Youtube News: Youtube daily report Feb 8 2017

[Intro music]

While a lot of businesses claim the

customer is the boss, at cooperatives it's

literally true.

A cooperative is a business that's owned by

those who use it and controlled.

So the

decisions are made by those who use it

and it's primarily meant to benefit

those who use it.

So the members who are

coming in to sell grain or to buy inputs

have a voting stake in the company and

benefit from it by sharing of profits.

Anyone can become a voting member of a

co-op as long as he or she has

production at risk.

Most co-ops are open membership in the

state of Iowa, so the grain and farm supply

cooperatives will allow anyone to be a

member as long as they have production

at risk.

And what that essentially means

is if you are a producer who's raising

livestock and you would buy feed from

the co-op or you're producing grain and need

to purchase inputs or sell grain, as long as

you have production at risk

you can be a member of the cooperative.

Producers are free to end their

membership in a co-op at any time and the

co-op has the right to decide who can

and who cannot be members.

It's not a requirement to use the co-op

if you are a member.

Cooperatives have

the right to decide who is going to be a

member.

The laws say they can't

discriminate on the protective classes

like age and race and religious

preferences, but if someone is not doing

business with a co-op for a number of

years the co-op can decide, we don't want

you to be a member anymore.

And the

reason that's important is if someone is

not using the co-operative there's a

question about whether you would want

them to have a say in the voting, to be

able to vote for a board of directors

and vote on big issues like mergers or

acquisitions or demutualizations.

So you don't have to use the co-op if you're

a member.

We do have producers who are

members of several co-ops, and that's also

not uncommon.

You can have a member who's a

very good member and buys inputs from one

co-op, sells grain to another, that's

also common.

The members have ultimate control through the

co-op through their membership share.

When

they become a member of a cooperative,

I'm speaking specifically with grain and

farm supply agricultural cooperatives,

they become a member, they have that

voting share.

That voting share allows

them to elect the board of directors.

ultimate control of the cooperative

lies in the hands of the voting members.

They give that control to the board of

directors by voting on a board of directors.

So that board of directors is really the

voice for the membership.

The board of

directors then hires a general manager,

hires a CEO.

That CEO works for the

board members, who work for the

membership.

Voting members are the

foundation of every co-op.

Cooperatives

are the most democratic form of

corporation thanks to the concept known

as one member-one vote.

One member-one vote means that members

of an agricultural cooperative have an

equal say and that's important to

prevent situations where you have

control in the hands of a very few.

And

when you have control in the hands of

very few what that essentially means is

they begin offering the business for

themselves rather for the entire

membership.

So a co-op is intended to

benefit all members and one way they

achieve that is by allowing all members

to have equal say.

While members govern

the co-op with their votes, their

responsibilities go well beyond the

ballot box.

Members ultimately own the co-op, so their

responsibility is to be informed

about it.

Their responsibility is to vote and make

sure that the board of directors is

representative of the membership.

Their

responsibility is to use it because

without using the co-op, there's no way

for that co-op to be financially

sustainable if members are not using the

co-op.

And they have a responsibility

to capitalize it in the sense that they

are using the coop,

its profitable, and those profits are

retained at the co-op for a certain

period of time.

So because ultimate

control of the co-op lies with a membership,

ultimate responsibility for the success

of that co-op very much lies with the

membership in their use of it.

Elections to the board of directors

usually takes place annually.

Every

voting member is eligible to serve on

the board, which has its own set of

responsibilities.

Responsibility a board member has is to

represent the membership and oversee the

business.

When we talk about board member

responsibilities, we're primarily talking

strategic responsibilities.

So maintain a

vision for the co-operative, ensure that

vision is carried out and

implemented by the CEO.

The board members'

responsibilities are those of in a

fiduciary nature.

So they are overseeing

the financial interest of the members,

they're making sure that the co-op is

operating a legal way, very big picture

type responsibilities.

When we talk about the roles and

responsibilities of someone who uses the

cooperative, an agricultural producer, we

tend to use four terms pretty

interchangeably. The customer means I'm

transacting, I'm buying and selling

through the co-op.

A patron means I'm

getting the patronage back through my

use of the co-op in a year, I get allocated

a part of the profits or a part of the

savings.

The owner part means that i have

an equity stake.

My transaction is to

provide equity, provide that capital to the

co-op and sometimes they do that

passively and sometimes it's actively

through my membership share.

The

membership, the member role, is the voting

roll.

It's the responsibility to elect a

board of directors, to be involved in the

co-op.

So in summary most customers that

employees are going to interact with at the

co-op are all four of those.

They're customers, patrons,

owners and members.

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Empathy: The Alphabet Project #WithCaptions - Duration: 2:18.

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Our humanity is rooted in empathy, our culture is dependent on our ability to be empathetic,

and it is a strength of mine that I am proud to have and be able to use to help others.

♪♫♪

I think empathy is one of the most important things for us to practice as human beings.

It's what allows us to feel devastated when our favorite fictional character dies, it's

why we're capable of having favorite fictional characters, it's why laughter is contagious,

and it helps us listen to & understand the perspectives of others; empathy is integral to the human experience.

It's integral to my own experiences.

The ability to feel someone else's feelings as if they were my own has prompted me to

work in fields where I can help people – weather that means volunteering as a soccer coach

or working in the service industry – I live to brighten up someone else's day and help

them to be in a better mood.

The capacity to see the world through someone else's eyes and share their perspective

has led to me enjoying a multitude of stories – and these stories only strengthened my

ability to empathize with people who are different than myself.

My talent for finding the right words and the right tone to help people express themselves

when they just can't accurately verbalize their feelings isn't only helpful to the

children I work with, but to the people whose stories I fact check and edit.

Empathy is tied to the very core of who I am, and I am so grateful for that because

it is my empathy that has allowed me and motivated me to be a good person.

I am not perfect.

I fail often, both personally and professionally, but it is my empathy that has taught me to

be kind, to be compassionate, to be thoughtful, to be courageous, to be calculating, and just

to be myself and who I was made to be.

It is my empathy which helps me see and to give voice to all of the wonderful things

that I see in other people.

I'm glad that I was given the gift of empathy.

I'm glad that we are all capable of being more empathetic.

And if you are willing to empathize with me through this self-promotion, and also in the

future, I would love it if you would say hi down in the comments, subscribe, watch another

video of mine, or support me on patreon.

Thanks so much, bye.

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New Discovery Could Unlock Graphene's Full Potential - Duration: 4:39.

Graphene holds the promise of the future of engineering and technology, it's like a

miracle substance!

It was discovered in 2004, and we've had a lot of trouble making it… until now.

Hey graph-heads, Trace here for DNews.

Remember wayyy back in 2013 when we learned graphene capacitors might make our phones

magical?

We said someday they'll charge in five seconds!

Then graphene sort of… disappeared.

I mean, it was out there, and we knew it was cool, but we had trouble making a lot of it

at one time, or doing things with it.

So, time for an update.

Let me catch y'all up.

Graphene is a one-atom thick lattice of carbon atoms.

It's super-capacitive, electrically conductive, biodegradable, 200 times stronger than steel,

can take pretty much any shape, and is ultralight.

It's been theorized to help clean up nuclear waste, easily filter the salt from seawater,

could make ridiculous headphones, is biocompatible -- meaning you can hook it right to biological

cells (read: cyborgs)... um, what else….

Oh right, help make space elevators a reality, create flexible computers, unbreakable phone

screens, and create the base for new supercomputers… needless to say, the shiz is tight.

The problem iiisss...

It's kind of really super hard to make in large quantities.

It's what supply chain management people would call an issue with scale.

Until very recently, graphene could only be made in tiny quantities or using difficult

processes.

