Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Popular is the myth that claim that the capitalist system has many failures, among them,

that inevitably ends in the formation of monopolies.

Once again, this is an effect of socialist propaganda.

I will explain what the monopoly is and how the entrepreneurship function is far from ending in monopoly

once the true conditions of the free market economy occur.

I must clarify that the real entrepreneur is the person who discovers an opportunity for profit.

It is important to emphasize that this possibility of discovery is given where there is free access

to the raw material, that is, there is no entry´s barrier to a particular sector,

and we understand the entry´s barrier as any artificial obstacle that prevents an entrepreneur

from starting a production process in the sector of their preference, such as decrees, licenses

or laws issued by governments.

This consideration allows us to define the monopoly, not as the situation where there is

a single producer of a good, as is usually understood today, but as that position

of the producer in which he is protected from the threat of other entrepreneurs do what he does,

and this by the control over the resources that serve for the production of the good or the service, a situation

that also favors him to place a price on his product above that which would have in a market of free competition.

With this reorientation of the monopoly definition, we come to interesting and new conclusions:

First, where there is free access to the raw material, monopoly is impossible, since all can produce goods

in free competition if they consider that there is a profit in that sector.

Second, monopolies arise when there are entry´s barriers,

so the question is who or what imposes such barriers.

Here we note that, ironically, it is governments that establish these barriers, even though they are the first to enact "antitrust laws".

Take, for example, the water or electricity industry.

In general, only one company (and own of the state) is in charge of the administration of these services.

It is not known if his work is efficient since only the government can offer it. In this way,

a monopoly on water and electricity ends up harming users, who can not choose other options,

but they will have to bear the quality of service of the state company.

And third, governments do not protect users from monopolies: on the contrary,

they create monopolies by privileging many entrepreneurs on many occasions,

which places them in the position of monopolists, because they grant them facilities against others

or prohibit the other producers access to a certain resource necessary to produce a good.

A case in Venezuela that can illustrate this situation is the Polar company of the Mendoza family.

Polar has the monopoly on some products like corn flour.

Is this responsibility of the Polar company?

No, the problem is statism and the constant intervention of governments in the economy

during the last 60 years, which have given privileges to this family and have placed entry´s barriers

to other entrepreneurs, all of which have prevented them from competing with Polar.

The most aggressive blow suffered by the economy in this area has ironically occurred in the government of Hugo Chávez.

When Chavez initially assigned the preferential foreign exchange rate at Polar company, and then

expropriated the few companies that were competing, he finished leaving it in a monopolistic position.

The problem then is not Polar, but government controls, ranging from

illegitimate appropriation of currencies and their asignation with discretion,

to price controls and expropriations, something that is nothing more than a legalized robbery

of individual property , a very typical thing of the socialist thief state.

If we truly want more production and cheaper products, we must demand the elimination of controls

over the economy and limit the government to its only legitimate functions:

administration of justice, maintenance of order and security.

This will not only end corruption by reducing the size of governments,

but will allow the creation of more companies and competition that will not only increase production

but also offer lower prices for products.

For Truth in Action, Heraclio Rivera.

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NOORA + EVA || no one's here to sleep - Duration: 1:04.

every carpet, every floor

everywhere i look, i fall

climbing up the walls, i'm climbing up the walls

what goes on behind these doors

i'll keep mine & you'll keep yours

we all have our secrets, we all have our secrets

behind every door

is a fall, a fall

and no one's here to sleep

you were always faster than me

i'll never catch up with you, with you

oh, i can feel them coming for me

and you were always faster than me

i'll never catch up with you, with you

oh, i can feel them coming for me

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The Hitman's Bodyguard | Drunk Review - Duration: 5:22.

Cheers and welcome to another drunk review

not a sponsor I'm just too lazy to find a wineglass

today I saw the hitman's bodyguard

starring my BAE Ryan Reynolds and

you know I fucking love Samuel L Jackson

but he ain't BAE

I'm not really sure how to describe him

also Salma Hayek is in it...that's cool

so I've been excited about this movie

for a very very long time

from the minute I heard about it and heard that

it was coming out on my birthday I was like

that is it. that is going to be my birthday present to myself

and my sister went with me. that was awesome

we spent all afternoon / evening together

which is why I am filming this at 9:17 at night

when it is very dark and the lighting is shit in my room

but hey you've seen worse lighting in my videos right?

anyway of course I love the cast they were fantastic

however Ryan Reynolds did get a little Deadpool at some points

particularly the scene at the bar

I'm not gonna get any spoilers

but if you've seen the movie

you know what scene I'm talking about

but that could just be because I love Deadpool so much

it was funny one of the first shots of him was a very nice butt shot

and I lean over to my sister and I say

"his ass is even better in spandex"

I have my funny moments

I'm sorry, I'm sorry can we just take a moment to appreciate Ryan Reynolds' butt?

it is a fantastic booty

okay thank you this has been a booty interlude

what else, what else, what else

okay so it wasn't exactly what I was expecting

I was expecting it to be more buddy-cop-ish

which it definitely got that way towards the end

but the beginning was not at all what I expected

oh geez it is so humid this is like condensation everywhere

the story was good

action sequences were very well pulled off

however I could have done without the shaky cam

I have an astigmatism

it's hard for me to focus, especially when your camera goes

Shoom Shoom Shoom Shoom Shoom everywhere and

yeah, that got a little irritating

I could have done with a little less shaky cam

the soundtrack though the soundtrack was A+

good job movie. good job

oh! oh! so during the boat scene

again, no spoilers but if you've seen the movie

you know what scene I'm talking about

there's a GIF from behind the scenes of that

from the other angle and it is just

so freakin funny

I'm gonna see if I can find it and if I can I'll put it here

it's just so funny to watch it from the other angle

the ending was a little predictable

you know how a lot of action movies

they'll like have their "resolution"

and you think it's all wrapped up

but then BAM! plot twist

and then it goes on for another 10-15 minutes

yeah I was expecting that

I was like "no there's no way this can wrap up that neatly

some shit's gotta go down"

and I was right

that's not really a spoiler is it?

