be a pretty profound effect of financial

incentives – like an increase to 100% linkage to care – to have a positive result here.

So consider trial #1 equivocal.

Trial #2 looked at 37 HIV care sites, and here the researchers found that offering a

financial incentive – $70 every three months of being virally suppressed – did significantly

improve viral suppression rates.

The effect was modest – an improvement in viral suppression by about 3.8% in the intervention

group, but this did meet that statistical significance threshold.

So we have a modest effect here.

Let's do the math to see if it's worth it.

The researchers doled out 39,359 $70 gift cards – a total of 2.8 million dollars.

That led to 366 more virally suppressed people than would have otherwise been suppressed.

That works out to roughly $7500 per person.

While this may seem a bit shocking – when one considers the current cost of medications,

this may be a reasonable approach.

Obviously, a formal cost-benefit analysis will need to take into account any costs saved

by the reduced rate of HIV transmission and complications in those newly suppressed individuals.

The elephant in the room here though, is that these incentive programs rub some physicians

the wrong way.

Whether it's a concern for fraud, or that efficacy will wain over time, or that the

same incentive won't work on individuals of different means, or simply that paying

people to do what they should be doing anyway seems wrong.

But in the end, studies like this suggest that maybe Adam Smith was right all along.

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Is the Universe a HOLOGRAM? - Duration: 4:40.

have you ever heard someone say that the universe is actually a hologram? like

it's not an actual tangible thing, it's not actually even like solid. like, I'm

not actually something you could you could even tangibly say exists, but

rather we're more like a program like the internet-where the internet's not really

tangible yet it exists. you ever heard that before? now the first time that I

heard that was years ago. I think I was watching I was watching something

"sciency" like the Discovery Channel or something of that nature, and the first

time I heard that I was like "okay that's interesting," because we very much believe

that we live in a tangible planet, a tangible universe. and so, you know,

everything kind of exists and it always exists and it's tangible and there's a

way to predict exactly what's going on on the other side of the planet, to know

with certainty, but this idea of the universe being a hologram is a little

bit different. and over time it's an idea that's really come to resonate with me.

so, I want to kind of talk about that a little bit and share why I really think

that that's probably fairly accurate- that the universe isn't really tangible

but rather it's a hologram. now, since I started playing with

consciousness and the law of attraction and deliberately shifting my vibrational

state, I've started to notice I guess what you might call "glitches in the matrix."

that's one way I could kind of put it. nothing dark, but just like you know if

I'm dealing with a person and that person is being just a real jerk and I

can tell that I'm kind of feeding into it,

in that moment I can make a shift and get myself to kind of view that person

more positively, and then that person will suddenly do an about-face and start

being nice to me as if the hologram just shifted to meet me where I was focused.

or you know sometimes there are some

interesting things that happen to me when I'm just like in a really good

state. so like lately I've had this big thing

for red birds (like red robins and Cardinals) and it always seems to happen

like if I'm driving and I suddenly get into a really high-flying emotional

state, one of these red birds will go just flying across my car, like right in

front of my windshield-like very, very close, which was something that never

used to happen doesn't make a lot of sense. these are not birds that you

usually see in abundance. but again just kind of like "oh you're in that state

here you go," and it just kind of gets me thinking that, you know, whenever I make

kind of dramatic shifts, especially conscious shifts, I can see the hologram

or the program change and if the world was actually tangible if it actually

existed in a tangible state, I probably wouldn't be able to see those kinds of

shifts, would I? I also think the idea of the universe being a hologram plays very

well with the law of attraction and since I've seen it working so much for

me it makes a lot of sense that that idea is actually an idea that has a

great deal of merit. and not only that there is a hologram, but that we are each

experiencing our own hologram. so I have a hologram that I'm experiencing of

reality, but my earth may look very different from your earth and your earth

may look very different from your mother's earth, or your father's earth or

your grandfather's earth or anybody else's- that we're all kind of in this

hologram but, we each have kind of our own hologram that's constantly shifting.

so it's just something to think about. I know we think of the world is being very

solid and very tangible, but if you start playing around with your vibrational

state, I think you'll see what I've seen- which is that you know suddenly

everything was going along one way and then there's a dramatic shift and the

only thing that changed was your consciousness. and the more I've started to

notice that, the more it makes sense that this is just kind of a program that's

being run by my consciousness and I'm just kind of leaping from one area to

another. so anyway, those are my deep thoughts for today.

other than that I guess that's all I've got for you. I hope you enjoyed them and

I'll try to make another video for you tomorrow.

bye bye!