For example, a study from 2015 in Nature Communications detailed the growing -- yes growing -- of

the nanoscale graphene lattice on a copper base.

But, from that they only got a sheet of 8 by 13 millimeters.

SO GREAT.

(whisper: not great).

Though admittedly, they say this could scale up…

This stuff is so incredible, that everyone is working to try and figure it out.

But, it's just too expensive to make it at a large scale outside of a laboratory.

Though, a 2017 study in Nature Communications detailed how to make graphene in a single

step: heating soybean oil to 800 C on a nickel foil causes the carbon to arrange into a single

(one atom-thick) sheet of graphene -- slightly hotter temperatures made the sheets of graphene

thicker!

This method is fast, works out in the open air (most others require a vacuum chamber),

and could cut the cost of making this stuff ten-fold!

Though they're still not scaling it… the largest sheet created thus far was about the

size of a credit card.

But funnily enough, a physics professor just patented an accidentally discovered "high-yield"

graphene creation system!

It's scalable, affordable, and (like the soybean method) doesn't use the "nasty

chemicals" used by older methods.

To create it, they literally explode acetylene and oxygen using a spark plug.

Acetylene provides the carbon for the graphene to create itself in the heat of the explosion,

but they don't come out in nice sheets, rather, in chunks.

Grams of chunks!

While the yield of other methods is measured in milligrams, this makes way more!

Their problem (because nothing is easy) is the graphene isn't as high quality… so

they have to fix that, maybe by getting it out of the explosion chamber sooner?

We'll see.

At least one group of researchers is looking ahead to when all these problems with making

graphene are worked out, and are molding the ultra-light material into a fluffy, "cobwebby"

network.

The design, published in Science Advances details how MIT researchers addressed a problem

with graphene: when turning it into shapes, you lose some of its incredible properties.

By looking at the atomic structure, they found part of the magic of graphene is the way the

atoms are interconnected.

By mimicking that atomic design on a macro level -- they created this weird shape.

That mimicked shape lets graphene keep its amazing properties.

We just have to figure out how to use it to construct buildings!

It's lighter than a plastic bag, but stronger than steel.

Someday, they could grow graphene in or on molds like this one, and use that product

to build a bridge!

Assuming… of course, we can ever make it.

Look, however you feel about graphene.

Get out there and become an engineer.

Not only do we need more people figuring out how to design bridges based on carbon atoms,

but we need more people blowing up stuff to try and invent the world's strongest material.

And, that person could be you.

Science is the best.

Want more information on graphene and find out how it can charge your cell phone in five

seconds?

Watch this super old video I edited myself in 2013.

Yeah, I know.

I KNOW.

Those were the days.

What do you guys think about super-strong, ultralight graphene?

What would you build?

Tell us in the comments, make sure you subscribe for more DNews and thank you for watching.

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Today I show an overview of the set of protective accessories for smartphone Xiaomi RedMi Note 3.

Goods AliExpress

Reviews

Hello!

You at the channel "Goods AliExpress".

Accessory number one – silicone case with van Gogh's painting,

number two – safety glass.

The cost of the case $1.79.

From the seller 9 options available reproductions of paintings by the Dutch artist,

for the entire line of phones from Xiaomi.

I stopped on the model of "Starry night".

The case is made of soft silicone, pleasant to the touch.

All holes are made accurately, without defects, for the full functionality of the phone Xiaomi RedMi Note 3:

audio Jack, microphone, IR transmitter, lower microphone, micro USB port, camera,

flash, fingerprint scanner, speaker, power button and toggle the volume.

Print applied efficiently and smoothly.

Paint and silicone do not smell.

The case sits perfectly on the phone.

Ordered safety glass with 9H hardness.

From the seller options available to the full range of Xiaomi smartphones.

Comes with dry and wet wipes.

The cost of a $1.78.

Came glass in a thick Styrofoam box, which is extremely difficult to break.

Accessory perfectly fit the model Xiaomi RedMi Note 3.

Have pasted without problems.

Safety glass does not spoil the image quality and sensor.

All ordered accessories were high quality.

Definitely recommend them to purchase.

A link to the cover glass and leave under the video.

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Lesson 4 || Use Personal Pronouns in Spanish - Duration: 4:15.

Hola, ¿qué tal?

Finally you get to know who is who in Spanish

Let's learn those personal pronouns!

In case you don't know, a pronoun replaces a noun

whether it's John or ÉL

Or Ana

she or ELLA.

Something important is that in Spanish

we don't always use personal pronouns in a sentence

This is because

all the verbs in Spanish are conjugated differently

depending on the person

but that's for another lesson.

For now, let's go over the personal pronouns

Listen up and practice the pronunciation with me

Then we'll see if you and Cody can say it correctly.

Do you think you can pronounce these words now?

Let's see if you and Cody can get it right

Now let's replace those nouns with personal pronouns.

Let's see if you and Cody can do it.

She is ELLA

Sara is SHE and in Spanish it's ELLA

HE is ÉL

José is HE in Spanish it's ÉL.

Ana y yo is... NOSOTROS

In this case, Ana y yo can be

a little different.

If you are a man, Ana y yo will be NOSOTROS

And if you are a woman,

Ana y yo will be NOSOTRAS

Sara y Ana is... ELLAS

Sara and Ana are two women

so they will be ELLAS

Ana y José is ELLOS

Ana and José

Ana is a woman, José is a man,

They will be ELLOS

Today we learned personal pronouns in Spanish

The biggest difference with English, is that we

have many words to say YOU

No matter how many women are there in a room.

if there's onnly one man you'll have to say: NOSOTROS

Use NOSOTRAS

If there's only women.

Keep in mind that in some countries

they will use VOS

In Spain, they will use VOSOTROS

If you wanna know a little bit more information

on this topic, check out the link in

the description below and don't forget to subscribe.

Thank you for following us on this path from zero to fluency.

¡Chao!

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MK8 Mods Livestream Highlight #1 (With Eng. subs) - Duration: 12:43.

So, I'm going right now to the Tournament mode

And, I gonna join the DN Tournament.

Ok, so I'm gonna go in the DN Tournament

And I gonna play as usual: Donkey Kong!

Yep! Donkey Kong!

Ok, so I'm right in the Tournament and I have to wait for people to join.

Ok, look at this! This is so beautiful!

Look how beautiful this is. =P

Oh, this is from Super Mario Galaxy!

I don't know what the name is anymore, but...

Oh, he's catching up right now!

I don't know anymore what is was, but it's definitely not Gusty Garden Galaxy.

But I know Gusty Garden.

I'm really happy that you can use these mods to play on your Wii U.

Because mods like these were also available for the Wii

Definitely you were able to ride custom tracks.

OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

OOOOHHH HOHOHOHOOOOOO!

YOOOOOOOOOO!!!! (I went nuts...)

JELLE?!

JELLE, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

got karma

They nailed the pitch for this music!

This is so beautiful done!

Just imagine how people were finally able to load mods for MK8,

And GG, this is one of the best mods that I've ever seen for the Wii U!

Oh no!

Nooo!

Yes! I made it!

Yeah!

Aayyy, Mario Kart DS!

Nice!

Let's see what Music Park has for custom music.

Ok, so nothing special. Too bad.

Yeah, we can watch some videos later after this stream. (Was talking to a friend on Discord)

Oh, what?!

Let's see what custom music this track got.

Gotcha!

I never heard this music before, so I don't know it. (My logic)

But I like it though!

This looks so beautiful! (Said too much =P)

Ooooh.

Oooh hohoho.

He got rekt!

Look how beautiful this is! (Said too much again)

Just say it: Is this mod beautiful or garbage?