'cause like every action movie does that

I loved the characters

I particularly liked to the relationship between Darius and Sonya

it was just freakin adorable

oh also, also it got fucking deep dudes

like there was this whole philosophical discussion

between the two main characters

and I was like damn movie you went there

you hit me with that moral gray area

and it's just ah

I do wish that that would have been explored better

that's not to say it wasn't explored well

I just feel like you could have a whole fucking movie dedicated to that conversation

I guess it's not too much of a spoiler to say it was kind of about

who's the better man

somebody who kills bad people or someone who protects them

and that just [explosion noise]

I mean I'm not advocating murder or anything

but when you look at it that way like damn movie

also being a Samuel L Jackson movie

there were copious motherfuckers thrown in there

because it's Samuel L Jackson

so yeah

story was good if predictable

acting was good if not a little Deadpool at times

and cinematography was okay

yeah it was a pretty standard action movie but

now I'm about to go the fuck to sleep

[finger snaps] bye

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Liverpool set to make 3rd big-money bid for Thomas Lemar - Duration: 3:47.

Liverpool set to make 3rd big-money bid for Thomas Lemar

Liverpool will reportedly make a third bid for AS Monaco winger Thomas Lemar, including a loan move to the Ligue 1 side for Divock Origi.

The Reds were believed to have first offered £55. 5 million for the 21-year-old, before increasing that to £64. 8 million on Monday, with both rejected.

But this has seemingly not deterred Jurgen Klopp's outfit, who are clearly eager to make their mark in the closing stages of the transfer window. According to the Liverpool Echo, corroborating claims in French publication L'Equipe, they will now offer £75 million for the youngster.

This is said to be structured to include a £47 million payment this summer, with another £28 million to be paid in a year's time.

And Liverpool have also offered to include Origi in negotiations, with the young striker potentially spending the campaign on loan with Monaco.

Earlier on Tuesday, Belgian journalist Kristof Terreur claimed that Origi "would be interested in a move to Monaco if he gets guarantees that he'll play regularly. However, 10 other clubs are interested in signing the 22-year-old, including Tottenham, Newcastle United and Crystal Palace from the Premier League.

Lemar is also on the radar of Liverpool's top-four rivals Arsenal, who suffered as the Reds ran rampant at Anfield on Sunday afternoon, with Klopp's side winning 4-0.

While Lemar is predominantly a left winger, and could therefore alternate with Klopp's current first choice in the role, Sadio Mane, he is capable of operating in a variety of positions.

Most interestingly, the 21-year-old turned out in central midfield while with former club Caen, which could provide Klopp with another option in the advanced role in the middle of the park.

With Liverpool compete on four fronts in 2017/18, and hopefully long into the future, the addition of Lemar would bolster Klopp's ranks significantly.

With Keita Balde set to leave Lazio for Leonardo Jardim's side this week, Monaco may have already found their replacement out wide. It is reported that the Reds' interest in Lemar is not tied to speculation over a departure for Philippe Coutinho.

Liverpool have repeatedly turned down Barcelona's advances for the Brazilian, with the latest bid worth £114. 2 million, as they are adamant he won't be sold this summer.

The prospect of Lemar arriving to join the likes of Coutinho, Mane, Mohamed Salah, Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino and Daniel Sturridge in Klopp's squad is a mouthwatering one.

And if Origi is to leave on loan, rather than a permanent deal, the German can still hope to include the No. 27 in his squad for the long term.

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Juventus deny agreement has been made for Emre Can transfer in 2018 - Duration: 3:13.

Juventus deny agreement has been made for Emre Can transfer in 2018

Juventus have denied suggestions Emre Can has already agreed to join the Serie A side on the expiry of his Liverpool contract next summer.

Can has been in talks with the Reds for months regarding an extension to his current deal, but the two parties are yet to find a solution.

The 23-year-old has continued to excel on the pitch, scoring twice in Wednesday night's 4-2 victory over Hoffenheim and shining in Sunday's 4-0 mauling of Arsenal.

But this has come under the cloud of interest from Juventus, with reports in Italy claiming the Germany international had set his sights on a move to Turin.

However, according to Goal's Melissa Reddy and Romeo Agresti, no such agreement is in place at this stage.

"Juve believe Can would be a shrewd acquisition for them and want to ensure they are in pole position to recruit him should he continue to reject Liverpool's terms," they report.

"Sources at the Serie A club have, however, dismissed reports that a pact has already been made, saying such claims are premature.

Can will no doubt be in demand if he does opt to leave Liverpool rather than sign a new deal, but it is encouraging that he is yet to decide on a switch to Juventus.

Liverpool have arguably already secured a replacement for the No. 23, however, with Naby Keita confirmed to be joining the Reds from RB Leipzig next summer.

The 22-year-old will link up with Klopp's squad on July 1, the same day that Can's contract would expire were he not to agree new terms.

However, with speculation continuing over the future of Philippe Coutinho, it may be that Keita is arriving as a long-term replacement for the Brazilian.

The Reds are not willing to part ways with Coutinho this summer, despite the playmaker handing in a transfer request earlier in August, as Barcelona circle.

Keita is expected to join as another option in the most advanced role in Klopp's midfield three, which had been earmarked for Coutinho this season.

At 23, Can is still developing as a young player, but clearly has the potential to become one of Europe's leading talents.

Ensuring he remains on Merseyside beyond this season should be of paramount importance to Liverpool, as they look to fend off clear interest from Juventus.

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A JAKE PAUL VIDEO...(FO4) - Duration: 3:25.

When life hands you lemons what will you do?

ENGLAND IS MY CITY!!!

Great day, make sure you're working hard and make sure your dabbing on them haters and if you're new here. I'm Jake Paul, this is the Team 10 house.

Where it's lit every single day bro!

Okay

Back at the team house, let's flippin' get this day poppin'

All right, jake Paulers, so we just got to flipping Ralph's you're probably wondering jake like what what are you doing?

Why are you here? And so basically you know kate. You know Kate. Can't come every let's do it Kate

Hey there. He is and so you know Kate has never been a part of the prank war

Yeah, we framed some some timing but like he's a vegan and like

Any of us like you're saying Kate is a vegan and all he eats is peanut butter

So I was like yo why not cover his car and peanut butter right there all you need is peanut butter you obviously want to

Drive in a car

Dream come here. That's right. Exactly really prank wars feels like whenever he gets hungry, red light?

Surprising that's here in the ice aisle because I think you're really hot

Then yeah are you my dad?

With the Disney channel slow Bob Bill on YouTube in six months never done below pass all the competition, man, Pewdiepie

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But you still hit my phone last night it was 52

And I got that text up boom and all the recordings - don't make me tell them the truth

And I judge up some new words, and they're selling like a God church, Ohio's

Which one like it's dumb. We shoo-in with the gun - just for fun

I you say bowling run catch me at game on I cannot be outdone

Jake Paul is number one is everyday, bro. It's everything

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Divock Origi attracting interest from 11 clubs as Marseille make 'concrete offer' - Duration: 3:29.

Divock Origi attracting interest from 11 clubs as Marseille make 'concrete offer'

With Liverpool claimed to be willing to part ways with Divock Origi this summer, Marseille are among 11 clubs interested in securing a deal.

Origi has emerged as a surprise candidate for a late move away from Merseyside, having played just nine minutes for the Reds so far this season.

The 22-year-old has been part of Jurgen Klopp's matchday squad for just three of five games, and was an unused substitute away to Hoffenheim and at home to Crystal Palace.

With Liverpool launching a big-money bid for AS Monaco winger Thomas Lemar on Monday, Origi could leave Anfield before Thursday's deadline.

And according to the Telegraph, he could be used as a makeweight in any deal to sign Lemar, with Monaco interested in signing the Belgium international. They join Marseille, Tottenham, Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Inter Milan, Juventus, Sampdoria, Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen in pursuing Origi.

It remains to be seen whether he would depart on loan or on a permanent basis, but Jurgen Klopp is said to "understand the player's desire for regular first-team football in a World Cup year.

Any decision over Origi's future is likely tied to that of Lemar, as if the Frenchman did join Liverpool this summer, Klopp's attacking options would be bolstered significantly.

According to French publication L'Equipe, Marseille have already made a "concrete offer" for Origi, with manager Rudi Garcia pushing for a deal. The details of their offer are unspecified, but a return to Ligue 1 could interest Origi given his upbringing at Lille.

Meanwhile, Belgian journalist Kristof Terreur claims that the striker "would be interested in a move to Monaco if he gets guarantees that he'll play regularly," though "no decision has been taken yet.

And Origi's father, Mike Origi, has told DH. be that the youngster would be interested in a move to Tottenham, but ruled out Belgian First Division A side Anderlecht.

"We were not contacted by Anderlecht. Divock has to leave Liverpool to have game time," he said. "Tottenham is a possibility, but there is also interest from France and Germany.

Liverpool are making a late flurry of moves in the closing days of the summer transfer window, including a deal to sign Naby Keita from RB Leipzig in 2018.

Origi could well be one of those to leave Anfield before Thursday night, though the hope will be that his exit is temporary, rather than permanent, as the No. 27 is a promising talent.

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He plays with fire

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BigBicep and BoomEpicKill Exposed, I was right all along... - Duration: 5:03.

so guys this is going to be an extremely short video and this video is an examplee

of how much sheep exist in this community sometimes because if we go

back to the boom epic Hill drama I remember I got a ton of hate from it

because I was suspicious of boom epic Hill and the reason in which caused that

is because a really tragic event happened to him and I didn't believe it

was true because of all the suspicious things he has done and you know when the

YouTube revenue was going down he randomly started a swapping website and

I attacked the site and I'm like bro this is another way of you trying to

make money because he's been caught up in a lot of shady stuff and when I did

attack this website people accused me of me being suspicious about the tragic

event that happened to him only because he has a swamp and web site and I have

it and I didn't really kid because I knew straight up that the swamp and

website he made wasn't even owned by him it was owned by rune chat a gambling

website and a legal gambling web site in which they sell a lot of gold and I

couldn't prove it so literally I look really bad to be honest people who are

angry about me being suspicious and questioning that tragic event you guys

are just literally snowflakes you guys are too sensitive if you're gonna put a

tragic event online and you expect people not to question it you're living

in la-la land right I know his girlfriend passed away I'm sorry but if

it's online anything can be possible I'm gonna ask is it true especially when

he's caught up in a lot of shady stuff I didn't think he was true at the time all