This is just beautiful! (AGAIN TOO MUCH)

Ok, so I give you guys a tip:

Don't drive and trick on the ramps.

Because it will make you go more further behind other players.

Just avoid the ramps and then everything is ok!

That's the fastest way.

I also thought that Toad Harbour also got a texture mod.

I think it has a Sunset skin.

Yeah it has a Sunset Skin.

I really hope that there won't be a Blue Shell (Nervous laughter)

That would be so f#cked up!

Luckly, I can pick up some coins here for speed boost.

Spamming on the drift/hop button

Luckly, I'm still at first place.

Again the beautiful sight.

I really thought that I saw a Blue Shell coming on the mini-map (Luckly not =D)

I'm still at first, nice!

Throw them back to surprise them!

Yes, got first! =D

Again, this is from Mario Kart DS.

Just wait a sec...

Oh yeah.

So as you can hear, this music is a remix of Mario Circuit.

It doesn't matter that I've been behind the other players for now.

Oh yeah! As you can see, Mario Circuit... Mario Kart Stadium* is now in daylight instead of night. (GG Correcting myself)

That's nice!

Oh, someone tried to snipe on me.

Oh wow.

No don't touch me!

DON'T TOUCH ME!

*grunt*

Oooooohh, got fifth at the last second!

Ok, GG!

GG for that!

Ok Ok, so we're at Wild err.. Wild Woods right now

And it looks very beautiful, the Sunset (why so much beautiful)

Let's gonna rekt those Mortons

There's so many Mortons in this!

OMG, yes!

It's Maple Treeway! (Nostalgia overload!)

Wow, Maple Treeway is one of the best MKWII tracks I've ever played!

Even I'm first and I'm not a Morton Guy...

Wow!

I...

Oh....

Almost...

I almost got that gu-

Oh! I've got someone.

You know, it brings me so many good times when I hear this

I've some many.

When I was a little kid

I played so much with my friends MKWII

It was, yeah...

I really liked* it!

It was

Majestic!

Yeah, I think I'm so good on track.

Yeah, I won.

Against 4 Mortons

I've won.

Yes, look at this!

Ooh, I've dodged it!

The A.I.

Maybe uuhm...

Wow

Look at this.

So many Player Players! (Tounge Twister XD)

Ok, so there's a Sunset.

This looks really nice!

I also want some Burning DK!

Ok, so this music is ehhhmm...

from the MKWii again

And this is called Daisy Curcuit.

I love this music too alongside Maple Treeway & Rainbow Road.

I see that Morton.

Ooooooh yes!

That Morton just got rekt!

Actually this music

It...

It fits really well*

A little bit of fire-hopping.

Ok, now I'm not afraid anymore! >=D

Come at me!

I dare you!

Well, we're still in first.

It's really that easy!

Look look...

You don't have to be exactly Morton to get first... Ok...

Now...

Now I'm really scared right now. (Nervous laughter)

Ok, please.

Let there be nothing wrong.

Ok yes.

I think I did it.

Throwing banana peels....

Slip 'N Slide

Ok so, I'm not going to do online anymore

but I'm gonna showcase ehm..

Some uhm...

Custom track

Err... No, not custom tracks

but ehm... beautiful tracks (GG me =P)

Like 4 races ok.

Ok let's go to ehm..

Nope.

Rainbow Road Nintendo 64 version.

And maybe you'll get the nostalgia

Nostalgia...

Ok!

Look at this beautiful! (Beautiful was a mistake)

We're back at the real N64 Rainbow Road!

And the galaxy!

It looks really cool! (Beatiful BANNED)

Also the music is from the Original N64 Rainbow Road.

Oh, ok that was a glitch. But yeah...

It doesn't matter.

Ok, so look at this!

Don't you have a nostalgia trip right now?

Oh my god!

Oh my god.

I remember

that uhm...

when there was a trailer for MK8

And...

They showcased

uhmm... Rainbow Road 64

I clearly

had

manfull tears, you know?

Manfull tears.

And I'm serious

I was crying (feelings), because

that nostalgia feel hitted me hard!

It hitted me so bad hard

But it was good (Ok wtf XD)

I had to accept it

as a gift from Nintendo.

Ok, it it's wierd (yeah XD), but...

Wait, I'm gonna wait

I'm gonna...

wait for the music a little bit.

Oh Yoshi!

Ooh wow...

Well, the track is really cool I see. (NO BEAUTIFUL)

Get out of here Villager!

Wa-oooh! (Laughter)

What do I have?

A bomb

Throw it back

OOOH! Look at the glitch!

So, I can't do much anything about that

he pushed me off!

He pushed me off!

Ok, got that Villager B#tch

I'm gonna beat that Yosh, sorry DASHIE for doing this! XD

I'm gonna try, gonna try, gonna try!

Yes!

Aww nevermind XD

Wow. So the nostalgia hits me hard.

Baby Park has also...

*Sniff* (sorry for that XD)

has also the original...

Gamecube...

Gamecube Texture I think?

But it's with night of sunset version, I think.

But it looks really good.

Oooooorrrr nevermind...

It hasn't changed at all...

Ok, let's hear which Custom Music it has.

Ok, so a custom music.

Wait.

Is this the one from Super-.....

I have no words!

I just...

quickscoped myself

GG me.

Oh, I'm not gonna do it again.

Ok Yoshi, get da hell out!

You're not...

I DID IT AGAIN!

WTF?!

Ok, get dat Yoshi!

Sorry Dashie for doing this! XD

Oh, Baby Luigi B#tch-#ss!

The pitch is clearly getting higher....

Got enough coins.

Look at that Villager.

Idk what I've said here XD

OOOOOOOOOHHHH MY GOOOOOOOODDD!

Ok!

Oh ok! I've...

Oh no no! OH!

WELL I JUST HIT MYSELF AGAIN!!!

WHAT THE...

Ok, guys. So I've created a new mod I've created so far for this.

It's called...

So you have to go to Baby Park

Use Donekey Kong

Get some red shell...

Get some green shells.

And throw them everywhere and just wait to get hit.

And everytime you got hit with your green shell

You get a point.

So yeah guys...

I hope you guys enjoyed the stream! =D

And yeah, I hope to guys to see you later with more mods!

Mario Kart 8

or Smash Bros. or even Splatoon!

So yeah, I'm gonna shut this stream now off

I hope you guys enjoyed it

and I hope you guys to see you later!

Ciao! =D

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The Year of Battles Comes To An End I THE GREAT WAR WW1 Summary Part 8 - Duration: 9:12.

The war has lasted for two and a half years, and so has our channel.

If you're new to us and the task of going back to the beginning seems daunting, or you've

been with us a while and just want a refresher, we've done a series of recap specials to

help you out.

And this is one of them.

I'm Indy Neidell; welcome to a Great War recap special covering the months of November

and December 1916, and January 1917.

As November began, two huge battles, the Somme and Verdun, were still raging on the western

front.

At Verdun, the French had just taken Fort Douaumont and it looked like they finally

had the upper hand there.

They soon occupied the whole of Vaux, but while the battle continued all month, it was

relatively quiet.

Over at the Somme it was anything but quiet after the first few days of the month.

The British attacked repeatedly, especially after Commander Sir Douglas Haig decided a

small victory would "make him look good" at the Allied leaders' mid month meeting

at Chantilly, and while they did see some successes, the battle finally came to an end

on the 18th.

It had seen over a million total casualties in under five months and the Allies had not

even taken their first day's objectives.

There were many battles raging all month long on the two Romanian fronts.

As November began, things looked okay for the Romanians, who were fighting all four

central powers, but danger soon loomed.

Russia tried to send help, but terrible logistics meant it would take weeks.