right if you're gonna be mad at me for that get out of lala land

you might want to leave your house because this willed is a crazy place I'm

just saying anyway today I finally have evidence that the swap and website they

made was in fact owned by Vern Chuck so I got a lot of hate for that um

type in rune street on Google it literally links uterine chat calm there

you go um I'm guessing the swapping thing didn't work out any of you out

there who are trying to start swapping now to make money on this game it's not

gonna work out right a lot of people tried try to make swapping clients it

you to be in the swapping game you have to have been in it

forever Oh since the beginning sorry because you need a lot of people to swap

you to make profit people aren't swapping you're gonna lose profit and

that's they found out that the hardwood and like and they're like aw damn that

scrap this let's go you know let's just take away this ruined Street website if

you look at their videos they still have linked to rune street in which still

promoting as a swapping website you click that link it takes you to ruin

chat now look I'm not trying to start any drama I'm just saying I was right at

night asshole I wanted to say I'm not gonna make any other videos about this

I'm just saying mill man like I feel like braiding is doubly not very

profitable because you do so many fights and you don't even get plenty of kills

you know paid nothing and it's just a coincidence that when YouTube revenue

went down boom epic kill randomly opened up a swapping website but it doesn't end

here because I believe that it wasn't boom epic kill who opened up this

whopping web site it was yes the owners of ruin chat if you go on the web site

who is calm which gives you information about the web sites type in rune Street

calm which is their swapping website and then type in to ruin chat calm the

information linking between these these accounts are really really similar which

just makes me wonder to myself and I was like oh my god it was in our faces the

whole time rune streets ruin chat I mean they didn't even get creative with

hiding the fact that these sites are like owned by the same people

it doesn't even end here if you look at the templates of both of the websites

they are exactly similar yes boom epic kill swapping web site he only

made it because the owners of ranch I said look boom epic kill since we're

friends we will pay you money if you open up the swap and web site but we

can't open it it has to be in your name since you are a youtuber which makes

stuff really really really interesting now guys I'm not gonna say like this is

facts you can look this up yourself and you can come to the conclusion but I

find

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Pregnancy Update: 19 Weeks ⎮ ASL Stew Life - Duration: 17:21.

[JI] Hello, I'm Jill.

This is ASL Stew Life.

(cat meow... ♪♪♪)

Welcome, today I'm going to be doing my 19 week pregnancy update.

Last time I did a video was I think 15 weeks.

So I'm really sorry it's been like a month,

but honestly not a lot happened.

So updating every couple weeks is fine.

Anyways, right now the baby is the size of a Gameboy.

You know the old school block video games, that.

Or a zucchini, which is cool.

Right now the baby weighs 9 oz.

I'm just gonna kind of explain what's been going on!

I'll start right about 16, 17 weeks.

I started having more hip pain.

Kind of like in the hip/butt area.

I would sleep overnight and then I would wake up in the morning

and have these really bad pain in the morning when I woke up.

Then it would be gone maybe by the end of the day.

But I wasn't sure if it was the bed or just pregnancy.

So that started around 16/17 weeks.

Then it got pretty bad and then it kind of dwindled, 17/18 weeks

and now it started again around 18 weeks.

So maybe... I don't know the reason why.

I've gained more weight.

I haven't recently weighed myself,

I went to the doctor like a week or so ago.

I think I was 154 or something.

So I've gained around 3 or 4 pounds or something like that.

That's because during 16 and 17 weeks I was starving!

Like I got really, really hungry.

So now it's gone down a bit, but I'm still pretty hungry all the time.

So after the recent video, I had my second trimester screening test.

Like I mentioned, the test.

That was screening for spina bifida.

I was negative, well...

negative meaning I have a really, really low chance.

So it probably won't happen. So that is good!

Now, if you know me and you're watching this video,

there's a few symptoms that are a little TMI.

So I'm just kind of forewarning you.

On and off, you know if you're pregnant,

your boobs itch a little bit.

I think it's just cause they're dry.

I tried to put some lotion on, but I'm not really a big lotion person.

I just really don't like it that much.

I don't know, I just don't.

But I have been getting stretch marks.

But I already had some from before,

but I've probably have gotten a few new ones now,

but I really honestly don't care that much.

Lotions and creams and all that don't really help.

If you get it, you're gonna get it.

The only way you can prevent that possibly, maybe

is if you work out a lot

and that helps to give elasticity for your skin, but that's it.

I THINK I felt the first movement of the baby around 16 1/2 weeks or so.

I kind of felt little fluttery or poppy feelings.

Like one night I think I felt it and I actually FELT it

it kind of overwhelmed me and made me cry.

Now randomly I'll feel things that I'm pretty sure are movements now,

but I can explain the reason why I don't feel as much later.

Sometimes I've been really emotional!

Like the one morning, just before I had started work

like a day or two before that,

I typically make coffee in the morning for Jenna

and I make her lunch and all of that

and I don't know, it's just what I've done and I like it.

So...

I said "oh well I'm going to have to, I'm starting work this week,

so that means I'm going to have to make it earlier"

because I usually start work before she does.

She's like "oh well you don't have to take care of me.

I'm fine, I can do it myself, blah, blah, blah"

like not mean or anything.

Just matter of fact.

I started crying, I was like

"No, I like doing it!

It makes me feel good. It's my thing, blah, blah, blah"

Just bawling. She felt bad, but I cried over that.

One day, I was making the bed and I was sitting on the floor

because we had new sheets.

So I was tucking them under the bed.