Meanwhile, German General Erich von Falkenhayn broke through the Romanian mountains on the

17th and Field Marshal August von Mackensen began crossing the Danube the week after.

Romania, with its huge reserves of grain and oil, was in trouble, and the month ended with

three columns of men converging on Bucharest, the capital.

On the Italian front, the 9th Battle of the Isonzo River ended early in November with

the Italians unable to break through and that front settled down for the winter.

One front that did the opposite was the Macedonian front, which came to life the 11th.

Over the next week the five nation allied army encircled and then took Monastir, though

they were not strong enough to push much further.

In other news, the ocean liner turned Allied hospital ship Britannic, sister ship to the

Titanic, was sunk.

It was the largest ship sunk during the war.

Germany declared an independent Poland "under German supervision".

This was an attempt to convince Poles to join them in the fight, but since it didn't give

the Poles any real political power, it backfired.

And there were two big celebrity deaths in November - the great German flying ace Oswald

Boelcke flew his last, and Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Josef passed away at the age

of 86 after 68 years on the imperial throne.

This was a huge crisis for his empire, for in many ways he had been the glue that had

held it together.

His Grandnephew, the Archduke Karl, became the new Emperor.

November ended and December began with turmoil in neutral Greece.

The country was split in two by this time, between Royalists and Venizelists - those

loyal to Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos.

The Allies had hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Salonika, but when they landed

just a few thousand at the Piraeus and marched to Athens, they were attacked by Royalist

forces.

The following week there were massacres of Venizelists there and the Allies imposed a

blockade on the country and occupied the Cyclades.

The Allies next demanded control of the post, the telegraph, and the railways and also demanded

humiliating terms from the Greeks before they would lift the blockade.

In Romania, the Central Powers captured yet another capital city as Bucharest fell.

The Allies had yet to capture one.

The defenders destroyed as much Romanian grain and oil as they could to prevent it from falling

into enemy hands, but it was still a huge deal.

And as the month continued, the Russo-Romanian forces retreated further and further, and

though they made strong and spirited defense at Ramnicu Sarat, by the New Year they had

been forced to retreat across the Sereth River.

It was there that the Central Powers advance would finally run out of steam, thanks to

exhaustion and supply problems.

The Macedonian Front went quiet for the winter, but the Mesopotamian Front came to life after

months of calm.

The British had been humiliated in the spring after surrendering to the Ottoman forces at

Kut-al-Amara, but now they were heading up the Tigris- re-equipped and revitalized - to

try again.

They made a good start before bad weather ground things to a halt until the New Year.

Also in the Middle East, the Palestinian Front began coming to life again as the British

took El Arish the 22nd.

They were now in good position to stop any attacks on Suez while being able to provision

themselves for their own offensives to the north.

At Verdun the French launched a huge counter offensive and it was a big success, pushing

the Germans back several kilometers and taking many thousands of prisoners.

The Germans were now over 7km from Verdun and that battle, the longest of the war, came

to an end after 299 days.

General Robert Nivelle, who emerged as the hero of the battle, became the new commander

in chief of the French armies, replacing Joseph Joffre.

He was optimistic about 1917, but among the French armies morale was dangerously low and

mutiny was a possibility.

There were a great many political shakeups in December throughout Europe, notably in

Britain and Austria-Hungary, where David Lloyd George and Heinrich Clam-Martinic became the

new Prime Ministers, and in Russia, where the nation was in turmoil.

Public opinion began to turn more and more against the Tsar, and his loyal followers

like Rasputin and Alexander Protopopov tried dangerous political machinations.

So dangerous were they seen that Rasputin was assassinated as the year came to an end,

and in the wake of his assassination the people blamed the Tsar ever more for what they had

earlier perceived to be Rasputin's failings.

The New Year brought with it a whole host of resignations and new appointments within

what was now the musical chairs of the Russian government.

The New Year also began with ideas of peace being floated from several quarters.

Each of these imposed conditions on the enemy that were unacceptable, and there would be

no peace.

Something that would pretty much guarantee that there would be no peace was Kaiser Wilhelm

giving the green light to reinstituting unrestricted submarine warfare, beginning February 1st.

This winter - the Turnip Winter - had been so harsh for Germany, seriously running out

of food by now, that they planned to sink so much shipping that Britain would be forced

out of the war.

The downside was that neutral nations like Denmark or the U.S. might join the war, but

they planned to win before that became a problem.

This was the harshest winter of the war all over and it prevented all major actions on

all European fronts in January, though there was minor action everyday everywhere.

However, fighting was picking up in the Middle East.

The British secured the entire Sinai Peninsula, they continued advancing up the Tigris and

by the month's end had cleared the right bank below Kut, and down in German East Africa

the Allies were also advancing and took Likuju.

Although January wasn't a huge month of combat, perhaps the quietest of the whole

war to date, it was a month of planning.

Woodrow Wilson was still planning peace.

Robert Nivelle was planning Allied spring offensives, the Greeks were planning guerrilla

war in the Balkans, and the German Foreign Minister telegraphed a plan to Mexico whereby

Mexico would attack the U.S. with German financial support.

Wheels within wheels.

And this is where we stand after two and a half years of war and millions of dead soldiers

from all over the world.

There is no end in sight, and though the war is quiet for the moment, buried under the

snows of winter, when the spring comes and warms the land, the guns will fire again by

their thousands, and the men will die again by their millions.

If you want to refresh your memory about the previous years of this war, check out our

recap playlist because we do these kind of episodes every three months.

Don't forget to subscribe, see you next time.

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Trump Slams Haters, Says I Don't Know Putin, Lashes Out At Obama Deal With 1 In Terror Iran - Duration: 2:20.

Trump Slams Haters, Says I Don't Know Putin, Lashes Out At Obama Deal With 1 In Terror

Iran.

by Tyler Durden.

It was only a matter of time before Trump commented on his controversial interview with

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, in which he denied to paint Putin with broad "killer" brush strokes

as his interview host suggested, and he did so this morning in his latest tweet moments

ago, in which the President said that "the haters are going" crazy after his recent comments

about Russian President Vladimir Putin sparked criticism.

At the same time, Trump used the oppotunity to attack Obama's deal with Iran "#1 in terror",

which the "haters" seem to have "no problem" with.

"I don't know Putin, have no deals in Russia, and the haters are going crazy - yet Obama

can make a deal with Iran, #1 in terror, no problem!" Trump wrote on Twitter.

In the Fox News interview excerpt, first published on Saturday night, Trump caused a media stir

when he shot back at the Fox News host asserted that Putin is �a killer.�

"There are a lot of killers.

We've got a lot of killers.

What, you think our country is so innocent?"

Trump responded.

Vice President Mike Pence later argued that Trump was not invoking �a moral equivalency�

between the United States and Russia in the comment.

As The Hill adds, Republican lawmakers including Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)

have disputed Trump's comparison between the U.S. and Russia.

"I don't know what the president's trying to do with statements like he allegedly has

on O'Reilly on the Super Bowl tonight," Sasse told ABC's "This Week."

"There is no moral equivalency there," he later added.

Trump's outburst may have been provoked by a NYT editorial published this morning which

has slammed President Donald Trump for his recent comments about Russian President Vladimir

Putin.

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E R I K - U C ME (Ft. Dalton Wixom) - Duration: 3:55.

I've been running while you got a head start I've been searching I think I lost your heart

In the ashes of what we used to be Cause right now you feel so far from me

You feel so far from me Cause right now right now

I'm only 22 seconds from this highways exit and you know that I would turn around

And I'm trying be honest but you been so unresponsive do you really wanna shut me out?

Why can't you see me for who I am?

I'm just trying hard to understand why can't you you see me for who I am?

Why can't you see me for who I am?

I'm just trying hard to understand why can't you you see me for who I am?

Keep on climbing through the highs and the lows what I've decided is something I can't keep to myself

The tide is rising over where we've stood before cause right now right now I'm not gonna start a war

No, I'm not gonna start a war baby what are we fighting for cause right now right now

I'm only 22 seconds from this highways exit and you know that I would turn around

And if everything you blame is just the drunken words we say then yeah I really need to ask you now

Why can't you see me for who I am?

I'm just trying hard to understand why can't you you see me for who I am

Why can't you see me for who I am?

I'm just trying hard to understand why can't you you see me for who I am

Slow your heart down and start again we won't rush into anything

I just wanna know whats changed cause this time around you know you got me thinking

Why can't you see me for who I am

I'm just trying hard to understand why can't you you see me for who I am

Why can't you see me for who I am

I'm just trying hard to understand why can't you you see me for who I am

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BFFs | Ep 02 I Feel Pretty - Duration: 7:08.

(Voice over of Tiffany) My grama could never tell the difference between my voice and my brother's voices.

So if you're confused, this is Tiffany that was in the last episode.

I met Sarah about 4 years ago at a running club called Achilles.

And we later found out that we were neighbors.

And I have always wanted a neighbor that, I mean that I knew.

And, since we found out, we see each other almost every day.

And on this particular day, we had the great idea of feeding the ducks.

In the middle of winter.

(Laughing) It's not that cold today.

What do you think?

I think it's freezing, it was supposed to be 50.

Ohh, you know. Yeah.

The ducks are all the way over there!

Maybe...it's warmer over there?

I dunno what happened.

Let's see if they'll eat this!

(Tiffany snickers)

So, I'm thinking I wanna get my um, lip waxed?

(Laughing) You do have a couple whiskers.

And my nose hairs too.

Yeah, okay, I'll do that too.

I know, I know.

Matt Lauer said his favorite thing is his nose herr, nose hair trimmer.

(Sarah laughs) Yeah.

Oh! Then you can do mine! I can do yours, you can do mine.

No ya, it's too um...

-I have a little bit. -Um, ya, no you don't have any.

I need to wax my fingers. People on Instagram keep saying I have ugly hands.

For your nails?

-I mean for your rings? -For my rings.

Yeah.

Okay.

Isn't that so mean?

Yeah, I don't know.

Um, I'll be a hand model.

(Singing) In line, in line, it's all in line.

My ducks are all in a row.

We don't have any ducks in a row.

(Singing) They do not change, they do not move

They have no where to go.

(Laughing) The squirrel's listening.

I been talkin to a friend of mine, he says makin money's just a waste of time.

This lazy dent, don't pay no rent.

All bent outta shape, from livin in a tent.

Hard to find that, ah. That's all I know.

That'll call em.

Yeah! That should call em!

Should we feed the squirrels?

They gonna come closer? There come the ducks!

-Oh, no stay! -See ya!

(Singing) Duck Tales, wooo!

Mighty Ducks, wooo!

I don't know that either.

Quack, quack, quack, quack!

-Goooo -Siscom back, I don't know.

-Quack, quack, quack, quack, gooooo Ducks! -Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, gooooo Ducks! Wooo!

We like to feed the animals.

Yeah.

-We're very... -Did you see Doctor Dolittle?

The old one.

(Laughing) No.

You've never seen Doctor Dolittle?!

Maybe I did, maybe I did?

You've seen every movie but Doctor Dolittle?

Yeah, yeah.

What!

The old one wasn't in the movie theater.

Maybe a long time ago it was.

(Both laughing) You weren't alive then?

Maybe!

Maybe I was!

-Um... -What's that guy's name?

Oh! Oh, that's the guy from...

-Uh... -Uh...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Noo!

It's not Gene Wilder?

No!

-It's that guy that was in that movie with um... Audrey Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn! -I don't know his name.

He is good, I don't know.

-Not, not, not um... -Do you know who I'm talking about?

You have no idea.

No.

The, the guy in the Audrey Hepburn movie.

Where uh he makes her a princess, er like look like, I mean not, well sort of.

He makes her a fancy lady.

Breakfast with Tiffany?

Noo.

Oh.

Uhhh....

And it's in England?

Uhhh...

It's...

My Fair Lady!

Oh yeah!

Doctor Higgins!

Have you seen that movie?

(Laughing)

Doctor Higgins!

Yes, I saw that.

-Um... -That's the guy, he's

(Singing) The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

Oh my god.

Isn't that it?

The song?

Doctor Higgins!

You gotta sing that song.

(Singing) The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.

(Laughing) You've got crackers on your mouth.

(Laughing/Singing) And where is that plain?

In Spain!

I guess we'll go wax your lip then.

(Laughing)

How do I get it in there?

-Oh, I dunno. -Just stick it in there?

Well, yeah.

I'll do it.

Okay, okay.

Wait, wait, don't touch it, don't touch it.

(Laughing)

Okay...

I don't know if this is a good idea.

Okay, go!

You got it? Wow.

I think if you just roll it up, and then stick it in.

Not that way.

What?

Roll it up and stick it in.

I think I have to cut this or something.

Okay.

Ouch!

Have you done this before?

Ohh, yes. Yes!

Trust me. Trust in meee!

Oh god!

-Ouch! -OUCH!

Did that hurt? I'm so sorry (laughing).

Okay. (Singing) Strawberry shortcake cream on top!

Ow!

(Laughing) God you're kinda red.

(Singing) I feel pretty and witty and wise!

And I pity, any girl who isn't me tonight.

It's pretty, witty and gay.

But what rhymes with... Tonight doesn't rhyme with gay.

I don't know. But I pity us. Look at our mouthes! They're all red!

We can't go outside now.

Don't touch it!

Just put a little makeup on. No one can tell.

Ugh.

Great.

No, don't touch it!

Next time I'm going to a professional.

You don't want me to be your professional?

No.

(Laughing) Oh god.

You're fired.

I can work in a beauty parlor now, just call me Madge.

(Tiffany Voice Over) You know the actor, that plays Charlie, in Charlie in the Chocolate Factory, the original?

He's a veterinarian in real life.

I wanted to be a veterinarian in real life. But my doctor said I was allergic to animals.

But, you know, at least, I can still feed the ducks.

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Bibi Bourelly - "Ballin" (Official Music Video) - Duration: 4:38.

I ALWAYS HAPPEN TO END UP WITH (BEEP) BOYS

JUST OUT OF NOWHERE NO FOR REAL

AND, AND, AND THE THING IS

IT IT I FEEL LIKE IT'S A CURSE BECAUSE I'M TIRED, I'M TIRED

YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING

I WORK TO HARD TO GO THROUGH SHIT LIKE THIS

HUH? - HOLD ON BIBI, WHAT'S GOING ON

WHAT ARE YOU TALK, I WAS AT MY AUNT'S HOUSE

NO, THIS IS LIKE THE FOURTH TIME -

I WAS AT MY AUNT'S HOUSE

THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE -

I WAS AT MY AUNT'S HOUSE -

THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THAT YOU GOT TO GO

I HAVE TO LET YOU GO, YOUR FIRED

ARE YOU SERIOUS - YEAH ONE HUNDRED PRECENT

THIS IS NO JOKE

I DUDE I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU FOR FOUR YEARS

I HAVE BEEN WORKING ALL DAY WAITING FOR YOU TO GET HERE

WHATEVER WHATEVER MONICA

♪♪♪

♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH OH LORD ♪

♪ OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH I GOT FIRED ♪

♪ FROM OLD NAVY LANDLORD KEEPS ON ♪

♪ KNOCKING SWEAR THAT NIGGA HATES ME ♪

♪ SLEEPING ON THIS OLD COUCH ♪

♪ BUT SHIT, I'M NOT COMPLAINING ♪

♪ 'CAUSE I'M STILL A PIMP THOUGH ♪

♪ LIKE THERE'S MOULAH RAINING ♪

♪ AND I AIN'T NEVER EVER BEEN THIS RICH EVER ♪

♪ I DON'T EVEN MAKE ALL THAT MUCH DOUGH ♪

♪ ASK MY MAMA FOR A DUB AND RAISED HER BLOOD PRESSURE ♪

♪ NOW SHE GOT ME WORKING AT THE CORNER STORE ♪

♪ BUT I'M BALLIN', BALLIN' I'M SO FUCKING AWESOME ♪

♪ VROOM VROOM, YEAH THAT'S ♪

♪ MY CAMRY ROARING SHIT, THINK THE ♪

♪ ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON NOW I GOTTA ♪

♪ WALK 15 MILES TO MY APARTMENT ♪

♪ BALLIN', BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ I'M SO MOTHER, MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME, ♪