I was sitting on the floor and

our floor is really, really old carpet.

I mean, it's not that great, but whatever.

It's fine, we can wait till later to get that fixed.

I sat down and the carpet was old and dirty and

and I was so sick of the floor I just started crying.

I was so upset and really I was being over dramatic,

but that's what I've been doing.

So sometimes I just cry for no reason and I don't know.

About 17 weeks I did have some shooting pains.

Just a little bit, but nothing too serious.

Also, July 20th I had an OB appointment.

There was no ultrasound,

but I went and I noticed at that time my blood pressure was high.

I was like 142 which is high.

They said "hey have you been stressed?"

Cause I've been fine. I've never had a blood pressure issue before.

I said "yeah I have". Stressed cause of thinking about things with the baby

and the next day was when I was starting back at work and I was kind of in a tizzy.

I think that's why, because

since that appointment, I have been checking my blood pressure.

You know some grocery stores have the machine you can sit in and put your arm in.

I've used that and I've checked it often

and I've never even been close to being at risk or anything.

When I had the appointment it was fine it's just blood pressure was up

that one time and that's it!

Also at that appointment the baby's heartbeat was really good.

I think it was like 150 - 160, somewhere in there.

So, that's a good heartbeat.

Everything seems to be going well.

Now, another warning.

If you know me in person,

and you don't want to hear a very TMI symptom,

right now skip to... another part of the video.

I'll put the time up here.

So once I'm done I'll give you a few seconds.

Okay, if you're still watching that means

you want to know a personal TMI symptom that I recently had.

To be honest, I mean,

I should tell you guys because you might experience it

or if you want to become pregnant...

it's important people are aware this could happen.

So... the day that I'm filming this, August 18th,

I'd say not recent Friday, but the Friday before.

So like a week or two, or something like that, whatever.

I started feeling a little bit dry and itchy in my vaginal area.

Not like the whole thing, just towards the top.

I thought oh well, I researched it and thought maybe it's just dry.

Then it went away and then it came back really itchy, like BAD!

So I googled what it could be.

It said it could be a yeast infection, or it could be a pH imbalance

because often when you're pregnant,

your body's chemicals and hormones get thrown off.

So when I read the symptoms for the yeast infection,

I didn't really have anything other than the itching.

That's it. Itchiness was the only thing.

So I thought it was a pH imbalance so I thought I can just get through it.

So I waited

and I think it was Wednesday night.

Thursday came and it was kind of itchy but it wasn't too bad so I thought I can get through this.

Then Friday came and I noticed that I had a flare up.

Not continual, but just a flare up.

I thought okay it still has to be that

and then I started wondering.

By Friday evening it was so bad. The flare up was horrible.

I thought I might have a yeast infection

but I don't have any other symptoms.

Nothing! Just the itchiness.

No odor, no discharge, anything like that.

Then over the weekend...

yeah over the weekend, it was really bad.

Not constant, but again,

I would get these really, really bad flare ups.

Like almost unbearable itchiness, like really bad

and sometimes I would make it through and sometimes I would have to itch.

I know its not good, you shouldn't do it, but I couldn't help it.

By Sunday I almost went to the store to get a yeast infection test,

like the kit because I need to figure out what to do.

But I was like no.

So I decided Sunday evening to give a call to the on-call doctor at my OB's office.

I was almost in tears and I called and they said they'll call me back.

I kind of explained what happened and it was awful.

I said it's not ongoing, but it's really bad.

The doctor said it's important you go and get checked at the OB tomorrow

because if it is a yeast infection, obviously you need to treat it.

Cause if you don't treat it then it could become worse itchy,

plus that could affect the baby and you don't want that.

So he said, "if you do go and get like Monistat or whatever generic yeast infection,

the cream could cause a screw up in their test results tomorrow."

So I was like "ugh".

I hung up from the doctor and I started bawling.

I mean I was sobbing. I was so upset.

There really wasn't anything I could do.

They're like "oh take a bath and blow dry your vagina."

Hey, I tried it.... and it didn't work.

But anyways, the next day I called the doctor, blah, blah, blah.

Luckily they were able to get me an appointment at the end of the day.

I didn't have any flare ups that day.

So I saw the doctor, they did the test,

and the next day they said they'd let me know

and of course they called me and yep, "you have a yeast infection."

Actually it's pretty common for pregnant women.

Most women have one sometime in their life, but it's pretty common in pregnancy.

So she told me I have to start Monistat 7.

It's a vaginal fungal infection cream.

Maybe in your country it's different,

but here in the US most places it's Monistat.

She said to use the 7.

Cause here there's three different ones, Monistat 1, 3, and 7.

Which it means it's how many days.

So 1 day, 3 days, or 7 days.

Obviously I'd prefer 1 day, but nope we could only do Monistat 7.

She said that's the safest one for pregnancy.

So if you are pregnant and if you suspect or whatever,

if you have a yeast infection the one...

the only one... obviously get tested from your doctor first as always.

Just for safety reasons. Don't treat it yourself.

Two, follow whatever your doctors orders are.

But most doctors are gonna say take Monistat 7.

It sucks because it's 7 days of putting cream up your vagina

and there's leakage and you have to use pads and it's not fun.

But I guess it's that because if you use the really strong dose,

it could have bad affects. I don't really know.

But anyways, I'm still on it at this point.

Putting the cream overnight

and I think that's been causing my hip pain to be worse.

Because when you do the treatment,

you have to put the cream in the syringe, put it up your vagina

and then you have to lie down.

Stay lying down the whole night.

So that way it won't leak out as much.