♪ YEAH BALLIN', BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ BALLIN', BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ OH LORD YEAH, YEAH OH LORD GORMET ♪

♪ HEART THEM RAMEN NOODLES ♪

♪ FREAK IT WITH THE HOT SAUCE I DO ♪

♪ MCDONALDS TOO THOUGH AND WHEN I ♪

♪ WANNA GO OUT GOOD WILL GOTTA DO ♪

♪ THOUGH SWEET TALKING THE ♪

♪ BOUNCERS 18 BUCKS, I NEED 2 MORE ♪

♪ AND I AIN'T NEVER EVER BEEN THIS ♪

♪ RICH EVER I DON'T EVEN MAKE ALL ♪

♪ THAT MUCH DOUGH ASK MY MAMA FOR ♪

♪ A DUB AND RAISED HER BLOOD PRESSURE ♪

♪ NOW SHE GOT ME WORKING AT THE CORNER STORE ♪

♪ BUT I'M BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ I'M SO FUCKING AWESOME VROOM VROOM, YEAH ♪

♪ THAT'S MY CAMRY ROARING SHIT, ♪

♪ THINK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON NOW I GOTTA ♪

♪ WALK 15 MILES TO MY APARTMENT ♪

♪ BALLIN', BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ I'M SO MOTHER, MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME, ♪

♪ YEAH BALLIN', BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ BALLIN', BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ OH LORD JUMPED THE GATE, SUBWAY STATION ♪

♪ ALL THE SEATS ARE TAKEN ♪

♪ THIS KINDA LIFESTYLE TEACH YOU ♪

♪ PATIENCE I SPEND MY VERY LAST ♪

♪ SAVINGS ON SOME TAKIS ♪

♪ I'M GOOD AT SIMBIS CRIB I DON'T NEED NO ♪

♪ FANCY HOTEL LOBBIES I DOUBT I'D GET ♪

♪ ALONG WITH PAPARAZZI , YEAH I ♪

♪ JUST WANT A SLIM JIM AND A 40 ♪

♪ I JUST WANNA ROLL UP TO THE ♪

♪ SUNDOWN WITHOUT MY MOMS THROWING ♪

♪ A FIT I JUST WANNA PARTY IN NEW ♪

♪ YORK IN ALL THE ABANDON ♪

♪ WAREHOUSES WITH ALL THE HIPSTER ♪

♪ KIDS AND THE BAD BITCHES WITH ♪

♪ HAIR ON THEIR ARMPITS WE WEAR ♪

♪ DESIGNER CLOTHES FROM THRIFTS MY ♪

♪ HAIR MIGHT NOT BE LAID AND DID ♪

♪ YEAH, BUT I'M BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ I'M SO FUCKING AWESOME VROOM VROOM, YEAH ♪

♪ THAT'S MY CAMRY ROARING SHIT, ♪

♪ THINK THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ♪

♪ NOW I GOTTA WALK 15 MILES TO MY APARTMENT ♪

♪ BALLIN', BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ I'M SO MOTHER, MOTHERFUCKING AWESOME, ♪

♪ YEAH BALLIN', BALLIN', BALLIN' ♪

♪ BALLIN', BALLIN', BALLIN' OH LORD ♪

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Rant Is Stila Cruelty Free? Australia Bans Animal Testing? Is PETA Pointless? Phyrra Says Vol 43 - Duration: 7:36.

Hey, guys.

Welcome back.

Today I guess I wanted to talk with you a little bit about cruelty free and have a rant

because I've kind of hit this frustration point.

A little under two weeks ago, Stila reached out to me to say that they were PETA-certified,

and cruelty free again, so why am I not reviewing them?

I'm like, "Well ... " I went and checked on Sephora China, and I see that, once again,

they're still for sale on the Sephora China site, so to me, that doesn't mean that they're

cruelty free, because they're being sold in China.

I tell them this, and they're like, "Well, you need to e-mail our social."

They gave me the e-mail address for their social media team, and I e-mailed their social

media team the list of nine or ten questions that I e-mail every brand, and say, "These

are my questions.

I need the answers to these questions if I'm going to feature you.

I need to know more about your brand.

Blah, blah, blah."

I didn't hear anything for like 11 days.

Finally I get a response back to them and they do answer all of my questions, which

that's great, because some brands don't even do that, which is really frustrating.

When I read through their answers, I'm like, it actually looks like they're probably cruelty

free, but because of the way that they lost their cruelty free status, which was in 2013,

which I blogged about this, and I went back and checked my blog post.

I actually still have a picture of the Twitter conversation where they Tweeted at me saying

that they were no longer going to be cruelty free because they were selling in China, and

they wanted to expand in that market where they have testing.

I might be just a little bit bitter and distrustful where they're concerned, even though they

answered my questions the way that I would expect a real cruelty free big brand to answer

my questions.

I talked with Tashina from Logical Harmony, and I talked with Jen from My Beauty Bunny,

and they also kind of feel like, "I don't know."

I reached out to Paula's Choice and NAVS to see what they think about it, because since

Paula's Choice and NAVS are really big, they are able to really put pressure on brands

to get real answers.

I asked them to verify, because I want to know.

It came up in the Phyrra Nyx Facebook group, "Hey, is Stilacruelty free again?"

I said, "Well, I don't know.

Here's the conversation that I've had with them so far.

I personally ... My gut says not to trust them, but they did give me all the right answers,

so I'm trying to get verification from another source."

You guys were happy to hear that.

You're like, "Okay, I'll wait and see."

I realize that some of you may not know what ... How I go about getting that information,

how do I make a determination if a brand is cruelty free, and I wanted to talk to you

about it.

What I do is, I e-mail a brand, and ask them my questions, I have a list of 10 questions.

If they answer all of the questions perfectly, then I feel like ... I typically feel like

they're cruelty free.

If the questions that they answer leave me with more questions, I probe deeper until

I get a better response.

Sometimes ... A lot of the times, if they don't answer all of my questions, I don't

trust them because I feel like they have something to hide.

I'm not the only one who feels like this.

I believe that Jen and Tashina both feel similarly.

I get excited when a brand answers all of my questions, and they're enthusiastic, and

they tell me that they're vegan, and they do basically everything to cover all of their

bases, so then I'm like really excited.

I update my cruelty free list.

I always put the new date of when it was last updated on that page so that you can see,

"Hey, this was last updated on February 7," so you know that it's as accurate as I could

possibly be, but I am only one person, and I do work, and I spend time doing this every

week, so I do the best that I can.