After a whole night of sleep, when I wake up for the rest of the day,

there is still gonna be leakage.

I've already had at least one or two days in the middle of the day I'm like

ugh, ruined my underwear! Well not ruined them but ugh.

So I would suggest just don't even try pantyliners,

just go ahead and use a thin but long pad.

One that goes more up towards the front,

because you will have leakage of the cream

and it's really annoying, but what can you do.

So hopefully this goes away soon.

Now I only have a few days left, but anyways...

other than that...

With the hip pain it's been pretty bad.

Today it's been hurting a lot.

Even walking is just not fun, but I don't know.

If you've had that issue, what did you do to solve it?

Is it just because I have a bad bed,

or I need a different pillow or... I don't know!

I don't know. It's just really, really bad walking around today.

Going up the stairs is horrible. It's not good at all!

Oh, one more thing.

Recently, two days ago, I think it was two days ago on Thursday,

I had my anatomy scan, ultrasound.

Mine was at 19 weeks.

It was about 45 minutes.

The reason why is because they literally check everything!

So we went in and I lied down,

and they do the ultrasound on your stomach.

They checked the heart in multiple angles, on the heart a bunch of times.

You see all the ventricles and the chambers and everything.

It was really cool, and the brain. They checked all of that.

They showed us how the blood's flowing

and the different colors and it's really cool!

They showed us their arms and their fingers.

Counted all of the fingers and all of the toes and everything looks great.

They said the spine was beautiful.

The stomach, the liver, the kidneys, everything was great!

There were a lot of pictures and video.

So I'm gonna include a few pictures and video now.

♪♪♪

So, that was our ultrasound.

I'm really happy that everything went well.

Again, the baby was 9 oz.

She said that's right in the middle of 8 - 10 where they should be.

The measurements were really good, the head circumference, all of that measured out perfectly.

So no issues. Still no gender, no sex.

But, yeah.. I mean, we're really, really happy about that.

Oh and she did check my cervix

and she said that it was above 3 cm?

I think? I think it's centimeters.

I don't remember, but it's 3.

Anyways, and that's a good number.

So she said everything's good and I don't need to be checked again

until probably later around birthing time!

So, that's about it.

I'm sorry it was such a long video today.

But I'm trying to catch up on a lot of things.

If you're pregnant, how many weeks are you?

What symptoms have you had?

Have you any solutions for the problems I've told you? Let me know!

I love hearing from you guys!

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Rise of the Supertelescopes Part 1 - Ground Telescopes - Duration: 12:03.

I always like to say that we're in the Golden Age of astronomy learning things

about the universe of the level of precision and resolution that previous

generations of astronomers can only dream about now imagine if you could

show Galileo Galilei or Copernicus images from the hubble space telescope

or the mighty Keck Observatory it would blow their minds but I really think the

true Golden Age of astronomy is right around the corner

that's because there's a whole new class of observatories in the works right now

which are going to take us right out to the edge of the universe in ways that

would have seemed impossible decades ago in a lot of telescopes bigger is better

and the big telescopes are coming so today we're going to begin a two-part

series of episodes all about the new super telescopes under construction in

his first episode talk about the enormous ground telescopes in

development and then next episode I'll talk about the space-based telescopes in

the works now I'd like to thank Universe Today columnist Evan Goff for writing

our original series on the upcoming super telescopes this video is based

heavily on Evans work so thanks Evan and check out a series of articles I'll put

a link in the comments now let's get started

before I talk about the specific projects I want to give you a sense of

scale now there are a few really large observatories around the world there's

over a dozen telescopes with an aperture of more than 8 meters there's the four

European very large telescopes hell of the name the gemini north and south

telescopes the Subaru telescope the twin Keck telescopes in Hawaii the large

binocular telescope the Southern African Large Telescope and the Hobby everly

telescope and finally the grand telescope Jochen arias in the Canary

Islands measuring ten point four meters across the large binocular telescope is

the equivalent of an eleven point nine meter telescope with 28.4 meter mirrors

merge side-by-side combining their optics now these are big but here's

bigger now the first super telescope under construction is the giant Magellan

telescope located in the dry mountainous Atacama Desert in Chile this is one of

the best places in the world to put a telescope because it's so dry and clear

and far away from any city lights in fact several of the world's largest

telescopes are already located here the giant Magellan telescope was begun in

2015 and if all goes well it should see its first light in the early 2020s the

observatory is based on a segmented design with seven separate 8.4 meter

mirrors put into array the light from all the separate mirrors is merged

together to act like a single larger mirror measuring 24.5 meters across

with this much raw observing power it should have about 10 times the

resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope but from Earth now there's some really

big advantages to having a telescope on earth as new instruments are developed

or hardware fails you can just service the telescope without needing to send up

a team of astronauts space telescopes have a higher resolution in general

because they're above the distortion of the atmosphere but ground-based

telescopes partially overcome this using technique known as adaptive optics the

fire laser into the sky that creates an artificial star the telescope then

watches the distortions happening to the artificial star and physically deforms

the telescope's mirror to counteract the distortions in order for Magellan to

work properly the seven mirrors need to be aligned perfectly with a precise

shape within a few hundred nanometers of each other the first mirror was cast

back in 2005 and technicians took six years to polish it perfectly and then

the other mirrors needed to match it perfectly positioned within incredibly

tight tolerances now once constructed Magellan will be a general-purpose

telescope used to observe stars planets galaxies and other phenomena across the

universe and here's the most amazing part

it'll be capable of directly observing extrasolar planets from the ground the

actual planet until now this feat was only possible by the most powerful

space-based telescopes and this is why I'm so excited about Magellan but just

you wait it gets better the next telescope under development is

the thirty meter telescope unlike the GMT the thirty meter

telescope will appear as one huge primary mirror and will be you guessed

it 30 metres across but if you look up close you see that the mirror itself is

actually made up of 492 separate one point four meter segments in hexagonal

pattern added up this telescope will provide ten times the resolution of the

10 meter Keck telescopes and more than a hundred and forty four times the power

of the Hubble Space Telescope what are the advantages of the TMT will be its

ability to resolve objects which are very close together and it will be able

to see distant galaxies planets orbiting stars binary stars and other objects for

this technique is important as with the GMT it'll have adaptive optics

distorting its primary mirror based on turbulence in the atmosphere but it'll

also have active optics compensating for wind temperature and other stresses on

the telescope they'll have a wide range of way

links of light that it can see the universe with from near-infrared visible

and into the ultraviolet very similar to the capabilities of the Hubble Space

Telescope now I know what you're saying give me his telescope but there's been a

bit of a controversy over its construction the observatory was

originally planned to be built on Mauna Kea Hawaii with the rest of the Hawaiian

observatories but protesters stopped construction in 2014

snaring the development in the courts and in the end the court sided with the

local people saying that the TMT hadn't properly followed due process before

beginning its construction so earlier this year the TMT announced that they

would be locating the telescope in the Canary Islands nearby the largest

telescope in the world right now so at this point there's no concrete date for

when the telescope will finally be completed next up the European extremely

large telescope or the e-elt kudos to the Europeans for really nailing

telescope names because kcd knows what I'm talking about

I can't wait for the dispair telescope time to go even bigger the e-elt is also

under construction in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile now this scope will

have a 39-metre primary mirror needless to say once constructed it'll be the

largest telescope on earth and if all goes well it should receive first light

in 2024 like the TMT it'll be made of segments 798 individual little mirrors

which can be individually aimed or moved to account for ground conditions as well

as atmospheric turbulence unlike other observatories the e-elt

will have a more complex set of secondary optics which should give it

better image quality over a wider field of view by being an even bigger more

sensitive telescope the e-elt will be capable of viewing extrasolar planets

even closer to their stars it will also be watching the formation and evolution

of planetary systems even precisely measuring the acceleration of the

universe thanks to dark energy but here's the most exciting part this

telescope will be brought into the search for life in the universe

to directly image the atmosphere of Justin exoplanets to find out if they

have signs of life on them three cool observatories but I have saved the best

for last in my opinion now again to in a second but first I'd like to thank Ben

Holden Crowther ray Bingham Infinite one-two-three lifer and the rest of our

760 patrons for the generous support if you look we're doing and you want to get

in on the action head over to patreon.com/scishow Universe Today now

if you've watched enough of my videos you know that there's a telescope coming

that has a very special place in my heart the large synoptic survey

telescope unlike the rest of the super telescopes it'll have a main year that's

merely 8.4 meters across now that doesn't sound like much compared to the

30 meter Plus Sizes that I've been throwing around but for what the LSST

lacks in size it makes up in speed this telescope also due for construction in

Chile will be capable of photographing the entire visible night sky every few

nights with its wide field of view it'll be capable of capturing 3.5 degrees of

sky in a single picture about 50 times the area of the full moon at a level of

sensitivity that matches other world-class telescopes in other words

it'll capture image after image of the same region of the sky looking for

things that change over the course of several nights supernovae asteroids

comets and other transient objects it'll produce a catalogue of 40 billion

objects and how they change over time online catalogs like the Sloan Digital

Sky Survey are enormous ly important for astronomers the LSST

will create a detailed catalogue of the night sky with the added dimension of

time did you discover a supernova look back through the LST data and find the

star before it exploded it's expected the LSST will find the vast majority of

dangerous near-earth asteroids all on its own it'll catch the universe doing

things when we weren't looking and that's the part that I'm most excited

about the massive amount of data pouring out of the LSST will be available to

anyone with an internet connection and the ability to run database queries

the public will have access to the same data the same moment the scientists do

of all the super telescopes LSST is coming first it should see first light

in 2021 and begin its first ten year run in 2022

imagine being able to watch a movie of the southern skies over the course of

ten years and see every supernova asteroid comet and the weird unusual

things that the universe does when we're not looking starting in 2021 everything

changes the new Golden Age of astronomy begins

LSST sees first light followed by Magellan and the extremely large

telescope and eventually the thirty meter telescope I can't wait to hear and

see what they discover and I'll let you know as soon as I find out well which of

these telescopes are you most excited about do you agree with me that we are

about to really enter the Golden Age of astronomy I'd like to know your thoughts

in the comments wraps up part 1 where we talked about the ground-based telescopes

in our next episode we head to space and see what observatories are in the works

to see the universe from a vantage point outside our satisfier that is next time

time for your playlist let's start with a video about the giant

Magellan telescope and the challenges of building a telescope this big a video

about the thirty meter telescope and another about the European extremely

large telescope and a video about the large synoptic survey telescope I don't

want to wrap this up with our own weekly space hangout where I interviewed dr.

Meredith Rawls from the large synoptic survey telescope and that starts right

now so today we're gonna begin a - spark - sparked

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A JAKE PAUL VIDEO...(FO4) - Duration: 3:25.

When life hands you lemons what will you do?

ENGLAND IS MY CITY!!!

Great day, make sure you're working hard and make sure your dabbing on them haters and if you're new here. I'm Jake Paul, this is the Team 10 house.