I have some people who sit there and tell me that I'm not doing enough, and I'm like,

"I'm trying to do as much as I possibly can with the time that I have."

On that note, I am feeling a little bit burnt out about cruelty free, just because of how

some people are.

I mean, you have the brands who sit there and dodge all of the questions that I ask,

so I'm sitting there frustrated because I can't get all of my questions answered, or

you have the brands who don't bother to respond back, so then people are like, "Why didn't

you contact them?"

I'm like, "Well, I did contact them.

I couldn't get a response.

I e-mailed three times.

I'm putting them on my do test on animals list, because I can't get anyone to respond

to me in a useful fashion."

Then you have the people who are like, "Well, what you do is pointless because cruelty free

isn't a real thing."

I'm like, "It obviously is a real thing."

These people feel like cruelty free isn't a real thing because nothing can be truly

cruelty free because there are children who are slaves in mica caves, mining up the materials

for makeup.

I've tried to research this because I only became aware of it a month or a month and

a half ago, and I haven't really found much information on it, but I think it's a separate

issue because I feel like the animal cruelty happens every day.

Then there's the whole issue of PETA.

I feel like PETA certification at this point doesn't really matter because PETA gives certification

to brands whether or not they're actually cruelty free.

There have been a lot of brands who were selling in China who still had PETA certification,

and I'm just sitting there like, "Why does PETA even do this?"

I feel like it's really frustrating for people who are new to the whole cruelty free thing

because they're like, "What do you mean I can't trust PETA?"

When I'm like, "Well, it's a good starting point, but it's not, you know, the be all,

end all, and it's not accurate," that really ... I think that really dissuades people from

wanting to go cruelty free because they're like, "Well, if that's not accurate, what's

the point?"

The problem is is that currently in the USA, there is no legal definition of cruelty free,

but all of the cruelty free bloggers that I know consider cruelty free to mean that

products are not tested on animals, products are not sold in China or countries that require

animal testing, no animal was killed to make any of the ingredients.

They may have some animal byproducts, they may contain things like lanolin or honey or

milk or beeswax.

Now the difference between cruelty free and vegan is that vegan means that there are absolutely

no animal byproducts in the product at all.

There's a difference between those two because that gets asked a lot.

The news lately has been shit.

I mean, it's been completely depressing and stressful and it makes me want to rip my hair

out, but I was really excited to read in the news today that Australia banned animal testing,

so basically I guess starting in July 2017, in Australia, you won't be able to sell any

products that have been tested on animals.

I think that is great.

There's a bunch of countries that have banned animal testing, which is great.

I was thrilled to read that yet another country did it, and I'm sitting here waiting, wondering

when this is going to happen in the US, but I read in the US that basically the USDA administration

that kept track of animal cruelty in the US, like all of that information seems to be gone.

Really not happy about that.

Anyway, I don't want to get political on my channel or anything (follow me on Twitter

@phyrra for politics).

Obviously I do care about animal welfare.

It's a big deal to me.

Cruelty free is a big deal to me, so I thought that I would rant at you and talk to you about

how I was feeling, because it's just hard sometimes.

Sometimes it's hard to keep going when it feels like a very thankless job, and so I

always love it when I hear from you guys, and you're like, "Hey, this is so helpful.

I really appreciate that you put time into this."

Thank you.

I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who does that, who tells me that they find it helpful.

It keeps me going.

It makes me feel like the time and energy that I've put into maintaining my cruelty

free list, into reaching out to brands, is worthwhile.

Some weeks, like this week, I'm just like, "Why am I bothering again?"

Anyway, thanks for listening to me ramble.

Please be sure to let me know what you think in the comments below.

Are you excited about Australia banning animal testing?

What do you think about Stila becoming cruelty free again?

What do you think about PETA?

Let me know in the comments below.

Thanks so much for watching.

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Choupette is a 'full time job,' says Karl Lagerfeld | CNBC International - Duration: 3:07.

Going back, Karl,

to all the collections that

you have for Chanel, for Fendi.

You also have Karl Lagerfeld too.

That was a very different

story, not the same price.

And it's very- It's

a completely different thing.

Things are less expensive.

It's a very young,

funny thing because I don't

want any competition and that

is sometimes done mostly by

assistants because they have to

work on my personality.

You see?

I couldn't do it myself

sometimes. I mean, I do a lot

of things but also Choupette

things and all those funny

thing.

That's okay but then there's

another story.

And Fendi and Chanel it's very

easy for me because Fendi is my

Italian version and then

my French version.

I never mix them.

I had never a problem

that a Chanel

thing look like a Fendi thing

or a Fendi thing look like

Chanel. So it's- I

have no personality.

I have two.

And you were talking just a

little bit before about

Choupette because she

appears in Karl Lagerfeld.

What's the story with

Choupette because it sounds

like a very.

Choupette is a very strange

thing because I never thought

that I could fall in love with

an animal like this.

A friend of mine gave it to one

of my mates. I'm leaving for

two days, could you keep it for

two weeks? When he came

back and said: "I'm sorry.

Choupette is mine." I don't

give Choupette back.

And she became a world famous

star.

She has her own fortune for-

from things she did

in Japan and in and

in Germany for cards

and things like that.

And wherever

I go I have children telling

me: "How is Choupette?"

But you know you have to see

her. You would fall instantly

in love with her because she's

unbelievable.

There's these huge sapphire eyes

and beautiful white

fur. She's unbelievable.

Very coquettish but she's

always groomed and everything.

She has several maids.

She's never alone when I'm not

there. No, no, she's never

alone. Even if she sleeps there

she doesn't want to be alone;

she's like a chic lady, like a kept

woman with her personal

maid.

Because a lot upkeep- a

lot of things to do

to wash her eyes,

five times a day to brush her

white hair and things like on

and on and on. She is a full

time job.

She sounds like she has a

wonderful life, Karl.

It is a wonderful life.

I think so. She's travelling

with me and her maid when

I go to another country.

She's never alone.

How is she changed your life?

How did she change my life?

You know it changed my life in

a way that I never thought

it could change that way.

I think I became a better

person.

Really?

Yes, I think it's very strange.

And she gives something magical

that I understand the

Egyptians from

4000 years, before Jesus

Christ. For them the cats were

the most important animal.

I understand that.

She gives energy, it's very

strange. When

I have her next to me I

feel like a telephone that is

recharged.

Still watching? Perfect.

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Top 5 Favorite Games of 2016 - Duration: 12:47.

Hey guys, I'm Bonefoot!

And it's time for my third annual Top favorite games of the year list.

I always enjoy doing these, mainly because it gives me the chance to talk about some

great games I otherwise might not get the chance to.

2016 was a little lackluster in terms of new games for me personally, but there were a

few gems, and I'm going to talk about five of them.

So let's do this!

2016 marked my first steps into virtual reality gaming with the PlayStation VR.

It was tough picking my favorite VR game.

I was really considering picking Tethered for this spot.

It's such a fun, charming and addictive little real time strategy God game,

but ultimately I had to go with Battlezone.

It was the first game I got really invested in in VR.

As redundant as it is to say, you really feel like you're in a cockpit of a futuristic tank.

Everything on the dashboard has some gameplay relevance and it's so god damn cool seeing

the gun of the tank firing right in the top of your vision.

What hooked me right away was the very polished arcadey gameplay.

You slide around, weaving through enemies and enemy fire, while trying to destroy them

with a decent arsenal of weapons, and you have to complete different objectives like

defending your base, destroying or hacking enemy bases, killing enemy convoys, or just

straight up surviving multiple waves of enemies, and all of this is so satisfying to do in VR.

Another thing I love about the game is the pretty brutal difficulty.