Where it's lit every single day bro!

Okay

Back at the team house, let's flippin' get this day poppin'

All right, jake Paulers, so we just got to flipping Ralph's you're probably wondering jake like what what are you doing?

Why are you here? And so basically you know kate. You know Kate. Can't come every let's do it Kate

Hey there. He is and so you know Kate has never been a part of the prank war

Yeah, we framed some some timing but like he's a vegan and like

Any of us like you're saying Kate is a vegan and all he eats is peanut butter

So I was like yo why not cover his car and peanut butter right there all you need is peanut butter you obviously want to

Drive in a car

Dream come here. That's right. Exactly really prank wars feels like whenever he gets hungry, red light?

Surprising that's here in the ice aisle because I think you're really hot

Then yeah are you my dad?

With the Disney channel slow Bob Bill on YouTube in six months never done below pass all the competition, man, Pewdiepie

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But you still hit my phone last night it was 52

And I got that text up boom and all the recordings - don't make me tell them the truth

And I judge up some new words, and they're selling like a God church, Ohio's

Which one like it's dumb. We shoo-in with the gun - just for fun

I you say bowling run catch me at game on I cannot be outdone

Jake Paul is number one is everyday, bro. It's everything

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Darkness falls on another day

And the light just seems so far away

Am I here all alone?

'Cause it just feels so cold... Oh, so cold...

Is there more than what meets the eyes?

Is something higher keeping me alive...

Maybe hope, buried deep within

Is what's needed ...To begin again

Now I must believe in something I cannot see for now, I'm on my own

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Chelsea clinch £40m signing of Arsenal star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

The Gunners agreed to sell the 24-year-old, despite boss Arsene Wenger recently claiming he was "one of the players we want to build around in the future".

Starsport understands Oxlade-Chamberlain's performance in Sunday's 4-0 thrashing at Liverpool - when he was hauled off in the 62nd minute - finally persuaded the Frenchman to accept Chelsea's offer.

Last week, Oxlade-Chamberlain, who is in the final year of his Arsenal contract, turned down a new deal worth a basic £150,000 a week, saying he wanted £200,000.

It is understood he has secured a contract at Stamford Bridge worth £220,000 a week. Wenger now had to decide whether to sell another contract rebel, star striker Alexis Sanchez, to Manchester City, who are ready to pay £70m.

He wants Belgium international centre-back Jason Denayer in return as part of the deal. Starsport also revealed last week that Sanchez, 28, had demanded a contract of £400,000 a week, £100,000 more than the club have offered.

Oxlade-Chamberlain, currently with Gareth Southgate's England squad as they prepare for Friday night's World Cup qualifying clash in Malta, is expected to have his medical at the national team's HQ at St George's Park in the next 24 hours before signing a five-year deal.

The Arsenal star will be granted special leave by England to enable him to tie up his move across London.

Boss Southgate wants to see all transfer business involving his players tied up before the matches against Malta and at home to Slovakia four days later.

Liverpool also were keen on Oxlade-Chamberlain but their interest cooled with the Anfield club yesterday putting in a £70m bid for Monaco forward Thomas Lemar and also agreeing a £48m deal for Naby Keita to join them next summer.

Wenger had been chasing Lemar but may now turn to Leicester for £50m-rated Riyad Mahrez. Oxlade-Chamberlain's departure to a rival London club will come as a major blow to under-fire Gunners manager Wenger.

Premier League champions Chelsea are also moving closer to a £40m deal for Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater.

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I Am, I Am, I Am - book review: An extraordinary memoir by Maggie O'Farrell

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'Farrell (Tinder Press, £18.99) What follows is a chilling event, unflinching in fact and emotion, setting the tone for this remarkable book.

I Am, I Am, I Am recounts the 17 times when novelist O'Farrell has narrowly escaped death. There are episodes of near drowning, of life-threatening miscarriages, of amoebic parasites.

There are close shaves with cars, with turbulent planes and a knife-point robbery in Chile. As an award-winning writer of seven novels including Instructions For A Heatwave and This Must Be The Place, O'Farrell is renowned for her emotional acuity.

One chapter in I Am, I Am, I Am explores a doctor's failure to listen to her medical history, which causes her near-death during childbirth and provokes outrage at the arrogance of the doctors she encounters.

And yet, at the end of the same chapter, while the surgeons are "stitching and stapling me together again" after an emergency Caesarean section, an anonymous "man in beige" in the operating theatre shows her tenderness and compassion in a moving conclusion to the story.

One of the striking features of the book is the respect O'Farrell shows her secondary characters. Whether ex-boyfriends, her husband, her friends or her children, she tells you as much as you need to know without ever betraying those around her.

With all these incidents, there is a sense – sometimes explicit, usually implicit – of how they have contributed to O'Farrell's career as a writer.

On a plane ride to Hong Kong, "suddenly the plane is falling, dropping, plummeting, like a rock thrown from a cliff". O'Farrell had been mourning her disappointing degree result and the academic life she would no longer live.

But by the end of the chapter, "in the monsoon season, when the rain is a constant… I started to write". I Am, I Am, I Am is an extraordinary book.

Each of O'Farrell's experiences would be anecdote enough in their own right, but collectively they recount an extraordinary life thus far lived. The writing is beautifully restrained and all the more emotionally powerful for it.

And this is a book of extraordinary courage: the courage to have survived these "seventeen brushes with death" and the courage to write about them with such searing candour.

It is a profoundly affecting, powerful and life-affirming book.  If you only read one memoir this year, make it O'Farrell's.

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