A short campaign only lasts for about an hour, but man, it took me dozens of hours of playing

and getting good at the game AND a little bit of luck before I was finally able to beat

a campaign in normal difficulty, and I've yet to do it a second time.

You only get a very limited amount of lives and getting killed is easy.

You can only take a handful of hits before you're down.

You really need to get to know all the different enemy types and their firing patterns if you

want to have the upper hand.

You also never want to go against many enemies at once, because they're like zombies, you

can handle one or two of them no problem if you know what you're doing, but a group

of them can easily overwhelm you.

Losing all your lives immediately terminates the whole campaign and throws you back at the start.

There is a way of making the game more manageable, which is by playing the awesome online co-op mode.

It works beautifully and without any lag issues as long as you can find players who are somewhat

close to you.

It's just like the solo game, but with up to 3 other players, who you can heal and revive

by staying close to them, which is huge, because then you don't lose lives.

The VR headset has a built-in mic, so everyone can voice chat if they so choose, which is great.

Random person: I'm coming in dude! Hold on.

The developers are also very approachable.

They talk with players via Twitter, schedule playing sessions where you get to play the

game with them online and constantly have all kinds of different giveaways, which is cool.

Battlezone!

Another year, another From Software game in my Top list.

This time it's Dark Souls III.

I've pretty much said everything I've wanted to say about them by now.

I love these games and this third one is about as good as the second one, which I thought

was only a slight step down from the incredible first Dark Souls.

It feels like returning home every time I get to come back to this world with a fresh new sequel.

It's a good!

I've been dying for another installment of Animal Crossing ever since New Leaf.

So when I heard about Stardew Valley for the first time just days before it was about to

come out, I got really intrigued and decided to get it in hopes that it would hold me over

till the next Animal Crossing.

This game came out of nowhere for me and completely took over my life for a solid week.

I was playing it non-stop every morning, day and night and I had a blast.

There's just something so relaxing and addictive about these kinds of games where you just

constantly do repetitive simple tasks and collect stuff and then gradually get rewarded

for them in different ways.

The gameplay is really fun in all the different activities you do: farming, fishing,

exploring the dungeons, fighting monsters, mining, etc.

There's just so much to do, so many things to collect and so many characters to build relationships with.

Building your farm is a ton of fun too, as is decorating your house.

It blows my mind that a single person made this whole game!

The pixel art style is gorgeous!

I love the vibrant colors and the mellow music fits perfectly for this kind of game.

One little nitpick I do have about the game is that I would've liked to have seen a

bit more of an overarching narrative.

I really enjoyed the beginning of the game and all the mysterious little things that

happen every now and then that make it feel like there's something more to this Stardew

Valley place, but I feel like those things weren't explored as much or as closely as

I would've wanted.

Stardew Valley is easily worth your time and money if you're a fan of these kinds of

farming games with slight RPG elements.

Just remember to also eat and sleep every now and then so you don't die.

Virtual reality wasn't the only new gaming front I entered in 2016.

Mobile gaming isn't something I expected myself to get into, but as with any platform,

it was only a matter of time before games I wanted to play started appearing on it.

God damn Nintendo making me buy a new phone!

I love Pokémon Go tho.

To have a game I not only can play while I'm just walking outside, but to have that be

the actual main gameplay element of the game is so awesome to me.

One of my biggest pet peeves in life is the unnecessary wasting of time on menial tasks,

like walking from one place to another.

I'm a brisk walker and always choose the quickest routes I can, but now that I have

this game, I actually don't mind taking a little longer or choosing longer routes

to get to places just so I can maybe hit up a few more pokéstops on the way and catch

more pokeymans, which is a huge accomplishment for this game.

It's been a very successful motivator for me to just go outside and move more, and it's

made things like going grocery shopping or walking to work a hell of a lot more fun.

They've made booting up the game, playing it and stopping the game so easy and hazzle

free that I almost never leave my house without playing the game anymore.

Catching more and more pokémon and filling up your pokedex has never been this much fun

for me, not even in the main series games.

There's just something so satisfying and addictive about it.

It was a gorgeous summer when the game came out in July.

The sun was blazing for weeks.

I actually got a tan for the first time in many many years.

I played the game for around 7 hours every single day just walking and biking around

my home city and all the surrounding areas.

And with how crazy popular the game got, even in my small home city there were always a

bunch of other people walking around playing it too, and it was such a cool feeling being

able to approach and talk to these complete strangers so easily, because of this shared interest.

I took a few month break from the game when it started getting cold in the beginning of

fall, but now in January I came back in the dead of winter in Northern Finland,

which doesn't make it easy to play it.

On colder days I can only bring the phone out for like 5 to 10 seconds at a time and

then quickly put it back in the warm pocket or else it'll freeze and shut itself down.

On top of all this the game is also 100% free.

Unless you're a crazy collector like me who wants to own this thing.

This thing is useless by the way.

I do not recommend it, but I do recommend Pokémon Go, as it is a very unique, fun and

innovative game that introduces gaming into new areas of life where I didn't think I

would ever be playing games, like the aforementioned grocery shopping trips and on the way to work, etc.

And I think that's awesome!

The Bravely series is a godsend to fans of traditional JRPGs like me.

It has all the charm and the gameplay elements that we love from those old classic games,

like the turn-based combat and the world map, but also adds in many modern gaming concepts

to make them less tedious, like being able to fully control the random encounter rates,

battle speeds and even the difficulty on the fly.

Bravely Second starts out so incredibly strong and hooks you right in.

The story kicks off with a bang and there's some awesome character moments very early on.

They sold me on the new main character right away with this hilarious scene where he's

super down on his luck in the pouring rain and suddenly just starts singing this really

cheesy song to himself.

All the other characters, old and new, are very endearing and funny as well, and the

English voice acting and writing is spot on.

It's done with just the right blend of seriousness and absurdity.

The brilliant brave and default battle system is still one of the best turn-based systems

I've ever played, and the expanded job system brings in even more party customization and

flexibility so you can really shape the characters just the way you like it.

The visuals are incredible, especially for the low resolution 3DS screen.

The art style is just so well done that you have to be careful not to drool on your precious

collector's edition art book so you don't ruin it.

And then there's the music.

I never say something is my favorite this or that lightly.

I spend an unreasonable amount of time thinking about these kinds of things.

And I think I can pretty confidently say that the Bravely series has my favorite

(video game) soundtracks of all time.

The Bravely Default soundtrack is so fucking good.

It's probably my single favorite soundtrack, but Bravely Second's OST doesn't stray far from it.

The reason they hit home with me so much is because my favorite genre of music is power metal

and the Bravely soundtracks, especially the battle themes, are just straight up

power metal songs, and incredible ones at that.

Listen to this.

Bravely Second is my game of the year of 2016.

This was definitely a very unique favorite games of the year list.

All 5 games are so distinctly different from each other.

Definitely leave your thoughts and your own favorites down in the comments.

And now let me show you all my 2016 honorable mentions and games I wanted to play, but didn't

have time to or didn't feel like playing yet.

2017 looks to be an incredible year for me in terms of new games coming out

that I'm really excited about.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Persona 5,

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, Red Dead Redemption 2, Super Mario Odyssey.

Many of these games' predecessors are some of my favorite games of all time, so I have

extremely high hopes for them.

I'm planning on making 'First time playing' videos for all of them.

So look forward to seeing my first reactions to each of them as they come out,

and stay tuned for more other videos as well and thanks for watching, stay tuned!

That's... fuck!

What the fuck.

...and stay tuned for more other videos as well and thanks for watching, stay tune...

What the fu...?!

...and stay tuned for more other videos as well and thanks for watching, take care!

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January 2017 oOos & UhHhs - Duration: 10:19.

HEY GUYS!

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